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Catherine Ptaschinski, PhD
@immuno-cat.bsky.social
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Immunologist, vaccine enthusiast, book worm, knitter, couch potato. Currently sharing my home with 3 cats, 1 dog, 1 husband.
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immuno-cat.bsky.social
This is a great explanation of the VAERS database and how it can be misconstrued.
deonandan.bsky.social Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 17d
Pretty much ANY statistic you see cited to frighten you about vaccines comes from the VAERS database. (Including the recent evidence-free missive from Vinay Prasad). Here's why VAERS can NEVER be a proper source for population-level vaccine risk estimates.

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November 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
immuno-cat.bsky.social
Yeeeeessssss. If you haven’t seen season 1, you have time!
moryan.bsky.social Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · Nov 11
🚨Deadloch heads: S2 of the Aussie crime satire/drama (it's good!) arrives on Amazon Prime March 20. Many chaotic Aussie weirdos return/debut. But HEADS UP they have added a Hemsworth (Luke)! This is not a drill! Kudos to the hair & costume team for this whole deal. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
Luke Hemsworth in S2 of the Amazon Prime drama Deadloch, with a lot of hair gel and an outdoorsman type of look -- green short sleeve shirt and logo of a croc hunting company Detectives Eddie Redcliffe (Madeleine Sami, left) and Dulcie Collins (Kate Box) are in Australia’s sweltering Top End, aka the Northern Territory, investigating the death of Eddie’s former policing partner, Bushy, in Season 2 of Deadloch. But when the body of a local icon is discovered in a remote town, they are flung into a sweatier, stickier, croc-ier crime case. (Most of this is from the Amazon Prime press release on S2)
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
immuno-cat.bsky.social
Growing up in the northern Great Lakes area, I’m always surprised by people’s reactions to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It seems that they love it or hate it, with no in between. I love it, but it was a regular part of my childhood. I wonder how I’d feel if it hadn’t been.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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theradr.bsky.social
Absolute queen shit
Rep Yassamin Anasari has set up a table and a sign saying "Mike Jonhnson is starving families and gutting healthcare to cover up the Epstein files, CHANGE MY MIND" outside Johnson's office.
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
immuno-cat.bsky.social
*Gasp*
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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alisonjeastman.bsky.social
I love how Jessica Fletcher is the most wholesome walking thirst trap for every intelligent man who guest stars on the show, and also several women guest stars. KGB officer 100% wanted to go fishing and watch the sun rise and set with Dame Angela Lansbury every morning for the rest of his life.
October 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
immuno-cat.bsky.social
Truth.
alisonjeastman.bsky.social A J Eastman @alisonjeastman.bsky.social · Oct 16
Nothing says “manly” like soap labeled specifically for men based on one of cinema’s greatest female protagonists fighting one of cinema’s greatest female monsters, and based on the premise that men, too, can get face-fucked, impregnated, live solely as incubators, and die violently giving birth.
October 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
immuno-cat.bsky.social
Boop.
A dog is snuggled in two blankets, with only her very boop-able snoot visible.
April 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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doctorstardis.bsky.social
We can upload 3 minute videos now.

YOU KNOW THE RULE
March 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
immuno-cat.bsky.social
She didn’t get a meatball, so now she’s dead.
March 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
immuno-cat.bsky.social
Last time I talked to a class through @skypeascientist.bsky.social, I posted about it on here, leading another request. The kids were so engaging, which isn’t something you can say about every 7th grade class. @melsrn.bsky.social, thanks for the opportunity to talk science!
February 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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jacasiegel.bsky.social
Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
February 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
immuno-cat.bsky.social
First @skypeascientist.bsky.social for 2025 is in the books! I had a great time talking about allergies and the microbiome with a fun group of middle schoolers. They asked the best questions and we got to talk about poop!
January 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
immuno-cat.bsky.social
I know a lot of mediocre white dudes who only got to where they are in life because they are white dudes. I guess it’s my patriotic duty to report them 🤷🏻‍♀️
muellershewrote.com Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Jan 22
🚨 🚨 🚨 HOMEWORK 🚨 🚨 🚨

The email address for federal workers to inform on their colleagues is DEIAtruth@opm.gov.

Would be a real shame if folks flooded that inbox, rendering it useless.
January 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
immuno-cat.bsky.social
Beautiful day for a snowy walk with the mutt.
January 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
immuno-cat.bsky.social
Gracias por todo Rafa. 20 years of watching him play, and it wasn’t enough.
November 20, 2024 at 3:04 AM
immuno-cat.bsky.social
Back when I joined the social-media-app-that-shall-not-be-named, I used my first post to encourage everyone to get their flu shots.

A lot has changed since then, but some things remain constant.

Get your flu shots, northern hemisphere people.
November 18, 2024 at 7:24 PM