I haven't looked at the research but Im guessing that the effect of high fever or unchecked maternal pain is not good for a developing fetus

Lots of people asked me for the clip of Charlie Kirk's hatred in his own words. I posted it to YouTube shorts but they blocked it, so here you go! I didn't collect the first 90 seconds, that was floating around social media already.

Rebecca Watson@skepchick.org · 11mo ago

Now live: Charlie Kirk was a Nazi and no one should be expected to engage in performative mourning over his murder. skepchick.org/2025/09/char...

Correction: the average dog owns 1/5 of a human in their lifetime

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation. i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

Gergely Orosz@gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 11mo ago

Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad. One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.

Debates don't mean anything. Pointless. Why TF does anyone participate in them

Trans rights are human rights.

Cover story by me in the September issue of The Physiologist Magazine👇🏼 It was super fascinating to learn and write about these six scientists who laid the foundation for modern physiology 🔬🫀📖💉🐟🐀

American Physiological Society@apsphysiology.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Can you name the cover models on the new #TPhysMag issue? They’re all scientists who shaped #physiology. Also inside: #SABV in addiction research, tips for managing stress during your PhD and more: ow.ly/jbCa50WU2px 🧪

there's a lot going on and I'm tired of trying to rush to have well-formed opinions. So I bring you one of my most unshakable opinions, one that I arrived at years ago and hasn't changed: long grapes are the best grapes

#FireRFK 🔥

Tara C. Smith@aetiology.bsky.social · 11mo ago

RFK will be testifying before the Senate finance committee in a bit. You can watch here and use #FireRFK to keep up.

Every story is a science story. Science journalism matters. Trust in facts matters. Community matters. Thank you for being part of TON’s story. Help us celebrate another 15 years. Here @heyhelina.bsky.social describes what TON has meant to her. #TON15 www.theopennotebook.com/15thannivers...

1/2 Are you an autistic adult or parent of an autistic child in or around Madison or Milwaukee, WI? I'm reporting on how MAHA's rhetoric is impacting autistic people, especially kids. Please repost and DM me if you or anyone you know fits this description and would be willing to chat. TY!

If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.

One thing about millennials is that our healing journey inevitably involves realizing that songs that we once thought were romantic and cute are actually toxic ASF and ranting to the youth about the same

Pause doom scrolling ⏸️ Take a deep breath 🫁 Look into my eyes 👀 Proceed ▶️

The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it. ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures. Losers with power become the most dangerous kind. (c/o Caroline Codsi)

From “out of the blue” to celebrating 15 years of supporting the craft of science writing, we’re still here doing our part to uphold a functioning democracy. Help us celebrate another 15 years. #TON15 www.theopennotebook.com/15thannivers...

🧵 I know it's ridiculous, but when he's talking mitochondrial challenges & inflammation, he's again referring to his idea of vaccine-induced autism. Let me explain.

jen sometimes aph 🌻@bunnibytz.bsky.social · 11mo ago

via @acyn.bsky.social RFK JR: I’m looking at kids as I walk through the airports today...and I see these kids that are just overburdened with mitochondrial challenges, inflammation—you can tell from their faces, movements, and lack of social connection

These are my daily meds, including an SSRI and an SNRI. I'm thankful and proud to take them. #USANotRFK

Me wielding my old SCIENCE sword. Maybe it's time to dust this off. Circa 2014, by my cousin:

"And they certainly do not understand that Mrs. Knowles-Carter can never reach the heights of Mr. Jackson for many reasons we won’t go into but one particular reason: MTV." Exactly. @therootdotcom.bsky.social www.theroot.com/why-beyonc-i...

Why Beyoncé Is Absolutely Not The New Michael Jackson…So Stop! | The Root

Mrs. Knowles-Carter can never reach the heights of Mr. Jackson for one simple reason...

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I always wanted to believe in Blue Zones, or unique parts of the world where there is thought to be a higher rate of centenarians and super centenarians. I had an opportunity to read a ton and write about them in this episode of @scishow.bsky.social 🤓 youtu.be/0AD78KulqHw?...

The Places Where People Live Past 100 (Are Fake)

YouTube video by SciShow

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imagine a tobacco company urged governments to embed smoking a 'core component' of a healthy lifestyle

Tom Richmond@tom-richmond.com · last yr.

In Ireland, the Government has been urged to embed AI as a 'core component' of the education system after a study suggested that matching OECD levels of digital innovation could create 14,000 jobs and add €1.8 billion to GDP. Who funded the study? Google. 🤔 www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

just found my *vintage* Sony discman at my parents house

Bailey McCann@baileymcc.bsky.social · last yr.

the kids are buying portable CD players off tiktok shop and talking about how to mod old Zunes with open source software - they're catching up to where this is headed

yep PBS didn't "become woke." You grew up to be a bad person.

thankful that my new med has lifted me out of a long depression (buproprion) Problem though --it's killed my appetite. I'm on the building muscle train. 💪🏼🚂 Any magic solution to this other than cottage cheese and Greek yogurt? Chicken and beans are so filling I can't eat enough 🤣

Great day to get a library card. Digital lending is available. They want us ignorant. Fight ignorance. Please.

Recent writing by me in this episode of SciShow: 5 Bad Health Science Takes youtu.be/oJiiHAPXxL0?...

“The secular movement’s only hope is to finally oust the racism, sexism, and other forms of hate that have long dominated it. That’s been an uphill battle”

Chrissy Stroop@thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · last yr.

“I fear that the network of secular organizations seeking to protect and advocate for atheists in America will not reach most of the nation’s growing nonreligious population because of the bigotry that has pervaded it for decades” - @kavinsenapathy.bsky.social tonemadison.com/articles/ame...

once again again, it's time to listen to Sinead

📣Religion doesn't have agency, people do

Niki Dolfi Hall@profdolfi.bsky.social · last yr.

Are there plenty of assholes who believe in God? Sure. But there are plenty of assholes who don’t. So lesson 1 in religion (as an Atheist who researches religion): religion doesn’t have agency, people do. I cannot stress this enough!