YSUBassoon
@bassoonysu.bsky.social
#CPhT, embracing the WFH lifestyle for the first time, former medication historian from Ohio, Democratic Socialist, founder of the MedTwitter Dad Joke Council. 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉 3M Aura N95s are my preferred mask. (She/her) 🏳️🌈
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Every dot on this map is a New Yorker who chipped in for the Transition to make sure we can hit the ground running on Day 1.
$3 million raised from all five boroughs. $1 million to go.
Thank you for powering this transition. Let's cross that finish line together.
$3 million raised from all five boroughs. $1 million to go.
Thank you for powering this transition. Let's cross that finish line together.
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Every dot on this map is a New Yorker who chipped in for the Transition to make sure we can hit the ground running on Day 1.
$3 million raised from all five boroughs. $1 million to go.
Thank you for powering this transition. Let's cross that finish line together.
$3 million raised from all five boroughs. $1 million to go.
Thank you for powering this transition. Let's cross that finish line together.
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tbf, anyone who hasn't actually had to purchase anything in, say, the past fifty years might say the same (ed. do one, Drumpf)
Conservative messaging on the economy:
1. Trump: we are the bestest and everyone is happy, eat cake poors
2. Biden's economy, we're still digging out
3. tariffs hurt a little but there's a pot of gold at the end
4. deporting people will lower prices tho it hasn't
quite the balancing act
1. Trump: we are the bestest and everyone is happy, eat cake poors
2. Biden's economy, we're still digging out
3. tariffs hurt a little but there's a pot of gold at the end
4. deporting people will lower prices tho it hasn't
quite the balancing act
POLITICO: I wonder what grade you'd give the economy
TRUMP: A+
POLITICO: A+?
TRUMP: A+++++
TRUMP: A+
POLITICO: A+?
TRUMP: A+++++
December 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
tbf, anyone who hasn't actually had to purchase anything in, say, the past fifty years might say the same (ed. do one, Drumpf)
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In which student newspapers continue to give me hope!
"The fight for equal rights for Jews and Muslims in this country is the fight for equal rights for all people in this country."
Read a Tufts student’s warning about the twin threats facing Jews and Muslims:
Read a Tufts student’s warning about the twin threats facing Jews and Muslims:
Op-ed: Establishment Jewish institutions are betraying and weaponizing my religion - The Tufts Daily
In sixth grade, my middle school scheduled its first dance for a Friday night during Sukkot. My family kept Shabbat and would spend the evening in our Sukkah, twin reasons why I couldn’t realize the q...
www.tuftsdaily.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In which student newspapers continue to give me hope!
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I bought my Mom this fancy tea box full of tea for her birthday and she loves it and now buys it for gifts for people.
It happens to come with this tea
But I still did a double take at Thanksgiving when she said to my sister “ok there’s tea in my Stash box over there on the counter”
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It happens to come with this tea
But I still did a double take at Thanksgiving when she said to my sister “ok there’s tea in my Stash box over there on the counter”
😁🤣
December 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I bought my Mom this fancy tea box full of tea for her birthday and she loves it and now buys it for gifts for people.
It happens to come with this tea
But I still did a double take at Thanksgiving when she said to my sister “ok there’s tea in my Stash box over there on the counter”
😁🤣
It happens to come with this tea
But I still did a double take at Thanksgiving when she said to my sister “ok there’s tea in my Stash box over there on the counter”
😁🤣
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Fact check: true!
in general shape the noble Sperm Whale’s head may be compared to a Roman war-chariot
December 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Fact check: true!
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Starting a Greek tribute to Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins called Parthenogenesis
December 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Starting a Greek tribute to Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins called Parthenogenesis
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The breast is best theory has a fundamental flaw and that is that a baby who isn't fed can't live
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The breast is best theory has a fundamental flaw and that is that a baby who isn't fed can't live
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It gets me that the actual US govt last month threatened grocery stores that were trying to help people who rely on SNAP -- twisting anti-discrimination law into claiming being treated any differently to offer discounts TO HELP was illegal
And yet this garbage is fully allowed to prey on people
And yet this garbage is fully allowed to prey on people
Discriminatory pricing should be illegal.
Discriminatory pricing driven by black box algorithms with observable biases should be criminal.
Discriminatory pricing driven by black box algorithms with observable biases should be criminal.
EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It gets me that the actual US govt last month threatened grocery stores that were trying to help people who rely on SNAP -- twisting anti-discrimination law into claiming being treated any differently to offer discounts TO HELP was illegal
And yet this garbage is fully allowed to prey on people
And yet this garbage is fully allowed to prey on people
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The good thing about Bari Weiss running CBS News is that you never have to respect the professionalism of a CBS News employee again.
Matt Gutman is the first on air journalist to join CBS News in the Bari Weiss era
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Matt Gutman Is First New On-Air Talent to Join CBS News in Bari Weiss Era
Matt Gutman is First New On-Air Talent to Join CBS News in Bari Weiss Era
variety.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The good thing about Bari Weiss running CBS News is that you never have to respect the professionalism of a CBS News employee again.
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Fellas is it a free market when the consumer is “tightly contained and there’s not a lot of options?”
December 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Fellas is it a free market when the consumer is “tightly contained and there’s not a lot of options?”
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Very normal things happening here (my coworker took it to send to her wife who said my sweater is “meow-velous 😂💀).
December 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Very normal things happening here (my coworker took it to send to her wife who said my sweater is “meow-velous 😂💀).
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The only reason something like this has NOT happened to me is because we have these psa’s now
December 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The only reason something like this has NOT happened to me is because we have these psa’s now
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worse, if I may add, many don't care to understand learning/generating knowledge (a/k/a the purpose of a bloody university)
The problem with University AI policies being hastily thrown up in the face of the AI tsunami is that administrators don’t understand that by permitting its use to ‘clean up expression, syntax, grammar’ etc, they are depriving students of the ability of *LEARNING* HOW TO IMPROVE THOSE THINGS!!
December 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
worse, if I may add, many don't care to understand learning/generating knowledge (a/k/a the purpose of a bloody university)
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It’s truly vile that this always happens when people hate-signal.
Meanwhile, yes, I myself am literally fighting to survive cancer relapse as long as I can, and not become homeless with my kid —which I’m now at risk for, without success. Please, seriously, boost me and others.
Meanwhile, yes, I myself am literally fighting to survive cancer relapse as long as I can, and not become homeless with my kid —which I’m now at risk for, without success. Please, seriously, boost me and others.
The racist who used the N word has raised over $100k… which is three times what she would have made in a year working at Cinnabon
Meanwhile there’s tons of good people on here asking for a few dollars to eat, pay for meds or remain housed
Support mutual aid. Boost, share, like & donate if you can
Meanwhile there’s tons of good people on here asking for a few dollars to eat, pay for meds or remain housed
Support mutual aid. Boost, share, like & donate if you can
December 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
It’s truly vile that this always happens when people hate-signal.
Meanwhile, yes, I myself am literally fighting to survive cancer relapse as long as I can, and not become homeless with my kid —which I’m now at risk for, without success. Please, seriously, boost me and others.
Meanwhile, yes, I myself am literally fighting to survive cancer relapse as long as I can, and not become homeless with my kid —which I’m now at risk for, without success. Please, seriously, boost me and others.
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Baked into alternative medicine are moralizing attitudes handed down from the early evolution of the wellness industry.
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Baked into alternative medicine are moralizing attitudes handed down from the early evolution of the wellness industry.
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Assisted suicide is being used to keep down the costs of healthcare.
It’s less expensive to kill you than to keep you alive.
When money is the center of society, this is what happens.
It’s less expensive to kill you than to keep you alive.
When money is the center of society, this is what happens.
A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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Sask. woman considers MAID because she can't get needed surgery for rare disease | CBC News
For the past eight years Jolene Van Alstine has suffered from a rare form of parathyroid disease, normocalcemic primary hyperparathryroidism (nPHPT). It causes extreme bone pain.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Assisted suicide is being used to keep down the costs of healthcare.
It’s less expensive to kill you than to keep you alive.
When money is the center of society, this is what happens.
It’s less expensive to kill you than to keep you alive.
When money is the center of society, this is what happens.
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A memorandum from Pam Bondi, instructs all federal prosecutors and law enforcement agencies to compile lists of organizations to be slandered and criminalized as “domestic terrorists” because they oppose fascism and capitalism and advocate for socialism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
The Bondi memorandum: FBI, DOJ seek to outlaw political opposition
A memorandum from Attorney General Pam Bondi spells out a series of actions to be taken against those who oppose mass detention and deportation of immigrants or advocate “anti-capitalism.”
www.wsws.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A memorandum from Pam Bondi, instructs all federal prosecutors and law enforcement agencies to compile lists of organizations to be slandered and criminalized as “domestic terrorists” because they oppose fascism and capitalism and advocate for socialism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Random people in July seeing I biked somewhere: “Yeah that’s not gonna work. Just wait until it snows.”
Me: “Right, I take the train if the weather is too bad.”
Them: “Yeah, I knew it wouldn’t work.”
Me: “Right, I take the train if the weather is too bad.”
Them: “Yeah, I knew it wouldn’t work.”
Winter biking (& all biking) is not “all or nothing.”
Bike when it works for you.
Walk/take transit/drive when it doesn’t.
Use the bike & weather gear you have.
Add/upgrade as you see fit & can afford.
You may be surprised at what works.
Bike when it works for you.
Walk/take transit/drive when it doesn’t.
Use the bike & weather gear you have.
Add/upgrade as you see fit & can afford.
You may be surprised at what works.
Just got back from biking home and I have to say as someone who also drove someone's car in the snowfall for a little bit today, I felt safer and more in control on my bike then the car.
And I don't even have fat tires or studded tires. Just my regular road bike tires.
And I don't even have fat tires or studded tires. Just my regular road bike tires.
December 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Random people in July seeing I biked somewhere: “Yeah that’s not gonna work. Just wait until it snows.”
Me: “Right, I take the train if the weather is too bad.”
Them: “Yeah, I knew it wouldn’t work.”
Me: “Right, I take the train if the weather is too bad.”
Them: “Yeah, I knew it wouldn’t work.”
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THEY CAN FÜCK ALL THE WAY OFF WITH THIS.
RFK's FDA is now scrutinizing the new-ish RSV antibodies:
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants
U.S. health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would be subject to fresh safety scrutiny followi...
www.reuters.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
THEY CAN FÜCK ALL THE WAY OFF WITH THIS.
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Oliver is still in the nursery not feeling well 😿 He could use all the love and positive wishes 🙏🏼❤️ #TuxieTuesday #cats #FosterKittens
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Oliver is still in the nursery not feeling well 😿 He could use all the love and positive wishes 🙏🏼❤️ #TuxieTuesday #cats #FosterKittens
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On dA ninefth daY ov crisPmaus moinE hooManz giv two meH
NeiN LaYdees daNsin!
EigHt maTes wHiff miLk inn
sieviN swAns ah sWimmiN,
Sixx gEEzers LaYin,
FfiVe goLDen riNgss!
ForK aLL in bUrDs,
FRee FreMch heMs,
To turtle gLuvs,
Anna part ridDge an aH baRe tree 🎵
NeiN LaYdees daNsin!
EigHt maTes wHiff miLk inn
sieviN swAns ah sWimmiN,
Sixx gEEzers LaYin,
FfiVe goLDen riNgss!
ForK aLL in bUrDs,
FRee FreMch heMs,
To turtle gLuvs,
Anna part ridDge an aH baRe tree 🎵
December 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
On dA ninefth daY ov crisPmaus moinE hooManz giv two meH
NeiN LaYdees daNsin!
EigHt maTes wHiff miLk inn
sieviN swAns ah sWimmiN,
Sixx gEEzers LaYin,
FfiVe goLDen riNgss!
ForK aLL in bUrDs,
FRee FreMch heMs,
To turtle gLuvs,
Anna part ridDge an aH baRe tree 🎵
NeiN LaYdees daNsin!
EigHt maTes wHiff miLk inn
sieviN swAns ah sWimmiN,
Sixx gEEzers LaYin,
FfiVe goLDen riNgss!
ForK aLL in bUrDs,
FRee FreMch heMs,
To turtle gLuvs,
Anna part ridDge an aH baRe tree 🎵
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WHEN YOUR HUMAN SAYS IT’S TIME TO GO IN BUT GRAVITY HAS SUDDENLY AND MYSTERIOUSLY INCREASED UPON YOU
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
WHEN YOUR HUMAN SAYS IT’S TIME TO GO IN BUT GRAVITY HAS SUDDENLY AND MYSTERIOUSLY INCREASED UPON YOU
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cannot stress enough how willing i am to point another scholar in the direction of resources in my field. i have access to one of the greatest libraries in the world and i have on many occasions called up centuries old books to photograph a page for someone on here. and i'll do it again
They could slide into our DMs for free half the time but would rather do anything than work with another human being
December 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
cannot stress enough how willing i am to point another scholar in the direction of resources in my field. i have access to one of the greatest libraries in the world and i have on many occasions called up centuries old books to photograph a page for someone on here. and i'll do it again