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ScaryCave.gov @vapornoir.bsky.social · 6h

My family: Heaven gained another Angel today

Me in hell: -meme image of Doomguy fighting demons in hell- WHERE IS OLE IVAR LOVAAS?

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Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 10h

Explain to me why “conversion therapy” is banned in 28 countries and ABA is not, when they have the same creator (O. Ivar Lovaas) and utilize similar if not identical principles, techniques, and goals (forced assimilation).

Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 11h

Autism $peaks is the largest and most popular Autism organization (among allistics), who continues to be 100% in support of ABA. They have lobbyists who push ABA as the “gold standard Autism treatment.” It utilizes same practices as “conversion therapy,” which is currently banned in 28 countries.

Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 11h

ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) is the “gold standard” of “treatment” for Autism, and was created by the person as “Conversion therapy” (see Lovaas) with similar techniques and goals. It’s torture that continues to have widespread support and acceptance.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 1d

Viruses and Gel electrophoresis in vibrant watercolor #sciart artologica.etsy.com

blue and green watercolor of 6 different viruses

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 1d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 6d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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𝐍𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐮.@山戌軒 @necoinuken.bsky.social · 2d

I hope this helps someone, but I left it in my notebook about the effect of art becoming interesting.
(CLIPSTUDIO)

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ScaryCave.gov @vapornoir.bsky.social · 1d

Dudes whose dopamine centers are so cooked that they can only get off to hentai are the same as those beetles that try to fuck pieces of glass in my mind

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♿ hiding from plagues - Always masked - N95 or bust @smollestbunny2.bsky.social · 1d

Its fucking covid. Its fucking covid. Its fucking covid. Wear a fucking mask. Wear a fucking mask, wear a fucking mask

My partner was only 60 when he was diagnosed with young onset Alzheimer's. This is what I've learnt

The number of Kiwis with dementia will more than double in the next 25 years, study shows.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 6d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 1d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 1d

New reporting: many apparently fired at CDC in 'error'. This is a failure by design given that the admin does not care about fulfilling agency missions. This is the kind of error that should have political consequences.

Unserious people cause real-world harm.

🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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addison raetheon corporation @horsescam.bsky.social · 1d

honestly most weapons formed against me will prosper. hammer? that’s gonna get my ass real easy

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 2d

5 ways YOU can use the torment nexus to maximize your workflow

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Chaos Doll @chaosdoll.bsky.social · 3d

If you're not familiar, Dystopika is a sort of "cozy dystopia builder". It's basically just a vibey and aesthetically pleasing sandbox with no real challenge. I tend to zen out with it.

store.steampowered.com/app/2379910/...

(This isn't sponsored or anything, I just really like the game.)

Dystopika on Steam

A city-building sandbox for futuristic cities. No goals, no management, just creativity and dark cozy vibes.

store.steampowered.com

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pony pony huckabuck @spindlypete.bsky.social · 2d

"tell your republican family and friends that-" i'm gonna stop you right there, we must have experienced wildly disparate bush administrations

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BJ 🏳️‍⚧️ @bellamyj.blacksky.app · 2d

It is not too late for you to start wearing a mask in public.

It is not too late for you to start advocating clean air.

It is not too late for you to learn how to build your own air filters or to tap in with folks already doing so.

They want you sick. They want your neighbors sick. Tell them no.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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ScaryCave.gov @vapornoir.bsky.social · 2d

me when I’ve been offline enough lately that I don’t remember the last person that I blocked

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 2d

I mean maybe everyone just repeatedly taking short term memory loss, brain fog and other blows to their brains, nervous and circulatory systems over the last five years helped create the conditions for the fascist total unreality

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John Mashey @johnmashey.bsky.social · 2d

This, another Friday night massacre.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 3d

artwork of some guy hunched over looking at like a bird thing, orange high-relief terrain with starry sky and gigantic skull in background. caption over skull reads actual deadly diseases, caption near guy reads RFK Jr looking for penis autism

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 3d

I'm doing another print run of these "Biology is Bigger than Binaries" shirts!

Back, quite literally, by popular demand. Bullying works, sure, but so does a bunch of nice cutie patooties politely asking!

Order 'em now, I'll mail 'em in early November.

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a woman with short bown hair, glasses, and tassel earrings, wears a purple KN95 and looks cool as hell in her biology is bigger than binaries shirt, in orange

a woman with green glasses takes a selfie lookin' cool as hell in her pink biology is bigger than binaries shirt. She's also got ice cream, that lucky dog.

a woman with long brown hair and glasses hangs out in the back yard with her pink biology is bigger than binaries shirt

A man with a hat and sunglasses stands in hero-pose with his biology is bigger than binaires shirt (orange)

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1/2 Bit @pixelcat.wtf · 3d

Every time I see a friend starting a game multiple times in a row on steam this meme comes to mind

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ScaryCave.gov @vapornoir.bsky.social · 3d

ruining literally the entire world for everyone else and they’re still unhappy. shame.

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ScaryCave.gov @vapornoir.bsky.social · 3d

This has now made me wonder if the people who support and enable the current Way Things Are are getting some big cocaine hit of productivity or if they too are putting on a facade.

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