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Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉

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She/her. NYC->NoVA. Wife, mom, GenXer. Jewish Universalist. Lifelong liberal activist. Music nerd. #musicsky #AT40. Pediatric neuropsychologist. #Neurodiversity & #MentalHealth advocate. *This BlueSky account surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.*

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Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉 @leenie909.bsky.social · Jan 27

Did you use @5calls.org last time around to tell your Congresscritters to #RESIST?

It makes the calling process SO much easier.

Called my Gov, both Senators, my Rep, and my State Legislators re: opposing Trump nominations, reducing gun violence, opposing deportations, and protecting trans-rights.

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Majority Leader Scott Surovell @ssurovell.bsky.social · 21d

Four years ago 10/1-3, Emerson said we were in a dead heat before the parents in schools comment and Youngkin won by 2% - today Spanberger leads by 10%
Youngkin approval rating also now down to 44%
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Virginia 2025 Poll: Spanberger Holds 10-Point Lead over Earle-Sears for Governor - Emerson Polling

A new Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey of the 2025 Virginia Governor’s race finds Democrat…Full Release & Results

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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 21d

NEW AD: Jay Jones Releases Ad Highlighting Jason Miyares’ Failure to Stand Up to Trump and Protect Virginia’s Economy bluevirginia.us/2025/10/new-...

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Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉 @leenie909.bsky.social · Aug 27

And this is fine with us. Totally fine. Cost of business in The Land of the Free™️

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · Aug 27

Breaking: According to Minneapolis police, two children — ages 8 and 10 — have been killed in the church shooting.

14 children and three adults injured.

Minneapolis mayor Frey: "Don't just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying."

Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉 @leenie909.bsky.social · Jun 28

One of my favorite songs ever. Thx for posting!

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Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉 @leenie909.bsky.social · May 29

OMG inorite? Such a laugh riot!!! #FuckAllTheWayOff

Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉 @leenie909.bsky.social · Apr 22

He’s got a point tho

Derek @jukeboxhero717.bsky.social · Apr 22

Today's Daily Dumbass...

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Convicted Felon Tries To Buy Gun, Tells Boca Cops “It’s Florida” - BocaNewsNow.com

UPDATE at 2:02 p.m. on Sunday, April 20, 2025 — Mr. Cirikovics’s attorney, Guy Frontin, issued this statement to BocaNewsNow.com: “When my client was in his

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Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉 @leenie909.bsky.social · Apr 21

In case you were wondering, no, we’re not likely to get another Pope as progressive and decent as Francis. Ever.

Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉 @leenie909.bsky.social · Apr 18

What a treat to wake up this morning to notification of a new podcast episode:

Strong Songs covering…songs of THE MUPPETS/Sesame Street.

@kirkhamilton.com , you’ve made my day!

The Music of the Muppets

Strong Songs · Episode

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Teresa Lass 💙 @tll6601.bsky.social · Apr 18

I was extremely relieved to see this post, as I’d been afraid that Kilmar Abrego Garcia had been killed. But he needs to be brought back to the U.S. & given his due process rights. Keep up the pressure! I’m glad the courts are confronting FOTUS about their flouting of the law & the Constitution.

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Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉 @leenie909.bsky.social · Apr 17

We sure do.

Yet, when I diagnose a kid this is always a parent question I get about meds.

No. Stimulant treatment does not increase risk for addiction.

Know what does?

Untreated ADHD.

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · Apr 13

There’s an awful NYT article about ADHD going around. I’m not going to signal boost it, but I want to say one thing: Raising the specter of “addiction” with regard to people with ADHD using stimulants always makes me laugh. Most of us have trouble even remembering to take and refill our medications.

Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉 @leenie909.bsky.social · Apr 17

I find the proposed existence of autism subtypes fascinating.

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Apr 17

An analysis of 20 autism mouse models point to two subtypes: One displaying out-of-sync brain activity and impaired synaptic pathways, the other with too much synchrony and dysregulated immune pathways.

By @callimcflurry.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/too...

Too much or too little brain synchrony may underlie autism subtypes

Functional connectivity differences in autism mouse models point to two subtypes that correspond to patterns seen in some people with the condition.

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Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉 @leenie909.bsky.social · Apr 17

Because👏we’re👏getting👏better👏at👏diagnosing👏it👏

HealthDay @healthday.bsky.social · Apr 17

BREAKING: #Autism diagnoses are on the rise again, with about 1 in 31 U.S. children affected, according to a new report from the #CDC. #Medsky #healthsky #publichealth
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Autism Rates Rise Again, Now Affecting 1 in 31 U.S. Children

WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Autism diagnoses are on the rise again, with about 1 in 31 U.S. children affected, according to a new report from t

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Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉 @leenie909.bsky.social · Apr 17

Literally in my top five of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in a movie.

Madeline Kahn: May her name be for a blessing.

Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉 @leenie909.bsky.social · Apr 17

Choose 30 cover versions of songs that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 30 days, in no particular order. #MusicSky 🎧

Day 6: Only the Lonely—Chris Isaak⬇️

Only the Lonely

Chris Isaak · Baja Sessions · Song · 1996

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Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉 @leenie909.bsky.social · Apr 17

#5songshuffle #MusicSky🎧

1. Sweet Talkin’ Guy—The Chiffons

2. American Idiot—Green Day

3. Ashes to Ashes—David Bowie

4. Zombie Zoo—Tom Petty

5. I Say a Little Prayer—Dionne Warwick⬇️

I Say a Little Prayer

Dionne Warwick · The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits · Song · 1989

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Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉 @leenie909.bsky.social · Apr 17

This is what he thinks autism is. JFC

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Apr 16

RFK Jr: Autistic kids are a tragedy. They'll never pay taxes, never hold down a job, never contribute anything to society

Autistic kids:

Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉 @leenie909.bsky.social · Apr 17

TMFRH…

Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · Apr 17

www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free.

Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing, sources say

Users credited the program with making tax filing easy. But Republican lawmakers and commercial tax prep companies have said it's a waste of taxpayer money.

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Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉 @leenie909.bsky.social · Apr 17

AKA”everything this administration hates that our gov’t does for poor and disabled people.”

Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · Apr 13

Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉 @leenie909.bsky.social · Apr 12

Chag Pesach Sameach, y’all!

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Rick McLaughlin @rickmclaughlin.com · Apr 12

Happy birthday, Herbie Hancock! He sounds great on so many things it’s impossible to scratch the surface here, but I love his solo on “As” - starts at 2:48. #happybirthday #music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky #herbiehancock

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YouTube video by Stevie Wonder - Topic

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · Apr 11

Think Medicaid cuts won't impact your community, your neighbors, or your friends? Think again.

Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Mapped by 119th Congressional Districts

Who is covered by Medicaid and CHIP in your congressional district? How many women have Medicaid? How many children, older people, or working-age adults are on Medicaid? Find out here.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Apr 11

"The Defendants' act of sending Abrego Garcia to El Salvador was wholly illegal from the moment it happened, and Defendants have been on notice of the same. ... [The] suggestion that they need time to meaningfully review a four-page Order that reaffirms this basic principle blinks at reality."

First, the Defendants' act of sending Abrego Garcia to El Salvador was wholly illegal
from the moment it happened, and Defendants have been on notice of the same. Indeed, as the
Supreme Court credits, "the United States acknowledges that Abrego Garcia was subject to a withholding order forbidding his removal to El Salvador, and that the removal to El Salvador was therefore illegal." Noem v. Abrego Garcia, 604 U.S. _ (2025), Slip Op. at 1. Second, the Defendants' suggestion that they need time to meaningfully review a four-page Order that
reaffirms this basic principle blinks at reality. Third, the Defendants misconstrue the Supreme
Court's Order stating that the original deadline at ECF No. 21 is "no longer effective," as somehow suggesting that the Court's amended Order requiring prompt attention to this matter is
"inconsistent" with the Supreme Court's directive. Nothing could be further from the truth. As the Supreme Court plainly stated, "the Government should be prepared to share what it can concerning the steps it has taken and the prospect of further steps," Slip Op. at 2- all against the backdrop of this Court's needing to "ensure that the Government lives up to its obligations to follow the law." Id. at 4 (Sotomayor, J., concurring).

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Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉 @leenie909.bsky.social · Apr 11

I was about to respond, “Hey! Me too!” Then I realized “oh, that’s my husband!”

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Leenie909 (Lady Quayfu) 🎧💙🧠🦉 @leenie909.bsky.social · Apr 11

Have fun with that. 🙄

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Autism in Adulthood @autisminadulthood.bsky.social · Mar 24

Development of PREPARE for Autistic Adults: An Adult Autism Training for Resident Physicians Designed with Autistic Adults and Family Members. @bn-hand.bsky.social details a program co-designed with #autistic adults to address gap in residents' education.

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Development of PREPARE for Autistic Adults: An Adult Autism Training for Resident Physicians Designed with Autistic Adults and Family Members | Autism in Adulthood

One barrier to meeting autistic adults' health care needs is the dearth of physicians with autism training. We developed an adult autism training for residents, who are postdoctoral physicians trainin...

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