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@stephy.bsky.social
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she/her 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 👩🏻‍🔬🧪💊💉 mom 👦🏻🐶 hapa 🇹🇼 🍺🌮⚾️🖖🧶 I’m still a chemist, even if I don’t work in a lab now in Saint Paul, MN

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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 4h
University of Maryland mentioned
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Waving Maryland Terrapins Flag
Alt: Maryland Terrapins flag
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🖤♡Amanda♡🖤 @zephyrsky.bsky.social · 5h
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more Philadelphia Citizen alert
0.8 mi • S 9th St & Wharton St
People Throwing Sandwiches at Customers at Pat's King of Steaks
Reported 19m ago • 2.3K notifications • 266 views
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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 5h
So…dewterium?
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 5h
Today’s win brought to you by yesterday’s attendance shaming Atlanta radio guy who said “kids, you won’t remember anything you learned in school tomorrow, but you’ll remember a Braves win”
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Katy @katy-katy.bsky.social · 6h
Watching the Phillies I guess
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 5h
I came home early to work from home while I watch this game and my kid wants to know if he can change the channel 😤
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 9h
Raygun is selling Atlanta Hawkeyes shirts www.raygunsite.com/collections/...
Raygun shirt: The Atlanta Hawkeyes! The official sports team of the vast left-wing conspiracy!
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C. Brandon Ogbunu @cbo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In my latest for @undark.org, I compare AI adoption in science to the Ship of Theseus: "If you swap out every wooden plank on a ship over time, is it still the same vessel?" I argue that science derives authority from something more than data generation + publication. undark.org/2026/09/25/o...
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AI Presents Science with a ‘Ship of Theseus’ Problem
Opinion | AI can replace each part of the scientific process, leaving the enterprise recognizable but devoid of human judgment.
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Bénédicte C @benecal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
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Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Risks Making Americans Smokers Again | Defend Public Health
This week's Whopper is about RFK Jr.'s abysmal record on tobacco products and smoking cessation. RFK Jr. publicly promotes nicotine products while destroying government funding for cessation programs ...
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026
“Prominent wellness personalities and other influencers are portraying nicotine as a misunderstood compound whose potential benefits have been overshadowed by its negative association with cigarettes.”
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Nicotine Is Mounting a Comeback in the Wellness Movement
Improving mood and increasing longevity are just some of the unfounded claims about this substance circling around the “natural” medicine corners of the internet.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I feel like if AI wants to be in the business of offering medical opinions, then AI companies need to be in the "getting sued for medical malpractice" business too
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Aldrich confirmed that he has begun interpreting the slide less as a statement of ethical standing and more as a public admission that no corporation on earth has found his opinions worth purchasing.” inpreparation.substack.com/p/50-year-ol...
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50-Year-Old Man With No Conflicts Of Interest Beginning To Worry
HOUSTON, TX— Clicking past his single-slide conflict of interest disclosure at the beginning of a departmental grand rounds Monday morning, MD Anderson translational oncologist Dr.
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Jacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Even more than that: a day game on a weekday in a location that wasn’t even known until 48 hours ago!
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Broadcasters who are paid to go to games should not be attendance shaming
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i 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
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is clearly the Farth Park art festival
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Apparently Merck is no longer supplying Recarbrio. “In an unexpected move, Merck discontinued an important antibiotic from the U.S. market earlier this month, underscoring concerns about the commitment large pharmaceutical companies are willing to make to a field that is crucial to public health”
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Merck discontinues a crucial antibiotic despite concerns over superbug resistance
Merck discontinued Recarbio, an important antibiotic in the U.S., despite concerns over resistance to superbugs.
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Vaccines don’t cause autism. But vaccines can help prevent it. This study found an increase in autism rates among babies born with rubella, who were infected by their moms during pregnancy. Vaccinating against rubella with the MMR vaccine (measles, mumps, rubella) prevents infection.
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Will @popher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Where are we at calling out LinkedIn posts for AI Slop chemical structure chemical structures, especially when it's advertising some software they claim is good at NMR structural elucidation
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Laura Howes @laurahowes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think #chemsky has discussed before how NO-ONE should be feeding unpublished or proprietary data into public models. It really feels like that is worth reiterating.
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
L.L. Bean is busy with licensing agreements across New England iconic brands www.llbean.com/llb/shop/200...
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L.L.Bean x Dunkin'
Find the best L.L.Bean x Dunkin' at L.L.Bean. Our high quality null null are thoughtfully designed and built to last season after season.
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One of my favorite memories from the 2013 NL wild card game was walking across the Roberto Clemente Bridge and seeing the giant rubber duck
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Dave DiCello @davedicello.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Last night was the 13th anniversary of the day that the Giant Rubber Duck arrived in #Pittsburgh, and honestly it was one of my favorite nights of photography. This was the only night that it wasn't parked by the fountain at the Point, creating some unique and fun images.
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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The government isn’t racist you’re being hysterical” I give you: Chinese dragon holding opium poppies DEA swag patches paid for with tax money
A circular patch for the DEA reading “heroin intelligence unit”. The image depicts a traditional Chinese dragon emerging from a body of water, clutching a few heroin poppies.
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Mark Levin @levinchem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Anyone willing to replace students with tokens doesn't understand what it is universities do and probably should never have been allowed to have students to begin with
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Antonio E. Porreca 🐳 @aeporreca.org · 27/09/2026
Imagine replacing people with tokens for plagiarism slot machines. This is why I take the extreme position that LLM-fuelled papers are not research, should not be read or cited, and should definitely count in one’s CV, but negatively.
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Has anyone asked any pharma execs how they feel about the FDA uploading their documents into AI platforms? IND and NDA submissions are confidential…
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think I jinxed the Lynx by blocking out time for game 3 on Thursday, so deleting that from my calendar will help, right? 😅
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I've talked to a few journal editors who are concerned about similar problems re: anonymous reviewers. If a peer reviewer wants a little help & feeds your unpublished submission into an AI system, they've just shared your proprietary work & broken confidentiality. A nightmare to think about
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Once again, I gotta say: you cannot treat anything you’re feeding into an AI as anonymous. There are enormous ethics implications for, e.g. referees who are clearly uploading others’ unpublished papers without consent, let alone health care professionals or law enforcement
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Looking at my TBR pile… I don’t think any of us wants “The Bigger One”, a sequel to a book about preparing for future pandemics
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Life of Pier this doesn’t make sense as a sequel but now I’m fixated on this as a title
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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Döner Quixote
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Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here's the thing: Hot Springs National Park has a long history with professional baseball. It was a spring training site for many clubs. If you want to do a national park game, that's where it should be, not some place with no tradition attached to it. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 28/09/2026
Claude making a scientific discovery
Black-and-white three-part comic. In the first scene, one simple cartoon figure holds out a small round handmade-looking object and says, “I MADE THIS.” Another figure replies, “YOU MADE THIS?” In the second scene, the second figure is shown alone holding the object. In the final scene, that figure holds it proudly and says, “I MADE THIS”
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“During his conversations with Claude, Dr. Mestre shared a draft of both his dissertation and of a manuscript describing jumbotrons. He and his colleagues uploaded additional details while using Claude to perform various administrative tasks.” I cannot believe how naive these people are
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I hope Josh Bell comes back to the Twins and I hope he brings book club back
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
PNC has a pickle juice station during the Twin Cities marathon, but there are no PNC banks here 🤔
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Revisiting this thread as I read about tonight’s march to protest the closing of the Academy of Natural Sciences 🧵
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The doors of the Academy of Natural Sciences will be closing on Sunday...for now. But this isn't over. We're meeting at the Academy of Natural Sciences when doors close to gather for a moment of resolve followed by a march to City Hall. Join us. art by @lindzeamays.bsky.social luma.com/7ggkgtjb
a t. rex holds a candle in front of the words This isn't over, next to save the academy candle vigil, 5pm Sunday Sept 27, 1900 ben franklin parkway
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Sara @saralovesyou.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Director Emerick wrote a Facebook post that I encourage you to read. This really is the experience of disabled kids at MPS right now—and the experience of their invisibility to far too many. It does usually seem to be that no one who hasn’t experienced this cares.
Joyner Emerick

People do realize that students with disabilities, including chronic trauma that manifests as observable/ externalized behavior, change "placements" all the time, right?

From public to specialized charter, from federal setting Ill to IV and back, from district to district, on administrative transfer, on IEP team decision, in and out of residential treatment facilities, in and out of carceral facilities, because of push-out, because of bullying, because of neglect/abuse at school, because of LEA legal non-compliance, because of physical space/facilities access, because of programmatic or staff availability.

Students with disabilities absorb frequent changes to where they go to school because of the failures of our systems of education to serve them, teach them, keep them safe. In many cases, these placement changes actually represent a district breaking federal law, but families don't have the resources to fight back.

In almost four years on the school board I've gotten ZERO constituent emails expressing concern about how the leadership decisions that create that reality impact the friendships of students with disabilities, their sense of place and well-being, their educational trajectory, or their family capacity.

Try it with abled kids, though, and it's a very different story.
There is NOTHING inherent to children with disabilities that makes them better able to handle these changes, which are nearly never based on the preference or convenience of the family, but instead based on acute daily safety considerations or forced on families by administrative process.
Why will we fight to protect "stability of placement" for abled kids but say nothing about the continuous placement destabilization for kids with disabilities?
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treb @treblaw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
stand tall, warrior! Use your potions in your duffel bag and eschew the expert trainers and medical professionals in the locker room. Only 🫵 you 🫵 know your body best
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The lines for the Twins squishy dumpling toy are so long already
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Andy Kostka @afkostka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
MLB can stick to cornfields, not natural wonders. Pathetic
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I really hate how often I have to stop and ask myself “is this story from The Onion?” This is terrible www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
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MLB, White House discuss playing game at national park
The White House said in a statement that MLB asked the administration about hosting a game at a national park, adding that the National Park Service has not granted a permit to do so.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 27/09/2026
Chuck *Grassley* had been in elected office before the invention of Starburst candy or fentanyl
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
!!!!!!
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JC_Spurlock @historiator.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Years ago I was in one of these western PA coal patches. In the diner the talk was about the town's lack of any sewerage system. The sewage had been diverted into an abandoned coal mine. And now the mine was filling up.
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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Someone in Cherelle Parker's office is actually recording the number of people calling them regarding the Academy of Natural Science's closure. I did this during my afternoon walk and raised a talking point I never got to discuss at City Hall: Port Kennedy Bone Cave 🧵
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Mike the Mad Biologist and Trump's Press Corps Approver @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s a small thing, but as part of detrumpification, Bhattacharya needs to be removed from the hall.
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