@caitbsky.bsky.social
Idealist, planetist, geek #CrisisData
Was @cait on Twitter.
#CovidIsNotOver
Anyone got an Emergency Management starter pack?
Was @cait on Twitter.
#CovidIsNotOver
Anyone got an Emergency Management starter pack?
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Uber held liable, ordered to pay $8.5 million in driver rape suit
Uber held liable, ordered to pay $8.5 million in driver rape suit
The case lays the groundwork for about 3,000 other sexual misconduct cases the ridesharing platform is facing nationwide.
cnb.cx
February 6, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Uber held liable, ordered to pay $8.5 million in driver rape suit
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⚠️ New research with HUGE data set (2.7 million): Autism rates are “more or less equal for men and women.”
Autistic females present differently than autistic males in childhood. As a result, females are often diagnosed later, so recorded rates are higher for male children but even out by adulthood.
Autistic females present differently than autistic males in childhood. As a result, females are often diagnosed later, so recorded rates are higher for male children but even out by adulthood.
Women have the same rates of autism as men – but get diagnosed less
A new study on autism prevalence in both genders suggests that ‘clinical biases contribute to under-recognition of women and girls’
www.independent.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM
⚠️ New research with HUGE data set (2.7 million): Autism rates are “more or less equal for men and women.”
Autistic females present differently than autistic males in childhood. As a result, females are often diagnosed later, so recorded rates are higher for male children but even out by adulthood.
Autistic females present differently than autistic males in childhood. As a result, females are often diagnosed later, so recorded rates are higher for male children but even out by adulthood.
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May 2025)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May 2025)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
www.propublica.org
February 6, 2026 at 4:00 AM
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May 2025)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May 2025)
TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer.
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
February 6, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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Happening now in Silicon Valley: marchers have surrounded the Palantir building and are holding a prayer vigil for victims of ICE, while video of ICE and Palantir crimes is projected on the building. #abolishice #iceout #palantir #paloalto
February 6, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Happening now in Silicon Valley: marchers have surrounded the Palantir building and are holding a prayer vigil for victims of ICE, while video of ICE and Palantir crimes is projected on the building. #abolishice #iceout #palantir #paloalto
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Noem has received blowback for her response to fatal shootings by federal agents in Minnesota.
Nearly 60% Of Voters Think Kristi Noem Should Be Removed After Minnesota Shootings
Noem has received blowback for her response to fatal shootings by federal agents in Minnesota.
www.forbes.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Noem has received blowback for her response to fatal shootings by federal agents in Minnesota.
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The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
oh btw if you need the CIA World Factbook because they took it down with no warning because we can't have nice things, here's where you can get the PDF for the 2024-2025 edition: annas-archive.li/md5/92d7b783...
The CIA World Factbook 2024-2025 - Anna’s Archive
Central Intelligence Agency
The ultimate, comprehensive guide to official country data and statistics, from the world’s most sop
Simon and Schuster
annas-archive.li
February 6, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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This is monstrous. ICE can't be reformed, it must be dismantled and its thugs prosecuted for their crimes against humanity.
Elizabeth, a 10-year-old Minnesota girl, spent a month detained at the ICE facility in Dilley, TX before her release last night w/ her mom.
Dilley now has a measles outbreak and hundreds of other kids remain detained. Elizabeth has flu-like symptoms and her mom has hives, a school official told me
Dilley now has a measles outbreak and hundreds of other kids remain detained. Elizabeth has flu-like symptoms and her mom has hives, a school official told me
Minnesota girl, 10, released from ICE custody after a month in detention
Elizabeth Zuna Caisaguano and her mother released from Texas facility to head back to Minnesota to reunite with her father
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:29 AM
This is monstrous. ICE can't be reformed, it must be dismantled and its thugs prosecuted for their crimes against humanity.
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“Everything we know about skin has been learned from so-called scientific studies funded by large corporations who have a financial stake in keeping our musculature covered in an unnecessary layer of man-made flesh,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
RFK Jr. Questions Efficacy Of Skin
WASHINGTON—In a firm dismissal of decades of scientific research and real-world data on the organ’s benefits and safety, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. publicly questioned t...
theonion.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:15 AM
“Everything we know about skin has been learned from so-called scientific studies funded by large corporations who have a financial stake in keeping our musculature covered in an unnecessary layer of man-made flesh,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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The regime is going to court to overrule a judge’s order to release 5 year old Liam Ramos from custody.
They’re spending tax dollars fighting to lock up a child
Arguing to send him back to a camp where children scream “let us out”.
A camp with a measles outbreak.
Monsters.
They’re spending tax dollars fighting to lock up a child
Arguing to send him back to a camp where children scream “let us out”.
A camp with a measles outbreak.
Monsters.
February 5, 2026 at 5:26 AM
The regime is going to court to overrule a judge’s order to release 5 year old Liam Ramos from custody.
They’re spending tax dollars fighting to lock up a child
Arguing to send him back to a camp where children scream “let us out”.
A camp with a measles outbreak.
Monsters.
They’re spending tax dollars fighting to lock up a child
Arguing to send him back to a camp where children scream “let us out”.
A camp with a measles outbreak.
Monsters.
South Australia: Measles circulating undetected in Adelaide after infectious case identified, SA Health says
"SA Health said the adult acquired the infection locally, with chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier describing the case as "very much a concern".
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
"SA Health said the adult acquired the infection locally, with chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier describing the case as "very much a concern".
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Measles case in person who hadn't travelled 'very much a concern'
South Australia's health department says undetected measles is circulating in Adelaide, after an infection was identified in someone who had not recently travelled.
www.abc.net.au
February 5, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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I don't know when I last read something like the transcript out of Minnesota, so I spent the evening putting this together.
www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnes...
www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnes...
February 5, 2026 at 5:17 AM
I don't know when I last read something like the transcript out of Minnesota, so I spent the evening putting this together.
www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnes...
www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnes...
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Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
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“To me it seems H!tler has won. He’s changed us J€ws from being compassionate and caring…into this vicious, Genocidal, nationalist nation,”
—Miriam Margolyes, an 84-year-old Jewish Australian-British actor publicly condemns Israelis
—Miriam Margolyes, an 84-year-old Jewish Australian-British actor publicly condemns Israelis
February 4, 2026 at 2:58 AM
“To me it seems H!tler has won. He’s changed us J€ws from being compassionate and caring…into this vicious, Genocidal, nationalist nation,”
—Miriam Margolyes, an 84-year-old Jewish Australian-British actor publicly condemns Israelis
—Miriam Margolyes, an 84-year-old Jewish Australian-British actor publicly condemns Israelis
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“Criminality is so rampant inside CBP that it has seen one of its own agents or officers arrested every 24 to 36 hours since 2005. CBP’s misconduct scandal is so long-running that today it would be old enough to drink.”
February 4, 2026 at 12:33 PM
“Criminality is so rampant inside CBP that it has seen one of its own agents or officers arrested every 24 to 36 hours since 2005. CBP’s misconduct scandal is so long-running that today it would be old enough to drink.”
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Steve Dickson, One Nation’s leader in 🇦🇺 Q'ld, meeting with Catherine Haggett at Koch Industries in Washington 🇺🇸:
“What you can do to help us & it’s going to get down to money at the end of the day…we can change the voting system in our country".
www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/3/...
#PHONyPatriots
“What you can do to help us & it’s going to get down to money at the end of the day…we can change the voting system in our country".
www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/3/...
#PHONyPatriots
Australia’s One Nation offered ‘change to voting system’ for cash
Far-right party sought up to $20m from pro-gun groups in the United States, undercover Al Jazeera investigation reveals.
www.aljazeera.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:08 AM
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Rather than build homes on these sites, the visionless Albanese 'government' has instead chosen to sell them to profit-driven rapacious developers
Albanese is NOT serious about fixing the #HousingCrisis
Albanese is NOT serious about
No One Left Behind™
Albanese is a liar and a charlatan
#AusPol
Albanese is NOT serious about fixing the #HousingCrisis
Albanese is NOT serious about
No One Left Behind™
Albanese is a liar and a charlatan
#AusPol
Albanese government to sell off $3bn worth of historic defence sites amid push to free up space for new homes
Richard Marles has decided to sell more than 60 properties, including Victoria Barracks in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Rather than build homes on these sites, the visionless Albanese 'government' has instead chosen to sell them to profit-driven rapacious developers
Albanese is NOT serious about fixing the #HousingCrisis
Albanese is NOT serious about
No One Left Behind™
Albanese is a liar and a charlatan
#AusPol
Albanese is NOT serious about fixing the #HousingCrisis
Albanese is NOT serious about
No One Left Behind™
Albanese is a liar and a charlatan
#AusPol
In between jocular bragging about predatory behaviour, these people were attempting to swing elections and subvert democracy all over the world. www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/04/j...
The Epstein files show that Australia, like many nations, is at the mercy of men like him
The latest release of files on Jeffrey Epstein show his attempts to casually influence elections and subvert democracy in countries all over the world.
www.crikey.com.au
February 4, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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The murder of VA ICU Nurse Alex Pretti has been officially ruled as a homicide.
Good because that’s exactly what it is. Now let’s do the same for Renee Good’s murder.
Good because that’s exactly what it is. Now let’s do the same for Renee Good’s murder.
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 AM
The murder of VA ICU Nurse Alex Pretti has been officially ruled as a homicide.
Good because that’s exactly what it is. Now let’s do the same for Renee Good’s murder.
Good because that’s exactly what it is. Now let’s do the same for Renee Good’s murder.
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Could you please tell me if Australian citizens can fight this in court? it’s our personal info , can they legally hand it over? Tia
#auspol
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#auspol
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You are giving Trump the rapist Australian biometric ID DATA access are you mad?
WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR TRUMP!
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/03/a...
WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR TRUMP!
www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/03/a...
Trump, ICE set to be handed access to Australians' biometric data, ID documents
The Albanese government is giving the Trump administration and agencies like ICE access to Australians' biometric data — and we're not being told anything about it.
www.crikey.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Could you please tell me if Australian citizens can fight this in court? it’s our personal info , can they legally hand it over? Tia
#auspol
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#auspol
bsky.app/profile/vikt...
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No response yet from the AFL.
“the women's team would often come into the club rooms after the men had played and find blood, spit and faeces in the bathroom, which they would have to clean up. ABC Sport have seen images of this.”
Sign the petition:
www.change.org/p/afl-victor...
#AusPol
#AFL
“the women's team would often come into the club rooms after the men had played and find blood, spit and faeces in the bathroom, which they would have to clean up. ABC Sport have seen images of this.”
Sign the petition:
www.change.org/p/afl-victor...
#AusPol
#AFL
February 2, 2026 at 12:53 PM
No response yet from the AFL.
“the women's team would often come into the club rooms after the men had played and find blood, spit and faeces in the bathroom, which they would have to clean up. ABC Sport have seen images of this.”
Sign the petition:
www.change.org/p/afl-victor...
#AusPol
#AFL
“the women's team would often come into the club rooms after the men had played and find blood, spit and faeces in the bathroom, which they would have to clean up. ABC Sport have seen images of this.”
Sign the petition:
www.change.org/p/afl-victor...
#AusPol
#AFL
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This hero Unrivaled fan.
February 3, 2026 at 1:37 AM
This hero Unrivaled fan.
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Get in, losers, we’re flipping Texas.
February 1, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Get in, losers, we’re flipping Texas.