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profrobert.bsky.social
Really Great article in #JAMA #communication #numeracy #heath How to Communicate Medical Numbers url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
How to Communicate Medical Numbers
This JAMA Insights provides evidence-based recommendations for communicating numerical information to patients.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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becauselanguage.com
So many words on this new episode with Maia Chao!
Including COSY CRIME
Go listen here, or on your podcast thingy
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October 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM
profrobert.bsky.social
C'est vrai... #justicesociale #manifparis #onlacherien #18septembre
September 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
profrobert.bsky.social
Beautiful day to demand social justice #Manif18Septembre rassemlement contre l'austérité à Paris ! #NonALausterite #ManifParis #18Septembre #JusticeSociale #OnLacheRien
September 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
profrobert.bsky.social
Rassemblement contre l'austérité à Paris aujourd'hui ! #NonALausterite #ManifParis #18Septembre #JusticeSociale #OnLacheRien
September 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
profrobert.bsky.social
Rassemblement contre l'austérité à Paris aujourd'hui ! #NonALausterite #ManifParis #18Septembre #JusticeSociale #OnLacheRien
September 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
Something beautiful for the weekend!

An extraordinary Acheulean handaxe knapped around a fossil shell c. 500,000-300,000 years ago!

The shell’s central display has been described as an example of aesthetic intention by the toolmaker.

West Tofts, Norfolk. 📷 MAA Cambridge University

#Archaeology
The photo shows an Acheulean biface handaxe knapped from dark grey flint with a creamy-white cortical layer, shown against a black background. The handaxe is roughly tear-drop shaped with a pointed tip and rounded bottom. There is a fossil shell centrally displayed on one face, identified as the Cretaceous bivalve mollusc Spondylus spinosus. Above the shell to the right is a small rectangular museum label. The toolmaker has knapped the flint in such a way as to retain the shell in a central position. Measurements 79mm x 35mm x 132mm Weight 0.375kg. Collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.
September 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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amydiehl.bsky.social
During menopause, estrogen levels decrease, which changes vocal fold tissue. Women’s voices get deeper, hoarser and can be harder to project. Teachers and voice over actors are especially impacted. Actors become less desirable for voice over work.
news.northeastern.edu/2025/09/10/m...
New research shines light on how the human voice changes during menopause
The effect menopause has on women’s voices is not as well studied but could have a major impact on “voice super users, new research shows.
news.northeastern.edu
September 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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September 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
profrobert.bsky.social
57% des Francais connaissent une proche en pauvrete - pourquoi on devrait joindre le jour d'action 18 sept... Accès aux loisirs, à une alimentation saine, isolement : le Secours populaire alerte sur la précarité des Français
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Accès aux loisirs, à une alimentation saine, isolement : le Secours populaire alerte sur la précarité des Français
A l’occasion de la présentation de son baromètre annuel sur la pauvreté et la précarité, la secrétaire nationale du Secours populaire dénonce l’effondrement du lien social et la suppression des servic...
www.liberation.fr
September 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
profrobert.bsky.social
Uplifting and fascinating as ever, what will you do to celebrate Sun Day 21 Sept? listen to some great music at least with www.soundopinions.org/show/1030
Sound Opinions #1030: Songs About the Sun & Bill McKibben on "Sun Day"
Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk with journalist and environmentalist Bill McKibben about solar power and music, as well as the upcoming activism event “Sun Day.” They also share some of their fa...
www.soundopinions.org
September 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
profrobert.bsky.social
If you have an MP and want fo take a stand for more representative democracy then send a letter..... actionnetwork.org/letters/devo...
Email your MP about scrapping First Past The Post (FPTP) for Mayoral elections
On the 2nd of September, MPs will debate abolishing First Past the Post for Mayoral and PPC elections. Since the system was introduced, it has resulted in Mayors being elected on as little as 25% of t...
actionnetwork.org
August 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
profrobert.bsky.social
L’Afrique trop petite sur les planisphères ? La carte parfaite n’existe pas !
www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...
L’Afrique trop petite sur les planisphères ? La carte parfaite n’existe pas !
Alors qu’une pétition appelle l’ONU et la Banque mondiale à ne plus utiliser la projection cartographique Mercator qui «rapetisse» le continent africain, le géographe Vincent Capdepuy rappelle que les...
www.liberation.fr
August 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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forbes.com
The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.
The Wage Gap Between CEOs And Workers Is Widening—And This Popular Company Is The Biggest Offender
The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.
www.forbes.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
profrobert.bsky.social
US Pediatric Health Lags Behind url:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2836646?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=071225
July 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
profrobert.bsky.social
for #waterfallwednesday some falls from around and indeed in #Tengchong #Yunnan #China
broad rushing waterfall tumbling over faulted lava with rainforested volcanic peak behind at black rock near Tengchong Yunnan Tall waterfall cascading over lava dam in richly forrested spot in central Tengchong Yunnan Series of small waterfalls partly fed by thermal springs tumbljng through ravine and crossed by classical chinese bridge, geothermal park near Tengchong Yunnan Small waterfall partly fed by geothermal springs near to Tengchong Yunnan
June 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
profrobert.bsky.social
I love the idea of more apes with rhythm- Dans la cacophonie de la jungle, une étude scientifique parvient à établir que «les chimpanzés tambourinent en rythme»
www.liberation.fr/sciences/dan...
Dans la cacophonie de la jungle, une étude scientifique parvient à établir que «les chimpanzés tambourinent en rythme»
Une équipe de primatologues a établi que la façon dont les primates tambourinaient n’avait rien d’aléatoire et pouvait exprimer des dynamiques sociales différentes selon les régions où ils ont été obs...
www.liberation.fr
May 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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becauselanguage.com
New Mailbag episode with @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social of @liberalcurrents.com!
Available to patrons at the Listener level.
How do you deal with the prescriptivists in your family? And more.

Listen to the preview, sign up as a patron. Easy, right? Right??

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115: Mailbag, Right? (with Caitlin Green) | Because Language
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April 3, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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goodlawproject.org
We'd really appreciate it if you could share action with your broader networks - including via WhatsApp. Once you've done the process yourself you will be given a whole range of sharing tools. Let's start to defund Zuckerberg!
April 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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heidilifeldman.bsky.social
🚨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)
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April 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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resistlist.bsky.social
A new study found that 82% of respondents favored DEI policies. "While the vast majority of respondents were positive about DEI themselves, they estimated just 55 percent of Americans held pro-diversity views."

DEI is more popular than we assume!
www.inc.com/jessica-stil...
You Are Probably Wildly Underestimating How Many Americans Support DEI, New Study Shows
How popular is diversity and inclusion in Trump’s America, really? A new study suggests whatever you’re thinking, you’re probably wrong.
www.inc.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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lingcomm.bsky.social
#LingComm25 update: We're looking forward to a ✨plenary✨ from Prof @emilymbender.bsky.social: Lingcomm in the Face of Well-Funded Nonsense

Read more:
lingcomm.org/lingcomm25/s...

Register now:
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The International Conference on Linguistics Communication 2025
The International Conference on Linguistics Communication (LingComm25) brings together lingcommers from a variety of backgrounds.
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March 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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karenho.bsky.social
My sister just sent me the WIRED video of history professor and authoritarianism scholar Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat explaining fascism and what makes a dictatorship, which now has 2M+ views: youtu.be/vK6fALsenmw?...
History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
YouTube video by WIRED
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March 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM