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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 21h

As a professor I would like to say that this prof should be yeeted into the sea.

What a lazy and insulting breach of responsibility to the students they teach.

Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 22h

A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations.

She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly!

Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:

A diagram of the bones and (some) deep muscles of the hand and forearm. AI says that we only have four digits. It’s also identified a tendon as the median nerve, another tendon as the ulnar nerve, among other issues.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the neck. It hallucinated the “ennocleidomasid” muscle, and the “anterior scalpalin muscle”.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the lateral thigh. It says that the gluteus Maximus (the big juicy butt muscle) is on the anterior side. It also points to the quadriceps muscle and says “attattment”. It also says that the same structure is the tibia AND the deep fascia of the leg.

An AI generated diagram of the bones of the hand and forearm. This time AI says we have 6 digits. It also says that the radius is the ulnar artery. Among other many issues.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 18h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 17h

They're both gonna be so pissed.

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 17h

"Democrat agencies"

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 20h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 20h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23h

When the bailout for Argentina…is actually a bailout for the Treasury Secretary’s hedge fund billionaires.

They get richer…and it just gets harder for you.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout

www.nytimes.com

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 1d

It's funny because nothing this administration is doing is actually helping people eat healthier. They're making vegetables more expensive while giving a bunch of free PR wins to Mars and Coca-Cola in the form Government Seals of Approval for their new ultra-processed food and beverage lines.

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d

There must be some mistake, I read 50 Atlantic articles about how RFK Jr just wants to help Americans eat more vegetables

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

They continue to eviscerate the public health machinery that has quietly kept Americans, and others around the world, safe and healthy for decades.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d

There must be some mistake, I read 50 Atlantic articles about how RFK Jr just wants to help Americans eat more vegetables

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

They continue to eviscerate the public health machinery that has quietly kept Americans, and others around the world, safe and healthy for decades.

The staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the journal that reports on health trends and emerging infectious threats, was also laid off. The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the first hint of the AIDS epidemic.

Roughly 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — the so-called “disease detectives” who respond to outbreaks around the globe — received layoff notices, according to a person familiar with them. The service was spared during an earlier round of layoffs in February.

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 1d

Grok will have better, less woke answers

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Charles Bergquist @cbquist.bsky.social · 1d

do not worry every body

Instead of the MMWR we can all just ask chat gpt what diseases are breaking out where

everything will be completely* fine

(it is not fine)

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 1d

We're all gonna be force-fed those soybeans. Mandatory 10 lb/day ration.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

oh no

Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 1d

And MAGA delivered! They Trumped low prices! Low prices are DEFEATED!

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ETX Gov🏴‍☠️ @etxgov.bsky.social · 1d

It really pisses me off when Republicans say we hate America.

They can't even visit major cities without shitting on them. They hate our museums. They hate our people. They hate our ideals.

We ain't the ones who hate America.

We just hate the fascists trying to kill America.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

this is absolutely my favorite protest innovation of 2025

"my opponents are violent antifa extremist terrorists"

"your opponents are dressed as giant inflatable frogs"

solid fuck you to the pepe crowd too

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 2d

Not how it works! You get an F in my non-majors science course.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Dr. Kalt @kaltnull.bsky.social · 2d

Everything Is Going To Suck So Fucking Bad - And Everyone Complaining Is A Terrorist.

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Errol 🦇 🏳️‍🌈 @eerieseymour.bsky.social · 3d

The Orphan Crusher is here to stay. If we don’t feed more Orphans to the Crusher the Orphan Crushing industry will die. It’s time to wake up to the reality of the Orphan Crusher. The Orphan Crusher is worth billions. We need to teach people to use the Orphan Crusher. It’s here to stay.

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 3d

They're just solar energy with extra steps!

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 3d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

nyti.ms

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 3d

Because dying of black lung is based and manly

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 4d

When someone says that you can tell they’ve only watched the first 30 minutes of My Neighbor Totoro.

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 4d

Never voting for this piece of shit.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 4d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 5d

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