Prof. Pie
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#MentalHealthMatters / Mask up against COVID-19 😷👍 / #VaccinesSaveLives / "Autism is not a disease, it's a different way of being human." - Temple Grandin 🧩 I am here to do some very important reading. Choose love, kindness, compassion, empathy, and peace.
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"Oh, what a fool I've been, to come looking for courage in a lair of cowards."
Ron Moore
Ron Moore
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Oh, what a fool I've been, to come looking for courage in a lair of cowards."
Ron Moore
Ron Moore
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
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It is not a victory to have our salary paid when it is already codified. Both Chucks should know better.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
Alt: This is what is happening in my mind.
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
It is not a victory to have our salary paid when it is already codified. Both Chucks should know better.
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We need you to help spread this word. Cases are from Aug through Nov 2025 and 10 states are involved thus far.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid
www.cdc.gov/botulism/out...
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid
www.cdc.gov/botulism/out...
Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula, November 2025
Details on an outbreak of infant botulism linked to infant formula, November 2025.
www.cdc.gov
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We need you to help spread this word. Cases are from Aug through Nov 2025 and 10 states are involved thus far.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid
www.cdc.gov/botulism/out...
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid
www.cdc.gov/botulism/out...
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Excellent report by Navi Pillay. “The international community cannot stay silent on the genocidal campaign launched by Israel against the Palestinian people in Gaza. When clear signs and evidence of genocide emerge, the absence of action to stop it amounts to complicity.”
World must fight Israel’s genocide in Gaza like it did apartheid, pioneering South African judge says
The longest-serving high commissioner for human rights in UN history, Navi Pillay recognises the life of a pioneer is often lonely and isolated
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Excellent report by Navi Pillay. “The international community cannot stay silent on the genocidal campaign launched by Israel against the Palestinian people in Gaza. When clear signs and evidence of genocide emerge, the absence of action to stop it amounts to complicity.”
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Introducing Medsky Topics! It’s a new account @topics.medsky.social that hosts topical @graze.social feeds related to issues important to public health!
There’s 20 to choose from. With the government shutdown and the potential impact to ACA subsidies, you should consider checking out the ACA feed!
There’s 20 to choose from. With the government shutdown and the potential impact to ACA subsidies, you should consider checking out the ACA feed!
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Introducing Medsky Topics! It’s a new account @topics.medsky.social that hosts topical @graze.social feeds related to issues important to public health!
There’s 20 to choose from. With the government shutdown and the potential impact to ACA subsidies, you should consider checking out the ACA feed!
There’s 20 to choose from. With the government shutdown and the potential impact to ACA subsidies, you should consider checking out the ACA feed!
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Detox is a scam.
It’s a legitimate medical term that has been hijacked by the wellness industry to sell pseudoscience.
It’s a legitimate medical term that has been hijacked by the wellness industry to sell pseudoscience.
November 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Detox is a scam.
It’s a legitimate medical term that has been hijacked by the wellness industry to sell pseudoscience.
It’s a legitimate medical term that has been hijacked by the wellness industry to sell pseudoscience.
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Please consider donating so that low income people don’t lose their pets. #Baltimore #Caturday #SNAP #Dogs
November 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Please consider donating so that low income people don’t lose their pets. #Baltimore #Caturday #SNAP #Dogs
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"Viruses don’t take vacations. The longest government shutdown ever puts everyone’s health at greater risk because the data and reports that are essential for monitoring the spread of diseases haven’t been updated for weeks." — me in @huffpost.com
Experts Warn The Government Shutdown Is Affecting You In A Major, Unexpected Way
This lapse is leaving doctors and the public dangerously in the dark.
www.huffpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"Viruses don’t take vacations. The longest government shutdown ever puts everyone’s health at greater risk because the data and reports that are essential for monitoring the spread of diseases haven’t been updated for weeks." — me in @huffpost.com
This piece - timeless, intense, epic... Carlos Marin, a musical icon - passionate soul, irreplaceable.
IL DIVO - Adagio (Live Video)
YouTube video by IlDivoVEVO
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This piece - timeless, intense, epic... Carlos Marin, a musical icon - passionate soul, irreplaceable.
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There’s a cult of ignorance in the US and always has been.
The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
- Isaac Asimov
The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
- Isaac Asimov
November 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
There’s a cult of ignorance in the US and always has been.
The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
- Isaac Asimov
The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
- Isaac Asimov
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Especially the pines...❤️🌲
November 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Especially the pines...❤️🌲
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America's withdrawal from the World Health Organization is affecting the ability of U.S. scientists to track flu and other pathogens. That could be a blow to the development of the 2025 flu vaccine.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Why next year's flu shot might not be as good as it should be
America's withdrawal from the World Health Organization is affecting the ability of U.S. scientists to track flu and other pathogens. That could be a blow to the development of the 2025 flu vaccine.
www.npr.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
America's withdrawal from the World Health Organization is affecting the ability of U.S. scientists to track flu and other pathogens. That could be a blow to the development of the 2025 flu vaccine.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg MBE.
He and his family visited our 2021 exhibition, Death Marches, and Manfred generously shared his moving story of survival with us. May his memory be a blessing. www.bbc.com/news/article...
He and his family visited our 2021 exhibition, Death Marches, and Manfred generously shared his moving story of survival with us. May his memory be a blessing. www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg MBE.
He and his family visited our 2021 exhibition, Death Marches, and Manfred generously shared his moving story of survival with us. May his memory be a blessing. www.bbc.com/news/article...
He and his family visited our 2021 exhibition, Death Marches, and Manfred generously shared his moving story of survival with us. May his memory be a blessing. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Evil beyond words. Republicans institutionalize sadism.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Evil beyond words. Republicans institutionalize sadism.
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“The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”
― Edward O. Wilson
― Edward O. Wilson
November 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”
― Edward O. Wilson
― Edward O. Wilson
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When your patient has extreme thirst with body aches & a 400+ blood glucose, that can't be ignored.
When the planet is experiencing worsening heatwaves, wildfires, & hurricanes as atmospheric CO2 rises, that can't be ignored either.
Global warming is the disease, the patient is all of us.
When the planet is experiencing worsening heatwaves, wildfires, & hurricanes as atmospheric CO2 rises, that can't be ignored either.
Global warming is the disease, the patient is all of us.
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
When your patient has extreme thirst with body aches & a 400+ blood glucose, that can't be ignored.
When the planet is experiencing worsening heatwaves, wildfires, & hurricanes as atmospheric CO2 rises, that can't be ignored either.
Global warming is the disease, the patient is all of us.
When the planet is experiencing worsening heatwaves, wildfires, & hurricanes as atmospheric CO2 rises, that can't be ignored either.
Global warming is the disease, the patient is all of us.
😫 There is no excuse for this...
#Sudan: "One night, every patient we screened under five years old was affected by severe malnutrition," shares Giulia Chiopris, MSF Pediatrician in #Tawila.
Watch her interview with The National:
https://ow.ly/CPH650XnOwO #TalkAboutSudan
Watch her interview with The National:
https://ow.ly/CPH650XnOwO #TalkAboutSudan
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
😫 There is no excuse for this...
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Nature: "An estimated 40,000 highly educated but underemployed young people ghostwrite everything from undergraduate essays to master’s dissertations and PhD theses, often producing several essays every day, with tight turnarounds."
#AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Shadow scholars: inside Kenya’s multibillion-dollar fake-essay industry
Sociologist Patricia Kingori is helping to expose contract cheating by scholars in high-income countries.
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Nature: "An estimated 40,000 highly educated but underemployed young people ghostwrite everything from undergraduate essays to master’s dissertations and PhD theses, often producing several essays every day, with tight turnarounds."
#AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...