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Jess McAllen @jessmcallen.bsky.social · 2d

Do u know if u fill a rice cooker with water and rosemary it makes the house smell so nice

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Jess McAllen @jessmcallen.bsky.social · 7d

the kiwi beak is kinda perfectly designed to put cheese in a pie

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Jess McAllen @jessmcallen.bsky.social · 7d

omg it was a bird

Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 8d

Who created our quintessential cuisine? Credit for first putting cheese in a beef pie is hotly contested – but one thing seems certain, it was a Kiwi. Jonathan Milne investigates.

The mystery of NZ's world-famous mince and cheese pie

newsroom.co.nz

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Jess McAllen @jessmcallen.bsky.social · 8d

😂 did u do it by yourself in the private booth? that is what i am imagining hehe

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Jess McAllen @jessmcallen.bsky.social · 14d

thebaffler.com/outbursts/ba...

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 20d

From 1969 to 2008 John Margolies photographed the eccentric roadside architecture and ephemera of the US. @librarycongress bought the lot, a total of 11,710 colour slides, and lifted all copyright restrictions on them. Here's our highlights: publicdomainreview.org/collection/j...

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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 21d

When a hospital comes under the thumb of private equity, patients and workers suffer the consequences. That’s something James Kelly witnessed personally working as an ICU nurse. He spoke to @jessmcallen.bsky.social about his book back in March.

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 22d

Today, the President held a press conference with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other members of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) leadership. During the press conference, speakers shared harmful, false information about autism, acetaminophen, and vaccines. An HHS that does not provide accurate information to the President and make safe, science-informed decisions puts us all at grave risk. ASAN will release a full statement about this in the coming days. Today and always: autistic people belong.

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Jess McAllen @jessmcallen.bsky.social · 27d

lol true, also hi what a delight to find u on bluesky!

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Jess McAllen @jessmcallen.bsky.social · Sep 11

It's my fave season : just before autumn

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Jess McAllen @jessmcallen.bsky.social · Sep 8

there was no song of the summer? u mean phantom of the bop-era?

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Jess McAllen @jessmcallen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Unfortunately people were right about meal prepping

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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · Sep 3

Journalists at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have been on strike for more than 1,000 days. In our new issue, Tadhg Larabee reports on the union’s battle and its connection to Steel City’s labor history.

Stop the Presses | Tadhg Larabee

In Pittsburgh, one newsroom has been on strike for more than two years. Something has to give. Will it be the workers?

thebaffler.com

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · Sep 2

"What no one prepared us for, though, was that the logic that we followed—we want the business to succeed; we need our jobs to make money—didn’t apply to ownership." thebaffler.com/latest/a-fai...

A Fair Slice | Becca Young

Unionizing at Brooklyn’s Barboncino was the easy part—then came the negotiations

thebaffler.com

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Jess McAllen @jessmcallen.bsky.social · Aug 29

if i had a lamb i would call it lambubu

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Jess McAllen @jessmcallen.bsky.social · Aug 29

good on dave the lamb

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Sheep on the water: Why a little lamb took a ride on an Otago ferry

An Otago Harbour ferry has advertised an option for passengers to "add a sheep" to their ticket for more than two years as a joke. Dave the lamb took them up on the offer.

www.rnz.co.nz

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · Aug 28

A former CDC staffer adds: “This is the work of a death cult.”

RFK Jr. Sends CDC Spiraling, Leading to Wave of Resignations

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been pressured to support vaccine policy changes, and several leaders have resigned

www.rollingstone.com

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Jess McAllen @jessmcallen.bsky.social · Aug 28

I did this last year and absolutely adored it, really encourage anyone who writes about science / sci-adjacent health to apply!

CASW @sciencewriting.bsky.social · Aug 27

Heads up science writers: Tomorrow 8/28 is the deadline to apply for a #SciWri25 Support Grant! Funds are available for both in-person and virtual attendees to help with travel, caregiving, and other costs. Plus: free registration.

sciencewriters2025.org/grants/

Grants - ScienceWriters2025

sciencewriters2025.org

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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · Aug 27

ok but guys there is a new penguin and it's called a Rockaroni 🦑

en.mercopress.com/2025/06/19/w...

What about a new species of penguins, the Rockaronis, a cross between Rockhopper and Macaroni

The docuseries “Secrets of the Penguins” from National Geographic captured footage of several rare penguin chicks for the very first time. Their parents are a mixed-species couple: a rockhopper mother...

en.mercopress.com

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Jess McAllen @jessmcallen.bsky.social · Aug 22

u should be able to put on a CV: reduced medical bill from $4,024 to $100... especially if u are a health journalist

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Jess McAllen @jessmcallen.bsky.social · Aug 22

i'm a mimby (maybe in my backyard)

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Jess McAllen @jessmcallen.bsky.social · Aug 21

i woulda given the bribe in salt n vinegar chips but i'm different

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Jess McAllen @jessmcallen.bsky.social · Aug 21

New Zealand should do a general strike imo

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Jess McAllen @jessmcallen.bsky.social · Aug 20

going to the DMV for the first time later today..excited for the experience

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Jess McAllen @jessmcallen.bsky.social · Aug 19

There's a woman on insta who got her armpit biopsied bc they thought she has cancer and it came back as endometriosis ...truly bizarre disease that we know so little about!!

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