Leah Byland
@bylandl.bsky.social
pediatric emergency medicine, justice politics, feminism, snacks, plants. she/her, queens ny
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a fun game on here is to find people posting about how they’re shocked that antisemitism still exists at a level that can lead to shooting Jews during a Hanukkah celebration, and do a “from:” search for their posts containing the word “Zionist”
“Zionists are soulless” is not a principled critique
“Zionists are soulless” is not a principled critique
December 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
a fun game on here is to find people posting about how they’re shocked that antisemitism still exists at a level that can lead to shooting Jews during a Hanukkah celebration, and do a “from:” search for their posts containing the word “Zionist”
“Zionists are soulless” is not a principled critique
“Zionists are soulless” is not a principled critique
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Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
Any time you’ve had to yell “don’t put that in your mouth!!!” at your baby/toddler, that’s a potential hep B transmission event in an unvaccinated child. Thank you for coming to my ted scream
December 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Any time you’ve had to yell “don’t put that in your mouth!!!” at your baby/toddler, that’s a potential hep B transmission event in an unvaccinated child. Thank you for coming to my ted scream
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“What have I done!” 🤡
December 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“What have I done!” 🤡
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Mamdani turned his haters into waiters at the table of success
November 22, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Mamdani turned his haters into waiters at the table of success
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I can rewrite the first bullet:
• The claim "the Loch Ness monster does not exist" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that the Loch Ness monster does exist.
• The claim "the Loch Ness monster does not exist" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that the Loch Ness monster does exist.
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I can rewrite the first bullet:
• The claim "the Loch Ness monster does not exist" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that the Loch Ness monster does exist.
• The claim "the Loch Ness monster does not exist" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that the Loch Ness monster does exist.
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The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
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The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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The oligarchs can’t stop @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. But they can try to position the city against his coming mayoralty. And everyone who lived through the manufactured Islamophobic hysteria known as the “Ground Zero Mosque” knows exactly how this venom spreads.
The Ground Zero Mosqueification of Zohran Mamdani
The politics of 9/11 may not be strong enough to take down the New York mayoral frontrunner. But they'll burn the social fabric of the city they claim to save
www.forever-wars.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The oligarchs can’t stop @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. But they can try to position the city against his coming mayoralty. And everyone who lived through the manufactured Islamophobic hysteria known as the “Ground Zero Mosque” knows exactly how this venom spreads.
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Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"???
November 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"???
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Wake up, Dick! I want you to see droves of New Yorkers voting in a Muslim socialist as mayor!
Dick?
Dick?
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Wake up, Dick! I want you to see droves of New Yorkers voting in a Muslim socialist as mayor!
Dick?
Dick?
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"HOW WILL ZOHRAN PAY FOR FREE BUSES" screamed the Staten Islanders who have a free ferry
November 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"HOW WILL ZOHRAN PAY FOR FREE BUSES" screamed the Staten Islanders who have a free ferry
📩 yes I did, from the comfort of my couch📩
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November 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
📩 yes I did, from the comfort of my couch📩
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"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
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i made posts in the past in support of Graham Platner. i have reevaluated based on further information (Nazi tattoo) and no longer am in support of Platner. the best part about living in a democracy is being able to change my mind about my vote.
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
i made posts in the past in support of Graham Platner. i have reevaluated based on further information (Nazi tattoo) and no longer am in support of Platner. the best part about living in a democracy is being able to change my mind about my vote.
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aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
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The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.
The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak
Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.
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Weird way to describe one of the only specific scenarios that the founders outlined as treason
President Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary" to handle "domestic terrorists" as he expands his controversial deployments to more U.S. cities.
Trump says he'll send troops to Portland, Ore., to handle 'domestic terrorists'
President Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary" to handle "domestic terrorists" as he expands his controversial deployments to more U.S. cities.
n.pr
September 28, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Weird way to describe one of the only specific scenarios that the founders outlined as treason
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People have asked if this is like white people wearing kente cloth but now that I know that it's a specifically Bukharian garment I'd say it's like white people wearing kente cloth at an event for Egyptians because "hey, it's African right?"
You guys do yourself a favor and look at what Eric Adams wore to Rosh Hashanah services at the Sephardic Lebanese Congregation
September 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
People have asked if this is like white people wearing kente cloth but now that I know that it's a specifically Bukharian garment I'd say it's like white people wearing kente cloth at an event for Egyptians because "hey, it's African right?"
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Threat of political violence are coming from inside the party
"Let's put [Liz Cheney] with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, okay? Let's see how she feels about it, you know, when the guns are trained on her face."
— Donald Trump, October 31, 2024
— Donald Trump, October 31, 2024
September 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Threat of political violence are coming from inside the party
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NEW: No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way. That's what Ezra Klein said. We can condemn this heinous assassination but also recognize that with his 2020 election denialism and extremist rhetoric, Kirk built his movement with falsehoods and in a wrong and divisive manner.
No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way
His assassination deserves full condemnation; his full impact should not be sidestepped.
www.motherjones.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
NEW: No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way. That's what Ezra Klein said. We can condemn this heinous assassination but also recognize that with his 2020 election denialism and extremist rhetoric, Kirk built his movement with falsehoods and in a wrong and divisive manner.
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This child was infected with measles before they were able to be vaccinated (under 12 months), likely from someone unvaccinated.
They survived the infection but years later they’re dead. The risk of SSPE for an infant infected with measles is 1 in 600, & it’s 95% fatal. Your vaccine protects others
They survived the infection but years later they’re dead. The risk of SSPE for an infant infected with measles is 1 in 600, & it’s 95% fatal. Your vaccine protects others
A school-age child in Los Angeles has died of a rare complication from measles, years after being infected with the virus.
Los Angeles child dies from rare measles complication years after recovery
The health department said the death is a "painful reminder" of how dangerous measles can be in unvaccinated people.
nbcnews.to
September 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This child was infected with measles before they were able to be vaccinated (under 12 months), likely from someone unvaccinated.
They survived the infection but years later they’re dead. The risk of SSPE for an infant infected with measles is 1 in 600, & it’s 95% fatal. Your vaccine protects others
They survived the infection but years later they’re dead. The risk of SSPE for an infant infected with measles is 1 in 600, & it’s 95% fatal. Your vaccine protects others