Reposted by One Sick VetDr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 9h“The young people of the nation…must remember that freedom is not a static acquisition; it is an unending task in which each generation must ensure its continuous re-creation.” ~President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1938. Image: Public domain. 842688
Reposted by One Sick VetVivian Critterwoman ⚧️🖖 @applepup47.bsky.social · 13hi love to be moving in a way that requires my family to bury me in a lead lined coffin in a year 3122
Reposted by One Sick VetMatthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 17hWhy would you allow this in court ever in a million billion years 19838178
Reposted by One Sick VetTyler King @tyleraking.com · 21hMeta has enabled Muse to build extensive and ever-growing profiles on the orbit of people in a user’s life. Based on user input but also “publicly available information.” Whether that means a web search, Facebook’s own extensive data, or buying data broker info…we don’t know? And we can’t opt out.wired.comMuse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and FamilyMillions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs. 381110646
Reposted by One Sick VetTyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026Tangentially, the military has made a service-wide push into using personal phones as work devices, meaning Meta is no doubt ingesting sensitive if not classified/secret data. And I’d be curious what this might mean for Signal. 534959
Reposted by One Sick VetLisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"This is not models going rogue. This is gross incompetence & negligence by a particular company, which actually they could be held criminally liable for." @timnitgebru.blacksky.app cuts to the AI chase. 3486158
Reposted by One Sick VetIan Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Switching from smoking to vaping won't eliminate the risk to asthmatic children living in your home. New data shows that asthma flare-ups in kids rise with secondhand exposure to vaping. www.healthday.com/health-news/...healthday.comVaping Family Members Raise Kids' Asthma RisksA new study reveals that vaping in households with asthmatic children significantly increases the risk of asthma flare-ups. Researchers found that secondhand exposure to vaping, even without tradition... 03020
Reposted by One Sick VetIan Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It’s October and time to get vaccinated against the flu before influenza starts spreading widely. Updated COVID-19 vaccines are available now, plus vaccines for people especially vulnerable to RSV. abcnews.com/Lifestyle/wi...abcnews.comWhy experts say now is an ideal time to protect yourself from fluExperts say now is an ideal time to get a flu shot, before influenza starts spreading widely 12814
Reposted by One Sick VetMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Dave Brubeck’s 1960’s Connecticut home was as cool as his music. 1282890345
Reposted by One Sick VetAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I would rather not be glowered at by someone on their 7th hour of standing, thanks. Fitness requirements are absolutely ridiculous for the people checking my passport against my boarding pass. 3719
Reposted by One Sick VetFaith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Gen Xer here - I had all my M-M-R shots as an infant and a booster in the early 90s as an undergrad. Got my titers checked last year and my mumps immunity was extremely low so I got another MMR booster. Turns out it might be a thing for certain age groups and if you’re concerned get another shot! 34616
Reposted by One Sick VetChronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Getting called back for an extra round of medical tests is like getting an extra song on a Yoko Ono album 2354
Reposted by One Sick VetCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“.. The ships, jet fighters, Marines and sailors will arrive in the region by the end of November, the officials said. Trump recently told aides that he expects to resume bombing Iran that same month ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/nat... 91559292
Reposted by One Sick Vetrahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Feeling grumpy at the doctor today so when they handed me the stack of forms they already confirmed I'd completed in advance electronically I just wrote "completed online" on the bottom and stopped, heh 61891
Reposted by One Sick VetRich Seviora @richs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026bringing back this evergreen tweet 0162
Reposted by One Sick VetRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 01/01/2026And I think the path to a safer Europe lies through and with Ukraine. 2770385
Reposted by One Sick VetRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Nothing has prepared most European policymakers for what they’re now facing: threats from Russia; the end of the US as friend and protector; US alignment with Russia; uncertain political futures in Moscow and Washington; external interference threatening their own democracies. 539671
Reposted by One Sick VetRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 01/01/2026That means facing up to uncomfortable realities, not pretending they don’t exist or waiting for them to go away and hoping things will return to the old days. 731220
Reposted by One Sick VetRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 01/01/202610. We can only protect ourselves against threats we acknowledge. 239065
Reposted by One Sick VetRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 01/01/20269. Western states are rightly focused on both conventional military and ‘grey zone’ threats from Russia, but they need to start taking political interference much more seriously than some of them have done to date. 146077
Reposted by One Sick VetRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 01/01/2026But Europe needs to stop trying to impose an imaginary coherence on Trump administration foreign policy and to work out how to deal with the incoherent reality. 343653
Reposted by One Sick VetRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 01/01/20268. The world’s two nuclear superpowers are now headed by irrational decisionmakers. 444370
Reposted by One Sick VetRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 01/01/2026But Europe needs to think about its collective future in a world after US leadership, US alliance, and – if the Trump administration continues to tank America’s capabilities and credibility – US significance. 137846
Reposted by One Sick VetRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Europe and Canada need to move carefully to avoid creating further dangers, but they need to decouple from the US in areas like defence planning, intelligence sharing, and defence procurement. 4703116
Reposted by One Sick VetRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 01/01/20265. Under the Trump administration, the US is no longer an ally of Europe or Canada, it has aligned itself with Russia. 6697167
Reposted by One Sick VetRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 01/01/2026One important implication of this is that practitioners need to spend more time thinking about the implications of the senior-junior partnership between China and Russia for European and US security. 347745
Reposted by One Sick VetRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 01/01/2026It's New Year, so time to look back and forward. These are 10 things I think we need to recognise in 2026. It’s a response to what I think are profoundly damaging mistaken assumptions I’ve heard and read from practitioners, journalists, and analysts in 2025. Warning: very long🧵 351369699
Reposted by One Sick VetCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/10/2026You know what happens when you walk away from men who think they're entitled to your attention? They follow you. 337028
Reposted by One Sick VetThe College Investor @thecollegeinvestor.com · 01/10/2026A $100,000 trust fund in a student's name can cost up to $20,000 a year in FAFSA aid eligibility. Access restrictions don't exempt it. Mark Kantrowitz on which trusts count, who reports them, and the court-order exception. #FAFSA #FinancialAid #TrustFundthecollegeinvestor.comTrust Funds And Financial Aid: Rules On Revocable, Irrevocable And Court-Ordered Trusts For FAFSA and CSS ProfileTrusts count as assets on the FAFSA and CSS Profile, even when the beneficiary can't access the money. Here's who reports it, which trusts are exempt, and what it costs in aid. 011
One Sick Vet @onesickvet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Nerding hard this week: spreadsheets, the Naval Observatory Master Clock, and eavesdropping on medieval historian Sky. Amongst other pursuits... 031
Reposted by One Sick VetKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling himkarlbode.comMeta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious MessAuthoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable 512068822
Reposted by One Sick VetMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“There has to be some accountability for the university” Political leadership of Ithaca forces suspension of all Cornell Greek events: 3539
Reposted by One Sick VetEiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"[AI company CEO] defendants claim they cannot stop barreling forward with their potentially civilization-ending endeavors unless they are forced to do so by the government. Plaintiff brings good news to the Defendants." 0152
Reposted by One Sick VetShannon E French @sefrench.bsky.social · 29/09/2026While obviously not on the level of ordering war crimes, this policy change will do real and lasting harm of a different kind. The U.S. service academies have benefited tremendously by being able to attract and retain top academic talent to teach future leaders. That ends with this memo. 🤬 127234
Reposted by One Sick VetPleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I am hiring a postdoc! Are you interested to work on population genetics/ drug resistance/ data? Want to work in Montpellier, France? Fastq files don't scare you? PhD required, start date hopefully Nov 1! (end date Sep 30 2028) Please share! abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/p...abetterscientist.wordpress.comPostdoc position on drug resistance evolution in Montpellier, FranceI have some exciting news (again!). I got money from the region (Occitanie) to hire a postdoc (and later an engineer / technician) to work on drug resistance evolution in malaria (P. faciparum) and… 173101
Reposted by One Sick VetHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 10134423772
Reposted by One Sick Vetsarah boothby @swastrosarah.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"the reality that when trust in one’s own body has been shattered, life will always have a hum of background fear. Today’s suffering, however bad it may be, is usually not the hardest part: it’s tomorrow’s uncertainty that is heaviest to bear." @naomiwhitt.bsky.social 🙏🏼🫂😔 #ME #LongCovidME 0225
Reposted by One Sick VetWomen’s Personal Finance @womenspf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Three things to do today: 1. Confirm that you’re registered to vote and ready to do so this fall 2. Get educated NOW on the elections you’ll be voting in - all of them 3. Talk with your community and make sure they’re voting, too Love, Women’s Personal Finance, not WomenSPF 053
Reposted by One Sick VetEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.wisn.comSkydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airportFour people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m. 122103212673
Reposted by One Sick VetNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This (superb) reporting reveals ASU has basically attempted a full cover-up and the only reason they aren’t going to get away with it is the genuine courage and solidarity of his teammates. Very rare in college sport. 234137
Reposted by One Sick VetNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Exceptional solidarity from ASU hockey players who have demanded their coach be placed on leave for essentially overseeing the murder of their teammate and have disputed the university’s findings. www.nytimes.com/athletic/764... 11692216