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Topher @anisotoph.bsky.social · 5d

It’s really easy—and sometimes important—to complain to a supervisor. But have you taken the time to praise a job well done? How many times have you left a situation happy and not bothered to tell anyone?

Find someone great and make their day better. Praise is a powerful tool to improve the world.

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Pharmageddon @pharmageddon.bsky.social · 6d

🦠Some infections can be prevented or significantly attenuated through vaccines. One of mankind's greatest triumphs.💉

Check out all the infections, vaccine-preventable & not, on the Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives Kickstarter going on now.

#IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha...

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Topher @anisotoph.bsky.social · 8d

If millionaires can afford to buy a new wing for the WH or fund the military out of pocket, they can afford to pay taxes.

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Topher @anisotoph.bsky.social · 13d

So many thoughts on what a Manfaccting Growp would be… 🤦‍♂️

Topher @anisotoph.bsky.social · 13d

My opinion: the leadership of a publicly traded company should be required to disclose any golden parachute they hold.

You’re asking the public to invest in your leadership. It’s only fair those investors know if you’re actually motivated to lead effectively.

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Topher @anisotoph.bsky.social · 16d

Morning cat

A cat is backlit sitting on top of a scratching post. All you can make out is her silhouette.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Ryan Consell @stealingfromwizards.com · Oct 4

Stealing from Wizards Volume 4 is coming November 4th.

Canadian misfit kids learning about life, love, and larceny at wizard school

📚🪐

Preorder on amazon and Kobo now:
www.amazon.com/Stealing-Wiz...

www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

#writingcommunity

Stealing from Wizards: Volume 4: Arson

Stealing from Wizards: Volume 4: Arson - Kindle edition by Consell, R. A.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Stealing from Wizards: Volume 4: Arson.

www.amazon.com

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Topher @anisotoph.bsky.social · Sep 29

Welcome Felix Nonius, Guardian of the Locked Cupboard.

A young gray tabby lounges on a blue blanket.

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Topher @anisotoph.bsky.social · Sep 28

Realistically he was probably in shirt and cavat, sleeves rolled up, with two dozen students in stadium seating looking over as the patient tripped on ether or screamed into a hunk of pine.

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Topher @anisotoph.bsky.social · Sep 28

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Topher @anisotoph.bsky.social · Sep 28

Fun fact. The chainsaw was patented for wood around 1883. It was first used in surgery around 1785.

Surgeons invented the chainsaw, folks. #medsky

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Topher @anisotoph.bsky.social · Sep 27

Judgy Pyr.

A 14 month old Great Pyrenees has thoughts.

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Topher @anisotoph.bsky.social · Sep 25

“Among those with known [vax] status who were [vax]-eligible, 186 (89%) had not been fully [vaxed] … during the ‘24–25 season. … the % of children who were not fully [vaxed] was slightly lower among children with medical conditions (86%) than … those without (95%).”

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

Influenza-Associated Pediatric Deaths ...

This report describes pediatric deaths during the 2024–25 influenza season.

www.cdc.gov

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · Sep 23

Was talking to my MD spouse about the Tylenol-autism kerfuffle. Her take was insightful. Now, pregnant women with fevers will be afraid to take Tylenol to stop their fevers. And ironically, it's the fevers that might be responsible for fetal neurological maldevelopment.

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John Choiniere @johnchoiniere.bsky.social · Sep 21

Acetaminophen/paracetamol use in pregnancy doesn't cause autism, no matter what RFK says this week. This is not an unsettled question. Evidence summarized here: sciencebasedmedicine.org/tylenol-and-...

Tylenol and Autism

Earlier this year, HHS secretary RFK Jr. predicted that, "By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we'll be able to eliminate those exposures." Scientists have been researc

sciencebasedmedicine.org

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Topher @anisotoph.bsky.social · Sep 19

Serious question. Is Trump hiring reputable firms, who are then putting their most junior and incompetent people on the case? “Look this is a loser case but you’ll get a line on your resume, we’ll make some cash, and honestly we won’t be surprised when you fuck this up.”

Topher @anisotoph.bsky.social · Sep 19

In Jan, the US-Canada trade deficit was about $70b. Due to crashing trade, it is now $6b. BUT Canadian tourism has also tanked, and they previously spent about $20b. So the US is in fact now down by $14b.

Trump is doing great at turning friends into enemies.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Canadians are taking a big step back from the U.S. — and here's the data to prove it | CBC News

In the weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump sparked a trade war with his punishing tariffs, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada’s "old relationship" with the U.S. would be "over" soon — and now ...

www.cbc.ca

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Topher @anisotoph.bsky.social · Sep 18

I see the people who claim Jan 6 was “Freedom of Expression” hate freedom of expression.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Sep 12

An antisemite shot two kids in Colorado, at least one of whom is Jewish.

The White House “fighting antisemitism” doesn’t care, because the shooter was a student radicalized online into far right beliefs, which the regime is cool with, rather than a student verbally criticizing Israeli govt policy.

‘Radicalized’ Evergreen High School shooter appeared to hold antisemitic, violent views in online accounts

Social media accounts that appear to be connected to the 16-year-old shooter are littered with references to mass shootings and antisemitic views, The Denver Post found.

www.denverpost.com

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Topher @anisotoph.bsky.social · Sep 8

Unfortunately it’s probably Capitalism in the guise of Amazon, UPS, or FedEx. Or maybe DoorDash.

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Topher @anisotoph.bsky.social · Sep 8

When you’ve barked and barked and your humans just won’t listen. Great Pyrenees have the hardest lives.

A one year old Great Pyrenees puppy sulks because we won’t alert her on her barking.

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Topher @anisotoph.bsky.social · Sep 1

Una, bad dog. No photos on the sky bridge! #dragoncon

Una the puppet breaks the rules of photography on the sky bridge (the Con was over, don’t worry).

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Jamie Boo!!stein @uajamie.bsky.social · Aug 31

I ran into Murderbot earlier at DragonCon (@anisotoph.bsky.social) ! I hope you all are coming to my Murderbot panel — people are already lining up so better get over to the science track room soon if you want to get in!

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Topher @anisotoph.bsky.social · Aug 31

A few snaps from Dragon Con

Magrat Garlic, Rincewind, and Nanny Ogg from Discworld.

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