Pawpaw Pedinska
@pedinska.bsky.social
Gardener, poody/doge lover, former HIV research lab supervisor, canner of world-famous habanero pepper jelly.
Profile pic: A sesame Shiba keeping an eye on you because you're suspicious
Profile pic: A sesame Shiba keeping an eye on you because you're suspicious
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🧪 NEW STUDY with oh-no findings:
Nitrates from farm run-off (manure, synthetic fertilizers) are altered by soil microbes in ways that make them more chemically reactive and able to mobilize naturally occurring uranium out of rock and…into drinking water aquifers. 😳
www.earth.com/video/farm-r...
Nitrates from farm run-off (manure, synthetic fertilizers) are altered by soil microbes in ways that make them more chemically reactive and able to mobilize naturally occurring uranium out of rock and…into drinking water aquifers. 😳
www.earth.com/video/farm-r...
Farm runoff linked to uranium in groundwater
Investigate the troubling link between farm runoff and water contamination as it affects aquifers across America's heartland.
www.earth.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
🧪 NEW STUDY with oh-no findings:
Nitrates from farm run-off (manure, synthetic fertilizers) are altered by soil microbes in ways that make them more chemically reactive and able to mobilize naturally occurring uranium out of rock and…into drinking water aquifers. 😳
www.earth.com/video/farm-r...
Nitrates from farm run-off (manure, synthetic fertilizers) are altered by soil microbes in ways that make them more chemically reactive and able to mobilize naturally occurring uranium out of rock and…into drinking water aquifers. 😳
www.earth.com/video/farm-r...
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given how checked out he is there's a real temptation in the second term to ascribe a lot of the most extreme remigration stuff to the various ghouls propping up this administration but he really is as vile and racist as they come
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
given how checked out he is there's a real temptation in the second term to ascribe a lot of the most extreme remigration stuff to the various ghouls propping up this administration but he really is as vile and racist as they come
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All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
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ATTN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES: The VA sent out an announcement with a link for employees to self-report their disabilities. I wouldn’t do this if I were you. They’ll likely use it to discriminate against you.
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
ATTN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES: The VA sent out an announcement with a link for employees to self-report their disabilities. I wouldn’t do this if I were you. They’ll likely use it to discriminate against you.
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“Individuals who have recovered from COVID-19, especially those with severe illness, pre-existing risk factors or MULTIPLE REINFECTIONS, may certainly benefit from long-term monitoring for cancer as part of their post-recovery care plan”
You’d really rather screen for cancer every year than mask? 😷
You’d really rather screen for cancer every year than mask? 😷
🚨🧵 by Dr. @harryspoelstra.bsky.social asking the Q:
"Q: Is SARSCOV2 carcinogenic?
➡️Research highlights several indirect ways a virus might contribute to cancer development or progression:
- Chronic Inflammation
- Immune system dysregulation..."
Full 🧵
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19961...
"Q: Is SARSCOV2 carcinogenic?
➡️Research highlights several indirect ways a virus might contribute to cancer development or progression:
- Chronic Inflammation
- Immune system dysregulation..."
Full 🧵
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19961...
December 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
“Individuals who have recovered from COVID-19, especially those with severe illness, pre-existing risk factors or MULTIPLE REINFECTIONS, may certainly benefit from long-term monitoring for cancer as part of their post-recovery care plan”
You’d really rather screen for cancer every year than mask? 😷
You’d really rather screen for cancer every year than mask? 😷
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A new video captures masked ICE agents in unmarked vehicles swarming the mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew before hauling her away. There’s no way this was random.
December 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A new video captures masked ICE agents in unmarked vehicles swarming the mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew before hauling her away. There’s no way this was random.
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North Korean-style. A Potemkin village of fake journalists.
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
North Korean-style. A Potemkin village of fake journalists.
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For World AIDS Day, Green Party leader Zack Polanski spells out his party’s HIV agenda:
stopping transmissions by 2030
fighting stigma
making testing + PrEP accessible for all
Progress needs action ❤️🩹📣
stopping transmissions by 2030
fighting stigma
making testing + PrEP accessible for all
Progress needs action ❤️🩹📣
Green Party leader Zack Polanski: 'We need a society where HIV is met with openness, not stigma'
Philip Baldwin speaks with Green Party leader Zack Polanski for World AIDS Day about the party’s HIV priorities.
www.gaytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
For World AIDS Day, Green Party leader Zack Polanski spells out his party’s HIV agenda:
stopping transmissions by 2030
fighting stigma
making testing + PrEP accessible for all
Progress needs action ❤️🩹📣
stopping transmissions by 2030
fighting stigma
making testing + PrEP accessible for all
Progress needs action ❤️🩹📣
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Basically: the *best* way to counter project 2025 would be to not have spent the last 50 years fucking about.
The second best way would be to present literally any indication they have begun to stop fucking about with people's lives, and be just as dedicated to basically *anything*
The second best way would be to present literally any indication they have begun to stop fucking about with people's lives, and be just as dedicated to basically *anything*
July 7, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Basically: the *best* way to counter project 2025 would be to not have spent the last 50 years fucking about.
The second best way would be to present literally any indication they have begun to stop fucking about with people's lives, and be just as dedicated to basically *anything*
The second best way would be to present literally any indication they have begun to stop fucking about with people's lives, and be just as dedicated to basically *anything*
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Now, when this 50 year process has resulted in a 900 page long carefully presented list of specific actions, the question really is:
Where is the 900 page list of specific concrete actions the democrats want to take to oppose that list? Where is the proof they are willing to be as relentless?
Where is the 900 page list of specific concrete actions the democrats want to take to oppose that list? Where is the proof they are willing to be as relentless?
July 7, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Now, when this 50 year process has resulted in a 900 page long carefully presented list of specific actions, the question really is:
Where is the 900 page list of specific concrete actions the democrats want to take to oppose that list? Where is the proof they are willing to be as relentless?
Where is the 900 page list of specific concrete actions the democrats want to take to oppose that list? Where is the proof they are willing to be as relentless?
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In those 50 years of republicans' single-minded dedication to passing this legislation in any way possible, accepting the smallest wins as proof this dedication works, democrats have not *once* had a similar motivating force.
50 years of dedicated effort on one side, j/o gestures on the other.
50 years of dedicated effort on one side, j/o gestures on the other.
July 7, 2024 at 2:23 PM
In those 50 years of republicans' single-minded dedication to passing this legislation in any way possible, accepting the smallest wins as proof this dedication works, democrats have not *once* had a similar motivating force.
50 years of dedicated effort on one side, j/o gestures on the other.
50 years of dedicated effort on one side, j/o gestures on the other.
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Ask anyone marginalized, and they'll point to how for *them* a hell of a lot of project 2025 has already happened to them.
That very scary bullet point you want to point out? It's already been a reality for a generation, for some people.
That very scary bullet point you want to point out? It's already been a reality for a generation, for some people.
July 7, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Ask anyone marginalized, and they'll point to how for *them* a hell of a lot of project 2025 has already happened to them.
That very scary bullet point you want to point out? It's already been a reality for a generation, for some people.
That very scary bullet point you want to point out? It's already been a reality for a generation, for some people.
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One problem with running on "look at how bad project 2025 is!" is that it is the culmination of 50 years of republican actions, single-mindedly dedicated to it.
Republicans spent the last 50 years trying to do every single bullet-point in it, repeatedly.
Republicans spent the last 50 years trying to do every single bullet-point in it, repeatedly.
December 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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The grievance blog masquerading as a "journal" founded by Trump HHS appointees (The "Journal" of the "Academy" of Public Health) is now publishing lengthy screeds about how HHS secretary RFK Jr is being treated unfairly by the BMJ and calling it a literature synthesis...
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The grievance blog masquerading as a "journal" founded by Trump HHS appointees (The "Journal" of the "Academy" of Public Health) is now publishing lengthy screeds about how HHS secretary RFK Jr is being treated unfairly by the BMJ and calling it a literature synthesis...
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How RFKJr starts creating a set of ‘literature’ in non peer reviewed ‘journal’ to support his views- just wait for this to be cited by his ACIP and team
The grievance blog masquerading as a "journal" founded by Trump HHS appointees (The "Journal" of the "Academy" of Public Health) is now publishing lengthy screeds about how HHS secretary RFK Jr is being treated unfairly by the BMJ and calling it a literature synthesis...
December 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
How RFKJr starts creating a set of ‘literature’ in non peer reviewed ‘journal’ to support his views- just wait for this to be cited by his ACIP and team
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Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
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Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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If you are a pediatrician it's ok to ignore recommendations that put your patients at risk. ACIP guidelines are not legally binding. You all swore on the Hippocratic Oath which states the following:
"I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure."
"I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure."
Breaking news: Federal vaccine advisers selected by Health Secretary RFK Jr. are planning to vote on ending the practice of vaccinating all newborns for hepatitis B and to examine whether shots are behind the rise of allergies and autoimmune disorders.
RFK Jr.'s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet to childhood schedule
The new chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said the panel plans to vote to end universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth and to scrutinize if childhood shots cause allergies.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If you are a pediatrician it's ok to ignore recommendations that put your patients at risk. ACIP guidelines are not legally binding. You all swore on the Hippocratic Oath which states the following:
"I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure."
"I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure."
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COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
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Very similar to the trans-kids panic, where the prestige media narrative is that it's far too easy but you talk to any trans person, expert or parent and it's obvious that it's way too hard.
Once again, no one making these claims seems to understand the enormous hurdles in the way of getting a kid the help they need - in this case - I dare anyone suggesting this to go through an IEP process.
December 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Very similar to the trans-kids panic, where the prestige media narrative is that it's far too easy but you talk to any trans person, expert or parent and it's obvious that it's way too hard.
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For me, a new phase of the pandemic began in May ’22, when I took more serious notice of troubling scientific studies that weren’t being reported by the media. It then dawned on me, like in a horror movie, that the government was going to simply nope out of COVID—& that everyone would follow suit.
Some say
this pandemic began
on November 30, 2019
as that was the day
of the first confirmed Covid case.
And some say
this pandemic began
on March 11, 2020
as that was the day
of the WHO’s pandemic declaration.
But I think all would say
this pandemic
has lasted far too long.
this pandemic began
on November 30, 2019
as that was the day
of the first confirmed Covid case.
And some say
this pandemic began
on March 11, 2020
as that was the day
of the WHO’s pandemic declaration.
But I think all would say
this pandemic
has lasted far too long.
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
For me, a new phase of the pandemic began in May ’22, when I took more serious notice of troubling scientific studies that weren’t being reported by the media. It then dawned on me, like in a horror movie, that the government was going to simply nope out of COVID—& that everyone would follow suit.
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We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
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Loser Mike Johnson is pissed that we’re gaining ground in forcing a vote on extending ACA tax credits.
So let’s get even louder:
So let’s get even louder:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Loser Mike Johnson is pissed that we’re gaining ground in forcing a vote on extending ACA tax credits.
So let’s get even louder:
So let’s get even louder: