Reposted by @lcthorn.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/02/2025El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency. 9979525720764
Reposted by @lcthorn.bsky.social八瀬🌻🎸 @slumflower.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Btw if y’all wanna know how invisible Disabled people are made, it’s not called DEI it’s called DEIA. The A stands for Accessibility. And it was left out before DEI was even removed. 2352112
Reposted by @lcthorn.bsky.socialKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Disabled people are the experts in our bodies. We know what we can and can’t handle, and often understand our conditions better than most healthcare workers. Respect our autonomy & don’t force us to put our baseline at risk. Let us be partners in our care. 14870187
Reposted by @lcthorn.bsky.socialAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 19/02/2025HHS has ordered CDC to stop its influenza vaccine “Wild to Mild” media campaign. This is an award-winning campaign that effectively explains how influenza vaccine may not prevent infection but does decrease illness severity. We are currently having one of the worst influenza seasons in 15 years. 9730461229
Reposted by @lcthorn.bsky.socialTexas Observer @texasobserver.org · 20/02/2025👀texasobserver.orgICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X AccountThe Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical deta... 16284124
Reposted by @lcthorn.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 18/02/2025A couple of other things about the TX measles outbreak: There were 48 cases reported Feb 14 and as of Feb 18 that has only increased to 58. With an R0 of 12-18, we could have seen a massive bump and we haven’t yet. Now for the bad news: measles has a latency period of 10-14 days… 49931
Reposted by @lcthorn.bsky.socialImani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 18/02/2025I cannot emphasize enough how we are in an era where everyone is to be treated like disabled people have always been treated. 121539340
Reposted by @lcthorn.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 18/02/2025This story highlights why herd immunity is so important. Of the 58 measles cases, 4 have now been reported in people who were vaccinated. The absolute last thing we want is a huge outbreak that could result in mutations that evade the vaccines. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/...amp.cnn.comWest Texas measles outbreak grows to 58 cases, including some vaccinated people | CNNThe number of measles cases linked to an outbreak in West Texas has grown to 58, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. 11297102
Reposted by @lcthorn.bsky.socialMatthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990. One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS. #LGBTplusHistoryMonth 142246976757
Reposted by @lcthorn.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 15/02/2025On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily. 376291515213
Reposted by @lcthorn.bsky.socialElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 14/02/2025In 3 days, the number of measles cases in a highly unvaccinated area of Texas has doubled. There are now 48 cases, all of whom are unvaccinated, and 13 of whom have been hospitalized so far, for a hospitalization rate of 27%. This is huge figure in epidemiology. This outbreak will keep spreading. 52184983763
Reposted by @lcthorn.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/02/2025i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane. 391260666440
Reposted by @lcthorn.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/02/2025my view is that as soon as the administration froze disbursement of congressional appropriations we entered constitutional crisis territory 1079546007089
Reposted by @lcthorn.bsky.socialCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/02/20251. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...grants.nih.govNOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost RatesNIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD 25469964077
Reposted by @lcthorn.bsky.socialIsland Girl, Unapologetically Pro-Choice, Staunch Resister 💙 @bluepolitico.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Today in US History: On Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, granted black men the right to vote. It was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869. Black Americans were set free by the 13th amendment. The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship. #BlackHistoryMonth 191161533729
lcthorn.bsky.social @lcthorn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025My incredible artisan friend @clevrcat.bsky.social made this memorial embroidery portrait of my soul dog, Atticus. My heart is so very full every time I look at it. The detail! The shaggy wisps of hair! She matched his favorite bandana material!! 0122
Reposted by @lcthorn.bsky.socialIsland Girl, Unapologetically Pro-Choice, Staunch Resister 💙 @bluepolitico.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Today in US History: On January 31, 1865, "Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment which, on ratification, abolished slavery in America. The vote in the House was 121 to 24." www.archives.gov/milestone-do... 19283481779
Reposted by @lcthorn.bsky.socialTexas AFL-CIO @texasaflcio.org · 31/01/2025🧵 On this day in 1938, 12,000 — mostly Latina — pecan shellers walked off the job in San Antonio, protesting low wages & dangerous working conditions. Over the next 3 months, the workers took on the powerful pecan shelling companies & the local political machine backing them. 1338
lcthorn.bsky.social @lcthorn.bsky.social · 31/01/2025I have felt v cruddy all week beyond the existential horrors and this girl has been so lovey the whole time. 050
Reposted by @lcthorn.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/01/2025I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.washingtonpost.comWhite House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusionThe Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments. 15754323614329
lcthorn.bsky.social @lcthorn.bsky.social · 14/01/2025@indiaholton.bsky.social yesterday my partner and I were listening to the Ornithologist’s guide outside on vacation and the local birds contributed peeps and squawks at delightful times that left us in giggles. It was a perfect moment with such a great story. 120
