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Association for Molecular Pathology @ampath.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

During this #LungCancerAwarenessMonth, we'd like to remind you that our "Molecular in My Pocket" reference guide for lung cancer was just updated and is freely available for download: www.amp.org/AMP/assets/File/educati… See all cards at amp.org/MIMP.

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

If you vote for the empty promises of the party in charge, you deserve to be aggressively primaried.

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I think sometimes they were "abandoned" due to lack of popularity but are still excellent (at least when it comes to popular fruits like apples, tomatoes, etc).

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Albemarle pippins, for example, are local to Albemarle County, VA

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

So I want to chime in that there has been a fair amount of work done on apple cultivars in Virginia. While I don't know tribal involvement in specific cultivar history (yet) - I do know that there have been apple orchards in VA since the mid-1700's and Jefferson did some development too.

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Curious about your take on simply making Medicaid the default for everyone? I may have missed it 2/2 the algorithm

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Well, the sun went down an hour earlier...

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Chili and cornbread. Apple everything (we live in Virginia apple country). Probably some quesadillas one night (the one when I get home too late for real cooking)

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

This is wonderful! It also tracks with my own experience with permethrin-treated clothing and mosquito bites (admittedly in an area without endemic malaria).

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

That's not a haunted house! That's Nightmare on Academia Street

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

We have this in our rotation too! We sub the salmon for different fish sometimes but it's still excellent

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I'll play - here's this week. Chicken and lentils is a crockpot winner. Taking a chance with the lemon sole.

Dinner menu for the week shows meals each day

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

West Virginia also happens to be the home of the New River Gorge, which is an amazing rock climbing destination. But it's also not super well developed so there's room to grow. It's an opportunity and climbers have done this sort of work before elsewhere (Joe's Valley, Red River Gorge,...)

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Local libraries. Used book shops. University libraries.

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I'm interested. Also if you cover the loss of things like vaccines and other public health measures with such a change. And what the fallout is in smaller communities vs the larger ones that we tend to think of as civilization. Infant death, etc.

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I really love that you raise the question "who deserves to give you feedback?" in an empowering way. This whole post warmed my heart like tater tots warm my belly.

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Thank you for all you are doing! What is your favorite fruit tree?

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I was really mad. But also glad sentencing happened at all.

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley (got to have some good YA stuff saved!)

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I resemble that - except with neck pain 😢 🤣

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Seeing people say "who hasn't accidentally added the wrong person to a group chat?" makes me cringe for this exact reason!

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

No questions just thanks for all you do

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

VOTE NO ON CLOTURE. if you vote yes for cloture, that's as good as voting FOR the continuing resolution - which gives up the power of the purse to the executive branch. Don't sell the country out.

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Throw them in a fire. Looks like those worms firecrackers we had as kids.

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Thank you for everything you are doing!

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Vanessa Smith @drvanessasmith.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Just got a text for all of us to shelter in place. And I hear the helicopters.

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Maria Gubbiotti, MD,PhD @mariagoobs.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

In honor of upcoming Valentine’s Day here is a classic example of rosette-forming glioneuronal tumor. These grade 1 tumors typically show a hotspot mutation in FGFR1 along with PIK3R1 or PIK3CA alterations and are usually found in the fourth ventricle 🌹 ♥️ 🥀 🧠 🔬 #pathsky #neuropath #medsky

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 07/02/2025

Always anchor your TVs and furniture to the wall.

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Do you wonder why you haven’t heard much about this massive TB outbreak recently? Cuz the CDC can’t hold any press conferences or issue public statements of any kind. abcnews.go.com/Health/kansa...

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Kansas faces one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in US history

Kansas is currently facing one the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 confirmed latent cases.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 23/01/2025

In case you need a refresher on what’s at stake with next week’s hearing on RFK Jr’s nomination to lead HHS, here’s the HHS org chart. Advanced health research, disease control, substance and mental health services, Medicaid and Medicare…. www.hhs.gov/about/agenci...

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 29/01/2025

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) oversees Medicaid, a program that serves as the nation’s most crucial safety net for healthcare. But why does this matter to you?

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Alerts from NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC (UNOFFICIAL) @was.nws-bot.us · 28/01/2025

LWX issues INCREASED FIRE DANGER FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA WEDNESDAY for Albemarle, Culpeper, Greene, King George, Madison, Nelson, Orange, Southern Fauquier, Spotsylvania, ... at Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:12:54 +0000 via IEMbot Additional Details Here.

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

None of this is official, but there have been NWS bots setup to get weather info, alerts and warnings. nws-bot.us

nws-bot.us

NWS Bots for Bluesky

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Axios @axios.com · 28/01/2025

The Trump administration temporarily paused federal grant, loan and other financial assistance programs, effective 5 p.m. ET today.

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Trump freezes federal grant payments in surprise move

The pause "does not include assistance provided directly to individuals," the memo states.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Not just the National Institutes of Health, now the National Science Foundation is put on pause. Reminder: research is a multi-step process. Pausing the peer review panels by itself creates months of delay.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

PBS is now live on Prime — ad-free — and you don't need a subscription to watch. This marks the first time this programming will be available *free* on a major streaming service. Channels include PBS Drama, Documentaries, Kids + live feeds for 150 local stations www.pbs.org/articles/str... #TVSky

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Stream PBS and PBS KIDS Free on Prime Video

PBS and Amazon announced that more than 150 local PBS stations and the PBS KIDS Channel will launch ad-free as a Prime Video FAST offering. This marks the…

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Alan Plotzker, MD @alanplotzker.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

If you deal with optic nerves at all, don’t forget that optic nerve sheath meningiomas are a thing. They sometimes get mistaken for optic neuritis, and they can look very similar on MRI. Some clues: - vision loss is usually slowly progressive and painless - the contrast enhancement DOESN’T GO AWAY

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WHO @who.int · 20/01/2025

Prolonged screen or reading times can lead to eye strain, dry eyes, and headaches. DO ✅ take breaks! Use the 20 - 20 - 20 rule to help your eyes: 🖥️ After using a screen for 20 minutes 📏 Look at an object 20 feet away 🕓 For 20 seconds

Avoid eye strain and headaches, follow the 20-20-20 rule: after 20 minutes spent using a screen, look at an object 20 feet (6m) away, for at least 20 seconds.

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