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Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Have you tried this?

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My sister used to get subway and she'd tell them "so much mayo it makes you uncomfortable.” And when they'd stop and ask if it was good she'd look them in the eye and ask “are you uncomfortable?"

Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

«I've often joked, bitterly, that women's rights are very important to progressive men, just not as important as anything else.» Rebecca Solnit

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Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

If you're going to tar all Texans with the same brush for Ken Paxton, tar all Americans with the same brush for Trump being president.

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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Aaron spoke at @iowacitydarwinday.bsky.social in April and mentioned this upheaval. What a loss to all of us that work like his has been halted, and a loss to so many junior scholars that are in similar positions.

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Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

What a stupid and pointless death that a simple vaccine would have prevented.

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 29/06/2026

I don't know if this is a scoop, but I haven't seen it reported elsewhere: flu vaccines expire TOMORROW, with a growing flu outbreak at an Air Force training facility in Texas www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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US military races to vaccinate new recruits before flu shots expire

Move comes amid growing outbreak in Texas and after two-month halt on mandatory shots

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 28/06/2026

The bicentennial made such a tremendous impact on American *pop* culture--I remember the Barney Miller episode about it!--there were tricorner hats everywhere, hit songs, a movie, and the logo and local parades all year long. This year it feels as empty as the mall.

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Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

JOURNALISTS! WE NEED A SIGNAL BOOST ON THIS! I'm not sure how many people realize how dangerous the proposed federal rule on grantmaking is & how it could fundamentally reshape ALL federal funding. Join the @healthjournalism.org webinar WEDNESDAY July 1 at 3pm to find out what it could mean.

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How a new White House proposal could fundamentally change American science

Join us for a discussion on the potential impacts of a Trump admin plan to overhaul how federal research grants are awarded and administered.

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Jason Voorhees Darr @jasondtx.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

"I don't know if they were guilty or not." He is not sure if the 19 people executed for witchcraft had committed sufficient witchcraft so as to warrant execution.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

If you don’t go to the doctor every 12 months you’re a fake person, according the director of the largest insurer in the country, covering 140 million Americans

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Amber @mountcool.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I’ve been comparing AI to Segways for ages. It is not a foregone conclusion.

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Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Once in a while, you *should* read the comments. Apparently this is not a satire account. Sure, America has too many billionaires, but this lady who ran for Congress can afford to eat fast food twice in one day!

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

When these data centers become debt traps in a few years at most, the next Dem president should offer to wipe out those debts if they're sold for a dollar back to cities for community centers, mutual aid hubs, YMCA-style temporary housing services. Try to salvage anything out of this mess.

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Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

An extraordinary book: A prolific serial killer in Houston who murdered tens of boys and men. Thorough research. A caring eye on the victims' humanity.

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Vinay Prasad made collages of doctors wearing masks to shame them on social media and blame them for the lack of trust. He did stuff like this constantly all the time.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The remake of just one of the movies she starred in made over a billion dollars last year alone, and she still died in poverty from an extremely preventable infection. We need universal healthcare or we don’t have basic human rights.

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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Does anyone have real-life examples of loyalty — to a person, a job, a cause — actually being rewarded? I’m in a cynical headspace rn where it seems as though loyal people all end up either outright betrayed, or dragged down with the ones they support. Hoping for some counterprogramming.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

It’s been five years since Alex Jones lost InfoWars to the Sandy Hook families. As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny. Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway. The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.

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The Onion says it won’t wait for the courts, will launch Infowars to pay Sandy Hook families

The Onion’s staff is tired of waiting for the courts to settle its pending takeover of Alex Jones’ brand, so the new Infowars will launch next month.

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Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

This is advice I wish I'd had when my tween started going solo online. No disastrous consequences, but I see now the mistakes I made and what they could have cost.

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Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I'm autistic, and I can do all those things. My son is autistic and it's likely he will never do those things. But he is still a complete, valuable human being, because disability does not negate his humanity. Finding autistics who can pass the eugenics test is NOT THE POINT.

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Kennedy is upset that an anti-vaxx paper has been retracted. Here is the author of that paper.

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Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The last person who needs to be in charge of disability education in America is a eugenicist who for decades has been describing autistic lives as bleak and hopeless, as part of his anti-vax grift.

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Emily PhD 🎓 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Even if this were invariably true (it's not, &he knows it), autistic children are humans who live, laugh, love &are loved & RFK the Lesser is one of the most fatally destructive people ever to exist. We will suffer for generations from his evil acts.

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Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

probably not a great sign that Trump's assistant AG for civil rights uses a slur for people with disabilities

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Whoever nominated me: THANK YOU!! What a lovely surprise to wake up this morning. “She is changing the field of science, particularly among young scientists, by showing them how to become participants in democracy.” @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/thes...

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These young scientists are making waves in their own ways

These young scientists are making waves in their own ways. Keep an eye on them—great things are ahead

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Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I feel for young people feeling pressured to cede their thinking to AI.

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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Mamdani feels so refreshing because he's **an emotionally regulated man** who is unthreatened by other people. Related: watching a gregarious public servant connect with other people and express joy and pleasure at helping is a gift.

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Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Influential anti-vaccine Dr. Joseph Mercola now supports vitamin K shot for newborns: “Vitamin K deficiency bleeding is rare, but when it occurs, the consequences can be devastating and irreversible,” Mercola wrote. “A single injection at birth can prevent it. Please talk to your doctor.”

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Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Congrats to the Knicks on underlining the point that Trump can't fuck things up forever

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Men who commit this kind of violence with this kind of rhetoric are not protecting women and girls; they are trying to legislate which men have the right to harm women and girls (and of course it's men like them and not those other men).

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

They’re the same picture

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Dr. Richard Pan @drpanmd.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

It’s official: we’ve been added to the @electdemocrats.bsky.social Red to Blue program. CA-06 is one of the top chances to flip a House seat and take back the majority. I’m running to defeat Kevin Kiley and deliver for the families of this district. #CA06 #DrPanforCongress

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Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

"I'm a pioneer." He misspelled profiteer.

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Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I have been reading a series that I'm finding a soothing little respite from the world. This persuaded me to send the author a big thanks.

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Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Rebecca Solnit's observation on PTSD is an excellent frame of mind to read Joan Walsh's article. bsky.app/profile/joan...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Since PTSD is being invoked to excuse any and all abuse and misconduct, let us acknowledge where it is most common. .... From my book Recollections of My Nonexistence.

The former Marine David J. Morris, author of a book on post-
traumatic stress disorder, notes that the disorder is far more com-
mon and far more rarely addressed among rape survivors than
combat veterans. He wrote me, “The science on the subject is pretty
clear: according to the New England Journal of Medicine, rape is about
four times more likely to result in diagnosable PTSD than combat.
Think about that for a moment— being raped is four times more psy-
chologically disturbing than going off to a war and being shot at and
blown up. And because there are currently no enduring cultural nar-
ratives that allow women to look upon their survival as somehow he-
roic or honorable, the potential for enduring damage is even greater.”

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

like i said, men in media defending this shit: your women colleagues see what you’re doing and won’t forget.

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Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Excellent news from California. We need Dr. Pan in Congress!

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Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

What an amazing mark to leave in this world.

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Dr. Jenny Morber @jrmorber.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I keep thinking about the idea that the number one predictor of what people think is true is how many time they have heard the thing. So, any time we are fighting misinformation we need to say “X is true. Y is false. Here’s why X is true. Here’s some more info about X.

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Alex Blackwood @alexblackwood.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

"Real men don't lie and cheat their way through life."

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Platner’s sexting scandal has been a bat-signal for misogyny among certain “progressive” men. Ken Kippenstein called his critics and other mainstream Democrats “smoothgroins.” Kyle Kulinski said Platner could sext his mother. I wrote about it all here: www.liberalcurrents.com/the-men-defe...

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The Men Defending Graham Platner In All The Wrong Ways

You cannot defeat misogyny by behaving like a misogynist.

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