Iris Ryn Olson
irisrynolson.bsky.social
Iris Ryn Olson
@irisrynolson.bsky.social
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Researcher. Activist. Artist. Reptile lover.
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Relax, connect, and prioritize YOU! Black Maternal Health Wellness Day, sponsored by EMBRACE, features yoga, mindfulness, & more. Food & childcare provided. #SelfCare #BlackMaternalHealth

Reserve your spot today! www.eventbrite.com/e/black-mate...
March 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Covid still exists. Covid is still dangerous. If you’re going to protests unmasked, your high-risk and disabled allies are in danger. Not just from cops. Not just from Nazis. But from you.
February 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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It’s Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week — Taking place this year Feb 16-22!

Like many other identities, Aromantic exists on a spectrum, including (but not limited to) Grayromantic and Demiromantic.

#AromanticAwareness #AromanticSpectrum #Demiromantic #Grayromantic #PositiveSexuality
February 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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So hey, deep breath my friends. This kind of stuff happened under W in the 2000s. It was painful & disruptive but scientists found ways, even sex researchers found ways around and through these regressive, broken systems.

It's bad. Do now what you want to tell people you did, when it was bad.
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.

Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.

Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM