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Dev Peds at Holland Bloorview, clinician scientist studying better services for autistic children/youth. Hogging the aux and skipping the slow songs.

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Bluesky is the app for people who like sports, but sports doesn't like them back.

13.03.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 514 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 90

The intention of the anti trans project, from β€œjust asking questions” to β€œfairness in sports” was always this: to make it illegal and impossible to be trans in society.

To create pretexts for our arrest and removal, if we don’t put ourselves under house arrest.

To punish us for being different.

26.02.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 752 πŸ” 310 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 7

The stupid thing about social media arguments about social media is that everyone who has them is a 40 year old arguing about which site frequented by 7% of the population is more relevant, meanwhile everyone under 25 is on something called Blooble inventing new words to scare us with

23.02.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 2162 πŸ” 260 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 21
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Without school vaccine mandates, many kids may never see a doctor As a growing number of states weaken childhood immunization requirements, physicians fear many families will miss critical wellness checks.

As a growing number of states weaken childhood immunization requirements, physicians fear many families will miss critical wellness checks.

12.02.2026 14:19 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!

"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

13.02.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 6803 πŸ” 2207 πŸ’¬ 97 πŸ“Œ 186

β€œThe goal horn went off during the ceremony when they kissed.”

@slooterman.bsky.social warming my heart during a polar vortex

09.02.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Angine de Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
Angine de Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) YouTube video by KEXP

This rules youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?...

07.02.2026 02:55 πŸ‘ 199 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 6
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Retraction Note: Efficacy of oral folinic acid supplementation in children with autism spectrum disorder: a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial - European Journal of Pediatrics European Journal of Pediatrics -

Big #autism news re: leucovorin. Published trial from India has been RETRACTED. This, combined with the fact that the earlier Frye trial was terminated by the FDA, further emphasizes that this is not a recommended therapy. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

30.01.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Retraction Note: Efficacy of oral folinic acid supplementation in children with autism spectrum disorder: a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial - European Journal of Pediatrics European Journal of Pediatrics -

Big #autism news re: leucovorin. Published trial from India has been RETRACTED. This, combined with the fact that the earlier Frye trial was terminated by the FDA, further emphasizes that this is not a recommended therapy. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

30.01.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

God loves a terrier.

30.01.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Jayhawks album cover in front of a record player with Electric Fetus covering

Jayhawks album cover in front of a record player with Electric Fetus covering

Sending some love to the Twin cities tonight

29.01.2026 00:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure why but this totally tracks :)

28.01.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You’re actually an honorary Canadian in that case!

28.01.2026 01:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Omg Sara

28.01.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today marks a major moment for child health: the AAP has released its updated 2026 childhood and adolescent immunization schedule. Updated annually to reflect the latest scientific evidence, this year’s schedule is formally endorsed by 12 leading medical and healthcare organizations.
bit.ly/4r5KbaQ

26.01.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 148 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 20
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Can the prescription drug leucovorin treat autism? History says, probably not Parents of autistic children are clamoring for a prescription vitamin promoted by federal health officials. But there's little evidence the drug will help.

Parents of autistic children are clamoring for a prescription vitamin promoted by federal health officials. But there's little evidence the drug will help.

26.01.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 9

"How could they lie like that so brazenly??""
Because you let them.
FOR DECADES
About people you didn't care about.

25.01.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 553 πŸ” 145 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
Dr Kareem Carr
man: i wish to publish
@kareem_carr
Jan 21
reviewer 2: your paper is no good
man: i'll do anything to improve
reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini
man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini
Andre Pagliarini
@apagliar
Jan 21
a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini
Jan 21, 2026 β€’ 3:47 PM UTC

Dr Kareem Carr man: i wish to publish @kareem_carr Jan 21 reviewer 2: your paper is no good man: i'll do anything to improve reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini Andre Pagliarini @apagliar Jan 21 a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini Jan 21, 2026 β€’ 3:47 PM UTC

I just thought everyone should see this

22.01.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 25521 πŸ” 6049 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 236

Big day for meritocracy

16.01.2026 02:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The lady in this photo is autistic and ICE agents dragged her out of her car as she tried to go to the doctor.

15.01.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 2145 πŸ” 628 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 18
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Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...

"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."

surreal times

dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...

07.01.2026 10:35 πŸ‘ 4787 πŸ” 1889 πŸ’¬ 216 πŸ“Œ 333

kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life

06.01.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 14743 πŸ” 3030 πŸ’¬ 96 πŸ“Œ 215

(Bjork voice)
And if you complain once more

05.01.2026 03:14 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Man about to tip over a series of progressively larger dominos. Smallest one says β€œAndrew Wakefield attends a child’s birthday party” and the largest says β€œour current political moment”

Man about to tip over a series of progressively larger dominos. Smallest one says β€œAndrew Wakefield attends a child’s birthday party” and the largest says β€œour current political moment”

06.01.2026 01:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.

Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

03.01.2026 10:52 πŸ‘ 59750 πŸ” 20294 πŸ’¬ 1558 πŸ“Œ 1137

UofT students: I'm offering a Black Radical Theory from the Global South class, JAA 377H on Tuesdays. We'll be reading folks like Neville Alexander, Keguro Macharia, Beatriz Nascimento, Grace Musila, Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Wangui Kimari etc...

03.01.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

why not the APGAR score?

02.01.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 188 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
Merriam Webster personalized word of the year - yeasty

Merriam Webster personalized word of the year - yeasty

Rise up

01.01.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They are scatting at the jazz club but it doesn’t sound like the scatting I’m used to from history’s number one scatter Jonathan Davis

01.01.2026 02:16 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1

Here’s hoping the new year brings us an iconic young lead singer named Polly Crisis.

01.01.2026 02:35 πŸ‘ 528 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 10