Reposted by Peg DuthieJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This idea that what matters when committing a racist act is what is inside the heart of the person doing it, which is by definition radically private and unknowable, rather than the impact of the action in the external world, is a sign of how culturally Protestant we remain. 58521
Peg Duthie @zirconium.bsky.social · 18/08/2026New poem: autumnskypoetrydaily.com/2026/08/18/g...autumnskypoetrydaily.comGullable by Peg DuthieEditor's Note: This poem’s punny title leads the reader into a very relatable statement about boundaries within a culture of judgment constructed of monetized clickbait. 130
Reposted by Peg DuthieWIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone. 9499142987
Reposted by Peg DuthieDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Feel like this is a pattern in public comments now. Overwhelming public opposition, but Trump administration will move ahead anyway (See also, Schedule F). This does not mean public comments are not important - far from it, it creates a case for overturning the rules in court. 7358114
Reposted by Peg DuthieKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Hey Chicago! An ICE contractor is trying to buy our parking meters — and City Council decides whether that happens THIS WEEK. We've got time to stop this, but we need as many people as possible to fight back: tinyurl.com/icepark 168104384497
Reposted by Peg DuthieMother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/07/2026Reminder: Memphis is still “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Task force members have reportedly killed at least two people in four days.motherjones.comMemphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges. 4827641741
Peg Duthie @zirconium.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I'm attending Lindsey for TN's event, “Pints and Postcards” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/lindseyfortn... (pub has non alc options, yay)mobilize.usPints and Postcards · Lindsey for TNJoin us for Pints & Postcards! Grab a drink, meet fellow supporters, and help make a difference by writing postcards to voters in District 17! 000
Reposted by Peg DuthieHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Please speak up. Record your objection. This is crucially important. 5516411075
Reposted by Peg DuthieThe Denver Post @denverpost.com · 26/06/2026A federal judge has blocked part of a Trump administration plan that would have limited access to loans for students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, public health and some other fields.denverpost.comJudge blocks Trump plan that would limit graduate student loans in nursing and other fields 22814
Reposted by Peg DuthieBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Just cast my ballot in Park Slope. So incredibly grateful to do it alongside Meg & Rosa. It's time to elect Democrats who’ll fight, not fold, against the forces of authoritarianism & corporate greed. Polls are still open for early voting until 5pm today. 1039948
Peg Duthie @zirconium.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Five Things I Wish Someone Said at My 1998 Medical School Graduation www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/cala... "People will tell you the enemy is burnout, but I'm going to suggest the true enemy is despair."medpagetoday.comOpinion | Five Things I Wish Someone Said at My 1998 Medical School GraduationNo one will ever care again what your class rank was 000
Peg Duthie @zirconium.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Video: Police Tussle With Diabetes Experts at ADA Meeting #censorship www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...medpagetoday.comVideo: Police Tussle With Diabetes Experts at ADA MeetingResearchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions 000
Peg Duthie @zirconium.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Not a grumpy sword, but a wicked long kebab skewer for chunks of liver #Uzbegim 000
Peg Duthie @zirconium.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Speaking of cake, I treated myself to medovik and tea at Uzbegim yesterday 000
Reposted by Peg DuthieMarissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026What has it got in it other than cake? It's got harpies! It's got a really grumpy sword! It's got opposition to the fash! It's got a patter song for Loki, okay, an actor playing Loki, but still! Point is, I think it's a good time, and I think you will too, so please spread the word. 2243
Peg Duthie @zirconium.bsky.social · 28/05/2026*waves in friends over slices of almond cake* (Kobo pre-order under my napkin) 010
Peg Duthie @zirconium.bsky.social · 22/05/2026The vampire violist habitually hums snatches of this in stairwells youtu.be/r7czzvMMUXs?...youtu.beIn lectulo meo, Echo à 2 voces (Extrait des Cantica Sacra)YouTube video by Bruno Boterf - Topic 030
Reposted by Peg DuthieJoanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Aether and Ego by Joanne Merriam, Inanna Publications & Catastrophe Theories by @mlrowley.bsky.social, @anvilpress.bsky.social. See alt-text. 💙📚 #BookSky #DSPBposts #shamelessselfpromoversion #bookstodon #booktok #booksta #bookstagram #bookish #booklovers 0122
Peg Duthie @zirconium.bsky.social · 11/05/2026RIP Dead Mule, a journal that published 9 of my poems over the years. deadmule.com/submissions-... #poetry #SouthernLitdeadmule.comThirty Years online. – The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature 020
Reposted by Peg Duthiemy good bitch 💎 @clozilla.cryptoanarchy.network · 02/05/2026I want to reassure everyone that abortion providers have been ready to switch to misoprostol-only abortion for a long time now, and clinics can still provide mifepristone in person. You can still access abortion and there are people who will help. 4525197
Peg Duthie @zirconium.bsky.social · 28/04/2026I'll be reading "Let There Be Fashioning" on Thursday's Rattlecast (4/30; show starts at 7pm CT, selected poems featured after 8pm)! The prompt: "Write a poem that uses the present tense as one of the ways in which it creates tension." youtube.com/live/nyJJLxI... @rattlepoetry.bsky.socialyoutube.comYouTubeShare your videos with friends, family, and the world 000
Reposted by Peg DuthieKelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Tolkien is a great writer for dark times, not least because he understood that fighting even when you are certain you will lose is infinitely more moral than giving in to despair and doomerism. 211431
Reposted by Peg DuthieNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026ARE YOU A NON-MINNESOTAN WHO WANTS IDEAS OF STUFF TO DO TO HELP MINNESOTA RESIST FASCIST TYRANNY? Have I got a blog post for you! With additional advice for how to get ready in case tyranny shows up at YOUR doorstep next! naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...naomikritzer.comHow To Help if You are Outside MinnesotaI’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That said, I do have a section of lo… 1514581085
Reposted by Peg DuthieDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026The images and stories coming out of Minneapolis are extraordinary. We can't say we did not know what was happening. Lots of people are putting their bodies on the line to make sure we do. 8779812596
Reposted by Peg DuthieMarissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Shingles sucked, and the fact that it showed up two months after I had influenza and five months after my dad died was not an accident. Dad also had shingles! two months after a stroke! jazz hands. Shingles loves to show up when your body is weakened by other crap. Get the shingles vax if you can. 48512
Reposted by Peg DuthieGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 14/11/2025This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse. aspph.org/department-o...aspph.orgDepartment of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” DefinitionDiscover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education. 18283182
Reposted by Peg DuthieJudy Stone @drjudystone.bsky.social · 14/11/2025This is a travesty, eliminating #PublicHealth loans for PT, OT, MPH, DrPH and many other degrees. They are trying to kill us. 14321
Reposted by Peg DuthieDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 14/11/2025When your policy is to undermine public health, then you attack the people who help promote and protect it. Not just now…but years into the future. 49049
Peg Duthie @zirconium.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Very amused to see a former Chicago dorm-mate as the latest Grub Street diarist www.grubstreet.com/article/brad...grubstreet.comBrad Lander Ended Election Night at a Taco Truck“I can’t even tell who I’m talking to half the time. At some point, my daughter puts a drink in my hand.” 020
Reposted by Peg DuthieAdria Bailton @adriabailton.com · 24/10/2025Have you read? What a Big Heart You Have by Marissa Lingen at kaleidotrope A fun mix of fairy tales and a perplexed granddaughter. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...kaleidotrope.net“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen 0104
Reposted by Peg DuthieRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 11/09/2025It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous. 15195092795
Reposted by Peg DuthieBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Also the HPV vaccine prevents throat, rectal , penil and anal cancers associated with HPV. So not only women benefit from vaccination. Men benefit as well. Children 9-12 are eligible to start the vaccination series. Adults can get it until age 45, discuss with your health provider if you qualify. 04514
Peg Duthie @zirconium.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Nashville folks, @nashvillesymphony.org chorus showcase @tnbrewworks.bsky.social Saturday 9/20 6-8 pm. Come enjoy great voices and great beer while supporting the all-volunteer chorus (which has many professionally trained singers in its ranks)! (No minimum - donations of any amount will be welcome) 000
Reposted by Peg DuthieMirandaPitcher @mirandapitcher.bsky.social · 12/08/2025I feel like this should be a #goals post for science communicators everywhere. 😂 1500106
Reposted by Peg DuthieMax Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 30/07/2025This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages. 6157282057
Reposted by Peg DuthiePostcards to Swing States @postcards2win.bsky.social · 24/06/2025NEWS BOOSTING POSTCARDS! Help make sure voters learn about the GOP plans to gut Medicaid and food assistance while cutting taxes for billionaires. 👉 turnoutpac.org/postcards 42220
Reposted by Peg DuthieDenny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Had the pleasure today of meeting a very woke 88 year old lady with a yard sign that read “the only minority destroying this country is billionaires.” 114213
Reposted by Peg DuthieJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 03/07/20253. Corporations that publicly endorsed Trump's megabill: 3M Altria AT&T Charter Communications Chevron Cisco Comcast Delta Airlines Door Dash Great Clips Hair Cuttery T-Mobile Uber United Airlines UPS Verizon 18123551564
Peg Duthie @zirconium.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Nailed it: "The judge described as a “newly-minted war” by the National Institutes of Health against “undefined concepts” related to D.E.I., which he added had grown to include other topics such as vaccine hesitancy, Covid, and climate change.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...nytimes.comTrump Administration Live Updates: Handful of G.O.P. Holdouts Are Keeping Trump Bill From Moving Forward 000
Reposted by Peg DuthieBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Out 500,000 college athletes across the country there are fewer than 10 who identify as transgender. A super minority that deserves protection, not erasure. All they ask for is the right to exist. www.npr.org/2025/07/02/n...npr.orgUPenn updates swimming records to settle with feds on transgender athletes caseThe U.S. Education Department and Penn announced the voluntary agreement of the high-profile case that focused on Lia Thomas, who last competed for the Ivy League school in 2022. 213133
Reposted by Peg DuthieCaleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Now watch Trump fuck UPenn over on something entirely different, because that’s what he does when his prey capitulates. 14612
Reposted by Peg DuthieRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 20/05/2025As predicted by everyone except median voters and members of Congress, allowing the federal government to be run by antivaxxers does come with consequences for everyone. COVID is still a leading cause of death for “healthy younger adults and children.” And unvaccinated individuals infect everyone. 1020693
Peg Duthie @zirconium.bsky.social · 08/05/2025"in FY2024, for every $1 invested in NIH research, there was a return of $2.56 in terms of economic activity." www.aacr.org/about-the-aa...aacr.orgAACR Calls on Congress to Summarily Reject the President’s FY2026 Budget Proposal for NIHThe President’s FY2026 budget proposal includes devastating cuts to NIH of $18 billion, which would result in a nearly 40% cut in NIH’s budget for lifesaving research. 000
Peg Duthie @zirconium.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Donation drive in Nashville for families affected by raids: www.firstuunash.org/news/urgent-...firstuunash.orgUrgent Need for Donations Following Nashville RaidsDonations are needed to provide financial assistance to impacted families. Every penny will go directly to families: https://remixtn.betterworld.org/campaigns/nashville-unidos-fundFinancial support is... 000
Reposted by Peg DuthieDr. David Miller 🏳️🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 04/05/2025🧪 PRACTICAL tip for NSF PIs with terminated grants: You're entitled to recover more closeout costs than a DOGE-fueled NSF may lead you to believe. ➡️ Do this NOW: Send fed reg 2 CFR 200.472 on allowable "termination costs" to your sponsored research office: www.ecfr.gov/current/titl... 1/8 🧵media.tenor.coma man wearing glasses and a green and white shirt looks at the cameraAlt: A man wearing glasses and a green and white shirt looks at the camera 311497
Reposted by Peg DuthieWIRED @wired.com · 05/05/2025OpenAI denies it is orchestrating viral photo trends as a ploy to collect user data, yet the firm certainly gains an advantage from it, since uploaded photos come with a trove of valuable metadata. That metadata could put users’ privacy at risk.wrd.cmThink Twice Before Creating That ChatGPT Action FigurePeople are using ChatGPT’s new image generator to take part in viral social media trends. But using it also puts your privacy at risk—unless you take a few simple steps to protect yourself. 11338130
Peg Duthie @zirconium.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Some intriguing synopses in Marissa's latest booklist, including Emily Deibert's Bea Mullins Takes a Shot (middle school girls playing hockey) (waves @stephcranford.bsky.social) mrissa.dreamwidth.org/1196077.html 010
