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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 1d

They covered stories in ways we couldn’t (and vice versa). I met a lot of folks thru NBC Asian America’s work and I hope everyone involved (past and present) get the kudos they deserve for their work on this.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 1d

This is devastating. NBC Asian America has done incredible work covering our community, especially given their greater resources and institutional clout relative to indie outlets like us.

www.thewrap.com/nbc-news-lay...

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 23d

Also my favorite thing about this article is the person who avoids tylenol for pregnancy by instead getting a massage. Never mind the cost of that, there's also recommendations (albeit not always credible) out there to avoid pre-natal massages!

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...

A President’s ‘Surreal’ Advice Worries Pregnant Women

www.nytimes.com

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 23d

Like let's just fucking mention the emotional and mental health impacts for pregnant people by adding YET ANOTHER thing to the extremely long list of things we "must avoid" when pregnant.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 23d

My point is that being pregnant is fucking hard and for many it's also a period of external- (from the medical community and just from cultural stigma) and self-imposed restriction. Stripping away one more of the SAFE things available to pregnant people to get through pregnancy is fucking horrible.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 23d

For one pregnancy, I had to completely shift what I ate and how often I ate into a completely different eating pattern from my usual. It was absolute torture. I was simultaneously constantly hungry and totally bored of eating.

I had allergies and got sick with a cold and did not use any OTC meds.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 23d

One of the hardest things about being pregnant was how restricted I was for otherwise innocuous part of my life, particularly when combined with health-/pregnancy-related complications. I watched every aspect of what I ate - no coffee, limited fish (no sushi), no deli sandwiches.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 23d

Just adding to this. Pregnancy can be a transformative experience. It also can be - even under the best of circumstances - deeply uncomfortable and even physically painful. It's also a time when every single thing you do is scrutinized - by you, your doctor, & others

Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 24d

Telling pregnant folks not to take fever reducers during pregnancy will absolutely increase the KNOWN risk of adverse outcomes due to delayed treatment (or failure to treat) a dangerously high fever during pregnancy.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 24d

Telling pregnant folks not to take fever reducers during pregnancy will absolutely increase the KNOWN risk of adverse outcomes due to delayed treatment (or failure to treat) a dangerously high fever during pregnancy.

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Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · Sep 16

Science: only when you write up the manuscript, you realize what you should have done.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · Sep 14

Trying to protect my novid status.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · Sep 14

Was so delighted that the pharmacy downstairs of my PCP’s office had walk-ins for combined COVID/flu. Got the shots on the spot.

Felt kind of under the weather for the evening. Totally fine by morning.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Sep 14

Get your COVID shots, y'all! A great thing to do TODAY if you have a minute.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Sep 12

Got that vax! No probs in an NYC pharmacy. Updated Pfizer, 2025-26.

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Miranda Debenham @mdebenham1.bsky.social · Jul 11

I was reminded of this gorgeous article by @miamingus.bsky.social today. Its a short read but it describes everything I'm always reaching for, and often missing, in life as a disabled person

leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/a...

Access Intimacy: The Missing Link

There are many ways to describe intimacy. For example, there’s physical intimacy, emotional intimacy, intellectual, political, familial or sexual intimacy. But, as a physically disabled woman, th…

leavingevidence.wordpress.com

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · Sep 9

Is it okay to say regardless of whether DJT signed that poem (and we all know he did), and even though we can all agree on the misogyny of the whole thing, the whole poem and birthday book thing is also just really, really deeply weird?

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · Sep 8

This ep hit a little too close to home

Wyoming Wormboy @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social · Sep 8

Among other things, makes a fantastic case for fundamental research.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk94...

Trump vs. Higher Education: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

www.youtube.com

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · Aug 31

(Mine’s a Garmin I bought for exercise and it’s fantastic for that, but I found I use a lot of its ‘apple watch’-like features too.)

Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · Aug 31

And because I survive my day job with meticulous calendaring for both structured events and unstructured time, it’s set up to buzz me for all upcoming events which is very useful for keeping me on track throughout the day.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · Aug 31

And being able to find your phone like everyone said.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · Aug 31

Not Apple Watch but same concept. Heart rate and steps monitor. Tracking distance during exercise, and providing emergency contact access and location pinging for outdoor runs when I want someone to know where I am. I use it a lot to give me text message previews to manage my team and their work.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · Aug 28

For fuck's sake, gun control now.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · Aug 26

Meanwhile they are pulling COVID vaccines from US pharmacies.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · Aug 26

Just thinking again about how they’re going to talk about this period in US history 20, 50, and 100 years from now.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · Aug 23

So yeah, I don’t get this article and it’s framing. It’s impossible to advocate for and as a scientist without that being political.

That’s also really not a bad thing. I am not ashamed that I do my research because *gasp* I believe in making people’s lives and health better.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · Aug 23

Science does not, and cannot, and should not exist in an apolitical vacuum. We do this work FOR THE BETTERMENT OF PEOPLE. That is inherently political, and cannot be divorced from the people who are ultimately the reason we do this at all.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · Aug 23

I’ve long believed that we don’t do enough at the trainee level to prepare our junior scientists for a career in which they not only conduct science but also communicate it to the public.

This means we should also acknowledge that science (like everything!) is an inherently political act.

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