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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 11h

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 11h

This is a whole new awful rabbit hole and I love it

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 11h

yer gal sitting here cheering aloud “Crocodile forceps!”

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 11h

Over 20 minutes and over a million views? _Give it to me_ youtu.be/ErCInnOzwIQ?...

Epic Mastoid Cavity Clearance - EP552

YouTube video by Audiology Associates UK

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 12h

Bad news, pals - I found out about mastoid cavity earwax removal videos #sickos_yes youtu.be/eHleNapwcvY?...

MASTOID CAVITY EAR WAX REMOVAL - EP635

YouTube video by Audiology Associates UK

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 12h

With actionable instructions!

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 13h

SO GOOD

Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 13h

I didn’t have the subtitles on and I couldn’t always make out exactly what the characters were saying, so there was definitely a point early on where I paused and went back because I realized “Wait, is he telling that guy how to go downtown??”

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 13h

it waaaas and also it was full of good-looking people

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 13h

oh hot damn I enjoyed _Sinners_ a whole lot

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 15h

imagine overhearing your 12-year-old threaten to fuck their opponent’s mom over Xbox live and they are speaking to Bashar al-Assad

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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · 1d

A comedian trying to unsuccessfully donate their Riyadh Festival blood money like Adam West's Batman madly dashing around trying to unload a cartoonish bomb

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lindsey @lindseywoho.bsky.social · 1d

Me when the doors for the show are at 9pm

Dog Solution @dogsolutions.bsky.social · Jun 24

OUaaa... Dog have became too sleep to exist

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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 1d

Thread:

A year ago yesterday was a very happy day for me. I had lost my prostate. It was good riddance, as it was riddled with cancer. I’m now cancer-free — and thankful for the tax-funded technology that saved my life.

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh, yes, that’s the stuff youtu.be/YddxlTaLbN0?...

Deep Ear Wax Removal with Mastoid Cavity! - EP1188

YouTube video by Audiology Associates UK

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 2d

Ooh, yes! Thank you!

Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 2d

This is earwormed into my head now thank you youtu.be/Jq6JL1lhLIw?...

1981 Honda Motocompo / City Ad with Madness!

YouTube video by The Vintagent

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Linette🌻 @ohtiniestplanet.bsky.social · 2d

dark

gouache landscape painting of rain clouds, lights and trees

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 2d

fuckin’ hugs girl

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 2d

Whaaat the HECK how did I not know that they made a stop-motion animation TV show out of the Brambly Hedge books youtu.be/qDQ_Zj0Mk-k?...

Brambly Hedge - Winter Story (1996)

YouTube video by Aiden Slater

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 2d

I enjoyed the Dawn discussion so damn much ✊

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Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 2d

Jim Lee openly disparaging AI in no way guarantees anything, no one knows what the future of AI is and no one knows who will be in charge at DC Comics down the line. But I think it's important that a popular artist publicly shot AI down. Fans and artists ignorant of or using AI need to hear this.

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Benny BKT1138 🎞️📸🎨 @bukket1138.bsky.social · 2d

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo @massmice.bsky.social · 2d

Hello, MICE friends! We’re looking for volunteers for MICE 2025, we’ve got a wide variety of roles for anyone to help out with! Check it out at the link below:

www.micexpo.org/volunteer

a graphic that says, “Now Seeking: Volunteers!”
“There are many ways to help, contact us for more details!”
micexpo.org/volunteer
Dec 6-7, 2025 Boston University
www.micexpo.org”

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 2d

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Graphic Medicine International Collective @graphicmedicine.bsky.social · 2d

Thrilled to announce that the annual Graphic Medicine conference will be held in Baltimore, at Johns Hopkins University, on July 23-25, 2026.

We're now seeking submissions on the theme "Drawing Perspectives: Health Graphic Narratives Under Pressure!"

www.graphicmedicine.org/2026-gm-conf...

2026 GM Conference: Call for Submissions! | Graphic Medicine

The 2026 Graphic Medicine Conference in Baltimore, MD is now taking submissions for talks, presentations, and more.

www.graphicmedicine.org