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@parabuggirl.bsky.social
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What a great time to a scientist 😵‍💫 Being anti-genocide shouldn’t be a controversial opinion Abolish ICE She/Her

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Rep. Zooey Zephyr @zoandbehold.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Let's go, Sam Forstag! That's how you stand up for trans people on the national stage. If congressional candidates in western Montana—one of the most competitive House races in the entire country—can stand up for trans folks in every aspect of our lives, democrats everywhere should take note.
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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pete Hegseth went to the A&M game and they lost to Kentucky for the first time in over 70 years. THERE IS NO BATTLE HE CANT LOSE.
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Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD @kmpanthagani.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Just an FYI - RFK Jr invited public input on changing vaccine categories and recommendations, and right now the vast majority of comments *support* his approach. If you would like to comment, you can do so here. Deadline is in two days: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Request for Information: Categories Used in Federal Vaccine Recommendations and the Role of Shared Clinical Decision-Making
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department), in support of the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines and in furtherance of the Executive Order of August 10, 2026, "Delivering ...
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parabuggirl.bsky.social @parabuggirl.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
There are so many better stories that are not putting money into the pockets of an odious transphobe.
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Anita Ridlehoover @anitaanne.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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optimisticsoap.bsky.social @optimisticsoap.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?
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parabuggirl.bsky.social @parabuggirl.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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Yes, It Is.
Alt: A pale red haired woman saying yes, it is.
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parabuggirl.bsky.social @parabuggirl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The Gold standard with T. cruzi is to take a blood sample and culture out the parasite which you can then see under a microscope. Zero false positives with this method. However there is A risk of false negatives as it is dependent on number of parasites circulating in the blood.
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parabuggirl.bsky.social @parabuggirl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I worked with Trypanosoma cruzi, a protozoan parasite for my graduate degree. When we tested animals we tested a rapid screening test that looked for antibodies. We never relied on a single testing method to confirm a positive because of the false positive risk.
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parabuggirl.bsky.social @parabuggirl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Depending on the pathogen and the test, a second confirmatory test is needed. Especially in Parasitology. The gold standard is actually seeing the parasite with a microscope. However it can take time to culture enough of the parasite to be visible.
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parabuggirl.bsky.social @parabuggirl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
As a parasitologist it actually can be very complex and cyclospora confirmation falls into this category. Several parasites actually need secondary confirmatory tests. This whole situation has been handled horribly so far and I completely understand the publics skepticis.
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parabuggirl.bsky.social @parabuggirl.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
She is downplaying the risks from the current cyclospora outbreak
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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
You really don’t ever have to listen to Emily Oster about anything.
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parabuggirl.bsky.social @parabuggirl.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Mine would probably those two and In that Mouth of Madness
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Weird Alex @jackalpants.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Hey so if you're in the USA, the FCC is floating the idea of making shows put a warning up if they include or discuss trans people and trans lives. A short paragraph saying this is messed up would help a lot! You gpt less than a week. Submit your comment by May 22: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...
In a Public Notice released on April 22, 2026, the FCC is asking Americans to submit comments about whether the TV Oversight Management Board (TVOMB) should create new TV ratings to alert viewers to "transgender and gender non-binary programming" and "the discussion or promotion of gender identity themes."
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Lauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Grocery bills up. Energy costs up. Health care premiums up. Medicaid gone. Public schools defunded. Clean energy rolled back. Republicans gave the billionaires a tax cut; working families in Illinois got the bill.
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parabuggirl.bsky.social @parabuggirl.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
10/10 beautiful
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parabuggirl.bsky.social @parabuggirl.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Imagine calling George Carlin of all people obscure 🙄.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 26/03/2026
This isn't true. I wish people would stop saying this. Specifically the banned additives. The US actually bans slightly more additives than the EU, just different ones. The EU for example allows cyclamates the US doesn't
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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
instead of watching the new harry potter trailer, why not pick up some horror books by trans and nb writers for the trans rights readathon?? there are so many good options. For example, check out some of these writers:
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parabuggirl.bsky.social @parabuggirl.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
My child has reached the “I fits, I sits“ stage of toddler hood
Toddler boy with dark hair is folding the sides of a cardboard box around him as he sits inside it.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 22/03/2025
The most dangerous thing about AI chat bots is how many men with political power treat them *exactly* and unquestioningly like actual Ancient Greek oracles.
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parabuggirl.bsky.social @parabuggirl.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I am about half way through this book right now and I am enjoying the hell out of it!
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Abolish. You can’t bodycam this shit. Abolish must be the hard red line.
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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 02/02/2026
At least 12 companies that make and sell chest binders received letters from the FDA warning that they may be in violation of federal regulations around medical devices. The business owners @hallielieberman.bsky.social interviewed disagree, with one calling the campaign "transphobia driven.”
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FDA Targets Gender-Affirming Garments, Warning Companies that Serve Trans Customers
At least 12 companies received letters from the agency stating that the gender-affirming compression garments are medical devices and require compliance with strict federal regulations.
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parabuggirl.bsky.social @parabuggirl.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
RFK is shilling raw milk which is actually harmful but wants to go after these businesses 🤬
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parabuggirl.bsky.social @parabuggirl.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
These warning letters were also unprecedented as they targeted the Firm’s for not being registered (but no other violations) which never happens. Also typically the next step is a civil money penalty not an injunction or seizure that requires a lot more evidence and rigor.
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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 29/01/2026
Caring about your neighbors makes you an activist these days. What the fuck is wrong with this country such that basic human decency is a political position?
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Joshua B. Hoe @joshuabhoe.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Judge: ICE is following none of the rules and court orders supposedly constraining their behavior Moderate Democrat Lawmakers: What we need is more rules and orders constraining ICE's behaviors 🤔🤔🤔
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parabuggirl.bsky.social @parabuggirl.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
As one of her constituent, drag her!
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Before speaking with two armed men at the Pretti vigil last night, a man approached & asked if I was going to tell the truth. I said yes. He told me how frustrated he was at the media & the harm it’s causing to his community. I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The killing happened about 15 hours ago. Since then: - MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (FBI equivalent) got a warrant for the evidence on the scene - Tried to execute it - Were forcibly turned away by feds - Filed for a temporary restraining order - TRO granted by the federal district court
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Marimar Martinez was the first US citizen shot by ICE. They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon. They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times. He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”. A 🧵 of ICE abuse
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Text messages and a moved SUV: How the government’s case against a Chicago woman shot by a Border Patrol agent fell apart | CNN
A wide grin was plastered on Marimar Martinez’s face Thursday as she thanked her attorneys outside an Illinois courtroom and told reporters, “I’m just blessed. I’m happy.”
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
"We are out there in every place they are, showing them that every person in this city is one of our own, that there is no such thing as other people’s children, that collectively we are not afraid of staring them in the eye," @erikhane.bsky.social writes from Minneapolis.
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There is no such thing as other people’s children
It is intolerable
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Blocking/Muting = Self-Care @queeringpsychology.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
ICE doesn’t care if you are a citizen or not They don’t care if you have an ID, passport, birth certificate etc They might not deport you if you are a citizen, but they will kidnap you and then brutalize & traumatize you before dropping you in a different location
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Pretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry. It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Call em about the DHS funding bill. Tell them guardrails aren't solve this because this administration doesn't listen to guardrails. It's abolish and dismantle or they can't reopen the government
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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 22/01/2026
‘SINNERS’ has broken history as the MOST-NOMINATED FILM OF ALL TIME at the Oscars with 16 nominations See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
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It is horrific to see radical agitators bring children to their violent riots.
PLEASE STOP ENDANGERING YOUR CHILDREN.
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Two children, including a 6-month-old, were hospitalized last night after federal agents deployed tear gas during Wednesday night's protests, according to the Minneapolis Office of Community Safety....
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Portland Police Press conference on the shooting of 2 Portlanders: -DHS said the victims had been involved with a shooting. Nope! -But they were def part of Tren de Aragua -actually no -But TdA is real and active in Portland -We can't name single crime TdA has been involved with in this city
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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Jim Alwine @jimalwine.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Oh my God it just keeps getting worse. This #RFK sponsored #hepatitis vaccine trial in #Guinea-Bissau is being run by people whose research methods have been totally discredited. This isn’t research, it’s gun-for-hire antivax nonsense. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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What is actually the emerging evidence about non-specific vaccine effects in randomized trials from the Bandim Health Project?
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Frost || 3D Models & Reviews @3dfrost.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I don't want gen AI in my browser I don't want gen AI in my pc I don't want gen AI in my art I don't want gen AI in my games I don't want gen AI in my music I don't want gen AI in my movies I don't want gen AI in my books I don't want gen AI in my cart I don't want gen AI in my life
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parabuggirl.bsky.social @parabuggirl.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Sometimes you need to hunt the good stuff. A bright spot seeing a hawk this close up after a weekend of lots of depressing news.
A hawk sitting on the railing outside of a brown door of a red brick house.
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