Mary the Med Tech
@mar-hypatia.bsky.social
Medical Lab Scientist(medical technologist), lover of STEM, animals, and books
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Welcome recent followers! I’m a certified (ASCP) medical lab scientist with a variety/yrs of hospital lab experience including doing COVID-19 testing. Some topics I’m passionate about include public health, healthcare, conservation, STEM education, and science literacy.
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Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
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NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
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A few more photos from tonight’s incredible #aurora. I’m fascinated by the amount of red light tonight. This is generated by oxygen molecules being excited by light plasma at least 600 km above the Earth. The green is also oxygen molecules, but much lower (100-250km). Definitely a great night.
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
A few more photos from tonight’s incredible #aurora. I’m fascinated by the amount of red light tonight. This is generated by oxygen molecules being excited by light plasma at least 600 km above the Earth. The green is also oxygen molecules, but much lower (100-250km). Definitely a great night.
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
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What is happening in the Senate tonight is a travesty and betrayal for every person who depends on ACA subsidies.
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
What is happening in the Senate tonight is a travesty and betrayal for every person who depends on ACA subsidies.
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
This is amazing
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This is amazing
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Meet Jane Goodall.
Yes, Jane Goodall.
And yes, that's the right photo.
This baby rhino got her name when the Uganda Wildlife Authority started naming rhinos as part of the country’s National Rhino Conservation Strategy.
Photo: Uganda Wildlife Authority
Yes, Jane Goodall.
And yes, that's the right photo.
This baby rhino got her name when the Uganda Wildlife Authority started naming rhinos as part of the country’s National Rhino Conservation Strategy.
Photo: Uganda Wildlife Authority
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Meet Jane Goodall.
Yes, Jane Goodall.
And yes, that's the right photo.
This baby rhino got her name when the Uganda Wildlife Authority started naming rhinos as part of the country’s National Rhino Conservation Strategy.
Photo: Uganda Wildlife Authority
Yes, Jane Goodall.
And yes, that's the right photo.
This baby rhino got her name when the Uganda Wildlife Authority started naming rhinos as part of the country’s National Rhino Conservation Strategy.
Photo: Uganda Wildlife Authority
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Most people don’t know that with SNAP you are banned from buying “foods that are hot at the point of sale”. So even if you have SNAP (which people don’t now) you can’t get cooked food. Which means you need to also actually have the resources to PREPARE a “healthy” meal.
Thinking about the social stigma against eating fast food in a country where poor people are being starved by the govt, the cost of groceries and fresh vegetables are astronomical, and a cheeseburger at McDonald’s costs $3.50.
“Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.
“Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Most people don’t know that with SNAP you are banned from buying “foods that are hot at the point of sale”. So even if you have SNAP (which people don’t now) you can’t get cooked food. Which means you need to also actually have the resources to PREPARE a “healthy” meal.
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This should be super popular right around Thanksgiving
BREAKING: The FAA will cut air traffic by 10% at 40 airports across the country starting Friday if shutdown continues. https://cnn.it/3Xfbhzs
November 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This should be super popular right around Thanksgiving
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On September 23, Adelita Grijalva won a special election to represent Arizona in the House of Representatives in a landslide, collecting 69% of the vote.
Forty-three days later, House Speaker Mike Johnson has not sworn in Grijalva.
Forty-three days later, House Speaker Mike Johnson has not sworn in Grijalva.
Speaker Johnson’s unprecedented, democracy-thwarting effort to keep the Epstein files secret
On September 23, Adelita Grijalva won a special election to represent Arizona in the House of Representatives in a landslide, collecting 69% of the vote. Forty-three days later, House Speaker Mike Joh...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
On September 23, Adelita Grijalva won a special election to represent Arizona in the House of Representatives in a landslide, collecting 69% of the vote.
Forty-three days later, House Speaker Mike Johnson has not sworn in Grijalva.
Forty-three days later, House Speaker Mike Johnson has not sworn in Grijalva.
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oh my god they actually did it lmao
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
oh my god they actually did it lmao
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The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to
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AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear
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If #Mamdani wins in New York, especially if he wins BIG, it would be the most powerful indication we’ve seen that big money, big media & big politics CAN be beat in today’s USA. That might be the most hopeful & inspiring thing to come out of a depressed & broken United States this year. #VOTEMamdani
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
If #Mamdani wins in New York, especially if he wins BIG, it would be the most powerful indication we’ve seen that big money, big media & big politics CAN be beat in today’s USA. That might be the most hopeful & inspiring thing to come out of a depressed & broken United States this year. #VOTEMamdani
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It’s actually mind-blowing how Trump is overtly threatening New York City voters, that if they don’t elect his corrupt crony over the candidate with integrity that they WANT to be mayor, he’s going to blatantly break the law and punish them using powers he’s doesn’t actually have.
Sound “normal?”
Sound “normal?”
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It’s actually mind-blowing how Trump is overtly threatening New York City voters, that if they don’t elect his corrupt crony over the candidate with integrity that they WANT to be mayor, he’s going to blatantly break the law and punish them using powers he’s doesn’t actually have.
Sound “normal?”
Sound “normal?”
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"I am openly defying a court order so I can starve children if Democrats don't let me take healthcare away from millions"
once again we are in 'too evil for a saturday morning cartoon' territory
once again we are in 'too evil for a saturday morning cartoon' territory
Trump says the SNAP money that he’s been ordered by a court to release won’t be released until the government shutdown ends.
November 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"I am openly defying a court order so I can starve children if Democrats don't let me take healthcare away from millions"
once again we are in 'too evil for a saturday morning cartoon' territory
once again we are in 'too evil for a saturday morning cartoon' territory
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It's just a cool story that I like to share from time to time. And if others share it, awesome! Here's more about this incredible discovery from 2006: www.wired.com/2006/12/the-...
The 4,800 Year Old Artificial Eye
Archaeologists in Iran recently found the skull of a woman nearly 5,000 years dead with a prosthetic eye made of tar and animal fat intact in her eye socket. According to experts, this super ancient c...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It's just a cool story that I like to share from time to time. And if others share it, awesome! Here's more about this incredible discovery from 2006: www.wired.com/2006/12/the-...
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Looking at this page on the White House website, it’s impossible to ignore how utterly juvenile the Trump administration is, it’s being run by children.
November 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Looking at this page on the White House website, it’s impossible to ignore how utterly juvenile the Trump administration is, it’s being run by children.
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New: I spent a week in Texas to see what people thought of MAHA, Secretary Kennedy and health care. To some, this state is the heart of the movement.
I was consistently surprised by what I heard, and moved by how Texans are grappling with poor health. Come w/ me: www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...
I was consistently surprised by what I heard, and moved by how Texans are grappling with poor health. Come w/ me: www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...
In Texas, the nation's MAHA capital, many are frustrated with the status quo in health care
Texas is the MAHA capital of the country — offering a look at health policies that may soon roll across the country.
www.statnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
New: I spent a week in Texas to see what people thought of MAHA, Secretary Kennedy and health care. To some, this state is the heart of the movement.
I was consistently surprised by what I heard, and moved by how Texans are grappling with poor health. Come w/ me: www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...
I was consistently surprised by what I heard, and moved by how Texans are grappling with poor health. Come w/ me: www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...
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The monster in the White House.
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The monster in the White House.
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This still shows that a lot of people in the country don't really know who they need to be mad at in this instance. One party controls ALL OF THE CURRENT LEVERS OF FEDERAL POWER, FOCUS.
New NBC News poll: Who do voters say is more to blame for the government shutdown?
• 52% blame Trump/Republicans
• 42% blame Democrats
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
• 52% blame Trump/Republicans
• 42% blame Democrats
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
November 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This still shows that a lot of people in the country don't really know who they need to be mad at in this instance. One party controls ALL OF THE CURRENT LEVERS OF FEDERAL POWER, FOCUS.
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Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.
ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
November 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.
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Republicans understand that the best way to kill social programs is to paint their beneficiaries as Black, as support for these programs declines — even amongst white people who need them — when they think large numbers of Black people will benefit.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...
news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...
November 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Republicans understand that the best way to kill social programs is to paint their beneficiaries as Black, as support for these programs declines — even amongst white people who need them — when they think large numbers of Black people will benefit.
news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...
news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...
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But sure, more tax cuts for billionaires.
October 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
But sure, more tax cuts for billionaires.