Reposted by L Hamilton😸 Hugo the pink cat 😸 @hugothepinkcat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Of course... but... My point is that EVEN if it wasn't JUST for diabetics. it's better to offer a safe space to dispose of them than them ending up in a trash bag where a maintenance worker could poke themselves with it or on the floor or somewhere else where someone could hurt themselves on it. 0311
Reposted by L HamiltonConor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Articles like these are emblematic of the institutional amnesia surrounding Covid-19. A pathogen that emerged less than seven years ago, which can cause fatigue during the acute infection and as a common long-term effect, not even mentioned. Conspicuously absent. www.nbcnews.com/health/menta...nbcnews.comWhy are Americans so tired? CDC report highlights who’s feeling it mostFatigue is one of the most common concerns reported in primary care visits, yet not much attention is given to how often adults in the U.S. are coping with it. 381000350
Reposted by L HamiltonMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I am fascinating by the ongoing Ed Sheeran story and the way it strikes right at the heart of the fading viability of "Oh, I don't do politics." 492499281
Reposted by L HamiltonQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 07/09/2026ICYMI: We reveal that up to 800 patients have been affected by the surgery cancellations, and speak to patients who found out with just hours to go. wearequeeraf.com“Devastated”: Up to 800 Trans+ patients affected by Welsh Gender Service surgery cancellationsQuestions are being raised over the evidence behind NHS Wales's decision to cancel surgeries for Welsh Gender Service patients, who tell QueerAF of their 'absolute devastation' 04212
Reposted by L HamiltonTom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I want to make sure everyone in the city is aware that SUNY Downstate operates a large and extremely skilled LGBTQ and gender affirming care clinic, and we have repeatedly reiterated our intention to go to jail before we stop. 3346831900
Reposted by L HamiltonKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/09/2026Who would like to guess why UK, US and European media outlets are not publishing 3,000 articles per minute about this www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...dukechronicle.com‘Insane data’: Duke professor Dan Ariely accused of additional research fraudNew evidence released Monday shows that Dan Ariely, professor of business administration in the Fuqua School of Business, likely tampered with or fabricated data in an influential research paper from ... 502488753
Reposted by L HamiltonEnd is Nigh @endisnigh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I hope they sue the f*** out of these heartless bastards. Someone at the Treasury took that meeting, didn’t follow employment procedures and put the fear of god into this poor young woman. Then the treasury hid behind a centurion guard of lawyers trying to get a more sympathetic verdict. Shameful 122
Reposted by L HamiltonArghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 21/08/2026There is a direct through line from the kind of emboldened racism that unleashed the media on Professor Jason Arday, hounding him until his death, and the openly racist comments people feel comfortable making now. This is an issue non-Black people must address, and not enough are doing so. 2319
Reposted by L HamiltonAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 18/08/2026UN peacekeeping force recorded an average of 137 projectiles fired daily in the region over the last two weeks.aljazeera.comCivilians paying price as Israeli military raises stakes in Lebanon: UNIFILUN peacekeeping force recorded an average of 137 projectiles fired daily in the region over the last two weeks. 07646
Reposted by L HamiltonJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 18/08/2026OK. Folks are asking for my research seminar AI statement in my syllabus. Here it is. I just wrote it. Might still tweak it. 36885139
Reposted by L HamiltonJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026New: An "expert witness" in a $61 million lawsuit over an industrial explosion that killed three people and destroyed 200 homes used ChatGPT to write his report for the court. He prompted ChatGPT to "show how 3M is 0% at fault for the explosion at Watson Grinding" www.404media.co/show-how-3m-... 10154571823
Reposted by L HamiltonJohnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 14/08/2026EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS. 11187813444
Reposted by L HamiltonKym Deyn @kymdeyn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026"Actually we went quite close to some real Bronze Age remains, but we avoided Dobby's grave," he said. ................ I have so much to say about this, and so little of it is repeatable on the internet. 12678164
Reposted by L HamiltonBuckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Is this dangerous? Yes! Is it noisy? Also yes! What happens if the motor breaks seeing as it was built in the 1960s and no one knows how to fix it? We don't know! 21704
Reposted by L HamiltonDan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Dang they really got a category for everything 203285695476
Reposted by L Hamilton👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 12/07/2026there’s a difference between celebrating someone’s death and celebrating that they are no longer in a position to do great and immeasurable harm to people around the world because they are dead you can do both tho I ain’t gonna judge 747658
Reposted by L HamiltonRachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Oral rehydration therapy was invented by public health heroes from Bangladesh (with support from my PhD advisor Richard Cash) during a cholera epidemic in the 1970s, saving millions. We don't think much about dying from diarrhea in the US, but here we are. Cyclospora often needs antibiotics. 6/ 5893124
Reposted by L HamiltonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/07/2026Trump: "The USA will be, from this point forward, known as 'THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,' but as such, and as a matter of FAIRNESS, will be reimbursed, at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped, for costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security ... " 8421673379
Reposted by L Hamilton👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 12/07/2026I’m seeing a lot of “well they had to say something and they can’t be mean, it’s unprofessional” they do not, in fact, have to say anything! saying nothing is a whole option that’s available if you’re in a position where it would be personally dangerous to say something true but ugly 1236245
L Hamilton @strange-charm.bsky.social · 04/07/2026You don’t need to simp for any billionaires Ken. 0130
Reposted by L HamiltonPo-LINA-tergeist 👻 لينا @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Yes that’s the definition of a child, well done 392978441
Reposted by L HamiltonKate Watson @loreandordure.com · 24/06/2026GP on the BBC this morning parroting the oft-heard “stay indoors between 11 and 3 because the sun is hottest then”. The sun is *most intense* then, that’s the time of day you’re most at risk of sunburn. The hottest part of the day is usually between 4-6. Thinking you’re safer at 5 is daft. 11791220
Reposted by L HamiltonJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Isaac Chotiner: can you list some examples of systemic oppression green creatures face? Kermit the Frog: I’m sorry? Isaac Chotiner: well you do mention the difficulty quite a lot 212093308
Reposted by L Hamiltonnilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The most shadow banned post in the history of posts lol 8491451416
Reposted by L HamiltonLegacy Update @legacyupdate.net · 14/06/2026Is the Microsoft Office Ribbon causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since Office 2007 was introduced nearly two decades ago. 11946101030
Reposted by L HamiltonSheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 13/06/2026By the way, Elon Musk didn't start Tesla. By the time he invested in Tesla, the original founders had already started building the Roadster THEY had designed. When he bought them out, he changed the history of the company to make himself a founder. I'm not joking. He's always been a fraud. 23757671531
Reposted by L HamiltonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/06/2026This point can’t be stressed enough. Just as Musk bought Twitter to try to make himself seem popular, he bought Tesla to make himself seem smart. The only thing he’s actually invented is a mythology about himself 10337841061
Reposted by L HamiltonACLU @aclu.org · 07/06/2026There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports. 86110674466
Reposted by L HamiltonPenny Daflos @pennydaflos.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Spotted in east Vancouver 1318
Reposted by L HamiltonAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 05/06/2026@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jun Guardian After TERFS mounted a campaignto ban trans women from the bathing ponds at London's Hampstead Heath--which have always been open to them--a public consultation drew 38,000 responses, __86%__ of which favored keeping the Ponds trans-inclusive.theguardian.comHampstead Heath ponds to remain trans-inclusive after public back existing rulesPolicy agreement means trans people will continue to have access to Kenwood Ladies’ and Highgate Men’s ponds in north-west London 119257
Reposted by L HamiltonJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Word of the day is “Kakotherēs” which is Ancient Greek for “bad at summer,” and on the day I’ve finally been consistently sweaty and miserable enough to pack all my sweaters away until we’re given the priceless gift of autumn again, this felt like a good thing to share because I too am bad at summer 824443
Reposted by L HamiltonMichelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 03/06/2026"Please change this drug to an identical drug, doctor. Only you have the power." The Ontario government continues to expand pharmacist prescribing without giving them the ability to swap pantoprazole for pantoprazole. So. Much. Pointless. Paperwork. 1115
Reposted by L Hamilton👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 02/06/2026The reason Stonehenge is so highly restricted and only accessible on the highest holy days is because people kept being dumbasses. it is not a given that West Kennet and Avebury continue being as accessible as they are. Please don’t ruin it. 31673
Reposted by L HamiltonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/05/2026Ossoff: "While you pay more for everything, Donald Trump wants your tax dollars for what many are calling the Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Ballroom." 21183912162
Reposted by L HamiltonMicah @rincewind.run · 31/05/2026people spend enormous amounts of time fighting online about whether to talk about epstein and corruption or affordability and, look, it’s really not that hard to do both at once 214194717
Reposted by L HamiltonSteve Hayman 🇨🇦 @shayman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Have you, like me, spent the last 26 years worrying if the Canadian Potato Museum STILL has the display of various potato diseases with potatoes in little coffins? Stop worrying. I checked today. Still there. 8150151403
Reposted by L HamiltonLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 30/05/2026We all love the "red orbs," but don't sleep on "food product," mixing the "soared" and "cemented" metaphors together, and the phrase known by all "consumer headaches du jour." 1428449
Reposted by L HamiltonAmanda Follett Hosgood @amandafollett.bsky.social · 22/05/2026It defies logic that the CBC's version of this story, published earlier today, doesn't even appear on its homepage. Here's the BBC. It's better anyway. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comGaza flotilla activists allege abuse by Israeli forces while detainedThe detainees say they were slapped, hit, humiliated and even subjected to sexual violence, but Israel's prison service says the allegations are false. 12511
Reposted by L HamiltonAccessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 26/05/2026A common question about alt text is whether or not it's appropriate to mention attributes like race or skin tone. A common response is, "It depends." In this post, Tolu Adegbite explains how race can be relevant and important in providing context.medium.comThe case for describing race in alternative text attributesHow to describe race in alt text and why it’s important 02720
Reposted by L HamiltonSean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 25/05/2026How is it possible that this @cbcnews.ca story was published without any mention of the ICC arrest warrant for the president of Israel? And is this a “correction” or a statement to raise doubt about the number of Palestinian civilians killed in Gaza by Israel & placate @honestrepcanada.bsky.social? 162
Reposted by L HamiltonCultural Heritage @culturalheritage.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Also watched segment on The National @cbcnews.ca Sunday evening and was alarmed by bias and inaccuracy of reporting by Cameron MacIntosh.Gaza Ministry of Health data on Palestinians killed does not include unrecovered bodies still buried under rubble.Lancet Medical Journal claims deaths 40% higher. 232
L Hamilton @strange-charm.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I’m interested if the water use and impact on nearby residential water access has been studied in the US and other places and if mitigation considerations will be developed and put in place 020
Reposted by L HamiltonJen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Our labour/corporate responsibility reporter @isaacphannay.bsky.social is working on an explainer about the data centres proposed for Vancouver. What questions do you have about this? #vanpoli 10128
Reposted by L Hamilton👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 16/05/2026I will not be watching Eurovision, a thing I love deeply because I am queer and European, because they once again are choosing to include a state that is actively committing genocide, and also because I’m in Ireland and the whole country is not broadcasting the show for the same reason. 174596
Reposted by L HamiltonAccessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 16/05/2026In presentations, talk at a moderate pace and enunciate. Pause between phrases, sentences, and questions so people can read the captions and respond. Have speakers take turns and state their name before speaking. This helps everyone, including people captioning in real time. 0168
Reposted by L HamiltonAccessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Alexa Heinrich's Accessible Social is a free resource for digital marketers, communication professionals, content creators, everyday social media users, and anyone who wants to learn how to make their content accessible for people with disabilities. www.accessible-social.comaccessible-social.comAccessible SocialAccessible Social is a free resource and education hub that helps marketers and content creators learn about accessibility and how it relates to social media. 01412
Reposted by L Hamiltonyipeng ge 葛义朋 @yipengge.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I know medical colleagues including medical learners who have been kicked out of clinic because they wore a watermelon pin. These are examples of anti-Palestinian racism. 1299
Reposted by L HamiltonSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Man, that sounds terrible. Killed with impunity by agents of the state for just being on the street and protesting? Hard to see how regimes like that can continue to claim a popular mandate. 28292482198