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Jane Joukovsky

@greatgran.bsky.social
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Left-leaning British ex-pat. Live in the beautiful SoCal desert, but suffer from a chronic case of hiraeth. Great-Gran. 4-time cancer survivor.

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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today is National Punctuation Day! It’s a day to recognize the importance of punctuation in accurately conveying the meaning of the written word. As the cartoon illustrates, even a single comma can significantly change the meaning of a sentence!
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Only 39% of women who experienced a cardiac arrest in public received bystander CPR in one US study, compared with 45% of men.
theconversation.com
Decades of male-focused medical research could bias healthcare AI
Studies may include both sexes yet leave differences unexplored. That gap becomes more consequential when old evidence helps train medical AI.
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
factcheckorg.substack.com/p/rfk-jrs-fa...
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RFK Jr.’s Faulty Claim that U.S. Measles Response Is ‘Better’ Than ‘Any Other Country’
When asked about the largest surge in measles in over 30 years, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly claimed that the U.S. is doing or has done “better … than any c...
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
thetimes.com
Melania Trump denies link to oligarch ‘involved in child abductions’
The US first lady said she had no relationship with Umar Kremlev, who paid for Donald Trump Jr’s wedding in the Bahamas this year
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
factcheck.org
Rising Measles Cases Driven by Falling Vaccination, Not Illegal Immigration - FactCheck.org
Rep. Byron Donalds, a Republican from Florida who is running for governor, has blamed “rampant illegal immigration” during the Biden administration for measles outbreaks. But we found no link to illeg...
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
theguardian.com
RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate
Letters obtained by Guardian and AP contradict testimony that 2019 visit to Samoa had ‘nothing to do with vaccines’
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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AAP: Executive order to reduce childhood vaccines unscientific, dangerous
A new executive order reduces and spaces out recommended childhood vaccines at a time when measles is at a 35-year high and children are returning to school.
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 11/06/2026
Canada showing what inclusion & common sense look like 🇨🇦⚽ If the U.S. won’t allow FIFA referee Omar Artan to participate, Vancouver is ready to welcome him & ensure the game comes first! #Canada #Vancouver #FIFA2026 #WorldCup #Soccer #SheShed
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
propublica.org
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The Brits appear ready to shame the US news media into covering this, distracted as they are by gazing at their own navels ...
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
kffhealthnews.org
Democrats Demand Trump Administration Halt Plan To Collect Federal Workers’ Health Data - KFF Health News
After KFF Health News reported that the Trump administration is seeking federal workers’ medical records, Democratic lawmakers are insisting that the Office of Personnel Management drop its request.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The end of Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime is a victory not just for Hungary, but for people who value democracy around the world. Congratulations to Tisza, to incoming leader Péter Magyar, and to Hungarians everywhere.
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Oopsie!
apnews.com
AP Exclusive: Trump administration admits a glaring error in its New York health fraud accusations
President Donald Trump's administration has admitted to a major error in data used to justify a federal fraud probe into New York’s Medicaid program.
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
wapo.st
CDC delays publishing report showing covid vaccine benefits
The acting CDC director cited concerns with the methodology, but the design has long been used to test vaccine effectiveness.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/03/2026
Everyone needs to stop what they’re doing and watch this video. “It seems like there’s a lack of diversity here today, and it’s mostly people who look like you and me, and I just…?” This lady’s response is🔥
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
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bbc.com
Jeremy Bowen: Trump is waging war based on instinct and it isn't working
One month into the conflict in Iran, Trump's gut-instinct approach is not proving effective, writes the BBC's international editor.
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
“ . . . a similar assessment had been made by the UK’s national security adviser . . . he had been surprised at the significant progress towards a permanent, substantive nuclear deal and judged that it was enough to halt a war between the two sides.”
theguardian.com
Oman claims Israel pushed US into Iran war when deal was possible
Foreign minister claims Israel convinced Donald Trump to make ‘grave miscalculation’ of waging war on Iran
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
theguardian.com
UK security adviser attended US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach
Exclusive: Jonathan Powell thought Tehran’s ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war, sources say
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
theguardian.com
Here’s the news from Iran – Donald Trump is making America lose wars again | Simon Tisdall
Humiliating failure now looms, as symbolically damaging to US global standing and national self-esteem as Afghanistan or Iraq, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14/03/2026
Explain it to me like I’m five… 🤬
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
www.thetimes.com/uk/article/j...
thetimes.com
Jeffrey Epstein trafficked women through British airports as late as 2019
The paedophile financier booked flights for young women from or through the UK up until the month before his arrest, the Epstein files show
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Rep. Judy Chu @chu.house.gov · 11/02/2026
In just a few moments, I will vote against the so-called SAVE America Act and I am a strong no. That's because this bill would place unnecessary burdens on millions of women and eligible citizens to register to vote and make their voices heard. It is un-American & undermines our democracy.
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Strips Job Protections From Thousands of Federal Workers
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org
As US Is Poised To Lose Measles-Free Status, RFK Jr.’s New CDC Deputy Downplays Its Significance - KFF Health News
Measles is at a 30-year high in the U.S., but technicalities may stave off the loss of the nation’s measles elimination status.
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
theguardian.com
Simple blood test can predict which breast cancer treatment will work best, study finds
Exclusive: DNA test means patients could be offered most effective treatment first, boosting their chances of beating the disease
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific. They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him. Stop the lies.
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
He murdered her
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
Post from Amanda Gorman’s Instagram that says 

amandascgorman
Minneapolis, Minnesota
For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by ICE. on January 7, 2026
by Amanda Gorman
They say she is no more, That there her absence roars, Blood-blown like a rose.
Iced wheels flinched & froze.
Now, bare riot of candles, Dark fury of flowers, Pure howling of hymns.
If for us she arose,
Somewhere, in the pitched deep of our grief, Crouches our power,
The howl where we begin,
Straining upon the edge of the crooked crater Of the worst of what we've been.
Change is only possible, & all the greater, When the labour
& bitter anger of our neighbors
Is moved by the love
* better angels of our nature.
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
😡😡😡😡
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
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m.yale.edu
What parents should know about the new childhood immunization schedule
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new childhood immunization schedule represents one of the most dramatic changes in childhood disease
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
kffhealthnews.org
Trump’s Idea for Health Accounts Has Been Tried. Millions of Patients Have Ended Up in Debt. - KFF Health News
Republican calls to give Americans cash instead of health insurance subsidies double down on a decades-old strategy of moving people into high-deductible plans with health savings accounts.
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
kffhealthnews.org
In RFK Jr.’s Upside-Down World of Vaccines, Panel Votes To End Hepatitis B Shot at Birth - KFF Health News
A session of a vaccine panel dominated by skeptics was chaotically at odds with past practices of the CDC, which HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has described as a “cesspool of corruption.” His cr...
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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factcheck.org
Previewing the CDC’s December Vaccine Advisory Meeting - FactCheck.org
The vaccine advisory committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is scheduled to meet Dec. 4 and 5. On the agenda: the hepatitis B vaccine, the overall childhood vaccine schedule and s...
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
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kffhealthnews.org
RFK Jr. Wants To Delay the Hepatitis B Vaccine. Here’s What Parents Need To Know. - KFF Health News
A CDC panel is reconsidering the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. Renewed doubt could lead to fewer kids getting vaccinated, leaving them vulnerable to an incurable, preventable virus that can b...
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
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kffhealthnews.org
Feds Promised ‘Radical Transparency’ but Are Withholding Rural Health Fund Applications - KFF Health News
Proposals from states that have shared their applications to a new $50 billion rural health program include using drones to deliver medication, installing refrigerators to expand access to healthy pro...
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
wapo.st
CDC in turmoil after agency backpedals on rejecting vaccines-autism link
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), who voted to confirm Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after he pledged not to remove language stating vaccines do not cause autism from the CDC website, condemne...
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Blimey! Somebody should let the King know that, according to White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, His Majesty has taken away his brother’s titles and evicted him from his home based on an elaborate hoax constructed by the Democratic Party of the United States of America.
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
bbc.com
Andrew fixed palace visit for firm with £1.4m deal with ex-wife
A company paying Sarah Ferguson was given a private tour of Buckingham Palace while the late Queen was in residence, BBC can reveal.
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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facebook.com
4.8M views · 222K reactions | They did the monster slash | Elle Cordova
They did the monster slash
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
theguardian.com
‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother
In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
npr.org
U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country
In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Six surgeons general, who served under both Republican and Democratic administrations, sound the alarm about the "unprecedented threat" posed by the policies and actions of RFK Jr.
wapo.st
Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
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ACOG @acog.org · 22/09/2025
ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. bit.ly/47Wxc59
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Sbooks @bemorelikeharper.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Health insurers are taking a stand on vaccine coverage. Love to see it.
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
I'm sure this document was inadvertently deleted from the US Department of Justice website. 🙂
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What NIJ Research Tells Us About Domestic Terrorism
Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic...
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 09/09/2025
Today, I was joined by organizations representing 100,000 doctors & medical experts. They know — I know — that vaccines work, and have saved millions of lives. We cannot allow Sec. Kennedy or anyone else to undermine faith in science and put the health of our children at risk.
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
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Meidas_Charise Lee on X: "🚨Dr. Elizabeth Potter is exposing United Healthcare’s ‘s peer to peer review for denying patients‼️ Dr Elizabeth Potter is an absolute hero and handled that situation like a pro‼️She stood up for her patient‼️ Health insurance companies are evil ‼️ https://t.co/drmVB5omIg" / X
🚨Dr. Elizabeth Potter is exposing United Healthcare’s ‘s peer to peer review for denying patients‼️ Dr Elizabeth Potter is an absolute hero and handled that situation like a pro‼️She stood up for her patient‼️ Health insurance companies are evil ‼️ https://t.co/drmVB5omIg
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Jane Joukovsky @greatgran.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
wsj.com
Opinion | The AMA Doesn’t Put Politics Ahead of Science
To suggest that acknowledging scientific consensus is mere political posturing diminishes the role medicine plays in protecting public health.
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