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chickenchick710.bsky.social
🎄Festive (Tired) Vet Student🎄
@chickenchick710.bsky.social
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“Whatever is silenced will clamor to be heard, though silently.”

Southern transplant in the Midwest. Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am.
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bakoon.bsky.social
having to dissect an elderly presidents media diet to see why he had the army invade oregon
December 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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schooley.bsky.social
41 minutes is a long time to sit in your air conditioned office watching men struggle to survive as you decide to kill them.
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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joolia.bsky.social
the real victim in all this is Joan Didion
December 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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lizszabo.bsky.social
Congenital syphilis, another infectious disease for which pregnant women are screened, offers a comparison. Denmark had no cases of congenital syphilis in 2023; the United States had nearly 4,000 cases.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/h...
Vaccine Advisory Panel Again Postpones Vote on Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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menenkim.bsky.social
Olivia Nuzzi is the Elizabeth Holmes of journalism
December 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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emilyzfeng.bsky.social
So cool

Former 'Morning Edition' host on his newest venture — a local newspaper

www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Former 'Morning Edition' host on his newest venture — a local newspaper
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former NPR host David Greene who is set to take over LNP, the Pennsylvania newspaper where he was once an intern.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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blueunikorn.bsky.social
There are a lot of obscene things about this story, but the fact that there is a GoFundMe for this baby rather than millions of dollars dedicated to his lifelong care by the state of Georgia is right up there at the top. The state forced this child to be born into a life of pain and procedures.
December 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
41 minutes. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
For a little under an hour — 41 minutes, according to a separate US official — Bradley and the rest of the US military command center discussed what to do as they watched the men struggle to overturn what was left of their boat, the sources said. Ultimately, Bradley told lawmakers, he ordered a second strike to destroy the remains of the vessel, killing the two survivors, on the grounds that it appeared that part of the vessel remained afloat because it still held cocaine, according to one of the sources. The survivors could hypothetically have floated to safety, been rescued, and carried on with trafficking the drugs, the logic went.
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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publichealthguy1.bsky.social
it’s genuinely hurtful the way some of y’all talk about people with alcohol and substance use disorders. these ghouls in DC will not hear your stigmatizing words, nor do they care. but chances are your neighbors and coworkers and friends in your local AA & NA groups have heard those words
December 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
chickenchick710.bsky.social
My theoretical physicist husband when I read this to him:

“No. That’s just… wrong.”
michaelhobbes.bsky.social Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 14h
1. Why is there a long description of black holes in your book about sexting an anti-vaxxer.

2. That is not what Hawking radiation is.

3. lol what
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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mjsdc.bsky.social
As Kagan notes, SCOTUS has given states a cheat code to enact illegally racist voting laws: just pass them close enough to an election that the Purcell principle will bar judicial review!

Under this logic, courts couldn’t block actual Jim Crow laws within a year of an election. It can’t be right.
And even supposing it is now the ninth or tenth hour, whose choice was that? It was of course the Texas legisla- ture that decided to change its map six months before a March primary. The plaintiffs could not have moved any faster: They requested an injunction before the new law was even signed. And to try to speed the litigation, they de- clined discovery. (That decision, by the way, probably ac- counted for their failure to submit an alternative map, which to be probative must be based on the State’s particu- lar districting criteria. See supra, at 13 n.) The District Court moved expeditiously too, issuing its 160-page opinion (on November 18) just a month after post-hearing briefing concluded. No one dilly-dallied in this case. The District Court ruled as “late” as it did because the legislature en- acted a new map less than three months before. If Purcell prevents such a ruling, it gives every State the opportunity to hold an unlawful election. The District Court, once again aptly, made the point: Were judicial re- view so broadly foreclosed, then to implement even a “bla- tantly unconstitutional map,” the “Legislature would need only to pass” it on a schedule like this one. App. 154–155. That cannot be the law—except of course that today it is. According to the majority, Texas had a free pass to redis- trict in August 2025 for the 2026 House elections. See ante, at 2. All that the plaintiffs can hope for is better luck in 2028.
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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gretchenbrown.bsky.social
idk what i expected when i got a news release about new baby pygmy slow lorises at the duluth, minnesota zoo but this is killing me
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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ansirh.bsky.social
Abortions are a normal, essential part of reproductive health care.

Abortions are a normal, essential part of reproductive health care.

Abortions are a normal, essential part of reproductive health care.
December 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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jeffsharlet.bsky.social
It's not enough to say, "here's an approach that can solve a problem." You have to show it fully in real people's lives. That's what @annneumann.bsky.social does in this rich exploration of programs that keep addicted moms & babies together while moms get sober. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
She was pregnant and addicted to fentanyl. Getting to keep her baby saved them both
A baby is born in withdrawal every 18 minutes in the US, and most end up in foster care. At centers like Maddie’s Place, mothers stay with their infants – and leave together, in recovery
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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juliaraifman.bsky.social
Did you know?

190 countries have infant immunization schedules that include the Hep B vaccine

115 countries recommend a universal birth-dose of the Hep B vaccine, one of the key actions WHO recommends to reduce Hep B prevalence

Read more in the WHO Hep B Report ➡️
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From the “first consolidated World Health Organization report on viral hepatitis epidemiology, service coverage and product access,” “Globally, 115 countries have introduced universal hepatitis B birth-dose vaccination, and 45% of infants received the hepatitis B birth dose within the first 24 hours of birth in 2022. Twenty-three countries have selective programmes with targeted provision of the hepatitis B birth dose (the vaccine is provided to the infants of mothers who are HBsAg positive). Infant immunization schedules in 190 countries include the hepatitis B vaccine. Of the 38 WHO focus countries for the viral hepatitis response, 25 have introduced birth-dose programmes and all provide the hepatitis B vaccine (usually as part of pentavalent vaccines) in their infant vaccination programme. In theory, if these vaccines are included in the national programme, all children should have access; however, in practice, coverage varies widely across regions and countries (Table 3.23 and Fig. 3.32). Chapter 4 presents detailed information for the 38 WHO focus countries for viral hepatitis.” https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240091672
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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mprnews.org
Gov. Tim Walz said it’s not right to disparage an entire racial or ethnic group if some members commit crimes.
Walz criticizes Trump's 'vile' remarks about Somali immigrants
Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s recent disparaging statements about Somali immigrants, calling the remarks “vile, racist lies and slander towards our fellow Minne...
www.mprnews.org
December 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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crampell.bsky.social
The de-documentation campaign continues. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Trump Tightens Work Permits for Migrants, Expanding Crackdown on Legal Immigration
The quicker expiration dates primarily will affect immigrants seeking asylum or other forms of humanitarian protections.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
This is the story tonight. Every Dem who was in that room should be telling us what they saw.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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debcares4iowa.bsky.social
Recurrent Respiratory Papillomas is a rare condition, and onset is more common in children than adults. Vaccinating your kids is the best way to protect them and their future children from this incurable disease. Learn more at
rrpf.org
The Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis Foundation
The Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis Foundation is on a mission to find a cure and ultimately eradicate RRP, so that it becomes a disease of the past.
rrpf.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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debcares4iowa.bsky.social
Not sure if your kids should get the HPV vaccine?

Think about your grand-kids. If your daughter or daughter-in-law has HPV on their cervix during delivery, the virus can enter the baby's airway & cause Recurrent Respiratory Papilomas, which is incurable. 🧵
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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mdaware.org
"it's all a sham, it's not on the level" -- @matthewcort.land is spot on, this is an antivax show trial by antivaxxers

see also this NEJM piece by 12 bipartisan former FDA directors (35 yrs!):

"it relies on the rigor and goodwill of the people doing the evaluation"

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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nytimes.com
A 6-year-old boy in Queens is one of the youngest migrants to be taken from a parent by ICE and placed in federal custody in New York City as part of President Trump’s deportation crackdown. The child and his father fled China earlier this year.
ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China
The child and his father fled China earlier this year and the boy had just been enrolled in school. Federal officials have tried and failed to send them back.
nyti.ms
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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governorwalz.mn.gov
Donald Trump’s hateful words don’t stand in Minnesota.
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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drsandman11.medsky.social
I keep saying “fuck Bill Cassidy”
mattmotta.bsky.social Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 20h
ACIP may end universal Hep B vaccination today.

Hep B prevention is Cassidy's passion, as he made clear during RFK Jr's confirmation hearings.

But let's not forget... his vote to confirm RFK Jr. got us into this mess!

He needs to use every lever of power he has in the Senate to fix it.
A picture of Senator Bill Cassidy.
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
I am a woman who joined the Let’s Rethink Chicks Having The Right To Vote Party and I am concerned they do not take me completely seriously, somebody please help me
jlazarus.bsky.social Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 1d
A member of the House Republican caucus said this.

Oh. So things are BAD bad.
December 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM