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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 11h

WHO #pertussis case definition misses many infections, needs revision, study suggests

Compared with WHO's definition, a modified definition including apnea but not cough duration boosted sensitivity but reduced specificity.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...

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Princess @themultiplemom.bsky.social · 20h

I graduated yesterday with my second masters (family studies and human development). It was a wild ride but I did it! So if you want to buy your girl a smoothie $themultiplemom.

😘😘😘😘

a woman with red hair is wearing a purple shirt and pearl earrings

ALT: a woman with red hair is wearing a purple shirt and pearl earrings

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 12h

In the words of the old Black grandmothers “what kind of sense does it make to have a wet pussy and a dry pocketbook?”

Bitch I want some flowers TOO. A BILL PAID. I want my favorite candy. I want you to consider & take care of me. You want to use me mind, body, and soul but I cant ask for ANYTHING?

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 10h

A few years ago, I created a guide for writing personal statements for grad school. I seem to have deleted where that lived on Google Docs. Does anybody happen to have a copy that they downloaded? Shot in the dark.

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Bean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 10h

I'm sorry. This is just GROSS. WTF is wrong with pediatrics??? My refrain since Jul 2020.

Could we take steps to stop making little kids sick all the time??

JFC. I cared if my little kid was sick. I wasn't magically reassured knowing there was a hospital bed for them.

WTF is wrong with people???

CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 11h

Data: Pediatric hospital strain amid 2022-23 respiratory virus season not tied to decline in beds

But there is 'substantial opportunity' for load-balancing strategies during future pediatric hospital surges to reduce bed strain and harm, the authors say.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...

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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 14h

they invented a machine that makes shit up and lies to you that you access via the rectangle they made that is making us sick. it doesn’t have to be like this

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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 14h

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 10h

Englewood’s own Tonika Lewis Johnson is a MacArthur "genius." blockclubchi.co/3Wshd7N

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 10h

HELLO!!!! I am on @npr.org today with the brilliant Dr. Ofronama Biu and @bmluse.bsky.social on It's Been a Minute.

We talk about why our economy needs Black women, how #TheDoubleTax explains the current moment, and what steps need to happen next. Get the book: annagifty.com!

#blacksky #booksky

Is the economy slowing? Ask Black women. : It's Been a Minute

Black women’s unemployment rate is hovering at 6.7% — higher than the rate for white workers. Is it a sign the broader economy could sour? These economists say yes.Black women are the 'canary in the ...

www.npr.org

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AHMAD_🇵🇸 @gogogo91.bsky.social · 1d

My friends 💔,
We live in a tent after losing everything... home, safety, and even warmth.
Every day we struggle for food, medicine, and shelter.

Your donation and participation could save our lives and restore hope to my family. 🕊️🙏
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gofund.me/69f962fc

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TresTiffany @trestiffany.bsky.social · 14h

“What’s your barber name?” is crazy 😂

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 10h

And it’s amazing how many people took their personal cowardice and made it a societal problem lining up right alongside the reactionaries because they didn’t have the heart to speak their mind about anodyne things like fucking movie criticism.

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Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social · 14h

"That's the point – the smudge, the rough line, the hesitation - that's what makes my work come alive." - Jim Lee talking about why DC will never use AI storytelling. "AI doesn't dream, feel or make art, it aggregates it."

@jimlee.bsky.social speaking very passionately at Retailer Day. #nycc

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 22h

Bernard Manning rides again: how TikTok and Instagram are promoting racist “jokes” to teens

Sketches from the 70s & 80s featuring slurs including the N word are going viral on social media, shared by millions and boosted by algorithms

@stokel.bsky.social reports

www.thenerve.news/p/bernard-ma...

Composite of Bernard Manning clips on social media with the title: Bernard Manning rides again: how TikTok and Instagram are promoting racist “jokes” to teens

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monté. @thisismonte.bsky.social · 15h

Bitch, are you telling me that P-Valley has been held up all this time because of Nicci Damn Gilbert?

I —

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Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com · 15h

I hate fucking Windows. "Remind you to turn on Windows Cloud backup to microsoft. No? Can I say 'don't FUCKING ASK ME AGAIN?' Nope, either 'I'll nag you next week or next month'!

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 1d

My friend Matt Inman made a great comic about AI…

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 1d

They think this is good.

We can’t fight or even properly discuss this if we don’t start flipping the questions

Because the question is

“Why do all of their technologies turn to abuse vectors of the least defended and respected identities”

And the abuse of those who transcend their bias

J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 1d

Genuine question - what are OpenAI’s Sora and other video generation tools good for?

I am honestly trying to understand what is so important that it’s worth the cost. If you have examples, I would be interested to hear them.

futurism.com/artificial-i...

People Are Making Sora 2 Videos of Stephen Hawking Being Horribly Brutalized

People are using OpenAI's Sora 2 to generate videos of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking being brutalized in ghoulish ways.

futurism.com

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Phillis Tee-Hee @frygriddle.bsky.social · 1d

There was one on here and I was pacing my house screaming.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Zora Neale Hurtin’ 📚🔮🎤 @alexaesperanzaa.bsky.social · 1d

For reference:

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Phillis Tee-Hee @frygriddle.bsky.social · 1d

What a time to be alive.

Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 1d

There are a lot of people who are glad camera phones didn’t exist specifically because of this drink.

Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking of Hennessy.... 😂

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cognitive dissonance is a helluva drug @hnysuklchocolat.blacksky.app · 1d

many of you are not bad parents, you're just too poor for the supports you need

aliii✨ @gigixmelo.bsky.social · 2d

when i say some people are meant to be mothers this what i mean.

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Alicia Sewell, Ed.S. @techysewell.com · 2d

I have something to get off my chest. Check it out: medium.com/@aliciasewel... #edusky #blackedusky #education #mentalhealth #socialjustice

In 2025, I stand in front of my classroom as a teacher and a witness — a Black woman in America…

Teaching While Black in 2025: Carrying the Weight of the World and the Classroom

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Sheep in Fog @brebis.bsky.social · 2d

“SARS-CoV-2 starts unlocking cellular immunity before it even enters the cell.”

Important new study shows the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein, which allows the virus to enter cells, also acts to potently suppress immune defences.

SARS-CoV-2 infection: resistance is futile

www.sydney.edu.au

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