Reposted by Dr. Otterhanagirl.bsky.social @hanagirl.bsky.social · 22/04/2025He totally killed the Pope 🤣 011
Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Is 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...npr.orgDHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar discusses arrest of protest leader, deportationsNPR 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. 010
Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 02/03/2025This is the cyberpunk dystopia we were promised. How long until they hire the blade runners? 110
Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Since we aren't getting current public health data from the CDC anymore, the folks who run MyChart have this: www.epicresearch.org/data-trackerepicresearch.orgEpic ResearchFacilitating rapid sharing of new medical knowledge 030
Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 07/02/2025H5N1 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...nytimes.comCDC 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. 143
Reposted by Dr. OtterThe Rooster @rooster.info · 07/02/2025Neo-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. 396121182880
Reposted by Dr. OtterMeh Pluribus Unum (Alli) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @pluribus-unum.co · 05/02/2025Never. www.reuters.com/legal/twitte...reuters.comTwitter owes ex-employees $500 million in severance, lawsuit claimsTwitter 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. 316536
Reposted by Dr. OtterMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/02/2025If 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. 12285963149
Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 21/01/2025I 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. 010
Reposted by Dr. OtterJacque Schrock @jaxdvm.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Damn. When I thought I couldn’t love her more. 0111
Reposted by Dr. OtterAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/01/2025ATTN: 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/ 546106566238
Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Sticker on an advertisement for a service to"grow your business" 010
Reposted by Dr. OtterDr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 17/12/2024The 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. 23211
Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 15/12/2024My 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. 020
Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 11/12/2024🐦 Animal #499 🦛 I figured it out in 3 guesses! 🟨🟨🟩 🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 3 metazooa.com #metazooametazooa.comMetazooaBecome an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal! 000
Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Anthem 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...apnews.comAnthem Blue Cross Blue Shield reverses decision to put a time limit on anesthesiaAnthem Blue Cross Blue Shield says it won't tie payments to the length of time a patient went under anesthesia. 000
Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 10/12/2024No 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...cidrap.umn.eduOfficials continue probe on DR Congo mystery illness 000
Reposted by Dr. OtterWhitney K, MPH, PhD @factcontagion.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Why 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-...factcontagion.orgThe ABCs of Influenza: Evolution, Transmission, and Pandemic PotentialThe 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... 12214
Reposted by Dr. OtterConrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 25/11/2024The average American got 7 out of 11 questions correct on this Pew Research science 🧪 quiz. You can do better, right?pewresearch.orgQuiz: 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. 11727279
Reposted by Dr. OtterSebastian R.vH @sebastianrvh.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Ah, yes, another Eldritch horror! 011
Reposted by Dr. OtterLauren Sabina Kneisly @sabina.kneisly.org · 16/11/2024Strategies 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.org10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has wonThe key to taking effective action if Trump wins is to avoid perpetuating his goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation. 041
Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 14/11/20241. 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 010
Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 14/11/2024So in other news, The Onion just bought InfoWars apnews.com/article/onio...apnews.comSatire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families' backingThe 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. 120
Dr. Otter @dr-otter.bsky.social · 14/11/2024I 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. 000
Reposted by Dr. OtterSebastian R.vH @sebastianrvh.bsky.social · 13/11/20243. 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! 1123
Reposted by Dr. OtterDr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Canada 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. 🧪canada.caStatement from the Public Health Agency of Canada: Update on Avian Influenza and Risk to CanadiansThe 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. 23914