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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
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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.

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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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This is the way.

Be creative.
February 4, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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
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...
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
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
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
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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
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
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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
ign.com IGN @ign.com · 1d
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
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.
February 3, 2026 at 5:29 AM
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.
February 3, 2026 at 5:21 AM
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
“Stop talking about ‘normalizing breastfeeding!’ It’s already normalized!”

The Epstein files:
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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February 2, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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I am really enjoying having the Eastern Bluebirds here for the winter. They seem to be very social and full of personality. It's a shame they are not here year-round.

North Texas

#photography
#birds #birdphotography
#nature #naturephotography
#Texas #backyardbirds
February 2, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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Men aren’t born with a propensity to commit acts of sexual violence. It is socialized behavior, often learned through abuse itself. Take fraternities and hazing as one example. The slightly older students beat the younger ones and the cycle continues year after year. Sports teams, armies, the same.
February 2, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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The Epstein case reflects systemic issues within the American elite. Despite clear evidence, the perpetrators will probably never be charged. They engage in exploitative practices without consequence.The American oligarchy has amassed its wealth through parasitism
February 2, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I knew he’d eventually start talking about arresting Obama. I’m surprised it took this long. He is obsessed with Obama, always has been. He haaaates how popular he is, and how much smarter and cooler and fitter he is than Trump. And he is jealous of his Nobel Peace Prize.
This is a form of sickness.
February 2, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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Not normal.
February 2, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Minnesota physicians have been reporting *several* cases where pts presented with injuries inconsistent with ICE’s claimed cause. They also report pts afraid to tell the truth about their injuries, and agents intimidating staff refusing to leave pts room even when pt is receiving an exam or bath.
"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..."

apnews.com/article/immi...
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
apnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:53 AM
My mom friends keep asking me what to do. Attachment parenting is one of the most anti-fascist things you can do. The Nazis invented sleep training and low-contact parenting *for a reason*.
February 2, 2026 at 6:36 AM
This is who runs this account
February 1, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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This Eastern Bluebird seemed to want company, which I was more than happy to give. He had mealworms while I sipped my coffee, just feet apart.

North Texas

#photography
#birds #birdphotography
#nature #naturephotography
#Texas #backyardbirds
February 1, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Omggg

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Last night, emceeing:
"Whose lab are you in?"
"My lab."
"Yes, but whose?"
"The Hebert Lab, it's me, it's mine."
"But under who?"

Also: "Scientists are usually so serious, you're good at funny, too!" What a weird generalization we're still fighting. Quick backstage shot being shiny and myself. #WIS
February 1, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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Just your average Friday Night fun... making boob emojis with @bridgetmcgann.medsky.social
January 31, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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It's a lovely article @meghanazad.bsky.social 😊
Publishing data did lead to positive change in Manitoba!
Here's the cited article in #IntBreastfeedJ
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
January 31, 2026 at 12:51 AM