Dr Patricia Dark
@therealdrdark.bsky.social
Knower of random things. Teller of interesting tales. Keeper of transpontine receipts. Interested in almost everything. Lover of books, caffeine, patisserie. The best cross-cultural communication is food. All opinions personal.
Pronouns: she/sie/ella
Pronouns: she/sie/ella
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Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
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I’m quoted in this, on behalf of @araukie.bsky.social - we think police records should be (legally defined) public records to make sure this doesn’t happen.
Orgreave papers destroyed by police thought to include report on notorious truncheon beating
Orgreave papers destroyed by police thought to include report on notorious truncheon beating
Miner who was seen on TV being beaten by officer said he was not aware of report’s existence before it was destroyed
Documents destroyed by police relating to operations at Orgreave during the miners’ strike in 1984 are believed to include a report on a notorious incident in which an officer beat a man over the head with a truncheon.
In the ITV News at 10 report on the violent scenes at Orgreave, the officer, PC Martin of Northumbria police, was seen hitting the miner, Russell Broomhead, several times with his truncheon. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I’m quoted in this, on behalf of @araukie.bsky.social - we think police records should be (legally defined) public records to make sure this doesn’t happen.
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
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Any cuttes to academic programs must use seven generacion thinkinge to reasoun out the long terme consequences. Any cuttes to academic programs that do not are profoundlye harmful.
August 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Any cuttes to academic programs must use seven generacion thinkinge to reasoun out the long terme consequences. Any cuttes to academic programs that do not are profoundlye harmful.
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live action catbus looking pretty sweet
August 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
live action catbus looking pretty sweet
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GOP Rep. Bryan Steil holds an in-person town hall event and is greeted with boos
Why are they wearing masks?
And why are they unidentified?
Why are they wearing masks?
And why are they unidentified?
August 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
GOP Rep. Bryan Steil holds an in-person town hall event and is greeted with boos
Why are they wearing masks?
And why are they unidentified?
Why are they wearing masks?
And why are they unidentified?
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Today is Porajmos Memorial Day, where we remember the 500,000 Roma people murdered by Nazi genocide.
Dikh He Na Bister
Dikh He Na Bister
August 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Today is Porajmos Memorial Day, where we remember the 500,000 Roma people murdered by Nazi genocide.
Dikh He Na Bister
Dikh He Na Bister
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The rest of the world doesn’t think Trump is making America great, and we’re paying the price.
📌 Fewer travelers are coming to the U.S.
Can’t imagine why.
Masked ICE agents, mass shootings, a president who slaps tariffs on Canada, lying that it’s about fentanyl when it’s really about control.
📌 Fewer travelers are coming to the U.S.
Can’t imagine why.
Masked ICE agents, mass shootings, a president who slaps tariffs on Canada, lying that it’s about fentanyl when it’s really about control.
August 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The rest of the world doesn’t think Trump is making America great, and we’re paying the price.
📌 Fewer travelers are coming to the U.S.
Can’t imagine why.
Masked ICE agents, mass shootings, a president who slaps tariffs on Canada, lying that it’s about fentanyl when it’s really about control.
📌 Fewer travelers are coming to the U.S.
Can’t imagine why.
Masked ICE agents, mass shootings, a president who slaps tariffs on Canada, lying that it’s about fentanyl when it’s really about control.
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DJT’s approval rating: 37%
Trump’s big ugly bill is unpopular.
Rounding up guys at Home Depot looking for work is unpopular.
Putting people in concentration camps is unpopular.
Cutting taxes for the rich is unpopular.
Imposing absurd tariffs is unpopular.
www.alternet.org/donald-trump...
Trump’s big ugly bill is unpopular.
Rounding up guys at Home Depot looking for work is unpopular.
Putting people in concentration camps is unpopular.
Cutting taxes for the rich is unpopular.
Imposing absurd tariffs is unpopular.
www.alternet.org/donald-trump...
'Sleazeball' Trump bewildered by public rejection of his unpopular agenda: report
Editor Michael Tomasky tells the New Republic that President Donald Trump appears frustrated that he’s not more popular. “He complains, we read, that he’s accomplished a great deal and that he’s keepi...
www.alternet.org
August 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
DJT’s approval rating: 37%
Trump’s big ugly bill is unpopular.
Rounding up guys at Home Depot looking for work is unpopular.
Putting people in concentration camps is unpopular.
Cutting taxes for the rich is unpopular.
Imposing absurd tariffs is unpopular.
www.alternet.org/donald-trump...
Trump’s big ugly bill is unpopular.
Rounding up guys at Home Depot looking for work is unpopular.
Putting people in concentration camps is unpopular.
Cutting taxes for the rich is unpopular.
Imposing absurd tariffs is unpopular.
www.alternet.org/donald-trump...
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After ousting the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the news was always to Dear Leader’s liking.
August 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
After ousting the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the news was always to Dear Leader’s liking.
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If you’re the party of “government works,” it matters that you keep sight of the question “for whom?”
And that is something Dems have consistently tried to find a middle ground on between the big money and the base. And that middle does not exist nor should it be pursued
And that is something Dems have consistently tried to find a middle ground on between the big money and the base. And that middle does not exist nor should it be pursued
July 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
If you’re the party of “government works,” it matters that you keep sight of the question “for whom?”
And that is something Dems have consistently tried to find a middle ground on between the big money and the base. And that middle does not exist nor should it be pursued
And that is something Dems have consistently tried to find a middle ground on between the big money and the base. And that middle does not exist nor should it be pursued
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Medicaid isn’t some handout.
It’s how your grandma gets dialysis.
How your neighbor’s autistic kid speaks their first word.
It’s the reason a single mom with breast cancer can keep the lights on.
But sure, tell me more about “personal responsibility.”
#SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies
2/7
It’s how your grandma gets dialysis.
How your neighbor’s autistic kid speaks their first word.
It’s the reason a single mom with breast cancer can keep the lights on.
But sure, tell me more about “personal responsibility.”
#SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies
2/7
July 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Medicaid isn’t some handout.
It’s how your grandma gets dialysis.
How your neighbor’s autistic kid speaks their first word.
It’s the reason a single mom with breast cancer can keep the lights on.
But sure, tell me more about “personal responsibility.”
#SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies
2/7
It’s how your grandma gets dialysis.
How your neighbor’s autistic kid speaks their first word.
It’s the reason a single mom with breast cancer can keep the lights on.
But sure, tell me more about “personal responsibility.”
#SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies
2/7
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Scottish responses to the PedoPotus.
July 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Scottish responses to the PedoPotus.
Have you been peeking at my YouTube since I set my system language to German, dude?
July 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Have you been peeking at my YouTube since I set my system language to German, dude?
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Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.
“Wikipedia is this economic anomaly. In many ways, it’s sort of magical that people will just volunteer without explicit economic incentives to create artifacts that are meant to share knowledge with everyone in the world”
July 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.
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Pooped. Young Archaeologists tramping around Avebury and environs. Then a little afternoon tea with local friends including a small pink prosecco, so currently on snacks and orange juice prior to a bowl of soup. More archaeology tomorrow. Hope dad gets discharged this coming week. #ConfinedCocktails
July 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Pooped. Young Archaeologists tramping around Avebury and environs. Then a little afternoon tea with local friends including a small pink prosecco, so currently on snacks and orange juice prior to a bowl of soup. More archaeology tomorrow. Hope dad gets discharged this coming week. #ConfinedCocktails
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America: where someone suffering from homelessness or schizophrenia gets thrown in prison, but someone who openly molests children is elected president
July 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
America: where someone suffering from homelessness or schizophrenia gets thrown in prison, but someone who openly molests children is elected president
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"Cant we have a little sexism and misogyny, just as a treat" is not a winning electoral strategy in my opinion but what do I know
July 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"Cant we have a little sexism and misogyny, just as a treat" is not a winning electoral strategy in my opinion but what do I know
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Democrats: What do we need to do to win back disillusioned voters?
Voters: Stand up to Trump and fight him like our lives depend on it.
Democrats: Alienate our base while we chase bros who will never vote for us. Got it.
Voters: That's not-
Democrats: Can you give us five dollars right now?
Voters: Stand up to Trump and fight him like our lives depend on it.
Democrats: Alienate our base while we chase bros who will never vote for us. Got it.
Voters: That's not-
Democrats: Can you give us five dollars right now?
July 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Democrats: What do we need to do to win back disillusioned voters?
Voters: Stand up to Trump and fight him like our lives depend on it.
Democrats: Alienate our base while we chase bros who will never vote for us. Got it.
Voters: That's not-
Democrats: Can you give us five dollars right now?
Voters: Stand up to Trump and fight him like our lives depend on it.
Democrats: Alienate our base while we chase bros who will never vote for us. Got it.
Voters: That's not-
Democrats: Can you give us five dollars right now?
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"Grocerybro" isn't about the cost of groceries versus takeout.
It's about shaming (White) men into pushing unpaid and underpaid labor onto others more vulnerable than they are. So they can focus on doing more profitable labor--growing their investments and their employers' profits, instead. 1/🧵
It's about shaming (White) men into pushing unpaid and underpaid labor onto others more vulnerable than they are. So they can focus on doing more profitable labor--growing their investments and their employers' profits, instead. 1/🧵
in case you were wondering, this is what's going on at the other website. if you buy ingredients and prepare them at home, you're apparently a "grocerybro"
July 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"Grocerybro" isn't about the cost of groceries versus takeout.
It's about shaming (White) men into pushing unpaid and underpaid labor onto others more vulnerable than they are. So they can focus on doing more profitable labor--growing their investments and their employers' profits, instead. 1/🧵
It's about shaming (White) men into pushing unpaid and underpaid labor onto others more vulnerable than they are. So they can focus on doing more profitable labor--growing their investments and their employers' profits, instead. 1/🧵