Dr Syd
@sydmj.bsky.social
Philosopher, bioethicist, med professor, vegan baker, k-drama enthusiast. I like books, baby animals, food. I think and write about brain death, death, brain injuries, xenotransplantation, and animal research ethics. Author of books n stuff.
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Happening now: clergy protest ICE detention center in Chicago.
“Why are you still here? Greg Bovino already left.”
“It’s an internment camp…no medicine…toilets don’t work”
“Why are you still here? Greg Bovino already left.”
“It’s an internment camp…no medicine…toilets don’t work”
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Happening now: clergy protest ICE detention center in Chicago.
“Why are you still here? Greg Bovino already left.”
“It’s an internment camp…no medicine…toilets don’t work”
“Why are you still here? Greg Bovino already left.”
“It’s an internment camp…no medicine…toilets don’t work”
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
He Died at a School for Disabled People. Decades Later, His Brother Sought Answers.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Helpful explainer of Justice Jackson’s seemingly inexplicable decision on SNAP.
Trying to play 3D chess with the smashy smashy fascists
Trying to play 3D chess with the smashy smashy fascists
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on why Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Helpful explainer of Justice Jackson’s seemingly inexplicable decision on SNAP.
Trying to play 3D chess with the smashy smashy fascists
Trying to play 3D chess with the smashy smashy fascists
Watson and Cheney dead, and Zohran elected mayor, all in one glorious week
I love when racists have a bad week
I love when racists have a bad week
James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA, has died at age 97
James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist remarks that made him an outcast.
www.npr.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Watson and Cheney dead, and Zohran elected mayor, all in one glorious week
I love when racists have a bad week
I love when racists have a bad week
Tesla rewards a Nazi while people starve. Immoral to the core. The company deserves to go down in flames, just like their shite cars
Musk Wins $1 Trillion Pay Package, Creating Split Screen on Wealth in America
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Tesla rewards a Nazi while people starve. Immoral to the core. The company deserves to go down in flames, just like their shite cars
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ChatGPT advised a suicidal young woman on how to take her own life, telling her "If you choose death, I'm with you - till the end, without judging."
I wanted ChatGPT to help me. So why did it advise me how to kill myself?
ChatGPT wrote a woman a suicide note and another AI chatbot role-played sexual acts with children, BBC finds.
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
ChatGPT advised a suicidal young woman on how to take her own life, telling her "If you choose death, I'm with you - till the end, without judging."
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
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Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.
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This is Adelita Grijalva. She was elected 43 days ago.
Republicans still refuse to swear her in because she is the final vote needed to release the Epstein Files.
Republicans still refuse to swear her in because she is the final vote needed to release the Epstein Files.
November 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This is Adelita Grijalva. She was elected 43 days ago.
Republicans still refuse to swear her in because she is the final vote needed to release the Epstein Files.
Republicans still refuse to swear her in because she is the final vote needed to release the Epstein Files.
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I filled a film gap and watched Back to the Future last night. When it came out I was in film school, too broke to eat let alone see movies.
I’m surprised how little of it stuck, other than “flux capacitor.” No catchphrases embedded in pop culture. No cultural touchstones.
I’m surprised how little of it stuck, other than “flux capacitor.” No catchphrases embedded in pop culture. No cultural touchstones.
November 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I filled a film gap and watched Back to the Future last night. When it came out I was in film school, too broke to eat let alone see movies.
I’m surprised how little of it stuck, other than “flux capacitor.” No catchphrases embedded in pop culture. No cultural touchstones.
I’m surprised how little of it stuck, other than “flux capacitor.” No catchphrases embedded in pop culture. No cultural touchstones.
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Let's try something new.
If you donate to a food bank and tell me how much and which one, I'll match your donation.
If it's less than $50, I'll round up.
Tag me, reply here, or DM if you prefer.
Why food banks? Because if we want to survive a general strike, we need to keep people fed.
If you donate to a food bank and tell me how much and which one, I'll match your donation.
If it's less than $50, I'll round up.
Tag me, reply here, or DM if you prefer.
Why food banks? Because if we want to survive a general strike, we need to keep people fed.
Now is a really good time to donate to food banks, and do food runs for mutual aid groups. Also, do menstrual product runs.
I wonder how much food theft spikes with desperate people just trying to feed their families. I'm sure there will be a media panic about it.
October 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Let's try something new.
If you donate to a food bank and tell me how much and which one, I'll match your donation.
If it's less than $50, I'll round up.
Tag me, reply here, or DM if you prefer.
Why food banks? Because if we want to survive a general strike, we need to keep people fed.
If you donate to a food bank and tell me how much and which one, I'll match your donation.
If it's less than $50, I'll round up.
Tag me, reply here, or DM if you prefer.
Why food banks? Because if we want to survive a general strike, we need to keep people fed.
It’s hard to believe Usha has a shred of self-respect. She married JD Vance, noted sofafukker and craven opportunist, after all.
Vance Says He Hopes His Wife Embraces Christianity, Setting Off Backlash
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It’s hard to believe Usha has a shred of self-respect. She married JD Vance, noted sofafukker and craven opportunist, after all.
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we deserve to live, to thrive, not just survive.
October 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
we deserve to live, to thrive, not just survive.
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60% of people in the US are currently unable to afford the basics.
exactly. and if you haven’t been poor, you really don’t know how much those little treats do to keep you going.
poverty life is constant stress from the second you wake up to the second you fall asleep.
a little treat like a new book or a hot meal you didn’t have to cook is a moment of refuge.
poverty life is constant stress from the second you wake up to the second you fall asleep.
a little treat like a new book or a hot meal you didn’t have to cook is a moment of refuge.
October 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
60% of people in the US are currently unable to afford the basics.
A win for animals
Breaking news: To avoid criminal prosecution for allegations of animal abuse, the second-largest breeder of research dogs in the United States will stop providing animals to research labs around the country, according to a settlement. https://scim.ag/4hT8dCV
Facing claims of animal abuse, a major breeder of research dogs will close its pipeline
Ridglan Farms has agreed to stop selling beagles for scientific studies, leaving just one major U.S. supplier
www.science.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A win for animals
Today I downloaded the Five Guys app so I wouldn’t have to wait as long for fries. Healthwise this was probably a mistake.
When they calculate the calories, do u suppose they count the fries they dump in the bag thereby tripling what’s in the cup?
When they calculate the calories, do u suppose they count the fries they dump in the bag thereby tripling what’s in the cup?
a bunch of french fries falling in the air
Alt: french fries falling in the air, against a black background
media.tenor.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Today I downloaded the Five Guys app so I wouldn’t have to wait as long for fries. Healthwise this was probably a mistake.
When they calculate the calories, do u suppose they count the fries they dump in the bag thereby tripling what’s in the cup?
When they calculate the calories, do u suppose they count the fries they dump in the bag thereby tripling what’s in the cup?
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This is very good
October 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is very good
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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