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Dr 'Mysterious and Important' Stip 😷 🎃 @drstip.bsky.social · 2m

I don't remember our schools ever having any

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Threadleaf Crochet @threadleafcrochet.bsky.social · 5m

October 11, 2025 🧵 As I was crocheting, this creature pushed into my lap, sat on top of the thread, turned the lamp off with her butt, turned the lamp back on with her butt, and began vigorously licking herself.

I pulled out my camera, and she looked through the magnifier directly into my soul.

The face of gray cat looking directly at the camera through a round magnifier.

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Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 1h

Wiley retracts study stolen by reviewer, following Retraction Watch coverage retractionwatch.com/2025/10/03/w...

Wiley retracts study stolen by reviewer, following Retraction Watch coverage

A Wiley journal has retracted a paper more than a year after a researcher reported the work was hers and had been stolen by a reviewer for another journal. As we reported in July, Shafaq Aftab, now…

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MsTerious #WearAMask #CovidIsAirborne @pattyd.bsky.social · 1h

For context, we mask everywhere but our kids will not mask at school. I don't blame them bc they are teens. I blame the @vicgovau.bsky.social & schools for dropping all mitigations despite the overwhelming evidence that viral illnesses are not good for children, have long-term neg effects.

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MsTerious #WearAMask #CovidIsAirborne @pattyd.bsky.social · 1h

One week back at school and my eldest has Flu A. This is after my youngest had it in August and then had RSV one month later in Sept. We have managed to avoid spread within our family but can do nothing about school. @vicgovau.bsky.social @VicGovDE this is not sustainable. Clean the air.

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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 50m

NOAA has declared La Niña underway, though still right at their borderline. The BoM no longer has a La Niña warning system, as it fears misunderstanding and maladaption, but the old system would be at neutral.
NOAA www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ana...

BoM www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso...

www.bom.gov.au

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samtay.bsky.social @samtay.bsky.social · 3h

Can you please get assurance that anyone with an Australian passport will not be illegally detained by ICE on the streets while they are on holidays. Pretty sure not many Australians are visiting USA now.

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Dr 'Mysterious and Important' Stip 😷 🎃 @drstip.bsky.social · 1h

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 10h

After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.

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sounds delicious @spicynoise.bsky.social · 13h

Unsolicited lick pic

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 10h

Measles is back — and hitting schools hard.
👉 153 unvaccinated kids quarantined in South Carolina
👉 118 kids quarantined in Minnesota
👉 103 cases on the AZ–UT border
👉 >1,500 documented U.S. cases in 2025
“Communities are paying the price of quarantining so many children,
#BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 12h

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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cynde *Severed Citizen @cynde.bsky.social · 12h

Ribbet against the machine

henry sholar @mapablue.bsky.social · 12h

Thanks, whoever did this.
See you all on OCTOBER 18 — No kings march & protest.
Everybody in the streets!

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Nana's CookBooks @nanascookbooks.bsky.social · 13h

Your Saturday meal plan from 1943 is up and ready for your thoughts. I could go for a cup of cocoa this morning, & I'm for sure stopping by for dessert tonight. What about you?
🍽️ 🍜 #FoodSky #Cooking #Recipes #RecipeOfTheDay #Menuoftheday

From 1943, The Modern Family Cookbook by Meta Givens

Breakfast
Tomato juice
Prepared cereal with top milk.
Toast with butter
Coffee for adults. cocoa for children

Luncheon
Lentil soup
Crisp crackers or toast.
Head lettuce with 1000 Island dressing
Honeydew melon with lemon.
Tea for adults. . milk for children

Dinner
Veal stew
Radishes
Whole wheat bread and butter.
Banana cream pie
Coffee for adults. milk for children

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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 1d

Clean indoor air as vital as clean water – By Research Associate Professor Amanda Kvalsvig and Australian Academy of Science chief executive Anna-Maria Arabia
www.croakey.org/clean-indoor...

Clean indoor air as vital as clean water

Introduction by Croakey: Clean air experts will come together at a conference in Melbourne next week in the wake of

www.croakey.org

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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 1d

The cost of doing nothing☠️‼️

@binitakane.bsky.social 🙏🏻

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market

This cohort study examines the extent to which COVID-19 continues to generate work absences and decrease labor force participation beyond the pandemic period in the US.

jamanetwork.com

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 1d

Practise source control. Wear a well fitted mask or respirator.

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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 1d

Influenza versus Cövid.

826 COVID vs 89 flu deaths, and within 90 days, 1,391 COVID vs 149 flu deaths, showing worse outcomes for COVID-19

Rough maths? About 10 times more fatal

journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...

Comparative risk of post-acute sequelae among adults following SARS-CoV-2 or influenza virus infection: A retrospective cohort study among United States adults

Author summary Why was this study done? It is known that people may suffer medical complications long after COVID-19, which are called post-acute sequelae (PAS). Similar sequelae are also known to h...

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 13h

“Our hospitals are ready.”

Was never a good plan.

Prevent COVID-19.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/sev...

Severe COVID may carry higher risk of long-term conditions requiring hospitalization through 6 months

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 20h

Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope, to late September.

XFG.* "Stratus" was higher at 73%.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" fell to 18%.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Global #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus
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Josette Schoenmakers @josetteschoenma.bsky.social · 1d

After 3 months, South Africa has uploaded another BA.3.2.2.

It has 3 mutations in common with the Australian samples, which we haven't seen outside of Australia before. T1195C, C2592T and T6856C. So, it probably migrated after it gained those.

It gained some extra mutations after that.

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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 13h

“I’ve called this emergency meeting to address the dire state of our food stores. Now, if you’ll come to order, we can begin.”

One tuxedo cat is sitting up in front of two more tuxedo cats who are lounging. Some cat food cans on a wire shelf are visible in the background

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Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · 18h

Officially extinct yesterday, RIP slender-billed curlew

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GONZO the Ghoastly 👻 @gonzo.bsky.social · 13h

Latenite/early morning BabbyGonz time!

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Glynis R @gdrosser.bsky.social · 17h

#BlueSkyArtShow #Glow
Sunset on the River Murray at Mannum, South Australia.
A houseboat with party lights moored across the river.
The entire space felt aglow!

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