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Oof. Here's a new bit of research in JAMA suggesting that Long Covid has surpassed asthma as the most common chronic condition affecting children.
Characterizing Long COVID Symptoms During Early Childhood
This cohort study evaluates which prolonged symptoms in early childhood are associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
jamanetwork.com
June 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Healthy Chocolate Banana Oat Muffins – Gluten-Free

These chocolate banana egg oatmeal muffins are the perfect mix of healthy and indulgent! #BananaOatMuffins #ChocolateBanana #HealthyMuffins #recipes
www.goodiesrecipes.com/chocolate-ba...
Easy Chocolate Banana Egg Oatmeal Muffins
There's something magical about the aroma of freshly baked the recipe Chocolate Banana Egg Oatmeal Muffins wafting through your kitchen on a lazy weekend...
www.goodiesrecipes.com
May 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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🏳️‍🌈 "The long-discussed and often trite ‘is Pride still a protest?’ conversation, has a clear and present answer this year — fuck yes."

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/this-pride-month-is-going-to-be-unparalleled-to-any-in-recent-years/
This Pride Month is going to be unparalleled to any in recent years
Charged with a palpable anger, passion and a vigour that is unparalleled and unlike any in recent years
www.wearequeeraf.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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April 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Oh look, someone made a #NoKings protest sign that Donald could actually understand.
June 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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If everyone has impostor syndrome, does it exist at all?
Why Everyone Feels Like They’re Faking It
The concept of Impostor Syndrome has become ubiquitous. Critics, and even the idea’s originators, question its value.
nyer.cm
June 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is a job opening at a small non-profit I have been volunteering with for many years. Please feel free to pass it on to anyone who might be looking and qualified for something like this. jobs.gusto.com/postings/cut...
Program Manager at Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation
jobs.gusto.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
November 22, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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Grifter-in-Chief
November 20, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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“Linda McMahon, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice as education secretary, incorrectly claimed in 2009 that she had a bachelor’s degree in education on a questionnaire for a Connecticut Board of Education post.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump’s education pick once incorrectly claimed to have education degree
Linda McMahon incorrectly said in a 2009 state board of education questionnaire that she had a bachelor’s degree in education, according to news reports.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2024 at 7:12 PM
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“He judged everything from the perspective of the property entrepreneur he had been before politics."
Angela Merkel sharply criticizes 'emotional' Trump in new memoir: report
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel ripped into Donald Trump in a new memoir previewed by Politico on Wednesday.The memoir by Merkel, who led the center-right Christian Democratic Union party and w...
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November 21, 2024 at 12:57 AM
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It’s really something to watch the Party whose supporters poop on the floor in the Capitol and wipe their feces on the wall tell us which bathrooms to use.
November 20, 2024 at 6:31 PM
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A small study found ChatGPT outdid human physicians when assessing medical case histories, even when those doctors were using a chatbot.
A.I. Chatbots Defeated Doctors at Diagnosing Illness
A small study found ChatGPT outdid human physicians when assessing medical case histories, even when those doctors were using a chatbot.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:24 PM
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Bluesky’s growth has exploded as people seek alternatives to X, Facebook and Threads. The social media site's 20 full-time employees have been working around the clock to deal with the issues that come with hyper-growth.
How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Explosive Growth
The fledgling social media site has been flooded with new users since the election. It hasn’t all been easy.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 10:04 PM
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More Lemon shark soup offshore Jupiter FL 🦈🤿🐟🦑
November 19, 2024 at 4:28 PM
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punk rock crustaceans from Antarctica 🧪🦑🐧🇦🇶🌎🧬
#Antarctic #amphipods are wild!

Currently 564 amphipod species are known in the Antarctic and 417 species in the sub-Antarctic! Commonly known as sand hoppers, sand or sea fleas, scuds, or sideswimmers.

@bas.ac.uk
November 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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Recent paper (Nature)-why are males more vulnerable to severe infections (ex acute #COVID), while females suffer more from autoimmunity (SLE, MS etc and also #LongCovid)? X/Y or hormones? We study adaptation of immune systems in gender-affirming testosterone treatment: nature.com/articles/s41...
Immune system adaptation during gender-affirming testosterone treatment - Nature
Examination of immunological changes in transgender individuals undergoing gender-affirming testosterone treatment reveals sex hormone-regulated pathways in humans and explains sex-divergent responses...
nature.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:57 AM
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CDC reports change in sequence NA-S247N from 3 human specimens of H5 #birdflu in poultry workers, expected to result in slight ⬇️ in susceptibility to neuraminidase inhibitors (e.g., Tamiflu), but not resistance. Oseltamivir is recommended by #CDC for #H5N1: bit.ly/4fxtSya

#MedSky #IDSky
CDC A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update November 18, 2024
CDC provides an update on its response activities related to the multistate outbreak of avian influe
bit.ly
November 19, 2024 at 2:49 AM
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"I like the idea of it" -- Sen. Kevin Cramer on Trump planning a commission to purge generals and possibly charge them with treason
November 18, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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Sweating RFK Jr. Performs Self-Surgery To Extract Big Mac From Stomach
theonion.com/sweating-rfk...
November 18, 2024 at 10:17 PM
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In a small study, doctors who were given ChatGPT to diagnose illness did only slightly better than doctors who did not. But the chatbot alone outperformed all the doctors.
ChatGPT Defeated Doctors at Diagnosing Illness
A small study found ChatGPT outdid human physicians when assessing medical case histories, even when those doctors were using a chatbot.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 8:47 PM
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A record 146,000 public school students in New York City were homeless last year, data shows. Almost all of those students were living either in shelters across the city or “doubled up” temporarily with friends or family.
1 in 8 N.Y.C. Public School Students Was Homeless Last Year
A record 146,000 students did not have permanent housing, state data shows, as the city dealt with an ongoing housing crisis and an influx of migrants.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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Elon Musk asked X users to submit X-rays, MRIs, CT scans and other medical images to Grok, the platform’s A.I. chatbot, with the hope that if enough users feed the tool with their scans, it will eventually get good at interpreting them accurately.
Elon Musk Asked People to Upload Their Health Data. X Users Obliged
Privacy experts cringed when people started feeding their medical images to the A.I. tool Grok.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:47 PM