wyotitania
@wyotitania.bsky.social
Minister of mayhem. PhD in chemical engineering - not practicing, but still a researcher in head and in heart.
Book nerd, (extremely) amateur photographer, and all around geek.
Book nerd, (extremely) amateur photographer, and all around geek.
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wyotitania
@wyotitania.bsky.social
· Jan 10
First book of the year - The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier. Maybe starting the year with a book about humanity being wiped out by a lab leaked virus (written in 2003!) was not the best choice.
Will they try for 3 times?
Breaking news: The U.S. Coast Guard deleted language from its new workplace harassment policy that had downgraded the definition of swastikas and nooses from overt hate symbols to “potentially divisive,” reversing course after objections from Congress.
Coast Guard abruptly deletes swastika, noose entry from policy manual
The announcement follows reporting by The Washington Post that detailed plans to downgrade the definition of such symbols to “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
December 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Will they try for 3 times?
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modern Seinfeld episode where George dates a woman who never adds a react to any of his messages, giving him a vague sense of rejection
“She’s a non-reacter, Jerry!”
“She’s a non-reacter, Jerry!”
December 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
modern Seinfeld episode where George dates a woman who never adds a react to any of his messages, giving him a vague sense of rejection
“She’s a non-reacter, Jerry!”
“She’s a non-reacter, Jerry!”
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The Coast Guard has reversed course (again) and has now formally enacted policy saying swastikas and nooses are not banned as hate speech. This is indefensible.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Coast Guard enacts policy calling swastikas, nooses ‘potentially divisive’
The Coast Guard’s workplace harassment manual that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses quietly went into effect this week.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The Coast Guard has reversed course (again) and has now formally enacted policy saying swastikas and nooses are not banned as hate speech. This is indefensible.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
One last gift from MTG. Such cruelty.
“Trans people make up a very small percentage of the population, but they’re very over-represented in psychiatry because the suicide rate is incredibly high.”
“Trans people make up a very small percentage of the population, but they’re very over-represented in psychiatry because the suicide rate is incredibly high.”
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill to criminalize parents and providers for providing gender-affirming care to anyone under 18 just passed.
It's the most significant attempt by federal lawmakers to restrict the healthcare for children in the US. My update: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It's the most significant attempt by federal lawmakers to restrict the healthcare for children in the US. My update: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Health workers decry hasty House bills to ban gender-affirming care for children: ‘They hurt people’
Two bills, one passing House, mark first time Congress votes over national care bans and escalation of anti-trans rhetoric
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
One last gift from MTG. Such cruelty.
“Trans people make up a very small percentage of the population, but they’re very over-represented in psychiatry because the suicide rate is incredibly high.”
“Trans people make up a very small percentage of the population, but they’re very over-represented in psychiatry because the suicide rate is incredibly high.”
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If there is any non-nefarious justification for refusing to admit something is AI generated, I haven't heard it.
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
If there is any non-nefarious justification for refusing to admit something is AI generated, I haven't heard it.
It is pouring outside right now. In December. With a low of 16 expected overnight. This winter is SO 2025.
December 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It is pouring outside right now. In December. With a low of 16 expected overnight. This winter is SO 2025.
Little slurpy blob
“A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress - though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known"
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
December 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Little slurpy blob
Look at those cute little paws!
Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscopic slide. 🫧🐻🧪
December 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Look at those cute little paws!
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this is how most measles outbreaks in the US start. not immigrants
An unvaccinated child under 10 from Connecticut traveled internationally and came back with measles. First case in CT since 2021.
www.boston.com/news/health/...
www.boston.com/news/health/...
Child confirmed as Connecticut's first measles case in 4 years
The Fairfield County child, who is under the age of 10 and unvaccinated, recently traveled internationally, health officials said.
www.boston.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
this is how most measles outbreaks in the US start. not immigrants
Name your fav Nicolas Cage film
December 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Name your fav Nicolas Cage film
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We can work around bad ACIP recommendations as long as the AAP and other professional organizations have our back.
We cannot work with a black box warning. This would mean the end of pediatric covid vaccines for general use.
We cannot work with a black box warning. This would mean the end of pediatric covid vaccines for general use.
“What we’re watching is misinformation and lies in aggregate that will discourage the population from vaccination. It will lead us to, ultimately, to having loss of life unnecessarily, and it’s very disturbing,”
www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/h...
FDA intends to put its most serious warning on Covid vaccines, sources say | CNN
The US Food and Drug Administration intends to put a “black box” warning on Covid-19 vaccines, according to two people familiar with the agency’s plans.
www.cnn.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
We can work around bad ACIP recommendations as long as the AAP and other professional organizations have our back.
We cannot work with a black box warning. This would mean the end of pediatric covid vaccines for general use.
We cannot work with a black box warning. This would mean the end of pediatric covid vaccines for general use.
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Common sense gun reform in a nonsensical country?
The USA & Australia. Two countries. Two totally different responses to a mass shooting over the same weekend.
Check out www.livefreeusa.org and @bradyunited.org for more information on gun violence prevention & common sense gun law reform.
The USA & Australia. Two countries. Two totally different responses to a mass shooting over the same weekend.
Check out www.livefreeusa.org and @bradyunited.org for more information on gun violence prevention & common sense gun law reform.
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Common sense gun reform in a nonsensical country?
The USA & Australia. Two countries. Two totally different responses to a mass shooting over the same weekend.
Check out www.livefreeusa.org and @bradyunited.org for more information on gun violence prevention & common sense gun law reform.
The USA & Australia. Two countries. Two totally different responses to a mass shooting over the same weekend.
Check out www.livefreeusa.org and @bradyunited.org for more information on gun violence prevention & common sense gun law reform.
My dog showing his therapy/seizure alert dog lineage - every time I curse, which is too much, he comes over to me and nuzzles my arm with his nose. "Watch your emotions, Mom. Take a break and rub my belly." ♥️
December 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
My dog showing his therapy/seizure alert dog lineage - every time I curse, which is too much, he comes over to me and nuzzles my arm with his nose. "Watch your emotions, Mom. Take a break and rub my belly." ♥️
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But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?
December 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?
Timeline Cleanse. Take a moment to reset from the scrolling with these two nuts, who look like they were caught in an intimate moment.
December 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Timeline Cleanse. Take a moment to reset from the scrolling with these two nuts, who look like they were caught in an intimate moment.
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Unimaginable bravery
Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
WATCH: Bystander disarms active shooter at Bondi Beach in Sydney
December 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Unimaginable bravery
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Horrific. My heart is racing just hearing about it.
Local reports of many victims in a mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Shooter is now believed to be in custody.
December 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Horrific. My heart is racing just hearing about it.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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25 Days of White Christmas ❄️🎄. Featuring 25 of my favorite winter shots over the years.
Day 13: A fresh snow covered landscape
#ArtAdventCalendar #BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings #XtraXmas #snow #winter #photography #landscape
Day 13: A fresh snow covered landscape
#ArtAdventCalendar #BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings #XtraXmas #snow #winter #photography #landscape
December 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
25 Days of White Christmas ❄️🎄. Featuring 25 of my favorite winter shots over the years.
Day 13: A fresh snow covered landscape
#ArtAdventCalendar #BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings #XtraXmas #snow #winter #photography #landscape
Day 13: A fresh snow covered landscape
#ArtAdventCalendar #BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings #XtraXmas #snow #winter #photography #landscape
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What are my #FavoriteThings, you ask? Well… my favorite “things” are not things at all!
#BlueSkyArtShow
6. My #RezDog Cora.
#BlueSkyArtShow
6. My #RezDog Cora.
December 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
What are my #FavoriteThings, you ask? Well… my favorite “things” are not things at all!
#BlueSkyArtShow
6. My #RezDog Cora.
#BlueSkyArtShow
6. My #RezDog Cora.
Mountain meadows and wildflowers - specifically fireweed here - are definitely among my favorite things.
#BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings
#BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings
December 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Mountain meadows and wildflowers - specifically fireweed here - are definitely among my favorite things.
#BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings
#BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings
Moose! It’s always a thrill to look out and see moose in the yard. (Picture taken from a safe distance.)
#BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings
#BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings
December 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Moose! It’s always a thrill to look out and see moose in the yard. (Picture taken from a safe distance.)
#BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings
#BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings
December 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Mentally, I am here
December 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Mentally, I am here