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CV

@redmeanshelp.bsky.social

"Menopause, a universal biological transition, remains deeply misunderstood in medicine, and millions of women have suffered because of it.
To unpack how we got here and what women still deserve to know, I called in Nikki Sapiro Vinckier—OBGYN & health educator—to walk through the evidence"

Beyond the black box: What women deserve to know about menopause hormone therapy

What the updated guidance on menopause hormone therapy means for safety, symptoms, and informed care

open.substack.com

November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM

CV

@redmeanshelp.bsky.social

Anyone seen an article explaining how we'll know that the Epstein files Congress is handed haven't been excessively sanitized?

November 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM

CV

@redmeanshelp.bsky.social

I would LOVE it if one of these reporters would respond with "Well, you're a terrible president, so we're even. At least I didn't double the US death rate from COVID compared to other nations by my inability to understand science."

Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 1d

It shouldn’t take nineteen clips to prove the point, but here they are anyway.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.

November 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM

CV

@redmeanshelp.bsky.social

FB decided I was a bot or something and suspended me pending analysis of a “bideo selfie” it made me submit.
I am now cleared, with no idea what provoked the software.

November 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM

CV

@redmeanshelp.bsky.social

I need to stop hoping for a decent glazed raised from Dunks.
Today was high humidity, low-moisture day, so I thought “SURELY today they will have a non-damp (fully cooked) donut with glaze that is slightly crunchy as the sugar re-crystalizes on the exterior!”
No.
Damp donut. Liquid glaze.
Sad.

November 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM

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Jack Jenkins

@jackjenkins.me

NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."

Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...

(RNS) — In video recorded on Friday (Nov. 4) outside the embattled U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois, the Rev. Michael Woolf stands alongside fellow protesters, fiddling awkwardly with his backpack as faith leaders and other protesters chant slogans at a line of police officers. A moment later, one officer can be seen walking forward, grabbing Woolf by the wrist and yanking.

Demonstrators attempted to hold on to Woolf, who was a clerical collar, but four officers wrenched him from the crowd and tossed him to the ground. After turning him onto his stomach, officers proceeded to arrest Woolf, and removed him to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Maywood, Illinois.

“I’ve got bruises all over my body,” Woolf, an American Baptist minister who is pastor of Lake Street Church of Evanston, Illinois, told Religion News Service. He was speaking in his first interview since being released Friday afternoon after about seven hours in custody.

Woolf said when he asked the arresting officers to loosen the plastic handcuffs that were causing his hands to go numb, an officer replied: “Nobody wants to talk to you — shut the f–k up.”

“It’s part of the dehumanizing nature of it, and it’s it gives me a lot of clarity around what’s happening here,” said Woolf, who has been active in protests against ICE. “It’s really a spiritual emergency.”

November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM

CV

@redmeanshelp.bsky.social

Kuo's weekly meme and pet video compilation newsletter:
statuskuo.substack.com/p/just-for-s...

Just for Skeets and Giggles (11.15.25)

Okay, listen up.

statuskuo.substack.com

November 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM

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Jay Kuo

@nycjayjay.bsky.social

Yes, this is what we need to see from Dem leaders.

November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM

CV

@redmeanshelp.bsky.social

The Sumerians speak of the ancient times:

Dreadpunk = Gothic Ho...

Today's fun fact is about the Ancient Sumerians and how their tales began. Which is sort of cool and terrifying.

Quoting another post:
donuts-multifandom- wrote:

“Something that I get chills about is the fact that the oldest story told made by the oldest civilization opens with "In those days, in those distant days, in those ancient nights."

This confirms that there is a civilization older than the Sumerians that we have yet to find

Some people get existential dread from this.

Me? I think it's fucking awesome it shows just how much of this world we have yet to discover and that is just fascinating”

November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM

CV

@redmeanshelp.bsky.social

I'm ok with the end of the penny.

November 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM

CV

@redmeanshelp.bsky.social

Have you met clinicians who believe?
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

No Evidence of Purported Lunar Effect on Hospital Admission Rates or Birth Rates

Studies indicate that a fraction of nursing professionals believe in a “lunar effect”—a purported correlation between the phases of the Earth’s moon and human affairs, such as birth rates, blood loss, or fertility. This article addresses some of the ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

November 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM

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Ask a Manager

@askamanager.org

what to do if ICE agents come to your workplace

With aggressive ICE raids expanding to an increasing number of cities, I’m sharing the following guidance from a community organizer in Chicago about what to do if ICE shows up at your workplace. I’m in Chicago, which has been targeted aggressively by ICE and Border Patrol for the last two months. ICE actions are expanding […] The post what to do if ICE agents come to your workplace appeared first on Ask a Manager.

www.askamanager.org

November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM

CV

@redmeanshelp.bsky.social

Northern half of the US: go look outside through your smartphone camera, also try naked eye.
Rest of the US: check local news - visibility is unusually south-ish.

Aurora seen through smartphone camera of branches of an oak tree in New England, around 9pm, Nov 11 2025, looking North. Strong green glow near horizon, fading into strong pink higher up.

November 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM

CV

@redmeanshelp.bsky.social

"Performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO! Tell me about a book that changed you."

Books I hunt down in old bookstores to give to friends:

- Science Made Stupid
- Motel of the Mysteries

Books I return to: Harper Hall, LotR, Bujold, Pratchett, T. Kingfisher.

November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM

CV

@redmeanshelp.bsky.social

Useful info:
theconversation.com/why-do-the-a...

Why do the aurora look better through a camera? And how do you spot a fake image? Q&A with an astrophotographer

The aurora was noticeable with the naked eye – but was spectacular through a camera lens.

theconversation.com

November 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM

CV

@redmeanshelp.bsky.social

Aurora visible by phone camera across the northern parts of the US tonight, and maybe tomorrow. Best viewing times are usually between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m.
I just went outside and it's on, although not as great as May of last year. Could easily improve.
The apps I use are SpaceWeatherLive and Aurora.

November 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM

CV

@redmeanshelp.bsky.social

there are 47 Democrats in the Senate, and 7 of them (and 1 Independent) voted with the Republicans.
Why are 7 of them being called 'all the Democrats?'

November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM

CV

@redmeanshelp.bsky.social

His nurse needs to make him take a second afternoon nap.
“analysis of multiple video feeds found that the president spent nearly 20 minutes battling to keep his eyes open at a recent event."

'Oh my god': WaPo analysis shows Trump 'was sleeping for 20 minutes during a live event'

Donald Trump caught heat for closing his eyes through a press conference, and a new Washington Post analysis reveals the president spent nearly 20 minutes sleeping or battling sleep during the event.T...

www.rawstory.com

November 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM

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Chris Hayes

@chrislhayes.bsky.social

"The planes also don't have engines, which would need to be purchased separately."

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12d

The WSJ on how unbelievably stupid Noem and Lewandowski are.

I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

More broadly, officials across ICE say Noem and Lewandowski have directed them to use a $170
billion infusion of cash from Congress to launch splashy ideas that have proven ineffective or impractical.
Among the examples some ICE officials have cited: A few weeks ago, the pair ordered ICE officials to buy 10 737 jets from Spirit Airlines that they said would be used to boost deportation flights— and for their own travel, according to people familiar with the matter.
Some officials warned the pair that the effort would be prohibitively expensive compared with hiring more flight contractors, the people said.

Once the officials looked into the proposal, they learned that Spirit, which filed for bankruptcy for a second time in August, didn't own the planes. The planes also don't have engines, which would need to be purchased separately.
The project has since been put on pause, though DHS recently purchased two Gulfstream jets for $200 million, according to Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee, who were notified by the department.
A spokesperson for Spirit didn't respond to a request for comment.

November 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM

CV

@redmeanshelp.bsky.social

“The top response was “I don’t know,” or some similar variation. It made up over one-fifth (21%) of responses. “Nobody” garnered an additional 11%.”

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Poll: Democrats have no idea who their leader is

Only one person hit double digits.

www.politico.com

November 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM

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Rebecca Solnit

@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

The extent to which shitty centrist journalism rests on the same thing as Trump, the never-identified "some people say, everyone says" etc. including "critics say" here is a zombie move, lifeless yet vengeful.

"Critics say the growth of these programs, which aim to teach about historical events from the perspective of marginalized and oppressed groups, has turned colleges into feckless workshops for leftist political orthodoxy."

“Critics say” is the tell, and does it ever go on telling. First, note that this criticism (“Majors like Africana studies, or any of its siblings such as women’s studies, these critics charge, promote a worldview that sees little to admire in American history. Some disparagingly call the entire field ‘grievance studies’”) gives to the article the whole of its contrapuntal structure of argument: these scholars and teachers say Mr. Mamdani’s education is substantial, yet critics say something else.

November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM

CV

@redmeanshelp.bsky.social

Dems offer a 1-year extension. No complications.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13d

Well, well, well.

L - October 27
R - Today

November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM

CV

@redmeanshelp.bsky.social

Includes gift link to NYT article. "the generic drug business is so different from the patented prescription drug business that it might as well be a separate industry."
www.science.org/content/blog...