cmonkey
@cmonkey.bsky.social
"If not us, then who? If not now, then when?" - John Lewis.
Science matters, Vaccines work & COVID's not over.
Mainly here to get in good trouble & to connect back to the original trustworthy #MedicalTwitter.
Science matters, Vaccines work & COVID's not over.
Mainly here to get in good trouble & to connect back to the original trustworthy #MedicalTwitter.
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“The collapse of the AI bubble is going to be ugly…AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector & tech monopolists run amok.“
Read this article by @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy. Whether you agree with it all or not, it’s important.
Read this article by @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy. Whether you agree with it all or not, it’s important.
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:33 PM
“The collapse of the AI bubble is going to be ugly…AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector & tech monopolists run amok.“
Read this article by @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy. Whether you agree with it all or not, it’s important.
Read this article by @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy. Whether you agree with it all or not, it’s important.
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Seems like they’re just not that into us 🤷🏼
January 17, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Seems like they’re just not that into us 🤷🏼
Let’s repost since people have short covid memories now.
3 years ago @ahandvanish.bsky.social, @lisamccorkell.bsky.social, @julialmv.bsky.social and I published a review on #LongCovid. Since then it has been downloaded nearly 2 million times and is #4 of >500,000 papers published since by @altmetric.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations - Nature Reviews Microbiology
Long COVID is an often debilitating illness of severe symptoms that can develop during or following COVID-19. In this Review, Davis, McCorkell, Vogel and Topol explore our knowledge of long COVID and ...
www.nature.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Let’s repost since people have short covid memories now.
Solidarity.
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom release a joint statement:
January 18, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Solidarity.
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Tylenol during pregnancy is safe without increased risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability of offspring
A new review of the evidence just out
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A new review of the evidence just out
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
January 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Tylenol during pregnancy is safe without increased risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability of offspring
A new review of the evidence just out
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A new review of the evidence just out
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Same-sex sexual behavior therefore "may function as a flexible social strategy, used to reinforce social bonds, manage conflict or build alliances, depending on the ecological and social pressures faced by different species," the study said.
phys.org/news/2026-01...
phys.org/news/2026-01...
Scientists reveal what drives homosexual behavior in primates
Homosexual behavior in primates has a deep evolutionary basis and is more likely to occur in species that live in harsh environments, are hunted by predators or live in more complex societies, scienti...
phys.org
January 16, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Same-sex sexual behavior therefore "may function as a flexible social strategy, used to reinforce social bonds, manage conflict or build alliances, depending on the ecological and social pressures faced by different species," the study said.
phys.org/news/2026-01...
phys.org/news/2026-01...
Denmark has sent its best Lego soldiers to defend Greenland. 🇩🇰🇬🇱❄️
Source: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
Source: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
January 13, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Denmark has sent its best Lego soldiers to defend Greenland. 🇩🇰🇬🇱❄️
Source: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
Source: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
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A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.
Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.The killing of 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross last...
bit.ly
January 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.
Remember this day, 2026.01.13.
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
nyti.ms
January 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Remember this day, 2026.01.13.
Launched in 1977 and still going strong today.
JPL, you’re truly the crown jewel of US space exploration.
JPL, you’re truly the crown jewel of US space exploration.
January 13, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Launched in 1977 and still going strong today.
JPL, you’re truly the crown jewel of US space exploration.
JPL, you’re truly the crown jewel of US space exploration.
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The letter from Bill and Hillary Clinton to James Comer explaining their refusal to testify in his Epstein investigation is really remarkable, not like any letter of this genre I've seen. It's signed by them, not a lawyer, and the arguments are not legal ones. Reprinted from their X account:
January 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The letter from Bill and Hillary Clinton to James Comer explaining their refusal to testify in his Epstein investigation is really remarkable, not like any letter of this genre I've seen. It's signed by them, not a lawyer, and the arguments are not legal ones. Reprinted from their X account:
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Seems like when federal abdication happens on any topic, it’s California that is stepping into the breach.
Given the gutting of the EPA and its foundational responsibilities to all of us in reinforcing the clean air act, it will fall to states to emulate the progress of @governor.ca.gov
Given the gutting of the EPA and its foundational responsibilities to all of us in reinforcing the clean air act, it will fall to states to emulate the progress of @governor.ca.gov
January 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Seems like when federal abdication happens on any topic, it’s California that is stepping into the breach.
Given the gutting of the EPA and its foundational responsibilities to all of us in reinforcing the clean air act, it will fall to states to emulate the progress of @governor.ca.gov
Given the gutting of the EPA and its foundational responsibilities to all of us in reinforcing the clean air act, it will fall to states to emulate the progress of @governor.ca.gov
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All you young people
who missed out
on previous authoritarian presidencies
just got to experience
War for Oil AND Kent State
in the same week.
who missed out
on previous authoritarian presidencies
just got to experience
War for Oil AND Kent State
in the same week.
January 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
All you young people
who missed out
on previous authoritarian presidencies
just got to experience
War for Oil AND Kent State
in the same week.
who missed out
on previous authoritarian presidencies
just got to experience
War for Oil AND Kent State
in the same week.
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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Anti-ICE protesters are having a rolling noise demo and protest in downtown Minneapolis targeting hotels where federal agents are reportedly staying -- starting at the Canopy by Hilton and going to the Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel. Police have just arrived as we are posting this.
January 10, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Anti-ICE protesters are having a rolling noise demo and protest in downtown Minneapolis targeting hotels where federal agents are reportedly staying -- starting at the Canopy by Hilton and going to the Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel. Police have just arrived as we are posting this.
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And in addition to this sentiment, mark our words, there will be scores of people who will try to pretend later that they did not support Trump's horrifying presidencies and policies.
But we are keeping the receipts.
#ResistTrump
But we are keeping the receipts.
#ResistTrump
January 10, 2026 at 4:59 AM
And in addition to this sentiment, mark our words, there will be scores of people who will try to pretend later that they did not support Trump's horrifying presidencies and policies.
But we are keeping the receipts.
#ResistTrump
But we are keeping the receipts.
#ResistTrump
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
January 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
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Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
January 9, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸