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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 3d

The South Carolina senator behind SB 323 says his bill wouldn't outlaw birth control.

But we found a pamphlet he wrote that says “all forms of the birth control pill” kill a “human being.”

jessica.substack.com/p/abortion-a...

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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 3d

lol if you are a young pregnant American citizen in an ER you may not get the treatment you need and instead get sepsis because of forced birth Republican laws

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d

A large new study confirms: Age and gender biases are deeply baked into what we see online

It's true: The internet skews the reality of women (and men) in the workforce

Age and gender biases are baked into what we see online, a large new study confirms.

www.motherjones.com

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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 3d

Offering immigrant children $2,500 to self-deport and threatening them & their families with detention if they decline is just coercion.

This is wild:

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 3d

ICE is targeting kids.

“The idea that masked men would now go to 14-year-olds and ask them to waive their rights to return to the countries that they fled is shocking.”

Read more: interc.pt/4o1hD0C

✍️ @jonahmv.bsky.social 📹 @jordanuhl.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 3d

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 3d

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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Integral Answers @integralanswers.bsky.social · 4d

1/ 🚸 “Kids today get 72 vaccine doses!”
Sounds scary—until you realize it’s a talking point, not a fact.

Here’s what antivax influencers don’t tell you about how vaccine schedules and doses are counted.
#VaccinesWork | @IntegralAnswers

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Johanna @discomedusae.bsky.social · 3d

This story is fascinating! Who would've thought an ostrich farm and it's owners would captivate such an audience 😂 Thank you, Angela for your excellent reporting! 🤌🏻

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 3d

Here is ostrich town crier Katie explaining how she has antibodies to H5N1 because of the “harmless” H5N1 she got from her mom’s infected ostriches & how we’d all be seropositive for H5N1 if we were tested.

Using ostrich expert Steven Pelech’s test, that’s probably true 🧵

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 3d

"A practice that would have been unthinkable under past administrations is becoming normalized: sending ICE detainees, without due process, to far-flung prisons in countries with notorious human rights records."

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy

Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.

www.motherjones.com

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 5d

Many thanks @pbsnews.org for the great opportunity this evening about our new book #ScienceUnderSiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social

m.youtube.com/watch?v=VZq7...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5d

First they tried to "cure" gayness. Now they're fixated on "healing" trans people.

Inside the movement to resurrect conversion therapy.

www.motherjones.com

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Vaccination Nation🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🔬🗽 @vaccinenation.bsky.social · 6d

The wellness industry makes lots of dollars for its quackticans. 🦆💰Thank you Dr.Stea

Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 6d

I chat with The Rationable Podcast about the psychology of pseudoscientific grift in the wellness industry and anti-science movements. 😊✌️

youtu.be/ZmHGgMEwdoA?...

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 6d

This guy is in charge of US health care.

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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 8d

After losing Angelina we built up Bob's confidence.

Today he leaves us but he sent him on his way with all he needs for his new life. A very special boy indeed

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Dr. Christine Sarteschi, LCSW @drsarteschi.bsky.social · 6d

Didulo from her new location

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 6d

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Ms. M @msmalarkey24.bsky.social · 6d

Ghislaine Maxwell? Haven’t heard the name in so long…

“I've met her numerous times over the years... I just wish her well, whatever it is,” had some great times on her dad’s yacht back in the day

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Jake Scott, MD @jakescottmd.bsky.social · 6d

“We have 1,544 measles cases this year, 92% in unvaccinated people, and 3 deaths. The problem isn’t the vaccine — it’s that people aren’t getting it. O’Neill hasn’t offered a single scientific rationale for breaking up MMR.”

@aniloza.bsky.social
@statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/t...

Acting CDC director calls for MMR vaccine to be broken up into three shots

There's no evidence that breaking up the MMR shot would make the immunization safer or more effective.

www.statnews.com

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Johanna @discomedusae.bsky.social · 5d

Yay!

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Noelle Cook @noellecook.com · 6d

The Conspiracists draws us into the lives of women who’ve “done their research” straight out of shared reality. It explores how and why so many found belonging through conspiracy.
Preorder now: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging

Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging

bookshop.org

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Johanna @discomedusae.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING

'Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi are awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 for their groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body'

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

www.nobelprize.org

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Integral Answers @integralanswers.bsky.social · 7d

1/ What makes an antiscience/antivax tweet go viral?

The playbook is depressingly simple. Save this. 🧵

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Johanna @discomedusae.bsky.social · 7d

A true legend. I found this clip on an account on that other place and here's their quote;

'Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death. This is her final message from it'

From Time Capsule Tales
x.com/timecaptales...

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Johanna @discomedusae.bsky.social · 7d

A true legend. I found this clip on an account on that other place and here's their quote;

'Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death. This is her final message from it'

From Time Capsule Tales
x.com/timecaptales...

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Annie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social · 7d

I think this at least twice a day

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 7d

and also late 20th century too.

Klaus, YOU CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS

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