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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 13d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 15d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 14d

One of these is not the same.

"Recount familiar partisan complaints"

Trump tells a roomful of silent generals to join a ‘war from within’
The president delivered an unusually meandering speech to an unprecedented gathering of the nation’s top military leaders

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/30/trump-quantico-military-generals/

WSJ: Trump Tells Generals the Military Will Be Used to Fight ‘Enemy Within’
President says some U.S. cities he considers dangerous should become training grounds for American troops

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pete-hegseth-trump-quantico-military-speech-80ffabe5?mod=hp_lead_pos7

LATimes: Trump says he wants to use U.S. cities as training grounds for military
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-09-30/hegseth-declares-an-end-to-politically-correct-leadership-in-the-us-military

NYT: Trump and Hegseth Recount Familiar Partisan Complaints to Top Military Leaders
The U.S. generals and admirals summoned from around the world had been given little information about the planned event.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/us/politics/trump-hegseth-military-officers.html

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 14d

Please pay attention

Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 14d

1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

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Catherine Sweeney @catherinejsweeney.bsky.social · 15d

Not to prove her point as a boring friendless nerd but… on the debate team, you have to argue different sides of the same debate and win rounds of each to advance. Meaning you have to be able to internalize the logic of opposing views.

The “debate me bro” culture could never

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 15d

of all the dumb shit that sucks these days, the dumbest and pettiest shit that sucks is the way people fetishize debate. i would like to revert to the old roughly agreed-upon cultural understanding that debate club is for boring friendless nerds

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Anita Wadhwani @anitawadhwani.bsky.social · 15d

"Wisconsin Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden threatened to strip an entire town of federal funding after a high school math teacher noted on her personal Facebook page that Kirk had in the past said some gun deaths are worth it to have the 2nd Amendment." stateline.org/2025/09/26/r...

Republican push for tips on Charlie Kirk posts drives firings of public workers • Stateline

Hours after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Suzanne Swierc shared two thoughts on her private Facebook page — that the killing of the right-wing activist was wrong, and that his death reflected “the vio...

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Catherine Sweeney @catherinejsweeney.bsky.social · 16d

Also have seen pedestrian crossing signs that are in the middle of the road, where the lanes are, ploughed over so many times.
(Never saw this stuff in OKC but significantly less pedestrian infrastructure there)

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Catherine Sweeney @catherinejsweeney.bsky.social · 16d

There‘s one of those protected crossings with the lights and the STATE LAW signs by my building. And people will speed up and slam their brakes, honk, yell — you name it. On a 35 mph road between two stoplights.

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Catherine Sweeney @catherinejsweeney.bsky.social · 16d

I’m not qualified to do it but I’d do anything to read a 4,000-word feature on anti-pedestrian rage in Nashville.

Daniel McDonell @danielmcdonell.bsky.social · 17d

8 of these cartoonish, victim-blaming signs have been installed at a Greenway crossing since Dot Dobbins was killed there by a driver on June 8, 2025.

A goofy sign telling pedestrians to "make eye contact before crossing" a street.

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 17d

I just spent a week in Portland. The city was busy with tourists and locals enjoying late summer. A prosperous downtown. Factually, there is no observable evidence of a city needing military intervention. A reminder that this is not normal. Please pay attention.

NPR @npr.org · 17d

President Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary" to handle "domestic terrorists" as he expands his controversial deployments to more U.S. cities.

Trump says he'll send troops to Portland, Ore., to handle 'domestic terrorists'

President Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary" to handle "domestic terrorists" as he expands his controversial deployments to more U.S. cities.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 18d

In case anyone thought ICE shooting at journalists was just an LA thing. Or that they'd cut it out after repeated warnings from judges. Nope. More of the same in Chicago.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 18d

Took fire to the face. ICE definitely isn’t aiming at ground and firing at people’s heads again.

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Catherine Sweeney @catherinejsweeney.bsky.social · 18d

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Catherine Sweeney @catherinejsweeney.bsky.social · 18d

Tennessee ranks among the top 5 states for confirmed Hep B cases in adults. The virus is blood-borne and can be passed during delivery. There is no legal requirement to test during pregnancy, TN has low access to prenatal care. Immediate vaccine = low risk of infection in infants

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Catherine Sweeney @catherinejsweeney.bsky.social · 18d

President Trump is posting to social media, giving dangerous advice about Hepatitis B shots. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

He's saying to wait until kids are 12. Here is a story on why it's important to get them in the first 24 hours of life.

wpln.org/post/wpln-di...

WPLN discusses: Federal vaccine news is leaving everyone confused — including doctors

Tennessee ranks among the top five states in the nation for Hepatitis B infections, and policy changes in Washington could make it harder to protect

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 19d

well meaning people love to be like ‘aren’t you scared of being left behind if you don’t start using AI in your work’ and from the bottom of my heart: no, im not scared of that. i would rather go back to restaurants for the rest of my life than publish AI ‘books’

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 20d

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 20d

The ability to criticize and yes, mock, our political leaders is (was?) America's greatest strength. And there's also the mundane matter of first amendment caselaw, under which government may not impose viewpoint-based conditions on permitting for public displays of private art.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20d

A statue of President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands has been removed from the National Mall a day after it was placed there. The statue had a permit to remain in front of the Capitol until Sunday night.

Statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands removed from National Mall

The statue, the latest installation by an anonymous group of artists critical of the president, was supposed to be on display until 8 p.m. Sunday.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 20d

Another reason to subscribe to the @nashvillebanner.bsky.social (and support with $$ if you can) is that we are not owned by a national corporation subject to threats against a potential merger or financial pressures on a cruise ship business. nashvillebanner.com/newsletters/...

Newsletters - Nashville Banner

Sign up for our free daily newsletter. Start each day with a rundown of the most important stories impacting our city and state.

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Steve Inskeep @steveinskeep.bsky.social · 21d

The FDA statement ends with a paragraph undermining its own warning.

They signal parents to avoid acetaminophen. Except sometimes. And then:

No “causal relationship… established” with ADHD or autism

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Alternatives to acetaminophen have “well-documented adverse impacts.”

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 22d

This is Annie. She freaking loves fall. 13/10 (FB: James Osborne)

a small brown dog leaps up from behind a pile of crunchy brown leaves. her eyes and mouth are open wide, and her big floppy ears are extended out like wings to either side.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 24d

Last week, Israel targeted and massacred 34 newspaper reporters in Yemen.

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, it was the second deadliest attack on journalists ever recorded.

Israel attack on Yemeni newspaper was second deadliest on journalists ever recorded

Press freedom group says ‘brutal and unjustified attack’ is deadliest since 2009 Maguindanao massacre in Philippines

www.theguardian.com

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 24d

Anyone who signs this pledge is not a journalist.

NPR @npr.org · 24d

The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.

Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon

The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.

www.npr.org

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 24d

Jimmy Kimmel’s show wasn’t suspended because of comments about Charlie Kirk. Major media like the NYT keep saying that, but Kirk was just a pretext. In July, when Kirk was still alive, Trump reacted to the cancellation of Colbert’s show by saying “Jimmy Kimmel is next.” it’s not about Kirk.

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Paul Monies @pmonies.bsky.social · 24d

Bottom line: A fund meant to protect Oklahoma’s health future is now entangled in a partisan scorecard fight. The stakes? $2 billion in public money — and whether culture wars will outweigh financial returns.
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Catherine Sweeney @catherinejsweeney.bsky.social · 25d

When I covered a small county in Colorado, I was writing a lot about problems in one official’s office — service complaints, management challenges, etc. She was related to a county commissioner. I started seeing all these theories that *I* was related to a different, rival county commissioner.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 25d

this is something you just have to live with if you are even barely well-known online; people make up elaborate stories about you in their heads. it will always happen and you cannot give a shit about it, only stomp on it if they try to spread these weird tales to anybody you actually know.

jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · Sep 14

its so strange to be a public figure. people build such elaborate mythologies around you. and im not even like, famous famous

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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 25d

Our story is UPDATED:

- Hep B vote pushed until tomorrow
- confusing, split vote on mmrv (see below)

More tomorrow 👋

Screenshot reading “At Thursday’s meeting, the committee also voted 8-3 (with one member abstaining) to recommend that children under four receive the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine and varicella vaccine separately — rather than receiving the combined MMRV vaccine. The CDC has already said that it prefers this first dose be given as two separate shots, as there is a very small but higher seizure risk when giving the first dose combined.”

Screenshot reading “However, several committee members were stumped by a subsequent vote that would align the recommendation with language in VFC. Aligning the recommendation would cut off access to combined dose MMRV vaccines for children covered by VFC, alarming several members who launched into a tense debate about whether they should cut off coverage for only some children — at odds with the message of parental freedom that many had promoted during the meeting. Ultimately, the change was rejected, creating an uneven coverage pathway, in that private insurers and some federal health programs will no longer be required to cover the combined shot while VFC must continue to. “

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