Maggie McNeill
@maggiemcneill.bsky.social
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Overeducated and unrepentant whore who talks far too much and writes the popular blog The Honest Courtesan in addition to the usual harlotry.
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If the HPV vaccine had been available 20 years earlier, my beloved Grace might still be alive.

Get vaccinated.
bachynski.bsky.social
“Healthcare personnel often do not realize that in the U.S., HPV-related mortality far surpasses the mortality from tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis & meningococcal disease combined. Each year, about 4,000 deaths are the result of cervical cancer; most are preventable through pre-exposure vaccination”
Technically Speaking: Why HPV Vaccination Before Age 11 Years Is a Good Idea
Dr. Sean O’Leary, Chair of AAP’s COID, explains why AAP and CDC recommendations about HPV vaccine differ.
www.chop.edu
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kenwhite.bsky.social
“I’m a cop. I am not supposed to feel dread. He’s a brown person. HE’S supposed to feel dread!”

Bari nods sympathetically.
misoshnik.bsky.social
Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?
A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”
maggiemcneill.bsky.social
Against her own will and all previous judgments, Maggie admitted to herself: I like this Pope.
maddow.msnbc.com
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
maggiemcneill.bsky.social
Yeah, that's something I find interesting about '20s and '30s recordings. Also that until the premiere of "Your Hit Parade" in '35, it was not at all unusual for *several* different recordings by different bands to be popular at the same time.
maggiemcneill.bsky.social
They just absolutely *refuse* to grasp that journalists working for enormous corporate outlets are not going to suddenly change from terms with the pro-regime bias their bosses favor to those with an anti-regime bias most readers might favor.
maggiemcneill.bsky.social
Thank you for demonstrating you have never read a word I've written before today. Bye now.
maggiemcneill.bsky.social
OK. Thanks for COMPLETELY missing the point even when I spell it out. Bye now.
maggiemcneill.bsky.social
So you just can't grasp that reporters want to maintain the illusion of neutrality? If you just want them to switch from one slanted term to another, you are part of the problem.

It doesn't matter what you or I see about the situation; I'm talking about journalistic pretensions.
maggiemcneill.bsky.social
So why are YOUR state cops assisting ICE to attack protesters?
atrupar.com
Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."
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aubreygilleran.bsky.social
Well golly it sounds like you should let long-standing precedents stand until you rule on the merits, then. That is not what you’re doing!
atrupar.com
Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."
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hal10000.bsky.social
The people who are about to send healthcare costs through the roof want you to know it’s because we don’t let immigrants die in the streets.
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lookitup.baby
Boss, we’ve got a problem. Users don’t want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!

Boss: I have an idea
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aricohn.com
I have some bad news for JD Vance if he thinks violating the oath of office is "pretty criminal."

abcnews.go.com/Politics/pri...
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fernmonkey.bsky.social
My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.
Lost viola bow on the way from Honor Oak Station to Heathrow Terminal 2. The bow slid from its bow case somewhere along the way, possibly on the train. TFL contacted already.
It weighs 68.2 grams and has got a stamped DODD next to the frog. If any info on this, please pm me.
maggiemcneill.bsky.social
Yeah, Bluesky's "nuclear block" requires screenshots if one is to warn others.
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maggiemcneill.bsky.social
Video of the Day: One of my favorite movies as a child, the 70-minute "The Colossus of New York" from 1958. Moderns may see it as a bit melodramatic, but it has a lot to say about the hubris of technologists who think they can live forever. Bonus: Nobel peace prize. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpdV...
The Colossus of New York
YouTube video by Paramount Scares
www.youtube.com
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maggiemcneill.bsky.social
A program is not a “she”, and running a program is not “acting”: maggiemcneill.com/2025/10/11/i...
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Anybody still using Facebook products deserves everything they get: maggiemcneill.com/2025/10/11/i...
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maggiemcneill.bsky.social
Much of the culture war is driven by ignoramuses refusing to understand how things work: maggiemcneill.com/2025/10/11/i...
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