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KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 9h

With damage widespread, leaving evacuees unsure when they’ll be able to return home, Gov. Dunleavy said the state’s resources may not suffice.

(From @alaskapublic.org)

Gov. Dunleavy requests Trump declare federal disaster for Western Alaska storm

The disaster declaration would unlock federal resources to respond to the Lower Kuskokwim and Lower Yukon regions in Western Alaska, in addition to the Northwest Arctic Borough.

www.ktoo.org

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 10h

Link is to a blocklist, since it didn't generate a preview: bsky.app/profile/best...

Kate Sometimes @bestsloth.bsky.social · 10h

Blockety block block BLOCK!!!

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 17h

Genuinely never realized why the pity response to disability is so uncomfortable, even frustrating, until I realized: it's because "ohhh how sad!" is about the listener.

"By telling me that, you've made ME sad."

It centers the listener, and even sounds accusative: you've burdened them. By existing

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 1d

Idaho started ACA open enrollment. Here's a preview for the rest of us.

When your rates rise and you can't afford coverage, remember that it's the GOP who made it happen.

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

"Both are retired and make about $42,000 a year. They currently pay $51 a month for their ACA plan. Late last month, they got a notice that their monthly premium would increase to $2,232 next year without the subsidies."

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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 18h

The Sick Times: 'Nicotine patches help relieve symptoms in some people with Long COVID. Can the science behind it lead to future therapies?'

Written by Astra Lincoln

thesicktimes.org/2025/10/17/n...

Nicotine patches help relieve symptoms in some people with Long COVID. Can the science behind it lead to future therapies? - The Sick Times

Some people with Long COVID and the providers who were treating them wondered if nicotine, delivered by a mechanism other than cigarettes, might help with the chronic disease. For the next several yea...

thesicktimes.org

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.

This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.

NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei

If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.

open.substack.com

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 22h

Feeling dehydrated? This quenched my thirst. www.wsj.com/us-news/zohr...

New York's Richest Ask 'how Dare He?' as Mamdani Closes In on City Hall
The city's 1% realize their influence is waning: It's hard to be chill and relaxed'

It was just after finishing a set of pelvic floor exercises that a Pilates instructor on the Upper East Side recently brought up one of the least popular men in the neighborhood: New York City
mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani,.

All of a sudden the class, which costs $50 a pop, became something of a political confab. In between sets, some women strategized about helping former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo,
who they see as more palatable, pull off an upset. Others gushed about a recent New York Post cover depicting Gov. Kathy Hochul, who had recently endorsed Mamdani, as a devotee of Mao Zedong.

New York's richest residents can't stop talking about Mamdani, the Democratic nominee. To many of the city's uber-wealthy, his sustained
popularity has been a shock. The 33-year-old, self. described Democratic Socialist is the overwhelming favorite to win City Hall next month, on a platform that includes free buses and free child care--programs that, the moneyed
are well aware, somebody needs to shell out for.

"I hope Mamdani is going to give out free Xanax," said Caroline Leventhal, a lifelong Upper East sider who co-founded 'Mic'd and Medicated," a podcast that dissects the lifestyle of cosmetic surgeries and private ski instructors. "It's hard to
be chill and relaxed."

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 22h

This is good reporting on the disaster in Alaska if you're looking for a reliable summary.

This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...

Rescue crews airlift hundreds out of rural Alaskan villages after powerful storm

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

www.youtube.com

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 2d

I see protest discourse is hitting the feed again ahead of No Kings—idk man, go, don’t go,

…but if you do go make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing and if you don’t go, make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · May 21

Right now, Linux Mint is one of the most accessible distros. It's basically ubuntu minus a bunch of recent Canonical bullshit, it's very close to boomer-friendly.

You could easily slap it on your grandpa's computer and not worry about shit.

The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · May 21

Thanks to Windows 11's new surveillance feature... a lot of people are discussing Linux...

Here's a good feed for

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

As we go into No Kings weekend (and with the influx of new followers from x) seems like a good time to resurface this.

It was written in 2020 then focused on George Floyd about the media's antagonistic relationship to protest

It’s time to change the way the media reports on protests. Here are some ideas.

"People kept sharing these videos that were coming up and it was unambiguous what was going on. We weren't looking at a stream of videos of violence erupting or clashes breaking out. We were looking a...

www.niemanlab.org

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Richelle Sepulveda @richellesepulveda.bsky.social · 1d

Teen Vogue has also been doing pretty good. 😁

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Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 1d

The myth of objectivity will be the death of us all.

Subjectivity is what makes life and this world interesting, worth thinking about, worth experiencing. We are all so very, vastly different and isn't that amazing? Isn't it why we study human experience as an ongoing project? Lame uncurious trash.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”

AI is changing how we quantify pain

Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.

www.technologyreview.com

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Richelle Sepulveda @richellesepulveda.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

MECFS is likely going to be lifetime for me, but thanks to patient networks I have found treatments that help and have slowed the progression.

Doctors were not very helpful, and I had to become my own expert. I see them now as partners for my care, but I am the one who drives it.

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Richelle Sepulveda @richellesepulveda.bsky.social · 1d

Like MECFS, some people will recover in the first 3 years, but those that don't will likely have it the rest of their life, often progressing to more severe levels.

And what helps one person recover often will not help others. Subcategories abound!

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation

Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e

Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

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Richelle Sepulveda @richellesepulveda.bsky.social · 1d

Kinda always kept it in the back of my mind as I developed chronic illness.

Doctors don't always really understand the patient experience, and may dismiss symptoms that, to the patient, are a big deal, but the doctor doesn't realize the importance.

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Richelle Sepulveda @richellesepulveda.bsky.social · 1d

They scrapped that training data, and then used the same scans but with the patients reports of pain.

Accuracy jumped to being predictive closer to 85%!

I've tried finding that study again, but it was so long ago and I was a lowly undergrad then, so it's lost to me.

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Richelle Sepulveda @richellesepulveda.bsky.social · 1d

Quite a while ago I read a study that trained an AI to read scans (x-ray? MRI? I can't remember) of knees based on orthopedic surgeons' diagnosis of who/where pain would be experienced. Overall accuracy for patients was low. (around 50-70%)

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote about yesterday’s oral arguments in Louisiana v Callais, and John Robert’s’ decades-long crusade against the Voting Rights Act: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 2d

nice to see white ladies call out the "purity test" and "circular firing squad" rhetoric as total bullshit

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 2d

For those looking for ways to help out Alaskans affected by the typhoon (!)

Meek (Spooky) 👻 @themeekwarrior.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks @rooster907.bsky.social for the links! There's a QR code for money donations, and a couple more ways you can help!

Western Alaska
Disaster Relief
2025 Fund
Support Our Community Together
Partnership Organizations:
Kawerak, Inc.
Maniilaq Association
Bethel Community Services Foundation
Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation
First Alaskans Institute
Alaska Native Heritage Center
Western Alaska is in crisis
Typhoon Halong has devastated communities across the Y-K Delta-flooding homes, displacing families, and cutting off access to clean water, power, and medical care. Entire villages like Kipnuk, Kwigillingok, and Napakiak are in urgent need of rescue, shelter, and supplies.
Your donation to the Western Alaska Disaster
Relief 2025 Fund provides:
• Emergency food, water, and medical aid
• Shelter and supplies for displaced families
• Support for search and rescue operations
• Long-term recovery and rebuilding efforts
Michelle DeWitt, BCSF
michelle@bcsfoundation.org
(907)545-6052 (cell)
Megan Cacciola, ACF
mcacciola@alaskaacf.org
(907)249-6617
Lilah Walker, Healthy Alaska
Natives Foundation
Icwalker@anthc.org
Every dollar helps. Every moment counts.
(907)729-5651
Stand with Western Alaska. Help us protect lives and rebuild hope.
DONATE NOW

Blurb from first page with QR code for monetary donations

Coastal communities in Western Alaska are facing devastating impacts from two major storm systems. Lynden Air Cargo is accepting donations at our Anchorage location of dry goods, clothing, diapers, and other essentials for storm relief that we will deliver to Bethel, Alaska. The items need to be contained in totes or boxes. Please no chill or freeze donations at this time. These donations will be coordinated and distributed by the Alaska National Guard in Bethel.
All donations must be delivered to Lynden Air Cargo at 6441 South Airpark Place, Anchorage, AK 99502. We are open 8am-7pm (M-F) and 8am-4pm (Sat). To contact us, please reach out to 907-243-7248 or laccs@lynden.com.

EMERGENCY DOG FOOD DRIVE
Dear Friends: We have received pleas for help from our contacts in Kotzebue and Nome. The storms and flood water left a lot of destruction (including ruined dog houses). Lots of dog owners are out of dog food right now. Countless dogs are without shelter and going hungry. We wish to ship as much dog food as possible to Kotzebue, Nome, and surrounding villages! First shipment will go out early next week, then we will keep shipping as long as we have food. PLEASE HELP US.
PLEASE DROP OFF DOG FOOD AT:
Southside Animal Hospital and Wellness Center
12000 Industry Way
Anchorage, AK 99515
(907) 345-1905

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 2d

scott mccloud told me this was possible and i've never gotten over that it's not

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 2d

We'd better build more AI data centers, AI will fix this problem for us --

*waits five years*

The oceans have boiled and the drinking water is gone but at least all the intellectual property has been stolen and now I can use AI to create a really accurate representation of Batman fucking Pikachu

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2d

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

- CO2 in the air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
@wmo-global.bsky.social

#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

www.theguardian.com

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