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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 8h

Playing it safe tonight after last night's hot and sour noodle reflux terror. Avocado toast it is.

Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 8h

I'll say it again:

We need to be establishing independent comms channels that are hosted on servers in other countries. Like, NOW.

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 8h

This 'cease fire' is just so they can get in front of all the messaging/acquire legacy and social media, and clamp down on the ability of the people to share information so that next time, there will be no global pushback.

Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 9h

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

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 15h

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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🎃🚨SEE PINNED🚨#ProtectJhordin🚨🎃 @blackapostate.blacksky.app · 11h

also!!! people keep skipping the most glaring thing to me?

that black people who go to the doctor are not taken seriously, are misdiagnosed, dismissed, ignored, gaslit

AND there are things that don't show up on the normal tests. it's not pushed for black people to have access to more tests

Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 11h

Yes, this. Going for regular checkups/blood work is about detecting things that go wrong as early as possible so you have a better chance with intervention. You may not be able to avoid getting sick, but how quickly you identify a condition and start treatment impacts your likelihood of survival.

Oh hey Chels! @chelsisright.bsky.social · 12h

Right. Going to the doctor does not keep you from having cancer. And some cancers just really don’t have symptoms until it’s too late.

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 11h

Yes. This. Mr. Q is not white *and* after he was diagnosed we discovered it's not only genetic within his family but heart disease is at epidemic levels among south Asians. His doctor should have been aware of this.

www.heart.org/en/news/2023...

Why are South Asians dying of heart disease? MASALA looks for answers.

MASALA, which stands for Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America, is a pioneering long-term study that's finding data and diversity in one of the country's fastest-growing popul...

www.heart.org

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 11h

This happened last December. He would have died within a couple years if he hadn't had open-heart surgery.

What we've taken away from this is that we have to aggressively advocate for ourselves in the healthcare system, and while doctors are an essential part of the equation, they can be wrong.

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 11h

My husband had a quadruple bypass at 51 - and it was only because he pursued it and *convinced* his doctor he needed expensive testing. He had 80-90% blockage in all four arteries, and no one thought there was anything wrong with him til he did the coronary angiography, which, again, HE insisted on.

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sdy292.bsky.social @sdy292.bsky.social · 12h

I’m late 40’s & in, what I thought was, relatively good health. Nothing in my chart was alarming.
I was fatigued & wrote it off as “you’re getting older”. One day I had blood in my urine. In 2wks I was on a table opened & getting a kidney removed
Not once did I think I was walking around with cancer

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 11h

Yes, this. Going for regular checkups/blood work is about detecting things that go wrong as early as possible so you have a better chance with intervention. You may not be able to avoid getting sick, but how quickly you identify a condition and start treatment impacts your likelihood of survival.

Oh hey Chels! @chelsisright.bsky.social · 12h

Right. Going to the doctor does not keep you from having cancer. And some cancers just really don’t have symptoms until it’s too late.

Big Lord Bunny @ceepain.bsky.social · 12h

That's exactly why I said the conversation has to be broader ... it ain't always folks not going to the doctor or not being on top of their health.

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 12h

Welp.

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 16h

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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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 12h

I really need to work on eating earlier. My habits are bad in this regard. I tend to eat around 8PM which is entirely too late for someone who goes to bed between 10-11.

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 12h

FOOLS!

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 13h

a man with red hair and a beard is standing in the woods

Alt: Robert Redford with red hair and a beard is standing in the woods giving a knowing nod.

media.tenor.com

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 13h

As a matter of fact...

pearwaldorf (looking for work) @pearwaldorf.myatproto.social · 15h

Did you like Sinners? Do you like vampires and/or Black folk horror? Get yourself a copy of this. It's one of the best books I've read this year

P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 16h

“What’s today?” cried Scrooge, calling downward to a boy in Sunday clothes.

“Today?” replied the boy. “Why, it’s Paperback Book Release Day sir!”

RING SHOUT paperback w/foreword by author| Tor Nightfire | 10•14•25

Out Today! #Bookrelease #horror

“Adam in the garden…”

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 13h

I woke up feeling like ass and it's been this way all day. I think my delicious hot and sour noodles aggravated by acid reflux and my sleep last night was bad. 😭 GETTING OLD IS STUPID.

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 13h

Physical books taste better.

buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 14h

What's your totally ordinary opinion about books that you nonetheless find compelled to share when asked on a social media site such as this one for your most extreme/unhinged/hottest takes?

I'll go first: manga is popular among young people because manga often features young people.

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𝕖𝕔𝕜𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕚𝕟 @ecksteinish.bsky.social · 13h

THIS
IS
AWESOME

#Portland #PDX

isportlandburning.com

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 13h

I feel this. Deeply.

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Black Girl Nerds @blackgirlnerds.bsky.social · 15h

It’s hard to put into words what it means to lose D’Angelo. Not just the man, but the sound, the feeling, the very essence of soul that he embodied.

Remembering D’Angelo and the Eternal Rhythm of Neo-Soul | Black Girl Nerds

It’s hard to put into words what it means to lose D’Angelo. Not just the man, but the sound, the feeling, the very essence of the man

blackgirlnerds.com

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 13h

51 is WAY too young to go.

Signed,

a 51-year-old

“𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐳…” @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 17h

RIP D'Angelo (1974-2025) 🕊️😔

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Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 16h

Man, fuck cancer.

Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 16h

😔

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17h

D'Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51

D'Angelo Dead at 51

Grammy-winning R&B soul singer D'Angelo is dead from pancreatic cancer ... TMZ has learned.

www.tmz.com

Daniela Quirke @danielaquirke.bsky.social · 16h

Oh no!!!

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 18h

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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