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Nicole
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Nicole @retroflexepeeist.bsky.social · Jun 5
My tween just informed me that I have inspired a new item in his DnD campaign/universe -- The Sunglasses of Omniscience.

This is it. This is my legacy. Can *anything* top this?
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purrinink.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
We still have a limited inventory of *most* sizes of these. Some sizes just have 1 left, so if you wanna get one, do it soon!

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katelufkin.bsky.social Kate L. @katelufkin.bsky.social · 3d
Extremely jazzed about my new t-shirt from @sarahmackattack.bsky.social !!
A black T-shirt on a counter that says “biology is bigger than binaries”
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic that is 100x STRONGER than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA and VRE. Hiding in a well-known soil bacterium, pre-methylenomycin C lactone KILLS drug-resistant bacteria WITHOUT triggering resistance.
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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mostlybree.kitrocha.com
I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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mcopelov.bsky.social
Fifth day...? Looks like the Rohirrim arrived a few hours early
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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kameronhurley.com
This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.

I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
Many of the propagandists of Autocracy, Inc., have learned from the mistakes of the twentieth century. They don’t offer their fellow citizens a vision of utopia, and they don’t inspire them to build a better world. Instead, they teach people to be cynical and passive, because there is no better world to build. Their goal is to persuade people to mind their own business, stay out of politics, and never hope for a democratic alternative: Our state may be corrupt, but everyone else is corrupt too. You may not like our leader, but the others are worse. You may not like our society, but at least we are strong and the democratic world is weak, degenerate, divided, dying.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
retroflexepeeist.bsky.social
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Have a homemade [if niche] treat:
A crossed out image of The Map from Dora the Explorer above a clip from 1999's The Mummy with the character Rick O'Connell saying, "Relax. I'm the map." An added text bar alludes to the fact that The Mummy premiered a year before Dora the Explorer.
October 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
In short, acetaminophen exposure during pregnancy is not linked to the risk of developing autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability.

The study has been published in Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Key Points Question Does acetaminophen use during pregnancy increase children's risk of neurodevelopmental disorders? Findings In this population-based study, models without sibling controls identified marginally increased risks of autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) associated with acetaminophen use during pregnancy. However, analyses of matched full sibling pairs found no evidence of increased risk of autism (hazard ratio, 0.98), ADHD (hazard ratio, 0.98), or intellectual disability (hazard ratio, 1.01) associated with acetaminophen use. Meaning Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children's risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analyses. This suggests that associations observed in other models may have been attributable to confounding. Abstract Importance Several studies suggest that acetaminophen (paracetamol) use during pregnancy may increase risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children. If true, this would have substantial implications for management of pain and fever during pregnancy. Objective To examine the associations of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children's risk of autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and intellectual disability. Design, Setting, and Participants This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis included a population-based sample of 2,480,797 children born in 1995 to 2019 in Sweden, with follow-up through December 31, 2021. Exposure Use of acetaminophen during pregnancy prospectively recorded from antenatal and prescription records. Main Outcomes and Measures Autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability based on International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision and International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision codes in health registers. Results In total, 185909 children (7.49%) were exposed to acetaminophen during pregnancy. Crude absolute risks at 10 years of age for those not exposed vs those exposed to acetaminophen were 1.33% vs 1.53% for autism, 2.46% vs 2.87% for ADHD, and 0.70% vs 0.82% for intellectual disability. In models without sibling control, ever-use vs no use of acetaminophen during pregnancy was associated with marginally increased risk of autism (hazard ratio [HR], 1.05 [95% CI, 1.02-1.08]; risk difference [RD] at 10 years of age, 0.09% [95% Cl, -0.01% to 0.20%l), ADHD (HR, 1.07 [95% Cl, 1.05-1.10]; RD, 0.21% [95% Cl, 0.08%-0.34%]), and intellectual disability (HR, 1.05 [95% CI, 1.00-1.10]; RD, 0.04% [95% Cl, -0.04% to 0.12%]). To address unobserved confounding, matched full sibling pairs were also analyzed. Sibling control analyses found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with autism (HR, 0.98 [95% Cl, 0.93-1.04]; RD, 0.02% [95% Cl, -0.14% to 0.18%l), ADHD (HR, 0.98 [95% Cl, 0.94-1.02]; RD, -0.02% [95% Cl, -0.21% to 0.15%]), or intellectual disability (HR, 1.01 195% Cl, 0.92-1.10]; RD, 0% [95% Cl, -0.10% to 0.13%1). Similarly, there was no evidence of a dose-response pattern in sibling control analyses. For example, for autism, compared with no use of acetaminophen, persons with low (<25th percentile), medium (25th-75th percentile), and high (>75th percentile) mean daily acetaminophen use had HRs of 0.85, 0.96, and 0.88, respectively. Conclusions and Relevance Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children's risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analysis. This suggests that associations observed in other models may have been attributable to familial confounding. The study was supported by National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke 1R01NS107607.
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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jennyjennijen.bsky.social
Please share this with all your parents and aunts and uncles who get their information from facebook
October 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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verybadllama.bsky.social
we ate a lot of Acadian and British food growing up, and I just assumed that we were poor. Then I got a little older and realized my parents made those foods to celebrate their cultural heritage. Now I realize that our main cultural heritage was being poor.
October 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
retroflexepeeist.bsky.social
What in the WHAT is this movie 😆
A shot of the whiteboard from the movie Cabin in the Woods (2011).
October 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
retroflexepeeist.bsky.social
The Onion: ICE Detains Leaves as They Turn Brown
October 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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anildash.com
"I have a decent fluency in LLMs, and they have utility, but the absurd degree of over-hype, the way they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."
October 17, 2025 at 4:32 AM
retroflexepeeist.bsky.social
Gave away 27 of these this past weekend. 😈 Heat-activated color-changing PLA.

They're an easy way to tell who is... knowledgeable and who needs instruction.
3D printed anatomical objects with ribbon looped to make them into ornaments/décor
October 15, 2025 at 3:43 AM
retroflexepeeist.bsky.social
...💀
A shot of the full moon in the night sky, as seen from behind an 8 ft skeleton.
October 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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kimberleybsb.bsky.social
My friends, I just discovered an amazing app called #StandInPride which offers support to the LGBTQ + community. You can support people online or in person. You can “stand in” for missing family members who won’t attend a wedding or a graduation, or offer a listening ear. Check it out!
October 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
retroflexepeeist.bsky.social
w/o downloading anything new- where are you mentally?
A capybara asleep on a pillow, with the caption "I need a little napybara"
October 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
retroflexepeeist.bsky.social
Marie avec rainbows. #WhiskerWednesday
A black tabby cat sleeps on a bed with paws outstretched. Small rainbow dots are on and surround her.
October 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
retroflexepeeist.bsky.social
Deciding whether this dress should actually go with me to Vegas again.

(And whether I should make it a little shorter)
Sparkly black sheath dress with glitter Back of dress, cowl to mid-back.
September 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
retroflexepeeist.bsky.social
#Caturday post with Mac & Cheese
Two black tabby brothers are asleep facing each other & intertwined very adorably.
September 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
retroflexepeeist.bsky.social
More writing 💜
This was inspired by a poem shared in a Patreon + recent life experience.
A poem entitled "Recognition" superimposed over a pool of water in sunshine. The ripples on the water are meant to mimic scar tissue. Scars flex, but pull And time has dulled the knife So when you thrust in my direction I split a little, didn't I. A nudge, a slap, a wake up call Not a pierce as deep or true; But lying would I clearly be If I claimed to be unmoved. With consciousness I settle And tend the wound with care Remind myself that once again I need only be aware.
September 14, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
A great deal of our problems result from not holding those who tried to destroy our democracy accountable for their actions.
September 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
retroflexepeeist.bsky.social
Rainy day cuddles and toe beans.
An all-black cat has a paw close to the camera, showing off his adorable toe beans.
September 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
retroflexepeeist.bsky.social
This can live here, too. 💜

(I wrote 4 poems today. Is there something in the air‽)
A poem on a gray background. The text reads: Love isn't a verb like they say Love is a preposition Love surrounds Love is in actions, objects, pronouns Love is in the ingredients Love is in the making Love is in the eating and Love is in the clean up. Love is above, below Over, under For, before, and after When I say I love I choose it everywhere In everything And I hope you choose it too
September 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Blowing up a boat that allegedly had drugs in it and killing alleged gang members in international waters without any due process is pretty clearly not legal.

Vice President of 🇺🇸: “I don’t give a shit”

A lawless regime.
September 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM