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Anne Blackerby

@anneblackerby.bsky.social
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More-retired-than-not pediatrician, wife, mom, Gr’Anne, food-lover, Redbone Hound + dark/brown tabby, cradle Episcopalian voting her Baptismal Covenant. And 🥒-ball!

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Ben Edwards @bostonhistory.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My fellow Americans, this is New Jersey in broad daylight. I do not recognize my country. The midterms are on November 3. Donald Trump created this nightmare. Let’s send him a message. Every Republican who is afraid to stand up to him must go. That means EVERY Republican. #VOTEBLUE #ABOLISHICE
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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
THIS
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Clearing up the difference between a Social Democrat and a Communist.
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Darth Doctor Pete MD FAAP @darthdrpete.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Happy Thursday. Get your flu shot. Get your COVID shot. Wear a mask.
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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The biggest misconception about COVID has been that it’s a respiratory infection and, if you make it through a few days, you’re fine. The reality is that it a vascular infection that results in damage to your heart and brain and everywhere else. I can’t see living my best life with brain damage.
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mabengry.bsky.social @mabengry.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If you read nothing else today, read this. Thank you for your service, Lt. Gen. Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social
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A Letter to Myself on 9/11
No man—and no country—can live life in reverse.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Anyone can become disabled at any time. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not laziness or a lack of effort. It’s a part of the human condition. People get sick. Bodies break down. It’s a minority group you can join any time.
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Judge Luttig has again performed a great service to the U.S. Constitution and our republic by exposing the treachery the Trumpsters have planned for 1/3/27, the new 1/6/21, and wisely outlining what must be done to stop the evil coup in its tracks. judgeluttig327269.substack.com/p/january-3-...
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January 3, 2027 - The Final Battle for America’s Democracy
House Republicans are poised to claim that the midterm elections were stolen from them when they meet on January 3 to decide which Members-elect will be seated in the 120th Congress
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If the American people don’t overwhelmingly reject and repudiate what is happening with this govt, Republican Congress, and Supreme Court this November, then this Republic is doomed. We can survive a criminal regime for a short term, but we can’t survive an ignorant populace.
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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🎁🔗: The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/s...
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The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice (Gift Article)
Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor — a girl who knew little but wanted to learn.
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Anne Blackerby @anneblackerby.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Excellent write-up. Please read it all.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Just in time for the 2026-2027 vaccines, a new review shows that COVID19 vaccination significantly reduces the risk of severe illness and hospitalization across all age groups, including kids. Pregnant women were also protected, as were their babies. Don’t forget to schedule your vaccination!
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COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety for the 2026-2027 Respiratory Season
This Special Communication aims to identify and summarize the most recently published evidence evaluating the effectiveness and safety of US-licensed COVID-19 vaccines and report on the epidemiology o...
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Thank you, Gloria. You changed the world. I hope reading about your incredible life will inspire the next generation of equality. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
some tears but mostly hope to start the day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=McaD...
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Dolly Parton - Light of a Clear Blue Morning ft. Lainey Wilson, Miley Cyrus, Queen Latifah & Reba
YouTube video by Dolly Parton
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Jerry Mitchell @jmitchellnews.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#OnThisDay in 1918, Katherine G. Johnson, a “human computer” for NASA portrayed in “Hidden Figures,” was born in White Sulphur Springs, WV. She calculated John Glenn’s orbit of earth, the Apollo 11 mission to the moon and the Apollo 13’s safe return. mississippitoday.org/2024/08/26/1...
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Darth Doctor Pete MD FAAP @darthdrpete.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The AAP doesn’t make money from informing parents. They literally have a FREE educational website FOR parents. healthychildren.org
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HealthyChildren.org - From the American Academy of Pediatrics
HealthyChildren.org - Powered by pediatricians. Trusted by parents.
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Darth Doctor Pete MD FAAP @darthdrpete.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The AAP is one of 30 medical professional organizations that is fighting RFK Jr. on behalf of your children and their safety to protect access to evidence based healthcare services.
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Anne Blackerby @anneblackerby.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Seen this thread, @indyfromspace.bsky.social ?
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 19/08/2026
The 22nd Amendment is extremely clear. No one, and that includes Donald Trump, can be elected to presidential office more than twice. We've said it before, and we'll say it again: the Constitution is not optional.
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Anne Blackerby @anneblackerby.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Oh yes! Please read this whole article. Thank you, Ms. Curlee, for your ongoing service to our country.
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dan411.bsky.social @dan411.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
And the cheese stands alone. Our military is depleted. The dollar is diminished in value. The DOJ and rule of law are smashed to bits. Our allies have been abandoned. ICE is a private militia for Trump killing citizens in the street. And yet, 30% of the electorate thinks things are great.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14/08/2026
The doctor who claimed that vaccines cause autism lost his medical license for faking for the study. But his lies and the damage he did to public health persist long after his paper was pulled. This is why science communication is so difficult; all it takes is one grifter.
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
If you got a bat stuck in your hair on August 9th at Olympic National Park, please go to the hospital immediately and then contact the Mason County Health Department, they're worried about you.
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Search is on for woman who got rabid bat caught in her hair at WA park
Olympic National Park says an unknown woman got a rabid bat caught in her hair on Sunday. Other visitors could be infected.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Win baby just win
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Undaunted
Nancy Pelosi’s greatness is still on display.
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Onisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A profoundly important point: "I did not get there by winning an argument." bktitanji.substack.com/p/that-space...
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That Space Still Belongs to Us
When vaccine misinformation comes from the highest levels of government, the work of building trust with our patients matters more than ever.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The Air Force One catering truck scandal is deeper and darker than the media is portraying it — it’s a Russian nesting doll of corruption and national security threats: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-five-s...
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The Five Scandals Within the "Air Force One" Scandal
Donald Trump, a Catering Truck, and the Qatari "Air Force One" represent a Russian Nesting Doll of Scandal and Corruption
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Darth Doctor Pete MD FAAP @darthdrpete.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Pediatrician Here 👋🏻 Bubonic Bobby Jr. is a conman Eugenicist who is personally responsible for every measles outbreak for the past 25 years. He is a disinformation profiteer who has nefariously shaped vaccine refusal Internationally. Every time he refuses responsibility he confesses it.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/07/2026
Let’s be clear here, when scientists say mistakes were made at the start of the pandemic, we DO NOT mean that we did too much. We mean not socially distancing quickly enough, not making tests widely available, and not acknowledging COVID is airborne and distributing N95 masks to everyone.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Fauci was caring for AIDS patients when others wouldn’t even touch them. He fought harmful misinformation. He warned about the risk of a pandemic for years. You’re never going to convince me he’s a terrible person.
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
A hospital pediatrician who has treated children severely ill with measles says: “The child is hunched over, mouth open, drooling, crying, maybe not even producing tears, because they’re so dehydrated." kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...
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‘The Child Is Terrified’: Doctors on the Front Lines of a Measles Comeback Speak Out - KFF Health News
Hear from six pediatricians in measles hot spot Utah as the U.S. faces infection levels not seen in over three decades and prepares to lose its status as a country that eliminated the dangerous diseas...
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Darth Doctor Pete MD FAAP @darthdrpete.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Evidence Based Physicians KNOW the cdc has been infiltrated and ruined by a disinformation profiteer hell bent on eugenics and suing everyone.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The Pentagon is withholding causality and hit numbers. The CDC is withholding infection rates. The FDA is withholding information about food contamination. The EPA is withholding pollution and climate data. This corrupt administration is ALL about concealing the consequences of its incompetence.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Antivaccine activism
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Anne Blackerby @anneblackerby.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Oh, my! Drop everything and read this. And then, let’s shake off the smallness, the blinders, the despair and get to work, together!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Marco Rubio is against birthright citizenship. But Marco Rubio *is* a birthright citizen. Ted Cruz is against birthright citizenship. But Ted Cruz was born in Canada. He only got US citizenship by a birthright citizenship law because of his US mother. They are both shameless hypocrites.
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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 30/06/2026
I hope that congress person who missed 4 months of work for depression treatment and still got paid extends that same thinking to regular Americans who also miss work for health reasons.
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Richard Jones @rbartleby.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Thank you for this story.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Your reminder that fairy tales are full of stepmothers because women once routinely died in childbirth, from postpartum sepsis, or from other infectious diseases and left behind housefuls of motherless children. Stable nuclear families are made possible by vaccines, antibiotics, and safe abortions.
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Ben Edwards @bostonhistory.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
“Remember, it is what every physician and housekeeper is interested in.”
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Anne Blackerby @anneblackerby.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Spot on!
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Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 04/06/2026
every remarkable achievement of the state must be undone to prove the state cannot achieve anything. ( if you don't know the screwworm story, see e.g. www.theatlantic.com/science/arch... )
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America’s Never-Ending Battle Against Flesh-Eating Worms
Inside the U.S. and Panama’s long-running collaboration to rid an entire continent of a deadly disease
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
A medic offers some insights: what are the flashing red lights surrounding Trump's conduct during his public appearances that suggest something is very seriously wrong with him.
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I'm Trained To Know When Someone Is Dying. The White House Needs You To Believe Trump Isn't.
I Can't Diagnose The President. I Can Recognize A Deteriorating Patient.
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Anne Blackerby @anneblackerby.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Love North of North!!
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
This is the most thought-provoking thing you’ll read this weekend.
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This thread is an entire college course
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Thanks to @thebulwark.com for allowing me to write this piece, and for @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social for allowing me to discuss it on their program.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“Assuming courts will save us absolves our political leaders of both responsibility and accountability for allowing this kind of mischief to continue, and it absolves all of us of our responsibility to refuse to tolerate those who would just as quickly shrug their shoulders and move on.” My latest:
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Bonus 228: The $1.776B Political Question
President Trump's $1.776B "Anti-Weaponization" slush fund underscores the limits of judicial remedies—and the need to reinvigorate (even doomed) political ones.
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
My aunt, the doctor,
told me a new joke.
She asked: Why doesn’t anyone need to worry
about hantavirus spreading? I said I did not know. And so she answered. Because with the cost
of gas
no one can afford
to go out and spread it. And then neither of us laughed.
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