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Meredith W
@meredithw.bsky.social
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I care about doing research right, disability rights, 2E kids, SFF, music & much more. Biostatistician doing pediatric HIV clinical trials, previously psychiatry research. Life's too short to specialize.
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"MAKE GOOD TROUBLE" - John Lewis
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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@read-and-be-merry List of Books to Read Before You Die 1. Any book you want 2. Don’t read books you don’t want to read 3. That's it 4. Congratulations you did it @iammewhooaryou | really like this list. All my favorite books are on it. @ read-and-be-merry Thanks | worked really hard on it
September 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Belated Labor Day post
@biogestgaudiest-patronuses Other people can see magic in you that you will sometimes overlook. Don't you dare try to convince them they're wrong just because you can't see it yet. @biggest-gaudiest-patronuses. side note: this doesn't mean you have to automatically accept inconvenient quests from oracles insisting you're the chosen one @biggest-gaudiest-patronuses they are literally just wizards looking for free labor @allithnight | don't care. I'm going on an adventure! @biggest-gaudiest-patronuses not without unionizing and demanding a living wage you're not @cortwheotandrocepiant Wizard: you're the chosen one Me: not without healthcare | ain't. @revotensni Wizard: There's a dragon Me: Pretty sure thats an OSHA violation @fieldbears Any winged reptile past 25 kilos requires hazard pay.
September 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Image of a bunch of Vikings. One wearing glasses with hand raised saying "Oh! Oh! Dibs on pillaging their library!" labeled "the little-known cousin of Erik the Red... Bjorn the Well-Read."
August 31, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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#sleep #Tolkien
Sleeping man: "I WAS BORN IN 1892 IN BLOEMFONTEN. I WROTE THE HOBBIT AND THE LORD OF THE RINGS." Woman with hand over ear: "OH NO HE'S TOLKIEN IN HIS SLEEP AGAIN!"
July 18, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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#robots #captcha
[⚠️ Suspicious Content] I'm not a robot [reCAPTCHA symbol] * I'm not a robot MYSELF, but I'm not judging those who are... * Define robot * I'm not a robot, but | know you are, so this feels a bit hypocritical * I reject the binary assumptions underlying this statement * I'm not a robot but hear there are a lot of jobs available. Can you tell me more?
July 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Picture of thunderstorm. Text says: Someone asked "Why do you like thunderstorms?" Because it shows that even nature needs to scream sometimes to calm its soul.
July 6, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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"At Rest in the Dark Woods" and others by Kay Nielsen
Kay Nielsen - "At Rest in the Dark Wood" - Woman in white shift on her knees, face in hands, surrounded by tall green trees.
June 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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#OzyAndMillie #comics #play #doctor
Ozy & Millie, by Dana Simpson 3 panel comic, 2 young animals, Millie dressed in a doctor costume, Ozy sitting on table. 1) Millie: Thanks for waiting here by yourself for 45 minutes. Here's a referral. Ozy: Thank you. 2) They look at each other. 3) Millie: I give up. Why is playing "doctor" considered risque? Ozy: Maybe adults are worried it'll make us cynical.
May 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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A couple of additions to @wiswell.bsky.social's list.
Roxi Horror @roxiqt: Self care isn't always chocolate & NetFlix. Sometimes, it's getting out of bed & doing more difficult tasks like summoning a demon to help with the dishes or finding the right number of chicken bones to appease the thing that lives in the attic.
May 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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This one's for you, @wiswell.bsky.social
My favorite song about allergies is "Blowin' in the Wind" by Peter Pollen Mary. Image: Picture of a woman walking in nature (Spring Blooms. Henry John Yeend King. 1855-1924)
May 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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AI's soooo useful /s
Look at the question it suggested to me when it showed this article.
#AI #cats #useless
FB post of article on genetics of orange cats with AI suggested question "Do female cats exist?"
May 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Never forget to feed the basilisk!
#SpringCleaning #Spring
SPRING CLEANING CHECKLIST Vacuum floors Wash baseboards Scream cathartically into the void Wipe doorknobs De-rust dungeon chains Blow dust off an ancient spell book and recite the cryptic incantations of your choosing Sweep the panic chamber FEED THE BASILISK Shed your human disguise and bathe the glistening exoskeleton hidden within
May 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Father Nathan Monk: You are about to watch the whole world respect a chosen name. It's that easy.
May 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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This is what I need, so much!
#reading #books
From fb/forreadingaddicts: Picture of woman on a couch, reading a book. "Sometimes you just need to lie on the couch and read for a couple of years."
April 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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April 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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I've lived in the Boston area since 1975, and this movie does a beautiful job capturing Boston and the magical 2004 run up to the World Series.
Movie poster for Fever Pitch, shows Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fllon (wearing a Red Sox cap) with Fenway Park in the background and the movie title on a baseball hanging over their heads.
April 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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This big guy was standing in the middle of the road surveying his domain when I first saw him, but by the time I'd pulled out my phone he'd relocated. There was another big tom on the other side of the street also displaying.
#turkeys @universalhub.com
Two turkeys, one a big tom in full display, on a lawn.
April 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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For all the Big Bird lovers and all the scientists here, a talk coming out of a zoologist's dissertation research: "What, if Anything, Is Big Bird?" www.pechakucha.com/presentation...
Images: 1) Big Bird standing under Sesame St. sign 2) Map of the NYC area with an asterisk on the city end of Long Island
March 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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“a popular Government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a Farce, or a Tragedy; or perhaps both.” ~ James Madison, US President and a primary author of the Bill of Rights
Image of the heading of the Bill of Rights
March 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Green haired young woman sitting on a laptop keyboard. Monitor says "I love my computer. All my friends are in there."
March 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Andrea C. Love, PhD @drandrealove I can’t believe this needs to be said. TransGENIC mice are not TransGENDER mice
March 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Phil Lynch @PhilipLynchGW Roses are red, roses are blue depending on their velocity relative to you.
February 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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#disability #accommodations #ASL
TerpTheatre @TerpTheatre Event Organizer: We're sorry, there won't be interpreters at the event where you are presenting about Deaf things, sign language, and interpreting. Me: No problem, I'll present in ASL without interpretation. Hearing people will have to get by. EO: Ummm ... TerpTheatre @TerpTheatre - I presented for 25 minutes, and opened with a couple of slides in written English that explained the situation. Told them to stay, so that they could “learn a lesson they didn't come here for." They all did.
February 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Picture of two people hugging. Caption: "Don't offer a lecture to a person who needs a hug." from @thoughtful_scripter
January 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM