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Beccas can't be choosers @beccanical.bsky.social · 4h

*homestar runner voice* twansgendaw

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 10h

Return-to-office policies hurt women:

"After decades of progress on closing the pay gap between men and women, it’s now widening. For the first time since the 1960s, the earnings gap between men and women has widened two years in a row,...with women earning

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Women are taking pay cuts as companies mandate return to office

Researchers are identifying several key factors behind why gender pay gap – which had narrowed steadily over the years – has suddenly widened.

www.washingtonpost.com

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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 2d

thus it is imperative that we as caring, compassionate communities members prevent their carnage. mask up.

bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 3d

i am begging you to see wearing a mask as the act of daily solidarity with your fellow man that you are looking for. now is the time.

if you don’t know where to start, see some brands i like n wear in the vid, &
if you need free masks (or want to donate some), try:
maskbloc.org
covidactionmap.org

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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 3d

i am begging you to see wearing a mask as the act of daily solidarity with your fellow man that you are looking for. now is the time.

if you don’t know where to start, see some brands i like n wear in the vid, &
if you need free masks (or want to donate some), try:
maskbloc.org
covidactionmap.org

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 1h

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

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 2h

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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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 17h

Looks like the news is out. May her memory be a blessing. Miss Major, Presente!

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 17h

Rest in power, Miss Major.

www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died

The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

www.advocate.com

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Bee🐝 10/18🎂 @beepetty.bsky.social · 5h

ignoring reality won't make it go away. good news is that facing it will prevent death and disability. here's where you can start

bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · Aug 5

are you so over wildfire smoke? allergies? this getting covid repeatedly thing? protect yourself with filtered air!
•Bonafide Masks
•WellBefore
•Dräger
•BeHealthy
•Laianzhi
•BNX
•3M
•MaskC
•CambridgeMask
*buying directly from distributors (some use amazon)=best way to avoid less than quality product

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 16h

If you’re the protester in this photo, I have a very important question for you. I don’t want to publish your name. Please message me!!

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

Broadview.

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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 2d

if you are rightfully concerned if not frightened about the continued dissolution of U.S. healthcare infrastructure, would you take an action every day to resist it?

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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 2d

And now Democrats go along with that when failing to mask, test and ventilate shared spaces

KC Yatsko @kcyatsko.bsky.social · 2d

Kushner actually said it during a Covid response strategy meeting—let the Democratic cities take the hardest hit, reduce the number of voters.

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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 2d

and continuing to mask in, at the very least, public indoor spaces? a great way to check in with yourself and your ability to empathize !

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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 2d

a present tense experience, as someone still attempting to politely ask people to mask 😮‍💨

Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 2d

It's amazing how politely askinf people to mask as thousands of people per day were dying of a virus completed decimated the societal acceptance of empathy.

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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 2d

love hearing this my friend 🥺🫂

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Scarby @thescarby.bsky.social · 2d

Still masking, and despite minor long-term annoyances, it has completely improved my life.

My allergies are less. So my migraines are less. I’ve been sick only twice in the past 5 years. I don’t get ConCrud. I feel better after I travel.

And I’m protecting other people too!

bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 2d

if you are rightfully concerned if not frightened about the continued dissolution of U.S. healthcare infrastructure, would you take an action every day to resist it?

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Danyell Thillet @personalgenius.bsky.social · 2d

What if the answer had been making a modest community effort the whole time? 😷

bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 2d

if you are rightfully concerned if not frightened about the continued dissolution of U.S. healthcare infrastructure, would you take an action every day to resist it?

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Kim Crawley (she/her) 😷🍉 @stopgenai.com · 2d

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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 2d

you would? ok great
the action is wearing a mask in, at the very least, indoor public spaces.
is your answer still yes?
if not, why?

even if you don’t respond to my q’s directly, i sincerely hope you ask l yourself & interrogate whether the reasons behind your answers align with your values.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 3d

Long Covid is more prevalent in children in the US now than asthma. We are fucking destroying the next generations w/our behavior. (And adults.)

If you do care about resisting eugenics maybe start by not being the vector that disables a kid in RFK’s US. That is not too much to ask. It really isn’t.

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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 2d

a man stands in front of a sign that says opening mon - tue - thur fri-sat sunday

Alt: man tapping his head with his finger and making eye contact with the viewer

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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 2d

o shit i’m begging

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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 2d

quick question:

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

We’re looking for anonymized photos of prescription bottles to help us determine where those drugs were made.

Here’s a quick guide to sending in your label securely ⤵️

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TheNumbersTzar @thenumberstzar.bsky.social · 2d

Fuck the Salvation Army.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Patrickthebiosteamist @patbiosteamist.bsky.social · 2d

I was taking with someone earlier today about the correlation between increases in car crashes with active Covid infections/covid waves.

This is for them, as they were interested in seeing the paper.

journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Driving under viral impairment: Linking acute SARS-CoV-2 infections to elevated car crash risks

This study explores the linkage between acute SARS-CoV-2 and car crashes across U.S. states, correlating with COVID-19 mitigation strategies, vaccination rates, and Long COVID prevalence. This investi...

journals.plos.org

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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 2d

ever envious of those who still possess the ability to play music, especially as poetically as tonight’s performers. guard those skills jealously; i cannot wish losing them on any lover of the craft of the melody.

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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 2d

a simple saturday evening
listening to live classical in a cathedral

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