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The rumor that Alex Pretti was fired from his job over misconduct accusations is a lie. #Ice #Minnesota
January 30, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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So, the Trump admin was able to bring astronauts stuck in space back down to earth, but it won’t lift a finger to bring a Maryland dad they “oopsie” imprisoned in a gulag back from El Salvador?

Do I have that just about right?
April 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Don’t be fooled. RFK Jr is still denigrating vaccines.
www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-be-fo...
Don’t Be Fooled: RFK Jr. Is Still Talking Down Vaccines
It’s part of a much bigger blow to American health care that will reverberate for decades.
www.thebulwark.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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February 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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February 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Abortion bans in the US led to higher-than-expected infant mortality, especially among non-Hispanic Black infants in southern states.

by Gemmill A, Franks AM (...) Bell SO et 6 al. in JAMA #MedSky

📖 read the article:
US Abortion Bans and Infant Mortality
This population-based, cross-sectional study investigates the infant mortality rate following the adoption of complete or 6-week abortion bans in a number of US states.
jamanetwork.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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The universe speaks in mysterious ways.
February 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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If your home was damaged or destroyed by the fires in Los Angeles, you don’t need to settle for what your insurance company or the government first offers. And you don’t have to fight alone. Here’s what experts advised.
Hit by Wildfire? Here’s How to Deal With Insurers and FEMA.
You don’t need to settle for what your insurance company or the government first offers. And you don’t have to fight alone.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Six months after Covid vaccines were rolled out in the US, RFK Jr petitioned to have their authorization rescinded. I'm thinking of just how many more preventable deaths might have occurred had his petition succeeded.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/h...
RFK Jr. Sought to Stop Covid Vaccinations 6 Months After Rollout
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the F.D.A. to revoke authorization of the shots at a time when they were in high demand and considered life-saving.
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Billie Eilish and Finneas, Joni Mitchell, Lady Gaga, Stevie Nicks, Sting, Katy Perry, Green Day and Jelly Roll will be part of the lineup for FireAid, the first fund-raising mega-event to support fire relief efforts in the Los Angeles era.
Billie Eilish, Joni Mitchell and Lady Gaga Set for FireAid Benefit
The concert, which also includes Dave Matthews, Katy Perry, Stevie Nicks and more, will take place on Jan. 30 at the Kia Forum and Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Bravo, @anntelnaes.bsky.social.

I guess the new slogan for the Washington Post ought to be:

“Newspapers die in cowardice.”

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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70% of the world’s population has universal healthcare, but not the US

We are the only highly developed nation without it

Our healthcare is twice as expensive as the average wealthy nation

US ranks last among industrial nations for deaths that could be prevented with timely access to healthcare
January 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Gisèle Pelicot stood with her head held high in a courtroom in Avignon, France, on Thursday as the verdicts in the four-month rape trial of her ex-husband and 50 other men were read. Her image has become a symbol of female strength around the world, our critic writes.

Read more: nyti.ms/49MwR3U
December 19, 2024 at 12:16 PM
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When we’re young or middle-aged so much is about DOING as we age we need to learn more about BEING without so much of the doing. This week’s column: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I’m nearly 80 and there’s a void in my life that hobbies can’t fill
It’s about facing the freedom you have now, not as an overwhelming burden but as an opportunity
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2024 at 8:07 AM
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This large-scale study found no reliable evidence of atypical amygdala connectivity in autism, challenging existing neurobiological hypotheses.

by Kliemann D, Galdi P (...) Ghosh SS et 4 al. in Am J Psychiatry #MedSky

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Resting-State Functional Connectivity of the Amygdala in Autism: A Preregistered Large-Scale Study | American Journal of Psychiatry
Objective: Three leading neurobiological hypotheses about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) propose underconnectivity between brain regions, atypical function of the amygdala, and generally higher variability between individuals with ASD than between neurotypical individuals. Past work has often failed to generalize, because of small sample sizes, unquantified data quality, and analytic flexibility. This study addressed these limitations while testing the above three hypotheses, applied to amygdala functional connectivity. Methods: In a comprehensive preregistered study, the three hypotheses were tested in a subset (N=488 after exclusions; N=212 with ASD) of the Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange data sets. The authors analyzed resting-state functional connectivity (FC) from functional MRI data from two anatomically defined amygdala subdivisions, in three hypotheses with respect to magnitude, pattern similarity, and variability, across different anatomical scales ranging from whole brain to specific regions and networks. Results: A Bayesian approach to hypothesis evaluation produced inconsistent evidence in ASD for atypical amygdala FC magnitude, strong evidence that the multivariate pattern of FC was typical, and no consistent evidence of increased interindividual variability in FC. The results strongly depended on analytic choices, including preprocessing pipeline for the neuroimaging data, anatomical specificity, and subject exclusions. Conclusions: A preregistered set of analyses found no reliable evidence for atypical functional connectivity of the amygdala in autism, contrary to leading hypotheses. Future studies should test an expanded set of hypotheses across multiple processing pipelines, collect deeper data per individual, and include a greater diversity of participants to ensure robust generalizability of findings on amygdala FC in ASD.
psychiatryonline.org
December 10, 2024 at 8:36 AM
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