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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️

@docwinter.bsky.social
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Cheese lover, guitarist, physician-scientist investigating the role of inflammatory bio-markers in MS, amateur barista

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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There were beans, rice, elote absolutely buried in cotija and chile, and a margarita so cold the glass was sweating harder than I was. I’m still thinking about it.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I had the most amazing Mexican last night, carnitas with those impossibly crispy little edges, warm tortillas that tasted like they’d been made five minutes earlier, smoky salsa roja, charred onions, cilantro, lime, and a dangerously creamy green sauce I would’ve happily eaten with a spoon.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When someone’s garden has one flower growing way taller than the rest, I’m like yes. That’s the mayor.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I get emotionally invested in lone balloons floating near the ceiling. You made it, buddy.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I like when the moon is out during the day. Good for her. Pick up a shift.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I can’t throw away a stuffed animal while it’s looking at me. I’m not a monster.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If I drop an ice cube, I kick it under the fridge so it can be with its ancestors.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I apologize to furniture when I bump into it, but only when it was clearly my fault. I have boundaries.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I say ‘thank you’ to automatic doors when they open for me. I want it on the record that I was polite before the uprising.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fox spent years airing vaccine skepticism and railing against mandates. Now, with measles at Philly airport: check your vaccination status, the MMR vaccine is 97% protective. Amazing how fast vaccines become important when the virus isn’t COVID. #Vaccines #News #BlueSky
foxnews.com
World’s most contagious virus hits major US airport as officials warn of possible exposure
Philadelphia International Airport is tied to a second measles exposure event across multiple terminals amid Pennsylvania's worsening measles outbreak.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Muse is Meta’s new AI, built to access and act across your email, WhatsApp, calendar, files, microphone, camera, purchases, and other services. A researcher who discovered a zero-day in Muse put it this way: “We can manipulate the agent and leverage its privileges to do whatever we want.”
arstechnica.com
Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day
A simple ClickFix attack is only one way to completely hijack the new agent.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hello! I would like to introduce everyone to a colleague of mine. He just started a new account where he will post respiratory pathogen news and updates. Please consider following along: @theairbornealert.bsky.social
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hello! I would like to introduce everyone to a colleague of mine. He just started a new account where he will post respiratory pathogen news and updates. Please consider following along: @theairbornealert.bsky.social
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hello! I would like to introduce everyone to a colleague of mine. He just started a new account where he will post respiratory pathogen news and updates. Please consider following along: @theairbornealert.bsky.social
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🚨 Novavax (Nuvaxovid) is back. CVS shipments started landing a few days ago, and Costco locations are stocking it too. If you’ve been waiting for the protein-based COVID vaccine, check local inventory and go get your shot. #Novavax #Nuvaxovid #COVID19
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🚨 Novavax (Nuvaxovid) is back. CVS shipments started landing a few days ago, and Costco locations are stocking it too. If you’ve been waiting for the protein-based COVID vaccine, check local inventory and go get your shot. #Novavax #Nuvaxovid #COVID19
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
COVID and EBV aren’t always “one and done.” In susceptible people, they can rev up B cells that make autoantibodies, erode immune tolerance, and feed pathways seen in lupus, MS, and Long COVID. Reinfection isn’t harmless. Fewer infections = fewer chances to trigger that machinery.
genengnews.com
Molecular Pathways Driving Autoantibody Production Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection Identified
Findings suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection can activate an immune program that closely resembles those involved in established autoimmune disorders.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The new generation of glassholes #tech #Bluesky
gizmodo.com
Popular Bars and Restaurants Are Banning Smart Glasses
Smart glasses with cameras on them aren't exactly welcome in some of the U.K.'s biggest chains.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 | COVID MAY WAKE THE VIRUSES SLEEPING INSIDE YOU In 1,154 hospitalized patients, researchers found dormant viruses like EBV and CMV reactivating, linked to worse COVID. One viral family was associated with long COVID
nature.com
Virus reactivation in acute and long COVID-19 - Nature
Chronic reactivation of distinct herpesviruses and anelloviruses occur during acute and long COVID-19, and track with disease severity, inflammation and outcomes, revealing immune signatures with prog...
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
🚨 The 2026 ACC/AHA dyslipidemia guideline just made 21 MILLION more Americans eligible for statins, over HALF of adults 30-79! New age range, lower risk thresholds, CKD & HIV added. Yet NO new low-risk statin trials since 2018. Big implications ahead. 💊
jamanetwork.com
Implications of the 2026 Dyslipidemia Guideline for Primary Prevention Statin Therapy
This cross-sectional study explores the 2026 guideline on dyslipidemia management, examining the population health impact on US adults recommended primary prevention statin therapy due to atherosclero...
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Remember when their slogan was, “Make A Run For The Border”? #NoQuieroTacoBell #MedSky #FoodSafwty
cnn.com
Taco Bell has a diarrhea problem | CNN Business
Taco Bell has been the shining star of the fast-food business for several years. But now the company is contending with a restaurant’s worst nightmare: an explosive diarrhea outbreak.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Remember when their slogan was, “Make A Run For The Border”? #NoQuieroTacoBell #MedSky #FoodSafwty
cnn.com
Taco Bell has a diarrhea problem | CNN Business
Taco Bell has been the shining star of the fast-food business for several years. But now the company is contending with a restaurant’s worst nightmare: an explosive diarrhea outbreak.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Two-panel cartoon: A hiker asks an AI whether a mushroom is safe to eat, and the AI says yes. In the second panel, the hiker is dead and buried while the AI admits the mushroom was poisonous and offers a PowerPoint about other poisonous mushrooms.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Bzzz bzzz
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Big COVID news: the FDA just approved Xocova (ensitrelvir), the first oral antiviral shown to help prevent symptomatic COVID-19 after exposure. In the Phase 3 SCORPIO-PEP trial, it reduced the risk of symptomatic infection by 67% when started within 72 hours of household exposure. #BlueSky #Covid19
nejm.org
Ensitrelvir for Covid-19 Postexposure Prophylaxis in Household Contacts | NEJM
Ensitrelvir, an oral inhibitor of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) 3C-like protease, is approved in Japan for the treatment of mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease 2019 ...
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Big COVID news: the FDA just approved Xocova (ensitrelvir), the first oral antiviral shown to help prevent symptomatic COVID-19 after exposure. In the Phase 3 SCORPIO-PEP trial, it reduced the risk of symptomatic infection by 67% when started within 72 hours of household exposure. #BlueSky #Covid19
nejm.org
Ensitrelvir for Covid-19 Postexposure Prophylaxis in Household Contacts | NEJM
Ensitrelvir, an oral inhibitor of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) 3C-like protease, is approved in Japan for the treatment of mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease 2019 ...
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
🚨 COVID BREAKTHROUGH: For the first time, an antiviral pill cut post-exposure symptomatic COVID from ~9% to ~3% in household contacts. For transplant patients, care-home residents and high-risk families, this could be massive. #COVID #PublicHealth #Medicine #Science #Health
nature.com
At last, a pill that can prevent COVID after exposure to infected people
Drug arrives years after pandemic’s peak, but could still offer protection to vulnerable populations.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
🚨 COVID BREAKTHROUGH: For the first time, an antiviral pill cut post-exposure symptomatic COVID from ~9% to ~3% in household contacts. For transplant patients, care-home residents and high-risk families, this could be massive. #COVID #PublicHealth #Medicine #Science #Health
nature.com
At last, a pill that can prevent COVID after exposure to infected people
Drug arrives years after pandemic’s peak, but could still offer protection to vulnerable populations.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
BREAKING: New bat coronavirus discovered with a ready-made key to human lungs. Scientists say it is only a matter of time. The next pandemic may already be in the air. #Pandemic #Science #MedSky #Vaccines #Health #Bluesky
nature.com
Heart-nosed bat alphacoronaviruses use human CEACAM6 to enter cells - Nature
Human CEACAM6, which is widely expressed in the lung, is identified as a receptor used by the spike proteins of Cardioderma cor (heart-nosed bat) alphacoronaviruses to enter cells.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
If he was a locksmith then he would never have watched The Italian Job either
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
This is incredible. A simple vaccine during pregnancy cutting newborn hospitalizations from RSV by around 80% is exactly the kind of quiet breakthrough that changes lives. Protecting babies from day one is huge. Science at its best. #MedSky #Vaccines #Science #BlueSky
bbc.com
Pregnancy vaccine reduces baby hospital admissions for RSV by 80%
A study confirms the vaccine gives excellent protection for babies against life-threatening chest infections.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
A pill that cuts your COVID risk by 67% after exposure is genuinely wild. That’s science working exactly as it should. 🔬 #Covid19 #ScienceSky #MedSky
shionogi.com
Late-Breaking at CROI 2025: SCORPIO-PEP Phase 3 Trial: Ensitrelvir is the First and Only COVID-19 Oral Antiviral to Demonstrate Prevention of COVID-19 as Post Exposure Prophylaxis
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
A pill that cuts your COVID risk by 67% after exposure is genuinely wild. That’s science working exactly as it should. 🔬 #Covid19 #ScienceSky #MedSky
shionogi.com
Late-Breaking at CROI 2025: SCORPIO-PEP Phase 3 Trial: Ensitrelvir is the First and Only COVID-19 Oral Antiviral to Demonstrate Prevention of COVID-19 as Post Exposure Prophylaxis
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
We may have been counting COVID deaths wrong. A new study suggests many deaths labeled as heart disease or pneumonia were likely COVID, especially early on. Not a conspiracy. Just messy data. If the toll was higher than reported… what else are we sure about that isn’t true? #MedSky #Covid19
science.org
Applying machine learning to identify unrecognized COVID-19 deaths recorded as other causes of death in the United States
A machine learning approach suggests that COVID-19 deaths were undercounted unevenly across sociodemographic groups in 2020–2021.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
🚨 VIRUS ALERT: You likely carry JC virus (JCV) right now. Up to 70–90% of adults do. Usually harmless, but if immunity drops it can reactivate and cause PML, a rare, often fatal brain disease. #Bluesky #Science #Health #JCvirus #MS #Lupus #Neurology
arstechnica.com
You're likely already infected with a brain-eating virus you've never heard of
Fatal brain infection was thought to be from profound immune suppression. Not anymore.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Exciting Nature study shows microbiome-driven gut inflammation disrupts vagus nerve signaling to the hippocampus, accelerating cognitive decline. In mice, restoring gut–brain signaling reversed memory loss. Happy to have new therapeutic targets to pursue! #AgingResearch #Longevity #MedSky
nature.com
Intestinal interoceptive dysfunction drives age-associated cognitive decline - Nature
Age-related microbiome changes increase medium-chain fatty acid-producing bacteria, driving GPR84-mediated myeloid inflammation, impaired vagal signalling and hippocampal dysfunction; targeting this g...
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Flu: trashes your lungs, then leaves. COVID: trashes your lungs and quietly rewires your brain, with persistent inflammation, microvascular injury, and monoamine pathway disruption weeks after clearance. Stop calling that ‘the flu.’ #MedSky #Covid19
frontiersin.org
Frontiers | Characterization of subchronic lung and brain consequences caused by mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A infection of C57BL6 mice
IntroductionSARS-CoV-2 and, to a lesser extent, influenza A can lead to long-term complications in the respiratory and nervous systems. However, the mechanis...
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
A matched cohort study using OpenSAFELY data on 3.46M adults 50+ in England found the Autumn 2022 bivalent BA.1 mRNA boosters cut COVID hospitalisation and death risk by about half, with similar effectiveness for Pfizer and Moderna (waning over time)👊💉😀#MedSky #Vaccines #Covid19
sciencedirect.com
Effectiveness of bivalent BA.1 mRNA booster vaccines during the autumn 2022 COVID-19 booster programme in adults aged 50+ in England: observational matched cohort study using OpenSAFELY
Estimate the effectiveness and comparative effectiveness of booster vaccination with bivalent original/omicron BA.1 mRNA-1273 (Moderna) and original/o…
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Imagine training your whole life just for a casting director to stare at you and say, “You’d make an excellent shrub for Bad Bunny #BadBunny #ArtSky #MusicSky
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Topol’s wellness advice: don’t buy wellness stuff. Also Topol: please buy my wellness book right here stacked behind me. 🤝😂
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The U.S. men’s cross-country ski team met the press in Tesero this week, masked up and ready to race 🇺🇸🎿 Even at the Olympics, staying healthy matters. Masks aren’t politics, they’re performance protection. 🦠💪 #TeamUSA #WinterOlympics #COVIDAware #MedSky
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
A tiny antibody just exposed the coronavirus’s secret weak spot — and crushed it. 🧬 This could be the start of a universal coronavirus shield. #ScienceBreakthrough #COVID19 #Biotech #Antibody #FutureOfMedicine #ViralScience #MedSky
scitechdaily.com
A Tiny Antibody Just Crushed the Coronavirus’s Secret Weak Spot
Llama antibodies clamp the coronavirus shut at its weakest spot—leaving the virus powerless to mutate or infect.
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Can it run Doom? 😆
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Reminder as flu season clobbers everyone: 1 “nose-first” paper worth bookmarking 👇 Intranasal Neosporin paper: flips on nasal innate antiviral genes (ISGs) and reduced flu/SARS-CoV-2 in animals, with a small human pilot. Interesting signals, still waiting on human trials #Flu #BlueSky #MedSky
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Intranasal neomycin evokes broad-spectrum antiviral immunity in the upper respiratory tract
Respiratory virus infections in humans are a significant global health concern, causing a wide range of diseases with substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide. This underscores the urgent need for effective interventions to reduce the burden of ...
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Aronia berry juice vs. a high-fat diet: in a humanized mouse model, a single daily shot of this polyphenol bomb helped preserve gut bugs, boost barrier-supporting metabolites, and temper metabolic fallout, especially when donors had a more inflamed microbiome #GutHealth #MedSky #NutritionScience
frontiersin.org
Frontiers | Metabolic impact of polyphenol-rich aronia fruit juice mediated by inflammation status of gut microbiome donors in humanized mouse model
Background: The Aronia melanocarpa fruit is emerging as a health food owing to its high polyphenolic content and associated antioxidant activity. Antioxidant...
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Aronia berry juice vs. a high-fat diet: in a humanized mouse model, a single daily shot of this polyphenol bomb helped preserve gut bugs, boost barrier-supporting metabolites, and temper metabolic fallout, especially when donors had a more inflamed microbiome #GutHealth #MedSky #NutritionScience
frontiersin.org
Frontiers | Metabolic impact of polyphenol-rich aronia fruit juice mediated by inflammation status of gut microbiome donors in humanized mouse model
Background: The Aronia melanocarpa fruit is emerging as a health food owing to its high polyphenolic content and associated antioxidant activity. Antioxidant...
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
There’s still time 🤞
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Mixed. Jon Stewart mocking people who still mask isn’t edgy, it’s lazy. When your jokes target the medically vulnerable instead of the powerful, that’s not satire, it’s punching down.
rawstory.com
'Punching down': Comedian Jon Stewart under fire as mockery falls flat with progressives
Comedian Jon Stewart is under fire over his decision to "punch down" at COVID-cautious people still choosing to wear a mask.During a Dec. 11 episode of "The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart," the comedian...
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Dr. Susan Winters ☕️ @docwinter.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
The injustice is real #FunnyDogs #Art #Bluesky 🎄🐶🎅🏻
Two-panel cartoon of a golden retriever. In the first panel the dog looks annoyed and says, ‘I’m not allowed to bring sticks inside.’ In the second panel, the same dog stares at a fully decorated Christmas tree and says, ‘but apparently entire trees are ok.
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