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jay.bsky.team
Social media is in desperate need of innovation. Meta is only letting you have a slice of control over what you see because Bluesky is here building for you.
willoremus.com
Will Oremus @willoremus.com · Nov 25
We wrote on Saturday about how Meta is going all-out to meet the threat of Bluesky: wapo.st/3OrYxBj

Today they took another step— finally allowing users to set their default feeds to a chronological “following” feed.
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jessicamalaty.bsky.social
This is great!

FYI @anitakpatelmd.bsky.social
ourworldindata.org
Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · Nov 21
We've just made it much easier to reuse the data on Our World in Data!

Check out our two new features: enhanced data downloads and the Chart Data API — both accessible for every one of our charts via the data download button in the lower right corner.
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caulfieldtim.bsky.social
Yikes. No surprise. Still, yikes!

Online influencers need ‘urgent’ fact-checking training, warns Unesco theguardian.com/media/2024/n...

"...two-thirds of content creators fail to check the accuracy of their material, making them and their followers vulnerable to misinformation."

#ScienceUpFirst
Online influencers need ‘urgent’ fact-checking training, warns Unesco
Research shows six in 10 social media content creators do not verify accuracy of information before posting it
theguardian.com
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drjenchen4kids.medsky.social
Reminder that anyone is welcome to join #KidVengers #HCWvsHunger! Still haven’t met $10K match challenge yet 👀
@drkatielockwood.bsky.social @anitakpatelmd.bsky.social @shellyflais.bsky.social @thepediatricianmom.bsky.social @fredwumd.bsky.social @drericball.bsky.social @drdanschumacher.bsky.social
drjenkirby.bsky.social
Jen Kirby, MD,PhD (she/her) @drjenkirby.bsky.social · Dec 2
#HCWvsHunger
Just donated at care.org with 5X match and will give #Kidvengers my love.

What about you? Yes, you!! Got $10 to spare to help? Let’s go!!
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hankgreen.bsky.social
The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
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ggronvall.bsky.social
The US does not have an offensive bioweapons program. Gain of function research did not lead to SARS-CoV-2. The scientific evidence points to a NATURAL zoonosis, ie a jump from infected animals to people. If there is evidence to the contrary it has not been presented.
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genderqueeries.ca
Another case of a Canadian being detained by ICE.
US Customs and Border Patrol at YVR involved here.

It seems that transfers to ICE for profit facilities in different states to make it harder for detainees to secure legal representation are now standard policy.

www.10news.com/news/local-n...
Alexis Eagles
BRING JASMINE HOME! (Post is now shareable, thank you!) My daughter, Jasmine, a 35-year-old Canadian, attempted to enter the U.S. on March 3, 2025, with a consulting visa for a company in the...
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
BREAKING: Rümeysa Öztürk released from ICE detention by a judge.

“The decision is another blow to the Trump administration’s effort to detain and deport international students for their speech,” writes @premthakker.bsky.social for Zeteo:

zeteo.com/p/breaking-t...
BREAKING: Tufts Student Rümeysa Öztürk Released From ICE Detention by Judge
The decision is another blow to the Trump administration’s effort to detain and deport international students for their speech.
zeteo.com
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Reposted by Anita Patel, Jim McManus

caulfieldtim.bsky.social
Mask Wearing & Presence of COVID in School Wastewater ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/... @amjpublichealth.bsky.social

"For every 10% increase in the percentage of observed individuals who were fully masked, the odds of detecting SARS-CoV-2 in school wastewater decreased by nearly 10%."
Observed Mask Wearing and Presence of SARS-CoV-2 in School Wastewater, San Diego County, CA, 2022 | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 4
Objectives. To test the association between directly observed school masking behaviors and the presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in school wastewater. Methods. W...
ajph.aphapublications.org
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by Anita Patel

anitakpatelmd.bsky.social
If we don’t fight this now, our nations health, the health of every child in this country, will suffer.

We have enough misinformation to manage, the last thing we need is to provide a megaphone and further legitimacy to their cause.

CALL YOUR REPS. @5calls.org does the work for you!
#medsky
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by Anita Patel

anitakpatelmd.bsky.social
The new nom for surgeon general is a residency drop out, unlicensed, raw milk touting, “you have to buy $45 olive oil,” DIY ozempic, charlatan.

She has made it her life’s mission to focus on luxury problems while ignoring the reality of MOST Americans in the US who can’t afford a carton of eggs.
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by Anita Patel

anitakpatelmd.bsky.social
The new nom for surgeon general is a residency drop out, unlicensed, raw milk touting, “you have to by $45 olive oil,” charlatan.

She has made it her life’s mission to focus on luxury problems while ignoring the reality of MOST Americans in the US who can’t afford a carton of eggs.

Reposted by Anita Patel, Greg O’Brien

mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Trump has now elected liberals in Canada, Australia, and the Vatican
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by Anita Patel

anitakpatelmd.bsky.social
Confirming the nominations for head of CBER (overseeing 💉, gene therapy, and blood products) and Surgeon General with a researcher who has made a career of bashing other people’s studies while conducting no therapeutic trials of his own and a wellness grifter, respectively, is a fatal mistake.

by Anita Patel

anitakpatelmd.bsky.social
This was never about health,
It was always about wealth.
#pedssky #medsky
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by Anita Patel

anitakpatelmd.bsky.social
The seemingly random slashing of funding for trials to CURE cancer, diabetes, and other rare and common diseases has an immediate body count. However, the loss of life due to failure to fund novel therapeutic trials is exponentially worse and dangerously unknown.
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by Anita Patel

anitakpatelmd.bsky.social
When studies are cancelled secondary to failure to comply with the administrations “priorities,” make no mistake, they can track each life that will be lost if a study is halted.

Let that sink in.

With every study closure we can directly measure the loss of life. This is ableism in its purest form
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by Anita Patel

anitakpatelmd.bsky.social
I am a PICU attending who cares for children receiving life saving therapies through clinical trials. Frequently, the therapies are ONLY available through NIH funded clinical trials. The loss of life secondary to study closures is not just theoretical, it is measurable - the data never lies. #medsky
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nytimes.com
Amid dropping vaccination rates, 25 children in New York State died from influenza during the 2024-25 flu season — more than in any recent flu season, state health authorities said on Wednesday.
Flu Killed 25 Children in New York This Season, the Most in Many Years
www.nytimes.com
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joho.bsky.social
I wrote my first SBM article 4 years ago about how Vinay Prasad hid vital facts to encourage unvaccinated kids to get Covid, just before the delta variant arrived.

Now he’s in charge.

sciencebasedmedicine.org/covid-19-vac...
Should COVID-19 vaccines be administered to children under an emergency use authorization?
Recently, Wesley Pegden, Vinay Prasad, and Stefan Baral argued in The BMJ that "COVID-19 vaccines for children should not get emergency use authorization". Their argument is lacking, and they left out
sciencebasedmedicine.org
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by Anita Patel

anitakpatelmd.bsky.social
Bullseye 🎯
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saskiapopescu.bsky.social
Well that’s a choice.
US scientist who touted hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid named to pandemic prevention role
Steven J Hatfill, who promoted the drug despite scant evidence of efficacy, becomes special adviser at HHS
www.theguardian.com
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christineliu.art
🍿Movie rec!! 🎞️

Temple Grandin is an autistic scientist who revolutionized the cattle industry through her powerful observations of animal behavior. She was just named Woman of the Year by USA Today!

Her story is extremely relevant today in light of attacks on autistic people and animal research.
Image of Claire Danes as Temple Grandin in the film, “Temple Grandin”
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by Anita Patel

anitakpatelmd.bsky.social
Amazing I can’t wait to read!!!!!!!
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orna.bsky.social
Camps. They’re building camps.

Whoever it starts with is not who it will end with. These will be big infrastructure and employment projects, a gaping maw that will need more and more souls to feed upon.

Never again is now.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.
www.nytimes.com
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by Anita Patel

anitakpatelmd.bsky.social
As a member of the select few who actually fill in/sign pediatric death certificates, I want to make one thing CRYSTAL CLEAR.
Any sane PICU attending would write:
“Cause of death: pneumonia Secondary to measles.”
We have suffered 2 pediatric deaths. How many more need to die for people to SPEAK UP?!
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maddow.msnbc.com
he did this just *after* going to the funeral of an 8 year old girl.

he walks away from where the hearse is idling and immediately starts hyping this stuff again.

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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by Anita Patel

anitakpatelmd.bsky.social
How is this a surprise?
amysiskind.com
Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · Apr 3
You don’t say ….
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amysiskind.com
You don’t say ….
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davelevitan.bsky.social
Instead of outlets doing how-to guides for Trump shredding the Constitution in search of a third term they could do how-to guides for Congress to impeach him for new actions every single day
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