Caitlin
@cviiitie.bsky.social
South African in France. Interested in Health Innovation, Data Science, R and Data visualisation.
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✊💜 声援南非“G20 Women’s Shutdown”！让世界听见我们的声音
南非女权组织 Women for Change 正在发起一项震撼全国的行动：G20 Women’s Shutdown —— 因为在一个 每2.5小时就有一名女性被杀害 的国家，任何关于“发展”和“增长”的讨论都无法掩盖血的现实。
2025年11月21日，南非的女性与 LGBTQIA+ 群体呼吁：以一天的沉默、一天的缺席，让世界看到：没有女性，社会无法运转。
她们的诉求非常明确：
👉 立即将性别暴力与女性谋杀（GBVF）认定为国家灾难（National Disaster）。不是明天，不是下一次峰会——是现在。
南非女权组织 Women for Change 正在发起一项震撼全国的行动：G20 Women’s Shutdown —— 因为在一个 每2.5小时就有一名女性被杀害 的国家，任何关于“发展”和“增长”的讨论都无法掩盖血的现实。
2025年11月21日，南非的女性与 LGBTQIA+ 群体呼吁：以一天的沉默、一天的缺席，让世界看到：没有女性，社会无法运转。
她们的诉求非常明确：
👉 立即将性别暴力与女性谋杀（GBVF）认定为国家灾难（National Disaster）。不是明天，不是下一次峰会——是现在。
November 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
✊💜 声援南非“G20 Women’s Shutdown”！让世界听见我们的声音
南非女权组织 Women for Change 正在发起一项震撼全国的行动：G20 Women’s Shutdown —— 因为在一个 每2.5小时就有一名女性被杀害 的国家，任何关于“发展”和“增长”的讨论都无法掩盖血的现实。
2025年11月21日，南非的女性与 LGBTQIA+ 群体呼吁：以一天的沉默、一天的缺席，让世界看到：没有女性，社会无法运转。
她们的诉求非常明确：
👉 立即将性别暴力与女性谋杀（GBVF）认定为国家灾难（National Disaster）。不是明天，不是下一次峰会——是现在。
南非女权组织 Women for Change 正在发起一项震撼全国的行动：G20 Women’s Shutdown —— 因为在一个 每2.5小时就有一名女性被杀害 的国家，任何关于“发展”和“增长”的讨论都无法掩盖血的现实。
2025年11月21日，南非的女性与 LGBTQIA+ 群体呼吁：以一天的沉默、一天的缺席，让世界看到：没有女性，社会无法运转。
她们的诉求非常明确：
👉 立即将性别暴力与女性谋杀（GBVF）认定为国家灾难（National Disaster）。不是明天，不是下一次峰会——是现在。
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The GOOD Party stands with Women for Change in the #WomenShutdown ✊. On Fri, 21 Nov at 12PM, join a 15-min silent lie-down in black/purple at Sea Point Promenade or safely near you. Our silence demands justice.
#GOODParty #GBVF #Femicide #SilentProtest #WomenForChange
#GOODParty #GBVF #Femicide #SilentProtest #WomenForChange
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The GOOD Party stands with Women for Change in the #WomenShutdown ✊. On Fri, 21 Nov at 12PM, join a 15-min silent lie-down in black/purple at Sea Point Promenade or safely near you. Our silence demands justice.
#GOODParty #GBVF #Femicide #SilentProtest #WomenForChange
#GOODParty #GBVF #Femicide #SilentProtest #WomenForChange
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We honour all of the women who make our country what it is.
Alongside Women for Change, we demand that Gender-Based Violence be declared a National Disaster.
Here are our reading lists that support women’s vital perspectives.
For more information womenforchange.co.za/g20-women-sh...
Alongside Women for Change, we demand that Gender-Based Violence be declared a National Disaster.
Here are our reading lists that support women’s vital perspectives.
For more information womenforchange.co.za/g20-women-sh...
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We honour all of the women who make our country what it is.
Alongside Women for Change, we demand that Gender-Based Violence be declared a National Disaster.
Here are our reading lists that support women’s vital perspectives.
For more information womenforchange.co.za/g20-women-sh...
Alongside Women for Change, we demand that Gender-Based Violence be declared a National Disaster.
Here are our reading lists that support women’s vital perspectives.
For more information womenforchange.co.za/g20-women-sh...
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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...
scitechdaily.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Holy SHIT they've identified an actual biomarker!!!
Happy #FridayFlower from le Jardin botanique de Lyon
September 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Happy #FridayFlower from le Jardin botanique de Lyon
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Not that I'm counterprogramming the news, but ... have you seen Huyen Tran's (s)nail art? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/b...
September 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Not that I'm counterprogramming the news, but ... have you seen Huyen Tran's (s)nail art? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/b...
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When you thought he was trans, it was proof all trans people were scum. Now that he’s cis, he gets to be the victim of the murder he committed.
“I have no idea why he did this.” A young man's descent from model student to suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk. on.wsj.com/48gbtoN
September 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
When you thought he was trans, it was proof all trans people were scum. Now that he’s cis, he gets to be the victim of the murder he committed.
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What is the credibility or purpose of an AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, or tropical medicine conference without scientists from the Global South, and people with deep, lived experience?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The Global North is increasingly unsafe for global health meetings
American civil rights activist Maya Angelou once wrote, “prejudice is a burden that
confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible”.1 At
a time of unprecedented national...
www.thelancet.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
What is the credibility or purpose of an AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, or tropical medicine conference without scientists from the Global South, and people with deep, lived experience?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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There was lots of data to play with for #TidyTuesday this week where we're looking at the power of different passports! ✈️
I decided to try out the idea of using small multiples and highlighting to untangle a spaghetti chart with lots of lines 📊
#RStats #DataViz #ggplot2
I decided to try out the idea of using small multiples and highlighting to untangle a spaghetti chart with lots of lines 📊
#RStats #DataViz #ggplot2
September 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
There was lots of data to play with for #TidyTuesday this week where we're looking at the power of different passports! ✈️
I decided to try out the idea of using small multiples and highlighting to untangle a spaghetti chart with lots of lines 📊
#RStats #DataViz #ggplot2
I decided to try out the idea of using small multiples and highlighting to untangle a spaghetti chart with lots of lines 📊
#RStats #DataViz #ggplot2
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Oh my god. When LLMs go very, very wrong:
"ABSOLUTE FINAL ULTIMATE TOTAL QUANTUM NUCLEAR LEGAL INTERVENTION PREPARATION:
"Create 124-day FORENSICALLY APOCALYPTIC quantum absolute total ultimate beyond infinity chronological timeline"
arxiv.org/pdf/2502.15840
"ABSOLUTE FINAL ULTIMATE TOTAL QUANTUM NUCLEAR LEGAL INTERVENTION PREPARATION:
"Create 124-day FORENSICALLY APOCALYPTIC quantum absolute total ultimate beyond infinity chronological timeline"
arxiv.org/pdf/2502.15840
arxiv.org
May 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Oh my god. When LLMs go very, very wrong:
"ABSOLUTE FINAL ULTIMATE TOTAL QUANTUM NUCLEAR LEGAL INTERVENTION PREPARATION:
"Create 124-day FORENSICALLY APOCALYPTIC quantum absolute total ultimate beyond infinity chronological timeline"
arxiv.org/pdf/2502.15840
"ABSOLUTE FINAL ULTIMATE TOTAL QUANTUM NUCLEAR LEGAL INTERVENTION PREPARATION:
"Create 124-day FORENSICALLY APOCALYPTIC quantum absolute total ultimate beyond infinity chronological timeline"
arxiv.org/pdf/2502.15840
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Hard to explain if you didn’t grow up in the 90s but this frog was huge
May 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hard to explain if you didn’t grow up in the 90s but this frog was huge
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"Are you a Palestinian?"
"Yes"
"Goodbye"
Apartheid in Israel.
I wonder where else certain racial groups were treated as 2nd class citizens?
From Louis Theroux's new documentary The Settlers on the BBC until Israel forces them to remove it.
"Yes"
"Goodbye"
Apartheid in Israel.
I wonder where else certain racial groups were treated as 2nd class citizens?
From Louis Theroux's new documentary The Settlers on the BBC until Israel forces them to remove it.
April 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
"Are you a Palestinian?"
"Yes"
"Goodbye"
Apartheid in Israel.
I wonder where else certain racial groups were treated as 2nd class citizens?
From Louis Theroux's new documentary The Settlers on the BBC until Israel forces them to remove it.
"Yes"
"Goodbye"
Apartheid in Israel.
I wonder where else certain racial groups were treated as 2nd class citizens?
From Louis Theroux's new documentary The Settlers on the BBC until Israel forces them to remove it.
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All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.
In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.
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Movie studios are being financially rewarded for AI slop on YouTube
Movie studios are being financially rewarded for AI slop on YouTube
Financial incentives to fool naive movie fans.
buff.ly
March 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Movie studios are being financially rewarded for AI slop on YouTube
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Bluesky's gonna really take off once people discover joking
March 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Bluesky's gonna really take off once people discover joking
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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We should tariff podcast equipment by 200%
March 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
We should tariff podcast equipment by 200%
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“The Great Gatsby is dated and irrelevant.” You’re right. What could a novel about a generation of young men becoming hustlers and white nationalists because they were sold a lie about the American Dream possibly have to say about our current moment?
![[quoting a tweet from bad novelist Brad Torgersen complaining about the teaching of The Great Gatsby in schools]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreiapylpwptfor5gjebc4agjxss4nhvmmos75rkahvqn7zcu4wgevp4@jpeg)
March 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“The Great Gatsby is dated and irrelevant.” You’re right. What could a novel about a generation of young men becoming hustlers and white nationalists because they were sold a lie about the American Dream possibly have to say about our current moment?
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Global South countries should never rely on charity for essential medicines, vaccines and tools
The 'trickle down' model has failed, repeatedly
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
The 'trickle down' model has failed, repeatedly
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
Global Health Technologies: Time To Re-Think The ‘Trickle Down’ Model
Technologies are critical for addressing global health needs, but the ‘trickle down’ model has limitations. If the end goal is to save lives and do it quickly, then innovations from the Global South m...
www.forbes.com
March 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Global South countries should never rely on charity for essential medicines, vaccines and tools
The 'trickle down' model has failed, repeatedly
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
The 'trickle down' model has failed, repeatedly
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
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With his new book 'Everything Is Tuberculosis,' author @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social is breathing new life into tuberculosis advocacy
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
John Green Tackles An Injustice Called Tuberculosis
With his new book 'Everything Is Tuberculosis,' celebrity author John Green is breathing new life into tuberculosis advocacy
www.forbes.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
With his new book 'Everything Is Tuberculosis,' author @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social is breathing new life into tuberculosis advocacy
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
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In 20 years, the U.S. has lost 22% of its butterflies, a groundbreaking new study found. Look up population changes in your area here.
See How Butterfly Numbers Are Dropping Near You
Populations are falling in the United States, a new study has found. Look up what’s happening in your area.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
In 20 years, the U.S. has lost 22% of its butterflies, a groundbreaking new study found. Look up population changes in your area here.
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personally would not describe the myth of a man cursed to roll a rock uphill FRUITLESSLY FOR ALL ETERNITY as “a reminder that you can overcome anything” but you do you, meta ad
March 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
personally would not describe the myth of a man cursed to roll a rock uphill FRUITLESSLY FOR ALL ETERNITY as “a reminder that you can overcome anything” but you do you, meta ad
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MY GOATS WON!!!!
March 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
MY GOATS WON!!!!
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I hope Brazil will make history tonight.
I wrote about why the most important Oscar nominee is the movie about how living under authoritarian rule can feel surprisingly normal.
The Year’s Most Urgent Best Picture Contender Is the One Almost No One Has Seen
I’m Still Here has a warning—and a reason for hope.
slate.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I hope Brazil will make history tonight.