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Pam Downe

@pamdowne.bsky.social
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Medical Anthropologist, Grandmother, Dog lover, Riders fan, Sparks fan, Lakers fan, New Orleans Saints fan

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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 5h
I misspoke earlier today. It took me FIVE attempts!! 😱 Wordle 1,936 5/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟨🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 11h
I am happy to announce that my latest book, Pandemics: Anthropological Insights, is now available for preorder. For anyone interested in or teaching about pandemics, infectious disease, public health, and/or medical anthropology, this might be worth a look! utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
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Pandemics - University of Toronto Press
What makes a pandemic more than a disease? In Pandemics: Anthropological Insights, medical anthropologist Pamela Downe shows that outbreaks are biological events that become social and political crises, shaped by inequality, communication, and care.
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 14h
One letter misses are so frustrating!! I just danced around it on my third guess. Archive October 6, 2026 Wordle 1,935 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Double threes! Archive October 5, 2026 Wordle 1,934 3/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That’s a great score for such a tricky word! Wordle 1,931 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟨⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Booya!!! Wordle 1,930 2/6 🟩⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yes!! This!!! “Girls sports” don’t need saving. They need support. They need people who can speak knowledgably about the games!
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You almost had it in three! I share your frustration! Wordle 1,929 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Same! It’s par for the course. Wordle 1,928 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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WNBA @wnba.com · 28/09/2026
UNANIMOUS 🏆 Olivia Miles stepped onto the WNBA stage and delivered one of the most prolific rookie seasons in league history. Her record-breaking rookie season ends with 2026 WNBA Kia Rookie of the Year honors! #KiaROY | #WNBASeason30
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nor here! Wordle 1,927 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟨⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I don’t think I’ve ever used this word in my entire life! Wordle 1,926 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I wish this were true. It’s being reported (in reputable sources) that only Iran and Cuba walked out on Trump when he mentioned their countries. 77 walked out on (or were already absent for) Netanyahu.
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yesterday was a lucky day for me! Archive September 21, 2026 Wordle 1,920 3/6 ⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟨🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I bet our penultimate guesses were the same! Wordle 1,921 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟨🟨⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I totally blew a great second guess. Wordle 1,919 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟨🟨⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟩⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It was a toughie. I lucked into it. Wordle 1,918 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Same! Wordle 1,917 4/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For 33 years, McConnell has voted against family and medical leave for working Americans. Then he disappears from the Senate for 92 days and keeps collecting his full paycheck. Apparently, paid leave is only a problem when someone else gets it.
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Susan Collins needs to shut the fuck up. The woman is insufferably stupid. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Republican senator warns Carney: Closer ties to EU hurts chance of trade deal with U.S. | CBC News
A long-serving Republican senator from a border state is warning Prime Minister Mark Carney against strengthening Canada's economic and political ties to the European Union.
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
apple.news/Aqky9L48nStu...
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Is Pete Hegseth out of his depth as war secretary? — The Times and The Sunday Times
Critics say the former TV presenter is floundering after his purge left the armed forces leaderless at a time of war. President Trump seems to disagree
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
There *absolutely* is such a thing as a stupid question, and this is one of the stupidest! OF COURSE he is out of his depth. He is out of his depth in a wading pool. (Link to full article in comments.)
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
That’s a good score for this word. I floundered. Wordle 1,915 5/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Same! I bungled a great start! Wordle 1,914 4/6 🟨⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬛🟨 🟨🟨🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Deceptively tough! Wordle 1,913 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This was a speech for the moment. It was gracious, strong, and pointed. It makes me so proud to be Canadian. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw-C...
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Former PM Jean Chrétien's speech at 9/11 commemoration ceremony in Gander, N.L. – September 11, 2026
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
What every system needs! 😜 Wordle 1,912 3/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I did a bit better on this one than on my others this week. Archive September 10, 2026 Wordle 1,909 3/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Same! Wordle 1,910 4/6 🟩⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Desperate Donnie's panicky plan to bribe voters is not only highly illegal, it's also incredibly expensive (1.3 trillion w/ a "T") & really, REALLY dumb (w/ a "B"). He knows accountability is coming on 11/3/26! #TickTickTick shorturl.at/xXsgXhttps:/...
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Facing Electoral Disaster, Trump Offers $5,000 Voter Bribe If Republicans Win Midterms
The president doesn’t have the authority to just send everyone checks.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trump promised $5,000 stimulus checks from DOGE cuts. You got 0. Trump promised $2,000 stimulus checks from tariffs. You got 0. Trump promised $1,000 checks from Obamacare cuts. You got 0. Trump promised $1.98 gas. You got $4+. Trump now has more promises for you.
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Four is an ok score for this word. I had a GREAT second guess that I squandered! Wordle 1,907 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
That’s a good score for this word. I floundered with frustration. Wordle 1,904 5/6 ⬛🟩🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
You did better than my dismal performance! Wordle 1,903 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟨🟩🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Same! It’s one of those “we should have had it earlier” ones. Archive September 2, 2026 Wordle 1,901 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
That’s a good score for that word. I totally lucked into it. Archive September 1, 2026 Wordle 1,900 3/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My third line was so frustrating! Archive August 30, 2026 Wordle 1,898 4/6 🟩⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I had a very similar pattern but lucked into it on line 5. Wordle 1,899 5/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
What a ridiculously stupid word! Archive August 28, 2026 Wordle 1,896 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩⬛🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
We both blew this one! Archive August 29, 2026 Wordle 1,897 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I barely survived this one. 🤦🏼‍♀️ Archive August 25, 2026 Wordle 1,893 6/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One letter misses are the worst! My second line helped me out. Archive August 24, 2026 Wordle 1,892 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩⬛🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
You were close on line 3! I squeaked out a three but wish I had gotten a two. Wordle 1,891 3/6 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
That’s a great score for this word. I wandered about a bit more.
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Same! Two one-letter misses kept us from double-threes. Damn! Wordle 1,889 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 🟨⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Doug and I are hard markers!
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Yup. I’ll take a four on this one! Wordle 1,888 4/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Same! Wordle 1,887 5/6 🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Double threes! Archive August 18, 2026 Wordle 1,886 3/6 🟨🟨⬛🟩⬛ 🟨⬛⬛🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pam Downe @pamdowne.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I was chatting with a colleague in geological sciences and so this word was recently encountered. Otherwise, I would have been screwed! Archive August 14, 2026 Wordle 1,882 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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