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Dr. Otter

@dr-otter.bsky.social
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Evolutionary biologist, veterinary pathologist, public health nerd and old school Queer. Second generation displaced Appalachian

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hanagirl.bsky.social @hanagirl.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
He totally killed the Pope 🤣
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Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Is criticizing the government a prosecutable offense now? Edgar won't say that it isn't. DHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar discusses arrest of protest leader, deportations www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...
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DHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar discusses arrest of protest leader, deportations
NPR speaks with Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar about the arrest of a student protest leader and the Trump administration's ramped-up deportations of immigrants.
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Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
This is the cyberpunk dystopia we were promised. How long until they hire the blade runners?
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Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Since we aren't getting current public health data from the CDC anymore, the folks who run MyChart have this: www.epicresearch.org/data-tracker
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Epic Research
Facilitating rapid sharing of new medical knowledge
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Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
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Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
H5N1 influenza transmission from cats to humans? We don't really know now because the CDC isn't releasing MMWR data any more. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
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CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People (Gift Article)
The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.
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The Rooster @rooster.info · 07/02/2025
Neo-Nazis appeared in Lincoln Heights (metro Cincinnati) Ohio and got ran out of dodge… but not before locals stole and burned their swastika flag in the street.
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Meh Pluribus Unum (Alli) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @pluribus-unum.co · 05/02/2025
Never. www.reuters.com/legal/twitte...
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Twitter owes ex-employees $500 million in severance, lawsuit claims
Twitter Inc on Wednesday was hit with a lawsuit accusing it of refusing to pay at least $500 million in promised severance to thousands of employees who were laid off after Elon Musk acquired the company.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
If you work for the federal government and are tempted to take Musk’s “buyout” offer please know that you’re never going to see that money.
Jeff Stein &
@JStein WaPo
A federal worker sent me audio of a call that HR did today with staff about "deferred resignation" agreements offered by DOGE ... I think this is pretty well understood by now but helps confirm what many suspect
The audio goes:
Employee: Lets say I accept the agreement tomorrow - you were to rescind the agreement and they were to stop paying me on Friday ... we would have no recourse available?
HR official: Yes... as the agreement is outlined that is absolutely correct
11:40 AM • 2/5/25 • 168K Views
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Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
All these emails read like a timeshare vacation scam
We've been trying to reach you about your deferred resignation offer
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Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Turn in your colleagues or else.
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Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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Jacque Schrock @jaxdvm.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Damn. When I thought I couldn’t love her more.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/01/2025
ATTN: THREAD: The loyalty interviews have begun in DC. As someone who has direct experience with this, I have a couple of recommendations for all federal workers. Please share this widely, and with any federal government employee you know. 1/
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Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Sticker on an advertisement for a service to"grow your business"
Photo of a rain speckled sign featuring an orange silhouette of a man in a business suit with blue details on the collar and cuffs and a large black tie, holding up a blue umbrella on a pale grey background. A round, black and white sticker covers most of his blank face. It has a capital A in white on a black background, around which is written in alternating black and white rings "No one is coming to save us We are the ones we waited for/ They don't care about you Without you we've got nothing / They won't even try We are all we've got.
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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The deep sea is Earth's final frontier—covering more than 60% of the planet's surface, it's a vast, dark, and largely unexplored world teeming with life. Despite its remoteness, the deep sea regulates global climate, supports unique ecosystems, and holds untold scientific discoveries.
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Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
My mother likes to walk in graveyards and often took me with her when I was a child. We observed how many old (pre 1950s) graves of young children there were, and how the deaths cluster within a couple of weeks of each other. That's when the plagues came through town.
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Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
🐦 Animal #499 🦛 I figured it out in 3 guesses! 🟨🟨🟩 🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 3 metazooa.com #metazooa
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Metazooa
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!
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Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Anthem had plans to limit anesthesia coverage to a set about of time, but then had a sudden and coincidental policy reversal. apnews.com/article/anth...
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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield reverses decision to put a time limit on anesthesia
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield says it won't tie payments to the length of time a patient went under anesthesia.
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Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
No pathogen identified as yet. This has been going on for about 6 weeks with at least 406 cases 31 deaths (mostly children) to date. www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...
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Officials continue probe on DR Congo mystery illness
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Whitney K, MPH, PhD @factcontagion.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Why are you hearing news of #avianflu infecting #cattle? This primer breaks down #flu biology and what makes it a global threat. From antigenic drift to pandemic shifts, 👀 the science behind 1 of the most studied yet unpredictable viruses. #idsky #publichealth🧪💉 www.factcontagion.org/the-abcs-of-...
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The ABCs of Influenza: Evolution, Transmission, and Pandemic Potential
The ABCs of Influenza Viruses There are four species, or types, of influenza viruses (A, B, C, and D). Humans can be infected with types A, B, and C, but influenza A is the most virulent (severe). Wi...
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The average American got 7 out of 11 questions correct on this Pew Research science 🧪 quiz. You can do better, right?
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Quiz: How much do you know about science?
Test your knowledge of science facts and applications of scientific principles by taking our 11-question quiz, then compare your answers to the average American and across demographic groups.
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Sebastian R.vH @sebastianrvh.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Ah, yes, another Eldritch horror!
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Lauren Sabina Kneisly @sabina.kneisly.org · 16/11/2024
Strategies that rely upon sparking empathy in oppressors are by and large not going to move the needle, but there are many important points in this and it's worth the read.
wagingnonviolence.org
10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won
The key to taking effective action if Trump wins is to avoid perpetuating his goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.
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Lauren Sabina Kneisly @sabina.kneisly.org · 16/11/2024
A solid read.
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Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
"Who is laughing now?"
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Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
1. giant Dukes chapstick 2. Leatherman tool 3. Hair ties 4. Small blue ceramic scarab beetle 5. My ability to focus, but I forgot I put it in there and can't find it
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Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
So in other news, The Onion just bought InfoWars apnews.com/article/onio...
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Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families' backing
The satirical news publication The Onion has bought Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction with the backing of families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
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Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I notice that it isn't only that the mean is shifting to the right, but the curve is flattening and spreading out so that the extremes out at the tails are both more extreme and more common. Y-axis is frequency.
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Sebastian R.vH @sebastianrvh.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
3. Eoperipatus totoro (Oliveira et al., 2013) From My Neighbour Totoro (amazing film, bytheby), comes this *reads smudges notes on hand* velvet... #worm? said to resemble the Cat Bus from the movie. I see the resemblance!
Two pictures of a velvet worm, brown in colour and somehow fuzzy lookingThe Cat Bus from the movie My Neighbour Totoro
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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Canada has confirmed the teenager with HPAI has H5N1, clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D1.1. This is not the same genotype as the identified cattle cases, which are B3.13 so far. D1.1 has been seen in the US in poultry workers in Washington state, which suggests it is circulating in birds in that area. 🧪
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Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada: Update on Avian Influenza and Risk to Canadians
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) today confirmed a human case of avian influenza (also known as bird flu) caused by influenza A(H5N1) virus in Canada.
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Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
*tap tap* is this thing on?
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