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ChandraDKM

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Writer. Spoonie. Follower of science.

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Albumism @albumism.com · 8h
Is this one of the greatest soundtracks of all time? We think so. | Rediscover the album here: album.ink/TroubleMan
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Sameer Kankali Ⓥ☮✌🏼🌱💚🍉🐸🐮🐷📚📖♟️✊🏼 @sameerkankali.bsky.social · 23h
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Sameer Kankali Ⓥ☮✌🏼🌱💚🍉🐸🐮🐷📚📖♟️✊🏼 @sameerkankali.bsky.social · 23h
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Giant community-made “MN Stolen Neighbors” quilt unveiled at the state capitol
By Alvin Sheng and Owen Lubozynski Saint Paul, MN – Dozens gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol on Tuesday, September 22 to unveil th...
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Jeff Gilchrist @jeffgilchrist.bsky.social · 17h
The mRNA COVID vaccines work differently by giving your own cells instructions to make the Spike protein. Nuvaxovid first arrived in Canada in 2022, was unavailable for a couple of years, and is coming back for fall 2026. 10/
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Jeff Gilchrist @jeffgilchrist.bsky.social · 17h
*** Section Summary *** Nuvaxovid is a protein-based COVID vaccine. It works by showing your immune system several Spike proteins already stuck together on a premade tiny round particle called a rosette that looks a bit like the real virus. 9/
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Jeff Gilchrist @jeffgilchrist.bsky.social · 17h
What is Nuvaxovid? This is part 1 of 7 from @paulseaman.bsky.social and my document compiling available information setting out some of the main differences between #Nuvaxovid and the more common mRNA based #COVID vaccines.🧪🧵1/ (formerly #Novavax)
Image showing COVID-19 virus with spike protein and Novavax Spike protein trimer attached to a nanoparticle core to mimic the structure of the virus. Image from:  https://www.novavax.com
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Eric O. Scott @ericoscott.bsky.social · 8h
“I told you not to become a landowner” - @megelison.bsky.social
A doofus at the Renaissance Faire, about to be executed by means of a crocheted guillotine with big googly eyes and a mustache
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 19h
NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.
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ChandraDKM @chandradkm.bsky.social · 8h
"...a squirrel knocked this same owlet out of the tree THREE TIMES that morning!" I think we have to entertain the possibility that this innocent looking owlet is, in fact, a world class shit-talker.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 12h
thank you to @mgiraldi.bsky.social, who pointed me to the insta acct for the photographer (www.instagram.com/kevinlohmanp...). the story and the other two photos are 24k gold.
kevinlohmanphotography
Santa Cruz, California
Are You Kidding Me?
Can this Great Horned Owl's eyes get any bigger?
I'm excited that my photo "Are You Kidding Me?" was selected as one of just 43 finalists in the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, from more than 10,000 entries representing 112 countries!
The story behind it is just as crazy. I was photographing this seven-week-old owlet when a squirrel suddenly launched from a nearby branch and landed directly on its head, knocking both of them out of the tree.
And believe it or not, a squirrel knocked this same owlet out of the tree THREE TIMES that morning! Fortunately, the owlet was fine and eventually settled down next to its mother.

(photo depicts a squirrel in mid-flight from a tree branch, apparently about to attack an owl who has the most "are you fucking KIDDING me" look in history)second photo showing the squirrel in question making contact with the owl like the lil furry-tailed (if short-sighted) badass he isthird photo showing the squirrel in question making contact with the owl like the lil furry-tailed (if short-sighted) badass he is
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 9h
also oh-em-gee I hope we have free and fair elections this year and in 2028 because with this much criming, I have concerns.
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Blah Gerrera @blah-gerrera.bsky.social · 19h
At no point, not once, the entire time, did any of them, not one, propose forming a new party.
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 15h
Goodnight. May we sail the river of night gently until we reach the safe harbour of morning. 🖼️ Mandy Tsung
Boat punted on dark river of autumn leaves between trees, illustration.
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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Daily bunny no.3459 is getting ready
A couple of bunnies haul a gigantic pumpkin home from a pumpkin patch, dragging it down the sidewalk in an old-fashioned red toy wagon. A third bunny rolls a smaller pumpkin sideways along the sidewalk just behind them
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’ll also add that most of the heat should be directed at USA Today, but the journalists who participated in this breach of ethics also made a choice. Organizations are made up of people. We can’t absolve the people who do harm on the behalf of an organization.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As an expert on sexual violence, I have to add that these ethical violations are a nightmare for interviews on sensitive subjects. I would never recommend ANY survivor goes public with their story at an outlet that would do this to them.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
While digging around their website, I found their ethics policy—including a section on AI-generated content. I suspect that’s a part of what happened here. And I’m upset about that too! I did NOT speak to a journalist with the assumption that my interview would be funneled into producing AI slop.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gift link! A police search using Flock was a form of ‘mass surveillance,’ judge rules By Drew Harwell A federal judge said that police conducted an “unconstitutional warrantless search” by using Flock cameras to reconstruct a woman’s travels without probable cause. @drewharwell.com
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A police search using Flock was a form of ‘mass surveillance,’ judge rules
A federal judge said that police conducted an “unconstitutional warrantless search” by using Flock cameras to reconstruct a woman’s travels without probable cause.
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chadzia dax 🔞😷 @m00psy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
reskeeting with alt text… we’re projected to peak at 4.2 C in december.
graph titled Nino 3.4 Sea-Surface Temperature: 1982-2026
Anomaly from 1991-2020 Baseline.

the x axis shows Temperature Difference in Celsius from 1991-2020 Baseline, while the y axis is the months of the year. 

2026’s line peaks way, way above all the others.
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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This study came out of NIH’s RECOVER project studying Long COVID. From the RECOVER website’s summary: “The vaccine works best against Long COVID within the first 6 months of getting it. After 6 months, it does not work as well, so getting the vaccine every year is important to prevent Long COVID.”
recovercovid.org
RECOVER: Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery
The long-term effects of COVID are real. Join the NIH in the search for answers.
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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I really love this pediatric study that found the Covid vax was 61% effective against Long COVID at the six-month mark, but that fell to less than 11% effective after 18 months. In case you need incentive to reup your protection!
recovercovid.org
RECOVER: Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery
The long-term effects of COVID are real. Join the NIH in the search for answers.
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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In this video, children and young people with lived experience of Long Covid share how the illness affects their everyday lives, helping others understand what it can feel like to live with Long Covid. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0U7... #LongCovidandMe #LongCovid #PEM #LongCovidKids
youtube.com
Long Covid & Me | Understanding Long Covid In Children And Young People
YouTube video by Long Covid Kids
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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Marc Reeve @cmraman.geek.org · 02/10/2026
Today in history: Two years ago, Israel invaded Lebanon for the fifth time since 1978. (They're still there.) Five years ago, Expo 2020 opened in Dubai. Wait, what? Yeah, despite being delayed a year because of Covid-19, they still called it Expo 2020.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow
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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026
Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...
A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is. Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol
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DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Banned Books Week is coming! Here’s another San Antonio event at an awesome indie bookstore on Sunday, Oct 4 @ 4:30. Join us! Share widely! I’ll be book talking Dreaming! @authorsabb.bsky.social @ncacensorship.bsky.social
A flyer for an event with a grab and cream theme. 

BOOK NERD
A COMMUNITY BOOKSHOP
Sunday, October 4, 4:30 PM 
Banned Books Talk, 5 PM 

Censorship Panel
featuring:
Dr. Ann D. David, professor
Lucy Podmore, High School Librarian, TLA Legislative Commitee Chair
Sheryl Stock, High School Librarian
Rachel Toalson, Author and San Antonio Authors Against Book
Bans Coordinator

Everyone is Welcome,
No RSVP Needed
 
Logos for National Coalition Against Censorship and Authors Against Book Bans at the bottom.
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Jon Douglas @atranscendedman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
University for Continuing Education Krems researchers reviewed 635 publications on vaccines in pregnancy. Evidence for COVID-19, flu and pertussis was substantial across effectiveness, safety and immunity. RSV evidence remains limited. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com
Maternal vaccination against COVID-19, influenza, pertussis, and respiratory syncytial virus: a scoping review - npj Vaccines
npj Vaccines - Maternal vaccination against COVID-19, influenza, pertussis, and respiratory syncytial virus: a scoping review
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Jon Douglas @atranscendedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The absence of alterations in the immunological markers assessed in the present study, despite severe symptom burden, may suggest that pathological processes have become tissue-specific or compartmentalized and are therefore not captured by peripheral blood analysis.”
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J. Skyler 🏳️‍⚧️ @jskylerinc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mini-goal for today (9/30): $200 for bills + medicated cat food. CA: $JSkyler PP: jskyler VM: jskylerinc Donate: lnk.bio/jskylerinc #MutualAidRequst #MARequest #BIPOCMA #SSDI #TransCrowdFund #DisabilityCrowdFund 💸💕🏳️‍⚧️
Royal Canin Veterinary diet for $83.76
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Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Elizabethan playhouses were supplied by a network of tailors, merchants & craftswomen. Their names survive in records, but little is known about their lives. I’m working on new research that brings the stories of these makers & traders centre stage. Here is the project in biscuit (cookie) form. 🍪
A photograph of eight rectangular biscuits (cookies) arranged in two rows on a square white plate. The plate is framed on all sides by a trailing vine pattern in green with pops of red. The biscuits are mostly in shades of ivory, cream, yellow, and grey, with a burst of vivid red and blue in one corner of the arrangement. Moving across the top row of biscuits from left to right, the designs include: neat lines of handwritten names in an early modern parish register; a section of a hand-drawn map from 1561 featuring St Paul’s Cathedral, with street names like ‘Carter Lane’ visible in a tiny spiky font; an extract of text from a funerary monument printed in an early modern book, ending ‘So transitory is our glory’; a section of embroidery from a funeral pall featuring metallic silver armour, crossed gold keys, and two hands holding up a crown. The biscuit designs on the bottom row include: horses prancing past shopfronts on Cheapside in the mid-sixteenth century; a receipt written in early modern secretary hand, which is difficult to read; a portrait of a stern-looking women dressed in a ruff, pearls, and sober dark clothing; swirling calligraphy and dense secretary hand featuring on a will dating from 1638.
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Julie (unprofessional) @juliebalt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Alt text - Post by user omgsidewalks reads "you CANNOT rage against the machine if you're asking it to summarise your emails for you"
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A single flu or COVID-19 infection accelerated ALS progression in animal models—even after the infection resolved. Spinal cord inflammation persisted after the virus cleared. doi.org/hck5pw
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Viral infections can accelerate the progression of ALS, researchers find
A new study from McMaster University suggests that common viral infections—like influenza or COVID-19—may accelerate the onset and progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
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poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i can feel the spookiness in the air
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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A friend has Covid right now. They have lost their sense of smell and they're having cognitive problems. This hit me today, as it often does: we made, and continue to make, a huge collective mistake in allowing a virus that impacts the brain to transmit unmitigated globally.
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@hansmollman.bsky.social
@hansmollman   

So many true crime podcasts are just like “a young woman went missing, the police took a week to respond, she was last seen with a man the community call Creepy Murdery Steve, he has never been questioned”
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Live Science @livescience.com · 30/09/2026
Now is the best time to see Saturn all year — yes, even with the naked eye www.livescience.com/space/saturn...
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This week is the best time to see Saturn all year — yes, even with the naked eye
Saturn will put on a show this week as it enters opposition and its famous rings return to looking their best.
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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Top half: conversation between doctor and patient.
Doctor: On a scale of 1 to 10, how bad is your pain?
Patient: Pi.
Doctor: Pi?
Patient: Yeah. Low level but never-ending.

Bottom half: multiple images of a guy dressed in black in various poses of pain and misery. Text: chronic-pain patients, handshake emoji, mathematicians.
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Passing Strange At Present @chimaera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Elderly woman, evicted, gets her apartment back after massive protests, legal changes. www.npr.org/2026/09/30/n...
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An 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked protests in Spain is returning home
María del Carmen Abascal's case has drawn tens of thousands of people to the streets in recent days and led the Spanish government to present measures to address the country's housing crisis.
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ChandraDKM @chandradkm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
* 12% had "largely recovered" * This is much closer to what I've seen among the LC community than the fantastical "most people with LC fully recover" that I've seen thrown around as a given. I don't want to dispirit anyone hoping for recovery - improvement is possible! But we have to be realistic
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/09/2026
Buried away and completely hidden out of sight in a dense forest, more than 1,600 immigrants are imprisoned here on any given day in what is the largest immigration detention center in the Northeast.
motherjones.com
Trump’s mass detention machine in Pennsylvania
"ICE is just churning bodies into the detention system."
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How a fake AI columnist duped Canadian media outlets. Daniel Robson almost became a budding star in Canadian conservative media. There was just one problem: He doesn't exist, by @ilkersezer.bsky.social www.turkiyetoday.com/world/exclus... via @turkiyetoday.bsky.social @perreaux.bsky.social
turkiyetoday.com
Exclusive—Fake AI columnist dupes Canadian press to target Moroccan dissidents, and a Turkish 'middleman' - Türkiye Today
The phantom writer communicated exclusively via email and rarely phoned Canadian publications, who were oblivious until Türkiye Today unraveled the matter
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Roses are red This is petrochemical infiltration
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Over 2,300 Lbs. of Breakfast Sausage Recalled at USDA’s Highest Risk Level Due to Potential Plastic Contamination
Fontanini Foods recalled 2,320 pounds of pork breakfast sausage over potential plastic contamination, the USDA’s FSIS said in a Sept. 25 announcement.
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From a Philly trainer I've worked with: Anti-ICE trainings hosted by the city in partnership with community orgs on 22, 27 Oct (Th., Tues). These dates will be general training on how to keep communities safe, with extra focus on elections—please sign up and pass around! training.ICEOUTPhilly.org
training.iceoutphilly.org
Airtable | Everyone's app platform
Airtable is a low-code platform for building collaborative apps. Customize your workflow, collaborate, and achieve ambitious outcomes. Get started for free.
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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m gearing up toward making more of these trees. I’ve downloaded the latest info from the JPL small bodies database to find out how many round worlds we’ve found way out there beyond Neptune in the last couple years.
A teal colored ceramic bonsai pot with a gnarled wire tree planted in it. On the tree’s branch tips are many gemstone beads representing planets, moons, and small bodies of the solar system.
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SuntoadCowboy @suntoadcowboy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This need is still dire for Karen! If anyone can help with an e-transfer so our neighbour here can stay safe while houseless in the downpour, please do! And please share for more reach! ❤️‍🩹
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They/Thempress of The Labyrinth @theythem.press · 29/09/2026
Why are you trans? Wrong answers only i misheard everyone talking about autistic people being happier when they stopped masc-ing
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A stack of 20 3D-printed filters removed 90% of microplastics from water. The smallest particles proved harder to trap.
techxplore.com
Low-cost 3D-printed filter removes up to 90% of microplastics from water
University of Waterloo engineers have developed a low-cost, customizable 3D-printed filter that removes up to 90% of microplastics from water, offering an inexpensive solution for residential and industrial use.
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