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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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alt_m @mbeq.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

A year gone from CDC. Still angry and sad. Doing good work now locally is good in many ways, and I really love the programs I’m working on. But there’s still a giant hole where important, science-based public health used to be.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This doesn’t seem hyperbolic now

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 17/02/2026

BUFFALO! Join your local March 7th rally to take back our science! Learn more at standupforscience.net/march7 #rally #March7 #ImpeachRFKJr #science #standupforscience

NATIONAL DAY of ACTION Take back our science, health, and democracy!

MARCH 7TH, 2026 BUFFALO, NY BUFFALO CITY HALL 65 NIAGARA SQUARE BUFFALO, NY 14202 1:00 - 3:00 PM

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NATIONAL DAY of ACTION Take back our science, health, and democracy!

MARCH 7TH BUFFALO, NY

BUFFALO CITY HALL
65 NIAGARA SQUARE BUFFALO, NY 14202

1:00 - 3:00 PM

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 26/01/2026

Last week we lost a public health legend: William Foege, former CDC director and leader in smallpox eradication. In a 2009 speech to CDC staff he said "the bottom line is not fame or even science, or brilliance, or money, or publications, but how we treat other people.” apnews.com/article/will...

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Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 05/01/2026

Some parts of public health are complicated. But "Should fewer kids die of preventable disease?" is not a trick question.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

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alt_m @mbeq.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I don’t know how much more my heart can break over CDC. This is not the place I spent more than 25 years of my life. I am so sad and angry on behalf of my colleagues who are left, trying to fight the good fight.

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alt_m @mbeq.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I saw this VG last year at the Poets and Lovers exhibit in London. It was breathtaking. One of my faves. And this makes it SO MUCH STAR TREK FUN. 10/10 would put on my wall.

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Mark Poloncarz @markpoloncarz.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

If you or a loved one are in need of fresh food, you can text FINDFRESH to 898211 to receive information on help and food near you. This is a service of Erie County and 211 Western New York.

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 31/10/2025

Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Making a recurring donation to your local food bank is one of the easiest & most effective ways to help people in your community. Now is a great time to either set one up or increase your existing support. Find a food bank near you: www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

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Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America

Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Please donate to your local food bank if you are able. They will be feeling immense strain in the absence of SNAP benefits (and still in the setting of SNAP cuts of the OBBBA).

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Ad: This clip, then cutting to people waiting in food lines, then to Johnson saying he isn't familiar with X, Y, or Z, then cutting to U.S. citizens being arrested by masked goons, then a quote from Roberts and the immunity decision.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Some other things that could/should be the president's priority: -Soaring health care premiums for marketplace enrollees -Reduction of SNAP benefits due to the OBBBA --> rising food insecurity -Government workers' ability to make ends meet amid the Republicans' inability to keep the government open

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

“If you’re angry about THIS, but not about THAT—“ Bro I’m gonna have to stop you there, I am angry about so many things all of the time, I have never in my life been angry about just one thing at a time, my capacity for “things to be angry about” is as wide and as deep as the sea

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

you'd think nine months in reality would have set in but i still can't believe people fucking voted for this

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Sen. Murray is exactly right: "Trump is gleefully using the shutdown as a pretext to hurt students .... No one is forcing Donald Trump to fire the people who make sure students with disabilities can get a good education — he just wants to." wapo.st/4nY78vK

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With shutdown cuts, Trump moves closer to eliminating Education Department

The administration is looking to shed workers and transfer some operations to other departments as it seeks to close the Education Department

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 18/10/2025

You can easily block the official MAGA government accounts here. Do not engage them. Do not give them what they want.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

This video of reporters flooding out of the Pentagon after refusing to sign Hegseth’s authoritarian pledge that would force them to have the DOD review all their articles before publication is one of the most satisfying things I’ve seen in a while

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16/10/2025

One child going hungry in America is one too many – this used to be a value we could all agree upon. The Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans need to do their damn job and start delivering for the American people. Enough is enough.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.

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alt_m @mbeq.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I’m reminded of the 50+ times I put “what gets measured gets done” on a slide.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

as someone who worked at the CDC, the way they’ve targeted these illegal firings are pretty much what i would do to inflict maximum damage to what remains of our nation’s federal public health infrastructure. a hostile takeover of the agency

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 11/10/2025

RIFed: OSSAM - Office of Safety, Security, and Asset Management Let this sink in. They are getting rid of federal employees tasked w/ protecting sensitive public health data - that we would NOT want foreign entities to get access to. (Foreign entities - China, etc. But can we add Vought🤮💩 too?)

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alt_m @mbeq.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Can’t say enough good about the CDC Librarians. This is heartbreaking.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 11/10/2025

RIFed Civilians in Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS)-CDC’s Disease Detectives Read about this rigorous training program 👇 "They are not household names but over the years they were first to confront the outbreaks that became known as hantavirus, Ebola & AIDS." This decision will haunt our future

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Beating Back the Devil

Check out Beating Back the Devil - <B>The universal human instinct is to run from an outbreak of disease like Ebola. These doctors run toward it. Their job is to stop epidemics from happening.</B><BR>...

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alt_m @mbeq.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

This is beyond devastating. I hate these fucking people.

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alt_m @mbeq.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

fave horror movie made better

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

a respected senior CDC official telling the public that the federal agency has undergone a hostile takeover and it barely makes the news because that’s the state of the world today

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Milton in a sweatshirt I know, I know, it's serious

Corgi mixed dog in a too small navy blue sweatshirt with hot pink trim.

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DrJaimeFriedman @drjaimefriedman.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

For parents and pediatricians: STOP GIVING BENADRYL FOR ALLERGIC REACTIONS This message doesn’t seem to be getting out. 2nd gen antihistamines work faster, last longer and have less side effects.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

“If we don’t measure food insecurity, no one’s hungry” “If we delete research on right-wing violence, there’s no right-wing violence” “If we don’t release inflation data, there’s no inflation” “If we stop Covid testing, we’ll have fewer cases” You see what’s happening, right?

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

whoever is running the most effective “PRIMARY ALL OF THEM. YES, ALL. I SAID ALL. I MEAN ALL” campaign can have literally all my money, time, and social media followers. Congressional fire sale, everything must go, no substitutions, all sales final. I’m so serious. this is irredeemable

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alt_m @mbeq.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

THIS. 25+ years at CDC showed me how much people cared, how seriously they took their responsibilities. No one got a check from pharma. Few ever even got recognized for their important work. RFK slanders US then replaces us us with people who WILL actually kill children. He needs to be in prison.

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

it is *infuriating* to listen to RFK Jr. slander CDC workers — including his comments that they kill children — when this is the way his stacked, handpicked panel handles the actual responsibility of children’s health

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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 19/09/2025

In case you’re wondering, it’s barely fall & our children’s hospital is already almost always full with kids boarding in the ER. And the pediatric workforce is stretched thin. Our system does not have the capacity to care for the influx of vaccine preventable diseases that is coming.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

folks, I want to remind you that a ton of federal workers are about to get their last pay check at the end of this month and this stuff is going to get much worse

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Deb Houry @drdebhoury.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

3 former Surgeon Generals issue a warning: "The CDC is more than just an agency. It is the cornerstone of public health... The recent turbulence at the CDC threatens to undermine this legacy, and we feel this is not just a bureaucratic or political issue. It’s truly a matter of life and death."

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Surgeons general warning: CDC saves lives. It's up to us to save public health. | Opinion

As surgeons general, we took an oath to protect Americans. It includes speaking up when public health is in danger. We see that danger now at the CDC.

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