@marlarkd.bsky.social
Medical lab worker, follower of things sciency, naturey or otherwise interesting.
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Same for me with Haemophilus influenzae. As a resident I’d perform 2-3 spinal taps a week for it. The neurological devastation from H flu meningitis was horrible. Haven’t seen a case since the vaccine was introduced.
I took care of numerous kids with fulminant hepatitis B in the 90s before the switch to getting the first vaccine at birth. I don’t recall having one since. I do not miss caring for that disease.
December 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Same for me with Haemophilus influenzae. As a resident I’d perform 2-3 spinal taps a week for it. The neurological devastation from H flu meningitis was horrible. Haven’t seen a case since the vaccine was introduced.
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I'll say what I said before. Put all Article III judges on a single level, have all of them hear trial, appellate and supreme court cases.
I'm going to keep saying this in my effort to speak it into reality: Supreme Court should have at least 100 Justices with rotating panels (and maybe an en banc option). No single Justice should have so much power and they shouldn't be names everyone knows.
A court with a normal-ish conservative majority would have been tolerable. I'm not eager for court packing, impeaching justices, and other such options. But this court sticking around post-Trump is untenable. They've already torched their own legitimacy, the only question is what do we do about it.
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I'll say what I said before. Put all Article III judges on a single level, have all of them hear trial, appellate and supreme court cases.
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The reason the Trump and GOP are so racist towards Somalia is…
December 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The reason the Trump and GOP are so racist towards Somalia is…
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My undying admiration will go to any reporter who brings up all the evidence of former Honduras President Hernandez's crimes running drugs, and reminds that he was convicted by a jury, and ask Trump how he can claim to be tackling the drug problem while letting such a large trafficker go free.
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My undying admiration will go to any reporter who brings up all the evidence of former Honduras President Hernandez's crimes running drugs, and reminds that he was convicted by a jury, and ask Trump how he can claim to be tackling the drug problem while letting such a large trafficker go free.
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Trump exposed for embezzling donor money into his bank account.
That's the real headline.
This corruption is celebrated by Republicans, and the ballroom also another money laundering vehicle for Trump.
As the disabled, retired, and the weak, watch in hunger as they rob the country.
#MAGA
That's the real headline.
This corruption is celebrated by Republicans, and the ballroom also another money laundering vehicle for Trump.
As the disabled, retired, and the weak, watch in hunger as they rob the country.
#MAGA
Data shows Trump is 'funneling' donor money into his bank account
Newsbreak reports that millionaire President Donald Trump is diverting donor money straight into his pocket.“Even as he leverages his presidency to make himself millions, perhaps even billions of doll...
www.rawstory.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Trump exposed for embezzling donor money into his bank account.
That's the real headline.
This corruption is celebrated by Republicans, and the ballroom also another money laundering vehicle for Trump.
As the disabled, retired, and the weak, watch in hunger as they rob the country.
#MAGA
That's the real headline.
This corruption is celebrated by Republicans, and the ballroom also another money laundering vehicle for Trump.
As the disabled, retired, and the weak, watch in hunger as they rob the country.
#MAGA
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If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
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Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
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I'm not saying we've already lost to the machines but I am saying that the machines are already taking our water.
Servers need to be kept between 21 and 27 degrees Celsius to function properly, and in Morrow County they are cooled with water drawn from the same aquifer used by local residents... 1/3
Water is under threat in Oregon due to pollution levels, and massive data centers are in the crosshairs
Morrow County is experiencing a silent crisis: wells contaminated by nitrates, thirsty data centers, and a population afraid to drink from the tap.
en.as.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I'm not saying we've already lost to the machines but I am saying that the machines are already taking our water.
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There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
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“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
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Our representative in Congress signed the moronic resolution "decrying the horrors of Socialism."
I'm about to call his office; here's what I'm going to say.
I'm about to call his office; here's what I'm going to say.
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Our representative in Congress signed the moronic resolution "decrying the horrors of Socialism."
I'm about to call his office; here's what I'm going to say.
I'm about to call his office; here's what I'm going to say.
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I brought this up at a meeting once and the response was "they wouldn't do that."
YES THEY WOULD.
YES THEY WOULD.
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I brought this up at a meeting once and the response was "they wouldn't do that."
YES THEY WOULD.
YES THEY WOULD.
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"These fake personas, posing as enthusiastic American Trump supporters, told U.S. voters to “vote for Trump in 2024” while the actual women depicted (from countries like Denmark, the Netherlands, and even Russia) had no idea their images were being misused."
X rolled out a new feature that accidentally exposed a massive covert foreign influence operation — more than one, actually — that is currently live on the platform. It’s a huge story and I wrote about it — and what it means for America — here:
open.substack.com/pub/weaponiz...
open.substack.com/pub/weaponiz...
X Just Accidentally Exposed A Vast Covert Influence Network Targeting Americans
How a new X feature led to the most sweeping public exposure of covert foreign activity on a major platform since 2016.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 AM
"These fake personas, posing as enthusiastic American Trump supporters, told U.S. voters to “vote for Trump in 2024” while the actual women depicted (from countries like Denmark, the Netherlands, and even Russia) had no idea their images were being misused."
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UCP don't care. They want pay for health so they can get make money off the sick and dying. Profiteers wet dream, an unending client supply of needy desperate people. It's gross
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
UCP don't care. They want pay for health so they can get make money off the sick and dying. Profiteers wet dream, an unending client supply of needy desperate people. It's gross
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
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America's political elite has decided that climate change is no longer that important or worth talking about, but rest assured, it's still happening, it's extremely bad, and yes, it is going to affect you here in America.
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
America's political elite has decided that climate change is no longer that important or worth talking about, but rest assured, it's still happening, it's extremely bad, and yes, it is going to affect you here in America.
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I'm the spouse of an air traffic controller and I could not be more livid at the news that Dems might cave. I called and left voicemails for my Dem senators. If my family can hold the fucking line, so can they.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I'm the spouse of an air traffic controller and I could not be more livid at the news that Dems might cave. I called and left voicemails for my Dem senators. If my family can hold the fucking line, so can they.
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Lindsey & Donald I believe the words you are looking for are PUBLIC OPTION.
November 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Lindsey & Donald I believe the words you are looking for are PUBLIC OPTION.
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Found not guilty of assault with a deli weapon
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Found not guilty of assault with a deli weapon
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As storytelling goes I kind of appreciate the irony of the government grounding planes to protect Epstein associates
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
As storytelling goes I kind of appreciate the irony of the government grounding planes to protect Epstein associates
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Trump filed lawsuits over jokes, tweets, and news articles, but not once over any of the countless allegations of child rape. I feel like more people should mention that.
November 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Trump filed lawsuits over jokes, tweets, and news articles, but not once over any of the countless allegations of child rape. I feel like more people should mention that.
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Yes, an important test for the midterms.
If ICE agents begins harassing voters on the way to vote on Tuesday, we need local prosecutors to charge the ICE officers with state law crimes. We need to send a message for 2026 that they will be swiftly arrested.
November 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Yes, an important test for the midterms.
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MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EYE ON THIS! THIS IS THEIR NEXT MOVE!
November 2, 2025 at 5:37 AM
MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EYE ON THIS! THIS IS THEIR NEXT MOVE!
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It's pretty cool that the US economy is propped up entirely by continuing work on software thats only real functional uses are eroding consensus reality, spreading often politically motivated misinformation, and for various scams like impersonating your grandma and saying she's been kidnapped
October 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It's pretty cool that the US economy is propped up entirely by continuing work on software thats only real functional uses are eroding consensus reality, spreading often politically motivated misinformation, and for various scams like impersonating your grandma and saying she's been kidnapped