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This December the #FDA updated the label on Plan B/morning-after pill to make it clear it doesn't prevent a fertilized egg from implanting. https://www.fda.gov/drugs/postmarket-drug-safety-information-patients-and-providers/plan-b-one-step-15-mg-levonorgestrel-information

NYT's Pam Belluck wrote a story TEN years ago (!) about how scientific evidence didn't support the label language that had led to abortion qualms
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/health/research/morning-after-pills-dont-block-implantation-science-suggests.html

Remarkable how long it took for the label to catch up to the evidence.

Another reason to appreciate Mastodon: no shadowbanning. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/27/shadowban/
Shadowbanning is real: Here’s how you end up muted by social media

Our tech columnist says social media companies all decide which users’ posts to amplify — and reduce. Here’s how we get them to come clean about it.

The Washington Post

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We found out what really happened in the stalking incident Elon Musk cited to ban @elonjet and a bunch of journalists. This is the story we were asking Musk about on Twitter when he suspended @taylorlorenz. (I'm still suspended!) https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/18/details-of-musk-stalking-incident/
Musk blamed a Twitter account for an alleged stalker. Police see no link.

The incident last week underscored how Elon Musk’s personal concerns can influence his governance of a social media platform used by hundreds of millions of people.

The Washington Post

this right here is why the Elon Jet account is important

this information about Elon Musk, the man whose entire career is made off the idea that he's going to save the world from climate catastrophe

and this is how he rolls so he can get to a World Cup game:

.@drewharwell and I investigated the incident with the supposed Musk stalker and it appears to have absolutely nothing to do with the jet tracking account. The incident occurred 26 miles from the airport, a full day after ElonJet placed the plane in Los Angeles, and the alleged stalker had been monitoring and attempting to make contact with Grimes for years https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/18/details-of-musk-stalking-incident/ #twitterexodus #twittermigration #elonmusk #news
Musk blamed a Twitter account for an alleged stalker. Police see no link.

The incident last week underscored how Elon Musk’s personal concerns can influence his governance of a social media platform used by hundreds of millions of people.

The Washington Post

@StefanRower @elonjet

In complete combustion, each carbon atom combines with two oxygen atoms from the air to make CO2. So the weight of the Oxygen needs to be added.

@elonjet jeez. I spend 5000 to 10000$ a year on fuel for a business van. More than blew it in one flight for a soccer shoot out.