Pat Baxter
@pbmedphys.bsky.social
diagnostic imaging medical physics, co-chair of Canadian Organization of Medical Physics - Women's Committee, including Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility. (CWC-IDEA), COMP Ethics Committee
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Neurologist Isabelle Rapin was born 98 years ago today. She was a specialist in child neurology who for decades was a leading light in autism studies, developing the idea of the Autistic Spectrum during her over half century at the Albert Einstein College for Medicine.
#WomenInSTEM #Autism #MedSky
#WomenInSTEM #Autism #MedSky
December 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Neurologist Isabelle Rapin was born 98 years ago today. She was a specialist in child neurology who for decades was a leading light in autism studies, developing the idea of the Autistic Spectrum during her over half century at the Albert Einstein College for Medicine.
#WomenInSTEM #Autism #MedSky
#WomenInSTEM #Autism #MedSky
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Look all I can think about when I hear the notion that the President got an MRI for poorly defined reasons is how incredibly hard it is for your average normie to get one for a clear, unambiguously important reason
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Look all I can think about when I hear the notion that the President got an MRI for poorly defined reasons is how incredibly hard it is for your average normie to get one for a clear, unambiguously important reason
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Very cool radioactive fungus news
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability
The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only move...
www.sciencealert.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Very cool radioactive fungus news
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
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If democracy dies in darkness, we have seen that the legacy media is willing to turn off the lights. I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to shine a spotlight on the most important fights for democracy— those taking place in court.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
If democracy dies in darkness, we have seen that the legacy media is willing to turn off the lights. I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to shine a spotlight on the most important fights for democracy— those taking place in court.
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Ummmm, seems like whiskey Pete maybe shouldn’t have tweet about the war crimes.
November 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Ummmm, seems like whiskey Pete maybe shouldn’t have tweet about the war crimes.
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The New Deal wasn’t built on a promise that there would be “no ceiling” for the richest Americans.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The New Deal wasn’t built on a promise that there would be “no ceiling” for the richest Americans.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
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🎩Get this POS outta the White House! 🇺🇸
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🎩Get this POS outta the White House! 🇺🇸
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President Trump said that the airspace "above and surrounding Venezuela" was "closed in its entirety". In response, the Venezuelan government said his comments violate international law, and are a "colonialist threat" to its sovereignty. n.pr/4rl57f0
Venezuela calls Trump's call to close airspace a 'colonialist threat'
President Trump said that the airspace "above and surrounding Venezuela" was "closed in its entirety". In response, the Venezuelan government said his comments violate international law, and are a "colonialist threat" to its sovereignty.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
President Trump said that the airspace "above and surrounding Venezuela" was "closed in its entirety". In response, the Venezuelan government said his comments violate international law, and are a "colonialist threat" to its sovereignty. n.pr/4rl57f0
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GOP-led committees are looking into a report alleging Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” aboard a boat in the Caribbean.
Pete Hegseth is finally getting investigated
GOP-led committees are looking into a report alleging Hegseth gave an order to "kill everybody" aboard a boat.
www.motherjones.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
GOP-led committees are looking into a report alleging Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” aboard a boat in the Caribbean.
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Opportunistic screening is fascinating. Mendy Lebowitz has detected what we didn't even know was detected by imaging. Fascinating work by this impressive medical/BME student. #RSNA25 #radiology @rsnasky.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Opportunistic screening is fascinating. Mendy Lebowitz has detected what we didn't even know was detected by imaging. Fascinating work by this impressive medical/BME student. #RSNA25 #radiology @rsnasky.bsky.social
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Workers at the drinking water plant in Louisville, Ky. saw a sudden spike in the level of a 'forever chemical.' They traced it up the Ohio River to a factory embroiled in a pollution lawsuit. n.pr/3M80fdi
More cities are seeing PFAS pollution in drinking water. Here's what Louisville found
Workers at the drinking water plant in Louisville, Ky. saw a sudden spike in the level of a 'forever chemical.' They traced it up the Ohio River to a factory embroiled in a pollution lawsuit.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Workers at the drinking water plant in Louisville, Ky. saw a sudden spike in the level of a 'forever chemical.' They traced it up the Ohio River to a factory embroiled in a pollution lawsuit. n.pr/3M80fdi
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Looks like we’re going to war.
I didn’t vote for this, did you?
I didn’t vote for this, did you?
November 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Looks like we’re going to war.
I didn’t vote for this, did you?
I didn’t vote for this, did you?
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GOP Sen. Roger Wicker, chair of Senate Armed Services committee, opened an investigation into Pete Hegseth’s boat strikes war crime—
Meanwhile it appears #Trump may be on the brink of starting a war with Venezuela — congressional approval be damned
Meanwhile it appears #Trump may be on the brink of starting a war with Venezuela — congressional approval be damned
November 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
GOP Sen. Roger Wicker, chair of Senate Armed Services committee, opened an investigation into Pete Hegseth’s boat strikes war crime—
Meanwhile it appears #Trump may be on the brink of starting a war with Venezuela — congressional approval be damned
Meanwhile it appears #Trump may be on the brink of starting a war with Venezuela — congressional approval be damned
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Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
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“The EU’s highest court has ruled that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognise a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany.”
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
EU court rules entire bloc must respect same-sex marriages in rebuke to Poland
Couple who married in Germany had their right to a ‘normal family life’ impeded, court of justice finds
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“The EU’s highest court has ruled that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognise a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany.”
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Some welcome news today. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
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The OG Simon's Cat film!
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The OG Simon's Cat film!
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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THIS 👉👉👉
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
THIS 👉👉👉
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"I want Clooney to come in The Pitt as a patient, be an absolute nightmare for one episode, then run off into the night shouting about how he’s Batman."
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
"I want Clooney to come in The Pitt as a patient, be an absolute nightmare for one episode, then run off into the night shouting about how he’s Batman."
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"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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You're welcome.
We have discovered the trick to talking to racist family members during the holidays
A quick and dirty tip sheet.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
You're welcome.
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A judge dismissed charges against James Comey and Letitia James, saying the prosecutor that President Trump handpicked was unlawfully appointed. trib.al/W6MJvZJ
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A judge dismissed charges against James Comey and Letitia James, saying the prosecutor that President Trump handpicked was unlawfully appointed. trib.al/W6MJvZJ
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Rep. Jason Crow: “Karoline Leavitt is outright lying. Actually, what she said from the podium is that there was an encouragement of disobeying lawful orders. We actually said the exact opposite.”
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Rep. Jason Crow: “Karoline Leavitt is outright lying. Actually, what she said from the podium is that there was an encouragement of disobeying lawful orders. We actually said the exact opposite.”