Stephanie
@stephy.bsky.social
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I’m still a chemist, even if I don’t work in a lab
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I’m still a chemist, even if I don’t work in a lab
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Stephanie
@stephy.bsky.social
· Dec 22
Personal news time: my time at the FDA is coming to an end. Chemistry reviewers are shielded from a lot, but as my boss put it, this year was awful. (She's retiring after 30 years at FDA, so she's seen a lot.) And it's pretty clear that things are going to get much worse before they get better.
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This was just me making this comparison yesterday, but today the Korean news is calling Minnesota "America's Gwangju" and have human rights lawyers explaining how America is now living through the dictatorship Korea once had.
The Chun regime that my wife fought against in the 80s did the exact same thing. They needed a "crisis" that "only they could solve" to hoard more ill-gotten power, so they chose one city (Gwangju), declared its inhabitants enemies, sent trucks full of soldiers to violently attack and kill them.
January 25, 2026 at 11:37 PM
This was just me making this comparison yesterday, but today the Korean news is calling Minnesota "America's Gwangju" and have human rights lawyers explaining how America is now living through the dictatorship Korea once had.
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Keeping a running list of baseball players who are speaking out (via social media or comments to reporters) against the ICE occupation of Minneapolis or related topics. So far we've got Bailey Ober (Twins pitcher) and Spencer Strider (Braves pitcher). Any others?
January 25, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Keeping a running list of baseball players who are speaking out (via social media or comments to reporters) against the ICE occupation of Minneapolis or related topics. So far we've got Bailey Ober (Twins pitcher) and Spencer Strider (Braves pitcher). Any others?
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no matter what else is happening, if feasible, please share photos of your dogs playing in the snow tomorrow
January 25, 2026 at 4:29 AM
no matter what else is happening, if feasible, please share photos of your dogs playing in the snow tomorrow
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them: if you’re cold, she’s cold, bring her inside
her: like fuck you will
her: like fuck you will
January 25, 2026 at 6:37 PM
them: if you’re cold, she’s cold, bring her inside
her: like fuck you will
her: like fuck you will
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Minnesota Twins Starting Pitchers Simeon Woods Richardson and Bailey Ober
January 25, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Minnesota Twins Starting Pitchers Simeon Woods Richardson and Bailey Ober
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Spencer Strider of the Braves remains one of the few MLB players I’ve seen post about it. Love him.
January 25, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Spencer Strider of the Braves remains one of the few MLB players I’ve seen post about it. Love him.
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attn: everyone asking why athletes aren’t speaking out on Minneapolis, please meet two-time MVP, three-time world champion, three-time Olympic gold medalist Breanna Mackenzie Stewart.
January 25, 2026 at 6:57 PM
attn: everyone asking why athletes aren’t speaking out on Minneapolis, please meet two-time MVP, three-time world champion, three-time Olympic gold medalist Breanna Mackenzie Stewart.
Someone at Twins fan fest asked a question about ICE www.reddit.com/r/minnesotat...
From the minnesotatwins community on Reddit: The Pohlads and Twins on ICE
Explore this post and more from the minnesotatwins community
www.reddit.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Someone at Twins fan fest asked a question about ICE www.reddit.com/r/minnesotat...
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ban @altnps.bsky.social (and for the several hundred of you still following it... why)
AltNPS posted about Alex Pretti's murder 25 times since this morning. During that time, they spread misinformation about the shooting, lied about knowing the shooter's name, and generally flooded the zone with shit.
They're trying to milk this story for all it's worth.
They're trying to milk this story for all it's worth.
January 25, 2026 at 1:19 PM
ban @altnps.bsky.social (and for the several hundred of you still following it... why)
I still see some of you reposting alt n p s posts and I am begging you to quit it already
AltNPS posted about Alex Pretti's murder 25 times since this morning. During that time, they spread misinformation about the shooting, lied about knowing the shooter's name, and generally flooded the zone with shit.
They're trying to milk this story for all it's worth.
They're trying to milk this story for all it's worth.
January 25, 2026 at 1:58 PM
I still see some of you reposting alt n p s posts and I am begging you to quit it already
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sorry, but the Founding Fathers' original intent for the 2nd Amendment was always *just* to do school shootings
January 24, 2026 at 10:28 PM
sorry, but the Founding Fathers' original intent for the 2nd Amendment was always *just* to do school shootings
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🧪 💉 Bill Foege is an absolute #PublicHealth legend
And furious to the end about the destruction of US public health
“Kennedy’s words can be as lethal as the smallpox virus,” he wrote… “I had no idea I would be this angry at the age of 89.”
Ht @boghuma.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
And furious to the end about the destruction of US public health
“Kennedy’s words can be as lethal as the smallpox virus,” he wrote… “I had no idea I would be this angry at the age of 89.”
Ht @boghuma.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:12 AM
🧪 💉 Bill Foege is an absolute #PublicHealth legend
And furious to the end about the destruction of US public health
“Kennedy’s words can be as lethal as the smallpox virus,” he wrote… “I had no idea I would be this angry at the age of 89.”
Ht @boghuma.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
And furious to the end about the destruction of US public health
“Kennedy’s words can be as lethal as the smallpox virus,” he wrote… “I had no idea I would be this angry at the age of 89.”
Ht @boghuma.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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The story is not that there are two conflicting versions of what happened.
The story is that the federal government is lying about what happened.
There is plenty of evidence.
Your job, our job, is to sift that evidence and describe what actually happened ffs.
The story is that the federal government is lying about what happened.
There is plenty of evidence.
Your job, our job, is to sift that evidence and describe what actually happened ffs.
January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
The story is not that there are two conflicting versions of what happened.
The story is that the federal government is lying about what happened.
There is plenty of evidence.
Your job, our job, is to sift that evidence and describe what actually happened ffs.
The story is that the federal government is lying about what happened.
There is plenty of evidence.
Your job, our job, is to sift that evidence and describe what actually happened ffs.
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“Wearing helmets, gas masks and camouflage fatigues, the federal agents took aim and prepared to open fire. “It’s like Call of Duty,” one could be heard saying via a TV mic, referring to a first-person shooter military video game. “So cool, huh?””
‘This is what fascism looks like’: terror in Minneapolis reminiscent of civil war
‘This is what fascism looks like’: terror in Minneapolis reminiscent of civil war
Alex Pretti’s death could be a moment of reckoning for Democrats to call time on Trump waging war on his people
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:53 AM
“Wearing helmets, gas masks and camouflage fatigues, the federal agents took aim and prepared to open fire. “It’s like Call of Duty,” one could be heard saying via a TV mic, referring to a first-person shooter military video game. “So cool, huh?””
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15 years ago I borrowed a bulletproof vest from a reporter so I could report from a war zone. I held onto it after I returned.
Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.
Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 10:36 AM
15 years ago I borrowed a bulletproof vest from a reporter so I could report from a war zone. I held onto it after I returned.
Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.
Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.
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The depth of his hate for disabled people is and always has been breathtaking. It’s born of an arrogance I’ve rarely seen-he believes that he is some kind of ubermensch, and the only way he could ever become disabled is if some insidious conspiracy did it to him.
Evil, evil man.
Evil, evil man.
He just makes inane things up on the spot and children have to die and be disabled for his lies. www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
RFK Jr. Links His Vocal Issues to Flu Shots
Kennedy says he 'can't rule out' flu jabs as culprit in his spasmodic dysphonia
www.medpagetoday.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:09 PM
The depth of his hate for disabled people is and always has been breathtaking. It’s born of an arrogance I’ve rarely seen-he believes that he is some kind of ubermensch, and the only way he could ever become disabled is if some insidious conspiracy did it to him.
Evil, evil man.
Evil, evil man.
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The nurses where a huge % are immigrants, the system they work in is being torpedoed, everyone has flu while Brainworms tries to destroy vaccination, and now they’re being murdered by a paramilitary doing ethnic cleansing AND blamed for their own murder? Yeah, I can see how they’d be displeased
January 25, 2026 at 5:05 AM
The nurses where a huge % are immigrants, the system they work in is being torpedoed, everyone has flu while Brainworms tries to destroy vaccination, and now they’re being murdered by a paramilitary doing ethnic cleansing AND blamed for their own murder? Yeah, I can see how they’d be displeased
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👀"William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:21 AM
👀"William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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May I interrupt the horrors to show you pictures of my sister's chickens in cowboy hats
January 25, 2026 at 1:17 AM
May I interrupt the horrors to show you pictures of my sister's chickens in cowboy hats
It's very cold across most of the country, so to counteract that, quote-post a favorite photo from a summertime baseball game.
Phillies @ Nationals
Phillies @ Nationals
January 25, 2026 at 12:03 AM
It's very cold across most of the country, so to counteract that, quote-post a favorite photo from a summertime baseball game.
Phillies @ Nationals
Phillies @ Nationals
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The Minnesota Wild had these comments hidden on Instagram
January 24, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The Minnesota Wild had these comments hidden on Instagram
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Alex Pretti took care of veterans as an ICU nurse. “He was a super nice, super helpful guy – looked after his patients," said @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social, who worked with Pretti both at the hospital and on scientific research. "I’m just stunned.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Man shot in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse: ‘He wanted to help people’
Alex Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Alex Pretti took care of veterans as an ICU nurse. “He was a super nice, super helpful guy – looked after his patients," said @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social, who worked with Pretti both at the hospital and on scientific research. "I’m just stunned.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
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Sorry for Xposting today, but the president of the Minnesota Gun Owners Law Center and the general counsel of the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus not only says Alex Pretti never touched his firearm, he was disarmed before he was shot. Big, since he has a media megaphone. x.com/robdoar/stat...
x.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Sorry for Xposting today, but the president of the Minnesota Gun Owners Law Center and the general counsel of the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus not only says Alex Pretti never touched his firearm, he was disarmed before he was shot. Big, since he has a media megaphone. x.com/robdoar/stat...