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Yes, Some Adults Do Need to Be Revaccinated Against Measles A new measles outbreak — along with a population improperly vaccinated in the 1960s — has many Baby Boomers wondering if they need to be revaccinated.

This is a good summary

www.healthline.com/health-news/...

06.03.2026 15:49 👍 170 🔁 57 💬 7 📌 11

So Philip Glass just joined TikTok. He only has like 4 posts and they’re simply him in what I assume is his living room playing the piano. First comment on one I saw was “your piano is too close to the fireplace, you’ll dry it out” and if that’s not the internet in a nutshell I don’t know what is.

06.03.2026 03:10 👍 4281 🔁 801 💬 54 📌 52
Hey Jane - Senior Graphic Designer We’re looking for a high-velocity, high-vision Senior Graphic Designer to join our team and help us build the most accessible, trusted virtual abortion clinic. You will be the engine room of our creat...

hey, I just learned that @heyjane.com is hiring a full-time remote graphic designer! We are a telemedicine clinic focused on providing medication abortion, so if you think this is for you, check the position: jobs.lever.co/heyjane/a1a7...

04.03.2026 21:13 👍 78 🔁 49 💬 1 📌 0
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Solutions Software Engineer / Oxide

Come work with me!

We now have an open position to join my team @oxide.computer.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

04.03.2026 22:05 👍 49 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0

I slept like shit last night and needed to hear this. Here’s to all of us improving our days!

05.03.2026 11:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is kind of about LLMs but also anything in education (looking at you BS in CS discussions)

04.03.2026 14:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There are certain arguments that seem to boil down to one side cannot fathom self directed learning and the other side can’t see another way besides self directed learning

04.03.2026 14:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Transgender People, “Gay Conversion,” and “Lesbian Extinction”: What the Data Show A couple days ago (on Christmas, actually), The Telegraph ran a piece with the provocative title: “Lesbians facing ‘extinction’ as…

since The Atlantic is apparently reviving the "a was a feminine gay child, but if I was a kid today they would have 'transed' me" trope, here's an essay I wrote back in 2020 explaining why this is not true & there is no evidence to support it: juliaserano.medium.com/transgender-...

03.03.2026 16:52 👍 754 🔁 270 💬 11 📌 8
Who can reply: anyone, nobody, people who can be normal about it.

Who can reply: anyone, nobody, people who can be normal about it.

trying out a new feature, lmk if it works

03.03.2026 18:38 👍 14053 🔁 2434 💬 2 📌 1
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Cervical cancer rates higher in states with low HPV vaccination rates

RFK Jr *lies* when he says cervical cancer risk is increased in women who get the HPV vaccine.

New study: "States with high vaccination rates have seen the biggest drop in cervical cancer, while states with low vaccination rates have had little to no progress"

www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...

01.03.2026 18:44 👍 695 🔁 310 💬 29 📌 29
Frightened Child Sits Atop Stairs Watching Parents Argue About Ending Of ‘Sopranos’

Frightened Child Sits Atop Stairs Watching Parents Argue About Ending Of ‘Sopranos’

Frightened Child Sits Atop Stairs Watching Parents Argue About Ending Of ‘Sopranos’ https://theonion.com/frightened-child-sits-atop-stairs-watching-parents-argue-about-ending-of-sopranos/

01.03.2026 16:00 👍 1074 🔁 61 💬 12 📌 0

Oof. I just read your post in the most uncharitable, pedantic way possible, and I gotta tell ya: it's not looking good for you.

01.03.2026 15:04 👍 10445 🔁 2183 💬 59 📌 62

bluesky clippy: hey there! you seem to be mad at something but not the person you’re yelling at. would you like some help self-regulating?

28.02.2026 23:24 👍 2379 🔁 331 💬 24 📌 7

Shouldn’t be too hard to find a personal injera lawyer who will take the case.

28.02.2026 23:43 👍 402 🔁 39 💬 21 📌 1

Fun fact, US passports did not have a gender marker until 1977, when a rising trend in unisex fashion started freaking the government out.

26.02.2026 13:21 👍 4449 🔁 1631 💬 4 📌 23

My problem is not attachments, it’s saving J Crew sale emails from 2013

26.02.2026 13:21 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Gmail saying for years “don’t delete just archive” and then trying to get me to pay for storage is a great revenue pipeline

26.02.2026 13:05 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
A wall full of mugs arranged in such a way that it looks like the mugs are repeating themselves, creating an uncomfortable illusion

A wall full of mugs arranged in such a way that it looks like the mugs are repeating themselves, creating an uncomfortable illusion

Woe, wall of astigmatism be upon ye

25.02.2026 20:17 👍 7937 🔁 2571 💬 199 📌 178
A happy magic frog that says poof. You are now untired and very happy.

A happy magic frog that says poof. You are now untired and very happy.

I CAST WHIMSY ON THE SKYLINE

25.02.2026 23:35 👍 8337 🔁 2823 💬 65 📌 78
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Nice Lemons 🍋 #oilpainting #art

24.02.2026 04:47 👍 7522 🔁 953 💬 85 📌 21

one of the most magical things about parenthood is the opportunity to watch a baby grow and develop. i never got to be a baby. i’ve always just been a guy

25.02.2026 00:14 👍 1730 🔁 140 💬 21 📌 4
It Only Tuesday

It Only Tuesday

It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/

24.02.2026 20:43 👍 6842 🔁 1822 💬 78 📌 105
Operations
Remote
$250,000 USD
Operations Support Engineer
Apply now

Are you an engineer who loves building autonomous systems to help your colleagues succeed? We are seeking a software engineer to join our operations team and provide company wide support by expanding on our existing systems and building new ones.
As an operations support engineer working at Oxide, you will:

    Build automated systems to perform tasks and operations that are done manually today.

    Provide world class support to your colleagues across a diverse range of internal services and SaaS solutions.

    Manage and improve our company expansion by welcoming new employees to Oxide with onboarding training and improving the tools as you go.

    Operate and build upon access control across the company to ensure teams are safe and secure in their daily tasks.

    Create and manage infrastructure across multiple cloud providers including AWS, GCP, and our very own Oxide rack.

    Write code in different languages: Rust, TypeScript, Terraform, and more across different codebases.

    Monitor and maintain availability of internal services. Participate in the on-call rotation for critical services.

    Collaborate with colleagues in the decision making process for when to build versus buy systems. Organize and orchestrate the rollout and deployment of both internal and SaaS solutions.

    Identify areas for improvement in operations at Oxide, and find solutions to improve their resilience, rigor, and efficiency.

    Work with every team at Oxide and solve problems across the organization.

Operations Remote $250,000 USD Operations Support Engineer Apply now Are you an engineer who loves building autonomous systems to help your colleagues succeed? We are seeking a software engineer to join our operations team and provide company wide support by expanding on our existing systems and building new ones. As an operations support engineer working at Oxide, you will: Build automated systems to perform tasks and operations that are done manually today. Provide world class support to your colleagues across a diverse range of internal services and SaaS solutions. Manage and improve our company expansion by welcoming new employees to Oxide with onboarding training and improving the tools as you go. Operate and build upon access control across the company to ensure teams are safe and secure in their daily tasks. Create and manage infrastructure across multiple cloud providers including AWS, GCP, and our very own Oxide rack. Write code in different languages: Rust, TypeScript, Terraform, and more across different codebases. Monitor and maintain availability of internal services. Participate in the on-call rotation for critical services. Collaborate with colleagues in the decision making process for when to build versus buy systems. Organize and orchestrate the rollout and deployment of both internal and SaaS solutions. Identify areas for improvement in operations at Oxide, and find solutions to improve their resilience, rigor, and efficiency. Work with every team at Oxide and solve problems across the organization.

cool job alert. help with a varied set of internal tools. very interesting, very high leverage, can help a lot of people from manufacturing to sales to engineering. remote + $250k like every role at Oxide
oxide.computer/careers/oper...

23.02.2026 15:30 👍 46 🔁 9 💬 4 📌 0

You, an individual, cannot "fix" the whole world. You can act at the scale of your life. You should act at the scale of your life.

22.02.2026 16:47 👍 4067 🔁 1315 💬 37 📌 0
The Zelda Rap: US Commercial (1986)
The Zelda Rap: US Commercial (1986) YouTube video by Zelda Universe

to celebrate 40 years of zelda you have to listen to this I don't make the rules

21.02.2026 15:35 👍 77 🔁 19 💬 8 📌 1

It's been a good six months and I just mentioned it to someone again, so I am once again bumping the Dupuytren's/Ledderhose PSA about radiotherapy. If you get this diagnosis and your doctor tells you to wait because there's no treatment, they are actively fucking you over! Do not let them!

20.02.2026 22:23 👍 108 🔁 64 💬 3 📌 1

Finally medicine my child will take without a fight

20.02.2026 00:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

ok had to draw this too

19.02.2026 21:55 👍 3604 🔁 1148 💬 24 📌 13