Auld Lang Synvisc
@oxnardmantalvo.bsky.social
I don't work in showbiz, but I do see a lot of scripts.
Mostly medical puns.
Mostly medical puns.
This is how the NRA gained so much political influence for relatively cheap; they sponsored local events, distributed newsletters, announced calls to action... they are visible in communities that broadly support them. They see the value of the individual, even if it's only as a disposable tool.
January 21, 2026 at 6:08 PM
This is how the NRA gained so much political influence for relatively cheap; they sponsored local events, distributed newsletters, announced calls to action... they are visible in communities that broadly support them. They see the value of the individual, even if it's only as a disposable tool.
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What a perfect impersonation of Satya.
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 AM
What a perfect impersonation of Satya.
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So now the’re death camps.
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 21, 2026 at 12:30 AM
So now the’re death camps.
It's frustrating how often US healthcare systems disregard employee health and safety in favor of not having to enforce rules with uncooperative HCPs, patients, and visitors. (to say nothing of how we still give far too many passes to the assault and harassment of nurses, specifically)
"To a lawyer trained in occupational safety regulation or human rights litigation, this is not an academic disagreement. It is a warning that existing standards may now be legally indefensible"
www.businessupturn.com/trade-policy...
www.businessupturn.com/trade-policy...
Why the WHO respirator revolt could reshape global health governance - Business Upturn Trade & Policy
When a group of senior clinicians and public health scientists formally urged the World Health Organization in January 2026 to...
www.businessupturn.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:16 PM
It's frustrating how often US healthcare systems disregard employee health and safety in favor of not having to enforce rules with uncooperative HCPs, patients, and visitors. (to say nothing of how we still give far too many passes to the assault and harassment of nurses, specifically)
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(father giving CPR to an infant who stopped breathing after an ICE agent detonated a flashbang in their car)
Amy Klobuchar: Don't take the bait!
Amy Klobuchar: Don't take the bait!
January 16, 2026 at 1:40 PM
(father giving CPR to an infant who stopped breathing after an ICE agent detonated a flashbang in their car)
Amy Klobuchar: Don't take the bait!
Amy Klobuchar: Don't take the bait!
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
I get to do this a little bit.
I was trying to warn a colleague off investing in a cryptocurrency that was almost certainly a pump and dump scheme, and I convinced him by asking him how his old NFT and metaverse investments were doing.
I was trying to warn a colleague off investing in a cryptocurrency that was almost certainly a pump and dump scheme, and I convinced him by asking him how his old NFT and metaverse investments were doing.
We don’t dance on the grave of NFTs enough. I had a year where I was repeatedly told by bozos I was going to be irrelevant and extinct for not embracing them, I should be allowed a victory lap.
January 13, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I get to do this a little bit.
I was trying to warn a colleague off investing in a cryptocurrency that was almost certainly a pump and dump scheme, and I convinced him by asking him how his old NFT and metaverse investments were doing.
I was trying to warn a colleague off investing in a cryptocurrency that was almost certainly a pump and dump scheme, and I convinced him by asking him how his old NFT and metaverse investments were doing.
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Discworld QOTD, from Maskerade
“Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust.”
“Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust.”
Discworld QOTD, from The Truth
January 11, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Maskerade
“Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust.”
“Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust.”
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Hey! We're playing MULTI-NIGHT STANDS in Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Boston, Woodstock, and Indianapolis, Dates and venues announced Jan. 15, tickets on sale Jan. 23!
January 12, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Hey! We're playing MULTI-NIGHT STANDS in Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Boston, Woodstock, and Indianapolis, Dates and venues announced Jan. 15, tickets on sale Jan. 23!
Gears of Warfarin
Slightly diminish a game:
BioStartle and BioStartle Indefinite
BioStartle and BioStartle Indefinite
Slightly diminish a game:
The Summary of Zelda
The Summary of Zelda
January 12, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Gears of Warfarin
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If someone tried to tell me my full-term healthy 3 month old couldn't get the RSV shot, I would've thrown such a huge fit. Heck no. I've been an ER doctor for 10 years, and the number of babies we used to have to admit for RSV then vs now is stunning.
January 11, 2026 at 6:55 PM
If someone tried to tell me my full-term healthy 3 month old couldn't get the RSV shot, I would've thrown such a huge fit. Heck no. I've been an ER doctor for 10 years, and the number of babies we used to have to admit for RSV then vs now is stunning.
One day we'll have good research to explain why so many economists and physicists feel compelled to make declarations about subjects they have no expertise in that are so diametrically contrary to available evidence.
NYT has an economics professor tell readers that eating a low-fiber diet full of saturated fat, cholesterol, and excess protein, mostly from red meat (along with as much alcohol as you want!) is healthy. Nutrition scientists, as well as anyone with common sense, know better.
Opinion | Kennedy Is Telling Americans How to Eat. It’s Not Crazy Advice.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:09 PM
One day we'll have good research to explain why so many economists and physicists feel compelled to make declarations about subjects they have no expertise in that are so diametrically contrary to available evidence.
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If Democrats can't win on "the administration is full of and covering for kiddie rapers and they're using your tax money to invade Venezuela and pay fat Nazis to shoot your neighbors" then GET THE FUCK OUT OF POLITICS
January 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM
If Democrats can't win on "the administration is full of and covering for kiddie rapers and they're using your tax money to invade Venezuela and pay fat Nazis to shoot your neighbors" then GET THE FUCK OUT OF POLITICS
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Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.
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1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
The only error here is that it wound up being more honest than they planned.
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
January 6, 2026 at 2:25 AM
The only error here is that it wound up being more honest than they planned.
I hate that just after the US did another massive war crime my feed is, instead, full of discourse that basically boils down to how easily social media users are mobilized against randos over petty bullshit.
January 5, 2026 at 10:12 PM
I hate that just after the US did another massive war crime my feed is, instead, full of discourse that basically boils down to how easily social media users are mobilized against randos over petty bullshit.
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I can’t fully articulate the way my stomach dropped when I saw this headline. Please know the evidence has not changed. The people in charge have changed, and they did not consult any relevant experts or the public. “This new policy has not been vetted with pediatricians, the public, or the ACIP”
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive
The number of recommended childhood shots drops from 17 to 11.
www.statnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I can’t fully articulate the way my stomach dropped when I saw this headline. Please know the evidence has not changed. The people in charge have changed, and they did not consult any relevant experts or the public. “This new policy has not been vetted with pediatricians, the public, or the ACIP”
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If any media outlets want to discuss the changes to the childhood vaccination schedule posted by HHS my DMs are open and I have opinions.
Thomas A. Nguyen, DO
Children's Physicians, Inc
Associate Professor of Pediatrics OU-HCOM
www.hhs.gov/childhood-im...
Thomas A. Nguyen, DO
Children's Physicians, Inc
Associate Professor of Pediatrics OU-HCOM
www.hhs.gov/childhood-im...
www.hhs.gov
January 5, 2026 at 7:44 PM
If any media outlets want to discuss the changes to the childhood vaccination schedule posted by HHS my DMs are open and I have opinions.
Thomas A. Nguyen, DO
Children's Physicians, Inc
Associate Professor of Pediatrics OU-HCOM
www.hhs.gov/childhood-im...
Thomas A. Nguyen, DO
Children's Physicians, Inc
Associate Professor of Pediatrics OU-HCOM
www.hhs.gov/childhood-im...
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"This is a man drunk on repulsive levels of executive pay and global power, whose brain has been turned to mush by Linkedin and executive self-improvement podcast speak to the point where he writes shit like this down..."
January 5, 2026 at 1:05 PM
"This is a man drunk on repulsive levels of executive pay and global power, whose brain has been turned to mush by Linkedin and executive self-improvement podcast speak to the point where he writes shit like this down..."
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If you find any gen A.I. images in academic journals that are not in my collection yet, you can report them at this form:
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Use this form to share graphics (e.g., figures, covers, graphical abstracts) made using generative A.I. that have appeared in academic journals.
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January 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
If you find any gen A.I. images in academic journals that are not in my collection yet, you can report them at this form:
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bit.ly/JournalSlop
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Rarely do you read news this positive these days. Other US cities should seriously consider implementing congestion pricing.
Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed. (Gift Article)
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Rarely do you read news this positive these days. Other US cities should seriously consider implementing congestion pricing.
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wow this is bar after bar of straight fire
I do not have the subject matter expertise to know the veracity of Petro’s claims but I do know that the cited history of armed struggle of Bolivian Latin America runs deep across scores of countries and is a tradition Trump tramples on at his own peril
I do not have the subject matter expertise to know the veracity of Petro’s claims but I do know that the cited history of armed struggle of Bolivian Latin America runs deep across scores of countries and is a tradition Trump tramples on at his own peril
Really, a remarkable statement from Colombia’s President.
January 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
wow this is bar after bar of straight fire
I do not have the subject matter expertise to know the veracity of Petro’s claims but I do know that the cited history of armed struggle of Bolivian Latin America runs deep across scores of countries and is a tradition Trump tramples on at his own peril
I do not have the subject matter expertise to know the veracity of Petro’s claims but I do know that the cited history of armed struggle of Bolivian Latin America runs deep across scores of countries and is a tradition Trump tramples on at his own peril
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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro