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Lee

@zleeily.bsky.social

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CT having escaped FL 🏳️‍🌈 Have a torti Cat named Harrowhark Clinical Psychologist specializing in SUD Rediscovering fun after grad school Love theme parks, Halloween, carnivorous plants Still 😷 My posts do not represent my employer

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Lee @zleeily.bsky.social · Nov 11

I guess we are doing intros here. I’m a clinical psychologist specializing in SUD. My page is a mix of all my interests and I refuse to make a solely professional page. Expect cat photos, plant photos, sci fi book recs, harm reduction, and me getting to rediscover my love of New England.

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Jean @jeanjauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Spooky Season Reminder: Most "Halloween Black" food dye uses charcoal. Normally, it's safe to eat!

However:

Charcoal can NEUTRALIZE many types of medications!

If you're taking your meds (good for you!), make sure you consult your pharmacist to see if they might get neutralized!

Eat Safely!

a woman in a black dress is eating a cupcake

ALT: a woman in a black dress is eating a cupcake

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16h

can't deport them somewhere they want to go

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 2d

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 23h

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 1d

Uni administrators and trustees: We need viewpoint diversity.

Professor, outside of class: Working class should organize to overthrow capitalism

Uni administrators and trustees: No, not THAT kind of viewpoint diversity

Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 1d

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter

Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.

spectrumlocalnews.com

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Lee @zleeily.bsky.social · 1d

I will say though I’ve always had a level of distrust of them because they sent me home with what turned out to be appendicitis.

Lee @zleeily.bsky.social · 1d

This is horrifying. If Fenway is caving things are really bad.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

Fenway health in Boston has stopped providing gender affirming care to trans youth.

I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.

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Statement from Fenway Health explaining that due to new federal requirements effective October 1, 2025, they can no longer provide medical gender-affirming care such as hormones and puberty blockers to patients under 19, but all other services for patients of all ages will continue unchanged.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

In the case of Mr. Cruz, we have a very literal "show me your papers" arrest.

He was chilling with a friend when ICE officers demanded to see his papers. He didn't have them on him, so they detained him and interrogated him. He was eventually released — but with the ticket.

Rueben Antonio Cruz was sitting with a friend in Rogers Park when ICE agents pulled up onto the street.
The immigration officers stopped their truck and went straight after them on Oct. 9, Cruz told the Tribune.
“They asked us if we have papers. I said I do but I don’t have them on me,” Cruz, a 60-year old man with heart problems originally from El Salvador, recalled in Spanish.
The agents stood Cruz up, put him in their truck, drove around in circles, and asked questions, he said.
Where was he born? What is his name? Who is his mother? Who is his father?
“I told them, they are dead,” Cruz said. The agents said they needed the information anyway so they could look him up in their databases. Eventually, the agents verified that he is, in fact, legally in the country. And they let him go.
But not before writing him a $130 ticket for not having his papers. Cruz’s friend, who is homeless, did not have legal status and was taken away by the feds.

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 1d

What I'd love people to take from the Portland Frog (and the other inflatable costumes) is both that wearing an inflatable costume to a protest can create cool viral visuals AND that you need to just try shit.

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Lee @zleeily.bsky.social · 1d

Todays vibes

A selfie of me with a tortie cat resting on me

Lee @zleeily.bsky.social · 2d

I am home. Harrow is being a Velcro kitty and getting tons of hugs.

Lee @zleeily.bsky.social · 2d

It’s validating that the report made it to the investigation step.

Lee @zleeily.bsky.social · 2d

He did not charge a no show fee 😮‍💨. I got a letter in the mail saying my report has been assigned to an investigator.

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Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 2d

The film "NO" about the plebiscite that took down Pinochet has definitely influenced my advocacy. The lesson was, if you seem fun and upbeat, even in very serious times, the public is much more likely to stand with you.

These folks are doing it right!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Lee @zleeily.bsky.social · 2d

Made it on my connecting flight. 😮‍💨

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

Gotta say that announcing you had no idea people were boycotting JK Rowling’s work is like a total self-own

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Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 8d

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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Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 3d

A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations.

She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly!

Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:

A diagram of the bones and (some) deep muscles of the hand and forearm. AI says that we only have four digits. It’s also identified a tendon as the median nerve, another tendon as the ulnar nerve, among other issues.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the neck. It hallucinated the “ennocleidomasid” muscle, and the “anterior scalpalin muscle”.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the lateral thigh. It says that the gluteus Maximus (the big juicy butt muscle) is on the anterior side. It also points to the quadriceps muscle and says “attattment”. It also says that the same structure is the tibia AND the deep fascia of the leg.

An AI generated diagram of the bones of the hand and forearm. This time AI says we have 6 digits. It also says that the radius is the ulnar artery. Among other many issues.

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Lee @zleeily.bsky.social · 2d

Bracelet trading is really not a thing here. I gave out bracelets but did not find a single person to trade with

Lee @zleeily.bsky.social · 2d

Overall had a great time. The weather was so much better which made it easier to have more endurance for the event. There were a ton of great puppets and animatronics this year.

Lee @zleeily.bsky.social · 2d

There are no daytime lights on tours of the houses :(

Lee @zleeily.bsky.social · 2d

There are some more different levels of HHN ticket tiers than Orlando and this caused us to buy the wrong type due to difference between the two events. A day ticket plus standard HHN ticket had us locked out of early entry to houses.

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Lee @zleeily.bsky.social · 2d

The terror team was a little disappointing. I thought it would be like a spooky version of the daytime Tran ride but actually it was just a tram ride to a walkthrough attraction. There were some cool photo ops but it was not what I expected.

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Lee @zleeily.bsky.social · 2d

Couldn’t get private rip here but the non private rip was great and our credentials got us in the rip entrance for the rest of the night even after the tour was over

Lee @zleeily.bsky.social · 2d

The food for the daytime vip and nighttime rip was amazing. Way higher tier than Orlando. And there was outdoor seating to eat.

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