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Luke Kawa @ljkawa.bsky.social · Sep 3
This is America:

Access to public services restored thanks to a gambling website so people can get to a football game.

www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/fanduel...
FanDuel partners with SEPTA to restore Broad Street Line service for home opener
The FanDuel sponsorship covers free rides home for fans. The free rides from NRG Station begin at halftime and continue through the end of service.
www.philadelphiaeagles.com
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · Aug 19
In case anyone's confused, yes, slavery was bad.
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The Philadelphia Citizen @thephilacitizen.bsky.social · Aug 13
Though recreational marijuana remains illegal in Pennsylvania, de facto legalization has already begun. If THC becomes more accessible, we must ensure a better health system, according to Penn ethicist @domsisti.bsky.social.
Guest Commentary: Protecting Kids From Legal Marijuana
As potent THC products flood stores and send children to the ER, marijuana legalization isn’t as important as a smarter, safer health system
thephiladelphiacitizen.org

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · Aug 12
While Donald Trump needlessly deploys the National Guard in DC — where crime is at a 30-year low — California continues to bring down crime in nearly every major category.

No one should look for advice from a felon who pardoned 1,500 insurrectionists on Day One.
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Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless @washlegalclinic.bsky.social · Aug 10
The federal government does not have legal authority to disappear large groups of people because they cannot afford housing or because they are visibly homeless. They do not have the authority to force people to move out of the state or city they live in.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · Aug 8
Scientists decry Trump energy chief’s plan to ‘update’ climate reports: ‘Exactly what Stalin did’ [yeah, that was me] | Mark Oliver for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Scientists decry Trump energy chief’s plan to ‘update’ climate reports: ‘Exactly what Stalin did’
Ex-fossil fuel executive Chris Wright said administration is reviewing national assessments made by past governments
www.theguardian.com
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JAMA @jama.com · Aug 7
Advances in #AI have enhanced socially assistive robots' interactions, leading to NIH-funded trials to explore their impact on cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety.

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The Health Care Promise of Socially Assistive Robots
This Medical News article is an interview with Maja Matarić, PhD, of the University of Southern California, who discussed how AI is advancing the field of socially assistive robotics in areas ranging ...
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · Aug 7
STAT First Opinion | Doctors sometimes fake CPR — and they should: In some circumstances, the ‘slow code’ can be ethical - By Jason Adam Wasserman and Parker Crutchfield www.statnews.com/2025/08/07/s... via @statnews.com
Doctors sometimes fake CPR — and they should
If you want to eliminate the half-hearted CPR known as the “slow code,” you have to eliminate the conditions that make them necessary, two bioethicists write.
www.statnews.com
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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · Jul 31
A new piece by Catherine Yang, Emily Beydler, Manon Lefevre, & Dominic Sisti examines the challenges in the development/accessibility of Zuranolone, a drug for postpartum depression. Its case reflects the systemic neglect of women's mental health. Read more:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40471055/
Justice Delayed: The Case of Zuranolone and Barriers to Advancing Perinatal Mental Health - PubMed
By discussing challenges in the development of and access to zuranolone, an innovative oral pharmacological treatment for postpartum depression, this Open Forum examines the systemic exclusion of wome...
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ACLU @aclu.org · Jul 28
When ICE agents come into our communities, we need to know who is behind the mask.

Congress must pass the VISIBLE Act immediately to require federal agents with ICE to wear visible ID and ban non-medical face coverings.
Tell Congress: Stop Masked Agents
Our communities should not be forced to live in fear of masked, armed agents on our streets. Tell Congress to pass the VISIBLE Act immediately.
action.aclu.org
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Annie from KC @sugahustler.bsky.social · Jul 25
RFK Jr has stated, on record, that he wants to send people on SSRIs to government work “farms,” and take away their meds.
RFK Jr. wants to send people addicted to antidepressants to government "wellness farms"
The farms will "reparent" them.
www.motherjones.com
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Jul 25
This is what the groomer libel by the far right was made for. They're going to use it to label trans people as "sexually dangerous persons" with "mental illness" and have them civilly committed.
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Kara Gavin @karagavin.bsky.social · Jul 25
Schizophrenia is not a crime.
Bipolar disorder is not a crime.
Addiction is not a crime.
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Sarah Karlin-Smith @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social · Jul 24
One of FDA's Oncology Division has lost what is essentially the equivalent of a full drug review team. It's malignant hematology review teams are expected to have a staff less than half the intended size as more staff depart this August.
insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/a...
US FDA Cancer Reviewers Heading For The Exits, Potentially Impacting Review Timelines
US FDA's cancer drugs division is feeling the effect of drug reviewer departures, despite efforts to keep them at the agency.
insights.citeline.com
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Jul 25
This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants.

This is horrifying beyond words.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
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Benjamin A. Barsky @benjaminabarsky.bsky.social · Jul 24
Ah, yes, mass involuntary institutionalization to "restore public order": www.whitehouse.gov/presidential....
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
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aclu.org
ACLU @aclu.org · Jul 24
BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health disabilities.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · Jul 22
BREAKING | Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76
Ozzy Osbourne dies: Legendary singer of Black Sabbath passes away at age 76
‘Godfather of Metal’ bit the head of a dead bat, starred in his own reality TV show, and once tried to strangle his wife Sharon in a drug-fuelled episode in 1989. He leaves behind a legacy as one of t...
www.independent.co.uk
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jul 12
📣PROTEST ALERT!📍Pittsburgh, join us TUESDAY, JULY 15 at Forbes & Bigelow blvd for a rally & march!

Trump & fossil fuel execs arrive at Carnegie Mellon for Energy & AI Summit, using CMU to boost their image while selling out PA’s future.

Students & locals say: not on our campus, not in our name.
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Jul 2
Well, whaddya know. A new decision in which a district court certified a Rule 23(b)(2) class and issued a … {checks notes} … NATIONWIDE INJUNCTION!!
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