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I like science. And nature. And tiny things. And democracy. I do clinical microbiology and nature art. πŸ”¬πŸ¦ πŸ–ŒπŸŽ¨πŸŒŽ abfoleyart.com Vaccines save lives.

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Basically telling us they can't make an omelet with cracking some eggs - except the eggs are Americans' lives, and they won't even say what the omelet is.

02.03.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's a running joke, "Does the FIFA Peace Prize even mean anything anymore?" - but for heaven's sake, they actually created and awarded a peace prize! They should have to answer for it.

01.03.2026 12:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am gonna go out on a limb and say that a Jersey dude so horrified that he went to his first protest and is trying not to cry on camera has a pretty good chance of staying radicalized. And that while Bluesky loves to pick apart things like this, this kinda video moves the needle for OTHER dudes.

14.02.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 7083 πŸ” 1379 πŸ’¬ 106 πŸ“Œ 28

I hope she runs for office.

12.02.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm a Gallup pollster. You can contact them at galluppanel@gallupmail.com to let them know what you think of this.

11.02.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 2425 πŸ” 1218 πŸ’¬ 86 πŸ“Œ 46

My brain wants to read it as "pelican" and it's very distracting.

09.02.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

No. We want ICE to be abolished.

03.02.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Look for the helpers.

There are so, so many helpers.
When one falls, ten more rise to take that helper's place.

Wishing you birthday joy and solace.

25.01.2026 00:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

We must abolish ICE, end qualified immunity for ICE agents, immediately halt funding & dismantle the systems of cruelty and oppression that have gotten us to this point.

22.01.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 358 πŸ” 115 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 6

Weird, because I heard we also just got a "Department of War".

15.01.2026 23:42 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"You should smile more" - but if you smile they want to kill you.

12.01.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Know the difference between an administrative and a judicial warrant. One important distinction is that a judicial warrant authorizes entry into private spaces (your home, your work, etc, etc) where as an administrative warrant does NOT authorizes entry.

25.04.2025 18:04 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 65 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 9

Massachusetts:
bsky.app/profile/mass...

07.11.2025 22:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Throw it down a well.

08.09.2025 22:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So a question we can all be asking ourselves is,

"What am I going to do to earn my Nobel Peace Prize?"

07.09.2025 23:33 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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A Public Health Scientist Walks Into a Bar: Science, Skepticism, and Finding Common Ground Why I interrupted four strangers to talk about mRNA (and lived to tell about it)

"This conversation reinforced for me that patient, respectful engagement with good faith questions (yes, even skeptical ones) is essential. We won't reach everyone, but we might reach someone. And in public health, reaching someone can make all the difference."

03.09.2025 15:16 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of a hand holding a large blackberry fruit with a blackberry plants in the background. Berry measures about 2 inches by 1.25 inches.

Photo of a hand holding a large blackberry fruit with a blackberry plants in the background. Berry measures about 2 inches by 1.25 inches.

I grew a really big blackberry! Look at this absolute unit:

24.08.2025 15:58 πŸ‘ 100 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

22.08.2025 16:20 πŸ‘ 3759 πŸ” 1429 πŸ’¬ 79 πŸ“Œ 94

Mea culpa.

22.08.2025 21:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If I owned a store that sold rubber chickens, I would really be advertising how throwable they are right now.

15.08.2025 22:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Terribly sorry that the chaps are lonely again, have they tried volunteering? Only, there’s an awful lot needs done.

02.08.2025 09:17 πŸ‘ 736 πŸ” 141 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 8
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How pediatricians can teach parents to recognize, resist vaccine misinformation Pediatricians can empower parents by highlighting key misinformation strategies.

Parents often turn to social media for health informationβ€”including about vaccinesβ€”but it’s also a hotspot for misinformation.

In AAP News I share ways pediatricians can help families spot and resist vaccine myths before they spread.

πŸ“° Read more: publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

#Vaccines

19.07.2025 19:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"ICE Must Stop"
Seen in Bangor, Maine

16.07.2025 08:00 πŸ‘ 212 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

Yeah, fantastic replacement. Everyone loves Grandma's famous Chocolate Chip Chicken Cookies. Gag.

08.05.2025 22:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trying to spin tariffs as a dolls-only issue, besides being supremely creepy, will not work for long.

07.05.2025 00:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's it. Not "the CDC is important". But rather -- the CDC is fucking OURS. We own it. We built it. We turned it into a powerhouse. You don't get to take it or blow it up because it gets in your way of making a buck. It's ours.

06.04.2025 03:16 πŸ‘ 1279 πŸ” 307 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 12
Can somebody tell
Me where to forward an email That
Says it is from Amazon and they want
my info. I know it is a scam
And want to report it.

Can somebody tell Me where to forward an email That Says it is from Amazon and they want my info. I know it is a scam And want to report it.

In honor of International Poetry Day, here's a poem from my mother. She has a broken phone case that makes her hit the return key by mistake and now her texts are all free verse poetry:

21.03.2025 20:47 πŸ‘ 237 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
Measles is preventable with just two doses of measles vaccine.

Measles is preventable with just two doses of measles vaccine.

The #measles vaccine has saved an estimated 5 lives every second since 2000.

πŸ‘‰Prevent measles by getting vaccinated with two doses of the measles vaccine.

18.03.2025 07:21 πŸ‘ 2515 πŸ” 954 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 36

The US, on the other hand, HAS been taken over by Russian assets.
FFS.

06.03.2025 01:38 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent piece. Thank you for speaking out.

03.03.2025 18:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0