Dr. Tara A. Nitka 🦅
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Dr. Tara A. Nitka 🦅
@ewenthel.bsky.social
· Nov 21
The bizarre history of bathrooms getting in the way of equal rights
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I guess it’s time to post this yet again. Bathrooms are segregated by sex primarily because of misogyny. www.vox.com/2015/12/30/1...
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The NYT definitely made a choice not to add “without evidence” to this headline.
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
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November 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The NYT definitely made a choice not to add “without evidence” to this headline.
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Daily bunny no.3153 meets the captain
November 29, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Daily bunny no.3153 meets the captain
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Keep seeing people upset about the “Mansion Tax” potentially ruining their retirement, there’s actually a very simple solution for you: you need to stop getting lattes from Starbucks, cancel your Netflix subscription and gym membership, oh and stop having avocados.
Hope this helps x
Hope this helps x
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Keep seeing people upset about the “Mansion Tax” potentially ruining their retirement, there’s actually a very simple solution for you: you need to stop getting lattes from Starbucks, cancel your Netflix subscription and gym membership, oh and stop having avocados.
Hope this helps x
Hope this helps x
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Just a friendly reminder that *everything is 100% off today* if you don’t buy it.
The best gifts are free.
The best gifts are free.
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Just a friendly reminder that *everything is 100% off today* if you don’t buy it.
The best gifts are free.
The best gifts are free.
I have just seen a redditor claim that tryptophan is a more effective migraine abortive than ibuprofen, and I’m wondering what they think tryptophan is.
November 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I have just seen a redditor claim that tryptophan is a more effective migraine abortive than ibuprofen, and I’m wondering what they think tryptophan is.
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Daily bunny no.3152 has lots of leftovers
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Daily bunny no.3152 has lots of leftovers
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This does not surprise me, and it's exactly why slogans like "trust science" aren't really helpful. Conspiracy theorists often think of themselves *as* scientists: they are looking at evidence and developing theories. They trust the method of science, but think it's been perverted in this case.
Well-reported, this story is quite revealing.
It seems that RFK, Jr. may be genuinely trying to evaluate scientific evidence, but he cherry-picks evidence to support his preconceived views and dismisses other evidence as corrupt.
#ScienceNotScience
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It seems that RFK, Jr. may be genuinely trying to evaluate scientific evidence, but he cherry-picks evidence to support his preconceived views and dismisses other evidence as corrupt.
#ScienceNotScience
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NEW: When RFK Jr. first told Trump that Tylenol might cause autism, the president wanted to tweet out a warning. Kennedy told him not to do that. There was nuance, and the drug companies would push back. “I don’t give a shit about that,” Trump responded. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This does not surprise me, and it's exactly why slogans like "trust science" aren't really helpful. Conspiracy theorists often think of themselves *as* scientists: they are looking at evidence and developing theories. They trust the method of science, but think it's been perverted in this case.
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However your day turns out, it won’t be as good as their day.
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
However your day turns out, it won’t be as good as their day.
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“I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion….”
OK, but have you seen a northern shoveler reflected in the gently rippling water backdropped by a wash of orange-gold autumn cattails
OK, but have you seen a northern shoveler reflected in the gently rippling water backdropped by a wash of orange-gold autumn cattails
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion….”
OK, but have you seen a northern shoveler reflected in the gently rippling water backdropped by a wash of orange-gold autumn cattails
OK, but have you seen a northern shoveler reflected in the gently rippling water backdropped by a wash of orange-gold autumn cattails
I have just seen a job ad for a “computational bioinformatics scientist” and I’m a bit confused as to what this company thinks bioinformatics is.
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I have just seen a job ad for a “computational bioinformatics scientist” and I’m a bit confused as to what this company thinks bioinformatics is.
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Daily bunny no.3148 will be done in time for Christmas
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Daily bunny no.3148 will be done in time for Christmas
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Daily bunny no.3147 got everyone a slice
November 23, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Daily bunny no.3147 got everyone a slice
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Daily bunny no.3146 is doing some sparring
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Daily bunny no.3146 is doing some sparring
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It’s incredibly disappointing that journals need to specify that LLMs go in the methods section, not the author list.
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It’s incredibly disappointing that journals need to specify that LLMs go in the methods section, not the author list.
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