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Mockingbird, MPH, CHES

@amockingbird.bsky.social
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Public health, reproductive justice, big nerd about tv as health education. Fighting depression and anxiety with cats, bunnies, and raccoons. And being clever never got me very far. she/her

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 8h
State Department employees were falsely accused of "censoring" Americans. When do they get justice? thehill.com/opinion/nati...
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We need accountability for federal employee purges made on false pretenses
I was grilling chicken on a sweltering summer night in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when I peeked at my phone and saw that a senior official in the administration had just accused me of lying to C…
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Gucky @gucky.bsky.social · 10h
On a positive note, here's the fire belly of a baby fire-belly toad froglet.
The undercarriage of bombina orientalis
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lizbauch.bsky.social @lizbauch.bsky.social · 9h
KWQC looks behind the curtain and finds that he steel plant announced to great fanfare in the Oval Office, supposedly already being built-- has no public record: www.kwqc.com/2026/09/29/t...
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Done deal? Despite White House claims, major hurdles remain for Iowa’s $15B steel plant
The Iowa Legislature will meet Friday in a special session to debate incentives for the company to build in Iowa.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 8h
Total Belt to Ass in Michigan for the Democrats in Marist #MISen Abdul El-Sayed 51% Mike Rogers 44% Democrats have a +9 advantage on the generic ballot in Michigan #MIGov Benson 53% John James 41% maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/midter...
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Home of the Marist Poll | Polls, Analysis, Learning, and More
The Marist Institute for Public Opinion (MIPO) is a survey research center. MIPO is home to the Marist Poll and conducts polls on politics, the economy, sports, technology and more at the local, state...
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Liz Highleyman @lizhighleyman.bsky.social · 8h
Never mind artificial intelligence -- let's recognize the intelligence of fellow living creatures. "Accounts described elephants selecting particular plants when they seemed unwell, and mothers reportedly giving medicinal plant material to their calves." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Elephants treat themselves with medicinal plants, witnesses say
African elephants use dozens of different medicinal plants to treat themselves and their families when they are sick, research reveals.
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Eternal Cat War @eternalcatwar.bsky.social · 8h
this administration is chock full of actual rapists, the backlash should be fierce
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Foucault's Pudendum @kaitave.bsky.social · 8h
"Should we shut down all college football teams too?" buddy, this is what's known as "threatening me with a good time"
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 8h
The jokes write themselves? This is the kind of tan you see on bodybuilders and those warning videos by dermatologists. I wonder if people close to him tried to say something and he ignored them.
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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 9h
When I taught at Colby College years ago, the trustees abolished fraternities, which dominated campus social life & were notorious for sexual assault &rowdiness all around. “Donations will decline,” cried the fierce opponents.Their threats never materialized. Before long it didn’t seem that frats 1/
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 9h
Time for this classic again.
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the received wisdom of the dnc superfan is not nearly as unshakeable as they would have you believe. as a rule most don't believe in anything other than mirroring the establishment. move the establishment and they will play ball immediately
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i agree with the key point here and will add to it that there IS a reward, it’s knowing you did one right thing instead of walking around plagued by the nameless shame that afflicts all men who are determined to live the most frictionless lives possible
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 8h
The fact that centrists don’t believe in anything _does_ make them very programmable. You just have to figure out the interface for it, before they go back to their default of taking instructions from the right.
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 11h
I recently posted about my first professional job, running IT support for the Division of Student Affairs at Duke. This was back in 1998. My best friend at the time was someone who started at the same time as me. She worked at Duke’s Women’s Center, as the Sexual Assault Services Coordinator.
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 8h
Sexism makes you stupider.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 8h
When the “censorship industrial complex” myth was just getting started, in Fall 2022, I got a public records request from the AG’s office of Missouri looking for all my emails related to my team’s election rumor research. The Missouri AG at that time? Eric Schmitt. What a tool.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 8h
i know it is a small thing but do these tech oligarchs not read before signing something from the unites states president
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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Itō Jakuchū's 'Frog' of 1790 for me is the iconic image of numbed uncomfortable bafflement at the predicament of existence in the coming modern world, much as Munch's 'Scream' expressed it through horror.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 12h
New survey from the Annenberg Center is out. Less than a quarter of Americans (23%) have a favorable view of RFK Jr. Meanwhile 42% of us have a “very unfavorable” view of him, and many people (40%) are confused about whether he recommends the MMR vaccine. Horrifying stats for an HHS Secretary.
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About 1 in 3 Americans Say RFK Jr. Recommends Measles Vaccine | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
1 in 3 U.S. adults say HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recommends vaccinating children against measles - as many as those who say he does not recommend it.
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 8h
I never met Robert Benton, but his subtle, precise work as screenwriter and director shaped my sensibility as a critic and filmmaker, and showed me a powerful alternative to out-front, PT Barnum-style auteurism.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 8h
And media making it official policy to treat those attacks as fair game that they would not take seriously, report on, or treat as harmful — even when leveled at their own reporters. Now the White House points GamerGate at its targets daily, through the owners of the social platforms themselves.
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Alisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 19h
New penguin. New cat. The world is fucking amazing, you guys. Stop assuming it's lost.
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Thorne 🌸 @ens0.me · 12h
One of the craziest things about this reta study is how it basically gives you anti-diabetes. Previous GLP-1s improved your insulin resistance a lot, yes, but reta's out there like I'm gonna make your A1C so low the phlebotomist is gonna think the machine is broken.
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Kathleen Jennings @tanaudel.bsky.social · 7h
The printable October calendar! tanaudel.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/o...
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October 2026 calendar: Taking it with you
Skeletons with baggage! Reminder: If you enjoy the calendar, please consider supporting it with a small monthly subscription on Patreon (supporters get the calendar early), or with a tip (PayPal or…
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Every college in this country decided that expelling and/or sending the police to beat the shit out of their own students for the crime of being opposed to genocide was their top priority. That and giving Trump complete control of what they teach. Contrast that with how they treat rapists.
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Mockingbird, MPH, CHES @amockingbird.bsky.social · 6h
He looks like he’s made of Silly Putty.
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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 16h
Night night sweet dreamies Sometimes we come into a person's life not to make them love us, but to let them feel that they're so much worth loving for
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drwendieberg.bsky.social @drwendieberg.bsky.social · 7h
This #WorldDenseBreastDay, learn about your options for adding screening MRI or ultrasound depending on your risk for breast cancer. densebreast-info.org/for-patients...
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Is My Mammogram Enough? | DenseBreast-info, Inc.
If you have dense breasts, a mammogram alone may not be enough. Discover your next steps, including 3D mammography, supplemental screening options, and how to determine your breast cancer risk level.
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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 7h
MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 8h
Good news from Parivar Bay Area, the South Asian led organization serving trans immigrants and families: they have a new space in San Francisco, and could use help moving their offices this week. Message them if interested at www.instagram.com/parivarbayar...
New beginning! We're moving into our new home at st marks square, San Francisco D2, and we'd love help from past participants, friends, and neighbors.  Join us to help! October 3-4, help needed from Sept 28th and onwards. Pack load unload, we have a truck, we need helping hands. Give an hour or an afternoon, every bitof help means the world to us. DM us to volunteer and get all the details! Can't join? Donate to help our move.  
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 26/09/2026
We're trying to find a home for, and I quote, "the Pissfingers of cats." Any takers? ❤️
Three screenshots of our facebook post about Jaffa Cake the unlucky mogJaffa in his cone of shame
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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · 14h
It can be SO hard to leave your senior pets in a pet-sitter's hands. I spoke with Katia at the Mittens Companion Project about preparing to go on a big trip when you have an 18 year old cat waiting for you at home!! themittenscompanionproject.substack.com/p/monthly-mi...
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Senior Cat Care, Cat Play, & Pet Loss | September Mittens
September Mittens: arranging cat care while going on vacation & Dr. Mikel Delgado's expert view, cat "play" and power, Mosi’s adoption story, and pet-loss photography.
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 7h
Meritocracy, y'all. Had to end all that DEI stuff in government hiring so as to make room for the luminary minds who brought you "President of the Unites States." When even Grammarchéaque has a lil too much melanin. 🙄
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J¡m Vaughn @jiminyspigot.bsky.social · 10h
This cat knows how to basket.
A grey diluted tortoise shell cat, curled up in a rectangular basket, filling it almost entirely.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 14h
The MAGA/MAHA Administration really loves to censor science www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
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Trump Administration Suppressed USPSTF Recommendations
Group's recommendations on cervical cancer screening, cardiovascular prevention were blocked
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 18h
"For years, Kennedy has accused federal health agencies of being captured by corporations they are tasked with regulating. That same charge is now being aimed at the health secretary by his disillusioned supporters." www.ms.now/news/maha-su... via @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social @msnownews.bsky.social
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At MAHA Summit, RFK Jr.’s base asks if its champion is selling out
The second annual conference features Trump officials, tech titans, corporate sponsors and fading celebrities — but very little MAHA.
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 12h
Peter Thiel coming home from the office and cracking open a new blood boy with his teeth like an otter pop
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Patrick @watchinthesky.bsky.social · 13h
One of the roadrunner kidlets made a quick visit at 4:15. Showing off a fine spiky do! Snacks were had on the patio. Probably BT , if so, rapidly going from BrokenTailfeathers to BeautifulTailfeathers! #birds
A roadrunner is standing tall on a backyard fence. A blurry hillside is beyond, a patch of green trees can be seen.
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Brian Wolven @brianwolven.bsky.social · 11h
It’s recycling night, but Sir Timiny of Cricket has asked that we refrain from adding his new domicile to this week’s bin.
A dark brown and tan tabby cat sits in a cardboard box, half wrapped in a piece of plain brown paper. He stares up toward the camera, eyes pleading.
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James "likely unlawful" Dominguez @jamesjdominguez.bsky.social · 7h
Here's a suggestion: tell the people in your life that you appreciate them, and specify what you appreciate about them. If you have the spoons, choose someone today who you think deserves to be reminded that you see them and the things that do and appreciate the heck out of them, and tell them so.
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Laurel @laurelfynes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Big moon over the lake, with a chorus of crickets and a few of my favourite “castanet katydids” clicking away in the trees overhead. I love the park in the dark. Nothing but lake to the south, and nice and dark at the bottom of the hill. Traffic sounds drowned out by the lapping waves.
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 16h
Did I just get back from a viewing at Bonhams auction house in NYC of cat-themed art? Why yes- yes I did. Did I take pictures, including of these Chinese ceramic cats from the Qing Dynasty? Also yes! Will I make a thread of some of them? Indeed I will, which will include...
Two ceramic cats in a vitrine
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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 15h
Men would rather dig for tonsil stones than go to therapy
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 9h
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, working at a desk. A brain next to her says, "We need to take breaks!"
The second panel zooms in on Sarah's face. She is annoyed. She says, "What if I don't listen to you?"
The third panel shows the brain smiling.
The fourth panel shows the brain reaching towards a lever. The brain says, "I'LL MAKE YOU."
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 7h
Incredible work, no notes
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 18h
Where Will the Next Measles Outbreak Hit? In a low-vaccinated community, even if the state has high rates. Some areas at risk are in Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, and more. via @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/stopanti...
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Where Will the Next Measles Outbreak Hit?
Learn where the next big measles outbreak might hit so that you can help get your community vaccinated and protected and hopefully stop the outbreaks!
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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 12h
Free people from “medical tyranny” certainly is an interesting message… Medicine is classically a field that is only bound by information. I’m sure “super intelligence” in its current form will save us!
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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 9h
CPTSD is not primarily about what happened to us. It's about how what happened to us turned us into someone we didn't choose. The "just get over it" people don't understand that. We don't "just get over" who we've become. We have to recondition, rewire, reshape ourselves.
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 7h
That's great, but you didn't need scare quotes. There's no counsel of geniuses vetting the title. Nobody is getting IQ tested to confirm their credentials. It's like "visionary" or "thought leader", it means exactly what the writer chooses for it to mean. Scare quotes implies they don't believe it.
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