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Heidi Conner
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Clinical social worker, mom, loves dogs, reading, teaching, and cooking.
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weratedogs.com
Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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emma-briant.co.uk
Ba-bum-tsh...
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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jocelynanderson.bsky.social
A Pileated Woodpecker passing by overhead.
October 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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ryanmarino.bsky.social
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
leahmcelrath.bsky.social Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · Sep 29
⚠️ 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...
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
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clarajeffery.bsky.social
RIP to Jane Goodall, who opened the world's eyes to our closest relatives. (Photo by NatGeo's Hugo Van Lawick)
October 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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jeffroushwriting.bsky.social
Those who have served or are serving in the military, I hope you feel love and respect from people who see your work as service to the country, rather than as time spent to “kill people and break things.” Your service represents something more. (1/3)
October 1, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
One more time
Inge of the Supreme Court but six justices are Trump
September 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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nyang.bsky.social
I wasn't expected to get my heart broken by an octopus this morning but here we are
Love pours in for a dying octopus as she tends to eggs that will never hatch
Fans and caretakers have expressed an outpouring of grief and love for Ghost, a strikingly beautiful giant Pacific octopus, as she nears the end of her life.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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ar0mcintosh.bsky.social
Wow! This is amazing news. Having friends who are confronted with Huntington's, this brings a ray of hope.

bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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artologica.net
Kicking off autumn with three baby squirrels 🥹🥰
Squirrel(s) of the Day for September 22, 2025 #sqrlpix
3 small squirrels in tree hollow
September 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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krassenstein.bsky.social
Pete Buttigieg WARNS America:

“They didn't stop at the law firms. They didn't stop at the Universities. They didn't even stop at the comedians. They are NOT going to stop until they have TOTAL POWER!."
September 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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50501movement.bsky.social
lol
Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit after Kimmel suspension
Thinking of canceling Disney+? You’re not alone—after Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, so many people rushed to quit that the cancellation page itself started crashing.
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September 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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blackcat1111.bsky.social
@governor.pa.gov
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luckytran.com Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Sep 5
Massachusetts is outdoing other states because they are the first to require insurers to cover the cost of COVID shots and other vaccines recommended by state health officials.

Vaccines are not accessible if they are unaffordable. Every state needs to follow their lead!
This notice provides guidance from the Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) and Department of Public Health (DPH) to Carriers about Massachusetts guidelines for vaccines, and to clarify the DOI’s expectations regarding coverage for vaccines within Massachusetts-issued insured health plans. Under the provisions of M.G.L. c. 176O, §6(a), and the DOI regulation for Managed Care Protections and Accreditation of Carriers, 211 CMR 52.00, in 211 CMR 52.13, Carriers are expected to provide clear explanations within Evidence of Coverage materials to persons covered within Massachusetts-issued insured health plans about benefits for vaccines. The DOI also expects other Carrier communication materials to impart clear information about vaccine coverage. Coverage for Vaccines Carriers are expected to provide coverage for all vaccines and the cost to administer vaccines, without cost-sharing and without the use of any utilization management, for persons covered under Massachusetts-issued insured health plans who satisfy the recommended guidelines established by DPH for the provision of immunizations in Massachusetts. Carriers are expected to update all Evidences of Coverage in accordance with 211 CMR 52.13, and to make clear in all online information how eligible persons may access covered benefits for vaccines. Carrier products with prescription drug formularies may limit access to vaccines to those specified on their plan formularies, provided that there is at least one product on the plan formulary that will address each item on the DPH recommended guidelines for vaccines. Health plans that offer non-emergency coverage through a closed network of providers may limit access to those health care practitioners or pharmacies that are part of their closed networks.
September 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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mrwade01.bsky.social
We could really use this degree of integrity right now!!
democracyhere.bsky.social @DemocracyHere @democracyhere.bsky.social · Sep 19
💙STAND UP AMERICA!!💙
September 20, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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publichealthguy1.bsky.social
FOLKS! share this big story with your friends and family off bluesky too! can’t assume they’ll see it otherwise
September 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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jamellebouie.net
oh looks like jill lepore wrote the book i thought i might write www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/b...
Jill Lepore Thinks the U.S. Constitution Might Break America
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
THIS. 👉
September 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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cbarbermd.bsky.social
162,000 doctors strong: The American College of Physicians demands RFK Jr. be removed as HHS Secretary, warning he is undermining vaccines, science, and public health.

www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom...
#BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #NurseSky #SciSky
American College of Physicians Calls for Removal of Secretary Kennedy at HHS | ACP Online
Statement attributable to:Jason M. Goldman, MD, MACPPresident, American College of Physicians
www.acponline.org
September 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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raypride.bsky.social
Curtis Evans, of Evanston, carries a U.S. flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. Evans said he was a Marine during Ronald Reagan’s term.
Curtis Evans, of Evanston, carries a U.S. flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. Evans said he was a Marine during President Ronald Reagan’s term. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
September 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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denverzoo.bsky.social Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance @denverzoo.bsky.social · Sep 15
When you’re 4,000 pounds but still love to play 🦏

Tensing, our greater one-horned rhino loves her enrichment, from chasing a ball, rolling a barrel, and splashing in her pool. Enrichment keeps animals like Tensing active, engaged, and curious, and it’s a joy to watch!
September 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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lyndseystonebri.bsky.social
Rebel nuns breakout of care home & re-occupy their home.

As I've been saying: old women are the future.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Defiant nuns flee Austrian care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps
Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita needed a locksmith to get back into their convent, defying Church leaders.
www.bbc.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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hookcity.bsky.social
how cool is that?

A pod of more than 100 dolphins was spotted racing alongside a whale-watching vessel just off the coastline from Newport Beach, California.

#abcnews #dolphins #ReleaseTheAbstainFiles
August 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
I had not realized that bison were found in the Carolinas & Florida, as drawn by Mark Catesby in 1700s below.
But indeed they were: extension.sdstate.edu/show-me-home...
#envhist
August 31, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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daryllmarie.bsky.social
📌 Feed links for critters and such…

Mammals: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Birds: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Marine Life: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Herps: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Zoosky: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Marine Mammalogy: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Bioacoustics: bsky.app/profile/did:...
A waxwing (gray bird) with a crest, chestnut coloration on its face, and a black eyestripe photographed up close from chest up. It has a berry in its open beak. A harbor seal licking one of its foreflippers A clouded leopard lays on a branch staring at the camera A vibrant green lizard with blue feet, orange stripes on its face and spots on its back, and scattered yellow scales.
January 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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1789jam.bsky.social
Because the info given out by the CDC has gotten less robust & trustworthy under Trump, & it is just going to get worse now as more actual experts are removed or forced to resign, I signed up for this newsletter from #Brown. #COVID #Pandemic #Health #CDC @altcdc.altgov.info
pandemics.sph.brown.edu
Pandemic Center | School of Public Health | Brown University
Informing Action. Training Leaders. Increasing Resilience.
pandemics.sph.brown.edu
August 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM