Elyse N, Ph.D.

The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...

Hegseth to Geneva Conventions: drop dead

One of my favourite German words to say aloud is Flurfunk. It describes gossip or rumours that spread through the workplace and means, literally, "hallway radio."

On a related note, a Finnish word for gossipers is kahvipöytäparlamentti. It means "coffee break parliament."

Brooke, the last part of your statement would like a word with the first part of your statement.

Years after women have entered combat jobs following generations of restrictions, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed every combat job to return “to the highest male standard.” https://wapo.st/471z2Rf

Trump Tells Military Brass 'We’re Under Invasion From Within' and US Cities Should Be 'Training Grounds for Our Military' - Bucks County Beacon “We’re under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy but more difficult in many ways because they don’t wear uniforms,” said Trump.

Trump Tells Military Brass ‘We’re Under Invasion From Within’ and US Cities Should Be ‘Training Grounds for Our Military’ | “We’re under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy but more difficult in many ways because they don’t wear uniforms,” said Trump. #Fascism

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin to Halt Abortion Services Sources say the affiliate isn't scheduling abortion appointments after September 30 in an apparent attempt to avoid Medicaid "defunding."

I know there's a lot going on but this is a huge deal: Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will stop providing abortions next week in an apparent bid to keep accepting Medicaid. The GOP budget law "defunds" PP affiliates that offer abortion care after October 1

We broke the story on @autonomynews.co

Without further ado, here is the trailer for Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile.

Against all odds, it will air in select theatres on October 2nd, along with the theatrical debut of Sex House.

Tickets go on sale tomorrow.

And, yes, this is real.

Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension wasn’t “cancel culture.” It was government coercion. Brendan Carr told Benny Johnson, “we can do this the easy way or the hard way,” and affiliates panicked.

Regulatory threats can’t be the answer to speech we don’t like. If we let this stand, no voice is safe.

162,000 doctors strong: The American College of Physicians demands RFK Jr. be removed as HHS Secretary, warning he is undermining vaccines, science, and public health.

www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom...
#BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #NurseSky #SciSky

Both he and Malone are trying to argue that people with pre-existing conditions *must* already have access to a doctor. I just...have they been to this country before?

People often have to go to urgent care or the ER because they don't have a doctor and they are SICK.
You don't got there when you're HEALTHY.

The ACIP vote was tied 6-6 for requiring everyone to get a prescription for the COVID19 vaccine.

The chair broke the tie by voting NO.

Prescriptions will NOT be required.

Having had some time to process the ACIP meeting, I am left not fully understanding the apparent conflict of:

The FDA approving COVID19 vaccines for those aged 65+ and those with underlying conditions.

ACIP *appearing* to have recommended them for everyone over 6 months without a prescription.

when approached by advocates to reduce the use of solitary confinement, Colorado county jailers (including Boulder) say “it’s a useful tool for behavior management” and other justifications

The ACIP Covid discussion/view seemed like a whole lot of nothing?

Retsef Levi believes two children died after Covid vaccination, despite a CDC investigation finding otherwise.

And then they voted to keep the Covid vax rec (but change the language to "individual decision") 1/

Covid-19 vaccines – vote #4 The pedtatric and adult immunization schedules for administration of the FDA-approved Covid-19 vaccines and should be updated as follows –Adults 65 and older: Vaccination based on individual-based decision-making –Individuals 6 months to 64 years: Vaccination based on individual-based decision-making–with an emphasis that the risk-benefit of vaccination is most gavorable for individuals who are at an increased risk for severe Covid-19 disease and lowest for indviduals who are not an increased risk, according to the CDC list of Covid-19 risk factors

I am personally relieved that they're not voting on removing the recommendation of the Covid vaccine altogether. That was a possibility. I do not like this but it isn't the worst possible scenario.

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

This is such a funny element to the Kirk eulogizing: they can’t describe him the way they’re describing him *and* show clips of anything he actually said or did

Ammunition in Kirk Shooting Engraved with Transgender, Antifascist Ideology: Sources By Sadie Gurman and James Fanelli Investigators found ammunition engraved with expressions of transgender and antifascist ideology inside the rifle that authorities believe was used in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, according to an internal law enforcement bulletin and a person familiar with the investigation. The older-model .30 caliber hunting rifle was discovered in the woods near the scene of Wednesday’s shooting at Utah Valley University, wrapped in a towel with a spent cartridge still in the chamber, the sources said. There were also three unspent rounds in the magazine, all with wording on them. Kirk, 31, was onstage going back and forth with a student about mass shootings involving transgender people when he was targeted, according to videos of the attack. The student has not been publicly identified. https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/charlie-kirk-shot/card/ammunition-in-kirk-shooting-engraved-with-transgender-antifascist-ideology-sources-pdymd1sXXMSlVRhpvR4b

All this suggests is that the shooter wants people to believe they're a far-left ideologue. Maybe they are; without more evidence, we don't know. But a far-right "accelerationist" wanting civil war, more hatred, more violence would do the exact same thing.

Manhunt continues in fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, but new details of shooter’s movements emerge State and federal authorities say a manhunt continues, but they've recovered a rifle.

You don't see this very often:

Investigators "have images" of the suspect's face, "but they are not releasing pictures because they say they don’t need the public’s help at this point."

www.sltrib.com/news/2025/09...

Undoc “first responders and volunteers risked their lives to help our city rebuild during one of our nation’s darkest days,” said Rep. @aoc.bsky.social. “Yet, our country has virtually abandoned them as they struggle w/the health impact of asbestos exposures and other related trauma and injury.”

Delightful though the phrase is, there was no lesbian space crime.

After 17 years, DNA tied a man to her rape. Under Massachusetts law, it was too late Massachusetts has one of the shortest deadlines in the country for prosecuting rape, even when DNA could help prove the case.

Seventeen years had passed by the time Boston police knocked on Louise’s door to say they had a DNA match for her alleged rapist. But under Massachusetts’ 15-year deadline for prosecuting rape, that evidence didn’t matter.

The fact that the person who killed Charlie Kirk left behind evidence that says "blame the trans antifa" does not make me think it's LESS likely to be someone deep into the alt right.

Hours before Patel befooled himself by live-tweeting the apprehension then release of 2 different people mistakenly believed to be Kirk’s assailant, 3 fired senior FBI officials described in vivid detail a bureau nearly crippled by the social media obsessions of Patel and his top deputy Dan Bongino.

The media reaction to the death of Charlie Kirk should be a wake up call to everyone. Cancel your subscription, quit reading the works of people who think Charlie Kirk was practicing politics the right way, or that he was a decent human being. He wasn’t either of those things

Hey, look at this. New Mexico noticed by Wonkette! A round of cocktails!

Being a father and a husband doesn’t automatically make you a good person.

Let’s get that straight.