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Dr. Jack-o’-lantern

@jackiecinmht.bsky.social

Biology nerd (Berkeley MCB PhD 2011) and manuscript editor. Former NH state rep. Mom. Go Sox, fuck ICE, and free Palestine.

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Latest posts by jackiecinmht.bsky.social on Bluesky

The Handbasket has not been acquired by CBS News but I will continue not being a craven asshole.

06.10.2025 13:45 — 👍 1515    🔁 106    💬 18    📌 0
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The Point Of No Return We Are At War, Whether We Want To Be Or Not

The American cities Trump has vowed to invade one by one produce 90% of this country's GDP. We must withhold these funds, and our infrastructure, from the United States Government, until these invasions stop

If you only read one thing I've ever written, please make it this

03.10.2025 15:19 — 👍 483    🔁 200    💬 15    📌 26

wtf

04.10.2025 16:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

….but as for me and my lab, we will keep on doing the work.

03.10.2025 18:41 — 👍 61    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
Legal doublet - Wikipedia

Still struck by a Merriam-Webster IG post I saw on legal doublets: artefacts of the bilingual Norman legal system. The English synonym went first in the pair

law (English/Germanic) & order (French/Roman)
cease & desist
all & sundry
lewd & lascivious
breaking & entering
free & clear
will & testament

03.10.2025 00:50 — 👍 110    🔁 25    💬 2    📌 3

Schlitler sounds like a blue MAGA nickname for trump, just sayin.

03.10.2025 02:12 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Get your ass home right now 😂

03.10.2025 01:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a young boy is making a funny face while looking at the camera with the word pain above him . ALT: a young boy is making a funny face while looking at the camera with the word pain above him .
03.10.2025 01:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The kids are alright 😅😭

03.10.2025 01:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I am ashamed to say this had not occurred to me. 😞

02.10.2025 19:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@bsky.app mods??? this is still labeled?? this is violence? mods????

02.10.2025 16:49 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

The ads are whatever, but I think betting ruins the experience period… I didn’t even like fantasy baseball because it messed with my otherwise pure rooting interests; would be so much worse if it had actual money attached to it.

02.10.2025 17:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is how you journalism

02.10.2025 12:30 — 👍 86    🔁 31    💬 1    📌 1

This is amazing! (But for sure only a select subset of candidates could come close to pulling it off 😂)

02.10.2025 04:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh come on (to him, not you)

02.10.2025 04:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Soon as they stop payment on that check I’m grabbing Nina Totenberg

We finna do JOURNALISM

01.10.2025 22:07 — 👍 465    🔁 38    💬 3    📌 1

Vaccination during pregnancy was associated with lowered maternal risks of COVID infection, stillbirth, preterm birth (including a 34% lower risk of severe preterm birth before 28 weeks), neonatal intensive care admission, & congenital anomalies

1/2

02.10.2025 01:07 — 👍 610    🔁 230    💬 2    📌 3

Post something random or have an awful October.

02.10.2025 01:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

well that was 47 different blown opportunities

fuck baseball I’ll see you all tomorrow

02.10.2025 01:02 — 👍 52    🔁 2    💬 4    📌 2
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a dog sitting on a beach looking out over the ocean ALT: a dog sitting on a beach looking out over the ocean
02.10.2025 01:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

No more double plays, guys what are you doing 😭

02.10.2025 00:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

the eternal plea of baseball fans everywhere: more runs please

01.10.2025 23:58 — 👍 42    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

I always expect him to look like this

02.10.2025 00:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."

All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.

01.10.2025 15:37 — 👍 3933    🔁 1613    💬 49    📌 57

Pretty sure this counts as cardio

02.10.2025 00:21 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This is fine

01.10.2025 22:55 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Damn it

01.10.2025 22:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Drew this is probably just because I have a Ph.D. and all but I can think of some ways this could be bad actually.

30.09.2025 23:35 — 👍 804    🔁 13    💬 5    📌 0

If you see this, share a pic from your device with no explanation…

01.10.2025 13:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank God, it isn’t just me 😆

01.10.2025 12:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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