🎄Festive (Tired) Vet Student🎄
@chickenchick710.bsky.social
“Whatever is silenced will clamor to be heard, though silently.”
Southern transplant in the Midwest. Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am.
Southern transplant in the Midwest. Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am.
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idk what i expected when i got a news release about new baby pygmy slow lorises at the duluth, minnesota zoo but this is killing me
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
idk what i expected when i got a news release about new baby pygmy slow lorises at the duluth, minnesota zoo but this is killing me
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Abortions are a normal, essential part of reproductive health care.
Abortions are a normal, essential part of reproductive health care.
Abortions are a normal, essential part of reproductive health care.
Abortions are a normal, essential part of reproductive health care.
Abortions are a normal, essential part of reproductive health care.
December 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Abortions are a normal, essential part of reproductive health care.
Abortions are a normal, essential part of reproductive health care.
Abortions are a normal, essential part of reproductive health care.
Abortions are a normal, essential part of reproductive health care.
Abortions are a normal, essential part of reproductive health care.
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It's not enough to say, "here's an approach that can solve a problem." You have to show it fully in real people's lives. That's what @annneumann.bsky.social does in this rich exploration of programs that keep addicted moms & babies together while moms get sober. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
She was pregnant and addicted to fentanyl. Getting to keep her baby saved them both
A baby is born in withdrawal every 18 minutes in the US, and most end up in foster care. At centers like Maddie’s Place, mothers stay with their infants – and leave together, in recovery
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
It's not enough to say, "here's an approach that can solve a problem." You have to show it fully in real people's lives. That's what @annneumann.bsky.social does in this rich exploration of programs that keep addicted moms & babies together while moms get sober. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Did you know?
190 countries have infant immunization schedules that include the Hep B vaccine
115 countries recommend a universal birth-dose of the Hep B vaccine, one of the key actions WHO recommends to reduce Hep B prevalence
Read more in the WHO Hep B Report ➡️
iris.who.int/server/api/c...
190 countries have infant immunization schedules that include the Hep B vaccine
115 countries recommend a universal birth-dose of the Hep B vaccine, one of the key actions WHO recommends to reduce Hep B prevalence
Read more in the WHO Hep B Report ➡️
iris.who.int/server/api/c...
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Did you know?
190 countries have infant immunization schedules that include the Hep B vaccine
115 countries recommend a universal birth-dose of the Hep B vaccine, one of the key actions WHO recommends to reduce Hep B prevalence
Read more in the WHO Hep B Report ➡️
iris.who.int/server/api/c...
190 countries have infant immunization schedules that include the Hep B vaccine
115 countries recommend a universal birth-dose of the Hep B vaccine, one of the key actions WHO recommends to reduce Hep B prevalence
Read more in the WHO Hep B Report ➡️
iris.who.int/server/api/c...
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Gov. Tim Walz said it’s not right to disparage an entire racial or ethnic group if some members commit crimes.
Walz criticizes Trump's 'vile' remarks about Somali immigrants
Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s recent disparaging statements about Somali immigrants, calling the remarks “vile, racist lies and slander towards our fellow Minne...
www.mprnews.org
December 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Gov. Tim Walz said it’s not right to disparage an entire racial or ethnic group if some members commit crimes.
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The de-documentation campaign continues. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Trump Tightens Work Permits for Migrants, Expanding Crackdown on Legal Immigration
The quicker expiration dates primarily will affect immigrants seeking asylum or other forms of humanitarian protections.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The de-documentation campaign continues. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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This is the story tonight. Every Dem who was in that room should be telling us what they saw.
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is the story tonight. Every Dem who was in that room should be telling us what they saw.
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Recurrent Respiratory Papillomas is a rare condition, and onset is more common in children than adults. Vaccinating your kids is the best way to protect them and their future children from this incurable disease. Learn more at
rrpf.org
rrpf.org
The Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis Foundation
The Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis Foundation is on a mission to find a cure and ultimately eradicate RRP, so that it becomes a disease of the past.
rrpf.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Recurrent Respiratory Papillomas is a rare condition, and onset is more common in children than adults. Vaccinating your kids is the best way to protect them and their future children from this incurable disease. Learn more at
rrpf.org
rrpf.org
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Not sure if your kids should get the HPV vaccine?
Think about your grand-kids. If your daughter or daughter-in-law has HPV on their cervix during delivery, the virus can enter the baby's airway & cause Recurrent Respiratory Papilomas, which is incurable. 🧵
Think about your grand-kids. If your daughter or daughter-in-law has HPV on their cervix during delivery, the virus can enter the baby's airway & cause Recurrent Respiratory Papilomas, which is incurable. 🧵
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Not sure if your kids should get the HPV vaccine?
Think about your grand-kids. If your daughter or daughter-in-law has HPV on their cervix during delivery, the virus can enter the baby's airway & cause Recurrent Respiratory Papilomas, which is incurable. 🧵
Think about your grand-kids. If your daughter or daughter-in-law has HPV on their cervix during delivery, the virus can enter the baby's airway & cause Recurrent Respiratory Papilomas, which is incurable. 🧵
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"it's all a sham, it's not on the level" -- @matthewcort.land is spot on, this is an antivax show trial by antivaxxers
see also this NEJM piece by 12 bipartisan former FDA directors (35 yrs!):
"it relies on the rigor and goodwill of the people doing the evaluation"
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
see also this NEJM piece by 12 bipartisan former FDA directors (35 yrs!):
"it relies on the rigor and goodwill of the people doing the evaluation"
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"it's all a sham, it's not on the level" -- @matthewcort.land is spot on, this is an antivax show trial by antivaxxers
see also this NEJM piece by 12 bipartisan former FDA directors (35 yrs!):
"it relies on the rigor and goodwill of the people doing the evaluation"
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
see also this NEJM piece by 12 bipartisan former FDA directors (35 yrs!):
"it relies on the rigor and goodwill of the people doing the evaluation"
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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A 6-year-old boy in Queens is one of the youngest migrants to be taken from a parent by ICE and placed in federal custody in New York City as part of President Trump’s deportation crackdown. The child and his father fled China earlier this year.
ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China
The child and his father fled China earlier this year and the boy had just been enrolled in school. Federal officials have tried and failed to send them back.
nyti.ms
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A 6-year-old boy in Queens is one of the youngest migrants to be taken from a parent by ICE and placed in federal custody in New York City as part of President Trump’s deportation crackdown. The child and his father fled China earlier this year.
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Donald Trump’s hateful words don’t stand in Minnesota.
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Donald Trump’s hateful words don’t stand in Minnesota.
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I keep saying “fuck Bill Cassidy”
ACIP may end universal Hep B vaccination today.
Hep B prevention is Cassidy's passion, as he made clear during RFK Jr's confirmation hearings.
But let's not forget... his vote to confirm RFK Jr. got us into this mess!
He needs to use every lever of power he has in the Senate to fix it.
Hep B prevention is Cassidy's passion, as he made clear during RFK Jr's confirmation hearings.
But let's not forget... his vote to confirm RFK Jr. got us into this mess!
He needs to use every lever of power he has in the Senate to fix it.
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I keep saying “fuck Bill Cassidy”
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I am a woman who joined the Let’s Rethink Chicks Having The Right To Vote Party and I am concerned they do not take me completely seriously, somebody please help me
A member of the House Republican caucus said this.
Oh. So things are BAD bad.
Oh. So things are BAD bad.
December 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I am a woman who joined the Let’s Rethink Chicks Having The Right To Vote Party and I am concerned they do not take me completely seriously, somebody please help me
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Al Gore not mincing words on Bill Gates: "I think that there’s some evidence that he is frightened of Donald Trump. As soon as Trump was elected, he fired most of his climate staff, and then began to try and get on Donald Trump’s good side." heated.world/p/al-gores-c... via @emorwee.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Al Gore not mincing words on Bill Gates: "I think that there’s some evidence that he is frightened of Donald Trump. As soon as Trump was elected, he fired most of his climate staff, and then began to try and get on Donald Trump’s good side." heated.world/p/al-gores-c... via @emorwee.bsky.social
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NYU historian Irvin Ibargüen: "Mexican immigration flourished with the encouragement—indeed, the insistence—of the United States. To pretend otherwise is to feign shock at a harvest it intentionally planted and from which it has continually reaped rewards." time.com/7334455/immi...
Immigrant Workers Didn't Invade the U.S. They Were Recruited
As aggressively as the U.S. pursues immigrant enforcement, it has also invited and recruited immigrant workers.
time.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NYU historian Irvin Ibargüen: "Mexican immigration flourished with the encouragement—indeed, the insistence—of the United States. To pretend otherwise is to feign shock at a harvest it intentionally planted and from which it has continually reaped rewards." time.com/7334455/immi...
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The ACIP membership does not know if Hexavalent infant vaccines have similar vaccine response to hep B vs when given separately but in order to get EMA (European equivalent to FDA) approval they had to show this in a large clinical trial:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26216331/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26216331/
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The ACIP membership does not know if Hexavalent infant vaccines have similar vaccine response to hep B vs when given separately but in order to get EMA (European equivalent to FDA) approval they had to show this in a large clinical trial:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26216331/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26216331/
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Bingo. That's what grinds my gears about making this into an "oh no data centers" problem.
That implies that it's new, & restricted to where there are data centers. Absolutely not the case. This is bog standard for rural areas with a lot of livestock, & has been for decades.
That implies that it's new, & restricted to where there are data centers. Absolutely not the case. This is bog standard for rural areas with a lot of livestock, & has been for decades.
I'm willing to bet every ag heavy state has stories like this, and it never gets the national coverage it should.
Our Dirty Water: Nebraska’s nitrate problem is growing worse. It’s likely harming our kids. - Flatwater Free Press
Nebraska's nitrate level has doubled in the past four decades. Despite this, state and local governments have taken little action to regulate the farming practices that lead to nitrate seeping into ou...
flatwaterfreepress.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Bingo. That's what grinds my gears about making this into an "oh no data centers" problem.
That implies that it's new, & restricted to where there are data centers. Absolutely not the case. This is bog standard for rural areas with a lot of livestock, & has been for decades.
That implies that it's new, & restricted to where there are data centers. Absolutely not the case. This is bog standard for rural areas with a lot of livestock, & has been for decades.
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Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.
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Trump Appears To Doze During Stroke
December 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Trump Appears To Doze During Stroke
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"The raccoon entered the ABC liquor store in Ashland, Va., through the ceiling early Saturday morning. 'It wreaked havoc,' said Carol Mawyer, the public relations manager for Virginia ABC. 'It broke several bottles and consumed the spirits.'"
I love him.
I love him.
A Drunk Raccoon Passed Out in the Bathroom of a Virginia Liquor Store
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"The raccoon entered the ABC liquor store in Ashland, Va., through the ceiling early Saturday morning. 'It wreaked havoc,' said Carol Mawyer, the public relations manager for Virginia ABC. 'It broke several bottles and consumed the spirits.'"
I love him.
I love him.
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“I trust my immune system. I don’t need a vaccine.”
Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it.
Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.
Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it.
Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“I trust my immune system. I don’t need a vaccine.”
Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it.
Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.
Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it.
Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.
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The American Revolution I Didn't Know: Thoughts on a 12-hour teachable "moment" from Ken Burns. Surprises and provocations, gritty details and historical sweep. Also brutality, hypocrisy, and oh yeah, our lofty ideals. My latest at History Keeps Happening. jilllawrence.substack.com/p/american-r...
The American Revolution I Didn't Know
Thoughts on a 12-hour teachable "moment" from Ken Burns
jilllawrence.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The American Revolution I Didn't Know: Thoughts on a 12-hour teachable "moment" from Ken Burns. Surprises and provocations, gritty details and historical sweep. Also brutality, hypocrisy, and oh yeah, our lofty ideals. My latest at History Keeps Happening. jilllawrence.substack.com/p/american-r...
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Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
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The Trump administration is fully aware of the effectiveness of using vaccine disinformation to divide a population and undermine trust in scientific institutions.
Under the first Trump administration, the U.S. military ran a clandestine operation to undermine trust in China’s COVID19 vaccine.
Under the first Trump administration, the U.S. military ran a clandestine operation to undermine trust in China’s COVID19 vaccine.
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to incite fear of China vaccines
The covert effort began under Trump and continued into Biden’s presidency, Reuters found. Health experts say it endangered lives for possible geopolitical gain.
www.reuters.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The Trump administration is fully aware of the effectiveness of using vaccine disinformation to divide a population and undermine trust in scientific institutions.
Under the first Trump administration, the U.S. military ran a clandestine operation to undermine trust in China’s COVID19 vaccine.
Under the first Trump administration, the U.S. military ran a clandestine operation to undermine trust in China’s COVID19 vaccine.