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Here for the outdoors. Interested in public health, ecology, librarianship, writing, teaching. ABCD & SIFT > CRAAP. This account is for venting. Looots of venting these days. Mute or block this account if you want to clear your feed. No drama, llama 🦙

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 08/10/2026
CDC is reviving a study that withholds the hepatitis B birth dose from newborns in Guinea-Bissau. WHO raised serious ethical concerns. And $1.6M is being pulled from global health security to pay for it. Public outcry helped halt it once. We can do it again. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study
“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study
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myopic @healthsci.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
presentation planning going well! co-presenter is experienced and chill. just had a 15 minute check in meeting. slides in good shape, should have everything ready early. looking forward to relaxing and geeking out at october conferences www.mixcloud.com/TobySimkin/q...
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Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (Djeeeeekk Tribal Pvt Remix)
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AltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info · 20/09/2026
This thread contains voting & election information for all 50 states and D.C. Links lead to the state's main elections web page and where and/or how to vote. Please take time to ensure you are registered to vote and know how and where you can vote.
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myopic @healthsci.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Interfaith Alliance, “De-escalation & Bystander Intervention at the Polls with Faith in Action, FUSD, and AMPU” - sign up now to join www.mobilize.us/iaf/event/99...
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De-escalation & Bystander Intervention at the Polls with Faith in Action, FUSD, and AMPU · Interfaith Alliance
Join Interfaith Alliance, Faiths United to Save Democracy, A More Perfect Union, and Faith In Action for hands-on introduction to de-escalation techniques. Attendees will also learn about the power of...
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myopic @healthsci.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
participated in a raffle for a neighbor who got taken by ice. she didn’t do anything wrong. nothing. some neighbor bro posted that she wouldn’t need a lawyer if she had come here “the right way.”
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 17/09/2026
Good Morning! 🌞 Welcoming the day with one of the greats: "If you are a dreamer come in If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar A hoper, a pray-er, a magic-bean-buyer... If you’re a pretender come sit by my fire For we have some flax golden tales to spin Come in! Come in!” Shel Silverstein
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 16/09/2026
Sources/read more 📚 : www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topic... www.acog.org/womens-healt...
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About Uterine Fibroids
Uterine fibroids are growths made of smooth muscle cells, fibroblasts, and other material that grow in or on the wall of the uterus. Fibroids may grow as a single tumor or in clusters. In many cases, a single uterus contains many fibroids. Fibroids can be different sizes or shapes.1 Bunches or clusters of fibroids are often of different sizes. Fibroids can grow, shrink, or remain a constant size over time.2 Health care providers categorize fibroids based on where they grow:
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 16/09/2026
If you're concerned about fibroids or are having heavy bleeding, pelvic pain, pressure, or anemia - talk with an ob-gyn. www.acog.org/womens-healt...
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 16/09/2026
🧵 Fibroids 101 A follower asked us to explain uterine fibroids, so let’s start with the basics! Fibroids are benign (not cancerous) growths that develop from the muscle tissue of the uterus. They’re also called leiomyomas or myomas.
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Patrick Lynch @patrlynch1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“Patrick Lynch raises the bar for what a field guide can be. Despite the compact size, Streams is also a beautifully written primer on stream science—a remarkable achievement.”—David Skelly, Director, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlifepainting #scicomm #sciviz #Streams #Rivers
STREAMS book cover showing a river scene, with my Green Heron illustration in the foreground.
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Jeri Berlin @jerbear56.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
No. Any type of medication is excreted in part via urine. Viagra, hormones, Advil, etc. So pretty much anything can be tested for in municipal water systems (wastewater). I want to know why they're testing for CONTRACEPTIVES, which are not illegal anywhere.
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cologirl.bsky.social @cologirl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It will hurt DOMESTIC students. OPT is a huge benefit - without which many students cannot make the cost/benefit math work so they won’t come. Do you know how many int’l students are involved in undergraduate domestic instruction as lab assistants, TAs etc? Congress must intervene.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 13/09/2026
This will be bad for: - the students - the research progress - the universities - the towns the universities are in - the companies hiring students - the states the universities are in - the national economy - national security - the country - the world
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I'm home for the next 20 hours. Order a snail facts advent calendar right nowwwwww and I'll ship it out tomorrow morning! Get a snail fact every day for 24 days straight by scratching off a shell! It's like a big lottery ticket but everyone's a winner because you learn about snails. SquidFacts.net
An 11x14 inch poster featuring snails, slugs, nudibranchs, and other snails! There are 24 yellow-green snail shells that you can scratch off. There's a leaf sheep and sea bunny and sea angel and fire snail and banana slug and mystery snail and ramshorn snail and candy cane snail
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spooky halloween txt @metaltxt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
good thread! good ass thread!!!!
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Today's #ClassicCartoon
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We need YOU to spread the word about @skypeascientist.bsky.social - our *free* program that matches scientists w/classrooms & more! When educators sign up, they can tell us who told them about us. We'll hold a monthly drawing for $150 of science supplies* from the referrers! SkypeAScientist.com
a praying mantis is on the telephone and excited to hear someone on the phone say "Skype a Scientist has a new referral program"
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This extraordinary interview is worth 7 mins of your time. Delsia Bare has a nuanced, comprehensive theory of corporate power and the value of human life. Quite inspiring. www.cnn.com/2026/08/19/u...
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KY farm owner wants governments to ‘throw on the brakes’ after turning down $26M offer from AI data center | CNN
Delsia Bare joins CNN’s Pamela Brown in The Situation Room to talk about her family turning down $26M from a company to build an AI data center on their farmland. Bare explained their decision and her...
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myopic @healthsci.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
have told younger son he must never again under any circumstances allow me to use smoked paprika in stroganoff when I’m out of sweet paprika. what I did to that perfectly good dish had got to be some kind of crime.
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myopic @healthsci.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
tomorrow morning I need to read the JBI manual chapter 10 and figure out what the deal is with figshare before 9 am
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 10/08/2026
@ronnychieng.bsky.social explains climate change for all the visual learners #TDS30
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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 20/08/2026
AI can just spit out the project to someone asking for such a project. That person will think AI is clever, but it’s only regurgitating someone else’s work… it’s really really bad 😑
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I’ve cracked a few helmets, so I’m going to keep wearing one. But keep in mind that bicycle helmets are not designed to protect you against impacts with cars. We need better infrastructure for that.
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myopic @healthsci.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Glaucomflecken's response to a cease and desist letter is gold. By the end of the video he's listing multiple unrelated/independent sources for jokes that upset the company 😂 www.youtube.com/shorts/ha7Te...
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I Received a Cease and Desist
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
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Erin Conwell @erconwell.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The link to comment on this proposal is in the RFI. Please, please comment. This is nonsense.
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myopic @healthsci.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
needed: “a lot more clean energy” and “using the existing grid smarter ways” ❤️ the presenter had me at Grid New Deal. this is turning out to be well worth a watch on a Saturday morning.
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myopic @healthsci.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
It's interesting reading how other professions have adapted to the political conditions in the U.S. over the past few years. Last year I wasn't sure whether PubMed would continue to be available, or would continue to have articles like this pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41371038
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"I can't help them like I used to": Evolving prenatal genetic counseling practices in a post-Roe U.S - PubMed
This exploratory empirical study documents how prenatal genetic counseling practice was evolving one year after the 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion in Dobb...
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myopic @healthsci.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
dang www.cos.io/osf-changes
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OSF Changes | Center for Open Science
We are preparing substantial changes to OSF that will reduce its functionality, focus OSF on its unique strengths, and move toward an integrated model with complementary services. As part of that shif...
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myopic @healthsci.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
this song is always helpful youtu.be/ESPDPw_ia6U?...
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Don't Be Afraid - Raye Zaragoza (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Raye Zaragoza
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Nina Schwalbe, MPH, PhD @nschwalbe.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It’s time for me to vote. And if you haven’t yet, vote NiNA for N-12!
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AltReclamation 💦 @altreclamation.altgov.info · 24/06/2026
Let’s have a big round of applause for the former NOAA employees who launched Climate.us in response to the regime taking down the dot gov site. It takes a lot of work to build & launch a scientific federal site, & now this great resource lives on! 🌊 🌎 🌡️ @altnoaa.bsky.social
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Climate.us Home
independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics
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Defend Public Health @defendpublichealth.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The OMB proposed rule putting political appointees in charge of healthcare-funding decisions threatens the patients we serve by @nurseteria.bsky.social & @donnagaffney.bsky.social
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Politics Should Never Decide Who Gets Care | Common Dreams
The Office of Management and Budget’s proposed rule putting political appointees in charge of healthcare-funding decisions threatens the patients we serve.
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myopic @healthsci.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
apparently federal data sets are still being taken down. especially r/t sogi (sexual orientation and gender identity) if you've got some time tomorrow, lend a hand for data rescue www.datarescueproject.org/lgbtq-hackat...
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LGBTQ Data Rescue Hackathon
These past few weeks have felt like months, and these months have been years. We’ve taken great solace in the company of data nerds interested in preserving and providing access to public federal data...
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myopic @healthsci.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
grad student emails about updating a spreadsheet of bans on gender affirming care librarian, partly funded by taxpayer dollars and fully fed up by years of nonsense <rolls shoulders, cracks knuckles> hold my beer
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myopic @healthsci.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Why ask if people in other countries will be our friends? You know the answer. There‘s anger that they’ve been harmed. bafflement that people in our country haven’t shaken off the frenzied piranhas that are bloodying the water as they rip into the tissue of our country.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Tomorrow is MAY DAY!
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 27/02/2026
Last year, USPS announced it would no longer postmark mail automatically on the date it is received. The change could have big consequences for people trying to register to vote: Most states require registration forms to be postmarked by a set deadline.
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In an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration
A change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers.
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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 27/02/2026
One thing each of us has the power to do to slow the backslide is determine what niches of society we have some influence over. Ask: What kinds of people who share some overlapping characteristics/experiences with me are naturally inclined to trust or even follow me? Start organizing there.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 18/02/2026
tell me you’re unaware of big tech’s coordinated push to force genAI into everything without telling me (Andreessen Horowitz & Greg Brockman with heavy investment from Meta, Google, OpenAI, Microsoft put together $200 million creating the first ever Pro-AI super pack at the end of last year) 9/
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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 15/02/2026
A short story about living under authoritarianism
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 14/02/2026
🚨ICE just got access to one of its biggest private detention center operators last night, thanks to a Navy contract. The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
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ICE Gains Fast-Track Access to Private Prison Giant as It Plans to Nearly Double Detention Capacity
Navy contract allows immigration agency to bypass normal bidding and hire one of its largest detention operators directly as it plans to add 92,000 beds by November
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James Kochalka Superstar @kochalka.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Happy Valentine's Day from Squiggle and Johnny Boo @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com Johnny Boo on the Go collection coming this year www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/814572...
classroom whiteboard drawing, squiggle floating pressed against a mirror so he looks like a heart shape
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Trump isn’t some aberration. He’s the conservative movement’s logical and inevitable—and intentional—endpoint. The movement was always an AstroTurf propaganda effort by anti-democratic corporate interests and scions from wealthy families that preferred fascism to Roosevelt.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
They want us working earlier and til we die to pay for their tax cuts for the rich. Supervillains.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 30/01/2026
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Mr. Tyler CroOoOoOoOok @mrtylercrook.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The thing about ICE and DHS is that I was 28 or 29 when they were created. I remember people arguing that they would become an authoritarian tool specifically designed to terrorize Americans. They knew.
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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 31/01/2026
As the midterms approach, we must: 1) fight for fair elections 2) ensure people on all sides have access to voting 3) vote out those more interested in partisanship than our people and Country 4) vote out those who are ineffective Most importantly- 5) fight fascism and tyranny Every. Single. Day.
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a black background with the words welcome to the sistar
ALT: a black background with the words welcome to the sistar
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
It’s free, but subscribe to @wired.com.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
“Independent” is doing too much work in this first wave. They are arresting journalists and just like everything else they’ve done, they’re testing the limits of our resistance by starting wt vulnerable margins.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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