Reposted by Melanie PennerMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Faculty position at Calgary careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1820090... 01414
Reposted by Melanie PennerThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/08/2026Breaking News: Two unvaccinated people in Pennsylvania died from measles, the first deaths from the disease this year in the U.S., as a large outbreak there continues to spread.nyti.msIn Pennsylvania, 2 Measles Deaths Are ReportedThe deaths, which one doctor called “extremely rare in the modern era,” are the first in the United States in 2026. 269046
Reposted by Melanie PennerCasey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 27/07/2026People who think Emily Wilson is being mean have clearly never presented a paper at an academic conference 713675481
Reposted by Melanie PennerEMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026There is a lot to say about the Nolan Odyssey movie. But one point that I think has not been emphasized enough is: this is a film about living in LA, as Nolan, my erstwhile British compatriot and age mate, has done for years. I gather it’s a strange place. 403395718
Melanie Penner @drmelpenner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Niche interest alert: did anyone else think that the Siren song in #TheOdyssey sounds eerily like Bjork’s Anchor Song? It also plays when he is home and first speaking to Penelope. Interesting thematic overlap… youtu.be/17yWeynOfOIyoutu.beBjork - The anchor songYouTube video by Cruise Control 120
Melanie Penner @drmelpenner.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Jimothy has blessed us this #DisabilityPrideMonth people.com/seattle-shor...people.comOddly-Shaped Raccoon Believed to Have a Spine Deformity Becomes Seattle’s Newest Viral StarThe raccoon’s unusual appearance has sparked comparisons to mythical creatures, but experts say he’s adapting remarkably well despite his spinal deformity 141
Reposted by Melanie PennerEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 17/07/2026FWIW, JB Pritzker recently signed legislation to end subminimum wage labor for people with disabilities, a major priority for disability rights activists. 131657323
Melanie Penner @drmelpenner.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Both me and Ticketmaster are crashing out trying to get Turnstile tickets 000
Melanie Penner @drmelpenner.bsky.social · 23/05/2026In-house psychologists diagnosing and creating a pipeline of clients. Kids in cubicles. Bonuses for the number of hours of therapy children attend. Cheetos for writing letters. Pulling kids out of their natural environments. An industry in need of oversight & reform www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/h...nytimes.comShort Naps, Long Hours: How Autism Clinics Squeeze Medicaid Dollars Out of Preschoolers 000
Reposted by Melanie PennerMichael @masmus.bsky.social · 16/05/2026I should be grading. Instead, I’ve been diving into the MLB sponsor patches. So in honor of every team finally donning one this season, I’ll score and rank each abysmal patch. The score is out of 5, accounting the patch’s aesthetics with the uniform, the company, and fittingness to the team. 1219640
Reposted by Melanie PennerMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 14/05/2026NEW: A serious staffing shortage — of the Trump admin's own making — is delaying the agency's ability to send billions to universities around the country, leaving labs reeling in the meantime. “I thought we were at rock bottom”, a senior NIH official said. “We are below rock bottom now.”nature.comNIH staffing shortage could slash number of new grants issued this yearSome units at the US funding giant are so understaffed, they are focusing on mandated grant renewals rather than new awards. 14509323
Melanie Penner @drmelpenner.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know. 000
Reposted by Melanie PennerDrSinBin @drsinbin.bsky.social · 19/04/2026I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other. 116150695538
Melanie Penner @drmelpenner.bsky.social · 18/04/2026The wildest thing about the movie Speed is the number of infrastructure projects 010
Melanie Penner @drmelpenner.bsky.social · 17/04/2026When I was interviewing for my first faculty position, the chief of paediatrics asked me if I thought medicine was a career or a calling. It was clear which one was the correct answer. Thinking about that conversation as I reflect on this season of #ThePitt 010
Reposted by Melanie PennerPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 09/04/2026It’s hard to overstate how much of this moment is driven by people who got a taste of accountability and were very, very mad about it. 127124722386
Reposted by Melanie PennerMike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 06/04/2026So, thing that is apparently better understood inside academia than outside of it: International students pay sticker price. Most domestic students do not. International students are subsidizing the education costs for domestic students, as per student governmental funding drops. 683376820
Reposted by Melanie PennerAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 26/03/2026The American Medical Association directly responds to New York Times coverage mischaracterizing their posiiton on gender affirming care for trans young people. cloud.e.ama-assn.org/newsletter?u... 203022821
Reposted by Melanie PennerLinda Diak @lindadiakquilts.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Major quilt eye candy incoming. This was pieced by Kris Lescinsky, pattern is Catch Me by Jacqueline DeJong. Took me 5 audiobooks to quilt it, lol. 50465128
Melanie Penner @drmelpenner.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Kudos to @slooterman.bsky.social for unpacking the neurodivergence discourse! Includes references to some of my team’s work trying to understand the use of ‘weaponized autism’ in alt-right spaces 020
Reposted by Melanie PennerHal O'Wien @kbuts.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Bluesky is the app for people who like sports, but sports doesn't like them back. 2052281
Reposted by Melanie PennerAnna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The intention of the anti trans project, from “just asking questions” to “fairness in sports” was always this: to make it illegal and impossible to be trans in society. To create pretexts for our arrest and removal, if we don’t put ourselves under house arrest. To punish us for being different. 5746305
Reposted by Melanie PennerBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 23/02/2026The stupid thing about social media arguments about social media is that everyone who has them is a 40 year old arguing about which site frequented by 7% of the population is more relevant, meanwhile everyone under 25 is on something called Blooble inventing new words to scare us with 552134249
Reposted by Melanie Penner19thnews @19thnews.org · 12/02/2026As a growing number of states weaken childhood immunization requirements, physicians fear many families will miss critical wellness checks.19thnews.orgWithout school vaccine mandates, many kids may never see a doctorAs a growing number of states weaken childhood immunization requirements, physicians fear many families will miss critical wellness checks. 24718
Reposted by Melanie PennerKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 13/02/2026Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."academic.oup.comScientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to BlueskySynopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For 9667912210
Melanie Penner @drmelpenner.bsky.social · 09/02/2026“The goal horn went off during the ceremony when they kissed.” @slooterman.bsky.social warming my heart during a polar vortex 010
Reposted by Melanie PennerMelanie Penner @drmelpenner.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Big #autism news re: leucovorin. Published trial from India has been RETRACTED. This, combined with the fact that the earlier Frye trial was terminated by the FDA, further emphasizes that this is not a recommended therapy. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comRetraction Note: Efficacy of oral folinic acid supplementation in children with autism spectrum disorder: a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial - European Journal of PediatricsEuropean Journal of Pediatrics - 011
Melanie Penner @drmelpenner.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Big #autism news re: leucovorin. Published trial from India has been RETRACTED. This, combined with the fact that the earlier Frye trial was terminated by the FDA, further emphasizes that this is not a recommended therapy. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comRetraction Note: Efficacy of oral folinic acid supplementation in children with autism spectrum disorder: a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial - European Journal of PediatricsEuropean Journal of Pediatrics - 011
Reposted by Melanie PennerJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 30/01/2026God loves a terrier. 3493
Reposted by Melanie PennerThe American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Today marks a major moment for child health: the AAP has released its updated 2026 childhood and adolescent immunization schedule. Updated annually to reflect the latest scientific evidence, this year’s schedule is formally endorsed by 12 leading medical and healthcare organizations. bit.ly/4r5KbaQ 414792
Reposted by Melanie PennerNPR @npr.org · 26/01/2026Parents of autistic children are clamoring for a prescription vitamin promoted by federal health officials. But there's little evidence the drug will help.n.prCan the prescription drug leucovorin treat autism? History says, probably notParents of autistic children are clamoring for a prescription vitamin promoted by federal health officials. But there's little evidence the drug will help. 1911233
Reposted by Melanie PennerAsh Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 25/01/2026"How could they lie like that so brazenly??"" Because you let them. FOR DECADES About people you didn't care about. 4545144
Reposted by Melanie PennerSam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 22/01/2026I just thought everyone should see this 43252865986
Reposted by Melanie PennerEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 15/01/2026The lady in this photo is autistic and ICE agents dragged her out of her car as she tried to go to the doctor. 552116609
Reposted by Melanie PennerOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/01/2026"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato." surreal times dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...dailynous.comTexas A&M Bans Plato - Daily NousDrop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a... 21147541871
Reposted by Melanie Pennerjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/01/2026kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life 92147773029
Reposted by Melanie Pennerjboggess @jboggess.bsky.social · 05/01/2026(Bjork voice) And if you complain once more 1498
Reposted by Melanie PennerJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes. 15375928020091
Reposted by Melanie PennerNisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 03/01/2026UofT students: I'm offering a Black Radical Theory from the Global South class, JAA 377H on Tuesdays. We'll be reading folks like Neville Alexander, Keguro Macharia, Beatriz Nascimento, Grace Musila, Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Wangui Kimari etc... 18933
Reposted by Melanie PennerC. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · 02/01/2026why not the APGAR score? 418615
Reposted by Melanie Penner🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 01/01/2026They are scatting at the jazz club but it doesn’t sound like the scatting I’m used to from history’s number one scatter Jonathan Davis 121115
Reposted by Melanie PennerWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Here’s hoping the new year brings us an iconic young lead singer named Polly Crisis. 1252465
Reposted by Melanie PennerEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Should also add that right before she quit, Marjorie Taylor Greene passed a bill through the House to ban gender-affirming care for minors. She is not a moderate. She is still super right wing. She just felt Trump no longer could accomplish her goals. 441085235