Peg Duthie
@zirconium.bsky.social
Into elements, harpsichords, and sheep jokes. Louise du Ha! Ha! is my paddleboard.
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Shingles sucked, and the fact that it showed up two months after I had influenza and five months after my dad died was not an accident. Dad also had shingles! two months after a stroke! jazz hands. Shingles loves to show up when your body is weakened by other crap.
Get the shingles vax if you can.
Get the shingles vax if you can.
December 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Shingles sucked, and the fact that it showed up two months after I had influenza and five months after my dad died was not an accident. Dad also had shingles! two months after a stroke! jazz hands. Shingles loves to show up when your body is weakened by other crap.
Get the shingles vax if you can.
Get the shingles vax if you can.
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This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
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This is a travesty, eliminating #PublicHealth loans for PT, OT, MPH, DrPH and many other degrees. They are trying to kill us.
the Department of Education’s Reimagining and Improving Student Education (RISE) Committee reached preliminary consensus on a proposed definition of “professional degree programs” under Big Bill
ASPPH is deeply concerned that the proposal excludes public health programs
aspph.org/department-o...
ASPPH is deeply concerned that the proposal excludes public health programs
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is a travesty, eliminating #PublicHealth loans for PT, OT, MPH, DrPH and many other degrees. They are trying to kill us.
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When your policy is to undermine public health, then you attack the people who help promote and protect it. Not just now…but years into the future.
"Excluding MPH and DrPH from the 'professional degree' category could restrict students’ access to higher federal loan limits, making public health education less financially attainable and potentially weakening the future workforce pipeline." Get ready to submit comments! aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
When your policy is to undermine public health, then you attack the people who help promote and protect it. Not just now…but years into the future.
Very amused to see a former Chicago dorm-mate as the latest Grub Street diarist www.grubstreet.com/article/brad...
Brad Lander Ended Election Night at a Taco Truck
“I can’t even tell who I’m talking to half the time. At some point, my daughter puts a drink in my hand.”
www.grubstreet.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Very amused to see a former Chicago dorm-mate as the latest Grub Street diarist www.grubstreet.com/article/brad...
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Have you read?
What a Big Heart You Have by Marissa Lingen at kaleidotrope
A fun mix of fairy tales and a perplexed granddaughter.
kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
What a Big Heart You Have by Marissa Lingen at kaleidotrope
A fun mix of fairy tales and a perplexed granddaughter.
kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen
kaleidotrope.net
October 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Have you read?
What a Big Heart You Have by Marissa Lingen at kaleidotrope
A fun mix of fairy tales and a perplexed granddaughter.
kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
What a Big Heart You Have by Marissa Lingen at kaleidotrope
A fun mix of fairy tales and a perplexed granddaughter.
kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
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It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.
September 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.
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Also the HPV vaccine prevents throat, rectal , penil and anal cancers associated with HPV.
So not only women benefit from vaccination. Men benefit as well. Children 9-12 are eligible to start the vaccination series. Adults can get it until age 45, discuss with your health provider if you qualify.
So not only women benefit from vaccination. Men benefit as well. Children 9-12 are eligible to start the vaccination series. Adults can get it until age 45, discuss with your health provider if you qualify.
September 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Also the HPV vaccine prevents throat, rectal , penil and anal cancers associated with HPV.
So not only women benefit from vaccination. Men benefit as well. Children 9-12 are eligible to start the vaccination series. Adults can get it until age 45, discuss with your health provider if you qualify.
So not only women benefit from vaccination. Men benefit as well. Children 9-12 are eligible to start the vaccination series. Adults can get it until age 45, discuss with your health provider if you qualify.
Nashville folks, @nashvillesymphony.org chorus showcase @tnbrewworks.bsky.social Saturday 9/20 6-8 pm. Come enjoy great voices and great beer while supporting the all-volunteer chorus (which has many professionally trained singers in its ranks)! (No minimum - donations of any amount will be welcome)
September 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Nashville folks, @nashvillesymphony.org chorus showcase @tnbrewworks.bsky.social Saturday 9/20 6-8 pm. Come enjoy great voices and great beer while supporting the all-volunteer chorus (which has many professionally trained singers in its ranks)! (No minimum - donations of any amount will be welcome)
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This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages.
July 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages.
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NEWS BOOSTING POSTCARDS! Help make sure voters learn about the GOP plans to gut Medicaid and food assistance while cutting taxes for billionaires.
👉 turnoutpac.org/postcards
👉 turnoutpac.org/postcards
June 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
NEWS BOOSTING POSTCARDS! Help make sure voters learn about the GOP plans to gut Medicaid and food assistance while cutting taxes for billionaires.
👉 turnoutpac.org/postcards
👉 turnoutpac.org/postcards
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Had the pleasure today of meeting a very woke 88 year old lady with a yard sign that read “the only minority destroying this country is billionaires.”
July 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Had the pleasure today of meeting a very woke 88 year old lady with a yard sign that read “the only minority destroying this country is billionaires.”
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3. Corporations that publicly endorsed Trump's megabill:
3M
Altria
AT&T
Charter Communications
Chevron
Cisco
Comcast
Delta Airlines
Door Dash
Great Clips
Hair Cuttery
T-Mobile
Uber
United Airlines
UPS
Verizon
3M
Altria
AT&T
Charter Communications
Chevron
Cisco
Comcast
Delta Airlines
Door Dash
Great Clips
Hair Cuttery
T-Mobile
Uber
United Airlines
UPS
Verizon
July 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
3. Corporations that publicly endorsed Trump's megabill:
3M
Altria
AT&T
Charter Communications
Chevron
Cisco
Comcast
Delta Airlines
Door Dash
Great Clips
Hair Cuttery
T-Mobile
Uber
United Airlines
UPS
Verizon
3M
Altria
AT&T
Charter Communications
Chevron
Cisco
Comcast
Delta Airlines
Door Dash
Great Clips
Hair Cuttery
T-Mobile
Uber
United Airlines
UPS
Verizon
Nailed it: "The judge described as a “newly-minted war” by the National Institutes of Health against “undefined concepts” related to D.E.I., which he added had grown to include other topics such as vaccine hesitancy, Covid, and climate change.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Handful of G.O.P. Holdouts Are Keeping Trump Bill From Moving Forward
www.nytimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Nailed it: "The judge described as a “newly-minted war” by the National Institutes of Health against “undefined concepts” related to D.E.I., which he added had grown to include other topics such as vaccine hesitancy, Covid, and climate change.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
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Out 500,000 college athletes across the country there are fewer than 10 who identify as transgender. A super minority that deserves protection, not erasure. All they ask for is the right to exist.
www.npr.org/2025/07/02/n...
www.npr.org/2025/07/02/n...
UPenn updates swimming records to settle with feds on transgender athletes case
The U.S. Education Department and Penn announced the voluntary agreement of the high-profile case that focused on Lia Thomas, who last competed for the Ivy League school in 2022.
www.npr.org
July 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Out 500,000 college athletes across the country there are fewer than 10 who identify as transgender. A super minority that deserves protection, not erasure. All they ask for is the right to exist.
www.npr.org/2025/07/02/n...
www.npr.org/2025/07/02/n...
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Now watch Trump fuck UPenn over on something entirely different, because that’s what he does when his prey capitulates.
BREAKING
The University of Pennsylvania has come to an agreement with the Trump administration on what the Department of Education said was its Title IX violations.
This will include stripping trans athlete Lia Thomas of her records, titles, and recognitions.
The University of Pennsylvania has come to an agreement with the Trump administration on what the Department of Education said was its Title IX violations.
This will include stripping trans athlete Lia Thomas of her records, titles, and recognitions.
July 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Now watch Trump fuck UPenn over on something entirely different, because that’s what he does when his prey capitulates.
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As predicted by everyone except median voters and members of Congress, allowing the federal government to be run by antivaxxers does come with consequences for everyone. COVID is still a leading cause of death for “healthy younger adults and children.” And unvaccinated individuals infect everyone.
BREAKING: U.S. regulators say annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved.
Companies that want to market their vaccines to those Americans will need to conduct large, new studies.
Companies that want to market their vaccines to those Americans will need to conduct large, new studies.
Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children
Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy.
bit.ly
May 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
As predicted by everyone except median voters and members of Congress, allowing the federal government to be run by antivaxxers does come with consequences for everyone. COVID is still a leading cause of death for “healthy younger adults and children.” And unvaccinated individuals infect everyone.
"in FY2024, for every $1 invested in NIH research, there was a return of $2.56 in terms of economic activity." www.aacr.org/about-the-aa...
AACR Calls on Congress to Summarily Reject the President’s FY2026 Budget Proposal for NIH
The President’s FY2026 budget proposal includes devastating cuts to NIH of $18 billion, which would result in a nearly 40% cut in NIH’s budget for lifesaving research.
www.aacr.org
May 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
"in FY2024, for every $1 invested in NIH research, there was a return of $2.56 in terms of economic activity." www.aacr.org/about-the-aa...
Donation drive in Nashville for families affected by raids: www.firstuunash.org/news/urgent-...
Urgent Need for Donations Following Nashville Raids
Donations are needed to provide financial assistance to impacted families. Every penny will go directly to families: https://remixtn.betterworld.org/campaigns/nashville-unidos-fundFinancial support is...
www.firstuunash.org
May 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Donation drive in Nashville for families affected by raids: www.firstuunash.org/news/urgent-...
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🧪 PRACTICAL tip for NSF PIs with terminated grants:
You're entitled to recover more closeout costs than a DOGE-fueled NSF may lead you to believe.
➡️ Do this NOW: Send fed reg 2 CFR 200.472 on allowable "termination costs" to your sponsored research office:
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
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You're entitled to recover more closeout costs than a DOGE-fueled NSF may lead you to believe.
➡️ Do this NOW: Send fed reg 2 CFR 200.472 on allowable "termination costs" to your sponsored research office:
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
1/8 🧵
a man wearing glasses and a green and white shirt looks at the camera
Alt: A man wearing glasses and a green and white shirt looks at the camera
media.tenor.com
May 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🧪 PRACTICAL tip for NSF PIs with terminated grants:
You're entitled to recover more closeout costs than a DOGE-fueled NSF may lead you to believe.
➡️ Do this NOW: Send fed reg 2 CFR 200.472 on allowable "termination costs" to your sponsored research office:
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
1/8 🧵
You're entitled to recover more closeout costs than a DOGE-fueled NSF may lead you to believe.
➡️ Do this NOW: Send fed reg 2 CFR 200.472 on allowable "termination costs" to your sponsored research office:
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
1/8 🧵
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OpenAI denies it is orchestrating viral photo trends as a ploy to collect user data, yet the firm certainly gains an advantage from it, since uploaded photos come with a trove of valuable metadata. That metadata could put users’ privacy at risk.
Think Twice Before Creating That ChatGPT Action Figure
People are using ChatGPT’s new image generator to take part in viral social media trends. But using it also puts your privacy at risk—unless you take a few simple steps to protect yourself.
wrd.cm
May 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
OpenAI denies it is orchestrating viral photo trends as a ploy to collect user data, yet the firm certainly gains an advantage from it, since uploaded photos come with a trove of valuable metadata. That metadata could put users’ privacy at risk.
Some intriguing synopses in Marissa's latest booklist, including Emily Deibert's Bea Mullins Takes a Shot (middle school girls playing hockey) (waves @stephcranford.bsky.social) mrissa.dreamwidth.org/1196077.html
May 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Some intriguing synopses in Marissa's latest booklist, including Emily Deibert's Bea Mullins Takes a Shot (middle school girls playing hockey) (waves @stephcranford.bsky.social) mrissa.dreamwidth.org/1196077.html
Call for submissions (the editor is a friend) www.raisingfreeautisticpeople.com/details.html
Details
Connecting through story Submission Guidelines FAQ: Who is making this? Who is this for? Why the focus on caregivers? What kind of writing are we looking for? Where will this be published? What...
www.raisingfreeautisticpeople.com
April 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Call for submissions (the editor is a friend) www.raisingfreeautisticpeople.com/details.html
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Serfdom. Lutnick is describing serfdom. Hereditary serfdom. You will work in your oligarch’s sweetshop and so will your children. Maybe they can some day be a cop in the oligarch’s security apparatus to pacify the serfs. No October Revolutions allowed here.
Lutnick: "It's time to train people not to do the jobs of the past, but to do the great jobs of the future. This is the new model where you work in these kinds of plants for the rest of your life and your kids work here and your grandkids work here. We let the auto plants go overseas."
April 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Serfdom. Lutnick is describing serfdom. Hereditary serfdom. You will work in your oligarch’s sweetshop and so will your children. Maybe they can some day be a cop in the oligarch’s security apparatus to pacify the serfs. No October Revolutions allowed here.