Cat M
@loquaciouskitty.bsky.social
Lawyer. Public health enthusiast. Science nerd. Cat lover. Fascinated by birds and cheese.
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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As a former foreign sub award recipient I can safely say the grant had a LOT of financial oversight (so much paperwork!). What we do with population-based data in Sweden isn’t easy to do (or possible in many cases) in the US. Plus the data don’t cost much! this is really stupid.
Insane is exactly the phrase I would have used!
‘This is insane:’ New NIH policy on funding foreign scientists stirs outrage
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘This is insane:’ New NIH policy on funding foreign scientists stirs outrage
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘This is insane:’ New NIH policy on funding foreign scientists stirs outrage
Agency will make researchers outside United States seek grants of their own rather than “subawards” from U.S. scientists
www.science.org
May 4, 2025 at 5:27 AM
As a former foreign sub award recipient I can safely say the grant had a LOT of financial oversight (so much paperwork!). What we do with population-based data in Sweden isn’t easy to do (or possible in many cases) in the US. Plus the data don’t cost much! this is really stupid.
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Sunday Sillies: Schroedinger's Dumpster edition
May 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Sunday Sillies: Schroedinger's Dumpster edition
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🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.
Legal Industry Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker (Public)
docs.google.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “TRADE DEFICIT”—IT’S JUST CALLED “BUYING THINGS.” YOU DO NOT HAVE A TRADE DEFICIT WITH YOUR DENTIST JUST BECAUSE HE NEVER BUYS ANYTHING FROM YOU.
April 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “TRADE DEFICIT”—IT’S JUST CALLED “BUYING THINGS.” YOU DO NOT HAVE A TRADE DEFICIT WITH YOUR DENTIST JUST BECAUSE HE NEVER BUYS ANYTHING FROM YOU.
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Who wants to set the over/under on when the first tariffs get walked back? I’m going to place it at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. Trump will announce he’s extracted some incredible concessions, like China is discontinuing its DEI program or something.
April 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Who wants to set the over/under on when the first tariffs get walked back? I’m going to place it at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. Trump will announce he’s extracted some incredible concessions, like China is discontinuing its DEI program or something.
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The US stock market has lost over $2 trillion in the last 20 minutes.
Nice, nice. Nice.
Nice, nice. Nice.
April 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The US stock market has lost over $2 trillion in the last 20 minutes.
Nice, nice. Nice.
Nice, nice. Nice.
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Shout out to Jeffrey Goldberg for reporting on this now instead of waiting two years to put it in a book.
March 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Shout out to Jeffrey Goldberg for reporting on this now instead of waiting two years to put it in a book.
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The Trump administration just texted me all of its plans to destroy the country. You can read all about it in my new book, which will appear in February 2029.
March 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The Trump administration just texted me all of its plans to destroy the country. You can read all about it in my new book, which will appear in February 2029.
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A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
March 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
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ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WHAT THE FUCK, CHUCK?
March 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WHAT THE FUCK, CHUCK?
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More explicit threatening of allies in violation of our obligations under God knows how many treaties and rules.
Trump on Greenland: "Denmark is very far away. A boat landed there 200 years ago or something and they say they have rights to it. I don't know if that's true. I don't think it is, actually ... we really need it for national security ... maybe you'll see more and more soldiers go there."
March 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
More explicit threatening of allies in violation of our obligations under God knows how many treaties and rules.
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ou can make all the ableist bullshit jokes that he's sundowning (at 2PM in the afternoon), because you fail to understand what's actually happening here.
This really is serious, he's actually trying to destabilize and seize Canada.
This really is serious, he's actually trying to destabilize and seize Canada.
Trump: "To be honest with you, Canada only works as a state. We don't need anything they have. As a state it would be one of the great states. This would be the most incredible country visually. If you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it."
March 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
ou can make all the ableist bullshit jokes that he's sundowning (at 2PM in the afternoon), because you fail to understand what's actually happening here.
This really is serious, he's actually trying to destabilize and seize Canada.
This really is serious, he's actually trying to destabilize and seize Canada.
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When they took this from us something broke
March 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
When they took this from us something broke
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THIS. “Vaccines cause autism” is untrue, but also implies that having an autistic kid is worse than your kid dying.
While debunking the egregiously profitable scare tactic of falsely claiming vaccines are a direct cause of autism, it is also critical to remember that people with autism can, do, and will lead wholly fulfilling lives while the children we lose to preventable illnesses due to fear of autism will not
March 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
THIS. “Vaccines cause autism” is untrue, but also implies that having an autistic kid is worse than your kid dying.
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In every lawyer’s career, you have work and clients you may not believe in. But when that work involves abandoning the rule of law - you have crossed the line and no longer serve your profession or ethics
February 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
In every lawyer’s career, you have work and clients you may not believe in. But when that work involves abandoning the rule of law - you have crossed the line and no longer serve your profession or ethics
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Things are really bad when Mike Pence is fighting the good fight.
Really bad.
Really bad.
February 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Things are really bad when Mike Pence is fighting the good fight.
Really bad.
Really bad.
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The founding truth of America is we have no king. The founding truth of America is under comprehensive attack, and it deserves a defense from everyone loyal to the constitution.
February 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The founding truth of America is we have no king. The founding truth of America is under comprehensive attack, and it deserves a defense from everyone loyal to the constitution.
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- If you want to avoid plane crashes, don't fire FAA staff
- If you want to avoid outbreaks, don't fire CDC & EIS staff
- If you want to excel in science, don't fire NIH & NSF staff
- If you want to protect the environment, don't fire EPA staff
- If you want drug safety, don't fire FDA staff
- If you want to avoid outbreaks, don't fire CDC & EIS staff
- If you want to excel in science, don't fire NIH & NSF staff
- If you want to protect the environment, don't fire EPA staff
- If you want drug safety, don't fire FDA staff
a cartoon character from south park sits on a stool and says " it 's very simple "
ALT: a cartoon character from south park sits on a stool and says " it 's very simple "
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February 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
- If you want to avoid plane crashes, don't fire FAA staff
- If you want to avoid outbreaks, don't fire CDC & EIS staff
- If you want to excel in science, don't fire NIH & NSF staff
- If you want to protect the environment, don't fire EPA staff
- If you want drug safety, don't fire FDA staff
- If you want to avoid outbreaks, don't fire CDC & EIS staff
- If you want to excel in science, don't fire NIH & NSF staff
- If you want to protect the environment, don't fire EPA staff
- If you want drug safety, don't fire FDA staff
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me in 2077: what people forget is that there were a half dozen plane crashes each month before the Great AI Plane Skyfall of 2025
grandson: wow so everybody thought AI was going to fix all of that?
me: haha what? oh. no. not even kind of. No
grandson: wow so everybody thought AI was going to fix all of that?
me: haha what? oh. no. not even kind of. No
February 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
me in 2077: what people forget is that there were a half dozen plane crashes each month before the Great AI Plane Skyfall of 2025
grandson: wow so everybody thought AI was going to fix all of that?
me: haha what? oh. no. not even kind of. No
grandson: wow so everybody thought AI was going to fix all of that?
me: haha what? oh. no. not even kind of. No
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Maybe I went to a farm and sniffed up some avian flu in my sneaky cat nose. How would you even know?
Not like they’re tracking that stuff for farm workers, who are literally such important people for us all
Not like they’re tracking that stuff for farm workers, who are literally such important people for us all
February 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Maybe I went to a farm and sniffed up some avian flu in my sneaky cat nose. How would you even know?
Not like they’re tracking that stuff for farm workers, who are literally such important people for us all
Not like they’re tracking that stuff for farm workers, who are literally such important people for us all
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During my residency training in South India in the 90s, I never saw measles or whooping cough
Do you why?
Because of high vaccine coverage
In 2025, we simply should not be seeing these vaccine preventable diseases. Period.
Do you why?
Because of high vaccine coverage
In 2025, we simply should not be seeing these vaccine preventable diseases. Period.
February 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
During my residency training in South India in the 90s, I never saw measles or whooping cough
Do you why?
Because of high vaccine coverage
In 2025, we simply should not be seeing these vaccine preventable diseases. Period.
Do you why?
Because of high vaccine coverage
In 2025, we simply should not be seeing these vaccine preventable diseases. Period.