One Sick Vet @onesickvet.bsky.social · 1hHey All: Sorry for the delayed reminder; my health has been crap. So, in case you missed it, it's a new quarter again. Do all those quarterly things - new toothbrushes, check fire alarms, whatever. 030 3
Reposted by One Sick VetStephanie @stephaniesb.bsky.social · 4hIf you use Libby, there’s an option to opt out of AI books etc. Menu->Settings->Content Controls->AI Contributions. You can opt out of AI text, audio, graphics, and translations. 021 2
Reposted by One Sick VetMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/10/2026The world’s richest person is bankrolling (and buying) the nation’s most corrupt Senate candidate.nytimes.comElon Musk Spends Heavily to Back Ken Paxton’s Senate Bid in Texas (Gift Article)The world’s richest person, who has become the biggest known midterm donor, gave $158 million to a group that quickly spent that much to help Mr. Paxton’s Senate bid in Texas. 23361158 361
Reposted by One Sick VetSean Hollister @seanhollister.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Eiliko, the cute robot AI toy, says "your secrets are safe with me." In reality: 🤖 Stores everything you tell it on Chinese servers 🤖 Literally profiles you 🤖 Can be hijacked to roleplay a dominatrix 🤖 A single remote hacker can own them all www.theverge.com/tech/1010727...theverge.comYour secrets aren’t safe with this cute robot toy — they’re on Chinese servers ready to be hackedEiliko and its manufacturer, Energize Lab, are seemingly not to be trusted. 05220 52
Reposted by One Sick VetAman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Remarkable outcome in Fox News' latest poll: 88% of U.S. voters say they are extremely or very concerned about corruption in government, beating every other issue including inflation www.foxnews.com/politics/fox... 38806252 806
Reposted by One Sick VetErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Holy shit ASOS released an adaptive clothing line specifically for people with disabilities?!?!!! Magnets instead of buttons, special pockets and holes to hold wearable medical devices that have tubes, and zippers to make them more comfortable for wheelchair users. www.asos.com/women/fashio... 4299402512 9.9K
One Sick Vet @onesickvet.bsky.social · 15/10/2026🛋️ 👑 broken rn, and I don't know why. Much frustrate. 050 5
Reposted by One Sick VetGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 15/10/2026The administration and its allies have refused to rule out sending ICE and federal agents to polling places this fall. But it's illegal! Federal law bans armed agents at the polls, period! 2403150 403
Reposted by One Sick VetDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 201875931 1.9K
Reposted by One Sick VetRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 14/10/2026What if we just didn't make fun of what people looked like (or their size, or ability, or hair or clothes or makeup or plastic surgery even or any of that shit) Because actually what matters is what you say and what you do words and actions and their impact on other people 13744156 744
One Sick Vet @onesickvet.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Wow! I've never encountered such draconian measures. When I have been forced to take off a mask (temporarily), I hold my breath. And I wipe my face with alcohol wipes as soon as I get back outdoors/to my car. Whatever I can do to mitigate exposure. Good luck! 020 2
Reposted by One Sick VetAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 17/12/2024the grift will continue until the consultancies and ed-tech partners have destroyed every.single.public.university. "$51 million dollars. That’s how much money the UW System paid Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group between 2019 and 2023." www.wortfm.org/uw-system-sp...wortfm.orgUW System spends millions on consultants - WORT-FM 89.9The UW System paid Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group $51 million between 2019 and 2023, WORT found through an open records request. 1121181 211
One Sick Vet @onesickvet.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Straight up Greek tragedy presidency, if you ask me. 010 1
Reposted by One Sick VetA Dime Saved @adimesaved.bsky.social · 14/10/2026A budget is not a punishment, and it is not a list of things you can't have. It's simply a way to see where your money goes so you can decide where it should go. When you know your numbers, saving gets easier, and money stress gets a lot quieter. 011 1
Reposted by One Sick VetThe College Investor @thecollegeinvestor.com · 14/10/2026More than 130 New York colleges are offering application fee waivers during October and November, per SUNY. Last year, the statewide program saved students and families more than $15 million. 021 2
Reposted by One Sick VetLong Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · 13/10/2026Our Psychologisation infographic is out! By coincidence, The Guardian published an article today reporting that women with autoimmunity are 74% more likely to be told their symptoms are psychological than men. Psychologisation is still a huge problem in medicine. Our article & The Gs 🖇️👇️ 26829 68
Reposted by One Sick VetChronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 13/10/2026How do you all feel about this? If you have Crohn's, IBS, or another disorder this seems like a horrific idea. 167211 72
Reposted by One Sick VetTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your CV? Academic: the Recession Interviewer: and this one? Academic: COVID Interviewer: and this one? Academic: mass state funding cuts Interviewer: and this one? Academic: admin trying to replace my field with chatbots Interviewer: and this one? 9732208 732
One Sick Vet @onesickvet.bsky.social · 14/10/2026No, *you're* excited that the CPI-W and SSA COLA get released tomorrow. (Yeah, it me.) 010 1
Reposted by One Sick VetEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 13/10/2026And with that we have our first dead AI startup 9856951236 5.7K
One Sick Vet @onesickvet.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Ask: Does anybody remember how many hours of content were provided in the #CripCampVirtual2020 experience? (How long was each weekly session?) 001 1
One Sick Vet @onesickvet.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Meanwhile, they also encouraged the attendees/viewers to ask for preferences when interacting with other marginalized groups. But not with disabled people. Hence my ire. 030 3
One Sick Vet @onesickvet.bsky.social · 13/10/2026P.S. I support and respect disabled people who prefer person-first language. But this was an abled person asserting that it is most-appropriate to use person-first language with disabled people. + 110 1
One Sick Vet @onesickvet.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Me: watching training video, booing loudly at the assertion that "handicapable" people prefer person-first language. #OwnVoices #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs 130 3
Reposted by One Sick VetDon't "baby" me 👍🏻☝🏻🤏🏻 @shellypoison.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Acabaram de me chamar a atenção para esse poster que está no museu do holocausto, alertando para os 14 sinais que prevêem a propaganda fascista. Por favor, quem puder, reposte a imagem com alt, tradução, o que puder levar a mensagem mais adiante. 216476 164
Reposted by One Sick VetChronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 12/10/2026"what gets you out of bed each morning?" my bladder mostly 1122644 226
Reposted by One Sick VetMiles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 12/10/2026"It might be more accurate to view Long COVID not as a single disease episode but as a long term condition, punctuated by periods of remission and relapse." A BMJ opinion by Charlie Dennis and @nisreenalwan.bsky.social on defining Long COVID "recovery". www.bmj.com/content/393/... 810857 108
Reposted by One Sick VetMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 12/10/2026“A college in Illinois tried to cancel its Flock contract—Flock refused to take its cameras down so Elgin Community College covered them. The company snuck back to uncover them” www.theverge.com/tech/1009411...theverge.comA college in Illinois tried to cancel its Flock contract and it refusedFlock refused to take its cameras down so Elgin Community College covered them. The company snuck back to undo it. 30503204 503
Reposted by One Sick VetKristen Hanley Cardozo @khandozo.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? Literary theorist: In text, a lacuna marks a subject of exception. It is not a sign that nothing was happening but that language was insufficient for the task at hand or that the subject was too undecided for the writer to make incisive claims. 06719 67
Reposted by One Sick VetAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Ukraine and Russia already blowing up each other's data centres. IRGC and Houthis savaged data centres in UAE and Saudi Arabia. I'd bet Altman and Amodei are too insanely blinkered to comprehend how some domestic or foreign threat could pull an Op Spiderweb against their data infrastructure 24910 49
Reposted by One Sick VetProfessor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026It also makes equal treatment conditional on whether someone “respects rules & contributes to the community.” That move, from freedom as individual rights to freedom as belonging to a community, follows Fascist pattern. Those gravitating around extreme right circles will immediately recognise this 1122 12
Reposted by One Sick VetProfessor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026It argued that real freedom exists only within, and through, the national community and the State. The manifesto defines freedom almost entirely as security, protection from crime and order, rather than as civil or political rights. 151 5
Reposted by One Sick VetLisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière 64106403110 10.6K
One Sick Vet @onesickvet.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Ugh! So sorry you can identify, friend. Hope you find answers/a solution. 010 1
One Sick Vet @onesickvet.bsky.social · 11/10/2026SU used to buy dog-safe stuffies at yard sales so K-9 could destroy as many as they wanted...economically. 140 4
Reposted by One Sick VetCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026“.. a profound escalation of the Trump administration’s ongoing battles with the White House press corps.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/b... 61552152 552
One Sick Vet @onesickvet.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Me: minding my own business My body: What if you suddenly couldn't breathe at bedtime, tho. [Not anaphylaxis. A lesser histamine fit.] 320 3
Reposted by One Sick Vet👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026update: now with a community note 561672 616