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Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.

Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!

NO.

Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.

PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.

This is also about autism.

A small, floofy cream and grey cat is sitting with her feet in front of her staring directly at the camera with bright blue eyes. Her little tongue is sticking out.

That's one small blep for a perfect princess sweet bean baby cat, one giant blep for perfect princess sweet bean baby catkind

Absolutely

I haven’t lived through the collapse of a civilisation before

I study history so I have read the guidebooks, but they don’t quite capture the experience of being there

You don't need religion to have morals.
If you can't determine right from wrong, you lack empathy, not religion.

Okay let’s see how videos do on Bluesky. I’m curious, and also this is one of my favorite bookish videos to share. 😊 #booksky

2024 was the hottest year on record, breaching a critical climate goal and capping 10 years of unprecedented heat | CNN It breaks the previous record set in 2023, and pushes the world over a critical climate threshold, according to new data from Europe’s climate monitoring agency Copernicus.

It’s official: 2024 was the hottest year on record, breaking the previous record set in 2023 and pushing the world over a critical climate threshold, according to new data from Europe’s climate monitoring agency Copernicus.

Strands #312
“Off the hook!”
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This is the face of a cat who is completely unrepentant about licking my vegemite toast and forcing me to make a new round before I’d even had my cup of tea.

Never tell your daughter that when a boy is mean or rude to her it’s because he has a crush on her.
Don't teach her that abuse is a sign of love.

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."

-- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917

I don't know who needs to hear this, but you don't need to justify your reading preferences and choices to anyone. Audiobooks count as reading. Also, you don't have to finish books you don't enjoy. Don't read to impress, read for yourself. Life's too short, love yourself, ok?

Signed, a librarian.

Blocking Nazis, trolls, and fascists doesn’t make it an “echo chamber.” People need to stop gaslighting us into thinking we have to listen to Nazis and debate trolls in order to be informed.

Random cat, Kyoto

Only 4?

Not THE Arishiyama Bamboo Forest, but a smaller, less crowded one at Adashino Nenbutsuji temple.

Did you know Bluesky lets you report accounts for "Frequently Posts Unwanted Content"? If you see harassment and insults in our mentions or yours, don't just disengage or block them, be a kind community member and report them too!

Keep Bluesky Clean!

Toji Temple, Kyoto, by night.

A repeat thought, Bluesky, & a Librarian told you this so it must be true 🤣

Audiobooks definitely count as reading (as well as listening). If you've played through an audioook, its perfectly fine to describe that as "I have read [x]"

All other forms of assistive software count as reading too 💙📚

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Let me say something that is controversial because our brains are broken:

Vaccines are a miracle and amazing

Hands up who does exactly this

Snacks in a Japanese department store. Are they actually serious with this?

Juno. Intense, smol, affectionate in her own way.

Delighted to be here and hopefully never see another TEMU ad.