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A wee video that’s too cute not to share. If you’re struggling, take a few moments with the sound on 💜🫶💜might make you feel better?

6 Ways to Delete Yourself From the Internet You’ll never be able to get a clean slate—but you can significantly downsize your digital footprint.

Amazon, Facebook, and Google all have reams of data about you—including your likes and dislikes, health information and social connections—but they’re not the only ones. Countless murky data brokers that you’ve never heard of collect huge quantities of information about you and sell it on.
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Couldn’t help but chuckle at that. Oh but it hurts. The stupid. It hurts.

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Awesome list of builders!
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Bluesky: The Next Big Social Media Platform Bluesky is a new social media platform that has been gaining popularity in the US. It's similar to Twitter but with some unique features.

new to bluesky?

just wrote the guide i wish i had:
- why 20M people are here
- what actually works
- how to find your people
- the secret sauce (custom feeds!)
- starter packs that don't suck

👉 il.ly/tech/bluesky

ps: yes, you can build bots. yes, the API works. no, there's no ads. wild, right?

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⭐ New featured pack by @flatoy.dev

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Need a Family Doctor? Jane Philpott Can Help. macleans.ca/society/heal... @macleans.bsky.social

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if I had a ton of money for #LongCovid research I’d spend at least some of it on post covid visual snow syndrome. 15% of ppl with vss believe they got it from covid (and around half from a tbi). it’s super under researched.

Also, holy shit, Bluesky sends real traffic. Will update this tomorrow with firm numbers but journalism is going to move here for sure. Twitter is a drop in the bucket. It's over, but we are so back, and so on and so forth

My autistic masks were a prison created by my abusers over my entire life.

They were the 'me' I would think of, they were a filter every impulse went through. They told me what I could and couldnt think about.

But they were not me.

Future fertility for young cancer patients preserved with procedure from U of C researchers #Calgary

Ovarian tissue cryotherapy keeps option open for chemotherapy patients

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T cell exhaustion in #MEcfs

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Bluesky Now Has 24 Million Users. Jay Graber Is Still Vowing to Keep It From Enshittification At WIRED's The Big Interview event, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber discussed the booming user numbers for the Twitter rival and why giving social media users more control is a recipe for success.

NEW: Bluesky has seen massive growth in the weeks following the US election. There are 24 million users on the social media platform.

With great engagement comes great responsibility, which means Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team has a lot to do. She sat down with WIRED to talk about it.

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The United Nations (@UN) reminds us that today is ⬇️♿⬇️ #InternationalDayOfPersonswithDisabilities #UnitedNations

The biggest barrier of those in the disability community is that which denies them the same quality of life the able-bodieds enjoy. For some reason there is an undercurrent of insistence those whose lives are lived differently should be expected to accept a lower standard of living.

Oh I see. Thanks so much for taking the time to explain that. Learnt something new!

Wow. Ur experiences r heart breaking & outrageous! Did u complain? Pls tell me you’ve got a quality medical team now who really listen to u. How many females have been disregarded = injury or worse? Do their lives mean nothing? This really boils the blood. & many women still believe ‘dr knows best’

@nkinl.bsky.social there is a massive gap in how cancer and its treatments impact the lives of neuro divergent (autism, ADHD etc) patients. ND cancer patients often have pre existing, co-occurring medical conditions & higher sensitivity to the world. Is there any work towards cancer in ND folk?

@nkinl.bsky.social what about cancer patients who were already disabled/had other medical conditions that reduce exercise ability or prevent it? Exercise isn’t an available option for everyone. What’s the alt for those who can’t exercise even if they wanted to? They’re always left behind in advice

Delaying and shortening the duration of treatment with CDK4/6 inhibitors in patients with metastatic breast cancer leads to similar survival outcomes while reducing toxicity and achieving substantial cost savings, the SONIA trial shows. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3Oqw7aX

🎓 PhD candidate Laurien Zeverijn @hetavl.bsky.social @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social looked at how patients with microsatellite instability could be treated with a drug that matches their unique tumor profile. This treatment is now covered by insurance ➡️ bit.ly/49agoX4

📢 Applications for the NKI PhD program open from Jan 1 - Feb 28. Join our international research community in Amsterdam, working in cancer biology, AI research & life sciences with leading scientists and top facilities #PhD #CancerResearch More info: bit.ly/3O4bOjq