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@lazyscience.bsky.social

bluestocking spinster, purveyor of felines.

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Aleksandra Vaca@transiticsnews.com · 3d ago

Arizona and Virginia, both of which are governed by Democrats, are ending Medicaid coverage of care for trans youth, Transitics has learned. The bans, which go into effect on October 13th, mark the most significant Democratic capitulation to Trump's anti-trans demands yet. Cowards.

Democrat-led Arizona, Virginia Quietly End Medicaid Coverage of Care for Trans Youth, Acquiescing to Trump Demands

The policy changes, which go into effect on October 13th, see Arizona and Virginia join Kansas as states where Democrats have needlessly opted to restrict Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care.

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Darren Dahly@statsepi.bsky.social · 5d ago

They hounded Aaron Swartz to death for downloading papers from jstor but society is now supposed to just accept mass theft because this thing can write that TPS report *for* you. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_S...

Aaron Swartz - Wikipedia

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John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 6d ago

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

Jessica Price@delafina777.bsky.social · 5d ago

Hey just a reminder that Maslow stole the idea of the hierarchy of needs from the Blackfoot people (and his female research partner) and then made it weird and rapey (women can’t be healthy unless we experience a “surrender reflex” when encountering “masculine power”).

John Pfaff@johnpfaff.bsky.social · last wk.

I’m guessing the correlation between: • “I’m tough on crime! Lock up that young Black man (aged 14) selling drugs!” and • “Wasn‘t an essay enough punishment for those poor young boys (aged 18+) at Cornell?” is close to 1.00000. In case anyone still thinks “tough on crime” is abt … crime.

dre@lazyscience.bsky.social · 3w ago

What in the NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF is going on here, Converse? No. Nope. Not another dime. Between this and the tree ad? nope. Something deeply fucked is going on.

Caroleeena@caroleeena.bsky.social · 3w ago

As a long, long, long, long, long time Converse buyer, I will never buy a Converse product ever again. I am sick of the virtue signalling to racists. I see this and I see a man hanged, a white robe that could be a klansman's robe and light shaped like a KKK hat. What the actual hell!?!

Chris Steller@chrissteller.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hi if you are in Minneapolis and are this 25-to-30-year-old white woman, about 5'5", with brown hair and a curly-haired golden retriever-like dog, get medical attention immediately!

taylr@taylordahlin.com · 3w ago

if you’re the white woman who was picking up a bat in downtown minneapolis on hennepin ave between washington & 3rd on 9/15 at noon, the minnesota department of health would like to talk to you because that shit was RABID! i would also like to talk to you because girl, wtf

mi DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH protecting, maintaining and improving the health of il Minesotans RABID BAT FOUND ON SIDEWALK On Tuesday, September 15 at about 12pm, a bat was found on the sidewalk on Hennepin Ave between N. Washington Ave and N 3°St. The bat died and was sent for rabies testing. This bat tested positive for rabies. A woman was seen crouching by the bat and putting it into a bag. She was described as a 25-to-30-year-old white woman, about 5'5", with curly brown hair and a curly-haired golden retriever-like dog. If this was you, please call 911 and ask to be connected to Animal Care & Control. Bites from bats are tiny, may be painless, and may not leave a mark. An person who had physical contact or touched this bat should talk with health care provider this weekend for assessment. During the week, Minnesota Department of Health can also provide rabies assessments at 651-201-5414. If vou did not touch or have any contact with the bat, you have no risk of rabies and do not need shots.
dre@lazyscience.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Gee, if only they had someone who was concerned about being part of a diverse community on staff to prevent these little oopsies. Oh well, probably as well to keep not spending unnecessary money in the current climate.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave@wolven.blacksky.app · 2mo ago

I was literally just today missing target's cherry cola caffeine seltzers. Ah well.

James Fallows@jfallows.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This by CNN is genuinely reprehensible. Everyone involved should be embarrassed. -The 'new pain' case vs Mamdani is *solely* his religion. -He was in NYC on 9/11, at grade school -Soon after attack GWB himself gave famous speech warning against blaming all Muslims for terrorism -25 yrs later, this.

CNN@cnn.com · 2mo ago

Twenty-five years after the mayor of New York City became the champion of America's grief and resilience at the time of the 9/11 attacks, families of those killed are split on whether the current mayor should attend the annual remembrance. https://cnn.it/4zkKYdc

Waldo Jaquith@waldo.net · 3mo ago

The claim “RFK Jr. does not fuck chickens” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr. fucks chickens.

KEY POINTS • The claim 'vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.
Emily (spooky)@emilyrose.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.

Forbes@forbes.com · 3mo ago

Taylor Farms, which supplies major fast food and grocery chains, was identified as the possible source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak Thursday.

Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · 3mo ago

Platner is a classic example of a white person coming out of nowhere having zero history of meaningful community work or activism and somehow being given a platform to convince people he's the next great white hope. Who the fuck was this guy before the election cycle? Who are his people?

Lupita Nihongo@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 3mo ago

He lied about every single thing. Everyday. He ran knowing full well who he is while presenting himself as someone else (poorly). He wasted everyone’s time & money & shattered people’s credibility. He used the political process as a vanity project to the detriment of the folks he wanted to represent

Michael Ann, sociotechnical femme@michaelann.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Using LLMs to "simulate" diverse samples is not only scientific fraud, it's also some straight-up inherently racist, sexist, transphobic, ableist, homophobic, anti-indigenous bullshit.

Dr Abeba Birhane@abeba.blacksky.app · 4mo ago

i dunno but using a machine that always regresses to the mean (llms) to simulate “diverse populations that are not readily accessible” seems the oppose of good science to me… no matter how popular it has become in behavioural sciences