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Brett Weed

@tarheelphan.bsky.social

Public health scientist, dad to a pack of three girls and three dogs, recovering biochemist, and Unicorn/Pirate/Tar Heel/Blue Jay.

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Latest posts by tarheelphan.bsky.social on Bluesky

today at the park we saw wild turkeys and some dude behind us was like “bro look at those owls” so what I’m saying is don’t ever let anyone make you feel stupid. you can visually identify a turkey

09.08.2025 23:09 — 👍 8704    🔁 906    💬 28    📌 88
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Gunman in Deadly C.D.C. Shooting Fixated on Covid Vaccine, Officials Say

I spent this morning talking to the CDC shooting suspect's neighbors. They said he was polite, helpful and OBSESSED with vaccine conspiracy theories.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...

09.08.2025 18:24 — 👍 838    🔁 258    💬 19    📌 42
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Vinay Prasad returns to the FDA, weeks after his ouster HFO HFO Vinay Prasad returns to a top FDA role just weeks after his abrupt dismissal.

#Breaking: Vinay Prasad is returning to the Food and Drug Administration to resume his role overseeing vaccine, gene therapy, and blood product regulation. www.statnews.com/2025/08/09/v...

09.08.2025 15:23 — 👍 64    🔁 33    💬 9    📌 16
A Google alert announces Chappell Roan concert tickets, but the image is of Weird Al

A Google alert announces Chappell Roan concert tickets, but the image is of Weird Al

You sure about this, Google?

09.08.2025 01:55 — 👍 40832    🔁 5683    💬 1223    📌 480

My kids call him ‘Swampy’ (affectionate)

09.08.2025 01:12 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Some of my friends have bullet fragments on the carpet outside their offices. I’m sick to my stomach.

09.08.2025 01:10 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Man that shits gonna kill everyone isn’t it

08.08.2025 20:25 — 👍 43    🔁 3    💬 4    📌 0

I heard there was a secret 'b'
Hidden inside a 'blueberry'
But you don't really care for GPT do ya
It goes like this: a 'b' at first, and fourth and sixth,
Whoops, minor error; purported fix,
My AI reinventing "blubeberry"
Blubeberry 🎶
blubellberry
Blurblery

08.08.2025 15:39 — 👍 543    🔁 138    💬 20    📌 8
ChatGPT saying “Brett Weed” probably refers to “Brett Feldman”

ChatGPT saying “Brett Weed” probably refers to “Brett Feldman”

Fam, it seems I don’t exist anymore

08.08.2025 03:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The laws of the United States affirm point one.

07.08.2025 18:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hotdogs with mustard, ketchup, remoulade, onions (roasted + raw), pickled cucumber (not pickles) have been circulating for decades in the civilized world.

What you have observed elsewhere is known as "loss of function", not "gain of function".

It's not the same.

07.08.2025 18:30 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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PR Nightmare: The Phillie Phanatic Just Carried A Severed Head In His Mouth To Bryce Harper And Proudly Dropped It At His Feet

I’m cracking up

06.08.2025 15:52 — 👍 27    🔁 6    💬 4    📌 2

(record scratch) you’re probably wondering how I got here…

05.08.2025 11:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A husky sleeping between a chair and ottoman with one leg on the floor in what might be the most uncomfortable sleeping position ever devised

A husky sleeping between a chair and ottoman with one leg on the floor in what might be the most uncomfortable sleeping position ever devised

The dog sleeping position laboratory continues to innovate in ways we could never imagine.

05.08.2025 02:38 — 👍 317    🔁 39    💬 3    📌 3

This and NyQuil chicken ensures I will never lack for work

05.08.2025 02:19 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So tomorrow a 3-1 loss?

05.08.2025 01:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I, too, am afraid of comically large hats

04.08.2025 16:47 — 👍 23    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Once saw a guy on Peachtree in Midtown trip over a fallen scooter and just go into an incandescent rage, chucking all the scooters into traffic. Scooters fared poorly (but so did the passing cars’ tires)

03.08.2025 17:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

We collectively ate our weight in diner blueberry pancakes in Maine last month. Almost spurred a revised life plan…

03.08.2025 17:26 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Alan Dershowitz’s Grammarian Responds to Pierogi Incident When the police arrived, they also advised Dershowitz to use non-gendered pronouns. Dershowitz was hesitant. “I’ll use whatever language I choose t...

"First of all: 'Not anything the police should have anything to say over'? Alan, Alan, Alan. Perhaps you needed me more than I knew. "

01.08.2025 20:00 — 👍 103    🔁 26    💬 2    📌 7

1980s Casio mini keyboard

02.08.2025 17:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Which one is @darthbluesky.bsky.social

02.08.2025 17:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.

02.08.2025 02:18 — 👍 22154    🔁 4437    💬 1202    📌 267

Is this because you only have position players pitching after the trade deadline?

02.08.2025 02:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

PHILLIES ACQUIRE A LEFT FIELDER. That is all.

31.07.2025 17:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My wife had me drive her to work that day so she didn’t have the ability to leave and go to the school

31.07.2025 12:02 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@artdecider.bsky.social needed here

31.07.2025 11:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Amazon review of Pride and Prejudice, left by carlton p morgan on 30 July 2010: "Just a bunch of people going to each other's houses"

Amazon review of Pride and Prejudice, left by carlton p morgan on 30 July 2010: "Just a bunch of people going to each other's houses"

Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate

30.07.2025 11:08 — 👍 15013    🔁 4001    💬 110    📌 169

Still inefficient. We need a single, unitary case cite that includes every possible point we’d ever wish to make.

30.07.2025 12:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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