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*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.

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Dr. Nahid Bhadelia @bhadeliamd.bsky.social · 14h

We have issued a late breaking update to this report based on US and WHO statements, at end of report. RFI and follow up: Russia reports anti-plague institute researcher died from pneumonia of unknown etiology, unrelated to lab work via @beaconbio.bsky.social - beaconbio.org/en/report/?r...

beaconbio.org

BEACON

Track biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness.

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Sebastian Baumgarten @sebbaumgarten.bsky.social · 22h

We are recruiting! Excited by ribosomes, translation, cryoEM and maybe malaria parasites? Then we have a fully funded, 3-year PhD position at the Institut Pasteur in Paris waiting for you. All info here: research.pasteur.fr/en/job/phd-p... ⏰ Deadline: November 6, 2026

research.pasteur.fr

PhD position to resolve structural ribosome heterogeneity in the human malaria parasite - Research

The Baumgarten Lab at the Institute Pasteur in Paris, France, is looking for a PhD student to join our “Parasite RNA Biology” research group. The position is intended for a student holding a MSc degre...

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Deb Houry @drdebhoury.bsky.social · 14h

This was one of my leadership principles I leaned on during my last few months at CDC

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/10/2026

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a statewide disaster emergency due to the measles outbreak. This was avoidable.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Pennsylvania has now reported: -At least 1004 measles cases -198 hospitalizations -Five deaths Only four of the cases had been vaccinated. Sure, we’ve got some numbers here, but the damage from RFK Jr.’s malicious treachery is actually incalculable.

wbaltv.com

Pennsylvania measles cases reach more than 1,000. Track outbreaks in your state

Measles cases have surged in 2026, and Pennsylvania reported more than a thousand cases as of Monday.

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LittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

*installs love all around your general space*

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Driver-volunteers go to homes to drop off diapers, baby formula, toilet paper, groceries... "Drivers switch routes and cars, write addresses on paper, and carry a water bottle so they can drop the paper in water and obscure the addresses if stopped... kansasreflector.com/2026/10/02/t...

kansasreflector.com

Trump's immigration sweeps leave southwest Kansas communities looking for way forward • Kansas Reflector

DODGE CITY — Southwest Kansas communities reeling from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — which included random stops to check status — are looking for ways to recover as fear continues ...

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/10/2026

All prisoners should have the right to vote while in prison

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

GOOD NEWS! A new cancer treatment has demonstrated unprecedented results in a large trial for cancer patients whose disease has become resistant to chemotherapy AND immunotherapy. Tumors shrank in OVER a third of participants, with 15 patients experiencing COMPLETE eradication of their tumors.

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Joe Dunman @joedunman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The funding imbalance in American politics is just astounding. Running a homeless shelter? Sorry, your last 50k grant just ran out and now your lights are off. Want to start a podcast for racists who eat paint? Here's $50 million, no strings, go have fun.

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Read this thread & also the NYT story (which will, be warned, make you physically sick and very distressed indeed, so keep that in mind). The campus police DID NOT TELL THE PROSECUTOR all that Jane Doe said. The campus police *omitted* her most important statements about what those men did to her.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.com

DOJ now 0-26 after judge rejects demand for Georgia voter rolls

The judge said the Civil Rights Act does not authorize DOJ's demands for the Peach State’s unredacted voter roll.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

RFK Jr. alleges that he wants to focus on chronic disease and sideline infectious disease research, but the big dummy doesn’t care about the interplay between the two. A new study estimates that 12% of all cancer cases in 2024 were caused by infections, including H. pylori, HPV, HBV, and EBV.

thelancet.com

Global burden of cancer attributable to infections in 2024: a worldwide incidence analysis

Our findings highlight the importance of infection control to achieve cancer prevention. Scientifically proven, but often underused, approaches include HPV and HBV vaccination; testing and treatment o...

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pertussis hater, MPH @gamer-epi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mom: it’s too expensive to get an electric car Me: *gesturing furiously at gas/diesel prices rn*

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Of the 109 public health officials, 76% experienced what researchers called “extraordinary backlash” such as threats and harassment."

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Lucia Ruggiero @lruggiero.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

How do European countries attract medical and nursing students to a career in primary health care? iris.who.int/server/api/c...

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Fishtopher and Friends @fishtopher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

tfw you wake up not knowing what year it is

Fishtopher, a classic brown tabby cat, laying in a sunny window. He makes a silly face, he is squinting and his tongue is sticking out slightly. Mr Lover, an orange tabby cat, lays in a green bed in the background.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

CDC is reporting one US measles death in 2026, but won't say when or where. Pennsylvania clearly reports that four people have died with measles in their state. The obstruction of public health data serves no one (except for an administration hellbent on saving face).

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pertussis hater, MPH @gamer-epi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Very cynical about grants right now 😔😔😭😭

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*

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Dorit Reiss @handle.invalid · 22/09/2026

Measles is a grown-up problem, too. Are you at risk? via @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social @cidrap.bsky.social www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/cidr...

cidrap.umn.edu

CIDRAP Op-Ed: Measles is a grown-up problem, too. Are you at risk?

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

One bit of hey, good news: if you have an baby, we now allow early vaccination at 6 months if the baby will be traveling to a place with an outbreak, or if they’re in a place with a risk of outbreak. Right now, I think “most of the Western US“ gets marked “at risk”. Talk to your Pediatrician!

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Re This case: Most media are focusing on their own states, but this was a multi-state trip. The person took the whole route of the Southwest Chief, so Illinois through the midwest, then across S. Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona before LA. Then up the coast, and back across on California Zephyr.

yahoo.com

Person with measles rode Amtrak trains and buses across CA, health officials say

The California Department of Public Health said the unvaccinated passenger stopped at six California stations, including downtown Sacramento.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

if you are reviewing an unpublished manuscript and you have the sheer unmitigated audacity, cheek, gall and laziness to upload it into an LLM to generate a review, let me tell you, you should be shunned and tarred and feathered

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Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's strange how Democratic Socialists - who are being denounced by both parties - turned major deficits into balanced budgets in both New York and Seattle.

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Amy Earhart @aearhart.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Please get your titers checked. About 10 years ago I read some mmrs from this period weren’t effective so my dr checked. Zero immunity to any of the mmr. I am a late 69 baby-outside the window, but still was impacted. Got my shot. Grateful for herd immunity that kept me safe prior to boost.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The U.S. military swung into action to intercept a Chinese ship after an “entirely false” AI-generated intelligence report inaccurately identified what the vessel was carrying It also “almost started a war,” a source told CNN.

cnn.com

Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!!

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I'm old enough that I watched a healthy girl in my kindergarten class catch polio and was in a wheelchair by 1st grade and she died at 36. She cried all the time because she was in pain. When you die I'm gonna piss on your grave, Del.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is unprecedented: “Pennsylvania is seeking more emergency aid from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to respond to the state’s largest measles outbreak in more than 30 years, but only if the federal agency acknowledges the four measles-associated deaths Pennsylvania has reported”

inquirer.com

Pa is asking for CDC more emergency aid, but only if measles deaths are reported

Both sides have accused the other of politicizing the measles outbreak.

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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Carney telling the European Parliament that what's needed is an alliance - his word, repeated - where nobody gets to tell the EU and Canada what to do. Good *LORD*. And met with a standing ovation. Well, that's that for the previously-existing form of Atlanticism, then.

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Deb Houry @drdebhoury.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

First time speaking as CDC Director at a health conference and she doesn't address measles or vaccines; and won't answer a question on 4th PA measles related death- not sure this is the path to rebuilding trust... which she states is her priority www.ajc.com/news/2026/09... @altcdc.altgov.info

ajc.com

In first public appearance, new CDC director vows to rebuild trust

Dr. Erica Schwartz avoided commenting on measles deaths in Pennsylvania.

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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...

19thnews.org

Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton

The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

JUST IN: A federal judge has barred DHS from threatening to prosecute a man who harshly criticized ICE’s acting director following the fatal shootings in Minnesota. It violates his free speech, Judge Contreras ruled. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Thousands of Americans literally died (horrible deaths, I might add) from COVID because of political disinformation about mRNA vaccines so why would this be any different?? Donald Trump has received at least 4 mRNA vaccines btw. He just doesn’t care if his supporters live or die.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026

the truly crazy making part of all of this is that voter fraud EFFECTIVELY DOES NOT EXIST. you have a better chance of finding an actual leprechaun at the end of the rainbow than of finding evidence of voter fraud that influences an election

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pertussis hater, MPH @gamer-epi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If the Sombra rework goes through, I don’t think I will be playing her anymore 😭😭 #Overwatch

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 13/09/2026

I think the people who keep pointing out that Obama opposed gay marriage aren't really making a direct correlation with what is happening with trans rights today. The debate is over TAKING AWAY existing rights. So it would be more like Obama supporting recriminalizing gay sex.

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