Eileen Clancy 🧿

Was just required to verify my age to use Bluesky due to new laws around kids/teens accessing social media in Australia. I used the "face/biometric" test and it confirmed that indeed, I look like an adult human. So futuristic!! Yes, they promised to delete image immediately after verification FYI.

I really just can’t…

Anti-vaxxers, including RFK Jr: I don’t understand the science so do more science.

Scientists: OK.

While they’re “concerned” about vaccines NOT reportedly causing seizures, u know what *actually* causes seizures in kids?
Fever. Which is caused by infection. Like RSV.

Over-The-Counter Nasal Spray Cuts COVID Cases by Two-Thirds in Trial We may have a new way of protecting against COVID-19 that checks almost all the boxes: It's effective, it's affordable, it's easy to apply, it's already approved as safe for public use, it's available...

Ran across this recently, "Over-The-Counter Nasal Spray Cuts COVID Cases by Two-Thirds in trial" w/link to JAMA article. Azelastine is a second-generation histamine H1-receptor antagonisthttps://www.sciencealert.com/over-the-counter-nasal-spray-cuts-covid-cases-by-two-thirds-in-trial

In 'The Chronology of Water,' Imogen Poots found a great role, and a best friend in Kristen Stewart Imogen Poots has been working in film, television and theater for 20 years. But the 36-year-old said it's only been in the past two years that something has really clicked.

Imogen Poots has been working in film, television and theater for 20 years. But the 36-year-old said it's only been in the past two years that something has really clicked.

#Reno #RenoNV

Pope Leo meets Zelenskyy, calls for 'just and lasting' peace in Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Leo XIV near Rome on Tuesday, amid further planned meetings with fellow European leaders.

Pope Leo should move back to Illinois and run for Dick Durbin's senate seat.

a year ago i texted my brother to tell him i was going to go report on the protest of the martial law declaration even though the press had been technically put under the control of the military. he was, for some reason, concerned

BREAKING More than 500,000 people have fled their homes to safety in Thailand and Cambodia since the start of a reignited border conflict, both governments say

Yes! You can also borrow/request their books from your local library if they're eligible. Not a huge financial benefit, but encourages library networks to order copies, and maybe recommend to other readers. Every little helps.

"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"

Reviews.

Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)

Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!

I can't believe I have to say this, but if you have COVID don't go to public gatherings/events.

What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott – and what we can learn from it | Jeanne Theoharis The movement’s success was never a given. It took much longer and required tremendous sacrifice without certainty it would work

“Movements do not result from the first or second outrage but from an accumulation of injustice that brings people to a breaking point.”

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And the reason DOD wants the survivors of the boat strikes sent anywhere but the U.S. —> they don’t want to have to defend their summary execution campaign in court.

Kathryn Garcia Is Named New Head of the Port Authority

Kathryn Garcia Is Named New Head of the Port Authority

[Good news! And, she has $45 billion to spend on capital projects. Very fortunate for Mamdani that someone with her capability and good sense will be in that job.]

Kathryn Garcia Is Named New Head of the Port Authority

Kathryn Garcia Is Named New Head of the Port Authority

[Good news! And, she has $45 billion to spend on capital projects. Very fortunate for Mamdani that someone with her capability and good sense will be in that job.]

New book highlights work of Indigenous photographers from the past and present | State of Art "In Light and Shadow" shows the contributions of Indigenous photographers from around the Americas since the dawn of the medium.

The book includes the work of 80 Native photographers, from the mid-19th century to the present. Is that enough? Of course not. The book is a beginning, not an end, as the editors know. Here's a great conversation with them. Very much worth 15 minutes of your time.

New book highlights work of Indigenous photographers from the past and present | State of Art "In Light and Shadow" shows the contributions of Indigenous photographers from around the Americas since the dawn of the medium.

It's impossible to pick the best photo book of 2025. But it's easy to identify the most important: "In Light and Shadow: A Photographic History from Indigenous America," edited by Brian Adams & Sarah Stacke. It's a sweeping history of Native photographers in the Americas—an overdue first.

U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History

sure sounds wild for so many reasons from list of friendlies to questions wrt implementation

but does it assume people directly correlate their social in this day and age? or use their real names? or wouldn’t just omit??
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

A huge night for Democrats:

—They flip Miami's mayorship.
—They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%.
—They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council.
—And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.

I'm nearly done writing a ~ 3,000-word review of Rachel Maddow's new podcast "Burn Order," about the decision to uproot and imprison Japanese Americans in WWII.

I can't for the life of me figure out who'd be interested in running it though.

Ideas? Suggestions?
#academicsky #skystorians #lawsky

Early-career trans researchers reconsider their futures amid lost funding and fear The chaos created by the freezing and termination of billions of dollars of research grants has left trans academics especially vulnerable.

Early-career trans researchers reconsider their futures amid lost funding and fear

‘I don’t know how I’m supposed to have longevity in this career'

No one deserves this vitriol.

But, you, in particular, are also such a peach of a person, generous, concerned and careful about the welfare of the public.

You're altruistic! It's nutz that merely being a woman scientist and expert triggers them so much.

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I believe it's seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for the NYT to consistently do FAKE reports to libel and demean THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.

They are true Enemies of the People. We should do something about it.

Best thing that could happen ... if the NYT would cease publication.

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I believe it's seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for the NYT to consistently do FAKE reports to libel and demean THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.

They are true Enemies of the People. We should do something about it.

Best thing that could happen ... if the NYT would cease publication.

Japan inspects nuclear sites as seismologists warn of another large quake Authorities assessed the damage from Monday's 7.5-magnitude earthquake, amid warnings of aftershocks and a potentially larger tremblor in the coming days.

Nuclear sites inspected in Japan as seismologists warn of another large quake

www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/j...

Agreed. 🙏🏼

Phew, Wendy.

These comments are even much worse than I thought. The fixations and the details. Like you had done something that injured them personally.

Awful. I'm very sorry this has been directed at you so much. 😞

Imagine being mean and I’m just over here like…

A Flightradar24 map showing an Avelo plane with its n-number hidden on Nov. 20, 2025 at Mesa airport. The flight trajectory line shows it going in a circle back to the gate.

Guess why this Avelo ICE plane had to return to the gate, according to a source at Avelo.

Ready?

Because a smoke alarm went off as they were taxiing to the runway, and it was an ICE flight guard smoking in the lav.

Judge: residents must move out, ICE-raided South Shore building is uninhabitable • The TRiiBE The tenants of the property at 7500 S. South Shore Drive are ordered to leave the property by Friday.

UPDATE — For those who want to help, there’s now a way to donate directly to the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union to help with emergency relocation costs as residents “vacate in one of the snowiest winters in Chicago’s history.”

Details in our story.

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