MaryT
@blueskymaryt.bsky.social
Do-gooder, bleeding heart, sign carrier. Activist in search of mentors and collaborators. Celebrating those who dare to say No to Fear and Yes to Life. She/her.
AI is like giving autocorrect free reign to run your life.
Texts just now:
Me: Alex all set?
Her: I think so. Sent payment already.
Me: He should be happy.
Her: Yup. Set up autopsy for him and everything.
Me: WTF?! is he okay?!
Her: I meant autopay. Stupid autocorrect. 🙄
#Monday
Me: Alex all set?
Her: I think so. Sent payment already.
Me: He should be happy.
Her: Yup. Set up autopsy for him and everything.
Me: WTF?! is he okay?!
Her: I meant autopay. Stupid autocorrect. 🙄
#Monday
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
AI is like giving autocorrect free reign to run your life.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
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Same. At least once a week I think about this. Especially on behalf of my friend who lost both parents in four days, and my friend whose son lost his dad before he could say goodbye.
sometimes it will just hit me that over a million americans died from covid in a short period of time and we never had a national mourning. we never collectively grieved. we never honored the dead. this feels like a failure
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Same. At least once a week I think about this. Especially on behalf of my friend who lost both parents in four days, and my friend whose son lost his dad before he could say goodbye.
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Holy shit.... Assuming this is legit and gets peer reviewed, this is HUGE!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Holy shit.... Assuming this is legit and gets peer reviewed, this is HUGE!
Awakenings
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Awakenings
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One of my favorite things about Bluesky (or at least my little corner of it) is that people are always sharing resources for taking action.
So here's a pinned thread collecting those resources, some made by me and some made by others.
So here's a pinned thread collecting those resources, some made by me and some made by others.
February 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
One of my favorite things about Bluesky (or at least my little corner of it) is that people are always sharing resources for taking action.
So here's a pinned thread collecting those resources, some made by me and some made by others.
So here's a pinned thread collecting those resources, some made by me and some made by others.
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When baristas go on strike, we show solidarity by doing the same: don’t shop at Starbucks.
No contract, no coffee. Period. #NoContractNoCoffee
seiu.co/NoStarbucks
No contract, no coffee. Period. #NoContractNoCoffee
seiu.co/NoStarbucks
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
When baristas go on strike, we show solidarity by doing the same: don’t shop at Starbucks.
No contract, no coffee. Period. #NoContractNoCoffee
seiu.co/NoStarbucks
No contract, no coffee. Period. #NoContractNoCoffee
seiu.co/NoStarbucks
Los Angeles! If you need food or can donate food for people in the community who may be struggling right now, please use this list of community fridges: lacommunityfridges.com/
Also, if you have a fridge you can donate, whatever the condition, there's a link for that too!
Also, if you have a fridge you can donate, whatever the condition, there's a link for that too!
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Los Angeles! If you need food or can donate food for people in the community who may be struggling right now, please use this list of community fridges: lacommunityfridges.com/
Also, if you have a fridge you can donate, whatever the condition, there's a link for that too!
Also, if you have a fridge you can donate, whatever the condition, there's a link for that too!
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Molecular Pathways Explain Why Long COVID Hits Women Harder | Technology Networks www.technologynetworks.com/immunology/n...
Molecular Pathways Explain Why Long COVID Hits Women Harder
Long COVID in women is linked to gut leakiness, chronic inflammation and reduced testosterone, pointing to biological causes of sex-specific symptom severity.
www.technologynetworks.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Molecular Pathways Explain Why Long COVID Hits Women Harder | Technology Networks www.technologynetworks.com/immunology/n...
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A coworker introduced me to this app and my spouse and I love it now.
USAians, if you don’t already know about Too Good To Go, you should check it out.
It’s a free app that works with local restaurants & bakeries to help them sell (at steep discounts) unsold food at the end of the day—and helps you find cheap good food
apps.apple.com/us/app/too-g...
It’s a free app that works with local restaurants & bakeries to help them sell (at steep discounts) unsold food at the end of the day—and helps you find cheap good food
apps.apple.com/us/app/too-g...
Too Good To Go: End Food Waste App - App Store
Download Too Good To Go: End Food Waste by Too Good To Go on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Too Good To Go:…
apps.apple.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A coworker introduced me to this app and my spouse and I love it now.
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That hub had all sorts of services available - multiple restaurants, plenty of businesses, two grocery stores, a movie theater.
All of it is linked to transit hubs, and with schools, police, fire, and utility access.
And it has *remarkably low* crime, given the neighborhood's income level.
All of it is linked to transit hubs, and with schools, police, fire, and utility access.
And it has *remarkably low* crime, given the neighborhood's income level.
June 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
That hub had all sorts of services available - multiple restaurants, plenty of businesses, two grocery stores, a movie theater.
All of it is linked to transit hubs, and with schools, police, fire, and utility access.
And it has *remarkably low* crime, given the neighborhood's income level.
All of it is linked to transit hubs, and with schools, police, fire, and utility access.
And it has *remarkably low* crime, given the neighborhood's income level.
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Which means that it was built to give the people living in it access to services.
So, even though it's low income single family urban homes in disrepair...
It was a neighborhood anchored by large parks with pools, playgrounds, and ballfields. It had safe, walkable streets radiating out from a hub.
So, even though it's low income single family urban homes in disrepair...
It was a neighborhood anchored by large parks with pools, playgrounds, and ballfields. It had safe, walkable streets radiating out from a hub.
June 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Which means that it was built to give the people living in it access to services.
So, even though it's low income single family urban homes in disrepair...
It was a neighborhood anchored by large parks with pools, playgrounds, and ballfields. It had safe, walkable streets radiating out from a hub.
So, even though it's low income single family urban homes in disrepair...
It was a neighborhood anchored by large parks with pools, playgrounds, and ballfields. It had safe, walkable streets radiating out from a hub.
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Growing up on military bases is why my fantasy of a better world involves things like community centers, and tool libraries, and municipal kitchens, and dense housing, and walkable neighborhoods, and free mass transit -
Because none of that is abstract for me. It's just "how things were."
Because none of that is abstract for me. It's just "how things were."
June 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Growing up on military bases is why my fantasy of a better world involves things like community centers, and tool libraries, and municipal kitchens, and dense housing, and walkable neighborhoods, and free mass transit -
Because none of that is abstract for me. It's just "how things were."
Because none of that is abstract for me. It's just "how things were."
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EVERYTHING on military bases is like a fantasy socialist dreamworld compared to the US!
MWR - Marine Welfare and Recreation - put the WORK in to try and make sure that I was never bored enough to get up to trouble, as a kid. Clay and woodworking studios. Auto body shops. Community centers. Movies.
MWR - Marine Welfare and Recreation - put the WORK in to try and make sure that I was never bored enough to get up to trouble, as a kid. Clay and woodworking studios. Auto body shops. Community centers. Movies.
June 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
EVERYTHING on military bases is like a fantasy socialist dreamworld compared to the US!
MWR - Marine Welfare and Recreation - put the WORK in to try and make sure that I was never bored enough to get up to trouble, as a kid. Clay and woodworking studios. Auto body shops. Community centers. Movies.
MWR - Marine Welfare and Recreation - put the WORK in to try and make sure that I was never bored enough to get up to trouble, as a kid. Clay and woodworking studios. Auto body shops. Community centers. Movies.
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Never forget that the airlines were instrumental in reducing the Covid isolation requirements and paid time off.
Why? It was hurting their profits.
They were about to lose money again due to the shutdown… so the Dems caved.
Medicaid & ACA will be gone to keep airlines happy.
Profit over people.
Why? It was hurting their profits.
They were about to lose money again due to the shutdown… so the Dems caved.
Medicaid & ACA will be gone to keep airlines happy.
Profit over people.
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Never forget that the airlines were instrumental in reducing the Covid isolation requirements and paid time off.
Why? It was hurting their profits.
They were about to lose money again due to the shutdown… so the Dems caved.
Medicaid & ACA will be gone to keep airlines happy.
Profit over people.
Why? It was hurting their profits.
They were about to lose money again due to the shutdown… so the Dems caved.
Medicaid & ACA will be gone to keep airlines happy.
Profit over people.
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It’s abhorrent that a country as wealthy as America doesn’t guarantee healthcare for all.
If you have an accident or illness in most developed nations… you’re cared for. No questions asked. No money or insurance needed
I felt hope watching the Dems hold the line.
Caving condemns people to death
If you have an accident or illness in most developed nations… you’re cared for. No questions asked. No money or insurance needed
I felt hope watching the Dems hold the line.
Caving condemns people to death
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
It’s abhorrent that a country as wealthy as America doesn’t guarantee healthcare for all.
If you have an accident or illness in most developed nations… you’re cared for. No questions asked. No money or insurance needed
I felt hope watching the Dems hold the line.
Caving condemns people to death
If you have an accident or illness in most developed nations… you’re cared for. No questions asked. No money or insurance needed
I felt hope watching the Dems hold the line.
Caving condemns people to death
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Healthcare premiums are about to go through the roof.
Food assistance will still be cut.
Billionaires, insurance companies amd corporations are the only winners tonight.
Now more than ever we need folks to wear a mask.
People can’t afford to get sick.
Masking is resistance!
Food assistance will still be cut.
Billionaires, insurance companies amd corporations are the only winners tonight.
Now more than ever we need folks to wear a mask.
People can’t afford to get sick.
Masking is resistance!
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Healthcare premiums are about to go through the roof.
Food assistance will still be cut.
Billionaires, insurance companies amd corporations are the only winners tonight.
Now more than ever we need folks to wear a mask.
People can’t afford to get sick.
Masking is resistance!
Food assistance will still be cut.
Billionaires, insurance companies amd corporations are the only winners tonight.
Now more than ever we need folks to wear a mask.
People can’t afford to get sick.
Masking is resistance!
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If ICE approaches you, know that you have rights no matter what they say.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether #ICE
#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether #ICE
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If ICE approaches you, know that you have rights no matter what they say.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether #ICE
#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether #ICE
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I always say that hard work buys you a lotto ticket, but luck still draws it. Plenty of really talented people will never ever find success. There are things you can do to buy additional lotto tickets like making connections and showing up, but luck will always, always be a factor.
November 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I always say that hard work buys you a lotto ticket, but luck still draws it. Plenty of really talented people will never ever find success. There are things you can do to buy additional lotto tickets like making connections and showing up, but luck will always, always be a factor.
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if you are insured, in all likelihood.. you got a SUBSIDY to buy health insurance.
WE ALL GET TAX SUBSIDIES TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE
Those with employer insurance (60% of us) get subsidies TEN TIMES higher than the costs of the ACA subsidies.
So why only attack the ACA/Obamacare subsidies?
WE ALL GET TAX SUBSIDIES TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE
Those with employer insurance (60% of us) get subsidies TEN TIMES higher than the costs of the ACA subsidies.
So why only attack the ACA/Obamacare subsidies?
A complaint: extending ACA/marketplace enhanced premium tax credits would be expensive.
It would cost $35 billion/year to extend marketplace credits.
In contrast the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance cost $299 billion/year in 2022
taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-boo...
It would cost $35 billion/year to extend marketplace credits.
In contrast the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance cost $299 billion/year in 2022
taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-boo...
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
if you are insured, in all likelihood.. you got a SUBSIDY to buy health insurance.
WE ALL GET TAX SUBSIDIES TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE
Those with employer insurance (60% of us) get subsidies TEN TIMES higher than the costs of the ACA subsidies.
So why only attack the ACA/Obamacare subsidies?
WE ALL GET TAX SUBSIDIES TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE
Those with employer insurance (60% of us) get subsidies TEN TIMES higher than the costs of the ACA subsidies.
So why only attack the ACA/Obamacare subsidies?