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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya

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She • MD, MS • Pediatrician • Cellist • Activist • DC Native • Descendant of enslaved ppl • Femme🌈 • Formerly @pedsmd2b • Jordan Chiles stan

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · Aug 1

PLZ get vaccinated y'all. There's a new CDC Director who has 0 medical training, and the worm infested RFK is gutting access to vaccines. We don't need anymore vaccine preventable deaths.

Get flu, COVID, & any other vax recommended for you & your kids based on age & medical history.

#VaccinesWork

Screenshot of current CDC vaccine recommendations for ages birth-15 months.

Screenshot of current CDC vaccine recommendations for ages 7 yrs- 18 yrs

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 1h

Absolutely

Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 6h

Me too! The great news is masks protect us from lots of viruses INCLUDING measles!

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Clarkisha Kent @clarkishakent.blacksky.app · 16h

COVID is still here.

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 9h

Also Yseult
“The K-pop industry, like others, has sucked on Black culture like a vampire for decades. It samples our music, steals our movements, wears our skin like costumes, and profits from our pain while erasing our names.”

See "Blacksound" by @drmadmo.bsky.social & "Black Meme" by L. Russell

French Singer Yseult Alleges Plagiarism in R.Tee Video

French Singer Yseult Alleges Plagiarism in R.Tee Video Director Apologizes for Similar Scenes in Damdadi Music Video

www.chosun.com

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 7h

Thank you!

Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 7h

Damn! Where is this screenshot from?

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Leta Lestrange @joybella.blacksky.app · 7h

Hello! And when Black women lose their jobs, that's felt in MULTIPLE families.

orynthia blue. @javeauriel.blacksky.app · 7h

People talk about the 300k+ Black women who have lost their jobs as if they are statistics for their research projects and I’m here to remind yall, we are real ass people feeling the effects of it. In our homes, quality of life and well-being.

To those of you in this boat with me, I see you. 💙

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 1d

The adultification of Black kids is the criminalization of Black kids, they see Black babies as full grown threats to justify coming down on them hard.

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 1d

Finally DONE with this stupid boards exam. Plz keep your fingers, toes and eyes crossed that I pass and never have to take it again!

two women flexing their muscles in front of a unicorn sign

ALT: two women flexing their muscles in front of a unicorn sign

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 1d

Absolutely not.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

Facial expressions common to all humans! 🙃

PainChek is one of these behavioral models, and it acts like a camera‑based thermometer, but for pain: A care worker opens the app and holds a phone 30 centimeters from a person’s face. For three seconds, a neural network looks for nine particular microscopic movements—upper‑lip raise, brow pinch, cheek tension, and so on—that research has linked most strongly to pain. Then the screen flashes a score of 0 to 42. “There’s a catalogue of ‘action‑unit codes’—facial expressions common to all humans. Nine of those are associated with pain,” explains Kreshnik Hoti, a senior research scientist with PainChek and a co-inventor of the device. This system is built directly on the foundation of FACS. After the scan, the app walks the user through a yes‑or‑no checklist of other signs, like groaning, “guarding,” and sleep disruption, and stores the result on a cloud dashboard that can show trends.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 2d

First sentence says it all: "Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required data centers to report how much water they use." Read the rest of the story though. from @ianjames.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required data centers to report their projected water use when applying for a business license.

www.latimes.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Danielle Fishel honors 98-year-old William Daniels, aka Mr. Feeny, during her #DWTS routine

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 2d

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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JAMA Network Open @jamanetworkopen.com · 4d

Between 2023 and 2024, the number of Black medical school matriculants declined by 11.6% and Hispanic matriculants by 10.8%, while the proportion of Asian and White matriculants increased. ja.ma/4n3nou6

A JAMA Network Open article titled "Affirmative Action Repeal and Racial and Ethnic Diversity in US Medical School Admissions" by Natalie Florescu, Andrea Lin, Samantha Temucin, et al. Published online October 10, 2025.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 1d

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 2d

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 1d

the prophecy is fulfilled

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Spookyanna 🎃 @uhnopenottoday.blacksky.app · 1d

There’s gotta be a relationship between being a fan of Chris Brown and feeling like abuse is normal.

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 1d

Lmaoooo I didn't even realize that. You're right 🤣

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d

Straight-up racial profiling.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 2d

Who is this graphic for bro? I really didn't think it was real until I saw who posted it. 🤭

Don Lemon @donlemonofficial.bsky.social · 5d

I'm LIVE on Twitch: twitch.tv/donlemon

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 2d

I know it is beside the point because this administration simply wants resegregation but conferences for Black professional associations have always been open to everyone. Typically, the started as a response to white exclusion, and did not replicate that.

Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 2d

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

www.dispatch.com

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 5d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 2d

If it matters I was stopped bc I forgot to turn my lights on immediately after pulling out of a parking spot in an extremely well lit part of town. Why is the Secret Service involved at all...😒

Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 2d

Yep.

We are still occupied. MPD is *still* cooperating w/the feds, despite the mayor saying they're not.

A couple weeks ago I was stopped for a "routine traffic stop" by the Secret Service (& no person they protect was anywhere nearby).

It's hell & folks are fighting.

Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 2d

Once again: this is also happening in DC. Still.

It feels like we’ve been forgotten, maybe because there aren’t huge confrontations to run photos of. But our neighbors are still being taken every day. Routine traffic stops are now done by 12+ feds alongside local police.

Please talk about us too.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

"Residents in Chicago and Portland are living in a police state where masked armed forces kidnap who they want to kidnap, where they have to listen to public officials routinely lie about what is happening in their neighborhoods." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

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