Bríd Nic Annaidh ☘️
@bridgetmcgann.medsky.social
Bioanthropologist & curator of #LactFacts
Doing: #LactSci & #SciComm @ #THRiVELab 🤱🏾
CU Denver grad student • Did: #MarchforScience
crappy violinist • drochghaeilgeoir ☘️
Neurospicy 🌈🦋 • nuance, kindness, hope
www.thrivediscovery.ca/kt
Doing: #LactSci & #SciComm @ #THRiVELab 🤱🏾
CU Denver grad student • Did: #MarchforScience
crappy violinist • drochghaeilgeoir ☘️
Neurospicy 🌈🦋 • nuance, kindness, hope
www.thrivediscovery.ca/kt
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👋🏼 About me!
I'm an anthropologist who studies babies, and how their behavior and physiology is shaped by the unique way that we feed our babies as mammals: lactation.
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I'm an anthropologist who studies babies, and how their behavior and physiology is shaped by the unique way that we feed our babies as mammals: lactation.
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1. Hi new friends! Linked in this first tweet is my “About me/what kind of content I post” thread. It has been temporarily unpinned to make room for Item 2.
2. Hi old friends! I promised you BlueSky primers and pro tips. I will drop those in the rest of THIS thread.
bsky.app/profile/brid...
2. Hi old friends! I promised you BlueSky primers and pro tips. I will drop those in the rest of THIS thread.
bsky.app/profile/brid...
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Democracy dies in billionaire hands. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]
February 5, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Democracy dies in billionaire hands. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]
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Just a gentle reminder to celebrate your wins, even the ones people don't see. 👇
February 5, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Just a gentle reminder to celebrate your wins, even the ones people don't see. 👇
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also this country was started by psychos, but mostly violins
February 5, 2026 at 6:38 AM
also this country was started by psychos, but mostly violins
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It's always frustrating to me how the term AI has evolved. AI was an umbrella term from 1950s. Then Machine Learning (a subset of AI), Deep Learning (a subset of ML), and modern generative AI (a subset DL). Now LLMs are used synonymously with "AI". So I made these graphics of the "AIroboros"
February 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
It's always frustrating to me how the term AI has evolved. AI was an umbrella term from 1950s. Then Machine Learning (a subset of AI), Deep Learning (a subset of ML), and modern generative AI (a subset DL). Now LLMs are used synonymously with "AI". So I made these graphics of the "AIroboros"
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Quick round up:
- the government is covering up evidence the president is a pedophile
- he’s openly taking bribes from foreign governments
- his masked agents are shooting citizens in the streets
- the FBI is helping him steal the election
- he’s threatening war against multiple allies
👍👍👍
- the government is covering up evidence the president is a pedophile
- he’s openly taking bribes from foreign governments
- his masked agents are shooting citizens in the streets
- the FBI is helping him steal the election
- he’s threatening war against multiple allies
👍👍👍
February 4, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Quick round up:
- the government is covering up evidence the president is a pedophile
- he’s openly taking bribes from foreign governments
- his masked agents are shooting citizens in the streets
- the FBI is helping him steal the election
- he’s threatening war against multiple allies
👍👍👍
- the government is covering up evidence the president is a pedophile
- he’s openly taking bribes from foreign governments
- his masked agents are shooting citizens in the streets
- the FBI is helping him steal the election
- he’s threatening war against multiple allies
👍👍👍
I know this is small potatoes, but I really, really hate that Amazon has rights to Tolkien IP, and that this douchebag is going to continue to make money off of it for at least 3 more seasons.
When Jeff Bezos bought WaPo, he immediately took control of the opinions section. Now, he's laying off hundreds of journalists, including those covering Amazon.
This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of billionaires with vested political agendas taking over our media.
This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of billionaires with vested political agendas taking over our media.
February 5, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I know this is small potatoes, but I really, really hate that Amazon has rights to Tolkien IP, and that this douchebag is going to continue to make money off of it for at least 3 more seasons.
Lots of follows lately from Star Trek and Lord of the Rings fans lately. Guess I'm doin' something right here.
My brand remains strong.
My brand remains strong.
February 5, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Lots of follows lately from Star Trek and Lord of the Rings fans lately. Guess I'm doin' something right here.
My brand remains strong.
My brand remains strong.
The EduTube company Complexly has gone non-profit! This move completely makes sense. Complexly is a societal good, and I'm excited to see what this new chapter holds for 21st century informal education.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eziN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eziN...
We Just Sold Our Company for $0
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:29 AM
The EduTube company Complexly has gone non-profit! This move completely makes sense. Complexly is a societal good, and I'm excited to see what this new chapter holds for 21st century informal education.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eziN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eziN...
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Last week the story was that TikTok censored anti-Trump/ICE/Pretti videos after the U.S. ownership change. We investigated with a large set of US TikTok data and found some interesting results, short thread...
February 4, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Last week the story was that TikTok censored anti-Trump/ICE/Pretti videos after the U.S. ownership change. We investigated with a large set of US TikTok data and found some interesting results, short thread...
Everybody's talking about how to root out ICE agents infiltrating your resistance groups. You're overthinking it. Just ask everyone these simple questions:
1. What does the First Amendment say
2. What does the Fourth Amendment say
3. What was the last book you read
4. Tell me about your feelings
1. What does the First Amendment say
2. What does the Fourth Amendment say
3. What was the last book you read
4. Tell me about your feelings
February 4, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Everybody's talking about how to root out ICE agents infiltrating your resistance groups. You're overthinking it. Just ask everyone these simple questions:
1. What does the First Amendment say
2. What does the Fourth Amendment say
3. What was the last book you read
4. Tell me about your feelings
1. What does the First Amendment say
2. What does the Fourth Amendment say
3. What was the last book you read
4. Tell me about your feelings
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Democracy Dies
-Jeff Bezos 2/4/2026
-Jeff Bezos 2/4/2026
February 4, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Democracy Dies
-Jeff Bezos 2/4/2026
-Jeff Bezos 2/4/2026
Somebody posted this in the Thielmarillion group on the Crooked Friends of the Pod Discord server. This is multiple layers of hilarious
February 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Somebody posted this in the Thielmarillion group on the Crooked Friends of the Pod Discord server. This is multiple layers of hilarious
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there’s a training coming up for those of us in other states 👀
February 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
there’s a training coming up for those of us in other states 👀
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This is the way.
Be creative.
Be creative.
A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:27 AM
This is the way.
Be creative.
Be creative.
The title of this preprint sounds like something I have definitely heard said on the bridge of the USS Enterprise
Rapid optogenetic manipulation of autophagy reveals that the nuclear pore complex is a robust autophagy substrate https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.03.703609v1
February 4, 2026 at 8:41 AM
The title of this preprint sounds like something I have definitely heard said on the bridge of the USS Enterprise
If you are stupid enough to take research money from *checks notes* a "50-something year-old bachelor/businessman/philanthropist who had been arrested for solicitation of a prostitute,” you are too stupid to be a scientist.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
UCLA professor sparks furor online over emails to Jeffrey Epstein
Mark Tramo has already been scrutinized for his association with the financier.
www.sfgate.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:22 AM
If you are stupid enough to take research money from *checks notes* a "50-something year-old bachelor/businessman/philanthropist who had been arrested for solicitation of a prostitute,” you are too stupid to be a scientist.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
I'm tired of preparing for my neighborhood to be invaded by a masked lawless paramilitary group instead of doing science
February 4, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I'm tired of preparing for my neighborhood to be invaded by a masked lawless paramilitary group instead of doing science
How #THRiVELab is re-inventing #breastfeeding science education:
🧑🏻🏫 Teaching breastfeeding to kindergarteners
🎥 Producing a documentary about #LactSci
🩺 Teaching clinicians how to "talk about breastfeeding"
👽 Hosting an annual Reddit AMA
www.thrivediscovery.ca/kt.html
🧪 🛟 🩺 #MedSky #ChildHealth
🧑🏻🏫 Teaching breastfeeding to kindergarteners
🎥 Producing a documentary about #LactSci
🩺 Teaching clinicians how to "talk about breastfeeding"
👽 Hosting an annual Reddit AMA
www.thrivediscovery.ca/kt.html
🧪 🛟 🩺 #MedSky #ChildHealth
KT
In our research we’ve learned a lot about how breastfeeding impacts human health. But in order for people to apply science in their lives, it needs to be understood by more than just scientists:...
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February 3, 2026 at 7:16 PM
How #THRiVELab is re-inventing #breastfeeding science education:
🧑🏻🏫 Teaching breastfeeding to kindergarteners
🎥 Producing a documentary about #LactSci
🩺 Teaching clinicians how to "talk about breastfeeding"
👽 Hosting an annual Reddit AMA
www.thrivediscovery.ca/kt.html
🧪 🛟 🩺 #MedSky #ChildHealth
🧑🏻🏫 Teaching breastfeeding to kindergarteners
🎥 Producing a documentary about #LactSci
🩺 Teaching clinicians how to "talk about breastfeeding"
👽 Hosting an annual Reddit AMA
www.thrivediscovery.ca/kt.html
🧪 🛟 🩺 #MedSky #ChildHealth
Don’t worry everybody. I already searched for Carl Sagan’s name. Our childhoods are preserved.
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
February 3, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Don’t worry everybody. I already searched for Carl Sagan’s name. Our childhoods are preserved.
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they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. https://bit.ly/4rmRhrK
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 AM
they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
I look at boobs a lot more than the average person, yet it has taken me 5 years to realize that my profile pic looks like one.
I just manifest boobs, I guess.
I just manifest boobs, I guess.
February 3, 2026 at 5:29 AM
I look at boobs a lot more than the average person, yet it has taken me 5 years to realize that my profile pic looks like one.
I just manifest boobs, I guess.
I just manifest boobs, I guess.
Go Texas!
Apparently there was a city meeting in Hutchins, Texas, tonight. Hutchins is the location of DHS's newly announced 10,000-person concentration camp. What I've been told is that city officials were unanimously and adamantly opposed to it.
Unfortunately, I'm seeing this nowhere online.
Unfortunately, I'm seeing this nowhere online.
February 3, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Go Texas!
Palantir is creating a digital panopticon and Peter Thiel is a fake nerd who can’t spell “Palantír.”
AOC on ICE: It’s our task to figure out how to claw back what has essentially supercharged this agency into becoming a relentless domestic paramilitary that is also a blank check to Palantir to create facial-recognition scans on U.S. citizens.
February 3, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Palantir is creating a digital panopticon and Peter Thiel is a fake nerd who can’t spell “Palantír.”
“Stop talking about ‘normalizing breastfeeding!’ It’s already normalized!”
The Epstein files:
The Epstein files:
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
“Stop talking about ‘normalizing breastfeeding!’ It’s already normalized!”
The Epstein files:
The Epstein files: