Hector Squiabro

I wouldn't say I'm a MAD scientist. More like just mildly perturbed...

[Hector Squiabro @HBombVI]

@poe_collector I totally forgot America did this song! I wonder if it's on karaoke? 🤔

[Covie @covie_93]

Imagine beefing with the Pope all week and having your sycophants claim the Pope doesn't know the Bible only for one of your sycophants to come out here and quote a fake Bible verse from a movie.

Embarrassing.

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

MAGA: Put the bible and 10 commandments in schools!!!

Church: let’s spread peace and not war.

MAGA: WHOA!!!! STAY OUT OF OUR POLITICS!!!

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

Still can’t get over the House GOP rejecting a 100-0 bill from the Senate to fund TSA, Coast Guard, and FEMA and… just going on vacation.

Complete abdication of duty.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

To be clear, the Republicans who policed all of our speech when Charlie Kirk was killed, & who jump on anyone who doesn’t mourn their heroes correctly, have just opened the door for every liberal & leftist in America to post ‘Good, I’m glad he’s dead” when Trump eventually dies.

[Hector Squiabro @HBombVI]

@JagermeisterUSA It's been oh so long since I've gotten Jagermeister swag. I wanna win!

[Hector Squiabro @HBombVI]

@JamesGunn @foxyshazam Patiently waiting for this song on karaoke.

[Hector Squiabro @HBombVI]

@JamesGunn @StreamOnMax I just read that you were interested in having Deadpool make a guest appearance. Any chance Marvel and DC could collaborate through the Access (from Marvel vs. DC) character both companies own?

[Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi @roywoodjr]

Super Bowl Bad Bunny should sing Lee Greenwood 'God Bless the U.S.A' in Spanish and sprinkle some Puerto Rican cities into the lyrics.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

It really is amazing how often you can repeat something Trump said verbatim without identifying Trump as the person who said it and Trump supporters will say it’s the dumbest thing they’ve ever heard.

[Covie @covie_93]

I don't get these farmers at all, some of their farms barely survived trump's first term but they decided to vote for him AGAIN???? Why?????

[DrDemetre @dr_demetre]

My resignation letter from CDC.

Dear Dr. Houry,

I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effective August 28, 2025, close of business.   I am happy to stay on for two weeks to provide transition, if requested.

This decision has not come easily, as I deeply value the work that the CDC does in safeguarding public health and am proud of my contributions to that critical mission. However, after much contemplation and reflection on recent developments and perspectives brought to light by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., I find that the views he and his staff have shared challenge my ability to continue in my current role at the agency and in the service of the health of the American people. Enough is enough.

While I hold immense respect for the institution and my colleagues, I believe that it is imperative to align my professional responsibilities to my system of ethics and my understanding of the science of infectious disease, immunology, and my promise to serve the American people.  This step is necessary to ensure that I can contribute effectively in a capacity that allows me to remain true to my principles.

I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health.  The recent change in the adult and children’s immunization schedule threaten the lives of the youngest Americans and pregnant people.   The data analyses that supported this decision have never been shared with CDC despite my respectful requests to HHS and other leadership.  This lack of meaningful engagement was further compounded by a “frequently asked questions” document written to support the Secretary’s directive that was circulated by HHS without input from CDC subject matter experts and that cited studies that did not support the conclusions that were attributed to these authors.  Having worked in local and national public health for years, I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people.

It is untenable to serve in an organization that is not afforded the opportunity to discuss decisions of scientific and public health importance released under the moniker of CDC.  The lack of communication by HHS and other CDC political leadership that culminates in social media posts announcing major policy changes without prior notice demonstrate a disregard of normal communication channels and common sense.  Having to retrofit analyses and policy actions to match inadequately thought-out announcements in poorly scripted videos or page long X posts should not be how organizations responsible for the health of people should function.  Some examples include the announcement of the change in the COVID-19 recommendations for children and pregnant people, the firing of scientists from ACIP by X post and an op-ed rather than direct communication with these valuable experts, the announcement of new ACIP members by X before onboarding and vetting have completed, and the release of term of reference for an ACIP workgroup that ignored all feedback from career staff at CDC.

The recent term of reference for the COVID vaccine work group created by this ACIP puts people of dubious intent and more dubious scientific rigor in charge of recommending vaccine policy to a director hamstrung and sidelined by an authoritarian leader.   Their desire to please a political base will result in death and disability of vulnerable children and adults.  Their base should be the people they serve not a political voting bloc.

I have always been first to challenge scientific and public health dogma in my career and was excited by the opportunity to do so again.  I was optimistic that there would be an opportunity to brief the Secretary about key topics such as measles, avian influenza, and the highly coordinated approach to the respiratory virus season.  Such briefings would allow exchange of ideas and a shared path to support the vision of “Making America Healthy Again.”  We are seven months into the new administration, and no CDC subject matter expert from my Center has ever briefed the Secretary.  I am not sure who the Secretary is listening to, but it is quite certainly not to us.  Unvetted and conflicted outside organizations seem to be the sources HHS use over the gold standard science of CDC and other reputable sources.  At a hearing, Secretary Kennedy said that Americans should not take medical advice from him.  To the contrary, an appropriately briefed and inquisitive Secretary should be a source of health information for the people he serves. As it stands now, I must agree with him, that he should not be considered a source of accurate information.

The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines favoring natural infection and unproven remedies will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer.  I believe in nutrition and exercise.  I believe in making our food supply healthier, and I also believe in using vaccines to prevent death and disability.  Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated and is derivative of a legacy that good medicine and science should continue to shun.

The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning.  My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so.  I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud.   I am resigning because of the cowardice of a leader that cannot admit that HIS and his minions’ words over decades created an environment where violence like this can occur.  I reject his and his colleagues’ thoughts and prayers, and advise they direct those to people that they have not actively harmed.

For decades, I have been a trusted voice for the LGBTQ community when it comes to critical health topics.  I must also cite the recklessness of the administration in their efforts to erase transgender populations, cease critical domestic and international HIV programming, and terminate key research to support equity as part of my decision.

Public health is not merely about the health of the individual, but it is about the health of the community, the nation, the world. The nation’s health security is at risk and is in the hands of people focusing on ideological self-interest.

I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the opportunities for growth, learning, and collaboration that I have been afforded during my time at the CDC. It has been a privilege to work alongside such dedicated professionals who are committed to improving the health and well-being of communities across the nation even when under attack from within both physically and psychologically.

Thank you once again for the support and guidance I have received from you and previous CDC leadership throughout my tenure. I wish the CDC continued success in its vital mission and that HHS reverse its dangerous course to dismantle public health as a practice and as an institution.  If they continue the current path, they risk our personal well-being and the security of the United States.

Sincerely,

Demetre C. Daskalakis MD MPH (he/his/him)

[Hector Squiabro @HBombVI]

@UpToTASK Right! I love that one scene in Justice League where Aquaman doesn't realize he's sitting on the lasso.

[uhbucky studios @editsbymel]

marvel mcu edit fancam spiderman peter parker captain america sam wilson fantastic four thunderbolts captain marvel carol danvers deadpool shang chi doomsday black panther shuri udaku

[Vought International @VoughtIntl]

Vought’s quarterly jobs report was the BEST EVER. Contrary to the lamestream media’s lies, we haven’t lost 300 jobs, we’ve added 750,000. Everything is looking great forever!

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Yes, Joe Biden should have released the full Epstein files - PICTURES and ALL (censored of course). No argument there. But let’s be real about what would’ve happened if he had:

Denial (not the river in Egypt). Deflection. Total rejection.

The right would’ve screamed “FAKE!” before the fucking ink dried after coming off the press.
They’d call it a deep state hit job. A Soros plot. MSM lies. They'd twist it every which way so they couldn't accept the truth.
Fox News, News Max, and OANN would spin it into cotton candy for conspiracy junkies, and MAGA would frame Epstein as just another liberal distraction (kinda like he's doing now - but it IS NOT WORKING).

But now? Trump is in office (AGAIN).
The Epstein Files are HIS problem.
He’s the one sitting on the power to declassify.
He’s the one named in court filings.
He’s the one photographed with Epstein (and allegedly topless under aged girls sitting on his lap).
He’s the one accused of rape by a woman who said she was 13.

Let’s be fucking clear:
If those files drop under Trump’s watch, he owns them.
There’s no scapegoating. No Biden. No Obama. No Clinton to hide behind.
He’s implicated. He’s cornered. And they all know it. MAGA knows it. That's why he's actively losing his base - they learned something important: Donald Trump is a liar.

That’s why the right is so desperate to control the narrative now. Because the truth isn’t just dangerous, it’s radioactive and it's spreading.
So while Biden should have released it - if he did Trump would have had his base easily ignore it. Now that Trump is in office, he's fucking up with tariffs, diplomacy, bombing countries and now - he's trying to hide his association with Epstein.

Now he can deny it all he wants, but there isn't anyone else to blame - he can't point the finger (and he'll try). You're seeing the GOP covering up for him now, stopping dems from releasing the files. Why? Because it shows Trump as a pedo. It shows Trump in compromising situations with young girls. It shows how close Epstein was to Trump. It will all eventually come out, and we're just going to shrug and say, "told ya!"

[Hector Squiabro @HBombVI]

@spaceghost Out of all my follows I wait for your content the most. Unfortunately I'm not always in a position to drop the asking price. Please don't retire. I'll catch up eventually.

[Hector Squiabro @HBombVI]

Dear Ra let her be Storm candidate numero uno!

[TASK the Ol’ Nerdy Bastard #OnYourLeftist @UpToTASK]

….why is Jodie Turner-Smith at the #Thunderbolts red carpet?