Cecilia
@ceciliakpg.bsky.social
She/her. Born in Brasil, breathing in Baltimore. AuDHD. Science rules! Geo nerd. Anabaptist. Profile pic: B&W profile of me wearing my Envomask
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If I were part of the world, would I be worth it?
September 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
If I were part of the world, would I be worth it?
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To be blunt: if you are doing anything at all right now to reduce your risk of infection from SARS-CoV-2, you're being smart. As a result of the current high prevalence of flu, masking is back in the media. Ignore anything negative said about it. Political nonsense is irrelevant.
December 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
To be blunt: if you are doing anything at all right now to reduce your risk of infection from SARS-CoV-2, you're being smart. As a result of the current high prevalence of flu, masking is back in the media. Ignore anything negative said about it. Political nonsense is irrelevant.
I’m incredibly disappointed to see you voted like this @alsobrooks.senate.gov. Throwing trans and intersex people under the bus will not satisfy them (and is wrong even if it would).
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I’m incredibly disappointed to see you voted like this @alsobrooks.senate.gov. Throwing trans and intersex people under the bus will not satisfy them (and is wrong even if it would).
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Be mindful of and gentle with the ways you use Newtown and Sandy Hook today and tomorrow. Those moms, dads, brothers, cousins, and loved ones are here, dealing a hurt most of us can never understand, over and over again.
Listen to them. Amplify their voices.
Listen to them. Amplify their voices.
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Be mindful of and gentle with the ways you use Newtown and Sandy Hook today and tomorrow. Those moms, dads, brothers, cousins, and loved ones are here, dealing a hurt most of us can never understand, over and over again.
Listen to them. Amplify their voices.
Listen to them. Amplify their voices.
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I've had a rough day, and I think I've earned this.
GOAT PAJAMA PARTY.
Goats are from @sunflowerfarm.bsky.social in Cumberland, Maine (via their YT). Bless their chaotic little hearts and tiny pink noses.
GOAT PAJAMA PARTY.
Goats are from @sunflowerfarm.bsky.social in Cumberland, Maine (via their YT). Bless their chaotic little hearts and tiny pink noses.
December 3, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I've had a rough day, and I think I've earned this.
GOAT PAJAMA PARTY.
Goats are from @sunflowerfarm.bsky.social in Cumberland, Maine (via their YT). Bless their chaotic little hearts and tiny pink noses.
GOAT PAJAMA PARTY.
Goats are from @sunflowerfarm.bsky.social in Cumberland, Maine (via their YT). Bless their chaotic little hearts and tiny pink noses.
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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between this and the FSO Safer (another ship at serious risk of exploding) I’m convinced every field has its “yeah, this is the problem that keeps me up at night” and I’m on a quest to learn about all of them
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
between this and the FSO Safer (another ship at serious risk of exploding) I’m convinced every field has its “yeah, this is the problem that keeps me up at night” and I’m on a quest to learn about all of them
Thank you, and it is time for new Senate minority leadership that will fight for us. When will you call for Schumer and Durbin to step down?
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Thank you, and it is time for new Senate minority leadership that will fight for us. When will you call for Schumer and Durbin to step down?
Thank you. The next step is remove Senate minority leadership as they’ve demonstrated that they will not fight for us. When will you call for Schumer and Durbin to step down?
I just voted NO on the bill that fails to prevent the looming health care crisis and fails to rein in Trump’s lawless actions, but I won’t give up — and I urge the American people to stay in the fight despite this disappointing outcome.
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Thank you. The next step is remove Senate minority leadership as they’ve demonstrated that they will not fight for us. When will you call for Schumer and Durbin to step down?
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What does this mean?
USDA is not going to move approximately $4 billion additional dollars to states tonight in order to fully fund November SNAP benefits;
The 1st Circuit is going to issue a ruling (essentially upholding or overturning the RI court's order) at some time in the near future;
USDA is not going to move approximately $4 billion additional dollars to states tonight in order to fully fund November SNAP benefits;
The 1st Circuit is going to issue a ruling (essentially upholding or overturning the RI court's order) at some time in the near future;
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November 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
What does this mean?
USDA is not going to move approximately $4 billion additional dollars to states tonight in order to fully fund November SNAP benefits;
The 1st Circuit is going to issue a ruling (essentially upholding or overturning the RI court's order) at some time in the near future;
USDA is not going to move approximately $4 billion additional dollars to states tonight in order to fully fund November SNAP benefits;
The 1st Circuit is going to issue a ruling (essentially upholding or overturning the RI court's order) at some time in the near future;
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“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
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I just want to make this *abundantly clear*.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
October 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I just want to make this *abundantly clear*.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
This kind of belonging and supportive space to grow and relax is what camp is all about. A lovely article 💕
For anyone who's not yet read this one, I do *highly* recommend my piece for Esquire from last summer ... here's a wayback link that hopefully leaps the paywall ... web.archive.org/web/20240829...
October 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This kind of belonging and supportive space to grow and relax is what camp is all about. A lovely article 💕
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Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
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My solidarity with trans people isn’t at odds with Reproductive Justice — it’s integral to it.
I will keep using inclusive language. I will keep including trans people in my work.
Our liberation is bound together.
Are you coming along?
I will keep using inclusive language. I will keep including trans people in my work.
Our liberation is bound together.
Are you coming along?
October 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My solidarity with trans people isn’t at odds with Reproductive Justice — it’s integral to it.
I will keep using inclusive language. I will keep including trans people in my work.
Our liberation is bound together.
Are you coming along?
I will keep using inclusive language. I will keep including trans people in my work.
Our liberation is bound together.
Are you coming along?
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Wanna to go to a virtual No Kings rally that focuses on healthcare (with a side of "vaccines are good, actually" and "eugenics is bad, actually")?
Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.
Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.
Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Wanna to go to a virtual No Kings rally that focuses on healthcare (with a side of "vaccines are good, actually" and "eugenics is bad, actually")?
Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.
Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.
Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
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it is ALWAYS worth pointing out who gets to be just a helpless little innocent precious baby boy at the age of 34, vs. who is framed by the cops as a big scary dangerous man whose candy bar might be a gun when he's barely in middle school, or described as a "13-year-old woman" by her predator
last i checked these young republicans were like 25 years old. but this is a classic case of infantilization to diminish the significance of the offense. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’
The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."
www.yahoo.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
it is ALWAYS worth pointing out who gets to be just a helpless little innocent precious baby boy at the age of 34, vs. who is framed by the cops as a big scary dangerous man whose candy bar might be a gun when he's barely in middle school, or described as a "13-year-old woman" by her predator
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with alt text in case anyone needs it 🏛️
October 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
with alt text in case anyone needs it 🏛️
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We have a #MinCup25 champion!!
Congratulations, #Kyanite!
www.mineralcup.org/2025
After eight years of competing, another few hours to verify votes was nothing, right?
Amazing first run, #Tugtupite, and better luck next year.
Congratulations, #Kyanite!
www.mineralcup.org/2025
After eight years of competing, another few hours to verify votes was nothing, right?
Amazing first run, #Tugtupite, and better luck next year.
2025 — Mineral Cup
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October 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
We have a #MinCup25 champion!!
Congratulations, #Kyanite!
www.mineralcup.org/2025
After eight years of competing, another few hours to verify votes was nothing, right?
Amazing first run, #Tugtupite, and better luck next year.
Congratulations, #Kyanite!
www.mineralcup.org/2025
After eight years of competing, another few hours to verify votes was nothing, right?
Amazing first run, #Tugtupite, and better luck next year.
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Holy SHIT they've identified an actual biomarker!!!
Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog.
Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.
Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.
Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog
Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID. More than four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, scien...
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October 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Holy SHIT they've identified an actual biomarker!!!
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Omg y’all. I love Freecycle and Buy Nothing, but some posts just make me cackle
October 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Omg y’all. I love Freecycle and Buy Nothing, but some posts just make me cackle
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This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
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I feel so awful for parents of newly diagnosed autistic kids right now, being drowned in such hateful nonsense. You deserve better. Your autistic kid deserves better.
My kid was diagnosed 20 yrs ago; please let me give you hopeful advice:
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/09/afte... #autism #parenting
My kid was diagnosed 20 yrs ago; please let me give you hopeful advice:
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/09/afte... #autism #parenting
After an Autism Diagnosis: 13 Necessary Next Steps For Parents — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
If your child has recently been given an autism diagnosis, as my son was in 2003, here's what I want you to know: Learn from me, don't be me.
thinkingautismguide.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I feel so awful for parents of newly diagnosed autistic kids right now, being drowned in such hateful nonsense. You deserve better. Your autistic kid deserves better.
My kid was diagnosed 20 yrs ago; please let me give you hopeful advice:
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/09/afte... #autism #parenting
My kid was diagnosed 20 yrs ago; please let me give you hopeful advice:
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/09/afte... #autism #parenting
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Timeline cleanse
Fat Bear Week pro tip: the horribly-named and under-appreciated Underwater Salmon Cam is also an underwater bear cam. Bears come within mere feet (sometimes inches!) from the camera, which is how I learned that bears walking on their hind legs look ridiculous
Fat Bear Week pro tip: the horribly-named and under-appreciated Underwater Salmon Cam is also an underwater bear cam. Bears come within mere feet (sometimes inches!) from the camera, which is how I learned that bears walking on their hind legs look ridiculous
September 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Timeline cleanse
Fat Bear Week pro tip: the horribly-named and under-appreciated Underwater Salmon Cam is also an underwater bear cam. Bears come within mere feet (sometimes inches!) from the camera, which is how I learned that bears walking on their hind legs look ridiculous
Fat Bear Week pro tip: the horribly-named and under-appreciated Underwater Salmon Cam is also an underwater bear cam. Bears come within mere feet (sometimes inches!) from the camera, which is how I learned that bears walking on their hind legs look ridiculous