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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16h

I literally said to Portia this morning, there's gonna be a shield law lawsuit soon. I didn't think it would be TODAY. Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama have filed a bill of complaint with the U.S. Supreme Court against New York, Massachusetts, and California. Hold on to your butts.

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Mary Tuma @marytuma.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The analysis found that "310 more patients in Texas experienced substantial blood loss after an ectopic pregnancy in 2023 and 2024 compared with 2018 and 2019, an increase of about 29%."

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Their version of these topics are not logical or science-based or something that can be negotiated. They think chemicals and pesticides are a government conspiracy, that GMO is altering our DNA, and that clean food would end the need for all medicine. These are not shared goals!!

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Chantal Tapé @astaunchcharacter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

really and truly, if i must have a car, this is exactly what i want.

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Free the Pill @freethepill.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

There's a new pill on the shelf! 👀 Three years have passed since the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Opill, the first over-the-counter (OTC) daily birth control pill, and generic versions are now allowed to be sold—we've already seen one at Walgreens and are excited for more to come!

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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We shouldn't discount the fact that at least part of the data center backlash (and by extension the broader techlash) is because people feel like the tech industry has not given them anything cool, inspiring, beautiful, or useful in a long time

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Chantal Tapé @astaunchcharacter.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Just finished the audiobook of @adambecker.bsky.social’s book and it was fantastic! Extremely readable (slash listenable). As disturbing as it is, we have to understand the vision of the tech creeps if we can ever hope to break free of it.

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Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

NEW from me: A new study examining pollution levels found that while general pollution levels have significantly declined, recent increases in wildfire smoke air pollution have offset those gains and could be contributing to negative outcomes for pregnant women and babies.

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Wildfire smoke is now the primary pollutant affecting pregnancy, study shows • Stateline

A new study examining pollution levels across a 16-year span found that while general pollution levels from sources such as cars and industry have significantly declined, recent increases in wildfire ...

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Dana M. Johnson @danamartha.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I am deep in analysis on advance provision of abortion pills and cannot stress enough that not everyone wants, needs, or is medically eligible for medication abortion Expanding access to abortion pills should not distract from the continued need for procedural abortion and in-person care

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Trump 2 has shown that the bulk of federal, state, and local "law enforcement" don't perform any useful functions at all. If they did, it would not be so easy to re-task them to brainless gestapo work like rounding up whole neighborhoods and waiting outside public buildings.

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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

If you're a broke but passionate reader and can't afford your own copy of HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY, we've got you. Apply for a free solidarity copy here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Application for a Solidarity Copy of Molly’s Book

Are you a passionate reader who has been desperate to get your paws on a copy of Molly Crabapple's New York Times bestseller HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY: THE STORY OF THE JEWISH BUND? Due to th...

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Abortion Care Network @abortioncare.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

While more people are receiving care via telehealth, tens of thousands are traveling, according to new data from Guttmacher’s Monthly Abortion Provision Study. Traveling for abortion isn’t easy. It means time, money and crossing hundreds—or thousands—of miles. More: gu.tt/4dnYPED

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Chantal Tapé @astaunchcharacter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

“In the future it could be bad because maybe people would use AI to become doctors, and then we would have the wrong doctor, and we could die,” says A TWELVE YEAR OLD. I love that this kid gets it but my employer, my professional organization, and many of my colleagues do not.

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Gary K. Wolf •
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I've had to unfriend a few fans lately, all for the same reason. They made ridiculing, unkind, and in some cases outright cruel comments about pictures I posted of young women cosplaying Jessica.
More than a person, Jessica is a state of mind. To play Jessica, you need self -confidence, a sense of humor, and a Jessican -attitude-. There is no such thing as a Jessica cosplayer being too short, too flat chested, too heavy, too thin, too unattractive, too black, too Asian, or even too male!!! All Jessica, any Jessica, every Jessica is good Jessica.
I'm not giving any warnings or second chances. A single disparaging comment on a Jessica cosplayer, and I'm throwing you out of the rainbow colored Toontown Tent.

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Chantal Tapé @astaunchcharacter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

i actually thought this was a joke at first when i saw someone comment that the sex robot company is behind this. but no, no it’s not a joke. jfc.

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Chantal Tapé @astaunchcharacter.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

this is insane. worthwhile reading for folks in primary care!

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Deeply saddened to learn of the loss of my dear friend Satan, the Prince of Lies. Though we often disagreed about matters such as the appropriate role of torture in the afterlife, I will most remember how his quick wit and affable nature made our weekly golf outings a ritual. He will be missed.

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Chantal Tapé @astaunchcharacter.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

A really important perspective but I don’t think it goes far enough. Writing is essential to doctoring. Yes, the EMR has been a disaster in many ways. But thinking and communicating are the work of doctoring and should never be outsourced to a text generator.

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Audrey Farnsworth @audipenny.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital

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EF @frohe.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Never ever let people forget they did this. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...

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Trump Administration to Send Americans Exposed to Ebola to Kenya

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 08/05/2026

One side is like “can we disenfranchise all the Black voters by this weekend” and the other is like gotta follow the rules that govern the rules that control the rulebook

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Leslie Root @lesja.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

honestly? buy your favorite abortion worker or repro journalist a drink

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ifwhenhow @ifwhenhow.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

A federal court just blocked healthcare providers across the country from mailing mifepristone. Temporarily. This decision will have a huge impact on all abortion patients in every state. This ruling does not make it a crime to use abortion pills to end a pregnancy.

If/When/How graphic with grainy black background and white and highlighter lime green text that reads: "Know your rights! Call us." And continues, "On May 1, 2026, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that healthcare providers in all 50 states are temporarily not allowed to give patients one of the medications that make up abortion pills, mifepristone, by mail or through a pharmacy. For now, this means that people who are prescribed abortion pills must now go in person to a clinic or healthcare center to pick up their medication. This ruling does not make it a crime to use abortion pills to end a pregnancy. And it has nothing to do with the safety of abortion pills. Abortion pills are still a safe and effective way to end a pregnancy, with or without the help of the healthcare provider. Call the Repro Legal Helpline to talk to a lawyer and understand your legal rights and options when accessing abortion care."

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Women's Law Project @womenslawproject.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

We WON our challenge to Pennsylvania's ban on Medicaid coverage of abortion!

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Chantal Tapé @astaunchcharacter.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Let’s not forget doctors and hospitals: AI is here to stay. Heck, maybe it saves lives??? 🤦🏾‍♀️

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Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

BREAKING: The White House today proposed eliminating the Title X family planning program. A few hours later, the health dept quietly released guidance that would shift the focus of the program millions of low-income people rely on away from contraception and toward "family formation."

politico.com

Trump admin moves Title X family planning program away from contraception, towards conception

New guidance, and the promise of a new rule, are expected to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood starting in 2027.

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Chantal Tapé @astaunchcharacter.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

please, i beg you, do not give AI companies access to your personal medical information.

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Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net · 25/03/2026

OH MY HEART...the Oberlin Luddites Reject "The Year of AI Exploration"! 💚

photograph or a poster on cream colored paper. "Dear President Ambar,
we are writing to you on a typewriter that is over 70 years old. This is a
machine that we all know well. With it, we misspell words without the crutch of spell check or generative AI and we think intently about every phrase we pound out. As we force ourselves, for once, to slow down, we engage in a cognitive dialogue with ourselves. We do not seek perfection because we know that education is about the growing and challenging of our young minds' potential, not the chasing of institutional 'gold-star' approval. We do not believe that your so-called 'Year of AI Exploration; providing enterprise ChatGPT and Google Gemini subscriptions to every Oberlin student aligns with our college's founding principles. You claim that this year will be one of experimentation, not adoption. But even just one semester of accepted (encouraged even) chat bot use will jettison our student body down a lazy and irredeemable tunnel of intellectual destruction. We are a college grounded in learning and labor, which now risks straying from these rooted ideals. With ChatGPT at the helm, our emails, essays,and discussion posts will be generated for us, not by us. And let's not fool ourselves. This is precisely what these platforms will be used for by our busy, anxious student body. We see your vision for this year as.advancing the college's 'businessification'--an alarming trend also seen in the takeover of our beloved library cafe by a 'bookstore' with no books in stock and an app replacing customer service. In one instance, the college assumes we want efficiency at all costs through automated rather than hand pulled coffee. In the other lies the false belief that we simply desire to turn in an essay, regardless of how little we've written of it." there's more that doesn't fit in the 2000 character limit :(

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The danger to my job from AI isn't that AI can do my job, it's that my job is made even more precarious by the way AI is shaping ideas of the value of work. It can't do my job, but it can be part of convincing people (incorrectly) that my job isn't necessary.

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A Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Having opinions about birth rates should be so embarrassing.

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Chantal Tapé @astaunchcharacter.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

“AI red-teaming firm Mindgard said it manipulated health tech startup Doctronic's system into tripling an OxyContin dose, mislabeling methamphetamine, and spreading false vaccine claims.” 🗑️ 🗑️ 🗑️ #medsky #fmsky

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Exclusive: Researchers trick a bot that prescribes meds — Axios

Security researchers used relatively simple jailbreaking techniques to trick the AI system powering Utah's new prescription refill bot.

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

NEW: I and colleagues reviewed 15,000 documents to illuminate how Jeffrey Epstein used VIP doctors to control and manipulate young women* — and how the doctors helped him, treating his needs as more important than the patients'. Gift link. *see next post in thread

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Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’

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Paul Renfro @renfro.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Oh, yeah? Would a dying empire do THIS?!

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 26/02/2026

Relevant to this soft-glam fascist's comments today, there's a bill in Florida to ban prescribing birth control to minors—or even giving teens information about it—without parental consent. It's called HB 173 The attacks on contraception are, and have been, in motion

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Alanna Vagianos @alannavagianos.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I spoke with Dr. April Lockley, medical director of the Miscarriage and Abortion hotline, who has fielded questions from hundreds of people managing their abortions at home. Since Roe v. Wade fell, many callers are filled with concern: “If I go to the emergency room, will they call the police?”

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More People Are Having Abortions At Home. Here's Who They Call When They Have Nowhere Else To Turn.

Since Roe v. Wade fell, many callers are filled with concern: “If I go to the emergency room, will they call the police?”

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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 14/02/2026

Some arguments from the abortion debate over when life starts seem strikingly relevant: why should the appearance of a few familiar traits that offer the potential of personhood in the future permit this thing to displace certainly-people right now?

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Josh Briscoe @jbriscoe.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

We had no way of anticipating how the car would revolutionize the landscape. With it came highways, streets, drunk driving, day trips to the sea, road rage, etc etc. We weren't intentional in how we adopted the car nor how we adopted the EMR. What culture do we intend to create with AI? 10/10

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Rebeka Ferreira @philosop-her @philosop-her.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I’m excited to share "Anatomy of a Decision," a new resource that uses the "Narrative Laboratory" of Grey’s Anatomy to teach rigorous Medical Ethics. 🩺📖 Bioethics doesn't have to be sterile. We’re taking the drama of Grey Sloan Memorial and putting it under the philosophical microscope to explore:

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Chantal Tapé @astaunchcharacter.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: 1. Celluloid Jesus (representations of Jesus in film) 2. Shakespeare’s Sexual Politics 3. Dostoevsky 4. Anthropology of Fertility and Reproduction 5. Beginning Dutch

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Chantal Tapé @astaunchcharacter.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Sorry, but I just don’t believe that creating more medical schools will solve the crisis of primary care. We have to actually address why this job is unsustainable for many practicing docs and unattractive to students and trainees. #fmsky

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 25/01/2026

A doctor who witnessed the shooting submits a sworn declaration in federal litigation to halt ICE surge in MN: "I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind." and "The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back." Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Tony Corsentino @notalegalrecord.net · 22/01/2026

every dollar our government spends on “maternity homes” for juicing the #adoption industry’s domestic infant supply is a dollar not spent on giving pregnant women the support they need to keep their own children

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 20/01/2026

This is Minneapolis: I’m at a major healthcare clinic (just here for a friend) and overheard the front desk staff mention they’ve had 97 missed appointments today. People aren’t getting medical care bc they’re afraid to leave home.

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JAMA @jama.com · 15/01/2026

#COVID19 vaccination before or during pregnancy was associated with lower risks of hospitalization, ICU admission, and preterm birth among those infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Canada. ja.ma/3YC9x4b

Graph of monthly COVID-19 cases in pregnancy from April 2021 to December 2022. It shows hospitalization and critical care admission rates with lines for 'Monthly hospitalization rate' and 'Monthly critical care admission rate'. There is a division between the Delta and Omicron variants.

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Beatgrrrl @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

❝𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗺 𝗜? 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟬.❞‬ Grey Gardens, 1975

Still from the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens, featuring Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale.

The specific scene captures her reading while sitting on a cot outdoors, with the subtitle quoting her saying, "Now, where am I? January 10."

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