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Haydon is reading The Uncertain Center, Arthur C McGill @haydonmp.bsky.social · 2h

We had Covid two weeks ago and I + the youngest already have *another* cold this week.

Haydon is reading The Uncertain Center, Arthur C McGill @haydonmp.bsky.social · 2h

Man I’ve been so lost on what everyone’s calculus is supposed / purported to be and I follow a lot of politics on a microblog website.

What *do* normal people think this is about? What do *I* think this is about?

Why do I smell chlorinated brake cleaner?

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Haydon is reading The Uncertain Center, Arthur C McGill @haydonmp.bsky.social · 2h

Especially the table. Have you seen what’s been going on with lumber??

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Haydon is reading The Uncertain Center, Arthur C McGill @haydonmp.bsky.social · 3h

Cool we get the mainline Protestants, the Catholics, *and* the devil!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "They have the devil's ideology. They become violent on the left."

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Haydon is reading The Uncertain Center, Arthur C McGill @haydonmp.bsky.social · 7h

Tantamount to right wing agitprop.

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Haydon is reading The Uncertain Center, Arthur C McGill @haydonmp.bsky.social · 8h

The modern Institutional Review Board exists because of the worst human rights abuses of the last century.

I’ll list some of them below.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 10h

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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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 9h

For one day on Saturday, a Charleston clinic will offer free medical, dental and vision care to patients, no questions asked.

via @westvirginiawatch.com

Charleston clinic to offer free medical, vision, dental care at pop-up clinic

For one day on Saturday, a Charleston clinic will offer free medical, dental and vision care to patients, no questions asked. West Virginia Health Right’s annual #WeCareWV Day will be 8 a.m. to 5…

www.newsfromthestates.com

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Chris Aiken, MD @chrisaikenmd.bsky.social · 13h

JAMA editorial says GLP-1's are ready for mainstream in psychiatry for weight gain on meds and metabolic dysregulation in psychiatric patients:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40991279/

Learn how to use them:
www.thecarlatreport.com/articles/535...

#psychiatry #pmhnp #medicine

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Haydon is reading The Uncertain Center, Arthur C McGill @haydonmp.bsky.social · 11h

I'll have to find the dispatch page that I saved on my phone, but someone did this when I was running as EMS Super one day.

Someone wrapped up a mannequin in a carpet/plastic and dropped it outside the recycling center.

In broad daylight on a Sunday afternoon.

Twas a mess.

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Haydon is reading The Uncertain Center, Arthur C McGill @haydonmp.bsky.social · 11h

No, you need to call 911 for this.

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Haydon is reading The Uncertain Center, Arthur C McGill @haydonmp.bsky.social · 12h

Counterpoint:

I think it's be a great, light hearted way to let the local public safety departments know what kind of Halloween decorations are around the community.

These folks have stressful jobs and need the levity.

James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 12h

Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 12h

On this day in 1834, authorities in Wheeling, a city in present-day West Virginia, charged four people with unlawful assembly for convening a literacy class for Black residents.

Oct. 14, 1834 | Four People Charged for Teaching Black People to Read in Wheeling, West Virginia

Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

calendar.eji.org

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 12h

Thanks to Obamacare health insurers can no longer refuse to sell you health insurance nor deny coverage for your illnesses discovered in the 2-3 years before you got insurance. But you can't wait until you're super sick to buy insurance. You have to buy in during open enrollment. Here's how to pick.

K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · Oct 28

It's open enrollment time so here's a convenient peg to hang a little tutorial about how to choose your health insurance.

Most of the advice you get is bad. Most of your instincts are bad. I however used to work for a health insurance company and I do arithmetic for a living so I can help.

Bionic Woman @batmansrobyn.bsky.social · Oct 28

Personally I think it's great that my company's HR sends out an official looking tool where they even ask you to pre-populate your healthcare providers and instead of being the actual insurance enrollment process it's just some bullshit checklist to try and convince me I actually don't want a PPO

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Haydon is reading The Uncertain Center, Arthur C McGill @haydonmp.bsky.social · 12h

If you view your vote as one duty of your 'civic' office where your obligation is to reduce the harm done to those in your community, then it's both true and not interesting that you won't win every election.

It also has nothing to do with whether or not you are obligated to vote next time.

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Haydon is reading The Uncertain Center, Arthur C McGill @haydonmp.bsky.social · 12h

If you view your vote as one duty of your 'civic' office where your obligation is to reduce the harm done to those in your community, then it's both true and not interesting that you won't win every election.

It also has nothing to do with whether or not you are obligated to vote next time.

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Haydon is reading The Uncertain Center, Arthur C McGill @haydonmp.bsky.social · 12h

Worse yet, she talks like she *believes* graduation speeches.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 12h

Interviewing Senators/Representatives about the shutdown has zero information utility

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Steven M. Van Hauwaert @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social · 12h

Spoiler alert: @populismblog.bsky.social and I did something secretly beautiful: cup.org/4h47BcQ #OpenAccess

Authoritarian nostalgia and support for (populist radical) right parties | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Authoritarian nostalgia and support for (populist radical) right parties

cup.org

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Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 15h

The president (or maybe not president) of Madagascar—a radio DJ who overthrew the island’s yogurt kingpin in a coup d’état—just fled the country in a French helicopter after Gen Z protests. I wrote about the most interesting island you know nothing about, with bonus pictures of me with lemurs:

The yogurt kingpin, the radio DJ coup, and the most interesting island on Earth

Madagascar is a fascinating island home to 30+ million people. It's also home to bizarre, volatile politics that virtually nobody knows about. And the president just escaped on a helicopter.

www.forkingpaths.co

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Haydon is reading The Uncertain Center, Arthur C McGill @haydonmp.bsky.social · 12h

It's the same people that make me feel very confident that the office of the presidency must be neutered rather than simply recaptured by the Democrats.

I do not want those people to have that kind of power either.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h

Around 80% of the psychiatric hospitals in the U.S. that have violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act in the past 15 years are owned by for-profit corporations.

Only a few have faced any repercussions from regulators.

By @emcahan.bsky.social

For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions.

Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica ...

www.propublica.org

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Haydon is reading The Uncertain Center, Arthur C McGill @haydonmp.bsky.social · 12h

It's just people emoting their preference for a social dominance orientation.

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Haydon is reading The Uncertain Center, Arthur C McGill @haydonmp.bsky.social · 12h

Pete and Spanberger in Charlottesville next week.

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 12h

Looking forward to hitting the campaign trail next week with my friend & Virginia’s next governor, @abigailspanberger.com.

Pete Buttigieg to appear with Spanberger in Charlottesville

With the election for governor three weeks away, Democrat Abigail Spanberger is getting some outside help to get out the vote. Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg will appear with t...

richmond.com

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Haydon is reading The Uncertain Center, Arthur C McGill @haydonmp.bsky.social · 12h

Primary season will make this website more insufferable than general election season but that's a necessary function of party rebuilding and power building, I guess.

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Haydon is reading The Uncertain Center, Arthur C McGill @haydonmp.bsky.social · 13h

At least ISIS helped organize trash pick up and some sanitation.

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