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Esra Amber, MD, PhD @esraamber.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

#MerryChristmas everyone, happy holidays & lovely vibes. Enjoy 🌲🎄🎄🎅

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

a very Merry Christmas everyone

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Oh No He Didn't @ohnohedidnt24.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Justin Herbert to an ESPN reporter who's trying to interview him: "I'm trying to celebrate with my team"

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Anna DNP, FNP, BC@ AccessToCareAdvocate @anna1900.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

The National Park Service removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from its free-entry schedule, replacing them with Donald J. Trump’s birthday as a fee-free day. Once dedicated to remembrance and justice, the parks now honor one man’s birth, shifting from tribute to legacy building.

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National Parks Drop Free Entrance on M.L.K. Day and Juneteenth

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

And here’s the story of how that happened. How right wing covid disinformation and institutional cowardice led directly to Kennedy today.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

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Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz

Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 24/09/2025

a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Reposting for the Monday crowd 👇🏽

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 24/09/2025

Autistic People are NOT a burden on the country (or the world) we are also NOT a problem to be solved.

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On diverse inclusive culture, @townpost.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

#WashingtonState denies DOJ request for voter rolls: #wa #seattle #waleg www.columbian.com/news/2025/se...

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~ Shanna Lee James~ Author @2bdynamic.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

It's Always good to support an Author .. follow @geniuslemur.bsky.social

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Vaughan Bell @vaughanbell.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Some psychiatric patients may actually have treatable autoimmune conditions. But what happens to the newly sane? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... Fantastic @rachelaviv.bsky.social piece in The New Yorker

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Mary Had Schizophrenia—Then Suddenly She Didn’t

Some psychiatric patients may actually have treatable autoimmune conditions. But what happens to the newly sane?

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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Given Joanna Moncrieff’s appearance on the FDA panel today, folks may be interesting in my prior analysis of her anti-medication playbook and her strategy of attacking medical psychiatry www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/anatomy-of...

psychiatrymargins.com

Anatomy of Moncrieff's Anti-Medication Playbook

A 3-step strategy of attacking medical psychiatry

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LynnZ 🦋 @zizij.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Lelia Gibson-Green was diagnosed with stage 4 blood cancer. Years of chemotherapy and other forms of treatment helped her recover, but her immune system was compromised. She now needs an IV immunoglobulin treatment every four weeks for rest of her life. Medicaid covers costs of about $40,000/round

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

The Republican campaign to destroy all our non-military national security tools - on display last night - underscores their dangerous misunderstanding of the world. China and Russia spend billions on things like information warfare and economic coercion - as Trump disarms.

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

#Dailyglimmer Big sky this morning

A bright sunrise with an orange sky and pink clouds

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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

The House Republican reconciliation bill will now ban both surgeries and HRT prescription under Medicaid for all Americans. Earlier, I posted that it wouldn’t affect HRT. This is incorrect. I was mistaken, because the bill refers to medications for trans people… as “procedures.”

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Shandana Nawaz, MD @nawazshandana.medsky.social · 18/01/2025

To any woman who needs to hear this: aidaccess.org will mail reproductive healthcare to your house discreetly and will work with you on prices. woman will donate money to help other women get the care they need. PASS IT ON folks. #Obgynsky #Medsky

aidaccess.org

Aid Access

Get abortion and miscarriage care, wherever you are.

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Surviving This Hellscape @bhean-teine.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

"A small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood during foggy weather early Thursday, setting about 15 homes on fire as well as vehicles, and forcing evacuations along several blocks, authorities said." #MomSky apnews.com/article/plan...

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Small plane crashes into San Diego neighborhood, setting home and vehicles on fire

A small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, setting about 15 homes on fire as well as vehicles, and forcing evacuations along several blocks.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/05/2025

This is absolutely terrible news. With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately. h/t @merz.bsky.social

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Moderna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccine

Moderna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

#cdnpoli Carney's reaction lol

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 18/04/2025

Worth being aware, if you aren't already, of the 100-mile border zone loophole that allows that federal government to stop and interrogate anyone, without probable cause. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

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Know Your Rights | 100 Mile Border Zone | ACLU

The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects people from random and arbitrary stops and searches. Although the federal government claims the power to conduct certain kinds of warrantless sto...

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Dr. Jess Hebert @jesshebert.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

In case this disappears from the CDC site in the coming hours: here is the full recommended vaccine schedule for birth to 18 years. Keep kids and your community safe. Alt text supported. @altcdc.bsky.social #vaccines #shots #RFKJr

Table 1: recommended child and adolescent immunization for ages 18 or younger, United States 2025. The brightly colored bars indicate recommended times to immunize a child. By disease:
RSV: 1 dose in first 6 months depending on mom's status, then one dose between 6 and 18 months
Hep B: 1 dose at birth, 1 at 2 months, 1 between 6 and 18 months
RV: 3 dose series at 2, 4, 6 months
DTaP: 5 doses, 2, 4, 6, 15 months, 4-6 yrs
HiB: 4 dose: 2, 4, 6, 12 months
PCV15/20: 4 dose: 2, 4, 6, 12 months
Polio: 4 dose: 2, 4, 6-18 months, 4-6 yrs
Covid-19: 1 dose at 6 months, then follow up doses as needed
Flu: 1-2 doses annually until 7-10 years, then 1 dose annually unless receiving ILAIV3, which is same schedule but do not start until 2 years
MMR: 2 dose: 12 month, 4-6 yrs
Varicella: 2 dose: 12 month, 4-6 yrs
HepA: 2 doses between 12 and 18 months
Tdap: 11-12 yrs, every 7-10 years after
HPV: 9-12 years
Meningococcal, Mpox, Dengue for older kids: as recommended, though primarily only for endemic areas
RSV for children over 12: recommended in cases of pregnancy

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Shandana Nawaz, MD @nawazshandana.medsky.social · 13/02/2025

Holy day America. Tuberculosis is spreading in Kansas. Measles outbreak in the unvaccinated Texas. Bird #flu increasingly in animals and people. Worst respiratory flu outbreaks nationwide since 2008. And the HIV denier,vaccine skeptic #RFKJr is elected to run the nation's #health systems.

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LynnZ 🦋 @zizij.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

In RFK Jr.’s first statement since becoming HHS Secretary, he applauded Trump dismantling USAID, calling it “a sinister propagator of totalitarianism and war across the globe.” His uncle, President John F. Kennedy, created USAID, 64 years ago. What a disgrace to our country

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Michael F. Cannon 🇮🇪 🇺🇸 @mfcannon.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

A measles outbreak in Texas—24 cases so far in a county that voted 91% for Trump—illustrates a grim irony. Senate Republicans plan to vote today on anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr.’s nomination to be HHS Secretary. If they seat him, it will be Republican families that suffer. www.cato.org/blog/re...

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Red America Would Suffer Under RFK Jr.

If the Senate confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of health and human services, more Republican parents will be visiting their kids in intensive care.

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Ali Robison, MD @breadandberries.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Fuck everyone who allowed this. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

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Trump Administration Live Updates: RFK Jr. Confirmed as Kash Patel Advances

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 06/02/2025

happy first birthday to Bluesky, and what a year it's been! with every day, the need for an open network that puts people first becomes increasingly clear. we're glad to be building this with you. after all, the heart of a social network is the people.

Popular meme format, grandma labeled with "bluesky's public launch was one year ago today." Younger person helping her labeled with "sure grandma let's get you to bed."

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Dylan Freedman @dylanfreedman.nytimes.com · 02/02/2025

Update: USAID is now being called "a criminal organization" by Elon Musk after USAID officials tried to refuse DOGE access and were put on leave. "Time for it to die," he says.

Elon Musk
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USAID is a criminal organization.

Time for it to die.

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BREAKING: USAID Senior Officials put on Leave after Physically Trying to stop DOGE from accessing Agency Systems

Two USAID officials, John Voorhees and his deputy, were put on leave late Saturady night after refusing to allow DOGE members access to USAID ...

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Esra Amber, MD, PhD @esraamber.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Good morning from our freezing zone!!! ❄️☃️

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Liz Roemer @lizroemer.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Good morning. ❄️🙏🏻

Three snow covered statues - Kuanyin the bodhisattva of compassion with a snowy cap and shawl; Jizo, the bodhisattva of children and transitions, with a snowy cap, and a small seated mediator with an acorn cap covered in snow except its head. There’s a stone owl with a snowy cap in the front.

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Shandana Nawaz, MD @nawazshandana.medsky.social · 03/02/2025

If you can't find this on #CDC website anymore , these are archived at the link below. May be helpful to bookmark this for future reference. #Vaccines and #immunization fact sheets www.immunize.org/vaccines/vis...

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Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) Overview | Immunize.org| Immunize.org

Find materials on legal requirements to give VISs to patients before vaccinating.

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Linsey Marr @linseymarr.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Yes, bird flu could become airborne, human-to-human. As my collaborator Seema Lakdawala points out, we're doing the experiment now. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/s...

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Could the Bird Flu Become Airborne? (Gift Article)

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu.

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Esra Amber, MD, PhD @esraamber.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Hello #BlueSky family From Up North! We freezing, but we cool😬🥶☃️

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Archie @artemwriting.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

A good teacher can make such a difference. Even as a full grown adult I sill remember the things I've learned from them. ❤️

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Esra Amber, MD, PhD @esraamber.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

So well put and so true. We all need to reach out to help instead of politicizing and diverting all attention from the Climate change disaster.

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Shandana Nawaz, MD @nawazshandana.medsky.social · 09/01/2025

Homes lost, animals and communities burnt.This isn't about politics, likes, or anything of the sort. These #LAfires are a real tragedy. Please check on the people you love. Sadly many don't have fire insurance,because companies 've been cancelling policies in CA. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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The Los Angeles wildfires are climate disasters compounded

Conditions for a January firestorm in Los Angeles like this have not existed before now, writes a meteorologist and climate journalist

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Owen Muir, M.D., DFAACAP, FCTMSS @owenmuir.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

open.substack.com/pub/thefront... it turns out I do have something to say about fire is happening in LA, which is that fire is awful. Terrifying. Primal. It's a special kind of fear.

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Fires in Los Angeles

Radical acceptance of what is happening

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