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Mid-Mod mom, editor, nit-picker, N95 wearer. #COVIDIsAirborne {she/her} Free, universal healthcare is a vital part of infrastructure. πŸ“New Orleans

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Fix and Feed North Haven UPDATE ON GOOSE. VERY LONG DAY SORRY. POOR BOY TRYING TO SURVIVE ON THE STREETS. HE'S INTACK male 5 to 6 years old. He had sedated exam. Full Blood work. Probnp. Stool sample. Combo test and more......

This kitty in New Haven CT looks just like @streetcatadonis.bsky.social! Can Catsky help with this sweet boys rescue? www.facebook.com/100067624630...

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The poster features 176 species of frog from Madagascar, to scale. The biggest species are over 100 mm, the smallest are under 10 mm. They come in all kinds of shapes and sizes and colours. So many variations on the theme of frog!

The poster features 176 species of frog from Madagascar, to scale. The biggest species are over 100 mm, the smallest are under 10 mm. They come in all kinds of shapes and sizes and colours. So many variations on the theme of frog!

Thrilled to announce version 2.0 of my poster featuring some of Madagascar's endemic frog species, to scale! This version features 176 speciesβ€”40 more than version 1.1 (now retired)! Check it out!
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www.redbubble.com/i/poster/Som...

12.08.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 180    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4
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AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.

β€œThe AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, β€˜leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”

12.08.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2919    πŸ” 1518    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 314

Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally:

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12.08.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Tradle | OEC Games | The Observatory of Economic Complexity Became an instant classic, guess the country based on an export distribution | Have fun with OEC Data

#Tradle #1256 2/6
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13.08.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why yes, Brian Lilley - as I matter of fact I DO wear an N95 mask every time I go to a doctor's appointment.
Have you ever Googled "Long Covid"?
Or "Does covid cause cancer"?

12.08.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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A Terrible Five Days for the Truth Trump’s latest moves represent an assault on reporting, statistics, and the historical record.

"In a different era, each of these stories would have defined months, if not more, of a presidency. ... Collectively, they represent an assault on several kinds of truth: in reporting and news, in statistics, and in the historical record."

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

05.08.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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Trump Wants a New Border Wall. It Would Block a Key Wildlife Corridor.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/c...

31.07.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Louisiana Built Trump’s Busiest ICE Deportation Hub (Gift Article) ICE wants to make immigration enforcement as efficient as FedEx or Amazon. Louisiana was poised for this moment.

Great piece on Alexandria LA as an ICE Air hub. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

31.07.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End America’s run as the premiere techno-superpower may be over.

www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

31.07.2025 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Changing Map of Palestinian Recognition

Palestinian State
Recognition

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/w...

31.07.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing.

-->> Link to Marion Stokes Collection on The Internet Archive: archive.org/details/mari...

31.07.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Others are understandably highlighting the many and explicit anti-trans aspects of the Brown University agreement, but this section mandating pro-Israel programming and mandatory involvement of Israeli academics is also important to note:

30.07.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 281    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 14
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Tradle | OEC Games | The Observatory of Economic Complexity Became an instant classic, guess the country based on an export distribution | Have fun with OEC Data

#Tradle #1243 1/6
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oec.world/en/games/tra...

31.07.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#bee #insects #pollinator #ukwildlife #photography
Bee study.

30.07.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vinay Prasad Out At FDA Amid Right-Wing Push The departure of the contrarian public health official showcases contradictions in the MAHA movement.

In so many ways, Vinay Prasad dug his own grave by trying to appeal to the right.

- He presented himself as a progressive to evangelize their lax pandemic agenda to a wider audience.

- He attacked Elevidys to defend RFK/Makary ousting Peter Marks.

And the leopards ate his face anyway.πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

30.07.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 164    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1

Hell yeah I love this "calling-the-footnotes" genre of reporting

30.07.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 768    πŸ” 179    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0

Want to get back at that prof who gave you an A- on an exam? Or maybe you don't think people of color or women should be professors?

Make up a story about antisemitism, plop it into an anonymous student evaluation, and watch as your prof's life is upturned faster than you can spell "fascism."

30.07.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 922    πŸ” 271    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 21

Support Antigravity! We can't lose any more local outlets

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New Comparative Anatomy Textbook! Completely free to read and open access!

doi.org/10.59319/YHF...

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Why I Left the Network Those who need therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have health insurance. Hundreds of mental health providers told us they fled networks because insurers made…

Why is it so hard to find a therapist who takes insurance?

We heard from more than 500 mental health care providers who left their networks because of red tape, low reimbursement rates, delayed payments and more.

(Published Aug. 2024)

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Do You Have Information About the CECOT Deportations? Help ProPublica Report. If you have information about the deportation operation or the immigrants who were deported, we want to hear from you.

Last, but definitely not least, the team at @propublica.org are continuing to report on who the men are and what they went through. People with more information can reach us here: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

30.07.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 166    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Cardboard box on a rock in a garden that says free plums & propaganda. Inside the box are French plums and postcards by Marc Fischer that say Losers Attack Our Libraries, Fight for Librarians

Cardboard box on a rock in a garden that says free plums & propaganda. Inside the box are French plums and postcards by Marc Fischer that say Losers Attack Our Libraries, Fight for Librarians

Free plums and propaganda.

30.07.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4434    πŸ” 818    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 53

β€œDigital asbestos” is such a perfect descriptor! bsky.app/profile/katr...

30.07.2025 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 263    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

All historians know the sinking feeling of tracking an "authoritative" reference back through several generations of writers to an unsourced assertion by someone nobody's ever heard of.

Now AI can make up new ones in no time at all.

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