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Heather McEwen

@hmcewen.bsky.social
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My professional interests include evidence-based medicine, medical education, medical librarianship, microbiology, and zoology. Hockey fan and zoo lover.

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Heather McEwen @hmcewen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
discoverwildlife.com
Amazing new penguin discovered for first time in over 100 years | Discover Wildlife
Research represents evidence that the gentoo penguin is actually four genetically distinct species.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Millions of lettuces ruined by UK aphid outbreak. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Millions of heads of lettuce ruined by aphid outbreak
Growers are facing losses of £10m, as 30 million heads of lettuce will be rendered unusable.
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Heather McEwen @hmcewen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.forbes.com/sites/johnhy...
forbes.com
If Elected, Vivek Ramaswamy Would Be America’s Second Wealthiest Governor
The entrepreneur turned anti-woke politician is worth more than $2 billion, and poised to get richer still.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Trump Dividend Checks Have Already Gone Out. Just Not to You newrepublic.com/post/215604/...
newrepublic.com
The Trump Dividend Checks Have Already Gone Out. Just Not to You.
Here are some things to remember while you’re waiting for that $5,000 the president is promising.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We really are getting into 'The Death of Stalin' and "Der Untergang' ('Downfall') territory.
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joneson/dead bird site survivor. @joneson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#OH voters, even MTG knows who is responsible for this unprovoked & unapproved war resulting in excessive gas and grocery prices. Jon Husted & his cohorts have done nothing to stop this abuse of taxpayer dollars! Elect Dem @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social to the US Senate! thehill.com/policy/energ...
thehill.com
Greene: $6.20 gas ‘is Trump’s fault’
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) blamed President Trump for rising gas prices amid the Iran war, calling high fuel costs “ridiculous.” In a video she posted Tuesday to Instagram, Greene s…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/09/2026
BASH: The Wall Street Journal reports the president's top advisers are warning the Iran war could continue the rest of his term, until 2029. Is that what you think? UN AMBASSADOR MIKE WALTZ: I think time is on the president's side (Not a no!)
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Indictment DOJ just unsealed indictments against 5 alleged Russian assassins and agents. Charge: plotting murders worldwide — including on US soil. Dissidents call it a line crossed. "Nowhere is safe." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
‘The rules have changed’: has Russia begun to order assassinations on US soil?
Exiled dissidents and an unsealed indictment suggest Kremlin may have abandoned longstanding taboo on attacks on its rival’s territory
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/09/2026
WTF! Trump now wants to turn his Triumphal Arch into a sniper-and-drone facility. Because apparently what should loom over the resting place of America’s war dead is snipers, drones and ammunition storage. No respect.
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Heather McEwen @hmcewen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.13abc.com/2026/09/18/m...
13abc.com
Measles case in Toledo via Amtrak trip
The person was traveling on Amtrak Train 41 from Chicago when they arrived at the Toledo station at 11:40 p.m. on September 13.
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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The MDH notice says that a white woman aged 25-30 was observed picking up the bat & putting it in a bag. She is around 5’5″ tall, with curly brown hair, & had with her a curly-haired golden retriever-like dog. Anyone who had contact with the bat should contact 651-201-5414. @bachynski.bsky.social
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Heather McEwen @hmcewen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.wkyc.com/article/news...
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Heather McEwen @hmcewen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
tiffinohio.net/posts/geis-g...
tiffinohio.net
Developer behind proposed Portage County data center gave Heidi Workman $6,589 eight days before panel appointment
Conrad Geis made Workman’s second-largest campaign contribution after his company sought to lift a Shalersville moratorium so it could market land for data centers.
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Chris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
He doesn’t know it,but Trump is using the OODA Loop in outsmarting &out maneuvering the Demos, esp Schumer, Trump, &the DNC Because of their arthritic obsolete unimaginative fearful & ponderous reactions to Trump, by thinking outside of the box & then doing it he will always be victorious over them
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Jonathan @jonathansocials.com · 19/09/2026
Hegseth, facing impeachment for his war, calls a report exposing his Pentagon's undercounted casualties "fake news" while his department stonewalls questions about the real count.
huffpost.com
'DISGUSTING and FAKE': Hegseth Rages Over New Report On U.S....
Hegseth this week had articles of impeachment introduced against him related to the Iran war and mil...
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Brandon Herrera Defends Owning, Studying Hitler’s Mein Kampf The GOP candidate says he has read “a good chunk” of the Nazi-era book. meidasnews.com/news/brandon...
meidasnews.com
Brandon Herrera Defends Owning, Studying Hitler’s Mein Kampf
The GOP candidate says he has read “a good chunk” of the Nazi-era book.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today's installment in the NIH institute director shitshow... A new director for the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). www.nih.gov/news-events/... As far as I can tell, he has three publications and has never received NIH funding. 1/2
nih.gov
Dr. Jonathan Burke selected as director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Dr. Burke will start his role on Sept. 20, 2026.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Never a good sign when your candidate is holding up a Nazi book meidasnews.com/news/brandon...
meidasnews.com
Brandon Herrera Defends Owning, Studying Hitler’s Mein Kampf
The GOP candidate says he has read “a good chunk” of the Nazi-era book.
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Skip hop jump Blue Dolphin🍀🐬🐚🐸🐾 @bluealways.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The North Carolina teenager who died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba called Naegleria fowleri was likely infected from a water feature at a community center, according to state and local officials. "No other potential sources of exposure were identified," the report said.
abcnews.com
Teen who died from brain-eating amoeba likely infected from community center water feature: Officials
The North Carolina teenager who died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba called Naegleria fowleri was likely infected from a water feature at a community center.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trump confirms a Putin ally paid for Junior’s wedding party — but claims he paid him back (LOL OK) Translation: he knows how bad it looks (P.S. Russia was never a hoax)
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
More than anything, I’m profoundly disappointed. This whole situation is just so disgraceful.
Your daily reminder that Usha Vance sits on the Kennedy
Center board that voted to close and destroy the venue. She's every bit as vile as Trump and the turd she married. She's NOT a victim. She's an accomplice.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/09/2026
Republicans are trying to hoodwink us into believing they are not in lockstep with Trump. Ashley Hinson of Iowa has a record of voting with Trump 100% of the time, but suddenly she claims to be my partisan…
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/09/2026
Disabled people, like anyone else, may not want to be filmed by strangers in their day-to-day lives—and are uniquely affected by surveillance in ways that predate smart glasses.
motherjones.com
Is Meta using disabled people to promote its glasses?
AI glasses are a double-edged sword for disabled people, who face unique risks from surveillance.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 19/09/2026
Diesel prices have never been higher. US President Donald Trump contends that’s not because of the war he started nearly seven months ago.
bloom.bg
Iran War Drives Bigger Diesel Supply Loss Despite Trump’s Claims
Diesel prices have never been higher. US President Donald Trump contends that’s not because of the war he started nearly seven months ago.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If my company killed 123 children, the U.S. government would shut us down and send me to jail
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich. Political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’m sure farmers paying $7 per gallon for diesel during harvest time will be delighted to know their tax dollars will be used to pay the lawyers who will try and fail to defend this in court.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
New episode with @sykescharlie.bsky.social
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
War deaths. Measles deaths. ICE deaths. This administration is trying to hide them all 😳😳😳
washingtonpost.com
More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I guess he’s right, we are becoming like China when it comes to civil liberties. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
In authoritarian states, “law” upholds lawlessness, and its first duty is to keep the leader safe from domestic or outside accountability processes. Judicial capture is the means, and the conversion of the law into what the leader and his enablers need it to be is the end.
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Healthcare-Global @healthcare-global.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.newsnationnow.com/health/third...
newsnationnow.com
Compounded skin supplement could be deadly, recalled by pharmacy
Glutathione is not FDA-approved, but wellness clinics offer it after purchasing it from compounding pharmacies.
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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“Narrative” is rapidly pulling ahead of “aesthetic” as the leading word for people to use in ways that are bafflingly disconnected from what it actually means
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It just never ends.
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Heather McEwen @hmcewen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Saw the Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom movie. It is a fun movie!
static.klipy.com
Shaun The Sheep Gives Thumbs Up
ALT: Shaun The Sheep Gives Thumbs Up
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Heather McEwen @hmcewen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Study warns of electricity shortages unless supply keeps pace with data center growth ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/18/r...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
Study warns of electricity shortages unless supply keeps pace with data center growth • Ohio Capital Journal
Even if new power plants are built over the next 15 years, as data center projects come online, the regional electricity grid would fall short of demands six times per decade, on average, according to...
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Heather McEwen @hmcewen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Stephanie Cole: Coronation Street and Doc Martin actress dies aged 84
She was best known for playing Dr Beatrice Mason in the 1980s BBC wartime TV drama Tenko.
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Heather McEwen @hmcewen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
13wham.com/news/local/r...
13wham.com
2 rabid cows found in Livingston County; 2 farmers exposed
A cow on a farm in southwest Livingston County has tested positive for rabies, prompting two farmers who were exposed to undergo preventative treatment, according to the Livingston County Department o...
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I almost spat out my soda laughing at this. Like rats deserting the sinking MAGA ship.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is eugenics
Emily Hilliard, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services, confirmed on Wednesday that the department had not yet made a decision about whether to provide the shots through that program.
Vaccines for Children provides free shots to children who are uninsured, underinsured or eligible for Medicaid, as well as to American Indian and Alaska Native children.
Pediatric doses are available for children who have insurance, or whose parents can afford to pay for vaccines out of pocket.
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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Iowa’s Third District is as crucial as any House race in America. Republican Incumbent Zach Nunn pretends he’s for seniors when his record shows otherwise. Here I describe his pitiful 10% rating out of 100% & urge residents of Walnut Ridge Senior Living to vote for @sarahforiowa.bsky.social
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Of the many horrific anti-science, anti-vaccine, anti-public health, anti-LGBTQ actions RFK Jr has taken, destroying the USPSTF is one of the most painful Its work was so critical 😢 🎁 Link www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/w...
nytimes.com
RFK Jr. Names New Members to Powerful Health Panel Whose Work He Has Blocked (Gift Article)
The selections suggest the Trump administration may be trying to move the United States Preventive Services Task Force in a direction that serves its political ideology.
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Jonathan @jonathansocials.com · 18/09/2026
Trump calls North Carolina "killing fields" over Cooper's 3,500 inmate release, conveniently forgetting his own 13,000 federal inmate release for COVID.
politifact.com
Fact-checking Trump, Whatley claims about Cooper in Gastonia...
In Gastonia, President Donald Trump and Republican US Senate candidate Michael Whatley bashed Whatle...
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The gender pay gap is underestimated, as the Census & BLS use medians. The median for $50, $100 & $1M is $100. Medians give little weight to high salaries, disproportionately earned by men.Using means results in a gap 5 percentage points larger.@kimelsesser.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
forbes.com
New Census Data Shows The Gender Pay Gap Narrowed, But Other Data Disagrees. Who’s Right?
Why don't Census numbers and data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics match? Did the gender pay gap get better or worse?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
He’s literally told this inane story 500 times over the last 10 years. Donnie Dementia needs new material.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Trump tells boat owners they can now "go slightly faster than 10 miles an hour, like 120 miles an hour if you're crazy. But you can go as fast as you want, and we have that order -- it's all signed, sealed, and delivered. So congratulations ... it's common sense" What could possibly go wrong?!
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Jonathan @jonathansocials.com · 18/09/2026
Looks like that "red state" Alaska isn't quite the sure thing the GOP thought, with a Democrat now polling ahead in a "toss-up" race.
thehill.com
Alaska governor's race shifts to toss up: Cook Political Rep...
Read full story....
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Mike Pence: “I looked at Trump as I got up from our meeting and said, ‘Mr. President, I want you to know. I’m praying for you.’ He looked at me and said, ‘Don’t bother.’”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Trump: "If I'm in an electric boat and I see I'm going down and the water is pouring in, so I know I'm going to be electrocuted, but 5 yards away there are sharks. Do I take the electrocution or do I go swimming with the sharks? I'll take the electrocution."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Trump: "I could've banned fishing. The power of this office is crazy. I could've banned fishing. I think I'm gonna do that."
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