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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 20h

"In other words, the people who are the most 'polarized' in the U.S. electorate are those who are racist and sexist, and those who oppose racists and sexists."

Screenshot of article which reads: These numbers are relatively similar between Democrats and Repub-
licans, which often leads political pundits to claim this is more evidence
of “polarization,” and that both sides are equally to blame. However,
a closer look tells a more interesting story. The people who are most
likely to vilify and dehumanize their partisan opponents are Republicans
who are high in racism and sexism and Democrats who oppose racism
and sexism. The people who are least likely to vilify and dehumanize
their political opponents are Republicans who are low in racism and sex-
ism. One explanation for these patterns is that those Republicans who
are racist and sexist vilify and dehumanize Democrats because they see
the Democratic Party as a party of racial minorities and women; and
Democrats who score low in racism and sexism will vilify and dehu-
manize Republicans because they consider Republicans to be racist and
sexist. In other words, the people who are the most “polarized” in the
U.S. electorate are those who are racist and sexist, and those who op-
pose racists and sexists.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 20h

GOOD NEWS! A new cancer treatment has demonstrated unprecedented results in a large trial for cancer patients whose disease has become resistant to chemotherapy AND immunotherapy. Tumors shrank in OVER a third of participants, with 15 patients experiencing COMPLETE eradication of their tumors.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 01/10/2026

Graham Linehan is calling the people who murdered a trans man in cold blood, heroes.

Screenshot of an X post by Graham Linehan (@Glinner) commenting, "It looks like these two are heroes who may have saved some kids".
Linehan quotes a post by Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) that reads: "Damn. According to a witness of the shooting homicide of the trans New York Times executive in Dublin, Calif., the elderly Chinese grandparents calmly walked away after the exec was dropped to the ground".
Below the text are two police mugshot photos side by side: on the left is an elderly Asian woman with short, wavy gray hair wearing a white shirt, and on the right is an elderly Asian man with short dark hair, slight facial stubble, and a white shirt.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic, known as manikomycin, that may be a bulwark in the fight against drug-resistant superbugs. By attacking the ribosome in a never-before-seen way, manikomycin can evade the existing mechanisms pathogens have developed to resist antibiotics.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"USS Fort Lauderdale was in the Caribbean, part of the Trump admin's operation around Venezuela.. "It was constantly like getting texts like, 'Guys, you'll never f***ing believe it. We just got extended again,' & I think it happened 4x. It's just that uncertainty & promises unfulfilled": Calderon

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists have engineered a virus that invades and destroys glioblastoma one of the deadliest brain cancers while turning the immune system into a relentless tumor-killing force. This could be a historic shift in cancer treatment.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

NEW: SCOTUS allows third-country removals to resume, as lower courts close in on Trump’s lawlessness. A split-screen of the Supreme Court allowing Trump to expand his authoritarian efforts as appeals courts are increasingly supporting district courts’ accountability efforts. Tonight, at Law Dork:

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SCOTUS allows third-country removals to resume, as lower courts close in on Trump’s lawlessness

A split-screen of the Supreme Court allowing Trump to expand his authoritarian efforts as appeals courts are increasingly supporting district courts’ accountability efforts.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026

Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Riley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding Claims

Gaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete.

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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 29/09/2026

Good evening you handsome & gorgeous lot. 1 of the areas I’ve had the pleasure of moving my advocacy has been in research. Community Based Research (CBR) & Participatory Action Research (PAR) are collaborative approaches

A screenshot of a winner announcement for research posters at the 7th Annual Stanford Neurodiversity Summit

Congratulations to our Two Poster Presentation Winners!
Title: Crisis Prevention by Design: Community Innovation Meets
Artificial Intelligence
Presenters: Camille Proctor, Torica Exume, PhD
Title: Supporting Neurodivergent Student Success in the Kennedy Library: Experiences, Barriers, & Recommendations for Improvement
Presenters: Anagha Kulkarni, BS, Mercedes Rutherford-Patten
Congratulations once again, and thank you to all who contributed to a weekend

A research poster

Impact of Georgia's ECHO Autism Early Diagnosis Training Program Justin Kim, BS., Alexa Gonzalez Laca, MPH., Lyric Ransom, BA., Jennifer Zubler, MD., Allison Schwartz, PhD..
Natasha Nelson, Chris Booth, LMSW., John Constantino, MD., Jocelyn Kuhn, PhD

Background
. Although autism can be reliably diagnosed at 15 mooths
old, the average age of diaghosis
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mienvettioes and sosces that can improne a cheld's
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• Estension for Communit Healthcare Outconie
(ECHO) Autism: Primary Care Early Diagnosis is an
evidence-based program designed so address this gap by
trinita PCPs so screen. disenese, and provide longitudinal care for children aged 14-48 months?
Objectives
• Framine changes in PCPs self-elloacy across watism-
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Program Details
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• Complesed post-program survey
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Discipline

Impact
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• 52 unicue case mescetations (9 nod-diagnostic and 45 dlzgnosu,
• 78% of the cobort completed the program (n - 14/18)
o 100% achieved reliabilicy in administering the STAT (n = 14/14)
o 50% achieved mastery of Early Aucism Evalsation (n - 7/14)
Diagnoses
• 29 ÷ 25 children dapnosed with ASD
1.6 = 1.4 Referred for further ASD evaluation
EMORY
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Perceived Barriers to
Conclusion
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A research poster

Autism
Crisis Prevention by Design
Community
• Background
Autistic people, particularty Black and Brown youth, face disproportionate risk during behavioral and mental health crises. Many high-risk moments begin at home, where caregivers often lack structured tools, training, and culturally responsive support. Tradtional crisis response models focus primarily on training law enforcement, leaving families, who are usualy the first responders. without adequate preparation. The consequences of this gap can be severe, and in some cases.
• Objectives
The Color of Autism Foundation, a minority-led nonproft organization serving underserved communities, developed Crisis Ready to shift the model from reactive crisis management toward Intentional prevention. The program's objectives are to strengthen caregiver confidence, reduce escalation within the home, and increase preparedness for high-stress situations, postioning families as designers of safety within their own environments.
• The Crisis Ready Model
Crisis Ready is a five-week hybrid crisis prevention and de escalation program for caregivers, self advocates, and extended famiy members. no curculum addresses anity, sensory differences, communication dierencos, traum exposure, and environmental stressors. Partopants engaoo in faciltased discussions, applied scenano exercises, and structured planning sessions that culminate in individualized Health Crisis Passports designed to guide emergency merdcions and promote saler outcomes
Curriculum focus areas:
Trauma exposure
Sensory differences
Facilitated Discussion
Environmental stressors
Anxiety
Communication differences
Applied Scenario
Exercises
Structured Planning
• Eleplan: Al-Powered Planning Support
a conuai component of the program is clepian, an Al-powered clannina apolcationl that supports personalized crisis preparation. Through guided prompts, families document triggers, calming strategies, communication preferences, and tergency contes. tepan re…

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

4/ But over the next 10 weeks, I’d mimic the patterns of a problem gambler with the help of a panel of gambling experts and learn just how much DraftKings would encourage my recklessness — and just how little pushback I’d get as I spiraled downward.

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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.

Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As someone with AuDHD, this can mean the difference between life or suicide. And they just decided people can wait *at least* 2 years. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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NHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessments

Patient groups decry ‘scandalous’ delays as four integrated care boards take step due to soaring demand for diagnoses

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 25/09/2026

They used the existence of kids with ADHD and autism to delay and dismantle care for trans youth. Now they're delaying and dismantling care for kids wtv ADHD and autism.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 25/09/2026

The Tennessee AG is launching a massive investigation into an abortion fund. The investigation follows the same playbook used on gender affirming care providers by utilizing baseless unfair and deceptive trade practices claims. wellsrachelm.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

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BREAKING: Tennessee AG Launches Investigation into State's Abortion Fund

Abortion Care Tennessee's attorney says the investigation is retaliation for a free speech case the state lost.

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Did you know your kid can be blind or have brain damage due to measles at birth? If Rubella pops off, then we can add deafness and severe birth defects to the list. Vaccinating your kids is so, so much less dangerous that the damage these diseases can cause, esp to infants sharing their air.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 19/09/2026

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Sep In a conservative win, fed judge rules U of Cal education advocacy group can continue mis-gendering trans people altho it's against university's own anti-harassment policies. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

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UC temporarily blocked from enforcing transgender name and pronoun rules

A judge barred UC from enforcing part of its anti-harassment policy against members of a conservative education group whose member may use names and pronouns for transgender people that do not match t...

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/09/2026

It's important to remind readers that while there are a few anti-trans dems, many are doing great work. Spanberger in VA did not flinch at anti-trans attacks. Now, she just ended Governor Youngkin's infamous rule that would ban trans students from bathrooms. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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VA Gov. Spanberger Kills Youngkin-Era Rule That Would Have Banned Trans Students From Bathrooms

“Spanberger showed how Democrats win amidst Republican attacks.”

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

MS NOW and CNN journalists were turned away from the White House this morning following Trump's announcement that he was banning several media outlets.

arlier this morning MS NOW journalists were denied access to the White House grounds. The White House belongs to the American people and the decisions made inside are funded by our tax dollars.
MS NOW intends to take any and all steps necessary to defend our First Amendment rights and the essential role of independent journalism in our democracy.
We stand firmly behind our anchors, our reporters, and our newsroom.
We will continue to report on the President, the administration, and the issues that impact the American people.

Early today, CNN journalists were denied access to the White House grounds. CNN's mission to report on the U.S. government will continue regardless of any attempts to restrict physical access to the White House and other government buildings, or any other attempts to impede our journalism. We have a right under the U.S. Constitution to do our reporting without hindrance or interference from the government and this ban is an illegal assault on this fundamental right.
We will not be deflected from our duty to hold the government and other public bodies to account, and we will continue to report on the actions and processes of this administration without fear or favor.
CNN stands fully behind our White House team.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My grandfather, who is 102 and a medical doctor, has told me about the times before polio was cured. Most years, upon returning to school after summer’s break, there would be some children would didn’t make it back to school because of polio.

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sephirAmy @sephiramy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

there is indeed a short video of him if you wanna scoot over to the National Geographic article, btw www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

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Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years

A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.

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sephirAmy @sephiramy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

how about some good news: new cat just dropped!!!!

a photo of a small, spotted wild cat, with orange fur and brown circular markings, staring up with big golden eyes.

Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years

A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.

This 10-year-old male tiger cat is the first of his species (named Leopardus tilcayo) known to science. He is approximately 18 inches from head to end of body and weighs only 3 pounds, making him smaller than the average domestic cat. This video was captured at the Senda Verde Animal Refuge in Bolivia’s Yungas region, where he currently resides.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/09/2026

Every single time Fox has run these kinds of stories, it turns out one of the parents is abusive. Jeff Younger, Ted Hudacko, etc. They turn it into an issue about their trans kid to get everyone to ignore their abuse and to provide sympathetic coverage. It's frankly sickening.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/09/2026

I know IRBs can be a pain, but I don’t trust this administration with loosening rules on informed consent and research on human subjects. They don’t seem to be allowing public comment, but there’s an email at the bottom of the rule proposal. END/ www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eA...

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/09/2026

HHS wants to relax regulations on human subject research (The Common Rule). For example, they want to redefine “undue influence” on vulnerable human research subjects (children, prisoners, disabled, culturally disadvantaged). 1/

From the federal register: The foundational framework for human subjects protection in the United States was established by the National Research Act of 1974 in response to widespread public concern over unethical biomedical and behavioral research practices. Following its passage, the then-Department of Health, Education, and Welfare issued the first version of 45 CFR part 46. These regulations established institutional review boards (IRBs) as the key mechanism for oversight and ethical review of human subjects research. While these protections remain vital, the current regulatory framework no longer reflects the realities of modern research.
In 1991 the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, known as the Common Rule, was formally adopted by HHS and 15 other federal departments and agencies. Although the last major revision in 2017 introduced several changes to modernize human subject protections while reducing unnecessary regulatory burden, investigators and institutions have continued to report that the Common Rule imposes unnecessary burdens and unclear requirements, particularly for minimal-risk studies. For example, the Department has received feedback that applying the Common Rule remains cumbersome for research within Learning Healthcare Systems and for other research methods that are integrated into clinical care settings and are intended to improve the quality and safety of medical care.
Without additional changes intended to clarify ambiguities, expand flexibilities, and redirect protective measures toward high-risk activities, the rights and safety of research participants as well as scientific breakthroughs can be impeded. Examples of how this rulemaking will address these issues include expanding exemptions for certain additional types of low-risk research, incorporating flexibilities for de minimis protocol changes, and clarifying key terms such as the definition of undue influence. These reforms will reduce ambiguity and undue administr…

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is the most masculine video on the internet right now

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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1

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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

two different paragraphs, two different sections but encourage you to click and read the unsealed (pink) of both of them together. And stop and think about the impact and harm to news media and civil society. /8

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 17/09/2026

Ah I see.

Joseph Kutzko was accused of punching and threatening his then-15-year-old child at the family home on Jan. 28, 2025, records from Westborough District Court show. A Southborough police detective wrote that Kutzko punched the victim in the shoulder and pulled them by their hair. Kutzko later allegedly threatened to kill the victim “for not singing in tune during a birthday celebration,” according to court records.

Kutzko was arrested the next day and pleaded not guilty.

The child’s mother, Arlene Kutzko, was charged with witness intimidation after allegedly pressuring the child to “tell the school that she was exaggerating and being stupid.”

“Arlene stated that if you solve this tomorrow everything will be okay and we will not get angry,” the detective wrote.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/09/2026

Every day, the stories from the UK read like a dystopian novel.

Screenshot of a Reddit post from r/transgenderUK titled "Excluded from school for supporting a trans girl." A parent describes their daughter, who has Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (CAIS), choosing to use the boys' restrooms in solidarity with a trans classmate who was forced to do so, resulting in her being excluded from school.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Vaccines for Children is a federal program that provides shots for kids who aren’t insured. RFK Jr.’s HHS has refused to ship new COVID19 vaccines for VFC because they ask if they’re “appropriate for the populations those programs serve”. These shots protect kids from hospitalization and death.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety for the 2026-2027 Respiratory Season - PubMed

COVID-19 vaccines were consistently associated with a reduction in the risk of hospitalization and other outcomes, including among individuals at high risk of severe COVID-19, such as infants, and those who were pregnant. No new safety concerns were identified.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The trial's primary endpoint was lab-confirmed COVID -defined as a positive PCR test and at least one symptom lasting for at least 48 hours- in a household contact within 10 days of receiving ensitrelvir or placebo. Secondary endpoints included lab-confirmed COVID regardless of symptom presence

Incidence of Covid-19 through Day 10.
Shown is the incidence of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the modified intention-to-treat population (Panel A) and the intention-to-treat population (Panel B). Participants who underwent randomization but did not receive ensitrelvir or placebo were excluded from the analyses. The shaded regions represent 95% confidence intervals for the cumulative incidence curves. The insets show the same data on an expanded y axis.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The FDA also approved ensitrelvir (Xocova) for postexposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 in adults and children 12 years or older, making it the first and only oral antiviral authorized to help prevent symptomatic infection after exposure. • www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The antiviral drug ensitrelvir prevents infection in household contacts of COVID-19 patients when given within 72 hours after symptom onset in the index patient, according to a Phase III randomized controlled trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed. Large sample size. Sound methodology. An antiviral pill has, for the FIRST time, been shown to PREVENT COVID-19 in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Ensitrelvir blocks the enzyme coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

GOOD NEWS! Phase I clinical trial results out of Johns Hopkins show a first-of-its-kind vaccine designed to target common KRAS mutations was safe AND stimulated KRAS-specific T-cell responses in 90% of study participants who were at HIGH risk of developing pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

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Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Triggers Immune Response Before Tumors Develop

Phase I results show early promise for a vaccine designed to prevent pancreatic cancer in people at high risk of developing the disease.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine has SUCCEEDED in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. Phase III trial results in MORE THAN 1,100 patients shows the vaccine SIGNIFICANTLY extended the time patients lived without their melanoma returning AND reduced the risk of metastasis.

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Moderna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trial

A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma study, results that could herald a new, powerful approach in oncology.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies. May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism. This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs. Vaccinate your pets please.

Worries about vaccination rates in dogs
As rabies seems to be spreading more in wildlife, veterinarians are especially worried about vaccine hesitancy spreading among pet owners, a dangerous trend that could lead to more dogs - and their owners
- becoming infected. A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in nationally representative
sample of Americans that nearly 40% believed canine vaccines were unsafe and 37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/09/2026

A trans man in the UK has been banned in the workplace restrooms after he was forced to use the women's restrooms to comply with the new EHRC guidance. The women complained because he is visibly male and so they told him he can't use any bathroom.

A screenshot of a Reddit post from the r/LegalAdviceUK subreddit by user Dijstraanon, titled "FtM transgender facing two different issues at work? England."
The post text reads:
"Brother in law is trans FtM and presents fully as a man. He's now facing an impossible situation at work with his employer telling him that due to recent legislation he must use the toilet of his birth gender. BUT several female colleagues have raised a grievance about him using their gendered toilet.
His employer has told him that he cannot use the toilet while he is at work until they sort it out and cannot give him a timeframe to do so. They do [cut off] have disabled separate toilets.
In the mean time one of his female colleagues has accused him of sexual harassment because he was used their gendered toilet. His menstrual cycle meant he needed to use the toilet.
He's been with the employer for just over 5 years but only in this location for 18 months. The location is mainly male with just a handful of females, and his workshop only has male toilets.
I do not know how to support him and as he's not in a union there is no one to turn too right now."
The post has an orange "Comments Moderated" tag, 169 upvotes, and 134 comments.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

So when a Dem says they agree with any of this, they are taking a position that is against what trans people ALREADY HAD just 5 years ago. That's why trans people won't accept it. It's not about progress, it's about preventing a managed decline in civil rights agreed to by Democrats.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

So when libs say, you need to do incremental progress like gay marriage, it completely ignores the rollbacks that have happened in 5 years. It is every aspect of trans life from where we use the bathroom, how we are addressed, what our IDs say, to even censorship on discussions about our existence.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

5 years ago, there were over 100 multidisciplinary gender clinics for trans youth. Today, there are less than 31 (as of July 2026). bsky.app/profile/esqu...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

Again, 5 years ago, none of these policies existed. 15 states require the forced outing of trans students 16 states ban medicaid coverage of gender affirming care 14 states have "Don't say trans" laws banning discussion of trans people's identities. 29 states have banned participation in sports.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/09/2026

This is where the right thrives. They love situations where the other party cannot respond publicly. It's why they target schools and make wild accusations against teachers and administrators. Privacy laws prevent them from adequately responding or setting the record straight.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/09/2026

Every time one of these stories comes out, it's shown that the parents were actually abusive. There is an asymmetry where the parents are given a platform by Christian nationalist orgs and Fox News while the state cannot discuss any details due to privacy. So the narrative is set by the parents.

Screenshot of a Fox News post on X reporting on a Massachusetts family whose daughter was placed in state custody over gender transition disputes, with an embedded Fox News broadcast segment titled "Gender Treatment Lawsuit."

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth

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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 10/09/2026

I’m a Texan trans kid who almost died because of Ken Paxton. The world should know what he’s done. This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands. He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.

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I’m a Texan Trans Kid Who Almost Died Because of Ken Paxton. The World Should Know What He’s Done.

Regardless of Talarico’s recent statements on trans people, Paxton cannot be rewarded for the extreme suffering he’s inflicted on me and tens of thousands of Texan trans kids.

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Michael Lubic @michaellubic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Do you really think having Ken Paxton in the Senate is going to be better for trans kids? Do you really think two more years of Trump appointed federal judges with life tenure is going to be good for trans kids? open.substack.com/pub/aridrenn...

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The Best Thing for Trans Rights This Year Is Beating Ken Paxton

One candidate softened a sentence. The other one is making lists.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I definitely did not envision retirement as helping start what is now a 12,000-member public health advocacy group and working daily to try to provide accurate scientific information in the face of rampant government disinformation. But here we are, and this work isn’t going to end any time soon.

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