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Nathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net · 01/10/2026

I absolutely know who needs to hear this, though I won’t name names. Progressive orgs need to stop pretending that “AGI” and “x-risk” are ideas to take seriously. No one is building a computer god that could go rogue and turn us into paper clips.

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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 16/09/2026

So excited to share our new @ash.hematology.org iron deficiency diagnosis guidelines TLDR: Adults 🩸ferritin < 30 diagnostic of ID 🩸ferritin < 50 w/symptoms or risk factors diagnostic of ID Kids 🩸ferritin <20 diagnostic of ID Get your lab intervals updated! tinyurl.com/ASHirondx

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American Society of Hematology 2026 guidelines for diagnosis of iron deficiency

Background: Iron deficiency is the most common micronutrient deficiency, and when untreated progresses to anemia. Existing guidance on the diagnostic crite

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Magpie @shy-magpie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

nearly every so called excess turns out to be either a joke or a few oddballs (at least some being provocative on purpose to get a better conversation started); and usually brought up to quash real conversations that need to be had like how red lining's effects don't disappear when the law is struck

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Magpie @shy-magpie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

reminds me of when people were saying disabled people were expecting them to use terms like "vertically challenged" instead of short as if that was a real thing & not a riff on things like "limb difference"; while offices were fighting against lights on the fire alarm so deaf people didn't die

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

ChatGPT is behind the times on this for once; Jean Twenge and Jonathan Haidt have been hallucinating for personal benefit about the ability to accurately determine age online for years now

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Chris Hickie mud fud @cphickie.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

@ameracadpeds.bsky.social AAP--you had a chance yesterday to call out the US anti-vaccine movement for what it is: a bunch of lying, callous, grifting con artists who are happy with children dying from measles and pertussis so they can win billions in lawsuits using fake science against vaccines.

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S @miriparhelion.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The portable induction burners that cost like $100 kinda suck, tbh. If I based my opinion of induction on them, I'd run screaming. Portable induction burners similar in quality to the ones in an induction range are ~$500/unit, the $1500 range w/4+ burners and an oven is a bargain in comparison.

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

1) it's not gender-affirming care when it's being foisted upon ppl w/o their consent. this policy is *invasive* 2) anti-trans GAC legislation is *also invasive* as it's designed to take away control of our own bodies. LET'S CALL IT INVASIVE! LET'S PROMOTE BODILY AUTONOMY RATHER THAN MAKING GAC JOKES

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

MAID has in effect worked as a "pressure release valve" on an underfunded, overburdened disability support system; whether that was the intention or not, that is how it operates, and that is how it is experienced by way too many disabled people.

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 12/05/2026

Here's who Bernie seems to be taking "AI Safety" advice from, having become fully captured by the TESCREAL bundle and going full on doomer. Do you recognize the dudes that Max Tegmark is with in this so-called "AI Safety" summit? I'll help, it's Muskrat and Netanyahu.

Elon Musk, Benjamin Netayahu, Max Tegmark and another white guy I can't recognize.

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S @miriparhelion.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Oh boy, we've got ourselves a sovereign citizen here.

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Word has it that RFK Jr just ripped off his shirt and swam in his jeans to the Hanta boat

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

these four sexy words TOP MARGINAL TAX RATE "the simple step of restoring much of the earlier progressivity to federal income taxation would solve both the private and public affordability crises. many wealthy campaign donors will of course oppose this step." talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/inquali...

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How Inequality Caused America’s Affordability Crisis

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S @miriparhelion.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Yeah, so Pap smears can be replaced entirely by hrHPV testing (testing for high-risk variants of HPV) using a vaginal swab (doesn't even have to be of the cervix) that can be done without a speculum and even done by the patient themself.

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S @miriparhelion.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

FYI, if you're used to having a pelvic exam at your yearly women's health visit, that's not actually necessary. Routine pelvic exams are done for reasons ranging from unfounded beliefs by providers about the utility of them to the view that women find them reassuring.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 15/04/2026

no, no i think i’ll pass on your sorting hat cupcakes

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 05/04/2026

Did you know that disabled people and allies pulled off the longest occupation of a federal building in US history? Today is the anniversary of the start of the 504 sit-in, a historic protest that helped win disability protections!

Blue textured background. There’s a black and white photo of disabled protesters (some in wheelchairs) entering the HEW building. Text reads: 504 Sit-in. Let’s look back at disability history! Today is the anniversary of the start of the 504 sit-in. On April 5th, 1977, disabled activists led sit-ins at Housing, Education, and Welfare (HEW) buildings across the country. They were calling for the government to implement Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Protesters entering the HEW building.
Image credit: The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund

Blue textured background. Section 504 was the first federal civil rights law that was passed to protect people with disabilities. It said that programs that receive federal funding cannot discriminate against disabled people. For years after the Rehabilitation Act was passed, the government delayed enacting section 504.

Blue textured background. In the bottom right corner, there’s a black and white photo of Brad Lomax, a Black man in a wheelchair talking into a microphone. Text reads: Brad Lomax was a Black wheelchair user with multiple sclerosis who was involved in disability rights movement activism and racial justice activism. He was a member of the Black Panther Party, a group who worked in the 1960s-1980s to promote Black Power and liberation. As a disabled, Black activist, he was able to build connections between the Black Panthers and disability rights organizing.

Blue textured background. Text reads: Most of the sit-ins didn’t last much longer than a day, but in San Francisco, protesters occupied the HEW building for 26 days. The San Francisco 504 sit-in was successful because they had community support and cross-movement solidarity. Organizations like the Black Panthers helped support the disabled protesters, providing food and supplies to ensure their safety and success.
The 504 sit-ins successfully won the implementation of Section 504. This is still the longest occupation of a federal building ever.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 31/03/2026

Most of what doctors do is talk. Even writing a prescription could be considered a kind of speech if you want to go this route. There HAVE to be guardrails on what medical professionals can say or what even is the point of certification?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

This photo is fake. Many people have pointed it out in the replies but the person running this account just keeps hiding the replies. Block this account.

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Q. McLamore @ghawinriver.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

And spoiler alert, you ungrateful bastards, it's the dreaded "trans activists" that won that for you. In 2013. And again in 2018. And again in 2022. Without them, you'd still get keelhauled into inpatient therapy for playing with a goddamn Barbie.

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Q. McLamore @ghawinriver.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Children TODAY have grown up with a more sophisticated understanding of gender than this damaged loser can piece together, specifically BECAUSE of the societal changes he's hand-wringing about! If you really ain't a girl and are just effeminate, you can just...be that! It's allowed!

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Q. McLamore @ghawinriver.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

These same geriatric hacks are the ones making claims about ROGD and "transing" gay people to this day. Let me tell you what'd happen if you were an effeminate little gay boy today and someone suggested you might be a girl: You'd probably punch them in the face because YOU KNOW WHAT A GAY MAN IS

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Q. McLamore @ghawinriver.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

This is, in sum, not only wrongheaded, but historically illiterate. As late as 2012, people refused to distinguish between effeminate boys and gender dysphoria. This is a literal dissertation from that time arguing that liking the spice girls counted:

For developmental reasons, there are limitations on children’s ability to think abstractly
about gender and to evaluate the meaning of their gender dysphoria. It is not uncommon that
when asked to list reasons for wanting to be of the opposite sex, young children with GID will
provide concrete advantages. As an example, one 8-year old boy with GID asserted that it would
be better to be a girl because they have better bands, such as the Spice Girls (Zucker & Bradley,
2004). The extent to which a child engages in sex-typed behaviors typical of the opposite sex and
their rejection of activities and clothing typical of their own sex can be construed as surface
indicators of gender dysphoria. Some children may experience discomfort with their sexual
anatomy, which serves as another indicator of their felt gender dysphoria.

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Q. McLamore @ghawinriver.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

They literally--and I mean LITERALLY--pathologized femininity in little boys as a possible precursor to transness and intervened early to prevent "The Sissy Boy Syndrome." I'm not joking, that's what the main text on the subject is called, LOOK: www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt...

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The Sissy Boy Syndrome: The Development of Homosexuality on JSTOR

The important book is the first longitudinal study of the development of male homosexual behavior from early childhood to young adulthood."This book, a lan...

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Q. McLamore @ghawinriver.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

It's also just plain counterfactual. The same people who advocate conversion therapy now would have thrown effeminate gay boys into anti-trans conversion therapy just to be safe back then, too! We know because THAT'S WHAT THEY FUCKING DID, LOOK: xtramagazine.com/health/drop-...

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Drop the doll! | Xtra Magazine

Toronto's gender identity clinic aims to set kids aright when they're young - very young

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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 03/03/2026

reading today that israel had been planning this attack and killing khamenei specifically since last june, the notion that israel’s actions were imminent and unstoppable and thus the u.s. had no choice but to join (without first securing u.s. military assets) is just completely laughable. pure lies.

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S @miriparhelion.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I desperately want to unsee the image that Wired is running with this headline.

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Simply: "The argument for GAC has never been solely about its ability to stop death, it’s about the way it helps us build the lives we deserve. The argument for affirmation is that no one should be deprived of the opportunity to live their lives in such a way as feels the most true to who you are."

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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Action needed: Please email your city council and ask them to ask the police department to make sure your city's Flock cameras network to disable the "nationwide" search setting. Mountain View discovered federal agencies searched theirs in 2024! www.mountainview.gov/Home/Compone...

City statement on Flock Safety Automated License Plate Reader System
Post Date:01/30/2026 8:44 p.m.
Mountain View, Calif. — The Mountain View Police Department recently became aware of a brief period in 2024 during which federal agencies accessed data from the first camera in operation in Mountain View’s Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) system. MVPD discovered the data access through a department-initiated audit. At the same time the audit was underway, there was news coverage of Flock Safety data from California law enforcement agencies being shared outside California, and a public records request from the Mountain View Voice was submitted.

During the prior federal administration, from August to November 2024, several federal law enforcement agencies accessed Mountain View’s Flock Safety ALPR system for one camera via a “nationwide” search setting that was turned on by Flock Safety. This setting was enabled without MVPD’s permission or knowledge. The federal agencies that accessed the one camera’s data include Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives offices in Kentucky and Nashville, TN; Langley Air Force Base in Virginia; the U.S. GSA Office of Inspector General; Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada; and an Ohio Air Force Base. Flock Safety did not retain records for that time period, which means the vendor cannot determine whether searches of Mountain View’s data resulted in license plate information being shared.

Through the audit, MVPD also discovered that a “statewide” search function was not operating within the system controls we established. This function allowed Flock Safety to enable access to California law enforcement agencies that had not been approved by MVPD for 29 of the City’s 30 ALPR cameras. Once the MVPD identified this issue, the setting was immediately disabled on Monday, January 5. The City’s first ALPR camera went live on Aug. 14, 2024, and the final camera was installed earlier this month.

This is a …

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isaac @sevier.io · 30/01/2026

David makes an interesting point here, "Above all, punditry values glib cleverness. You have to be clever. You have to have a slightly different twist than everybody else." In our culture, it's important to clearly link this valuation to how cleverness is racialized and weaponized. White men with

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Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Can’t argue w/ending the filibuster but CIR shouldn’t be seen as the only option for passing good legislation on immigration. The last 20+ years of CIR attempts always included performative tradeoffs for more border enforcement & criminalization of immigrants enabling the conditions that led us here

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S @miriparhelion.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I live in the area studied by the Harvard School of Public paper cited in this thread and even glancing at it I noticed a couple of glaring issues. First of all, it only includes commercial power-producing plants and there's a research reactor in the highest population county studied.

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Telehealth expires (again) in 2 weeks. It would be great if you'd call your Senators to tell them to renew it, but every time I ask, fewer folks respond. Note that this article says, "Our seniors deserve better, and Congress must implement a permanent fix," but www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

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Opinion | Permanent Telehealth Flexibilities Should Not Be Controversial

With another government shutdown looming, seniors risk paying the price

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S @miriparhelion.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

It's fat-phobia all the way down. The mainstream centering of 'obesity' as _the_ central health concern and risk factor really laid the groundwork for this.

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S @miriparhelion.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

They claim that high LDL cholesterol isn't a problem as long as you eat very few carbs and are thin. The whole thing is based on resistance to the idea that a diet on which they lost weight or stayed thin could possibly be unhealthy in any way.

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S @miriparhelion.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Re the new USDA food triangle

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S @miriparhelion.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

You can use N95s for more than 24 hours total. You can keep using them for as long as they continue to seal well. 24 hours is just a quality control thing at hospitals, they don't turn into pumpkins.

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S @miriparhelion.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The great thing is that RFK Jr has been giving a pass to new pesticides and doing fuck all about industrial poisons. MAHA claiming to care about those things is a bait and switch.

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S @miriparhelion.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

This is the part that goes from "about what I'd expect from a modern Republican presidency" to "oh holy shit" for me.

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 24/11/2025

When the prison guards went on strike, many inmates said they were doing so to preserve their ability to do things like this.

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S @miriparhelion.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

The focus on "the obesity epidemic" in healthcare really laid the path for RFK Jr's garbage to take off.

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Rich Burroughs @somewhattolerable.com · 24/11/2025

Periodic reminder that this kind of doomer bullshit is marketing for these companies. It makes the models sound more human-like and also more effective than they actually are.

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S @miriparhelion.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I regret to inform you that the militant use of the term predates the Internet.

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I was reminded that last night's vote was not on the CR, it was a vote for cloture. There is plenty of time between now and a final vote for us to make all of these people understand exactly how badly they've fucked up.

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

It pains me to see adaptation used to undermine mitigation, but also to see it painted as a "false solution." Adaptation is harm reduction for climate impacts that can no longer be avoided. Climate justice demands it. AND it has limits, becoming less effective and more costly as warming proceeds.

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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR MEDICAL EMERGENCY IS DUE TO DRUG ADDICTION. IT'S A MEDICAL EMERGENCY YOU FUCKING GHOULS. This is part and parcel of what's keeping us from having universal health care: they really believe that some ppl deserve medical care and some don't.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 26/09/2025

This might be the most cynical ploy I've seen from RFK Jr. There are people who are, actually, genuinely, injured by a vaccine (e.g. they get Guillain-Barré Syndrome), this would deplete the vaccine injury compensation fund so there wouldn't be any money for those people.

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