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Awkward Heretic

@awkwardheretic.bsky.social
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Trying to stay sane. Science, politics, healthcare, philosophy, social justice. He/him or they/them.

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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Putting myself on a limited Facebook diet again. It doesn't matter where your political leanings are, make a tongue in cheek comment in a post and someone is going to go apeshit on you without even bothering to make sure they actually understand your response. Can you imagine if we all did this...
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
@gabrielurbina.com Just finished the Harbingers season a few days ago. You've nailed it again! My mind cannot stop pondering what season 2 is going to bring!
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@fmch6444 @fmch6444.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
It’s gonna be a pretty solid weekend if social media is flooded with clips of Laura Loomer getting her ass handed to her in-person by Indian journalists. Shout-out to Rajdeep Sardesai for kicking off the festivities.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
We should move all future state of the union speeches to the Ides Of March as a reminder.
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Cath RN, PhD @headdoc35.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
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💉Josh Rubin, MD @drsandman11.medsky.social · 14/03/2026
Happy Pi Day to all who celebrate
The world’s most accurate pie chart
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I don't think she even pretends she's not a bigot. What I think is funny is how much gender affirming surgery she's had, for someone who is as transphobic as she is.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Basically, non-white south Africans, who absolutely could have treated white descendants of colonists the way white people treated non white people, have not done so. The racist idiots realized they didn't have it so bad and went home. Good riddance, but I'm sure they didn't really learn anything.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Is anyone following me fluent in any Chinese languages? Over the years I've seen some hilariously bad translations from Mandarin or Cantonese into English, and it's always amusing how it turns out for some reason. So I'm wondering if the reverse is true too? Let me know!
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
"I live forever in every moment I have existed. I swear to every star in the cosmos I never forgot it was a gift." @midnightburger.bsky.social
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Ryan Cowell @13thfloor.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Came across this on Instagram
I know everything is crazy right now, but at least we don't have to hear Charlie Kirk's opinion about it
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
📌We have learned tonight that Russia is in fact helping Iran target U.S. bases. Go ahead and tell me again Trump isn't Putin's puppet.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Sgt. Brian McGinnis is out of jail after he was arrested for expressing his opposition to the US war on Iran in Congress. Capitol Police officers and Senator Sheehy broke his arm as they removed and arrested him.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I had not considered this, but I think I may stick with it.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
One of the things I'm realizing about myself, is that I allow other people to derail me too easily. My empathy is completely disregulated. Either I internalize everyone's feelings around me, or I compartmentalize in order to cope. The compartmentilization was helpful during patient...
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Gabriel Urbina @gabrielurbina.com · 07/03/2026
Got a bit of time this afternoon while I work on some new writing. Anyone got any questions, anything they’d like to know, anything they want advice on? #AMA
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Chlorine dioxide is an industrial bleach for lumber and freaks like RFK give autistic kids enemas with it. Kids die from the practice. These people just want autistic kids dead.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Vinay Prasad has been an a noxious influence on public health and drug regulation. Good riddance. UCSF should not take him back. He should wander in the wilderness forever. www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/h...
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FDA’s controversial vaccine chief will exit agency next month | CNN
The US Food and Drug Administration’s head of vaccines and biologic medicines will leave the agency at the end of April, a spokesperson confirmed to CNN on Friday.
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Lyse @lyse.myatproto.social · 06/03/2026
“I have usernames older than you.”. Holy shit
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My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I really don't think the California republican party has figured out how many conservative leaning people they've completely lost by continuing to support Trump's insanity.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
@carepublicans.bsky.social if you all want ANY hope of having more than one seat in the house next year from California, maybe it's time you consider impeaching the failed president.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Honestly, I'm shocked it took this long for Trump to decide Noem was too much of a liability. Any other POTUS who saw their approval ratings drop THAT much thanks to a completely mismanaged branch of government would have done it months ago
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B. Whyte, MD☀️ @urbanedoc4kids.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
When you slobber over any white man that stands up to the administration *online*, regardless of his politics, and pledge eternal fealty to him, yet kick and scream about how Jasmine Crockett “isn’t electable,” you know we see you, right?
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
To the Democrats: the midterms are coming up. Assuming trump doesn't succeed in his attempt to steal the midterms, you will have control of the senate and the house. The American people want blood. So don't fuck it up with your usual ineffective bullshit.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I'm hearing Barron Trump did some oil buying right before daddy bombed Iran. Does he not realize that when daddy is out of office he will face insider trading charges?
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
It kind of blows my mind how clueless this administration is. I'm 48 years old, and my country has been at war for my ENTIRE LIFE. We are tired of war. Younger gen xers and older millenials remember growing up with the tail end of the cold war fears, Panama, the Contras, Desert Storm, the...
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Americans in Israel: uh, hey, there are missiles hitting the city thanks to our actions in Iran. I can't get a flight home, the border with Lebanon isn't safe to cross, and none of the "allied" nations nearby are safe either, can you help? US Embassy: ha! Good fucking luck, they're gonna kill us.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Who is making the US unsafe for visitors?
Blank Goose chase meme
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Neither party uses evidence based approaches to solve social issues to the degree they ought to. This will be a thread, but before I start, please don't reply with examples where evidence based programs were implemented by either party. I'm well aware. PEPFAR comes to mind. Needle exchange too. 1/n
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
“America first is to kill people who wish us ill with a record of trying to destroy us and the region”
Strike on girls' elementary school in south of Iran has killed 148 people and injured 95 others, according to Iran state media
US-Israel war on Iran - latest updates
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I still don't have enough of a following here for this post to matter, really, but The Harbingers by Gabriel Urbina and Audacious Machine Creative is absolutely one of the best new fiction podcasts out there. Think superhero fiction meets academia and geopolitics, with great character writing.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Did Stephen Miller read 1984 and think it was a how to manual?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/03/2026
Trump’s war affects Americans throughout the world. I feel this woman’s frustration, and she’s handling it a lot calmer than I would. She’s from Chicago and currently stuck in Dubai. I’m worried about our brothers and sisters stuck in the Middle East, and I pray she makes it home safe and sound. 🙏🏽
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I think the real issue, at the end of the day, is no SANE leader will strike the US. Not that I want them to, but currently we still can bomb most nations back to the stone age even if we don't use nukes. No nation should have this much power. It keeps us from being accountable for our actions.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Well, 2 US military deaths and 5 serious injuries so far. I'm curious to see how many US citizens in Qatar and the UAE will die from Iranian airstrikes. How many civilians will die in Israel, Iran, UAE, and Qatar because of old fascist men waiving their dicks around?
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Gabriel Urbina @gabrielurbina.com · 01/03/2026
Every week we do an Adam-narrated episode, I get a mountain of messages from people saying they hate Amy. Every week we do an Amy-narrated episode, I get a mountain of messages from people saying they hate Adam. I think the show is working, guys.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/03/2026
But they said he was “The peace president.” 🥴
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I've had friends get angry at me for criticizing Democrats, because "it's not helpful". Well look, Democrats are just as guilty of creating a situation where one bad actor can ignore the constitution as the Republicans, because both parties have been empowering the executive branch for decades.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I'm curious, is there any scholarship on how long it takes for a world power to lose significance once it severely damages it's ability to improve technology? Just curious...
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Steve Morgan @steveve.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Americans rise up against your government.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
This is disgusting. Rationalizing the bombing of a school that reportedly killed 108 girls. But since she asked, "Currently, 161 public schools operate on military installations across the United States." www.militaryonesource.mil/education-em...
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The UAE and Qatar, no matter their wealth, may not be coming out of this conflict well. They might be rethinking their alliance with the US. I dunno. It'll be interesting. I've no illusions that Iran will be able to put up a real fight against us and Israel, but clearly they're going to retaliate...
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Cath RN, PhD @headdoc35.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Good points from my husband: ☞︎They did it on Friday so they can prepare for insider trading ☞︎It happened during Ramadan’s fasting hours ☞︎They bombed a primary school for girls. At least 51 to 85 girls were killed. They’re between the ages of 7 and 12 years old
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💉Josh Rubin, MD @drsandman11.medsky.social · 28/02/2026
I wonder how many times they had to spin the Random Military Operation Name Generator Wheel before getting one they liked
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/02/2026
BREAKING: Adolescent teenage boys have taken over the Pentagon.
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
"It ain't me, it ain't me. I ant no senator's son, son!"
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Awkward Heretic @awkwardheretic.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The democrat politicians are out in force again, blaming American voters for their own general inability to get elected. Someone should tell them it's a failing tactic.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/02/2026
This aged like milk in the scorching desert sun.
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💉Josh Rubin, MD @drsandman11.medsky.social · 28/02/2026
Ready to feel old? If they remade Lord of the Rings today it’d be set in Shire-Age 1445 not Shire-Age 1420
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