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priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 10h

I got a solid grounding but at no point did we discuss how much of the system runs on assumptions that people will always do what's best

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priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 10h

I would like to breed a very large and intensely cute spider

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priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 10h

Great thread, is trying to develop a universal bird call too reasonable? I need better closeups

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1d

lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?

priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 11h

Imo The Substance is a lot more watchable as a comedy

Hereditary was cool...but if I ever rewatch I'm turning it off five minutes early.

priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 11h

This was true when I did a fellowship in 2012, tbh 💀 all the young people I see are working and all the volunteers are retirees. Definitely a problem I'm now adding to!

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priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 11h

Watching Rs rotate leadership positions while Ds cling to power like 🫠

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 21h

It’s been fun being attacked for years for saying bigotry motivates these people more than low taxes and small government

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priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 12h

Huh it would only be fair to improve the roads for them. Better break out the construction.

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priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 12h

Truth

priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah I didn't realize that Israel had also changed its rules to allow indefinite detention. So all those "prisoners" they're releasing? Held on the same terms as the Israeli hostages.

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priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 12h

I saw the article and he was also held that entire time without ever being charged. Palestinian "prisoners" are hostages, their abuse is legitimized by lies.

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 12h

Al Jazeera is doing videos of the Palestinian releases and they're heart wrenching. One man was detained for over a year and was released to find out that Israel had killed his two kids. The youngest was three. Her birthday would've been on Saturday. He'd made a small bracelet for her in prison.

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pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 16h

grateful portland has risen to the challenge so far in peacefully protesting the ICE facility and that nationally we're all cheering on the frogs but I think it's important to make sure everyone is aware that the ICE goons aren't exactly being peaceful in return

www.koin.com/news/portlan...

www.koin.com

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priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 17h

I used to get personals from SH 💀

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priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 17h

*botw Zelda voice* the blood moon has risen...submissions are OPEN

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priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 17h

I feel this thread deeply 😭

Will say tbh I think simsubs are necessary with the limited window system, I'd support something like in the book world where exclusivity is limited to the first 30 days

But there's arguably a bigger supply/demand issue....

Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 18h

<totters out onto porch>

<settles into rocker>

<thumps cane a few times>

Let's talk about what the process of submitting short fiction used to look like, shall we? And about what it looks like now.

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priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 18h

the Belmont Report lives in my head rent-free!

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 18h

CDC had worked for decades to overcome the fear of government research created by the US Public Health Service's participation in the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis. Robust protections for human subjects for the basis of that effort. Gutting the CDC IRB is dangerous in so many different ways.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 18h

"No IRB in the world would approve it." That's what every researcher has told me about saline placebo trials to test vaccines we already have.

The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and whiplash’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while former top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’

www.theguardian.com

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priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 18h

hmm maybe I can't read but I don't see that study covered lead?

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priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 18h

*there is a court order limiting their use of chemical weapons*

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19h

Based on the video shared by Univision (they've paired it with overhead from ABC), today's attack might be the most chemical gas we've seen feds launch into a neighborhood so far. The clouds are enormous/that's a lot of canisters. Completely engulfing cars and homes.

instagram.com/reel/DPzWnGCklvl

unichicago on Instagram: "Operativo federal termina con gases lacrimógenos en Chicago. Esto es parte de lo que se vivió en la escena. Tienes más información …"

Operativo federal termina con gases lacrimógenos en Chicago. Esto es parte de lo que se vivió en la escena. Tienes más información en nuestra biografía.

www.instagram.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19h

This is because the feds won't stop gassing our neighborhoods so they can flee and, by extension, are also repeatedly gassing the cops. What a moment to be alive

Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 19h

CPD memo to officers today: helmet and gas mask available and accessible at all times, to be read at 7 days of roll calls. (For officers assigned masks.) Supervisors to ensure compliance acc to the memo. #chicago

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 19h

This is a big piece people shouldn’t overlook. It’s hard not to think about all the people who argued for a "less restrictive" culture while utilizing their proximity, or wink and nod affiliation, with these people, and not believe this has all been an open secret among the press.

Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 20h

it also highlights a big point of the political project across social networks, which is to find ways to make this kind of dehumanizing and hatred less surprising and acceptable as a part of a culture. its why i've always felt weird about the mainstreaming of so much 4chan langauge and meme stuff

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priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 20h

Didn't the maker of his anti porn app just get caught with CP

priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 21h

"we'll give Argentina another $20 billion so Milei can keep cloning his dog"

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priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 21h

wow that sounds like government manipulation of social media, I hear some people are *very* concerned about it

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priyAAAAAA chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 21h

...is wellness culture actually lead poisoning

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 23h

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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