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Stacey Baca
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Trying to rebuild my community over here. I believe we are here to raise each other up, protect those who cannot protect themselves & safeguard the future for all children. Science is real.
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Another day at Bluesky, and it looks like growth is not slowing down! Welcome!

We’d like to take a moment to share our stance on AI and user data:
November 15, 2024 at 5:17 PM
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Front row seats with @resiapretorius.bsky.social @laelyonker.bsky.social
Mark Faghy (needs to sign up)
and David Putrino (needs to be searchable!)

#longcovidkids
#conferencing
November 15, 2024 at 7:52 AM
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Good day to remind everyone

Around the globe the measles vaccine has saved nearly 94 million lives over the past 50 years

www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
November 14, 2024 at 9:55 PM
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Vaccination saves lives. Period.
November 14, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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This was one of the best conferences I’ve ever attended.
💯 pulled together by the community, patient-centred, cutting edge research. How it should be done!
Talks are available on their YouTube channel; youtube.com/@unitetofigh...
November 14, 2024 at 7:59 AM
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so many new people here, welcome! 👋

we've been collecting feedback that we see people posting — what else do you have questions about?

we're updating a bunch of our support docs / user guides and want to make sure we hit the topics that are top of mind!
November 11, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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Folks:

If you subscribe to a starter pack, you only get the people that were in it at the time you subscribed.

If more people get added after that, it does not auto-add them to your followings.

You can go back, hit “subscribe” again, & then you’ll be up-to-date with the new additions.
November 11, 2024 at 6:32 PM
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Under settings -> accessibility -> toggle switch to force alt tag.
November 11, 2024 at 3:12 AM
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Fantastic 🧵 that includes multiple starter packs for various groups within #MedSky. We’ve got women’s health, immunologists, infectious disease docs, geneticists & more!

Great way to connect with those within your speciality - or for patients to connect with experts in various fields.
Here are some helpful starter packs as #ScienceTwitter nomads attempt to reunite here. Please add more in comments as you find them and I'll try to keep adding here:

1: women's health, reproductive health, chronic illness starter pack:
bsky.app/profile/broa...
I’m taking a “if you build it - they will come” approach to this starter pack.

I’m looking for healthcare workers who have a specific focus in women’s health, reproductive health and/or disability & chronic illness (or all 3!)

Open to all disciplines! The pack is small now but will add as I go:
November 11, 2024 at 9:50 AM
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Welcome to BlueSky! There are lots of tools to prevent toxicity. First rule of BlueSky is don't feed the trolls. You can also detach quoted posts because Quote Dunking is highly discouraged. And the block is real. bsky.app/profile/bsky...
bsky.app Bluesky @bsky.app · Aug 28
📢 1.90 is rolling out now (3/11)

Every post now has the ability to “detach” quote posts.

Quote posts are great but sometimes they’re used to dunk on people. This tool gives you a quick way to remove your post from the quote, reducing the unwanted attention that a quote might bring.
November 10, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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Just a quick note to those new here, if you think someone's post is worth other people reading, repost it. Liking it does not have the same effect here as on the dead-bird site. There is no algorithm. That's one of the reasons we like it.
November 7, 2024 at 9:39 PM
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Hi everyone! I am new to this platform. I will post our latest research and comments here and on X. @teamclots
November 11, 2024 at 6:37 AM
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Reminder: Masks protect against all types of airborne viruses.

If another pandemic starts, masks will be a key first line of defense, especially as we won't have a vaccine right away.
November 10, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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If you see a lot of folks replying to posts with a 📌 emoji it’s because they’re using this feed. It’s essentially a bookmark! Reply with the emoji and it pulls the post into your own private feed and saves it there for you!

Here:
November 10, 2024 at 3:01 AM
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Also, new folks, please know that when it comes to trolls, jerks, chuds and other undesirables here in the sky, we subscribe to the idea of “Don’t Engage, Just Block.” The block function is superpowered and expunges them entirely from your timeline. They hate it! Block with wild abandon! Don’t wait!
November 7, 2024 at 10:54 PM
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A post to pin to my profile—hope this starter pack helps you find some familiar faces!

Note: starter packs currently have a 150-account limit so it’s necessarily a very incomplete list; if you see anyone missing (like yourself!), I encourage you to start another pack to cover more of the community!
November 9, 2024 at 1:43 AM
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It just occurred to me that some folks are joining us directly from Xitter and never took a detour to other Twitter-alts. One massive perk of Bluesky is the ability to detach yourself from a QT by selecting "..." then "Detach quote"
November 9, 2024 at 2:18 AM
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To grow sustainably, we’re working on a subscription model for premium features like higher-quality video uploads and profile customizations (think colors and avatar frames), but Bluesky will always be free to use. We believe information and conversation should stay accessible to everyone.
October 24, 2024 at 4:44 PM
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🦋 WELCOME TO BLUESKY! I recommend exploring our custom feeds, which are a little like hashtags but more interesting. We have them for academic and professional subjects, sports, cities, hobbies (e.g., gardening, baking), and many more. Search them in the sidebar under Feeds. 🧵
October 17, 2024 at 3:36 AM
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Are there a lot of clean air advocates on here yet? People who work in the field, subject matter experts, lay people who’ve been pushing to get clean air in public spaces etc?

Can you reskeet for visibility and reply if this is you?
November 8, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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Yesterday I published threads to help new arrivals make their experience more pleasant than on X or Threads. Here, I want to explain Bluesky Labels and demonstrate how to use Labels to automatically hide posts with Xitter screenshots, combat misogynoir, build community, and more. A 🧵
November 8, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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📢 App Version 1.93 is rolling out now (1/5)

This release includes the thread composer, improved tooling for adding content warnings to your own posts, and other improvements and fixes.

Open this thread for more details. 🧵
November 8, 2024 at 7:44 PM
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My phone just auto corrected "trauma dumping" to "trauma dumpling," so I painted this in case anyone would like a visual of my mental state.

How's everyone else doing?
November 7, 2024 at 6:06 PM