Ange 🍞🌹🏳️🌈 🇳🇿
@seawall.bsky.social
Pākehā, born on the land of the Lenape, now living on the whenua of Kāi Tahu. #ToitūTeTiriti #AuDHD #Queer
Parent, poster, progressively worse.
She/her
Parent, poster, progressively worse.
She/her
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Wife is teaching a fun class on the actual history of the spices that make up “pumpkin spice” tonight in Brooklyn and it’s not too late to register!
This Friday in Brooklyn! The history of ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon is much darker (and more interesting) than you might guess!
brooklynbrainery.com/courses/the-...
brooklynbrainery.com/courses/the-...
The Archaeology of Pumpkin Spice
Cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, and ginger: they blend together to form a delicious flavor that evokes cooler temperatures, flannel shirts, and falling leaves. But Pumpkin Spice wasn’t invented by Star...
brooklynbrainery.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Wife is teaching a fun class on the actual history of the spices that make up “pumpkin spice” tonight in Brooklyn and it’s not too late to register!
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Compelling argument for detournement here.
When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
The Batman effect: The mere sight of the 'superhero' can make us more altruistic
If "Batman" appears on the scene, we immediately become more altruistic: in fact, research conducted by psychologists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, shows that the sudden appear...
phys.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Compelling argument for detournement here.
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Are there any metal workers in the Philadelphia area that can help me fix a mobility aid?
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Are there any metal workers in the Philadelphia area that can help me fix a mobility aid?
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Things you never want to hear public health officials say:
“It feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane”
“We can’t fulfill our mission here”
RFK Jr has ruined the CDC, and those who are left realize that protecting the public is all but impossible.
“It feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane”
“We can’t fulfill our mission here”
RFK Jr has ruined the CDC, and those who are left realize that protecting the public is all but impossible.
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Things you never want to hear public health officials say:
“It feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane”
“We can’t fulfill our mission here”
RFK Jr has ruined the CDC, and those who are left realize that protecting the public is all but impossible.
“It feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane”
“We can’t fulfill our mission here”
RFK Jr has ruined the CDC, and those who are left realize that protecting the public is all but impossible.
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Bullshit alert: some NZ politicians (dishonestly) claiming that the puberty blocker ban is about "saving" kids from "unnecessary" medical interventions and "letting them make up their own minds"
No, that's *what puberty blockers* do. It gives those kids time to work out their own identity.
No, that's *what puberty blockers* do. It gives those kids time to work out their own identity.
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Bullshit alert: some NZ politicians (dishonestly) claiming that the puberty blocker ban is about "saving" kids from "unnecessary" medical interventions and "letting them make up their own minds"
No, that's *what puberty blockers* do. It gives those kids time to work out their own identity.
No, that's *what puberty blockers* do. It gives those kids time to work out their own identity.
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Quick reminder - there's a decent chance we could have entirely eliminated Covid-19 if the world's leaders at the time had agreed a policy of common interest.
But the cuntier ones chose their own interests over human life.
Fuck them.
But the cuntier ones chose their own interests over human life.
Fuck them.
November 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Quick reminder - there's a decent chance we could have entirely eliminated Covid-19 if the world's leaders at the time had agreed a policy of common interest.
But the cuntier ones chose their own interests over human life.
Fuck them.
But the cuntier ones chose their own interests over human life.
Fuck them.
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Just for the casual reader, the H5* is not here yet, nor Australia (at least the mainland, likely to be in subantartica islands). Though it is undoubtably going to get here eventually. The first ever outbreak we had, last year (isolated and controlled), was H7N6
Is bird flu back?
Yes and it’s everywhere. I just can’t say no to @jeremyfaust.bsky.social when he keeps asking me back to talk about viruses.
Today we’ll be on IG Live for @medpagetoday.com at 11 am ET. Let’s discuss all the H5 viruses!
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Yes and it’s everywhere. I just can’t say no to @jeremyfaust.bsky.social when he keeps asking me back to talk about viruses.
Today we’ll be on IG Live for @medpagetoday.com at 11 am ET. Let’s discuss all the H5 viruses!
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Preview: Is Bird Flu Back? With guest Dr. Angela Rasmussen. (Yes, we managed to book her again 🙌)
Join us today, Friday, November 21 at 11 a.m. ET on Instagram Live.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Just for the casual reader, the H5* is not here yet, nor Australia (at least the mainland, likely to be in subantartica islands). Though it is undoubtably going to get here eventually. The first ever outbreak we had, last year (isolated and controlled), was H7N6
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Moderate Dems drive themselves insane trying to land one punch on Trump, and Mamdani just dog walks the guy in one meeting.
Trump on Mamdani: "I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Moderate Dems drive themselves insane trying to land one punch on Trump, and Mamdani just dog walks the guy in one meeting.
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Mandani’s mastery of the Presence discipline is unrivalled. Clearly an elder toreador.
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Mandani’s mastery of the Presence discipline is unrivalled. Clearly an elder toreador.
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This Spinoff piece talks about some of the findings from Identify, a 2022 study on the experiences of rainbow young people in Aotearoa. 95% of the (relatively small) number of kids who had accessed puberty suppression had a positive experience. thespinoff.co.nz/society/22-1...
The overwhelmingly positive experiences of trans youth on puberty blockers
A survey of trans youth highlights the enormous value of puberty blockers – and the strong need for continued access to them.
thespinoff.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This Spinoff piece talks about some of the findings from Identify, a 2022 study on the experiences of rainbow young people in Aotearoa. 95% of the (relatively small) number of kids who had accessed puberty suppression had a positive experience. thespinoff.co.nz/society/22-1...
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In other news, autism, ADHD, and many other neurodiverse ways of functioning are only problematic if you insist on everyone conforming and being able to be categorised into a system designed for capitalism.
The only reason the Right cares is because it fits into their workforce eugenics ideals.
The only reason the Right cares is because it fits into their workforce eugenics ideals.
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In other news, autism, ADHD, and many other neurodiverse ways of functioning are only problematic if you insist on everyone conforming and being able to be categorised into a system designed for capitalism.
The only reason the Right cares is because it fits into their workforce eugenics ideals.
The only reason the Right cares is because it fits into their workforce eugenics ideals.
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With so many of us discussing chocolate, coffee, and gifts, I just want to shout-out to this treat.
They are like what you want chocolate-dipped coffee beans to taste like. Strong crunch, good flavours, no grainy bits. Available at New World. #SecretSantaAoNZ
They are like what you want chocolate-dipped coffee beans to taste like. Strong crunch, good flavours, no grainy bits. Available at New World. #SecretSantaAoNZ
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
With so many of us discussing chocolate, coffee, and gifts, I just want to shout-out to this treat.
They are like what you want chocolate-dipped coffee beans to taste like. Strong crunch, good flavours, no grainy bits. Available at New World. #SecretSantaAoNZ
They are like what you want chocolate-dipped coffee beans to taste like. Strong crunch, good flavours, no grainy bits. Available at New World. #SecretSantaAoNZ
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Saw a tik tok about how millenials are cheating less and everyone is like oh it’s cause they are marrying later or marrying who they want 🙄 bruh you need 2 incomes for one family how are men gonna afford a second secret family in this economy 😅
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Saw a tik tok about how millenials are cheating less and everyone is like oh it’s cause they are marrying later or marrying who they want 🙄 bruh you need 2 incomes for one family how are men gonna afford a second secret family in this economy 😅
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Via a friend: the recipient of the first successful neonatal heart transplant celebrated his 40th birthday a few days ago, still with the same donor heart transplanted into him when he was just days old: news.llu.edu/patient-care...
40 years of life: the miracle of ‘Baby Moses’ and the heart that changed medicine | News
First and longest-living infant-to-infant heart transplant recipient celebrates 40th birthday at reunion event.
news.llu.edu
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Via a friend: the recipient of the first successful neonatal heart transplant celebrated his 40th birthday a few days ago, still with the same donor heart transplanted into him when he was just days old: news.llu.edu/patient-care...
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If community spread of measles continues until Jan 20th, the US will join Canada in losing its measles elimination status.
This is what happens when “you do you” individualism takes the place of public health.
Measles is disabling and deadly but it’s also preventable.
Get your vaccines
This is what happens when “you do you” individualism takes the place of public health.
Measles is disabling and deadly but it’s also preventable.
Get your vaccines
Measles outbreak in Arizona and Utah could spell the end for U.S. elimination status
With holiday travel and gatherings approaching, doctors worry that transmission could escalate further.
www.nbcnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
If community spread of measles continues until Jan 20th, the US will join Canada in losing its measles elimination status.
This is what happens when “you do you” individualism takes the place of public health.
Measles is disabling and deadly but it’s also preventable.
Get your vaccines
This is what happens when “you do you” individualism takes the place of public health.
Measles is disabling and deadly but it’s also preventable.
Get your vaccines
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"Two men."
From the 'Living with AIDS' photo collection by Fiona Clark, 1988.
Ref O.044981, Te Papa.
From the 'Living with AIDS' photo collection by Fiona Clark, 1988.
Ref O.044981, Te Papa.
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"Two men."
From the 'Living with AIDS' photo collection by Fiona Clark, 1988.
Ref O.044981, Te Papa.
From the 'Living with AIDS' photo collection by Fiona Clark, 1988.
Ref O.044981, Te Papa.
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I'm in the mood for an #HistoricalFiction book to sink my teeth into. I've read Edward Rutherford and books like Chesapeake. Not really looking for things involving royalty or the world wars. Wadda ya got #booksky?
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I'm in the mood for an #HistoricalFiction book to sink my teeth into. I've read Edward Rutherford and books like Chesapeake. Not really looking for things involving royalty or the world wars. Wadda ya got #booksky?
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That every comment in this article is supportive of trans kids right to access puberty blockers tells you everything you need to know. In the medical community, this isn’t even a debate. No one thinks a ban is right.
Government halts new puberty blocker prescriptions – Expert Reaction
Government halts new puberty blocker prescriptions - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre
The government is halting new puberty blocker prescriptions for youth with gender dysphoria. From 19 December, new regulations under the Medicines Act will prevent new prescriptions for this purpose,...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
That every comment in this article is supportive of trans kids right to access puberty blockers tells you everything you need to know. In the medical community, this isn’t even a debate. No one thinks a ban is right.
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Why not us, dammit #Kikorangi
The UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index for 2025 found the risk of a bursting real estate bubble to be high among only a few of 21 major international markets. See the full list here: nyti.ms/4o5VXjK
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Why not us, dammit #Kikorangi
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Perfect. Would love to see this included in an official statement via main channels committing to reversal if re-elected.
A focus on jobs, health and homes includes the health of our trans whānau.
A focus on jobs, health and homes includes the health of our trans whānau.
Doctors and parents should make decisions about what it best for their kids' health - not politicians.
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Perfect. Would love to see this included in an official statement via main channels committing to reversal if re-elected.
A focus on jobs, health and homes includes the health of our trans whānau.
A focus on jobs, health and homes includes the health of our trans whānau.
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This is an EXCELLENT roumd
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 AM
This is an EXCELLENT roumd
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Pairs competition
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Pairs competition
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Oh, would you look at that, when you give houseless kids money they go and spend it on getting housed.
Just in case you wanted to know the dark awful truth that the far-right won't tell you, what those kids REALLY do with the money...
Just in case you wanted to know the dark awful truth that the far-right won't tell you, what those kids REALLY do with the money...
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Oh, would you look at that, when you give houseless kids money they go and spend it on getting housed.
Just in case you wanted to know the dark awful truth that the far-right won't tell you, what those kids REALLY do with the money...
Just in case you wanted to know the dark awful truth that the far-right won't tell you, what those kids REALLY do with the money...
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NZ Human Rights Commission: “It is a clear breach of their human rights and will cause unnecessary harm and distress to vulnerable young people”
Ban on puberty blockers serious human rights infringement
tikatangata.org.nz
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
NZ Human Rights Commission: “It is a clear breach of their human rights and will cause unnecessary harm and distress to vulnerable young people”