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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 5h

1. In a devastating new Pew Research Survey, only 3 in 10 transgender adults report being accepted by their parents.

And only 1 in 10 say they are accepted by their extended family.

This is the lowest number ever found in surveys asking similar questions.

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Pew Survey: Only 31% Of Trans People Report Being Accepted By Their Parents

The survey comes as transgender people experience a legal assault from the far-right in the United States.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 1d

A study of 500,000 medical records linked viruses with Alzheimer's again and again

"Those who were hospitalized with pneumonia after catching the flu seemed to be more susceptible to Alzheimer's disease, dementia, Parkinson's disease, and ALS"

www.sciencealert.com/a-study-of-5...

A Study of 500,000 Medical Records Linked Viruses With Alzheimer's Again And Again

A study of around 500,000 medical records published in 2023 suggested that severe viral infections like encephalitis and pneumonia increase the risk of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and ...

www.sciencealert.com

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Martin Warne @martinwarne.net · 12h

Bold assertion from the woman who once hacked into another MP’s website.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13h

Criminals should face "the full force of the law" says Kemi Badenoch

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14h

Studying the language and literature that has helped to define our nation at home and around the world for centuries is a "rip-off" apparently

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Flying Circuits @flyingcircuits.bsky.social · 12h

This accounting of what's been going on at NASA is a gut punch.

It describes the preparations they're making for upcoming disastrous (AND ILLEGAL) cuts in funding, and the first losses of priceless facilities, hardware, and staffing.

Burning our investment.
Dismantling our future.
#saveNASA

Shea (she/her) @solarshea.bsky.social · 1d

Shared with permission from Carl Stahle, Retired, Vice President of Goddard Retirees and Alumni Association, NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center

Link in the document text: www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...

(Original LinkedIn post: www.linkedin.com/posts/carl-s...)

@roguenasa.altgov.info

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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 14h

The sort of cartoon you'd expect to see from me

www.worldofmoose.com/products/con...

Cartoon showing a man reading from a dictionary to another. He says "So, it turns out confirmation bias means exactly what I expected it to mean|"

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 16h

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · 14h

The pressure is working. Labour MPs calling for a rapid review of JCVI's Covid vaccine eligibility

Write to your MP with CEV's easy template 👇
www.clinicallyvulnerable.org/post/labour-...

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 22h

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 23h

Here’s video of the incident

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 15h

Pity that management’s unwillingness to negotiate on pay, even when they admit the numbers that went into the comparison of pay at other London universities are wrong, resulting in falling relative and real terms pay, means we are striking today @imperialucu.bsky.social

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · May 26

Oh fuck off.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Hospitals must be ICE free zones.

People must not be afraid to access medical care.

ICE recently held a man with a broken leg for 37 days (!!!) handcuffed to a hospital bed.

They put him under a pseudonym so no one could find him.

They should never be allowed in healthcare facilities.

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

I'm in Chicago, getting reports that ICE fascists are occupying MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, IL.

The patient is allegedly in ICE custody, who is in plain clothes & wearing their firearm on their hip.

Previous admins banned ICE fascists from sensitive areas like hospitals & shelters. Not this regime

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

Gavin Newsom fucking sucks, part MCXVII

he still has until the end of the week for the rest of the bills so unfortunately it’s time to suck it up, call his office, and politely ask this living hairpiece to do the bare minimum to protect the most vulnerable among us

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 1d

AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.

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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: Tories would slash university places by 100k.

Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in apprenticeship funding.

Tomorrow, Badenoch will unveil plans to limit student numbers across all subjects.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Tories would slash university places by 100,000 - Research Professional News

Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in “doubled” apprenticeship funding

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 1d

British doctors volunteering to save lives in Gaza all deserve Honours. Agree?

Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

"the IDF say they attack hospitals because Hamas use them as areas to fight from..."

NHS surgeon Nick Maynard: "Its disappointing to hear that this is still being raised by the media in our country... there has been no credible evidence to support those claims"

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 1d

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Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 1d

As an aside, "Excellence" must be the single-most overused, empty, boilerplate word used in academic bureaucracy and it's typically a stand-in for "We don't know what we want so you should do everything".

Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 1d

Admin email from university: "Share your ideas: Help shape operational excellence at U of I"

Soliciting ideas for how to improve operational processes.

Except...

The form doesn't work—the form created by the Operational Excellence team.

Yeah.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

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Scary Mary Branscombe @marypcbuk.bsky.social · 1d

when they could have juat waited for a newspaper to run an image of the LA riots in a story about Portland

Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 1d

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 1d

This lurid headline is about British tourists no longer getting away with overstaying in Schengen. Or being 'illegals', as it's often called in the UK.

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