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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 12h

My 2yo just informed me that her favorite food is gummy bears wrapped in salami. Then she held eye contact while wrapping a gummy bear in salami and eating it.

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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 19h

“Through all of it, people showed up. Aides, nurses, companions—underpaid and stretched thin, offering care with quiet dignity. They became familiar faces in moments that felt anything but…They remind me of flowers blooming through cracks in the pavement, holding more than anyone sees, holding us.”🛟

Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 20h

"My mother had Alzheimer’s. I watched her slip away in the fragile care system" www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/a... via @statnews.com

#Alzheimers #dementia #PrivateEquity #LongTermCare

My mother had Alzheimer's. I watched her slip away in the fragile care system

My mother had Alzheimer's. Watching her slip away in a place that promised so much but gave so little drained me.

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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 20h

impact—
“1)Outbreaks go unseen…
2)Doctors lose guidance…
3)States lose coordination…like trying to fight a wildfire w/o radios
4)Americans lose time. The time btwn an emerging threat & a public warning stretches from hrs to days to weeks.In public health, time saves lives”🛟🧪 @kkjetelina.bsky.social

“But here's what happens next:
1. Outbreaks go unseen. When data stops flowing, early warnings disappear. The "invisible shield" that keeps us safe from measles, flu, and the next unknown virus begins to crack.
2. Doctors lose guidance. The experts who turn raw data into actionable guidance (how to treat, what to look for)
are gone.
3. States lose coordination. When states can't share information through the CDC, it's like trying to fight a wildfire without radios.
4. Americans lose time. The time between an emerging threat and a public warning stretches from hours to days to weeks. In public health, time saves lives.”

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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 20h

From @kkjetelina.bsky.social—CDC RIFs incl:
-Data office
-CFA INFORM
-CDC DC
-NCIRD
-Global Health Center
-Chronic Disease Policy&Comms—diabetes, heart disease, cancer, mental health
-Injury Prev Policy&Comms—gun violence, opioid overdoses, suicide
-Office of Science—MMWR
-Civ EIS Officers
-&more 🛟🧪

“This round hit many parts of:
-Data office: The backbone of how CDC gathers and shares data across the country.
-CFA INFORM: The entire "weather service" for infectious diseases gone. Without them, public health and hospitals are flying blind.
-CDC Washington Office: The bridge between science and policy. The entire office gone.
-NCIRD: Home of vaccine expertise. Home of measles response. All leadership is gone.
-Global Health Center: The team that stops diseases abroad before they reach our shores.
-Chronic Disease Policy and Comms: Experts who connect science to action for diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and mental health.
-Injury Prevention Policy and Comms: The division that addresses gun violence, opioid overdoses, and suicide.
-Office of Science: Home to MMWR, which publishes data every week for physicians, scientists, and leaders
-Civilian EIS Officers- The disease detectives who respond to outbreaks on the ground, from foodborne illnesses to mysterious viruses.
-And more.”

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 1d

War creates two categories of persons: those who
outlive it and those who don’t.

Both carry wounds.

-Anne Carson
#everynightapoem

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"wound"
HISTORY OF WAR: LESSON 2
War creates two categories of persons: those who outlive it and those who don't.
Both carry wounds.

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 1d

I've written about my mom several times, so in her memory, I'd love if you read about her. Her Betty Crocker cookbook (though thankfully, not her parenting!) inspired parts of my first novel, Everything I Never Told You. I wrote about her, and it, here.

What Did My Mother the Chemist See in Betty Crocker? (Published 2014)

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

JUST IN: The Trump administration says it has started the process of issuing reduction-in-force notices to federal employees. It’s not clear how many workers are affected.

White House says 'substantial' layoffs of federal workers have begun, with few details

The Trump administration says it has started the process of issuing reduction-in-force notices to federal employees. It’s not clear how many workers are affected.

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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 1d

Furlough Friday #2

(Do you think it's forever?) In the papers, on the screen, and in their minds

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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 1d

A man walking along Caledonian Road falls over onto a huge roll of bubble wrap that he is hugging, perhaps for just this sort of situation.

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 1d

I still don't have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder, so no, I'm afraid your email did not "find me well."

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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 1d

I ❤️ Science
🧪

Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 3d

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 1d

I am in love with the dictionary

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

Printing presses kept their letters in cases.

Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.

This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’

Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?

MAJUSCULE and minuscule.

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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 2d

Oops! Correction — 1,700+ people submitted input / TEN THOUSAND OBSERVATIONS !!!

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Kim Rosvall @rosvall-lab.bsky.social · 2d

I do want to take a minute to share the backstory of our paper on the total solar eclipse that triggered dawn behavior in birds. This was SUCH a fun paper to work on, a major light in a lot of different tunnels over the past 18 months. doi.org/10.1126/scie... < ☀️ Let the light puns begin ☀️ > (1/x)

two men are fighting with lightsabers in front of a doorway

ALT: two men are fighting with lightsabers in front of a doorway

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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 2d

“we show that when the light-dark cycle was altered by a total solar eclipse, entrained biological rhythms were disrupted for more than 1/3 of the observed wild bird species.

This natural experiment…essentially switched off the Sun for 4 min in the middle of an otherwise normal spring afternoon.”🧪

jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 2d

Community science! Input from over TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE! From Mexico to Canada! In a natural experiment!

“Bc a total solar eclipse occurs in the same location once every 3 or4 centuries, most free-living birds, like most ppl, have never seen day turn quickly to pm, only to return again mins later”🧪

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 2d

I have to fan-girl for a minute here. My friend @rosvall-lab.bsky.social built an app to gather data on bird behavior during the 2024 solar eclipse. 10,000+ citizen scientists contributed (including my kids), and the resulting paper was published in Science today!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 2d

Community science! Input from over TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE! From Mexico to Canada! In a natural experiment!

“Bc a total solar eclipse occurs in the same location once every 3 or4 centuries, most free-living birds, like most ppl, have never seen day turn quickly to pm, only to return again mins later”🧪

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 2d

I have to fan-girl for a minute here. My friend @rosvall-lab.bsky.social built an app to gather data on bird behavior during the 2024 solar eclipse. 10,000+ citizen scientists contributed (including my kids), and the resulting paper was published in Science today!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science

On 8 April 2024, a total solar eclipse disrupted light-dark cycles for North American birds during the lead-up to spring reproduction. Compiling more than 10,000 community observations and artificial ...

www.science.org

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 2d

I have to fan-girl for a minute here. My friend @rosvall-lab.bsky.social built an app to gather data on bird behavior during the 2024 solar eclipse. 10,000+ citizen scientists contributed (including my kids), and the resulting paper was published in Science today!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science

On 8 April 2024, a total solar eclipse disrupted light-dark cycles for North American birds during the lead-up to spring reproduction. Compiling more than 10,000 community observations and artificial ...

www.science.org

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 2d

This just made me cry during office hours loll

This book is astonishing and I’m so excited for the movie

Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 2d

Watch the official trailer for Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal ✨

In theaters November 27 via @focusfeatures.bsky.social

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 3d

Incredible tough but important read. I was in CJSOTF-A in 2012. Reading here about my then commanders and new context to what was happening to the left and right of our task force.

Bales, Gant, Haas, Kunduz, Thomas...
Hell of a trip down memory lane...

Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 3d

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/m...

How War-Crime Accusations Against Green Berets Were Denied and Buried

www.nytimes.com

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Dave Meredith @davemeredith.bsky.social · 3d

Long exposure of storm clouds moving up Colpoy's Bay, Ontario shortly before sunrise. There's a yellow band of light on the horizon for #ColourADay #YellowThu.

#ColorADay #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #StormHour #photography #longexposure #clouds

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 3d

NYC bagels really do make other bagels taste like pathetic garbage. So what if they're $80 a half-dozen.

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Phil Klay @philklay.bsky.social · 3d

This @yalereview.bsky.social Krasznahorkai short story is a nice entry point for anyone curious about the new Nobel Laureate

yalereview.org/article/kras...

László Krasznahorkai: “An Angel Passed Above Us”

A short story by László Krasznahorkai: “I’m open to anything, he said, pushing the AK-74 a bit farther away and reaching under his bulletproof vest to…

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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 2d

“untreated depression & anxiety during pregnancy are far more dangerous—to both parent &baby—than carefully managed anti-d treatment….

Untreated maternal MH issues can ripple thru a child’s development, influence parenting capacity &…leave biological ‘footprints’…that may persist for generations”🛟🧪

jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 2d

“We no longer whisper about having ‘postpartum’—it’s a true category of depression….
We know that pregnancy doesn’t protect people from mental illness or mental health issues.
We know that having a baby can be both wonderful and incredibly difficult.” 🛟🧪

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3d

By casting doubt on antidepressants and other well-studied drugs, our government health agencies are choosing minimal risk to a fetus over the major risk to the person carrying it

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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 2d

“We no longer whisper about having ‘postpartum’—it’s a true category of depression….
We know that pregnancy doesn’t protect people from mental illness or mental health issues.
We know that having a baby can be both wonderful and incredibly difficult.” 🛟🧪

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3d

By casting doubt on antidepressants and other well-studied drugs, our government health agencies are choosing minimal risk to a fetus over the major risk to the person carrying it

The Confusion Over Antidepressants During Pregnancy Is Harming People

By casting doubt on antidepressants and other well-studied drugs, our government health agencies are choosing minimal risk to a fetus over the major risk to the person carrying it

www.scientificamerican.com

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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 3d

Very little children get onto the train, on what may well be their first school trip. A little girl waves at a friend opposite her in the carriage. They are so excited to be here together, on this train. It reminds me of the importance of these ordinary things.

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