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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Dan Chibnall @bookowl.bsky.social · 5h

The ALCS is on FOX.

The NLCS is on a mysterious channel, only viewable by delivering a gift of a blood sword & a live bat to a warlock who lives at the end of a labyrinth somewhere on the outskirts of L.A.

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 7h

🧪 Some history:

Relentless activism in the dim and distant 80s brought us developments of HIV treatments such as antiretroviral therapy i.e. Descovy.

This is a brilliant example of why we need in-your-face activism now, more than ever.

#StandUpforScience
#CDC
#NIH
#FDA
#Science

Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 14h

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

A photograph from the 1988 ACT UP demonstration outside the FDA. Many people are participating in a die-in on the front steps, holding mock tombstones with messages like "RIP - killed by the FDA" and "Dead from lack of drugs." A line of police officers (some with classic 80s mustaches) wearing riot helmets stands between them and the building; one cop wearing white gloves is walking through the demonstrators. Affixed to the 2nd story windows of the building is a series of posters and a large blank banner reading Silence = Death.

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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 9h

via startrekshitposti.ng

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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 10h

another picture #OTD 80 years, Doss and his wife Dorothy.

Again.... #WeRememberThem.

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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 1d

This one’s tough. R.I.P. Diane Keaton 💔

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 13h

I can relate. People assumed I was a yoga teacher until I told them what I do.

Also I’m not immune to mansplaining.

“If coverage systematically tilts toward some groups over others, that doesn’t just affect individual careers—it can reinforce stereotypes about who ‘looks like’ a scientist.”
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When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow

Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds

www.science.org

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 15h

The lab leak conspiracy theorists running the US health agencies are getting kookier & kookier 🤦‍♂️

In fact, research shows that “the Lyme disease bacterium is ancient in North America, circulating silently in forests for at least 60,000 years” (medicine.yale.edu/news-article...)

Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 1d

Makary is now saying that Lyme came from a lab too.

youtu.be/bQovoQaaE4w?...

Silly Makary says COVID and Lyme came from labs.

YouTube video by Jonathan Howard

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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 16h

I was thinking "on this date" in 1918, Captain Harry Truman was likely fighting in France in the waning days of #WW1.

He's the right guy to be handing out the Medal of Honor.

www.nps.gov/articles/cap...

Captain Harry Truman (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 17h

a colorized picture from that day, and a picture of Doss in his later years.

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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 17h

I struggled to find a contemporary version of the events of that day, but here's the @nytimes.com from October 13th. Might be paywalled.

timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...

timesmachine.nytimes.com

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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 18h

as stated briefly in the newsreel, Corporal Doss was a conscientious objector.

His heroics at Hacksaw Ridge in Okinawa were made into the 2016 movie. Andrew Garfield was nominated for an Oscar playing Doss.

www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles...

Private First Class Desmond Thomas Doss Medal of Honor

On October 12, 1945, US Army medic Desmond Doss became the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

www.nationalww2museum.org

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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 18h

#OTD in 1945, President Truman awarded 15 Medals of Honor to #WW2 veterans at ceremony at the White House

#WeRememberThem + #HistorySky.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxog...

Congressional Medal of Honor Awarded: Corporal Desmond Doss - Oct 12, 1945

YouTube video by Joseph Hewes

www.youtube.com

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 20h

"In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country."
Dick Gregory, born on this day in 1932

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 1d

"Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect."
Eleanor Roosevelt, born on this day in 1884

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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 1d

in case you missed the story about this "study" a few weeks ago.

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Jake Scott, MD @jakescottmd.bsky.social · Sep 13

A US senate subcommittee was told this unpublished vaccine study was 'the most important ever.' Henry Ford Health now confirms why it was never published: it failed scientific standards.

Here's what's actually wrong with the study:
jakescottmd.substack.com/p/why-the-senates-most-important-vaccine

Why the Senate's 'Most Important Vaccine Study Ever' Was Never Published

The fatal flaws that made this study unpublishable

jakescottmd.substack.com

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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 1d

"The health system also condemns the purposeful twisting of information and the spread of disinformation happening on the topic, which poses a direct threat to public health"

Debunking the recent Senate hearing. - #MedSky.

via henryfordhealth.bsky.social

www.henryford.com/news/2025/09...

Vaccine Study Henry Ford Health

DETROIT – Henry Ford Health, a nationally recognized academic medical center and research institution, has issued a cease-and-desist letter to the makers of an upcoming “documentary” that falsely and dangerously claims the health system suppressed a draft of a research paper because of its results. The health system also condemns the purposeful twisting of information and the spread of disinformation happening on the topic, which poses a direct threat to public health. There are many factors that determine whether a research paper should be submitted for consideration by scientific journals or otherwise shared with the public. In this case, a 2020 draft of a paper that aimed to compare health outcomes for vaccinated and unvaccinated children was immediately shelved upon the first internal peer review because of serious issues with its data and methodology. Those flaws included:

www.henryford.com

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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 1d

There are several memorials to Munro, and the Coast Guard HQ building is named after him. Also the cutter USCGC Munro (WMSL 755) - #HistorySky + #WW2.

www.pacificarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organiza...

www.pacificarea.uscg.mil

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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 1d

Signalman First Class Douglas Munro was born #OTD in 1919. We was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism during the Guadalcanal campaign.

He is the only member of the US Coast Guard to receive the MOH - #WeRememberThem

www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles...

Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro's Medal of Honor

For extraordinary heroism and acts above and beyond the call of duty during World War II, the United States Congress awarded 473 Medals of Honor. To date, 3,534 have been awarded since the inception o...

www.nationalww2museum.org

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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of great birthdays this past week, and born #OTD in 1946 Daryl Hall.

Here he is teaming up with the O'Jays on 'Live from Daryl's House,' the whole episode is worth watching #MusicSky.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYKy...

Daryl Hall and The O'Jays - Love Train

YouTube video by Daryl Hall

www.youtube.com

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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 1d

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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 2d

"I remember everything
Things I can't forget
The way you turned and smiled on me
On the night that we first met
And I remember every night
Your ocean eyes of blue"

John Prine, born #OTD in 1946 - #MusicSky.

Recorded shortly before his death from COVID in 2020.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=L21T...

John Prine - "I Remember Everything"

YouTube video by John Prine

www.youtube.com

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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 2d

"Democracy is a precondition for lasting peace. However, we live in a world where democracy is in retreat, where more and more authoritarian regimes are challenging norms and resorting to violence."

Maria Corina Machado has won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...

www.nobelprize.org

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 3d

"A study... showed that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent. ”"
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 3d

"I've been out walking
I don't do too much talking, these days –
These days ... These days I seem to think a lot,
About the things that I forgot to do
And all the times I had the chance to"

Jackson Browne, also born #OTD in 1948.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=apkw...

Jackson Browne “These Days” (Live Performance)

YouTube video by Jackson Browne

www.youtube.com

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