Reposted by Rachel PutmanMike Masnick @masnick.com · 25/09/2026Shameful behavior by the Cornell administration. Again. 425063 250
Reposted by Rachel PutmanAnna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026SCOOP: The Trump administration is paying millions to quickly cover four enormous bronze horses with extra-thick 23.75 karat gold leaf. The money for the rush job is coming from National Park Service funds. In total, I found ~$100 mil spent on new DC beautification projects.notus.orgThe Trump Administration Is Spending $5 Million to Coat Horse Statues in GoldThe Interior Department quickly gave nearly $100 million in contracts in a rush to beautify D.C. 22720071131 2K
Reposted by Rachel PutmanMLB @mlbbot.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Welcome back, Gerrit Cole 👏 He has his first strikeout of 2026! 0276 27
Reposted by Rachel PutmanAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/05/2026🚨 🚨 🚨 NEW: A shocking @USCIS memo seems to declare that hundreds of thousands of immigrants living in this country and applying for green cards must instead apply for visas abroad; which could MASSIVELY disrupt lives. 🧵 on what we know, and what we don’t. 8925821304 2.6K
Reposted by Rachel PutmanWill Oldham @willoldham.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Proud to share that our first paper from the lab's new home at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Brown University Health is now in press at @insight.jci.org! insight.jci.org/articles/vie... 1112 11
Reposted by Rachel PutmanKerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Dr. Veronica Marcoux presents official Canadian Thoracic Society position statement “Infection screening before starting immunosuppression in interstitial lung disease” 🫁 Addressing MTB, HIV, HBV, HCV & strongyloides @veronicasam940.bsky.social 👏 #OpenAccess www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 295 9
Reposted by Rachel PutmanMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 23/02/2026This seems important www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe political effects of X’s feed algorithm - NatureAmong users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared... 35844306 844
Reposted by Rachel PutmanAndrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 11/02/2026This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive. 272113126467 11.3K
Reposted by Rachel PutmanGreg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026One of the best things I’ve read in a while: 412868810664 28.7K
Reposted by Rachel PutmanGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 23/01/2026Trump’s America. 22538351605 3.8K
Reposted by Rachel PutmanAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 07/01/2026AOC: ICE has less accountability than virtually any law enforcement agency in the U.S., yet they are some of the most well-funded, operating with impunity—and we just saw them murder an American citizen in cold blood in the street. 586236027893 23.6K
Reposted by Rachel PutmanThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/12/2025The MIT professor Nuno Loureiro was killed at his home by an old classmate on the run from a shooting at Brown University, the authorities said. Loureiro “was like an Einstein without the crazy hair,” his former colleague said.nyti.msNuno Loureiro, Slain MIT Professor, Was a ‘Brilliant Scientist’Nuno Loureiro, 47, was killed by an old classmate who was on the run from a shooting at Brown University, the authorities said. 1116131 161
Reposted by Rachel PutmanYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 15/12/2025New photos released of the person of interest in the Brown University shooting. 1812663 126
Reposted by Rachel PutmanElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 06/12/2025This is a fucking nightmare and right now I am very, very angry with the people who put Trump back in office. More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases. As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.whitehouse.govFact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Begins Process to Align U.S. Core Childhood Vaccine Recommendations with Best Practices from Peer, Developed CountriesALIGNING THE CHILDHOOD VACCINE SCHEDULE WITH INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to begin the 441424454 1.4K
Reposted by Rachel PutmanKaminskiMed @kaminskimed.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Finally in Print! The Official ATS Research Statement on Racial, Ethnic, Sex & Gender Equity for Inclusive Interstitial Lung Disease Research. 👏🏼 Drs Assayag, Adegonsoye, Cottin, Mageto & @atsblueeditor.bsky.social & @atscommunity.bsky.social #CurePF4All www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/... 084 8
Reposted by Rachel PutmanJack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · 30/11/2025“WTF happened to paylines???!!!" and other questions New must-read straight talk by Josh Fessel MD PhD about current status of #NIH 🧪🧬🩺 substack.com/inbox/post/1... (Please share, I think a lot of folks will benefit)substack.comNIH Unified Funding Framework"WTF happened to paylines???!!!" and other questions 074 7
Rachel Putman @rachelkputman.bsky.social · 28/11/2025I am going to Brown to be the ILD director there, starting in mid December - exciting, nervous, and going to miss some people at BWH very much 120 2
Rachel Putman @rachelkputman.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Would love to come, it looks great! Unfortunately I’m out of town on my between jobs vacation, can’t wait to hear about it! 120 2
Rachel Putman @rachelkputman.bsky.social · 27/11/2025@ipfdoc.bsky.social Are you going to be sharing your “outrage” over the ATS ILA statement? :) 120 2
Reposted by Rachel PutmanJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 17/11/2025gosh I wonder why they called her peril www.thecrimson.com/article/2025... 343339639 3.3K
Reposted by Rachel PutmanKeith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Summers is still on the faculty at Harvard's Kennedy School and actively teaching undergraduate & graduate students 718729 187
Reposted by Rachel PutmanCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 20/09/2025I cannot overstate how remarkable it is that under GOP rule, US federal health regulations have been captured by fringe crackpots who espouse views that the vast majority of the US public—and nearly 100% of health professionals—reject. Gift link:nytimes.comKennedy’s Vaccine Panel Votes to Limit Access to Covid Shots 13342021541 4.2K
Reposted by Rachel PutmanGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025👀 842309828061 31K
Reposted by Rachel PutmanJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18/09/2025In honor of Jimmy Kimmel get suspended in part for saying "And by ‘statistical fact’, [Vance] means ‘complete bullshit’,” in response to Vance's false claim that most political violence is from the left, here's the DOJ report showing the opposite, that the DOJ conveniently just memory-holed:web.archive.org 101157344 1.2K
Reposted by Rachel PutmanRep. Kim Schrier, M.D. @repkimschrier.bsky.social · 17/09/2025We now have confirmation that RFK Jr. fired Dr. Monarez because she refused to alter the childhood vaccine schedule. These recommendations have kept our children safe, but RFK Jr. wants to change them without any evidence to support that decision. 28579174 579
Reposted by Rachel PutmanElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/08/2025The Supreme Court just greenlit Donald Trump gutting nearly $800 MILLION for medical treatments and cures. Congress approved this funding for a reason: it saves lives. This is disgraceful, and families will suffer. 1402300761 2.3K
Reposted by Rachel PutmanCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/08/2025“.. Yikes – @EliseStefanik literally got booed off the stage TWICE at an event in her district today. She hasn't hosted a #NY21 town hall in years. Now we know why.” (via Addison Dick) 645121762633 12.2K
Reposted by Rachel PutmanDr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 12/08/2025In case anyone is wondering, I will not mince words, I will not pull punches, and I will say what needs to be said. Thanks for having me on @atourtable.bsky.social @jaimeharrison.bsky.social 🇺🇸 1229976 299
Reposted by Rachel PutmanATS Blue Journal @atsblueeditor.bsky.social · 07/07/2025The Blue Journal thanks Anna Podolanczuk, MD, MS, ATSF, for her contribution to the July issue Approach to the Evaluation and Management of Interstitial Lung Abnormalities: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Statement www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.... 1134 13
Reposted by Rachel PutmanMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 22/06/2025There are 100k students in med school each year. Room and board is about 100k per year. For 10b a year, med school could be free. We would see a wholesale change in the profession, career paths and the cost of care. It would change the economics for every financial decision doctorspolitico.comRepublican plans to cap student borrowing could shatter an everyday professionOne GOP senator said anyone paying more than $100K to go to med school is "making a huge mistake." But the median cost of attending one is more than double that for the class of 2025. 3504333806 4.3K
Rachel Putman @rachelkputman.bsky.social · 23/06/2025We have no visiting hours in the ICUs, but only some have rooms are large enough for family members to sleep and stay. The change back to 24/7 visitation, like it was pre Covid happened just a few months ago. 030 3
Rachel Putman @rachelkputman.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Agree that the raw numbers are less meaningful than the trajectory, but I’m less convinced about the impact of guidelines. I would imagine it depends on the guideline topic and how much it actually changes clinical practice. Also no one is surprised you’re being controversial 🙂 120 2
Reposted by Rachel PutmanKerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Just out in @atsblueeditor.bsky.social from 🇨🇦 CARE-PF🫁 Did you ever wonder what a "typical for fibrotic HP" HRCT pattern really means? We aimed to find out ... 🧐 www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/... 2146 14
Reposted by Rachel PutmanIan Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 08/06/2025No deaths have been linked to the salmonella outbreak so far, but 79 people in seven states have gotten sick. That number includes 21 who were hospitalized. www.upi.com/Health_News/...upi.comEggs recalled in salmonella outbreak after 79 people fall ill - UPI.comA California egg producer is recalling around 1.7 million eggs sold in retail stores in nine states because of salmonella concerns, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed. 35939 59
Reposted by Rachel PutmanEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 05/06/2025He's right. "Nothing short of devastating" By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 12695247 695
Reposted by Rachel PutmanEdward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 03/06/2025I worry that not enough of a big deal is being made about how long-term the devastation of these budget cuts to our scientific and health agencies will be, beyond the absolute ruin they will cause in the acute period. 472271495 2.3K
Reposted by Rachel PutmanScott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 19/04/2025🙏 We need your help 🙏 The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like. We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants: NIH: forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP... NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... w/ @noamross.net 16621488 621
Reposted by Rachel PutmanAmerican College of Chest Physicians @accpchest.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice sent letters to scholarly journals inquiring about their process and principles. As an organization, we respect and support the CHEST journal's editorial leadership and long-standing reputation. Read more here: www.chestnet.org/newsroom/che... 19549 95
Reposted by Rachel PutmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/04/2025Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'" 13567442215436 74.4K
Reposted by Rachel PutmanAllie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social · 27/03/2025📣 Across the U.S., cuts to federal funding for health research are projected to cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. How will YOUR area be impacted? Excited to share SCIMaP, a website that our team has created to communicate the impact of funding cuts. #PsychSciSky #MedicalSky scienceimpacts.orgscienceimpacts.orgSCiMaP 21446225 446
Reposted by Rachel PutmanMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 22/03/2025From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA 708319648471 32K
Rachel Putman @rachelkputman.bsky.social · 20/03/2025This story is terrible and absolutely worth readingtheguardian.comI’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnappedI was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky 030 3
Reposted by Rachel PutmanAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next. 561212847325057 128.5K
