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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 11m

Very nice! I'll share with my colleagues

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 11m

I know that acronym well. Spot on!

Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 1h

So true!

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 1h

Actually he's himself first, then anything thereafter

Rosegarden54 @rosegarden54.bsky.social · 15h

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 1h

Just boots on the ground...in Chicago

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 1h

And sociology. The stats portion nearly took me out

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Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 12h

Surprise kiddos

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 1h

apnews.com/article/sout...
Mass shooting at a crowded bar on an idyllic South Carolina island has left four people dead and at least 20 injured.

The shooting occurred early Sunday at Willie’s Bar and Grill on St. Helena Island.

4 people were killed and 20 more were injured in a shooting at a bar in South Carolina, sheriff says

A mass shooting at a crowded bar on the idyllic South Carolina island of St. Helena left four people dead and at least 20 injured.

apnews.com

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 3h

🥚

Adoptee Advocates of Michigan @aaom-adoptees.bsky.social · 3h

Maria had searched for her birth mother since childhood, but at 28, just two days after a public appeal went viral on social media, she made a breakthrough and will soon meet her mother for the first time. 🥚

Woman finds birth mother after emotional public appeal

‘Happiness, pure happiness’: Bugeja says emotional appeal helped her find her mother

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 14h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 9h

we need to abolish this shit

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 14h

What a shit hole state. Shameful

Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 14h

The little man...Florida is pathetic..they will be underwater soon....

DeSantis tears up Miami Pride crosswalk with bulldozers & sledgehammers. State authorities gave no notice to Miami officials that they were coming to destroy the street art.

www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/desa...

DeSantis tears up Miami Pride crosswalk with bulldozers & sledgehammers - LGBTQ Nation

State authorities gave no notice to Miami officials that they were coming to destroy the street art.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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Will @willgarcia820.bsky.social · 20h

www.newsweek.com/mississippi-...

Mississippi mass shooting leaves four dead, 16 injured in Leland

The shooting took place at around midnight when many people were in town for the Leland High School homecoming game, Mayor John Lee said.

www.newsweek.com

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 19h

I know. Canada and the rest of the world will surpass US and we'll be back to fighting the plague. Winning!

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DetroitRudyOwens @detroitrudyowens.bsky.social · 1d

There are many guilty parties here: far-right fringe groups attacking science, wellness vloggers who know nothing about human health and science, and of course hucksters, including one now heading the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. MMR vaccines work. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Farnad Darnell, PhD @docdarnell.bsky.social · 1d

This is fantastic!! Follow the science!

ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 1d

Cancer immunity in a shot.

Scientists at the University of Florida have created a breakthrough mRNA cancer vaccine that erased deadly brain tumors in early human trials without chemo or radiation.

It is now moving into Phase 1 pediatric trials.

CANCER IMMUNITY IN A SHOT

BREAKTHROUGH MRNA SHOT TURNS IMMUNE CELLS INTO
CANCER KILLERS DIRECTLY IN THE BODY, NO LAB NEEDED, JUST LIKE A VACCINE

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 1d

1 dead and 2 injured in shooting in Miami, Florida.

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 1d

49 years ago today
The Sex Pistols recorded their first single, "Anarchy in the U.K." It would be a smash, despite being banned by the BBC.

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Jamie Reid and Sophie Richmond - Sex Pistols Bulletin for Anarchy in the UK!

#punk #punks #punkrock #sexpistols #punkrockhistory #otd

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 1d

3 wounded in shooting in Goldsboro, North Carolina.

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 1d

2 dead in murder suicide in Detroit, Michigan.

A man in his 20s, woman in her 60s (grandson and grandmother).

Deceased identified as Rosalyn D Wordlaw.

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 1d

🥚 Wealthy US heiress opens an orphanage in Cambodia.

Uncovered years later: rape, abuse, self-injury, fraud.

“Foster parents struggled to connect with their foster children, who felt they were treated differently from biological kids.”

Zero adoptees are surprised. 1/2

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An American Heiress Just Wanted to Help Children. Things Didn’t Go as Planned. — The Wall Street Journal

Elizabeth Ross Johnson and her collaborator promised Cambodian orphans a ‘golden’ life. After she died, dark allegations came to light.

apple.news

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 1d

2 dead in murder suicide in Lawrenceville, Georgia.

Deceased identified as 40 year old Rachael Free.

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 1d

1 dead and 2 injured in shooting in Savannah, Georgia.

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 1d

1 dead and 2 injured in shooting in Greencastle, Pennsylvania.

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 1d

Mass shooting:
1 dead and 4 wounded in shooting at a balloon release for victim of violence in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Deceased identified as 18 year old Angelo Davis.

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