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Condor Puma Serpiente @toad.city · 1d

Honestly kind of surprised it took this long to automate blackmail

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

Definitely nothing can go wrong with OpenAI having a full record of your sexy chatbot interactions.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

these people know how extreme they are

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Imagine the media reaction if a single Democrat ever said anything like this ever once in history.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."

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Danielle R. Snowflack, Ph.D. @drsnowflack.bsky.social · 1d

Well this is alarming since I drink those Quest shakes...

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 1d

In 1972, a whistleblower leaked to the press the details of the highly unethical & racist Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments run by the United States Public Health Service. Because of that (and other unethical experiments) Congress passed the National Research Act of 1974, which includes the IRB process.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 1d

The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’

www.theguardian.com

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Danielle R. Snowflack, Ph.D. @drsnowflack.bsky.social · 1d

YES. my older son was never bothered by random toddler boners but they use to freak out my younger son and we had to keep reminding him it was normal for that part of his body to get "stronger" occasionally.

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Lerit Lab @lablerit.bsky.social · 5d

Reviewing grants and some of these folks could benefit from attending our graduate level grants class, especially the presentation on figures. I’m seeing lots of examples of what not to do. Poor legends, missing legends, images or text too small. Fun. 🫠

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 1d

CDC HR employees were brought back from furlough to process these RIFs and then end their own department

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 1d

The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’

www.theguardian.com

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re in New Jersey and not yet registered to vote, do it today! Voters have until the end of the day to register in time to help choose the state’s next governor.

NJ DOS - Division of Elections

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voter.svrs.nj.gov

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 1d

The director of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion has just been laid off.

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Danielle R. Snowflack, Ph.D. @drsnowflack.bsky.social · 1d

As a biologist I know this.

As a parent it was still quite alarming to see.

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 2d

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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Danielle R. Snowflack, Ph.D. @drsnowflack.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't been there in ages, brings back such good memories!

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Danielle R. Snowflack, Ph.D. @drsnowflack.bsky.social · 1d

Oh noooooo

My kid had butt strep a few years ago. They don't tell you that everything has a butt variant when you bring them home from the hospital....

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 1d

Triangle folks: This Saturday Oct 18 from 1-4 p.m @ncbg.bsky.social is hosting NatureFest, a free, family-friendly celebration of nature in NC! Perfect for kids up to age 10, it features hands-on activities inviting kids (& grown-ups) to connect with the wonders of native plants & animals 1/n

Poster for the event with pictures of kids and a barred owl

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Danielle R. Snowflack, Ph.D. @drsnowflack.bsky.social · 1d

It's so good! And the birch beer in a big frosty glass mug (if they still do it). I grew up not too far from there.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, babes. Have you got a big surprise coming...

Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️
@realchrisrufo
This is great news. We've hired the classicist Spencer Klavan to teach at New College of Florida. Goodbye gender studies; hello, Greek literature.
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Truly excited to be teaching an online survey course in Greek literature this fall semester @NewCollegeofFL. Even more excited that it's open to the public. Please join in here! We'll be reading Homer, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, and lots more.

https://ncf.edu/youngheretics/
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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 1d

Not to steal @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social’s shtick but this is simply Saturn Devouring His Son

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

If I send you this, know I’ve lost my shit

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2d

Most "classics" are boring as fuck to a modern reader in no small part because the context of the story is not understood by them and so many of the allusions and "inside jokes" known to then-contemporary readers have been lost in time and in translation

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 2d

The gutting of the VRA in recent years is one of the topics mostly likely to get me in a fight with folks on social media, mostly because so few even know what Shelby v Holder was, or to what extent voting has not been free OR fair in much of the South, in the most racist ways imaginable.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

Wednesday is gonna be a rough day:

The Supreme Court will be hearing oral argument in a pair of cases that threaten what little remains of the federal government’s ability to protect voters from racial gerrymandering under the Voting Rights Act

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/louis...

Louisiana v Callais: The Republicans Justices Are Getting Ready to Finish Off the Voting Rights Act

In Louisiana v Callais, John Roberts will have the chance to finish his decades-long war on. voting rights.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 2d

A few PSAs from your friendly neighborhood pediatric shematologist

🩸vitamin k in newborns is lifesaving
🩸vaccines save lives
🩸no kid should drink more than 20 ounces of milk a day
🩸babies don’t need chiropractors
🩸home births can go south super quickly even in the very best of circumstances

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Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 2d

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Danielle R. Snowflack, Ph.D. @drsnowflack.bsky.social · 2d

My kids memorized my cell # but they joke that hubs phone number is 877-cash-now (hubs and I pretty much split everything 50/50 so not sure how that started 🤣)

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 2d

Looking forward to this discussion at the STAT Summit in Boston this Thursday.

Inside the Upheaval at NIH session with Jeremy Berg, Eric Green, and Mallory Harris, moderated by Anil Oza.

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