Joshua J. Friedman

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Dr. Jennifer Shuford, a former state health commissioner whom President Trump appointed to a top post at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help steady the agency, is leaving after just four months in the job. 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/h...

Omacche is the mascot for Matsue City, and his hat is Matsue Castle. His head is a clam from Lake Shinji, and his shirt shows the sunset.

Ever wondered who selects the poems you see in the subway? @literaryhub.bsky.social went behind the scenes of Poetry in Motion. lithub.com/who-chooses-...

Just released: a new Nobel Prize lesson to share with your students. It's a deep dive into the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics, which turned a giant block of ice in the south pole into a detector for mysterious particles from space. Use the Nobel Prize lesson in the classroom: https://bit.ly/4sB3oDp

The fuck nazis shirt is incredible

From NY Times article on newly-reopened Goya Museum in Spain: If I already had plenty of reason to dislike "immersive" art experiences, looks like for this projected image they inexplicably tweaked the colors in Goya's famed "Third of May" painting. Why..?? Art museums get ever closer to Disneyland

got em' 🪶

NEW: DSA's National Political Committee passed two resolutions today aimed at Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman, beginning processes that could result in DSA-LA being forced to rescind its endorsement of her this weekend and/or Raman herself being expelled from DSA by January.

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everyone’s always like amy. how do you post so good? I’ll let you in on a little secret:

Trump's bans on reporters in the WH hurts individual citizens and distorts public discourse - @knightcolumbia.org new lawsuit filed today.

My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

Judge Furman rules that Maureen Comey's firing violated separation of powers. Orders backpay. Govt's arguments violate 2 centuries of SCOTUS rulings & would "unsettle the equilibrium established by this Nation's constitutional system." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Told my husband that the vibe on Bluesky tonight can best be described as “Ewok party.”

What I picture when people ask Bluesky to increase its character count

AVCX (the crossword you want) will be doing our annual subscription drive this fall and winter. If you already like us, give us a shout! If you’re in the market for a new puzzle obsession, give us a try. Everyone can play a role. Avxwords.com

BRASILLLLLLLLLLLL 🇧🇷 🇧🇷 🇧🇷

My apologies, Bluesky... I forgot to share Rocco's 4th birthday photos yesterday! 🐕❤️

And here’s the epilogue — a squirrel undid my work sometime this afternoon. This is what we could salvage Thankfully the other pumpkins we did are intact!

I said at the beginning of this thread that Judge Bennett was the one to watch (likely in the middle of this court), and he's unequivocal so far that DOJ should lose both procedurally and on the merits. Judge Butamay has not said much. He's the one most likely to side with DOJ.

this should be the link for today's 9th circuit hearing: www.ca9.uscourts.gov/cases/stream...

Y’all, we are days from Election Day. Voting is underway. Deadlines are brutal. And Votebeat would like to give you all of our election sources for $0. www.electionexpertdesk.com

Spooky season Brett

Trending topic: Your mortality

Sup nerds, I've been working my ass off over the last couple weeks to get this finished, and now that it is, I'm excited to show you what I've been up to: Words About Work is now The Common Route. Same great movement reporting as I've been doing, but a much more expanded scope. I hope you dig it

Watching the Obama rally, then the Trump rally is like being at The Comedy Store at 9pm and then 1:40am.

Bluesky needs to solve the mystery of Carol's identity!

After a hurried explanation, my daughter thinks Elizabeth Holmes is a vampire and keeps saying in a deep voice “I want your bloooood” which is I guess good enough?

There’s a werewolf-themed slot machine where these guys are flexing their hands menacingly but actually it just looks like they’re giving each other shampoos.

stumbled on a set of incredible 1970s illustrations in some government reports, so had to spend a day collecting them into a website to share with my friends on the computer: nickseaver.net/paperwork

Today I'll be disassociating into 1970s newspaper ads.

a dog for all seasons but especially fall

Can't believe we all have to upgrade our rings to the Duo now

We picked a few bucketloads of Kieffer’s pears for the rootstock project. Usually I’m delivering leftover pomace of specific single variety pressings as a seed matrix for developing new rootstocks. This time just pears, and they’ll pick the pips out by hand. Happened to know a man with a tree.

Love Island fans might like to hear that Bryce joined James Talarico on the campaign trail at a Whataburger yesterday

Perfect response to learning that someone’s account was suspended