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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 13h

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women

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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 20d

I've received an 'exclusive' invite to try Nature's new 'research assistant', which will burn down a forest to provide a 'summary of the paper' I'm reading and I have SUCH exciting news for them, that's called an 'abstract' and the actual authors already wrote it for me, no forest-burning required.

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Homeland Security & Govt. Affairs Committee — Dems @hsgac.senate.gov · 27d

If you are a federal employee fired via RIF notice or want to share information about misconduct in the Administration, Ranking Member @peters.senate.gov wants to hear your story. We will protect all whistleblowers' personal information.

www.hsgac.senate.gov/contact/demo...

Anonymous Whistleblower Disclosure Form - Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs

“*” indicates required fields Title—Mr.Mrs.Ms.Mr. and Mrs.MissDr.Dr. and Mrs.Dr. and Mr.AdmiralCaptainChief Master SergeantColonelCommanderCorporalFatherGeneralLieutenantLieutenant ColonelMajorMaster ...

www.hsgac.senate.gov

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Ryan Deto @ryandeto.bsky.social · 28d

NEW - The feds are seeking Pittsburgh office space for an unspecified law enforcement agency expansion in the region. Reporting from WaPo and NPR indicate that ICE is behind the request as part of a 10,000 officer nationwide expansion www.axios.com/local/pittsb...

Feds quietly plan Pittsburgh office for unspecified law enforcement

NPR and the Washington Post both reported last month that the office space request is being made on behalf of ICE.

www.axios.com

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · Oct 6

Celebrate National Coming Out Day, Saturday October 11st with rainbow crosswalks! 🏳️‍🌈

Florida painted over the crosswalk memorial at the Pulse nightclub. WE WILL NOT BE ERASED.

Chalk at 4 locations @ noon.
Finale celebration @ 2pm, Ellsworth & Maryland.

We will not be erased! CROSSWALK RAINBOW CHALK PAINTING - National Coming Out Day, October 11th. At noon in Pittsburgh the locations are
FORBES AND BRADDOCK, REGENT SQUARE
FORBES AND MOREWOOD, OAKLAND
EAST OHIO AND JAMES, NORTH SIDE
BELLEVUE LOCATION is still TBD.
Grand Finale Celebration at 2:00, 5801 Ellsworth & Maryland, Shadyside.
Organizers include Steel City Stonewall Democrats, Indivisible Pittsburgh, TransYOUniting, CMU Democrats, CLUW, Indivisible Regent Square, No Kings, Avalon & Bellevue Democratic Committees.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Oct 2

NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.

Version of original on left, updated on right:

Thank you for your email. There is a temporary shutdown of the U.S. government due to a lapse in appropriations. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after the temporary shutdown ends. Please visit ED.gov for the latest information on the
Department's operational status.
Thank you.

Thank you for contacting me. On September 19, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.

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Christophe Veltsos @drinfosec.bsky.social · Sep 29

🚨🚨 news 🎉
"the official #Novavax finder site has been released! This is probably one of the best places to find Novavax JN.1 in 2025-26" per @friesein.bsky.social on Twitter

Link to Novavax finder website:
www.nuvaxovid.com/vaccine-loca...

Link to src tweet in next post (in case you care)

NUVAXOVID™ Vaccine Locator | Patient Site

Find NUVAXOVID by entering a zip code in the vaccine locator.

www.nuvaxovid.com

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · Sep 27

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

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ACOG @acog.org · Sep 22

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Sep 18

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.

The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions

Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue)

West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)

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Nick Bednar @nicholasbednar.bsky.social · Sep 6

One of the greatest errors in K-12 education, in my opinion, is prioritizing trigonometry and calculus over statistics. Yes, trig and calc are important for many professions. Statistics are important for literacy.

Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · Sep 6

oh noooo

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WHO @who.int · Aug 23

Don’t get played by false information.

Learn how to spot and stop it before it spreads 👇

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Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · Aug 20

ATTN: Robert Wood Johnson has money to support “canceled” research on racial-indigenous health equity

www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...

Rapid Response: Reinvesting in Racial and Indigenous Health Equity Research

The purpose of this call for proposals is to meet the current moment by supporting timely, actionable health equity research that has been interrupted by shifts in federal funding.

www.rwjf.org

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Scott Squires @scottsquires.bsky.social · Aug 4

Guidance for taking Covid tests that should have been provided with the Covid tests.

SAMPLE COLLECTION

A swab is taken from

the inside of the nose

or back of the throat.

PROCESSING

Molecular tests detect

whether there is

genetic material from

the virus.
UNDERSTANDING COVID-19 TESTING
TESTING FOR THE VIRUS
POSITIVE TEST RESULT
TRUE POSITIVE
You are currently infected.
Almost all positive results are true positives.
NEGATIVE TEST RESULT
TRUE NEGATIVE
You are not currently infected.
There is no risk of infecting others.
FALSE POSITIVE
You are not infected, but test positive (very rare).
FALSE NEGATIVE
You are infected, but test negative. Can happen when the test is done too early to detect the disease or when sample collection is poor.
POSITIVE TEST RESULT
INDIVIDUAL ISOLATES
FALSE NEGATIVE TEST RESULT
UNAWARE OF THEIR INFECTION AND COULD INFECT OTHERS
INITIAL EXPOSURE
TESTING ACCURACY DEPENDS ON WHEN YOU GET TESTED
Test accuracy based on a 5 day incubation period from exposure to symptoms
INCUBATING
SYMPTOMS
RECOVERING
WORST (DAYS 0-2)
Days 0-2
Very low virus
-98% not detected*
Days 0-5
Virus multiplying
-50% not detected*
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BEST (DAYS 4-8)
Days 5+
Virus plentiful
-10% not detected*
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Those tested too early will be unaware of infection and may infect others.
Up to half of those tested will get a false negative result and may infect others.
TESTING FOR ANTIBODIES
A blood test detects antibodies to the virus that usually start to appear when a person is recovering.
This blood test is not used to diagnose active COVID-19.
Low false negative rate.
Days 15+
Virus decreasing
May not be infectious to others
May take longer to recover from severe disease
* Based on preliminary data and expert opinion. Some do not develop symptoms. Test accuracy for asymptomatic cases is unclear as it is not known where they are in the disease timeline.
Research is underway to find out whether antibodies protect you from future infections.
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · Jul 20

Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...

ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds

A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.

thenextweb.com

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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · Jun 24

1/ THREAD: ACIP, Then and Now
What has changed with the panel that guides vaccine recommendations in the U.S.

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Ann-Marie Rosland, MD MS @roslandam.bsky.social · Jun 25

“Forbes estimates Mamdani to be worth around $200,000, fifty times less than Cuomo, who we peg at $10 million.”

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jun 9

If you weren't angry enough already, here are the rates of non-competitive renewals through May.

4008 Non-competitive renewals were due to be funded in May.

The total funded was 99!

Some is due to terminations, but most is due to slow grant making due to DOGE review and other impediments.

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Dr. Katy Croff Bell @katycroffbell.bsky.social · May 6

"The poll found that on a weekly basis more than 90% of people use weather forecasts, job market reports, food safety warnings and other information that is based on federal science. But only 10% are concerned that cuts to federal support for science might impact their access to such information."

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · May 6

Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

www.npr.org

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Kim TallBear @kimtallbear.bsky.social · May 4

"Rapid Response Research awards are specifically intended to support early- to mid-career health equity researchers whose racial or #Indigenous health equity research was interrupted by federal funding shifts."

It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · May 3

All, if you've had your federally-funded research disrupted due to the admin's chaos, consider this funding opportunity from Robert Wood Johnson:

Rapid Response Research

Rapid Response Research awards are exclusively available to applicants who have already received federal funding... 🧪🧵

Rapid Response Research Awards | Evidence for Action

www.evidenceforaction.org

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Ann-Marie Rosland, MD MS @roslandam.bsky.social · Apr 21

This is true leadership - thank you for being honest and brave

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Blue Wave 🌊 2028🗽 @jmzmuda.bsky.social · Feb 23

An #NIH-funded research team has developed an mRNA vaccine to treat pancreatic cancer. Results from the clinical trial were published this week in Nature.

#pancreas #cancer #mRNA #vaccine #medsky #science #medicine #bluesky

In Early-Phase Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial, Investigational mRNA Vaccine Induces Sustained Immune Activity in Small Patient Group

Learn how MSK researchers are deploying mRNA vaccines against pancreatic cancer.

www.mskcc.org

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · Feb 18

True story: a few years ago, I was being interviewed by a reporter for the New York Times. I mentioned the history of eviction statutes and how they tied into Jim Crow.

The reporter asked "what's Jim Crow?"

When I explained, the reporter didn't believe me and said the US wouldn't do that.

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