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@probablylosingit.bsky.social

Public Health + Community Health professional. Californian with a healthy dash of Canadian. Interested in health equity & friendly banter. Let's make CalCare happen! https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/calcare

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this is extremely dangerous.

27.02.2026 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 530    πŸ” 290    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 9
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a close up of a woman 's face with a ponytail and a surprised look on her face . Alt: Lindsay Lohan as Cady Heron in "Mean Girls", proclaiming "The limit does not exist!"
27.02.2026 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HPV Vaccination and the Risk of Invasive Cervical Cancer | NEJM The efficacy and effectiveness of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in preventing high-grade cervical lesions have been shown. However, data to inform the relationship between qua...

And lo and behold, in 2020, this paper showed the massive reduction in cervical cancer, especially among those who were vaccinated before the age of 17.

But this was 13 years after the first paper showing 98% efficacy of HPV vaccine for precancerous lesions.

27.02.2026 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 127    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Bear with me if you can as I attempt to use HPV vaccines to demonstrate why many can’t see the danger of RFK Jr.

TLDR: Disease prevention takes time and discipline. Not discipline of an individual, but the ability to invest in public health when the benefits may not be immediately clear.

27.02.2026 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 429    πŸ” 180    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 13
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This is the front cover of the new edition of @thelancet.com (thanks to @profstevegriffin.bsky.social for sharing) #HealthPolicy #Science πŸ§ͺ🧡

27.02.2026 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 634    πŸ” 330    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 17

just something to think about when people push the little toad Newsom. the little toads aren't able to stand up to the right because they agree with them. what you need is a Hot Leftist

26.02.2026 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 580    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

the entire pitch of Cuomo was that sure he's a loathsome sex pest but he has what it takes to stand up to Trump, and then the hot leftist starts every phone call with "what's up big dog" and gets Trump to do whatever he wants.

26.02.2026 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2375    πŸ” 336    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 12

Lots of great organizations supporting queer folks across the country in this thread. Support if you can!

26.02.2026 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let's see if we can raise $10,000 today for red state or national queer orgs. Post proof here in the replies that you donated to a red state or national queer organization and I will share.

Who's with me?

(I can't donate myself because I'm a journalist who covers these orgs)

26.02.2026 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 960    πŸ” 603    πŸ’¬ 136    πŸ“Œ 78
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Best part of this is learning about all these great local and regional orgs to support! Happy to find out about and give back to @southernequality.bsky.social

26.02.2026 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Actually, the left is winning the AI debate But it does need to get organized.

The left is not "missing out" on AI. It's winning the argument. Americans worry about AI and dislike tech CEOs. They're mobilizing against data centers. They support regulation, even refusal.

Calls for the left to embrace AI are an effort to change the terms of the debate in Silicon Valley's favor.

26.02.2026 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 949    πŸ” 318    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 27

casey means is dangerous and wildly unqualified for surgeon general in many, many ways, but especially in the way 42 U.S. Code Β§ 205 outlines

25.02.2026 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 243    πŸ” 88    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3
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Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump

NEW: The New York Times confirms my reporting that the DOJ is withholding several FBI interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her as a child

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

25.02.2026 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5068    πŸ” 1873    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 128

They won't start with banning birth control. First they'll lie about it. Then dictate who can prescribe it, use it, fund it, in what forms, and for how long. Suddenly, your doctor won't call you back. I know this is what they'll do because it's what they're doing to transgender healthcare right now.

25.02.2026 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 18231    πŸ” 6161    πŸ’¬ 194    πŸ“Œ 170

Abortion was phase I, trans healthcare was phase II, birth control is phase III

25.02.2026 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4652    πŸ” 1598    πŸ’¬ 111    πŸ“Œ 41
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Reupping my 2025 piece about Casey Means, who apparently is about to become our new surgeon general www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...

25.02.2026 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 463    πŸ” 193    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 17
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Epstein accuser also alleged Trump sexually assaulted and hit her during her early teenage years A woman who came forward in July 2019 to accuse Jeffrey Epstein of assaulting and raping her several times in the 1980s, beginning when she was just 13, is also a Trump accuser featured in the Epstein...

β€œβ€˜Covering up direct evidence of a potential assault by the President of the United States is the most serious possible crime in this White House cover-up,’ said Rep. @robertgarcia.house.gov of California, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.” www.ms.now/news/epstein...

24.02.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 352    πŸ” 144    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 12

It makes me sick that Turning Point USA has gotten so whitewashed. It's an extremist right-wing hate organization, folks!

24.02.2026 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon character says i sleep in a racing car Alt: Kirk Van Houten, in gym shorts and a tank top, "I sleep in a racing car. Do you?" Homer Simpson, completely deadpan, "I sleep in a big bed with my wife." Kirk Van Houten, deflated, "Oh yeah."

This line was great when it was originally on, but it just gets funnier the more divorced middle-aged men I know.

24.02.2026 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
22.02.2026 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The floor plan of the proposed ICE detention center in Social Circle, Georgia. This is barbarism. There is no compromise with this.

22.02.2026 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 9
One of the Weyouns passing out ketracel white to the Jem'Hadar

One of the Weyouns passing out ketracel white to the Jem'Hadar

Peter Thiel in the staff lounge

22.02.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Broadly speaking: reality tv is bad for democracy, influencers are bad for democracy, streamers are bad for democracy, YouTubers are bad for democracy.

Exceptions to all categories exist, but it’s astonishing how absolutely clogged our political and media ecosystems are with low-info narcissists

15.02.2026 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3549    πŸ” 743    πŸ’¬ 172    πŸ“Œ 74
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How China is reporting on the Epstein Files.

20.02.2026 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2253    πŸ” 910    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 243

2. It's hard to emphasize enough to those unfamiliar how outside of the norm this is. Every Master's and undergraduate student project in this country that involves even speaking to human participants goes through an ethics review board. For professional medical research not too is unheard of.

21.02.2026 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Two points:
1. The RFK Jr study that would have led to many children in Guinea-Bissau being needlessly infected with Hepatitis B circumvented ethics approval processes that were initiated after the infamous Tuskegee experiment that it was often compared to. (1/2)

21.02.2026 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Code of Honor has to be it, but the pilot of TNG, Encounter at Farpoint, deserve a mention. A dreadful snooze.

20.02.2026 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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As the pedophile fΓΌhrer's ICE Nazis are ordered to release people they've kidnapped, they do it in the dead of night to make sure it's as cruel and brutal as possible. Fortunately, compassionate Patriots are there to meet them and make sure they're ok and driven to their homes.

19.02.2026 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2317    πŸ” 730    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 88
Former South
Korean president sentenced to life in prison over 2024 coup attempt

Former South Korean president sentenced to life in prison over 2024 coup attempt

JESUS, I SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OTHER PEOPLE, AND I WANT THAT FOR ME.

JESUS, I SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OTHER PEOPLE, AND I WANT THAT FOR ME.

19.02.2026 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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