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Bruce Mirken

BruceMirken@mas.to

<p>Writer and media relations consultant for several organizations, but all ravings here are strictly mine. Known troublemaker, transplanted from California to Hilo, Hawaii. I often post pics of the cute <a href="https://mas.to/tags/reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>reptiles</span></a> who hang out around my house. Escapee from <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Xitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Xitter</span></a>. Do NOT patronize Elon Musk&#39;s businesses.<br /><a href="https://mas.to/tags/RacialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RacialJustice</span></a><br /><a href="https://mas.to/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a><br /><a href="https://mas.to/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tra

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    Friendly reminder of why to never use #Facebook or #Instagram. https://www.them.us/news/gay-bar-meta-censorship-ai

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    Your occasional reminder to never give one fucking dime to any of Elon Musk&#39;s companies. https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/elon-musk-calls-for-death-sentence #ElonMusk #Trans

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    Your occasional reminder that #RFKJr continues to make piles of money peddling disinformation. https://www.npr.org/2026/09/24/nx-s1-5979867/rfk-ethics-book-deals #ImpeachRFKJr

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    &quot;The #NIH has made possible cure after cure for generations, and without it, I might not be alive today. That&#39;s why recent news of a potential deal to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars from the NIH to the Department of Defense -- an agency that already has a budget 20 times that of the NIH -- is so chilling. This comes on top of nearly 2 years of NIH funding cuts and workforce reductions, along with repeated attempts to politicize grant determinations. From 2025 to 2026, the NIH...

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    RE: https://mas.to/@carnage4life/117340115482165303 Yes, but also do something about the officials and influencers who filled their heads with lies.

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    &quot;In the midst of increasing misinformation about acetaminophen (#Tylenol) and its relationship to #autism, many expecting women feel confused about what they should take if they experience a fever. A paper published today found that there’s no causal link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism or attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder (#ADHD).&quot; https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/anti-science/tylenol-during-pregnancy-not-linked-autism-adhd-major-review-finds

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    RE: https://masto.ai/@transworld/117317881077765090 Whether you agree with this or not, #Democrats need to realize that it’s not just #trans people who are nauseated by what some of their candidates are doing.

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    #California voters will decide soon on whether to tax the wealth of #billionaires. #GavinNewsom is siding with the billionaires. https://www.commondreams.org/news/nobel-laureates-california-wealth-tax

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    RE: https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/top-stories-hc55lmo2z/-/a-dnLrYbo0SX2R5f4n2VdyVg%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0 Pro tip: You greatly reduce the need for damage control by not doing damage in the first place. #EdSheeran

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    Thinking of kicking your #gasoline addiction? Events happening all over the U.S. can help. https://electrek.co/2026/09/18/learn-how-to-save-money-on-gas-at-us-drive-electric-month-events-all-month/

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    When #vaccination rates drop, it puts medically fragile children in danger. Right now, parents of these kids in #Pennsylvania are terrified. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vaccines/it-s-huge-concern-families-kids-complex-medical-needs-worry-about-frequent

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    #Farmers overwhelmingly backed #Trump, and he screwed them over. https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-war-us-farmers?utm_source=Common+Dreams&amp;utm_campaign=cdabd80d74-Top+News+%7C+Thu.+8%2F13%2F26_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-998917937b-600541243&amp;mc_cid=cdabd80d74&amp;mc_eid=3744b650a3

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    Try not to be shocked, but #RFKJr lied again. https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/10/politics/fact-check-republican-midterm-convention-night-2 #ImpeachRFKJr

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    RE: https://halo.nu/@theguardian_us_news/117277815956390325 Uh, let&#39;s not.

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    #ElizabethWarren is not happy with the administration’s #Cyclospora response: “Indeed, Taco Bell provided earlier and seemingly clearer guidance to consumers than the Food and Drug Administration (#FDA), #CDC, and other federal food safety agencies,” Warren wrote. https://www.salon.com/2026/09/13/taco-bell-exposed-rfk-jr-s-food-safety-failure/

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    &quot;Adults who reported having #COVID19 were at least twice were significantly more likely to be diagnosed as having a new medical condition than those who reported never having been infected, according to a study published this week in Canada Communicable Disease Report.&quot; Get your #vaccines! #CovidIsNotOver https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/repeat-covid-infections-tied-higher-odds-new-health-conditions

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    U.S. #gasoline prices are rising again, causing misery for all -- except those of us who drive #ElectricVehicles. The rest of the world, from China to Norway, has figured this out, but not Americans so far.

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    RE: https://beige.party/@TresFluke/117062703962492989 Folks, #DeleteFacebook. Now. And any other #Meta apps, like #Instagram. Don&#39;t help Nazis.

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    Only in the #TrumpAdministration could depriving 5 million people of help to buy #food be called &quot;a big win.&quot; https://www.commondreams.org/news/brooke-rollins-snap-cuts-2677660136 #SNAP

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    RE: https://hachyderm.io/@pheonix/117043863983694428 Amazingly, I never willingly let #AI in my life and ignore it whenever it tries to intrude -- and I&#39;m doing just fine. These #tech bros have no clue.

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    Much of the commentary about #AbdulElSayed has neglected the fact that he&#39;s an epidemiologist. At a time when the governing party has declared war on #PublicHealth, a senator like El Sayed could be huge.

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    Your occasional reminder that anti - #abortion laws endanger women&#39;s lives. https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/publichealth/122421?

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    Sue them! And get them all disbarred! Ex-Olympian weighing ‘all options’ after reflecting pool charges dropped https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/04/ex-olympian-david-hearn-reflecting-pool-case?CMP=share_btn_url #ReflectingPool #DavidHearn

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    RE: https://journa.host/@chrisgeidner/117038148484624513 🤮🤮🤮

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    An emergency medicine doc has a few words for #RFKJr: &quot;Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told CNN’s Dana Bash that &#39;There were ICUs that were empty all across the country, including in New York, at the height.&#39; &quot;What a patently false, disgusting statement. It’s actually offensive, given the hell on Earth that my New York colleagues in particular endured in late March and April of 2020.&quot; https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/one-graph-to-shut-rfk-jr-up #ImpeachRFKJr

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    Maddow asked #JamesTalarico about attacks on #trans people and those who think that to win, Dems must &quot;moderate&quot; on trans rights. Talarico answered, &quot;I don&#39;t believe we win by selling people out.&quot; #Texas

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    &quot;Reddit users found that by using a specific #Google search query, it was possible to find #Claude conversations that users had shared. &quot;This exposed sensitive material, including crypto wallet keys, names, addresses, work notes, and even erotic or otherwise policy-violating chats. Fortune says Anthropic appears to have fixed the Google indexing issue, but the shared links themselves were still live for people who already had them.&quot; https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/privacy/202...

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    👏👏👏 School district sues #TrumpAdministration over pressure to discriminate against #trans kids: “Not an option” https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/school-district-sues-admin-over-pressure-to-discriminate-against-trans-kids-not-an-option/

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    Hey, can we acknowledge that failing to address #ClimateChange will cost us more than dealing with it? https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-western-us-spokane-eastern-washington-3f70ca42599d306cf0c540df34ee50d0

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    #Trump tried unsuccessfully to defund #HeadStart. He&amp;#39;s found another way to destroy it. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-new-trump-rule-would-lower-standards-at-head-start-and-exclude-immigrants-from-the-program/ar-AA294rsu