Leon Robertson

Leon Robertson

@profleonaz.bsky.social

Retired Yale Research Scientist

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Bruce Little
@brucedlittle.bsky.social

"Violated the constitutional separation of powers and federal law." 🟢 A federal judge on Monday found that the Justice Department unlawfully fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, from her post as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York.

cbsnews.comMaurene Comey, James Comey's daughter, was unlawfully fired, judge rulesMaurene Comey was abruptly fired in July 2025 from her job as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York. She sued the DOJ over her firing, claiming it was unlawful.

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Eric Lipton NYT
@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

nytimes.comHow Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.

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Ian Weissman, DO
@drianweissman.bsky.social

The flu hospitalization rate in the U.S. is at the highest level for this time of year since the 2010 season. Positive flu tests, emergency room visits and hospitalizations have been increasing since late August and early September. abcnews.com/Health/flu-h...

abcnews.comFlu hospitalization rate at highest level for this time of year since 2010 season, but still relatively lowThe flu hospitalization rate in the U.S. is at the highest level for this time of year since the 2010 season, according to an update published Friday from the CDC.

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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP
@davidjoffe64.bsky.social

No organ or system this virus cannot access and destroy ☠️ Endocrine complications of COVID-19: diabetes, musculoskeletal, thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, and gonadal disorders academic.oup.com/jes/article/...

academic.oup.comEndocrine complications of COVID-19: diabetes, musculoskeletal, thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, and gonadal disordersAbstract. COVID-19 is generally associated with both short- and long-term complications. It can affect multiple organ systems and lead to severe or prolong

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist
@princess-vimentin.bsky.social

This is 🎯🧪 From a pancreatic cancer researcher in my circle Lately, we have been seeing so many miracles in cancer treatment. We celebrate. That is because we had a great infrastructure that operated efficiently. I don’t want to live in a time when these wins are far off in the rear view mirror.

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Bruce Little
@brucedlittle.bsky.social

🎯 The sheer asymmetry of wartime spending reveals a profound crisis of human priorities: we readily exhaust the wealth of nations to engineer destruction in seconds, yet ration the resources needed to sustain life over generations.

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David Ho
@davidho.bsky.social

Heat storms, massive heat waves covering at least 1% of the globe for five consecutive days, have become increasingly frequent and severe. These storms were rare in the 1960s, but now average 102 events per year, causing widespread heat-related deaths, wildfires, and droughts.

reuters.comGiant ‘heat storms’ are scorching Earth. The story of the biggest one.Supersized heat waves used to be rare. No longer. Reuters reveals the rise of ‘heat storms.’ They now swarm the globe, upending life and the climate everywhere.

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS
@dimitridrekonja.bsky.social

“If I don’t win I won’t pay veterans poisoned by contaminated water on their base” is a hell of a closing strategy 😳

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on Camp Lejeune water contamination claims: "If we win the House and Senate, I am directing the Department of Justice to settle all remaining legitimate claims as soon as possible ... if we don't win, there's no money."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers
@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

JD Vance comparing his administration's economy to the Titanic means Yale definitely owes all of us an apology.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

JD Vance on the economy: "You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"

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Kate from Kharkiv
@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social

I'd like to remind Trump administration that after Iran war started, Ukraine deployed experts and technology to the Middle East to help Gulf states defend themselves against Iranian drones and protect US bases in the region, while Russia provided targeting information to Iran.

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Bruce Little
@brucedlittle.bsky.social

Anti-woke Ohio Governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy registered as an attorney in New York and as a voter in Ohio at different addresses. That would mean he either violated New York State Bar registration laws or Ohio voter registration laws.

meidasnews.comVivek Ramaswamy Appears to Have Violated New York State Bar Registration RulesRamaswamy registered for the New York State bar at a different address than where he is registered to vote. The law requires actual residency in both instances.

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Ian Weissman, DO
@drianweissman.bsky.social

"U.S. inspectors documented egregious conditions at two Chinese factories making key components for compounded GLP-1 drugs popular in America, including black mold on equipment and gross contamination on floors at one plant." www.latimes.com/science/stor...

latimes.comBlack mold, bugs found at Chinese plants making GLP-1 compounding agentsU.S. inspectors documented egregious conditions at two Chinese factories making key components for compounded GLP-1 drugs popular in America, including black mold on equipment and “gross contamination...