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bioethicsbarbie
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full of questions, redbull, and PFAS. bioethics - mostly of the research/pathogen/public health flavor. 🏳️‍🌈 she/her

📍nc, mostly
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The result was one of the largest youth-led demonstrations Charlotte has seen, with around 30,000 CMS students taking part through absences, walkouts, or organized rallies.
Over 30,000 Charlotte students absent from school in protest of ICE operation, reports say
Over 30,000 Charlotte students were absent on Monday, according to school officials.
www.wistv.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
oh…well that’s not…
November 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I feel very strongly that one of my personal horcruxes was the worm in RFK’s brain.
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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This guy’s job was knowing what’s “too toxic”
NEW: FDA Drug Unit Chief Is Placed on Leave, and Cites a ‘Toxic’ Environment. Says politics was interfering with science in the race to approve new drugs. @by-cjewett.bsky.social has the scoop. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/h...
F.D.A. Drug Unit Chief Is Placed on Leave, and Cites a ‘Toxic’ Environment
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Hahahahaahahah
November 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I feel like if everything keeps going like this, the FDA bringing back quaaludes would be like top 3 best decisions they’ve made since this administration.
November 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Historical Blood Serum Samples from Wilmington, North Carolina: The Importance of Ultrashort-Chain Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
From 1980 to 2017, Wilmington, North Carolina (NC), residents unknowingly consumed high levels of PFAS through drinking water. Some of these PFAS are expected to have short biological half-lives, and current biological sampling will miss these exposures. To assess historical PFAS exposures, we (1) determined PFAS levels in serum samples of Wilmington, NC residents obtained during the years 2010–2016, (2) examined temporal trends of serum PFAS over this period, and (3) associated serum PFAS levels with PFAS concentrations in drinking water. We quantified 56 PFAS, including ultrashort-chain PFAS, in 119 adult human serum samples and 47 PFAS in water samples from 2017. Twenty PFAS were detected in >50% of serum samples; perfluoromethoxyacetic acid (PFMOAA) and trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) exhibited the highest median concentrations (PFMOAA: 42 ng/mL; TFA: 17 ng/mL). PFMOAA and TFA were also the dominant PFAS in Wilmington drinking water, accounting for 95% of quantifiable PFAS. The serum-to-water ratio was linearly correlated with “effective” PFAS chain length, indicating that PFAS with longer chain length and a sulfonic acid group are more bioaccumulative. While chain length is important for bioaccumulation, this study highlights that exposures to high concentrations of ultrashort-chain PFAS in drinking water contribute to their dominance in human serum.
pubs.acs.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I need details about the llama what is going on there?
October 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
they’re doing construction RIGHT outside my office window, it’s my dead phd advisors birthday this week, and I’ve run out of refills on my Effexor.
October 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Remember kids, this whole "blaming Tylenol" thing is REALLY about blaming women, and trying to narrow their life experiences and choices because good, honest, homemakers have their children naturally and don't experience any pain, and evil careerist bitches use drugs to get through a natural thing.
September 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Reminder: personally attacking a journalist for criticizing the government is not normal agency conduct.

It's a pretty clear attempt to intimidate the journalist, and from those that complained about government censorship, like
Secretary Kennedy did, the hypocrisy is jarring.
September 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
September 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
hahahaha am I in danger rn?
September 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Apparently no one has been paying attention to UNCW this week.
September 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I feel like anyone saying “universities are normally debate-averse” have never been in an upper level/graduate philosophy seminar with 1< philbro.
September 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Do we know why RFKJ is pissed at Tylenol in particular? Like can he not just say acetaminophen?
September 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
we did it, Joe
September 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
how many bsl-4 labs does Hollywood think there are
September 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
rip academic twitter & the shitposting bioethicsbarbie truly used to engage in (I did buy it)
September 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The fact that I have to be both a) sick enough to qualify for a COVID booster and b) financially stable enough to make a separate appointment to get a PRESCRIPTION for it is my 13th reason today
a man on an airplane is holding a cell phone and screaming
ALT: a man on an airplane is holding a cell phone and screaming
media.tenor.com
September 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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I cannot tell you how much I love it when this sticker ends up in a tattoo shop.

Thanks to Cameron and Tiger Tattoo Las Vegas!
September 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.

May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
September 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We’re literally so down bad here. I have never seen anything like it.
Tillis talks the impact the Murder Budget has on Research Triangle.

“At this point the most researched health agency in the world has given me word salad.” 👏

Asks for scientific evidence to show that scientists were lying.
September 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Reminder: When the Secretary just said he did not blame the CDC shooting on SSRIs, he was lying.
RFK Jr on the mass shooting in Minnesota: "We're launching studies on the potential contribution of some of the SSRI drugs and some of the other psychiatric drugs that might be contributing to violence."
September 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM