Hey, this is that “study” that was previously cancelled after outcry at how monstrously unethical it was. It’s sentencing the poorest kids on earth to die of completely preventable liver cancer for white antivaxxers’ curiosity. How a medical doctor could co-sign this atrocity is beyond me.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 3d ago

It’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau. It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.

This is a disaster. The ethics committee in Denmark that approved the Guinea-Bissau study which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine “had never considered medical studies before but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one”. Four members of the committee have resigned in protest.

Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers

theguardian.com

Excruciating nighttime plantar fasciitis prevented this evening by the purchase of new $180 shoes this morning. That’s a lot of ibuprofen.

I am used to plantar fasciitis attacking me first thing in the morning, but having it so bad I can’t sleep at night is new. Im nsaided up, both systemic and local. What else can I do?

In other news, I spent a couple hours learning about the math involved in large language models and I AM SO MAD! IT IS LITERALLY JUST SPICY AUTOFILL IDKY I THOUGHT THE DIP$h!+s IN MY OLD PROGRAMMING CLASSES WOULD BE SMARTER THAN THEY ARE THEY ARE LITERALLY JUST WORSHIPPING A REFLECTION OF HUMANITY

🌈Dr. Frizzle@swilua.bsky.social · 4d ago

made it through this interview and did not even swear 😎

This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives

Everyday The Internet introduces me to a new white man that avoids therapy at all costs

yeah, but see the problem is i don’t believe in hell so i’m going to need these people to suffer now

there is absolutely nothing of value that would be lost by banning every single fraternity and sorority from every single college campus. it would drastically improve society within a single generation in fact.

This country absolutely hates women and depends on our unpaid labor and hates us even more for that dependency. We are loathed, and once you understand that a lot of the pieces fall into place

I actually don't think the Republican Senator mixed up "Hawks" and "Hawkeyes." Going by his own statements, it appears his staff saw he went to a basketball game on that date and googled basketball games and found the only men's game that night in the whole country was in Atlanta.

God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.

happy first (full) day of fall, bluesky

Murder is also the #1 cause of death of pregnant and postpartum women. Related: Denying people access to abortion care forces them to remain trapped in abusive relationships they often would otherwise leave. (among other harms)

Ms. Magazine@msmagazine.com · 3w ago

In 2024, nearly 2,400 women were killed by men, according to the Violence Policy Center. Of these, 86.9 percent knew their killer—nearly nine out of 10.

Late summer early fall is just loaded with beauty. 🌱

eliminate EV subsidies, ban cheap overseas EVs, ban EV component import, deport people bringing battery technology to the US, pay billions to kill clean energy projects, end fuel economy standards, and then do THIS is such an elaborate prank on the American people you almost have to respect it

Micah@rincewind.run · 3w ago

chat is that good

canonically brunette (evil)

So. Sleepy.

The fact that both Democrats and Republicans are racing to the 10 side of a 90-10 issue really tells you a lot about the state of our democracy (it's a corporatocracy), and how both parties view democracy in general (as a nuisance).

Revolving Door Project@revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 4w ago

NEW: As AI companies provoke intense scrutiny, former Obama White House official Jay Carney has joined an effort to “rebuild bonds” between Democrats and the AI industry. Dem operatives are joining the AI industry in droves – we’ve tracked over 100 former Biden officials who made similar moves.

Anyway, we are NOT throwing our trans siblings under the bus for ANY reason. NO. You can kick rocks.

my parents did it with 3 words "are you satisfied?" and the moment I learnt to start saying "totally", life became awesome

CNBC Make It@cnbcmakeit.cnbc.com · 4w ago

Parents whose kids become confident, successful adults avoid this 2-word phrase, says Ivy League-trained psychologist

Outside Critters, I know you don't have blusky accounts, nor can you read, or even speak, but - please, stay off the enclosed porch! I've had encounters with both a carolina wren and mice today being where they don't belong.

There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression.

Boycott is still on. No Starbucks till the union gets a contract.

Jaya Saxena@jayasaxena.com · last mo.

I spoke to a member of the SBWU boycott committee about the call to boycott Starbucks. As a reminder, boycott Starbucks! www.weareravenous.com/starbucks-wo...

1/x On September 11, 2001 Coast Guard Lieutenant Michael Day, aboard the Sandy Hook pilot boat New York, keyed his radio: "All available boats. This is the United States Coast Guard. Anyone wanting to help with the evacuation of Lower Manhattan, report to Governors Island." #maritimehistory

All of this is separate from the SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION of race. Given that DNA ancestry services are less than 15 years old, our attitudes are not based on *genetic data*. But that fact again: There are no unshared, population-level genetic variations in humans. I'll leave you with Adam's essay:

'Biological reality': What genetics has taught us about race

As US President Donald Trump takes aim at the Smithsonian Institution for "anti-American ideology", Adam Rutherford examines what the science of genetics has taught us about race.

bbc.com

Someone ancestrally from Africa will have MORE ancestors contributing (probabilistically) to each DNA base inherited, but beyond ~10,000 years ago (the identical ancestors point), every human was either the ancestor of everyone alive, or left no surviving descendants. You & I (& Elon🙄) are cousins.

Humans Are All More Closely Related Than We Commonly Think

Humanity’s most recent common ancestor and so-called genetic isopoint illustrate the surprising connections among our family trees

scientificamerican.com

Today’s haul. 🌱 it’s another muggy hot day, so early harvest.

....the ongoing delights of being both a Hugo finalist and a wheelchair user. "The backstage is for walking participants," said directly to my face, as a wheelchair user.

Mari Ness, writer of things@mariness.bsky.social · last mo.

"The backstage is for walking partipants," something that I was just told by a Worldcon staffer. #LACon #Worldcon #Hugos