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Nancy Bird @nancyinmke.bsky.social · Jan 30

This is why virtual options and mitigation protocols are needed for in-person events. This way, when someone requests this type of accommodation, it is not seen as “too much” or “difficult” but as a way to ensure accessibility. This is especially true for high-stakes in-person events.

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Nancy Bird @nancyinmke.bsky.social · 18d

#BadBunnyUnaMas

Screen shot of Bad Bunny concert dancers around him

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Nancy Bird @nancyinmke.bsky.social · 18d

It marked a before and after for us.

Brian McNoldy @bmcnoldy.bsky.social · 19d

This 23-hour radar loop shows Category 5 Hurricane Maria approaching Puerto Rico on September 19-20, 2017. It made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane ~6am on the 20th, but right around that time, the winds in the outer eyewall obliterated the radar and the loop ends. Maria devasted the entire island

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28d

“I’ve never seen this before—I’ve never seen the Democratic leadership not endorse the Democratic candidate. It’s so ugly, it’s so cowardly, it’s so stupid."

Democratic leaders refuse to endorse Zohran Mamdani, and their voters are fed up.

Democratic voters want their leaders to stop running from Zohran Mamdani

"It's so ugly, it's so cowardly, it's so stupid."

www.motherjones.com

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Nancy Bird @nancyinmke.bsky.social · 29d

Oh, Winnie! #CatsOfBluesky

Gray tuxie kitty mid jump, blueish background

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Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · Sep 4

It's funny how vaccines worked so well that now infant mortality is low enough for all the new generations to forget it was ever a common thing.

Vaccine stability has made us forget why it was so important in the first place.

Before vaccines, 450 children died out of every 1000. Now? 20.

A graph showing that 450 out of every 1,000 children died in the 1800s. By 1950, it was about 40 out of every 1,000 kids.

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Nancy Bird @nancyinmke.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Nancy Bird @nancyinmke.bsky.social · Sep 1

Milwaukee
Labor Day 2025

city bus with “Celebrate Freedom” message below freeway

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · Aug 31

New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them.

States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.

State steps in to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccine

Public health order counters potential limitations set by the USFDA

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · Aug 29

If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me

KTLA 5 @ktla.com · Aug 29

Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the creation of a statewide task force aimed at dismantling homeless encampments on state property and expanding access to shelter and services. The State Acti…

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Nancy Bird @nancyinmke.bsky.social · Aug 27

Yup.

Marina in the background. Circled area that says “Nancy is the life of the party” and “obviously” in yellow to the left

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Micah @rincewind.run · Aug 25

the thing I love about Zohran’s campaign is that instead of “this place fucking sucks and I alone can fix it” his message is “being a New Yorker rules, we live in the best city in the world, let’s make it even better together”

show some damn pride in the places you want to govern

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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · Aug 23

Vaccines are no different; just like seatbelts, airbags, and other medications, they are risk mitigation measures that we know are effective.

But we know NONE of these things are always effective.

Vaccines must be viewed the same.

Read more:
news.immunologic.org/p/moving-the...

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Moving the vaccine goalposts: sterilizing immunity was never the rule

Vaccines aren't magical forcefields, but anti-vaxxers keep inventing fake standards so they can claim “failure” of life-saving medicines.

news.immunologic.org

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · Aug 22

Good morning to you too Yellowtail Damselfish 👀☀️🐟💎 #yellowtaildamsel #jeweldamsel #mrbrightside #sideeye #slowmo #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Aug 22

Ugly laws: The blueprint for Trump's anti-homeless crusade

Ugly laws: the blueprint for Trump's anti-homeless crusade

DC's crackdown is just the latest in a long war on being poor and disabled in public.

www.motherjones.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Aug 21

In case people think this is solely a JD Vance/GOP problem:

Gavin Newsom withheld funds from cities if they didn't throw unhoused folks' stuff out, and he personally went and threw some out himself
ktla.com/news/local-n...

Gavin Newsom throwing homeless people's stuff out

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Nancy Bird @nancyinmke.bsky.social · Aug 21

The “mild” Covid infection is like a hurricane 🌀 whose eye didn’t touch land. Might not have experienced the worst of it, but effects are cumulative. If the immune system is already compromised/the infrastructure has been diminished, it’ll have negative effects for however long. #CovidSurge

a red heart wearing a face mask with the words wearing is caring written below it

Alt: a red heart wearing a face mask with the words wearing is caring written below it

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AHHH! real meghan!! 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · Aug 20

and this is the guy some of you are busily, noisily pledging allegiance to three years early. ok.

Olivia Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · Aug 20

This motherfucker

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Arielle Duhaime-Ross @adrs.bsky.social · Aug 20

I will die on this hill:

it isn’t hard to say “at the height of the pandemic” or “at the start of COVID” during a podcast interview. Producers, hosts, don’t let your guests say “during COVID” like this thing is over. Correct them. Ask them to say the sentence again. This is your job.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Aug 19

“They did not die from COVID , they had preexisting conditions.”

“They did not die from starvation, they had other health problems.”

This is what eugenics sounds like.

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DEI Virologist @kyt-thatsme.bsky.social · Aug 19

First of all, Rickets can be related to nutrition so dying of starvation.

Second of all when you are malnourished your body doesn’t function properly. That includes your immune system.

Third of of this argument that you don’t matter if you have another condition is eugenics.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Aug 18

I’m kind of speechless with this one. I can’t imagine the kind of person who continues to make the argument that it doesn’t count as real starvation if the kids were already sick.

They Became Symbols for Gazan Starvation. But All
12 Suffer from Other Health Problems.
A Free Press investigation found that the viral photos lacked important context: The subjects have cystic fibrosis, rickets, or other serious ailments.
By Olivia Reingold and Tanya Lukyanova
08.17.25 -Israel and Antisemitism

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Aug 19

Are the mRNA vaccines incredible? YES!

Are the mRNA vaccines perfect? No.

Have the mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives? YES!

Can we make the mRNA vaccines even better? YES!

Can we use mRNA vaccine technology to prevent and treat many other diseases? YES!

Fund mRNA research!

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · Aug 18

#COVID reinfection may raise risk of persistent symptoms by 35%

The cumulative incidence of long COVID among reinfected and non-reinfected participants was 11% and 8% in the post-index year, respectively.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · Aug 19

GAVIN NEWSOM DISMANTLED AN ENCAMPMENT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE WITH HIS BEAR HANDS AND THEN AGREED WITH CHARLIE KIRK THAT TRANS PEOPLE ARE TAKING RIGHTS AWAY FROM EVERYONE ELSE.

That's who you're saying is fighting Trump.

Personally I'll pass.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · Aug 18

If we absolutely have to rally around a candidate right now, is there some reason Summer Lee or Cori Bush is never getting mentioned? Because I would absolutely volunteer for a Lee or Bush campaign. Happily.

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Nancy Bird @nancyinmke.bsky.social · Aug 18

Last day to vote! About another $13,000 to meet the $50K goal of the Wisconsin Humane Society calendar fundraiser. Vote for Winnie! Vote for any pet in the contest! #cats #wisconsinhumanesociety

Vote for Winnie in 2026 Calendar Contest.

Show your support for Wisconsin Humane Society by voting for Winnie in 2026 Calendar Contest

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