Losers then, losers now.
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Losers then, losers now.
All clinical, public health, nursing, surgical and other health-related professional organizations and members should boycott the state of Florida for conferences and meetings due to their anti-science and rejection of evidence based practices.
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I'm starting to look into how inflammation is being misused by MAHA types in a way that very much distracts from chronic illness-inflammation problems people actually have. If you're an academic, doctor, immunologist etc with thoughts on this, please be in touch at jmetraux@motherjones.com
I'm looking for an intersection that might not exist, but if it does I'd be excited. I already know: - People study interventions for ecological thinking: e.g., increasing climate awareness, increasing climate action - People do work on climate-aware computing, software Does anyone do both?
I saw this so I am legally obligated to share it with you, I don't make the rules youtu.be/Brq-exSvB7Q?...
Today’s news confirms it: Cuomo is Trump’s choice for Mayor. The White House is considering jobs for Adams and Sliwa to clear the field. New Yorkers are sick of corrupt politics and backroom deals. No matter who’s running, we will deliver a better future on November 4.
shhhh don’t give them ideas. 🤐
"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda How quick we forget.
Wow! Nothing at all suspicious going on here.
😔 stay safe
As many as 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and other victims of sexual abuse are expected to attend a rally Wednesday in Washington, D.C. as a bipartisan Congressional effort gains steam to force the U.S. Department of Justice to make public its controversial files on the disgraced sex trafficker.
I'm aware that the President likes to go on television and beg me to call him to ask for troops. I find it strange, as Chicago doesn't want troops. I also have experience asking him for assistance – just to have the rug pulled up from underneath me when execution meets reality.
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
I shot this video at a history of polio museum in Joburg, South Africa This is how dreadful things were before mass vaccination made this disease disappear If quacks like RFK Jr had their way, we could see the return of polio!!
My quote of the day Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get. William Foege
🎾 Hey you 🫵🏾, our living Legend Venus Williams and her doubles partner, Canadian Leylah Fernandez, are playing on ESPN right now on Louis Armstrong stadium to a packed house. #USOpen25 R3
I'm adding a new week in Field Natural History focused on hidden networks in forests: fungi, detritivores, chemical ecology and plant "communication." (I structure this class around themes/stories.) Each week a I do a hands-on skill session, and I'm looking for ideas for activities we could do. 1/2
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👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 Remote learning in response to a generational event may not have been fun (I know! My kids didn’t like it) but there is little data it crippled their education and it saved lives in their communities
A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment. Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
friendly reminder that we have good stuff like weekends and overtime and work safety protections because of the Labor movement
The National Guardners
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This is true. But it doesn’t take an MD to know this. Most of them knew he was dangerous and unhinged. They all need to be held accountable for this nightmare.
Unafraid to speak truth to power, President of the American Academy of Pediatrics Dr. Susan Kressly joins @vinguptamd.bsky.social on Meidas Health for a powerful discussion on truth, conviction, and her deep commitment to ensuring optimal childhood health for the nation amid chaos at the CDC.
Much like "crab", industrial music is constantly re-evolving from first principles basically anywhere where there's a bunch of metal and plastic laying about
Make no mistake, everything that’s happening in the United States is being significantly enabled by the right wing oligarch capture of media. Every other country needs to do everything possible to keep that from happening where they are. Including protecting the CBC from Poilievre here in Canada.
Right wingers are all like ‘I just want sh*tty sliced white bread and full-fat beef milk and spam and asbestos and measles and poverty and then I’ll finally live in a world reminiscent of the yesteryear I’ve evoked in my imagination where everyone is white and hummus is illegal and I am king’.
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“in six months sec. kennedy has undermined 60 years of vaccine preventable diseases in this country.” dr. tom frieden frmr dir of CDC let that sink in-the damage this regime has inflicted on us.
Why is it that killing a single person is seen as murder but killing masses is excused if you are a politician?” Former CDC Director William Foege: How public health can fight back in a time of dangerous nonsense www.statnews.com. (2/2)
“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands. (1/2)
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FYI www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Pupils in England from low-income families ‘bounced out’ of costlier GCSEs
this should become a thing, putting up signs like this for every arrest & disappearance in public spaces. it would likely break into lower info, less politically engaged demos and local social media groups
agree it should be a public health thing that’s covered. I think it was ~$60 a shot for my dogs. shelters often do discounted vaccination clinics.
It’s all part of the plan👇
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Someone reportedly had $20k. Not sure if that included ED visit, bite damage repair, etc. That’s a common reason I see. Some people just don’t take it seriously. You’re not wrong though, vaccinating animals would save people a lot of money and it’s declining.
Wow.
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
Plus, I feel like outdoor plants are slightly easier than indoor plants sometimes. At least for a lousy gardener like myself. Outside, nature can give you a bit of an assist. Inside, it’s all you.
Second this. I’m in a different state but we probably assess half a dozen animal bites and bat exposures a week during this time of year. We’re happy to talk to healthcare folks and the public.
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IT’S ALL NATIVE LAND!
It’s really tough having these conversations and it’s a decent risk situation but will probably cost them $10k. Like, hey your life might be at risk here, or you could get the shots, live, and be bankrupt.
Oh, Andy Borowitz. What a gem you are.
Deaths from a disease with a nearly 100% effective vaccine (if given before symptom onset) are at highest level in years? Shocked. Just shocked. Disinformation kills. 🤦🏻♂️
Here it’s often people getting bitten trying to rescue wildlife or strays, not understanding bat exposures or rabies risk, and then shots being really abhorrently expensive. The resistance to being vaccinated is less of an issue I’m seeing. The declining vax rate in pets is going to be a big problem
I’d be a lot easier to convince people to get the damn shots if they wouldn’t bankrupt people, even after insurance 🤬
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The CDC quietly did lots of work that keeps everyone safe. RFK ruining it is something that can negatively impact the health of millions of people. It’s both tragic and scary. www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
This should be mandatory Sunday reading for the US. Homelessness is caused and perpetuated by different circumstances for every person. It is not homogenous. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
What’s wild to me: NOW, media outlets & medical organizations are “stunned” by the damage RFK Jr. is doing to CDC, other health agencies, & public health. Me & my colleagues have been screaming about him for years. Years. Even more so in the last year. We were called hyperbolic. 1/
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If you're arrested in Illinois protesting the planned ICE HQ in North Chicago, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
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What we think serial killers look like vs what they actually look like:
the federal workers union for cdc made specific demands to improve security. my question is, will those be completed in two weeks? i doubt it. i think we all know what’s going on here
This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
Good perspective to keep in mind.
One week ago, thousands of New Yorkers tried something new. They heard about it last minute. They didn’t know where it would take them or who they would meet. It was free, earnest, even educational. It was the #ZcavengerHunt and it was a thing of beauty.
I’d settle for them knowing what the three branches of govt are and being able to pass a civics test.
Best Molly Ivins Quote is a very tough category.
So soothing.
DoorDash spent years misleading its delivery workers out of their hard-earned pay. We held them accountable and secured $16.75 million to go back to its workers. Eligible DoorDash delivery workers in New York should file a claim by November 21, 2025.
Doesn’t have to be either or, let’s go with both.
I was wondering if we could nail him for practicing medicine without a license?
looking for jobs elsewhere. not finding much.
did you at least play it for them?
this. i follow lots of awesome ppl.
usually it’s because I really like it but a few other people in my circle with much larger followings have already reposted it or i’m trying not to be annoying by nonstop reposting things every minute because i follow a lot of cool people who do awesome stuff that i like.
Nope. Nope. Nope.
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If I were charged with a federal crime, I’d hire Pam Bondi’s brother as my lawyer. Because I don’t think this is a coincidence.
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
The average American simply has no idea how quickly the infrastructure that keeps us safe and healthy is collapsing. These systems run in the background thanks to government employees who quietly do critical work. Those employees are being purged and systems are being destroyed.
love it!
Kinda far from family prolly though.
Did you check out U of Minnesota ? I feel they’ve got some great folks there.
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Damn, still a ways off. They really drag out the match processes don’t they?
my whole last two weeks
Would you like that outbreak with biscuits or cornbread? 🦠 💀 #backlashthis
the looks soothing and inviting. also digging the plush microbes 😁
what’s the timeline for ID Fellowship match?
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My book is sold out on Amazon. That only ever happens for one reason. Wish it never had to exist at all.
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