Beanedict Cumbfurbatch
@beanedictc.dftba.social
(he/him) Nerdighter, TBFighter, musician, pile of baked beans in the shape of a Furby. Help us #EndTB by visiting https://tbfighters.org
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The U.S. is withholding billions in Global Fund and PEPFAR funds, putting HIV care at risk worldwide.
PEPFAR reflects Dr. Paul Farmer’s belief that health care is a human right—and has saved over 25 million lives.
Contact your Members of Congress today: https://act.pih.org/pepfar-apportionment
PEPFAR reflects Dr. Paul Farmer’s belief that health care is a human right—and has saved over 25 million lives.
Contact your Members of Congress today: https://act.pih.org/pepfar-apportionment
It’s been a month, time for a new pinned post!
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Who's most at risk?
- Nearly 1 in 4 new TB cases in 2024 were in people 65+
- Many Medicare recipients face added risks
Ask your members of Congress to urge CMS to start the long-delayed review for Medicare LTBI testing coverage.
Take action at stoptbusa.org/take-action
- Nearly 1 in 4 new TB cases in 2024 were in people 65+
- Many Medicare recipients face added risks
Ask your members of Congress to urge CMS to start the long-delayed review for Medicare LTBI testing coverage.
Take action at stoptbusa.org/take-action
October 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Who's most at risk?
- Nearly 1 in 4 new TB cases in 2024 were in people 65+
- Many Medicare recipients face added risks
Ask your members of Congress to urge CMS to start the long-delayed review for Medicare LTBI testing coverage.
Take action at stoptbusa.org/take-action
- Nearly 1 in 4 new TB cases in 2024 were in people 65+
- Many Medicare recipients face added risks
Ask your members of Congress to urge CMS to start the long-delayed review for Medicare LTBI testing coverage.
Take action at stoptbusa.org/take-action
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Testing for latent TB infection (LTBI) saves lives and money. But Medicare has stalled...
- Over 25 organizations called on CMS to act nearly 2 years ago.
-TB cases are the highest in a decade.
- Older Americans are at greater risk.
@globalsentinels.bsky.social @tbfighters.org @wearetb.bsky.social
- Over 25 organizations called on CMS to act nearly 2 years ago.
-TB cases are the highest in a decade.
- Older Americans are at greater risk.
@globalsentinels.bsky.social @tbfighters.org @wearetb.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Testing for latent TB infection (LTBI) saves lives and money. But Medicare has stalled...
- Over 25 organizations called on CMS to act nearly 2 years ago.
-TB cases are the highest in a decade.
- Older Americans are at greater risk.
@globalsentinels.bsky.social @tbfighters.org @wearetb.bsky.social
- Over 25 organizations called on CMS to act nearly 2 years ago.
-TB cases are the highest in a decade.
- Older Americans are at greater risk.
@globalsentinels.bsky.social @tbfighters.org @wearetb.bsky.social
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TB Ed Talks are one of my favorite things. Come learn with us!
Only one week until our third-ever TB Ed Talk with @msfaccess.org's Dr Stijn Deborggraeve! Tune in to learn why diagnosing TB in children is so difficult and how we can work together to do better. Submit questions at the link below or ask questions live: docs.google.com/form...
#PedSky #IdSky #TBSky
#PedSky #IdSky #TBSky
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
TB Ed Talks are one of my favorite things. Come learn with us!
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The way Bluesky works is that everyone is from the country they say they are but all the accounts are operated by versatile actor Jeffrey Combs
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The way Bluesky works is that everyone is from the country they say they are but all the accounts are operated by versatile actor Jeffrey Combs
I would just like to say that, while I support Tori’s work in the fields of spreadsheets, slideshows, and cute baby sweaters, I do not condone or endorse these offensive remarks. My support for the BLT community is unwavering, even in these difficult times for sandwiches everywhere.
Mayo is a crime against sandwiches
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I would just like to say that, while I support Tori’s work in the fields of spreadsheets, slideshows, and cute baby sweaters, I do not condone or endorse these offensive remarks. My support for the BLT community is unwavering, even in these difficult times for sandwiches everywhere.
Today’s XKCD is my favorite update to a series yet: xkcd.com/3172/
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Today’s XKCD is my favorite update to a series yet: xkcd.com/3172/
I’m realizing the reason all these global health books I want from the BPL might be in high demand because of all the actual global health (and related fields) students in the Boston area…
Sorry, I’m reading as fast as I can!
Sorry, I’m reading as fast as I can!
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I’m realizing the reason all these global health books I want from the BPL might be in high demand because of all the actual global health (and related fields) students in the Boston area…
Sorry, I’m reading as fast as I can!
Sorry, I’m reading as fast as I can!
It finally happened. I went looking for the captions for the audiobook version of a book 🤦
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It finally happened. I went looking for the captions for the audiobook version of a book 🤦
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we all kind of did this for wikipedia when it was less reliable.... im not sure it worked
November 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
we all kind of did this for wikipedia when it was less reliable.... im not sure it worked
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When this all comes crashing down, this and their covid disinformation is all these guys should be remembered for.
Nothing else.
Nothing else.
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
When this all comes crashing down, this and their covid disinformation is all these guys should be remembered for.
Nothing else.
Nothing else.
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What if you could fight back against the dismantling of USAID by speaking to those in power about the importance of global health aid? And you could open the door for TB experts and survivors to share their experiences with decision makers? tbfighters.org/hill-day/
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
What if you could fight back against the dismantling of USAID by speaking to those in power about the importance of global health aid? And you could open the door for TB experts and survivors to share their experiences with decision makers? tbfighters.org/hill-day/
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They're also responsible for one of the best emails I've ever received, when the college office sent out a plea for sightings of Professor Biscuit while conveniently forgetting to mention that he was a cat...(I won't comment on how often a similar email might have gone out about human Professors...)
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
They're also responsible for one of the best emails I've ever received, when the college office sent out a plea for sightings of Professor Biscuit while conveniently forgetting to mention that he was a cat...(I won't comment on how often a similar email might have gone out about human Professors...)
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Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
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This is funny when other people post it, but kind of annoying when you post it, Democrats, as you treated Mamdani worse than you do Republicans
Trump on whether he’d feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani administration:
“Yeah, I would. I really would.”
“Yeah, I would. I really would.”
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is funny when other people post it, but kind of annoying when you post it, Democrats, as you treated Mamdani worse than you do Republicans
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BUS RIDES IN CITES SHOULD BE FREE.
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
BUS RIDES IN CITES SHOULD BE FREE.
Mindblown to learn that the “Americans use -ize but Brits use -ise” phenomenon is actually younger than me and is just a result of spellcheckers in the latest @lingthusiasm.bsky.social!
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Mindblown to learn that the “Americans use -ize but Brits use -ise” phenomenon is actually younger than me and is just a result of spellcheckers in the latest @lingthusiasm.bsky.social!
I love when an expert in a field gives recommendations for more info like “check out [thing I already read/watch/listen to] as well as [thing I haven’t heard of yet].” I get a new lead PLUS the knowledge that it’s probably already right up my alley!
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I love when an expert in a field gives recommendations for more info like “check out [thing I already read/watch/listen to] as well as [thing I haven’t heard of yet].” I get a new lead PLUS the knowledge that it’s probably already right up my alley!
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Real life Bud Cubby. #dimension20
A U.S. postal worker on Long Island is accused of trying to help a man escape from ICE custody earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/YNagDp
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.visitlink.me
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Real life Bud Cubby. #dimension20
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Neither rain nor sleet nor ICE
A U.S. postal worker on Long Island is accused of trying to help a man escape from ICE custody earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/YNagDp
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.visitlink.me
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Neither rain nor sleet nor ICE
Something something “Feywild campaign”
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Something something “Feywild campaign”
“Though the cause of Pope Francis’s death is likely to be multi-factorial, the scientific foundation to rule out JD Vance as a potential contributor entirely has not been established,” is a true sentence. Perhaps that should be a posted on an official government website.
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“Though the cause of Pope Francis’s death is likely to be multi-factorial, the scientific foundation to rule out JD Vance as a potential contributor entirely has not been established,” is a true sentence. Perhaps that should be a posted on an official government website.
If I had a nickel for every time someone at work asked me for advice on buying a tin whistle, I’d have two nickels.
a cartoon character says but it 's weird it happened twice in front of robots
Alt: Dr. Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb saying “Which isn’t a lot. But it 's weird it happened twice”
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If I had a nickel for every time someone at work asked me for advice on buying a tin whistle, I’d have two nickels.
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saturation with Tolkien spinoffs has somehow not prepared our culture for the arrival of dark lords bearing a gift that everyone becomes convinced they can wield to accomplish great things but just makes them dependent and start whispering about preciouses if you suggest just throwing it away
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
saturation with Tolkien spinoffs has somehow not prepared our culture for the arrival of dark lords bearing a gift that everyone becomes convinced they can wield to accomplish great things but just makes them dependent and start whispering about preciouses if you suggest just throwing it away
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We're still Looking For Alaska (and Arkansas, Hawaii, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, & Wyoming) to join us this year at #TBHillDay 2026! tbfighters.org/hill-day/
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
We're still Looking For Alaska (and Arkansas, Hawaii, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, & Wyoming) to join us this year at #TBHillDay 2026! tbfighters.org/hill-day/