Not Wendy
@frumpster.bsky.social
cat (and now dog) lady / former old-house lover / lapsed Unitarian / HIV vax research clinic / kinda close to Rochester / kinda weird / Happiness was Texas in my rear-view mirror
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WHAT IF
THERE WAS *ONLY* PIE
A DAY OF PIE
BREAKFAST PIE
SAVORY PIE
SWEET PIE
SOME SORT OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKABLE PIE
PIESGIVING WE WOULD CALL IT AND THE WORLD WOULD THANK US IN PRAYER AND SONG AND IDEALLY PIE
THERE WAS *ONLY* PIE
A DAY OF PIE
BREAKFAST PIE
SAVORY PIE
SWEET PIE
SOME SORT OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKABLE PIE
PIESGIVING WE WOULD CALL IT AND THE WORLD WOULD THANK US IN PRAYER AND SONG AND IDEALLY PIE
WELCOME TO THE DAY OF MANY CALORIES
YOU SHALL CONSUME
YOU SHALL INGEST
YOU SHALL HEAVE YOUR SWOLLEN BODY ONTO THE COUCH MOANING AS YOU DO SO
BUT WAIT
THERE'S STILL PIE
YOU SHALL CONSUME
YOU SHALL INGEST
YOU SHALL HEAVE YOUR SWOLLEN BODY ONTO THE COUCH MOANING AS YOU DO SO
BUT WAIT
THERE'S STILL PIE
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
WHAT IF
THERE WAS *ONLY* PIE
A DAY OF PIE
BREAKFAST PIE
SAVORY PIE
SWEET PIE
SOME SORT OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKABLE PIE
PIESGIVING WE WOULD CALL IT AND THE WORLD WOULD THANK US IN PRAYER AND SONG AND IDEALLY PIE
THERE WAS *ONLY* PIE
A DAY OF PIE
BREAKFAST PIE
SAVORY PIE
SWEET PIE
SOME SORT OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKABLE PIE
PIESGIVING WE WOULD CALL IT AND THE WORLD WOULD THANK US IN PRAYER AND SONG AND IDEALLY PIE
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We've got merch! Instead of giving your bucks to Bezos, why not get a gift that fuels the fight for science? Shop small this holiday season, and stand up for science! www.standupforscience.net/merch
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We've got merch! Instead of giving your bucks to Bezos, why not get a gift that fuels the fight for science? Shop small this holiday season, and stand up for science! www.standupforscience.net/merch
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This THREAD.
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This THREAD.
This timeline's scriptwriter needs to be fired
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This timeline's scriptwriter needs to be fired
JFC enough already
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
Also missing: the text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy”
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
Also missing: the text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy”
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
JFC enough already
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Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Sounds like it's time to GET REALLY LOUD ON DEC. 1
#WorldAIDSDay
Some of us care in spite of our government!
#WorldAIDSDay
Some of us care in spite of our government!
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Sounds like it's time to GET REALLY LOUD ON DEC. 1
#WorldAIDSDay
Some of us care in spite of our government!
#WorldAIDSDay
Some of us care in spite of our government!
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We’re living through crazy times - it’s getting to the point where you can’t even go to an Al Jardine show with Eric Idle without being dragged up on stage to sing “Barbara Ann”!
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We’re living through crazy times - it’s getting to the point where you can’t even go to an Al Jardine show with Eric Idle without being dragged up on stage to sing “Barbara Ann”!
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Handed a patient a printout of a CDC summary.
They were suspicious.
I pointed out the publication date.
It was from 2024.
“Oh, ok, so this is from when we could trust them.”
They were suspicious.
I pointed out the publication date.
It was from 2024.
“Oh, ok, so this is from when we could trust them.”
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Handed a patient a printout of a CDC summary.
They were suspicious.
I pointed out the publication date.
It was from 2024.
“Oh, ok, so this is from when we could trust them.”
They were suspicious.
I pointed out the publication date.
It was from 2024.
“Oh, ok, so this is from when we could trust them.”
As someone who works in an HIV vaccine research clinic and knows that Phase I trials are based on animal research, I am alarmed. As someone who is what used to be called an "anti-vivisectionist," I am warily pleased.
#conflicted #hooboy
#conflicted #hooboy
Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research
Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
As someone who works in an HIV vaccine research clinic and knows that Phase I trials are based on animal research, I am alarmed. As someone who is what used to be called an "anti-vivisectionist," I am warily pleased.
#conflicted #hooboy
#conflicted #hooboy
This is bad enough, but can we even trust any ICE-generated data? I suspect the 40% figure is low
NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is bad enough, but can we even trust any ICE-generated data? I suspect the 40% figure is low
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
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In my latest for @medscape.com, much of our understanding of long COVID — specifically in researching biomarkers, viral persistence, chronic inflammation, and antiviral treatments — came from years of prior research into HIV.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Important Long-COVID Lessons From AIDS Researchers
The search for long-COVID treatments echoes the previous struggles against HIV/AIDS. Now researchers are taking lessons from those breakthroughs to make new progress.
www.medscape.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
In my latest for @medscape.com, much of our understanding of long COVID — specifically in researching biomarkers, viral persistence, chronic inflammation, and antiviral treatments — came from years of prior research into HIV.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
aaaand, the CDC website takes another hit from the disinfo goons.
somebody, please make it stop
somebody, please make it stop
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
Decades of research strongly do not support a causal link between vaccines and autism.
CDC’s recent change: They’ve changed their page to say vaccines “may not be completely ruled out” as a factor in autism.
Total bullshit
Decades of research strongly do not support a causal link between vaccines and autism.
CDC’s recent change: They’ve changed their page to say vaccines “may not be completely ruled out” as a factor in autism.
Total bullshit
Autism and Vaccines
Answers to common questions about vaccine safety and autism.
www.cdc.gov
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
aaaand, the CDC website takes another hit from the disinfo goons.
somebody, please make it stop
somebody, please make it stop
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Are you looking to do a #TurkeyTrot in #RochesterNY? Consider The Feast Thanksgiving Day Run/Walk. 5-mile or 2-mile options to pick from.
#Running
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#Running
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The Feast Thanksgiving Day Run/Walk
The Feast Thanksgiving Day Run/Walk is on Thursday November 27, 2025. It includes the following events: The Feast Thanksgiving Day 5-Mile Run, The Feast Thanksgiving Day 2-Mile Run/Walk, The Feast Tha...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Are you looking to do a #TurkeyTrot in #RochesterNY? Consider The Feast Thanksgiving Day Run/Walk. 5-mile or 2-mile options to pick from.
#Running
runsignup.com/Race/NY/Roch...
#Running
runsignup.com/Race/NY/Roch...
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An Epstein survivor just delivered a blistering message to the President: “I am traumatized. I am not stupid.” She slammed the 50-day delays, lockdowns, and political games blocking justice and even Adelita Grijalva’s swearing-in. “What you’re doing is wrong. It’s self-serving. This is America.”
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
An Epstein survivor just delivered a blistering message to the President: “I am traumatized. I am not stupid.” She slammed the 50-day delays, lockdowns, and political games blocking justice and even Adelita Grijalva’s swearing-in. “What you’re doing is wrong. It’s self-serving. This is America.”
I, too, desire many dozens of free cookies for the holidays. Please submit your entries in person to my front porch next to the snow shovel.
It’s time to dust off your rolling pin and warm up the oven — the Holidays at the Market cookie contest is here!
Bring your best recipe, share the joy, and let’s celebrate community, creativity, and delicious treats.
Learn more: cityofrochester.gov/holidaysatmarket
Bring your best recipe, share the joy, and let’s celebrate community, creativity, and delicious treats.
Learn more: cityofrochester.gov/holidaysatmarket
November 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I, too, desire many dozens of free cookies for the holidays. Please submit your entries in person to my front porch next to the snow shovel.
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If you want to know how the culture wars are impacting your home town, check in to your local schools' sex ed programs.
The sex ed you get depends on your ZIP code — and your state’s politics
In some states, students learn about consent and healthy relationships. In others, they get "Baby Olivia" and abstinence-only instruction.
19thnews.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
If you want to know how the culture wars are impacting your home town, check in to your local schools' sex ed programs.
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The rowboat.
Donald Trump, Mike Johnson and Marjorie Taylor Greene are in a rowboat that’s sinking in the middle of a lake. You can only save one of them — who would you choose?
November 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The rowboat.
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Nuzzi and RFK jr are basically Lady and the Tramp accidentally kissing while they’re both trying to slurp up the same massive brain worm
November 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Nuzzi and RFK jr are basically Lady and the Tramp accidentally kissing while they’re both trying to slurp up the same massive brain worm
Oh dear lord (5 years retroactive defunding for training grad students from China?!) 🤦♀️
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
November 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Oh dear lord (5 years retroactive defunding for training grad students from China?!) 🤦♀️
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...