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@sillyandmorbid.bsky.social
during labor, my care team told me to "get mad about something" so that the anger would help me push out baby. I said "bet" and gave a lecture about our abysmal response to bird flu
not a scicomm account but will do in a pinch 🦠🧪
not a scicomm account but will do in a pinch 🦠🧪
Just watched a woman come out of La Gourmandine (oakland), dump crumbs out of her bag at one of the tables, and then walk off
September 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Just watched a woman come out of La Gourmandine (oakland), dump crumbs out of her bag at one of the tables, and then walk off
cw #petillness pet illness #petdeath pet death
pip-pip has some sort of cancer and when we asked about next steps, the vet started talking about how to tell when it's time to euthanize
pip-pip has some sort of cancer and when we asked about next steps, the vet started talking about how to tell when it's time to euthanize
May 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
cw #petillness pet illness #petdeath pet death
pip-pip has some sort of cancer and when we asked about next steps, the vet started talking about how to tell when it's time to euthanize
pip-pip has some sort of cancer and when we asked about next steps, the vet started talking about how to tell when it's time to euthanize
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You can’t be back on your bullshit if you never leave it
May 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
You can’t be back on your bullshit if you never leave it
a paper I'm a co-author on got a write-up on Forbes.com!
April 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
a paper I'm a co-author on got a write-up on Forbes.com!
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eBay have changed their terms of service and you're automatically opted-in for your personal data to be used for AI development and training.
To turn this off, sign into your account click on the Hi (your name)! > My eBay > Account > AI training preferences and you can toggle off the permission.
To turn this off, sign into your account click on the Hi (your name)! > My eBay > Account > AI training preferences and you can toggle off the permission.
March 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
eBay have changed their terms of service and you're automatically opted-in for your personal data to be used for AI development and training.
To turn this off, sign into your account click on the Hi (your name)! > My eBay > Account > AI training preferences and you can toggle off the permission.
To turn this off, sign into your account click on the Hi (your name)! > My eBay > Account > AI training preferences and you can toggle off the permission.
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Pittsburgh:
This chain employs a dude named Scott who runs an alt right website that hates every minority you can think of. They were told and refuse to do anything about it. Maybe eat somewhere else.
mariospgh.com
This chain employs a dude named Scott who runs an alt right website that hates every minority you can think of. They were told and refuse to do anything about it. Maybe eat somewhere else.
mariospgh.com
Mario's Saloon – Mario's South Side and East Side Saloon
mariospgh.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Pittsburgh:
This chain employs a dude named Scott who runs an alt right website that hates every minority you can think of. They were told and refuse to do anything about it. Maybe eat somewhere else.
mariospgh.com
This chain employs a dude named Scott who runs an alt right website that hates every minority you can think of. They were told and refuse to do anything about it. Maybe eat somewhere else.
mariospgh.com
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The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
restoredcdc.org
March 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
writers think they're good at interpersonal conflict bc they are "clear communicators." but really they're just good at crafting a narrative that makes them feel better about themselves
March 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
writers think they're good at interpersonal conflict bc they are "clear communicators." but really they're just good at crafting a narrative that makes them feel better about themselves
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It is worth paying close attention to the new bill "Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act" introduced by Senator Roger Marshall.
If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
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If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
🧵👇
February 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It is worth paying close attention to the new bill "Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act" introduced by Senator Roger Marshall.
If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
🧵👇
If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
🧵👇
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How is it that I, a PhD program director at Pitt, heard about this from the media and not my University?!?
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
www.wesa.fm
February 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
How is it that I, a PhD program director at Pitt, heard about this from the media and not my University?!?
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This is my “daughter of a Black Panther breakfast program volunteer” coming out but anyone who tells you that you have to be public about all your resistance activity should immediately be under suspicion for being an op, or being under the influence of an op
February 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This is my “daughter of a Black Panther breakfast program volunteer” coming out but anyone who tells you that you have to be public about all your resistance activity should immediately be under suspicion for being an op, or being under the influence of an op
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A BBC study just found that generative AI can't even generate news story synopses with any consistent accuracy, and here we are happily pretending it's a symmetrical replacement for education and experience
February 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
A BBC study just found that generative AI can't even generate news story synopses with any consistent accuracy, and here we are happily pretending it's a symmetrical replacement for education and experience
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“I told you so” is just a little ego death it’s not planes falling out of the air or environmental disasters that pollute drinking water or tiny coffins for all the dead kids that childhood epidemics will wipe out. Anyone who prefers mass deaths to hearing they’re wrong is a terrible person
February 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“I told you so” is just a little ego death it’s not planes falling out of the air or environmental disasters that pollute drinking water or tiny coffins for all the dead kids that childhood epidemics will wipe out. Anyone who prefers mass deaths to hearing they’re wrong is a terrible person
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If they can’t handle the discomfort of “I told you so,” then they definitely aren’t ready to be part of an anti-fascist coalition, so this question truly answers itself
I’d stress that as infuriating as this might seem to those who were paying attention during the 2024 campaign, @normative.bsky.social is correct here. bsky.app/profile/norm...
In the coming weeks, a lot of slow-on-the uptake folks are going to begin belatedly realizing Trump is both an inept moron and a dangerous autocrat. Our great civic challenge in these trying times will be calmly welcoming them aboard instead of primal-screaming in their faces.
February 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If they can’t handle the discomfort of “I told you so,” then they definitely aren’t ready to be part of an anti-fascist coalition, so this question truly answers itself
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Today is a good day to migrate your content off of Substack so you’re not trying to fight Nazis from inside a Nazi bar.
February 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today is a good day to migrate your content off of Substack so you’re not trying to fight Nazis from inside a Nazi bar.
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Fascinating profile of a park ranger in San Francisco who works with unhoused residents and has adopted the novel tactic of treating them like human beings, building relationships, and helping them access resources on their own timeline.
Her job is to remove homeless people from SF's parks. Her methods are extraordinary
Instead of forcing people out of Golden Gate Park, ranger Amanda Barrows helps them find housing.
sfstandard.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Fascinating profile of a park ranger in San Francisco who works with unhoused residents and has adopted the novel tactic of treating them like human beings, building relationships, and helping them access resources on their own timeline.
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I've been developing a semantic search tool that covers not just bioRxiv and medRxiv, but the entire PubMed database. This means you can search across a massive collection of biomedical research using keywords, questions, hypotheses, or even full abstracts. Try it out: mssearch.xyz
Streamlit
mssearch.xyz
February 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I've been developing a semantic search tool that covers not just bioRxiv and medRxiv, but the entire PubMed database. This means you can search across a massive collection of biomedical research using keywords, questions, hypotheses, or even full abstracts. Try it out: mssearch.xyz
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NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans
NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans
The NAACP wants Black Americans to take their purchasing power, which some studies value at over a trillion dollars, to businesses that align with the civil rights group's values.
buff.ly
February 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans
me, uploading pics of my happy healthy ginormous baby: but could a depressed person make this???
February 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
me, uploading pics of my happy healthy ginormous baby: but could a depressed person make this???
such bullshit that stress can cause physical symptoms. like I'm not already dealing with enough
February 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
such bullshit that stress can cause physical symptoms. like I'm not already dealing with enough
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A Trump-Musk memo telling US government employees to hide what’s happening from the public is a sign that:
1) Public legitimacy is a constraint for them, they know it, and will at times alter their behavior accordingly
2) Reporters should focus on it, revealing more of what they’re trying to hide
1) Public legitimacy is a constraint for them, they know it, and will at times alter their behavior accordingly
2) Reporters should focus on it, revealing more of what they’re trying to hide
Awful: Internal USAID memo instructs employees to refrain from talking to the media about cuts in assistance to the most vulnerable or they may get fired, WaPo reports.
Trumpworld knows this is a big political problem for them. Keep the focus on it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1915...
Trumpworld knows this is a big political problem for them. Keep the focus on it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1915...
Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo
Can Trump and his top advisers really just act with total impunity? Or is there, just maybe, a price to be paid for starving poor people and un-indicting a corrupt mayor?
newrepublic.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A Trump-Musk memo telling US government employees to hide what’s happening from the public is a sign that:
1) Public legitimacy is a constraint for them, they know it, and will at times alter their behavior accordingly
2) Reporters should focus on it, revealing more of what they’re trying to hide
1) Public legitimacy is a constraint for them, they know it, and will at times alter their behavior accordingly
2) Reporters should focus on it, revealing more of what they’re trying to hide
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Like if I cared about my security state I wouldn’t tell spies who know a lot of stuff that I don’t give a fuck about them or any people like them because that’s obviously an invitation to go sell my shit to the highest bidder lol
February 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Like if I cared about my security state I wouldn’t tell spies who know a lot of stuff that I don’t give a fuck about them or any people like them because that’s obviously an invitation to go sell my shit to the highest bidder lol