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erinjoy.bsky.social
Do you think that Christians who woke up feeling anxious and afraid of how Zohran Mamdani's personal beliefs might influence how he wields the power of office will ever pause and think "Hmmm maybe non-Christians feel this way about Christians in power using their faith to inform their politics"?
November 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
starsthemutt.bsky.social
FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT THE FIRST STEPS TO CHANGE ARE TO INFLUENCE YOUR LOCAL POLITICAL FRONT! Go out and vote today! Encourage everyone you know to vote, and inform yourself and others on who you should vote for and WHY.
My fursona looking terrified, holding a card that says "PLEASE VOTE"
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
tomkindlon.bsky.social
ME Research UK:

#Dysautonomia can significantly disrupt control over gut function, leading to various symptoms and conditions such as gastroparesis. A disrupted microbiome, often implicated in ME/CFS, is also thought to have influence on the ANS.

Read more: tinyurl.com/3sdz4m7s

#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
GUT DISORDERS, DYSAUTONOMIA, & ME/CFS Dysautonomia, dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system, can significantly impact the gastrointestinal system by disrupting control over gut function, leading to various symptoms. Gastroparesis (delayed stomach emptying), which involves dysautonomia and affects digestion, is sometimes reported by people with ME/CFS. It is thought that dysautonomia can contribute to the development of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a condition that is frequently reported in ME/CFS. pain bloating diarrhoea nausea 4,111111■ constipation and more... INFORM. INFLUENCE. INVEST. RESEARCH UK SCO36942
November 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
wetdreamteam.bsky.social
Absolutely, 👍
I choose to do more than just boycott. I discourage my friends from going; inform them of some of shit that goes on behind the scenes and am able to influence others to attend "nup to the cup" events rather than racing events. This will hopefully speed up the process.
November 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
acvalens.net
Dislikes do influence other users in your “social neighborhood.” I don’t know why people are missing that. It’s not just about “I personally don’t like this content and want to see less of it
Dislikes beta Soon, we'll start testing a "dislike" option as a new feedback signal to improve personalization in Discover and other feeds. Dislikes help the system understand what kinds of posts you'd prefer to see less of. They may also lightly inform reply ranking, reducing the visibility of low-quality replies. Dislikes are private and the signal isn't global — it maing affects your own experience and, to an extent, others in your social neighborhoody
November 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
joshfrai.bsky.social
I regret to inform you that politicians have no ability to influence public opinion and can only take actions that correspond to poll numbers.
michaelhobbes.bsky.social Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 11d
It is time to admit that Republicans won the 2024 election by running to the center.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/o...
Can Democrats Accept the Obvious? The most obvious thing in politics is often the hardest to admit: If you lose an election, the best thing that you can do to make sure you win the next one is to find a message that puts you closer to the median voter than you were the last time around.
November 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
stephaniejane.bsky.social
I would ask her why she has surrounded herself with anti trans clinicians, and has been keen to promote anti trans literature.
In addition, I’d like to know why her recollection of a meeting she had with Patrick Hunter in Florida in 2022 is substantially different to his.
28| Dr Cass expressed her dismay and shock at the practice of medical transition to one of us before she started this review, and recommended strongly that we read the gender critical polemic "Irreversible Damage" on the subject. She is described on the Cass review website as an expert who came in with no fixed views - we will leave the reader to draw their own conclusions. The Kite Trust. • •• What was the motivation behind Dr. Cass's meeting with Patrick Hunter, architect of Florida's anti-trans SB 254 bill in 2022? Did this inform the report? Patrick Hunter approached the Cass Review stating he was a paediatrician who had worked in this area. The Cass Review team were not aware of his wider connections and political affiliations at this time and so he met the criteria for clinicians who were offered an initial meeting. This initial contact was the same as any paediatrician who approached the study. The Cass Review team declined any further contact with Patrick Hunter after this meeting. Patrick Hunter and his political connections has had no influence on the content of the Cass Review Report. From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Patrick Hunter David Diamond Paul Vazquez Re: Question Tuesday, October 4, 2022 11:35:08 PM PONOT CLICK links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender Paul, I had a meeting on September 21 with Dr. Cass and members of her team. This was arranged by Dr. Ritta Kaltiala, a Finnish psychiatrist who I have worked with in the past. Dr. Cass sent me an email after our meeting with information she wanted to share with the board. I forwarded that onto to you on 9/22/22. I will resend it to you. The email to contact the Cass Review is cass.review@hs.net. I have also sent an email to the AAP's executive director, Mr. Mark Del Monte, asking to speak to him or a designated AAP leader regarding AAP policy. Hilary Cass is the former president of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, which is Great Britains equivalent to our AAP. Dr. Cass had questions regarding AAP policy that I could not answer. After having spoken to and learned much from leaders in gender medicine in Finland, Sweden, England, Canada, the US and other countries, I thought it only prudent to try to speak with AAP leadership. This week is the AAP's annual national conference. I am certain Mr. Del Monte is busy with that conference. I will let you know if I hear from him. I also exchanged a few emails with Erica Anderson Monday night. As we discussed, Erica is a transgender woman. She and I have exchanged emails and spoken by phone regarding youth sex transitions. She was the president elect of US-PATH but did not serve and resigned after coming under criticism for expressing safety concerns regarding youth transitions. Quoting from her email last night, she suggested the following people might be worth contacting. "My former colleague Stephen Rosenthal, MD was a President of the Pediatric Endocrine Society and one the the authors of their 2017 Guidelines. At WPATH if your focus is youth standards I'd suggest Scott Leibowitz, MD one of the Adolescent leads. He is …
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
snapcoalition.bsky.social
Guest piece for #Inform&Influence detailing how SNAP has succeeded as a #grassroots org coordinating multiple nationwide initiatives.

#SciPol #SciAdvocacy #SciComm #McClintockLetters

www.linkedin.com/posts/debora...
Inform & Influence 51 Guest Writer: Oh, SNAP! Getting Early-Career Scientists to Engage with Policy and Community. | Deborah D. Stine
Hello Newsletter Readers, Exciting news! While I am off on my trip to Southern Africa, I asked several organizations to talk about their activities in science and technology policy through my newslet...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
tomkindlon.bsky.social
During Dysautonomia Awareness Month, ME Research UK have been highlighting conditions that are reported to co-occur both with dysautonomia and with ME/CFS, such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a group of connective tissue disorders that can have devastating complications.
tinyurl.com/3cta7fwf

#EDS
EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROMES (EDS) & ME/CFS Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) is an umbrella term for conditions that affect the connective tissues of the body. Hypermobile EDS (hEDS) is the most well-known type. Many individuals with hEDS, in particular, have ME/CFS. Vice versa, amongst people with ME/CFS a higher proportion show signs of joint hypermobility or have comorbid EDS than in the general population. joint hypermobility Dysautonomia is common and dislocation to both conditions. excessively stretchy skin fragile skin chronic pain INFORM. INFLUENCE. INVEST. and much more RESEARCH UK SCO36942
October 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
tomkindlon.bsky.social
A commentary from a group of researchers, including Todd Davenport, has challenged conclusions drawn in a paper by Brian Walitt and colleagues.

Read more: bit.ly/4qsfhKA
Read ME Research UK's write up of Walitt's study: bit.ly/4hnrFXP

#mecfs #pwme #cfs
A commentary from a group of researchers, including Todd Davenport, has challenged conclusions drawn in a paper by Brian Walitt and colleagues. Walitt et al., concluded that post-infectious ME/CFS is a 'disorder' defined by altered effort preference, leading to activity avoidance and subsequent deconditioning. In the commentary, the authors state: "We believe this interpretation risks reinforcing scepticism about the serious biological nature of ME/CFS and its hallmark of post-exertional malaise, as well as its potential misclassification as a mental health condition". Davenport et at., Nature Communications (2025) 4 isra INFORM. INFLUENCE. INVEST. REUCH SCO36942
October 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
tomkindlon.bsky.social
From @meresearchuk.bsky.social
Today is PoTS Awareness day-a day aimed at raising awareness about postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (PoTS), an under-recognised and debilitating condition. which many people with ME/CFS have.

Read more
www.meresearch.org.uk/pots-awarene...

#OI #MEcfs #POTS
POTS Awareness Day October 25th Postural orthostatic tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) is a debilitating and under-recognised condition that can co-exist with ME/CFS. Whilst a persistent and abnormal rise in heart rate when upright is diagnostic, there are many other signs/symptoms. Aggravating factors Signs/Symptoms DEHYDRATION HEAT PERIODS PROLONGED STANDING ALCOHOL HEAVY MEALS CAFFEINE PROLONGED BED REST DIZZINESS BRAIN FOG BREATHLESSNESS PALPITATIONS VISUAL PROBLEMS GUT PROBLEMS FAINTING/ NEAR-FAINTING TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY and much more.- erh RESEARCH INFORM. INFLUENCE. INVEST. SC 36942
October 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
aladdinnoons.bsky.social
I wish people would cotton on that polls are much about influence rather than inform. Same as the suppression of LibDems on media outlets and promotion of RefUK

Hopefully the cottoning on is more cottoning on than just in Caerphilly
October 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
abeba.bsky.social
the tech industry is a threat to scientific knowledge, academic freedom and evidence-driven industry regulation. the industry systematically captures and/or interferes with and undermines independent knowledge production processes that challenge it

arxiv.org/pdf/2510.19894
ABSTRACT Emerging information technologies like social media, search engines, and AI can have a broad impact on public health, political institutions, social dynamics, and the natural world. It is critical to develop a scientific understanding of these impacts to inform evidence-based technology policy that minimizes harm and maximizes benefits. Unlike most other global-scale scientific challenges, however, the data necessary for scientific progress are generated and controlled by the same industry that might be subject to evidence-based regulation. Moreover, technology companies historically have been, and continue to be, a major source of funding for this field. These asymmetries in information and funding raise significant concerns about the potential for undue industry influence on the scientific record. In this Perspective, we explore how technology companies can influence our scientific understanding of their products. We argue that science faces unique challenges in the context of technology research that will require strengthening existing safeguards and constructing wholly new ones.
October 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
heinzawards.org
. @projectdrawdown.bsky.social, led by #HeinzAward winner @globalecoguy.bsky.social, is looking for a Program Manager to "contribute to truly ambitious climate work - with the potential to help inform and/or influence billions of dollars of climate funding." 👇
projectdrawdown.bsky.social Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 19d
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October 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
timep.bsky.social
On Thursday, October 30, TIMEP Advocacy Manager Douglas Christensen will come together with digital rights advocate @monashtaya.bsky.social to lead a practical workshop on how to inform and influence government policy and to create a space where participants can share advocacy best practices.
October 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
migrationpolicy.bsky.social
Migration is one of the defining challenges of the 21st century, yet researchers in academia & beyond often struggle to influence policy

A new survey of 1,835 scholars across 101 countries reveals why

Read up in our Migration Information Source magazine www.migrationpolicy.org/article/migr...
When asked, researchers identify three systemic issues as being responsible for blunting the policy relevance of much of their work: persistent fragmentation across disciplines and geographies, uneven access to reliable data and methodological training, and deep structural inequalities in whose voices are represented. Each challenge narrows the evidence base and limits the ability of research to better inform policy.
October 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
smbrnsn.bsky.social
These look amazing.

But I regret to inform you, Christina Tosi, 43, that you were apparently not in NYC 20 years ago. Because there were most definitely (abundant) dessert shops in NYC 20 years ago. (I remember lines around the block for both Magnolia Bakery and Serendipity 3, among other places.)
One thing everyone could agree on: New York is currently having a pastry renaissance; across the boroughs, new bakeries are drawing lines of customers. “There were barely dessert shops 20 years ago,” says Christina Tosi, 43, the chef and founder of Milk Bar, which now has 10 locations across the country. She started selling birthday cake truffles and cornflake cookies in the East Village in 2008. Five years later, the pastry chef Dominique Ansel created the Cronut at his namesake bakery in SoHo, ushering in an era of sharing baked goods on Instagram. Despite its influence
October 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
voxeu.org
Xavier Vives introduces a framework that outlines the differences between #fintech firms and traditional banks and how fintech affects frictions in lending. New tech influences the differentiation between banks and fintechs and the efficiency gap between them.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
Fintech has improved efficiency and inclusion in banking, especially lending, but has also raised concerns about financial stability, privacy, discrimination, and overall wellbeing. This column introduces a framework that outlines the differences between fintech firms and traditional banks and how fintech affects frictions in lending. New technologies influence the differentiation between banks and fintechs and the efficiency gap between them, which in turn shape market performance and overall welfare. The framework can inform policies on price discrimination and data sharing, as well as the desirability of levelling the playing field between incumbents and entrants.
October 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
tomkindlon.bsky.social
ME Research UK:
We cannot go through #Dysautonomia Awareness Month without mentioning orthostatic intolerance - a common issue for people with #MECFS - where the body fails to properly compensate for moving to an upright position, which can result in various symptoms.
tinyurl.com/2xsd9yvj
#pots #oi
ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE ME/CFS brain``` heart autonomic nervous system Cerebral (brain) blood flow is regulated by the autonomic nervous system, which is responsible for maintaining cardiac output (amount of blood heart pumps out per minute). In many people with ME/CFS the body does not compensate adequately for a change to upright posture leading to a reduction in cerebral blood flow and symptoms of orthostatic intolerance. sweating lightheadedness standing or fatigue sitting up brain fog headache nausea weakness and much more... INFORM. INFLUENCE. INVEST. aft RESEARCH UK SCO36942
October 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
andrea.bsky.social
I went looking for a rate card with detailed circulation numbers and... lol. White background is from a year ago and black background is that page now.

It's neat how all of their numbers now express percentages of an audience that could be like forty people
Screen shot black text on a white background reading: We inform the intellectually curious in all corners of the globe. 75M United States, The Washington Post. 20M International, Analysis Q2 2021. 3M Subscribers, The Washington Post.2m DC DMA readers in a day. Nielson 3030, release 2. 2 in 3 DC leaders digitally. Erdos & Morgan, 2020 opinion leaders study. 9 in 10 DC leaders in print, Erdos & Morgan 2020 opinion leaders study. White on black screenshot reading: Engagement soars. 88%L Time spent on site by Business Decision Makers surged 88% in Q1, demonstrating deep engagement with our content. A national footprint: 9 out of 10. Our influence stretches far beyond DC, with 9 out of 10 visitors coming from outside of the DC DMA. Knowledge, amplified: 49%. 49% of our audience shares our stories specifically to educate others, underscoring our role as a vital information source.
October 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
tomkindlon.bsky.social
Dysautonomia Awareness Month: Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), a condition that can co-occur with dysautonomia and ME/CFS, involves mast cells over-producing chemicals like histamine. It has many triggers, such as stress, caffeine, and certain foods tinyurl.com/4dtjhtet

#MEcfs #MCAS #PwME
MAST CELL ACTIVATION SYNDROME (MCAS) & ME/CFS MCAS is a condition where mast cells - immune cells that normally help protect the body - become overactive. When triggered, they release chemicals such as histamine, which can cause a wide variety of symptoms across different body systems, many of which overlap with ME/CFS symptoms. Whilst The BMJ describes MCAS as rare, the Bateman Horne Center suggests it is a common comorbidity in ME/CFS and long COVID (although more robust research is needed to confirm a link). mast cell • . • brain fog fatigue itchiness urticaria (hives) INFORM. INFLUENCE. INVEST. ( dizziness palpitations wheezing nausea bowel issues 141% RESEARCH UK SCO36942
October 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
tomkindlon.bsky.social
ME Research UK:

Small fibre neuropathy is a condition where damage occurs to small nerve fibres, characterised by severe pain typically beginning in extremities. Research suggests it occurs more often in ME/CFS and certain other conditions associated with dysautonomia. tinyurl.com/2vubkmw5

#mecfs
SMALL FIBRE NEUROPATHY & ME/CFS Small fibre neuropathy (SFN) is a condition, characterised by severe pain, where damage occurs to small nerve fibres. Research suggests that SFN occurs more frequently in ME/CFS and certain other conditions associated with dysautonomia than in the general population Two types: • Length-dependent: This is the most common type. Symptoms typically begin in hands and feet. • Non-length-dependent: Typically has a more patchy/diffuse distribution; symptoms can occur anywhere including face, scalp and trunk. J. pinprick sensation T general pain sensitivity changes in temperature INFORM. INFLUENCE. INVEST. sensitivity fill% RESEARCH UK SCO36942
October 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
rebeccasear.bsky.social
In work on relationships between evolutionary psychology & the manosphere, it's been suggested the relationship may be two-way. Ideas from ev psych inform the manosphere but also the manosphere may influence ev psych. Wonder if the idea that "women are the protected sex" is an example of the latter
October 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
tapestrybeast.bsky.social
There's not much they can do other than work with the influence that comes with their previously held positions. And that's not nothing - when letters like this make it onto legacy media and around social media platforms, it can help inform low-info voters, or push them to ask questions.
October 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
andystheory.bsky.social
He’s a legend of the news when The Fairness Doctrine was still the law and broadcasters tried to inform rather than influence their viewers—that we now monetize as data and make advertising profits. ✨😎
October 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM