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Rheum Cat
@rheumcat.bsky.social
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Salute to me, I’m your rheumatology queen.
Rheumatologist in Boston. NIH-funded clinical researcher. Epidemiology. Cats, baking, reading, Taylor Swift references. https://profiles.bu.edu/Jean.Liew
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This is my third container and I haven't gotten tired of it yet
holiday hash from Trader Joe's - composed mostly of diced butternut squash
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Like this
a tuxedo cat (not Soup) stares intently at a yellow canary in a cage
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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I wish I had this: indefatigable good nature and enthusiasm

I describe myself as indefatigable but "good nature" is not a descriptor that is usually (or ever) attached to me
The Mamdani campaign holds many lessons for us on the Left, and herein lies a crucial one. In a climate where politics​​ is now synonymous with insider mudslinging and performative cruelty, Mamdani’s apparent lack of cynicism or misanthropy struck people as novel, refreshing, and convincing. It created a sense of buy-in for his concrete, positive political program. Given how drained and jaded people are by the unremitting hostility of American politics absent any meaningful change, Mamdani’s indefatigable good nature is a better medium for our politics than the caustic and cynical style the Left has refined over the last decade.
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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People are already being ridiculous, I see
Stubhub listing tickets for >$200 that were $85 face value for Hayley Williams in boston
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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YES!

This was VERY expensive for this venue but oh well

(USD $85 after fees; I've gotten $35 tickets at this venue in the past year)
I got tickets to see Hayley Williams in Boston
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Man. I guess I won't give up til I get in.
902 people ahead of me in the Ticketmaster queue for a 2200 person venue
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Ok, it's that time again
Ticketmaster waiting room for Hayley Williams tour
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Not only is this racism and xenophobia, this is another blanket ban on scientists from receiving federal funding for simply existing in a space where people collaborate internationally.
The Securing American Funding and Expertise from Adversarial Research Exploitation (SAFE) Act would deny federal funding to any U.S. scientist who collaborates with anyone “affiliated with a hostile foreign entity,” a category that includes four countries: China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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This is how people come up with grant ideas, right?
A painting depicting Constantine visualizing the Chi rho before the battle of Milvian Bridge
November 14, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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sort of like this
tiny orange kitten swaddled in lettuce leaf
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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www.ebay.com/itm/26566782...
a black cat wearing a TS cardigan
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Rheumatology fellowship applications stable over the past several years
Rheumatology applicants divided by DO (US), IMG, MD (US) from 2022 to 2026 (current cycle). Between 402-438 applicants each cycle.
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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I got my Hayley presale code

Godspeed tomorrow @brilikebrioche.swifties.social
Good Dye Young Presents: Hayley Williams At A Bachelorette Party First and foremost - thank you so much for taking the time to register and verify yourself. It goes a long way to combat bots and scalpers. Here is your unique Ticket Unlock code:
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Karma is a cat!
Taylor in Midnights bodysuit for the Eras Tour bending over to pet Meredith, her eldest feline daughter
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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The description of the approach to comb through reams and reams of scattered emails using both human labor and AI tools is at least of interest
Top editors in Washington and New York, including Kirsten Danis, the editor who runs our investigative team, launched journalists at the cache. They searched the haystack for needles, pulling out what seemed most interesting and important. Engineers and experts in artificial intelligence downloaded the documents to make them searchable. Visual journalists and designers brought them to life. (How do we use artificial intelligence in our journalism? You can read about our approach here, but Zach Seward, the editor in charge of our A.I. efforts, gave me great examples from yesterday. When reporters find a document that’s interesting in a collection of them, he told me, we can use A.I. to find more like it. We can also use a “semantic search” to find passages that are similar in meaning to snippets elsewhere, even when they don’t have the same keywords in them. That’s helpful when you’re looking at 23,000 pages of documents and don’t have a lot of time.)
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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archive.is/202511131212...
And yesterday, Democrats released three emails in which Epstein talked with others about Trump, suggesting the president may know more about the sex trafficking than he has acknowledged. Hours later, Republicans dropped 23,000 more pages of documents from Epstein’s estate. It led to a mad scramble in our newsroom.
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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We should not be the political pawns and playthings for those in power, but unfortunately here we are.
But even with the shutdown nearing its end, and the crisis around SNAP expected to resolve with it, Ms. D’Amato warned of more lasting damage to the food stamp program and those who rely on it. She described a “sadness of being used as a political pawn when you’re just trying to feed your families.”
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Another article on lasting impacts of SNAP benefits lapsing in the shutdown

archive.is/202511121903...
By Not Funding Food Stamps, Trump Risks Lasting Damage to Safety Net For the poorest Americans, the expected end to the longest shutdown in history has left doubt and anxiety around the benefits known as SNAP.
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Well I didn’t expect the Labubu in this opera gala
Showgirls in yellow onstage and one holds up a cardboard Labubu
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Not sure what to expect from this opera gala but I’m inside the SoWa Power Station
An industrial space with high wood ceilings with red curtains separating the space A bar has glowing orbs behind it
November 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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These chips are worth the hype
Trader Joe's Thanksgiving stuffing seasoned kettle chips
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Or do they mean this format of hash brown
bacon, egg, hashbrowns (not the rectangular ones from McDonalds)
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Reviewer #7?!
Comments from Reviewer #7 on my manuscript
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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🐈‍⬛
Black cat doing a big stretch
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Resistance chicken
An older white man with a beard and hat in an inflatable rooster costume holding a Resist Tyranny sign
November 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM