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Rachel Feltman (she/they) @feltman.bsky.social · 1d

Jared Kushner and a bunch of Saudi investors owning The Sims obviously isn't the worst thing that's happening right now but I just really didn't have that one on my enshittification bingo card

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Rachel Feltman (she/they) @feltman.bsky.social · 2d

"with an open mind and a fresh notebook" is so jschool cringecore I can't even fully explain my aversion to it

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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 6d

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Lauren J. Young @laurenjyoung.bsky.social · 7d

"You see CDC being torn apart, 2,000 people who are no longer there, years of experience, centers that are being demolished." @drdemetre.bsky.social discusses the dire state of US public health w/ @feltman.bsky.social on @sciam.bsky.social Science Quickly: www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...

Demetre Daskalakis Saw the CDC Change from the Inside—And He’s Sounding the Alarm

The former director of a CDC center reveals how political ideology is undermining science, threatening vaccine policy and endangering public health across the U.S.

www.scientificamerican.com

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Rachel Feltman (she/they) @feltman.bsky.social · 7d

Today on Science Quickly for @sciam.bsky.social: @drdemetre.bsky.social on how the CDC has decayed from a trusted source of health information to "an ideology propaganda machine that’s Orwellian"—and what we can do about it

www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...

Demetre Daskalakis Saw the CDC Change from the Inside—And He’s Sounding the Alarm

The former director of a CDC center reveals how political ideology is undermining science, threatening vaccine policy and endangering public health across the U.S.

www.scientificamerican.com

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Allison Parshall @parshallison.bsky.social · 12d

Every new thing I learn about Alvin Lucier is cooler than the last. He used his brainwaves to make music in the '60s--and he found a way to keep it up, even after his death. "If anyone was gonna pull off immortality, it was him," his daughter, Amanda Lucier, told me.

Enjoy the episode!🧪

Rachel Feltman (she/they) @feltman.bsky.social · 12d

Today on @sciam.bsky.social's Science Quickly, our unofficial music correspondent @parshallison.bsky.social tells us how one experimental composer is continuing to make music from beyond the grave www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...

Experimental Music Meets Neuroscience in a Haunting New Installation

A museum exhibit in Australia lets visitors hear music generated by brain cells derived from the blood of a dead composer.

www.scientificamerican.com

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Rachel Feltman (she/they) @feltman.bsky.social · 12d

Today on @sciam.bsky.social's Science Quickly, our unofficial music correspondent @parshallison.bsky.social tells us how one experimental composer is continuing to make music from beyond the grave www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...

Experimental Music Meets Neuroscience in a Haunting New Installation

A museum exhibit in Australia lets visitors hear music generated by brain cells derived from the blood of a dead composer.

www.scientificamerican.com

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 14d

maybe the dire wolves were skating bowls too much

Rachel Feltman (she/they) @feltman.bsky.social · 14d

Got to talk about ~hot historical gossip~ with @annaleen.bsky.social on this week's Weirdest Thing! Also: skate park archaeology www.popsci.com/science/arch...

Why archaeologists are studying a skate park

Plus dire wolves' bad knees and other weird things we learned this week.

www.popsci.com

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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 13d

Karolina spent years idolizing raw vegan influencers on Instagram. She went to Bali to meet them — and never came home.

My deep dive on fruitarianism — a group of wellness influencers who exclusively eat raw fruit — is up on @nymag.com @thecut.com today. www.thecut.com/article/karo...

The Woman Who Ate Only Fruit

Karolina Krzyzak went to Bali to meet the raw-vegan influencers she’d followed for years. She never made it back home.

www.thecut.com

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Rachel Feltman (she/they) @feltman.bsky.social · 14d

Got to talk about ~hot historical gossip~ with @annaleen.bsky.social on this week's Weirdest Thing! Also: skate park archaeology www.popsci.com/science/arch...

Why archaeologists are studying a skate park

Plus dire wolves' bad knees and other weird things we learned this week.

www.popsci.com

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Rachel Feltman (she/they) @feltman.bsky.social · 14d

we are a heartbeat away from someone in a position of medical authority saying that fresh liver smoothies are superior to prenatal vitamins and the best treatment for a maternal fever is a cold plunge

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Rachel Feltman (she/they) @feltman.bsky.social · 14d

meanwhile, unmanaged fevers during pregnancy are such a concern that they put the fear of god into you about taking HOT BATHS

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Kimmel's show put together a montage of Trump insisting dozens of times yesterday to "DON'T TAKE TYLENOL." Complete insanity.

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Quite Uninteresting @quiteuninteresting.bsky.social · 14d

Really important piece by Roxane Gay: “Civility obsessives love a silver-tongued devil, wearing a nice suit, sporting a tidy haircut, while whispering sweet bigotries.” 🎁 link: @roxanegay.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

Opinion | Civility Is a Fantasy

www.nytimes.com

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Rachel Feltman (she/they) @feltman.bsky.social · 14d

The always excellent @parshallison.bsky.social unpacks the evidence on pregnancy and tylenol www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...

Does Tylenol Use during Pregnancy Cause Autism? What the Research Shows

President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., have tied Tylenol use during pregnancy and folate deficiencies to rising autism rates—but the evidence is thin

www.scientificamerican.com

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 16d

It's all fun and games until a cop handles a Tylenol gelcap with no gloves and within seconds their socks are bothering them.

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Rachel Feltman (she/they) @feltman.bsky.social · 15d

I have complex religious lore

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 15d

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

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Rachel Feltman (she/they) @feltman.bsky.social · 15d

throughout my childhood I had sunday school teachers tell me the rapture would obviously happen before I made it to adulthood, which is something I remember fondly every time I have to, like, pay my taxes

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Rachel Feltman (she/they) @feltman.bsky.social · 17d

celebrating the high holy days www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPwG...

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YouTube video by Demi Adejuyigbe

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Rachel Feltman (she/they) @feltman.bsky.social · 17d

FYI this is the last day of Penzey's "release the files" sale, where all spices that start with "R" or "F" are 33% off with the code "files" www.penzeys.com

HomePage | Penzeys

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Rachel Feltman (she/they) @feltman.bsky.social · 19d

sounds like something someone would make up/misremember based on the (I think true?) factoid about football players using their heads more and therefore getting more concussions once helmets became a thing

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TonyaTemplar 🦋 @tonyatemplar.bsky.social · 19d

SecUnit: "Just remember you're not alone here. I never know what to say to that. I am actually alone in my head, and that's where 90 plus percent of my problems are". Me: FACTS 😅
Network Effect. Book 5 of #Murderbot books by @marthawells.com 🥰 #booksky #books #crochet #craft

Network Effect by Martha Wells alonside a crochet square in colours that match the book cover. Orange, Greys & Black

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Lauren J. Young @laurenjyoung.bsky.social · 21d

Confused by patchwork COVID vaccine guidelines across states? @sciam.bsky.social has a map with the latest info from the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations. We'll keep tracking updates. 📊 @unamandita.bsky.social ✏️ @jaimieseaton.bsky.social. www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...

What State-by-State Rules Mean for Your COVID Shot

With federal vaccine guidance under fire, states are forging their own immunization paths

www.scientificamerican.com

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Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · 22d

I'm teaching a Workshop4Gaza in November about writing alongside the non-human! We're raising funds for The Sameer Project. Come! We'll be reading from Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, and more.
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...

Writing Alongside the Nonhuman — Workshops 4 Gaza

Step 1: Donate to Sameer Project here (sugg. donation $40) Step 2: Register for “Writing Alongside the Nonhuman” here It is one thing to write about animals, plants, and other non-human...

www.workshops4gaza.com

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 25d

i share this mayo clinic video every year because more people need to see and hear how horrific a disease whooping cough is

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