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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 3h

This album was an absolute banger and I’m probably going to have to do a thread about it soon…maybe this weekend

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 3h

First single you bought with your own money Y’all remember Ronco?

Cover of an album called “Star Trackin’ 76” released by Ronco records “as seen on tv” with 20 original hits and 20 original artists. Red stars featuring different artist names are arranged around a human in a silvery space suit standing on a lunar-like surface holding a microphone in front of his opaque silvery space mask

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 4h

The concept just sort of fell into my head when I was walking, I went about my day thinking about plot dynamics and asking myself “how does it end?” and then was purely delighted when the ending manifested itself. Not sure if I can do it justice on the page but I’ll keep thinking.

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 4h

No time! I’ll make some notes now and gestate for a bit

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 4h

I have a really cool idea for a short story/novella but I’ve never done anything like that before and I’m not sure I’m up to it. Guess I’ll put it on the “when I’m retired list” 🥴

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 17h

In early 2025, I assumed the Trump regime would delete the Department of Justice’s press releases and other statements related to more than 1,000 Jan. 6 cases. So I downloaded them. We’ve now made them available to the public with a search tool. They can’t erase history. jan6memoryproject.org

jan6memoryproject.org

The January 6 Memory Project

A public archive of Department of Justice news releases and related court filings concerning prosecutions from the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I've always heard that measles infects 90% of non-immune people who get exposed. The unbelievable spread of measles in PA (86 more reported cases in 5 days) is illustrating this in real time, as the virus rips through unvaccinated communities like a heat-seeking missile.

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Julia Shumway @jmshumway.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

For the @oregoncapitalchronicle.com's voter guide, I reached out to every candidate for Congress, the #orleg and governor with questions informed by our readers' feedback. Many hours and cups of coffee later, here's the result. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/voter-guides... #orpol

oregoncapitalchronicle.com

Voter Guide: 2026 General Election • Oregon

From Oregon Capital Chronicle | Probing Oregon Politics and Power

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Since the marine science and ecotourism community is talking (again) about how Ocean Ramsey is not the hero some people think she is (to put it mildly,) here’s my explainer about some of her nonsense. www.southernfriedscience.com/what-ocean-r...

southernfriedscience.com

What Ocean Ramsey does is not shark science or conservation: some brief thoughts on “the Shark Whisperer” documentary

Netflix has a new (sarcastic air quotes) “documentary” out about Ocean Ramsey, who longtime readers and followers know is a serial wildlife harasser who also coordinates massive online …

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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Some people don't like that my creative vision outshines theirs and I've figured out how to turn oatmeal into high fiber count chocula

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

My friends and I brainstormed this sort of festival a while back—complete with shooting flaming arrows at a raft of tampons, making O’Keefe-esque art, bouquets of dried flowers, etc. It never came to pass but was very entertaining to envision

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Can’t remember the last time I stayed up way too late because I couldn’t put a book down but @scribeofhades.bsky.social’s Worry Box was totally worth it—what a haunting, disturbing, poignant and oh so satisfying thrill ride! #SpookyBooks 📕

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

If you’re a researcher who does human subjects research, there is no deeper shame than conducting an unethical trial. If I had a study like this where members of the committee that approved it resigned in protest, I couldn’t imagine showing my face at meetings again. Or look in the mirror. Shameful.

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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

after so many years of Civility™️ and Reaching Across the Aisle™️ and Bipartisanship™️, we are so hungry for anyone to just flat-out say “are you a whole-ass criminal y/n, trick question it’s yes and we have proof” right to their faces it hits like ice-cold peppermint schnapps

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Meghan Wilson Duff 🦑 @mwduff.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Mainers, I'm getting sketchy, inaccurate (voter suppressing) text messages. Let me be clear: Maine has SAME DAY VOTER REGISTRATION. You can register to vote up to and on the day of the election. Don't listen to random text messages telling you otherwise. Sources below:

static.klipy.com

Kermit the Frog Sips 'VOTE' Coffee

Alt: Kermit the Frog Sips 'VOTE' Coffee

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Mentally adding “San Dimas High School Football Rules!” to the end of her statement

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Seeing the #HATM posts reminded me of this very cool mural in RVA…with a hexagonal mirror mounted right at eye level #Candyman

A mural on a concrete wall depicting orange-y red and gold flowing liquid (like honey). Bees are painted here and there within the liquid. The center figure is a black man wearing robes, clutching one hand to his chest while the extending the other arm, which ends in a hook. A hexagonal frames mirror is mounted below him. Two larger hands reach out at the periphery of the scene clutching the golden fluid, some of which is also painted (as if dripped) onto the concrete walkway below the wall. A small blond child standing in front of the mural is peering into the floor paint

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 11/10/2026

Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Oct 13 comment deadline for NIH peer review score binning is fast approaching! Please add your voice! Direct link to RFI: rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6a2b1c22c3... Background on why it matters: 27unihted.substack.com/p/nih-wants-...

27unihted.substack.com

NIH wants to shroud peer review scores. Here’s what you can do about it.

Authored by anonymous current and former NIH workers with experience in peer review

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I know this is like the 50th game in England and they know about football at this point but it's so funny to show another country your beautiful game and right off the bat you get "kickoff touchdown overruled by offsetting penalties and multiple ejections"

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Sensible Medicine said we should love this.

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 09/10/2026

It's just been announced at NYCC so I guess I can tell you that I'm writing The Regulators for Marvel. My five issue comic series will be out in 2027. Mutants, magic and monsters woven into the very fabric of Jim Crow America.

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Thanks. She’s been in memory care since 2018 so Covid was a bit of a fraught time for us as well.

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Federal Head Start regulations are a mandatory floor, and if federal rules on corporal punishment and supervision are removed, child protections will revert to state-level child care laws. Kids in states like Florida and South Carolina have much fewer safeguards in place than states like New York.

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Slowing down to fill the corners of each moment for a couple of hours was exactly what I needed to power through the rest of the week. She won’t remember the day, but I will. ❤️

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This happened when I was picking her up for an appointment across town. We drove through the gorgeous sunny day with the sunroof open and regarded the fall foliage while listening to Carol King’s “Tapestry”, one of her favorites from back in the day.

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The unrelenting bad news combined with a crushing work schedule and some big family moves has me seeking shelter from the shitstorm wherever I can get it. Shoutout to my mom & the surprising, lovely gifts that #Alzheimers can bestow for keeping me grounded in The Now

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Mom dozes in the recliner Warm and comfortable in the after-lunch lull I hate to wake her but it’s time to go I touch her hand gently and lean in Her eyes open A smile breaks across her face She clutches my hand and tells me “I was dreaming” “I was dreaming of my father”

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And I’m sorry I interrupted her reunion But also glad because I would otherwise never have known That she remembers In her dreams She remembers

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Oh that is heartbreaking. I’m so sorry for your loss and the particular cruelty that had to accompany an already sad time.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 07/10/2026

The Trump administration will start selecting lawyers for unaccompanied minors. Meaning the judges work for Donald Trump, the prosecutors work for Trump, and now the attorneys representing children will work for Trump. This is a rigged system that will result in more untold horrors for these kids.

cnn.com

Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics

Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Earlier this year the scientific community successfully fought back on dramatic changes in Federal funding proposed by the Trump Administration.Now another RFI is proposing substantial changes that would damage peer review. This letter from SDB President Helen McNeill lays out the issue clearly 1/n

Dear SDB Members,

I am writing you now to ask everyone to respond to a proposed change to the way that grant review information at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is communicated to grant applicants, institutions, and NIH program staff. This is your opportunity to provide feedback on the process that selects our grants for funding.

The proposed change means that individuals, institutes and NIH staff will no longer receive the final overall impact score or percentile score that reflects the scientific opinion of a panel of experts. Currently, three reviewers provide their detailed opinion of a grant, and then the entire panel asks questions, can examine figures, and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of a grant, and then members all independently score. The final overall impact score reflects this discussion and careful consideration of the entire scientific panel.

The proposed change is to now simply divide the scored grants into three categories: Scored applications would be grouped into three broad categories - “Most Competitive (top 25%),” “Competitive (26%-50%),” and “Not Discussed”. The motivation for the change is that decisions would now focus on the comments of reviewers, not the score of the grant to determine which grants to support. However, the current mechanism allows for scores and comments to be considered. Thus, removing the score component from NIH staff makes selection of which grants to fund more burdensome for NIH staff.

The loss of detailed scores will also make it more difficult for researchers to assess how competitive an application was and determine whether to revise and resubmit it. An application ranked top 2% and one ranked 24th% would receive the same label, even if the scientific panel viewed them quite differently. Meanwhile, applications ranked 25th%and 26th% would be placed in different categories because of a tiny difference that NIH itself says should not be treated as meaningful. The proposal would erase potentially important differences while creating arbitrary new dividing lines.

This is a dramatic loss of transparency in the scientific review process. Under the new plan, principal investigator(s), applicant institutions, NIH program staff, ICO leadership, and the relevant NIH Advisory Council will no longer have access to the final overall score.

NIH is explicitly asking for input on this particular question.

This is a Request for Information (RFI), not simply an announcement of a policy that has already been finalized. NIH says comments will be used to inform the final recommendation, including implementation and communication.

Please comment here: https://rfi.grants.nih.gov/?s=6a2b1c22c3fcfda46e0badd2

Deadline for response receipt is October 13, 2026, 11:59 PM ET.

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

No one is owed love and attention. I’m glad you prioritized taking care of yourself ❤️

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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 07/10/2026

Anyway the annual pre-holiday cycle of handwringing over "family estrangement" is extremely predictable! I even wrote about it last year for @theflytrapmedia.com!

theflytrapmedia.com

No, You Shouldn't Ignore Your Dad’s Racism Just Because He Cuts Turkey Good

'Tis the season for a scolding over the so-called 'family estrangement crisis.'

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Nice! I hit a new top weight for bench press reps last week and am still feeling extremely cocky about it

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Back to sleep for me! (It’s 4AM here)—I guess I’ll find out what there is to find out in a few hours 🥴🥴🥴

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Working ok for me—is it back on for you?

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