Trina McMahon
@quendi.bsky.social
Loving microbes, water, genomes, computers, and Wisconsin. Proud GenXer. Mom to a very spicy 2e teen boy and a sassy little girl with big plans to change the world. #resist
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I contain multitudes
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I contain multitudes
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
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this just shows how the Western family unit has completely broken down because in Asia we all have uncles to fulfill this function in our lives
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
this just shows how the Western family unit has completely broken down because in Asia we all have uncles to fulfill this function in our lives
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Zohran Mamdani to release PSA video, "How to talk to your deranged racist MAGA uncle at Thanksgiving dinner."
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Zohran Mamdani to release PSA video, "How to talk to your deranged racist MAGA uncle at Thanksgiving dinner."
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I really appreciate this article, but one thing I’ll add:
ALL #MECFS and #LongCovid studies need to account for post-exertional malaise. Not just exercise trials.
Because ALL exertion can trigger PEM.
I’m writing this while in PEM due to a poorly phrased questionnaire 🫠
ALL #MECFS and #LongCovid studies need to account for post-exertional malaise. Not just exercise trials.
Because ALL exertion can trigger PEM.
I’m writing this while in PEM due to a poorly phrased questionnaire 🫠
Today @thesicktimes.org: big story from @spichaksimon.bsky.social examining exercise trials for Long COVID. His analysis found that, among LC exercise trials registered on clinicaltrials.gov, less than 20% even *mention* PEM in their trial registration. thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
Less than 20% of Long COVID trials involving exercise even mention post-exertional malaise - The Sick Times
An analysis by The Sick Times find that less than 15% of Long COVID clinical trials testing the benefits of exercise or cardiopulmonary rehabilitation measured post-exertional malaise, according to th...
thesicktimes.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I really appreciate this article, but one thing I’ll add:
ALL #MECFS and #LongCovid studies need to account for post-exertional malaise. Not just exercise trials.
Because ALL exertion can trigger PEM.
I’m writing this while in PEM due to a poorly phrased questionnaire 🫠
ALL #MECFS and #LongCovid studies need to account for post-exertional malaise. Not just exercise trials.
Because ALL exertion can trigger PEM.
I’m writing this while in PEM due to a poorly phrased questionnaire 🫠
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Damn, he beat me to it.
Ok Matt Taibbi has posted.
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Damn, he beat me to it.
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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There’s also been (at least for public institutions) a deliberate pivot away from the mission as we treat higher ed like a for-profit business. All these restructuring exercises based on ROI, closing key departments in the humanities, etc., are not mission-driven decisions.
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
There’s also been (at least for public institutions) a deliberate pivot away from the mission as we treat higher ed like a for-profit business. All these restructuring exercises based on ROI, closing key departments in the humanities, etc., are not mission-driven decisions.
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We are streaming from 900m
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
We are streaming from 900m
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One of the strangest aspects of aging that they don't warn you about is watching as history gets rewritten right in front of your face and people 20 years younger than you confidently tell you about something you lived through and get it completely wrong.
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
One of the strangest aspects of aging that they don't warn you about is watching as history gets rewritten right in front of your face and people 20 years younger than you confidently tell you about something you lived through and get it completely wrong.
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ICE just hit Durham, community is activating, message me if u wanna help
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
ICE just hit Durham, community is activating, message me if u wanna help
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the last few days have been great 🙃
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
the last few days have been great 🙃
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A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
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Everything so stupid but I have faith it can get stupider
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Everything so stupid but I have faith it can get stupider
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Dramatic increase in conflicts over #water in 2024 compared to previous years.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Dramatic increase in conflicts over #water in 2024 compared to previous years.
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pacinst.org/announcement...
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Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
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🚨BREAKING: While Americans were distracted by shutdown chaos, Trump’s MAGA Senate just gutted food safety laws — after millions in donations from Big Food lobbyists.
Buried in the new funding bill is a hidden clause that blocks the FDA from enforcing critical food traceability rules.
Buried in the new funding bill is a hidden clause that blocks the FDA from enforcing critical food traceability rules.
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
🚨BREAKING: While Americans were distracted by shutdown chaos, Trump’s MAGA Senate just gutted food safety laws — after millions in donations from Big Food lobbyists.
Buried in the new funding bill is a hidden clause that blocks the FDA from enforcing critical food traceability rules.
Buried in the new funding bill is a hidden clause that blocks the FDA from enforcing critical food traceability rules.
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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It is journalistic malpractice to be within a city block of Vance and not read him this tweet through a bullhorn
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It is journalistic malpractice to be within a city block of Vance and not read him this tweet through a bullhorn
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Bluesky banning kenzidor for quoting Johnny cash is too surreal for me, I need to log off tonight I think
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Bluesky banning kenzidor for quoting Johnny cash is too surreal for me, I need to log off tonight I think
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Chuck Schumer is caving in on ACA extensions the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Chuck Schumer is caving in on ACA extensions the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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The real reason the right opposes higher education is that if kids leave home and are exposed to more varieties of music they’ll realize that country music sucks. (I am at Tractor Supply.)
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The real reason the right opposes higher education is that if kids leave home and are exposed to more varieties of music they’ll realize that country music sucks. (I am at Tractor Supply.)
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Apologies to anyone who thought they were flying out of Atlanta tonight.
November 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Apologies to anyone who thought they were flying out of Atlanta tonight.