dr. birb
@birb-mo.bsky.social
they/them
biologist, fiber artist, tired
biologist, fiber artist, tired
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🧵🧵 MPOX
1/9
Three cases of Mpox Clade 1 confirmed in Los Angeles this month, none with recent foreign travel.
That suggests *local spread* is happening.
People here already have it and have transmitted it.
This is concerning - let’s delve in.
(Marathon post ahead!)
1/9
Three cases of Mpox Clade 1 confirmed in Los Angeles this month, none with recent foreign travel.
That suggests *local spread* is happening.
People here already have it and have transmitted it.
This is concerning - let’s delve in.
(Marathon post ahead!)
A potentially more severe strain of mpox may be spreading in L.A. County
It’s the first time this particular type of mpox, known as “Clade I,” has been found in the United States among people who had no history of traveling overseas to high-risk areas.
www.latimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
🧵🧵 MPOX
1/9
Three cases of Mpox Clade 1 confirmed in Los Angeles this month, none with recent foreign travel.
That suggests *local spread* is happening.
People here already have it and have transmitted it.
This is concerning - let’s delve in.
(Marathon post ahead!)
1/9
Three cases of Mpox Clade 1 confirmed in Los Angeles this month, none with recent foreign travel.
That suggests *local spread* is happening.
People here already have it and have transmitted it.
This is concerning - let’s delve in.
(Marathon post ahead!)
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one thing about me is that I will always be a fucking asshole about the running festival and the bike race. cause why are you shutting down the whole city when you could do that shit in like, a park or a suburb
October 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
one thing about me is that I will always be a fucking asshole about the running festival and the bike race. cause why are you shutting down the whole city when you could do that shit in like, a park or a suburb
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Hey guys! I'm new to actually using Bluesky, but I wanted to let you know that I have commissions open on the ko-fi in my bio! Check out below and on my ko-fi for my work- I'm mainly doing pixel art right now to round out my portfolio. Thank you!
October 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Hey guys! I'm new to actually using Bluesky, but I wanted to let you know that I have commissions open on the ko-fi in my bio! Check out below and on my ko-fi for my work- I'm mainly doing pixel art right now to round out my portfolio. Thank you!
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"I would like to see the data" (Werner Herzog in the Mandalorian voice)
We wouldn't be scientists if our team didn't use R to make a visualization to share with the class. The yellower the district, the more Quack-O-Grams were sent! Will GA-05 keep the crown?
Send your own here! zurl.co/bLwwE
We wouldn't be scientists if our team didn't use R to make a visualization to share with the class. The yellower the district, the more Quack-O-Grams were sent! Will GA-05 keep the crown?
Send your own here! zurl.co/bLwwE
September 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"I would like to see the data" (Werner Herzog in the Mandalorian voice)
We wouldn't be scientists if our team didn't use R to make a visualization to share with the class. The yellower the district, the more Quack-O-Grams were sent! Will GA-05 keep the crown?
Send your own here! zurl.co/bLwwE
We wouldn't be scientists if our team didn't use R to make a visualization to share with the class. The yellower the district, the more Quack-O-Grams were sent! Will GA-05 keep the crown?
Send your own here! zurl.co/bLwwE
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The thing about being neurodivergent is that I Like It. What I don’t like is that the world imposes numerous taxes on me for being like this.
I don’t view it as a Me problem.
I don’t view it as a Me problem.
September 24, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The thing about being neurodivergent is that I Like It. What I don’t like is that the world imposes numerous taxes on me for being like this.
I don’t view it as a Me problem.
I don’t view it as a Me problem.
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i love my autistic mind! i love my transsexual body!
September 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
i love my autistic mind! i love my transsexual body!
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ik i complained about this last week but the fact that it's now late September and it's still in the upper 70s/low 80s every day is fucking killing me!!! i want to wear a sweater!!!!
September 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
ik i complained about this last week but the fact that it's now late September and it's still in the upper 70s/low 80s every day is fucking killing me!!! i want to wear a sweater!!!!
The booster kicked my ass but I've (almost) lived* to tell the tale
* I am still exhausted and achy but I made it through teaching today
* I am still exhausted and achy but I made it through teaching today
September 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The booster kicked my ass but I've (almost) lived* to tell the tale
* I am still exhausted and achy but I made it through teaching today
* I am still exhausted and achy but I made it through teaching today
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com can *write*.
Her memoir, The Dad Rock that Made Me a Woman is told through the lens of a loose and unique definition of the musical genre. It’s one of the best books I’ve read this year.
Lots more, including links to excerpts, here:
Her memoir, The Dad Rock that Made Me a Woman is told through the lens of a loose and unique definition of the musical genre. It’s one of the best books I’ve read this year.
Lots more, including links to excerpts, here:
The Dad Rock that Made Me a Woman - Turn & Work
Niko Stratis can write. Her memoir, The Dad Rock that Made Me a Woman, is told through the lens of a loose and unique definition of the musical genre. It's one of the best books I've read this year.
www.turnandwork.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com can *write*.
Her memoir, The Dad Rock that Made Me a Woman is told through the lens of a loose and unique definition of the musical genre. It’s one of the best books I’ve read this year.
Lots more, including links to excerpts, here:
Her memoir, The Dad Rock that Made Me a Woman is told through the lens of a loose and unique definition of the musical genre. It’s one of the best books I’ve read this year.
Lots more, including links to excerpts, here:
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Honestly, never thought "Tylenol" would be trending.
September 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Honestly, never thought "Tylenol" would be trending.
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tomorrow morning a truck is gonna deliver WAY TOO MANY copies of Sex Change and the City to my house, so anyway I panicked and now you can get 25% off of 2+ copies of SCATC, this week only, with code TWOSHOES.
📚🛒: girldadpress.bigcartel.com
It's a trans/queer Sex and the City anthology btw :)
📚🛒: girldadpress.bigcartel.com
It's a trans/queer Sex and the City anthology btw :)
September 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
tomorrow morning a truck is gonna deliver WAY TOO MANY copies of Sex Change and the City to my house, so anyway I panicked and now you can get 25% off of 2+ copies of SCATC, this week only, with code TWOSHOES.
📚🛒: girldadpress.bigcartel.com
It's a trans/queer Sex and the City anthology btw :)
📚🛒: girldadpress.bigcartel.com
It's a trans/queer Sex and the City anthology btw :)
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FACT CHECK: Acetaminophen (Tylenol) has no credible link with autism. Tylenol is the leading option to combat dangerous fevers during pregnancy — fearmongering around tried and tested medicine puts pregnant people and children at risk. #impeachthequack
September 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
FACT CHECK: Acetaminophen (Tylenol) has no credible link with autism. Tylenol is the leading option to combat dangerous fevers during pregnancy — fearmongering around tried and tested medicine puts pregnant people and children at risk. #impeachthequack
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Yesterday, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, CMS Director Mehmet Oz, and FDA Director Marty Makary silently flanked the president — complicit in his unscientific claims and pseudoscience agenda.
We're naming and shaming them. They are a public health risk.
We're naming and shaming them. They are a public health risk.
September 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Yesterday, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, CMS Director Mehmet Oz, and FDA Director Marty Makary silently flanked the president — complicit in his unscientific claims and pseudoscience agenda.
We're naming and shaming them. They are a public health risk.
We're naming and shaming them. They are a public health risk.
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trains are magic and it’s so embarrassing that the richest country in the history of the world is all “high speed rail? nah we don’t need it”
September 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
trains are magic and it’s so embarrassing that the richest country in the history of the world is all “high speed rail? nah we don’t need it”
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It would be fucking amazing if folks gave their cancelled Disney+, WaPo, etc money to worker owned media! Those couple of dollars would make a genuinely huge difference to us. www.coyotemedia.org
COYOTE
Independent journalism with a bite!
www.coyotemedia.org
September 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
It would be fucking amazing if folks gave their cancelled Disney+, WaPo, etc money to worker owned media! Those couple of dollars would make a genuinely huge difference to us. www.coyotemedia.org
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i need this 80+ degree weather to fucking Stop
September 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
i need this 80+ degree weather to fucking Stop
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I want to once again reiterate what I said earlier. The reason the vast majority of Democratic and so-called centrist elites have acquiesced over and over again is that they are COMPLICIT. Because they actually know that direct confrontation is how you defeat fascists and choose not to do it.
Certainly looks like we scared the President away from Chicago. Fighting like hell works.
September 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I want to once again reiterate what I said earlier. The reason the vast majority of Democratic and so-called centrist elites have acquiesced over and over again is that they are COMPLICIT. Because they actually know that direct confrontation is how you defeat fascists and choose not to do it.
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if i can't get one i'm gonna be so fuckin mad
Pfizer says this season’s COVID shot boosts immune responses fourfold arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Pfizer says this season’s COVID shot boosts immune responses fourfold
Positive results come as Americans face confusing access rules that vary by state.
arstechnica.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
if i can't get one i'm gonna be so fuckin mad
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Following up on my thread on the attacks on the Gaza Flotilla I've put together the following article with my @bellingcat.com colleagues, examining the open source evidence, and establishing as much as we can know about the attacks
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09...
Incendiary Munitions Strike Gaza-bound Flotilla Two Nights in a Row - bellingcat
On September 8 and 9, two vessels of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) were attacked outside the port of Sidi Bou Said in Tunisia. Bellingcat analysed footage and images from both incidents. ...
www.bellingcat.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Following up on my thread on the attacks on the Gaza Flotilla I've put together the following article with my @bellingcat.com colleagues, examining the open source evidence, and establishing as much as we can know about the attacks
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09...
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as if the Constitution doesn’t exist. The Fourth Amendment clearly requires that stops and searches be based on reasonable suspicion or probable cause. If individuals are being targeted just because of how they look, that’s a violation of the Fourth Amendment.
September 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
as if the Constitution doesn’t exist. The Fourth Amendment clearly requires that stops and searches be based on reasonable suspicion or probable cause. If individuals are being targeted just because of how they look, that’s a violation of the Fourth Amendment.
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🤬Fuck it Friday 🧵
What’s incredibly frustrating is that there is a legitimate scientific discussion to be had on who benefits most from an annual COVID-19 booster and for whom there is little added benefit. Former ACIP members were about to have exactly that discussion right before RFKJ fired them.
What’s incredibly frustrating is that there is a legitimate scientific discussion to be had on who benefits most from an annual COVID-19 booster and for whom there is little added benefit. Former ACIP members were about to have exactly that discussion right before RFKJ fired them.
September 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🤬Fuck it Friday 🧵
What’s incredibly frustrating is that there is a legitimate scientific discussion to be had on who benefits most from an annual COVID-19 booster and for whom there is little added benefit. Former ACIP members were about to have exactly that discussion right before RFKJ fired them.
What’s incredibly frustrating is that there is a legitimate scientific discussion to be had on who benefits most from an annual COVID-19 booster and for whom there is little added benefit. Former ACIP members were about to have exactly that discussion right before RFKJ fired them.
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Driving in MD and seeing this person with a jersey plate straight up have their trunk SARAN WRAPPED ON? Because they were in an accident and couldn't get it fixed? Insane. Why are people still buying Tesla cars????
September 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Driving in MD and seeing this person with a jersey plate straight up have their trunk SARAN WRAPPED ON? Because they were in an accident and couldn't get it fixed? Insane. Why are people still buying Tesla cars????
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Be aware that you may need to opt-out of data sharing with your AI model 🧪 the-decoder.com/anthropic-us...
Anthropic uses a questionable dark pattern to obtain user consent for AI data use in Claude
Anthropic’s new data policy raises legal concerns with its use of questionable dark patterns.
the-decoder.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Be aware that you may need to opt-out of data sharing with your AI model 🧪 the-decoder.com/anthropic-us...