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Paula @onehtl1ama.bsky.social · 8h

Had a blast getting to meet one of my favorite authors- I highly recommend everyone read Seanan McGuire’s books and know that she will write at least 3 more in the time it takes for me to post this 😂 thank you for coming to Raleigh!

Author Seanan McGuire is sitting at a gray signing table and I am posing low next to her. Seanan is wearing a black dress with pumpkins on it and an orange n95 mask. I am wearing red pants, a blue shirt with red cherries, and a black kn95 mask with a jewelry chain across the front. The background is a brick fireplace and shelves of books.

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 1d

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 2d

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@gooseymaine on Twitter writing: can somebody explain to me why it's bad if immigrants take our jobs but it's good if AI does?

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

www.msnbc.com

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 3d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · Feb 22

On that note:

Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.

Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.

Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo

Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · Feb 22

Being a trans author is fucking weird right now. Hell is actively unfolding all around us but I still need to be like, "hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book? It won't make anything better, but it's kinda fun?"

So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?

Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · Nov 25

Looking for a supernatural queer read?

🏳️‍🌈 F/F friends to lovers
💀 Evil cult serving a fallen god
🦅 Weird birds
👼 Queers with wings and claws
🌲 Cursed forest
🌎 Lesbians vs god for the fate of reality

Ghost Flower by Jessica Conwell
Available here:

a.co/d/bufFU4f

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4d

Among many others at the CDC, the Trump regime laid off the staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

“The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the first hint of the AIDS epidemic.”

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Mike W @gekido.bsky.social · 4d

so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome

Go through these steps to disable it:

opus.ing/posts/how-to...

#chrome #aibullshit

How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus

Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.

opus.ing

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Reuters @reuters.com · 4d

Apple sued over use of copyrighted books to train Apple Intelligence reut.rs/4h2JXgV

Apple sued over use of copyrighted books to train Apple Intelligence

Apple was hit with a lawsuit in California federal court by a pair of neuroscientists who say that the tech company misused thousands of copyrighted books to train its Apple Intelligence artificial intelligence model.

reut.rs

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Sarah Faber @sciencebanshee.bsky.social · 4d

I really gave this the business, and so can you!

A lot of the questions are VERY "hey, person who *loves* AI, how can we, a government who *loves* AI, make sure companies who *also love* AI come to Canada to do trickledown economics?"

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 6d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 4d

Ms Rachel schools Obama on why he really should stop using dehumanizing language.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5d

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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perfect knight @shiningknightx.bsky.social · 5d

"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 5d

Just saw someone angrily blustering on Facebook that if the scaremongers were right, 30% of people would have long covid by now!!! And welp…
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...

Studies across 14 nations show 25% to 30% rate of long COVID

Among the 25% of participants in 1 study who said they experienced long-COVID symptoms, 13% reported sleep disorders.

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 5d

Good.

Debjit Dutta @debjitduttaart.bsky.social · 6d

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 6d

New Study Finds Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 6d

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naberu 🇨🇦 @naberu.bsky.social · 6d

Five and half years since we’ve known covid is transmitted by aerosols and a provicial health authority has released an AI chat bot that disseminates droplet disinformation.

NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 6d

Asking NS’s official health AI about airborne transmission, aerosols, etc #NSPoli

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AnnaHalifax @annahalifax.bsky.social · 6d

NS Health's AI apparently programmed with incorrect information. Covid's primary route of transmission is aerosol (airborne), not droplets/surfaces.

NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 6d

Asking NS’s official health AI about airborne transmission, aerosols, etc #NSPoli

Screenshot of asking NS health AI if Covid is airborne. Is Covid airborne?
Wednesday, 10:02 a.m.
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• Nova
Wednesday, 10:02 a.m.
The primary method of COVID-19 transmission is through droplets, which quickly settle on surfaces within two meters. However, airborne precautions are used during aerosol-generating medical procedures (AGMPs) to minimize the risk of transmission. More information on AGMPs can be found here.

Screenshot of asking NS health AI about aerosol transmission. Tell me about aerosol transmission
Nova
Wednesday, 10:02 a.m.
Airborne transmission occurs when airborne particles remain suspended in the air, travel on air currents, and are inhaled by others nearby or some distance away from the source. Control of airborne transmission requires control of airflow through special ventilation systems and the use of respiratory protection.
An aerosol-generating medical procedure (AGMP)
is any procedy
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roplet nuclei.
Examples of AGMPs include bronchoscopy

Screenshot of asking NS health AI if breathing generates aerosols You
Wednesday, 10:03 a.m.
Does breathing generate aerosols?
•Nova
Wednesday, 10:03 a.m.
While normal breathing does produce some droplets, activities like talking, screaming, coughing, or sneezing produce larger droplets.
Labour and delivery are also not considered aerosolized events. Aerosol Generating Medical Procedures (AGMPs) are specific medical procedures that generate aerosols.

The AI claimed that breathing generates fewer aerosols than AGMPs so I tried asking for more info. How many aerosols are generated by breathing compared to an AGMP?
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Nova
Wednesday, 10:04 a.m.
To best answer your question, could you clarify what context you're interested in? For example, are you concerned about a specific medical setting or a particular activity? #NSPoli

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Agatha 🏳️‍⚧️🪡🧵🧶🎃 @sewingdeadgirl.bsky.social · 6d

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LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 7d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 6d

Rolling Stone crowns Missy Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On" as the #1 GREATEST SONG OF THE 21ST CENTURY SO FAR 👑

"It was a nonstop freak manifesto that made the musical future sound limitless."

Ranked list: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Lola @lolat42.bsky.social · 10d

‘Long COVID can affect any child, even if they had mild or no symptoms when they had COVID-19.

Long COVID is common, affecting up to 10% to 20% of children with a history of COVID-19’

Rocket57 🇨🇦 @rocket57.bsky.social · 10d

So, we really let it rip in, what, 2022?
In three years, Long Covid has surpassed asthma as the most common paediatric chronic illness.

Three. Years.

Where are we in 10 years? How is this sustainable? We have barely begun to see the long term effects of the pandemic.

Long COVID in Young Children, School-Aged Children, and Teens

This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page describes the symptoms of long COVID in children.

jamanetwork.com

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Mark Pickens @airshipwriter.bsky.social · 9d

Correct. Calls are the most effective.

You can leave messages if your members of Congress closed their offices. 202-224-3121.

A letter via @resist.bot is easy.

You can customize the letter below to your Reps by texting ‘sign PFOYEN’ to 50409

resist.bot/petitions/PF...

Protect Free Speech: Oppose Trump Overreach in Domestic Terrorism Directives

Text SIGN PFOYEN to 50409 to send this to your officials.

resist.bot

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 9d

I think lots of folks would benefit from reading the history of the civil rights movement, which targeted America’s home-grown fascist movement. Resistance was constant, even amidst the terroristic threat of lynching. People push back against oppression in big and small ways.

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Academic Anarchy🏴 - Antifa Founder @johnbrownbread.bsky.social · 11d

The local police will always side with the fascists. That’s how this works. That’s how it always works. That’s why in 2020 we had the largest uprising in US history.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 11d

border patrol agents are holding a line against protesters side-by-side with broadview police, oak brook police, illinois state police, + the cook county sheriff’s office.

feds made a huge push to clear everyone from harvard street, which ice uses to enter and leave the broadview detention center.

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 11d

AAAAAAHHH

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