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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Reminder that (a) the current share of U.S. workers in the public sector (working for government agencies) is at historic lows (b) It was not until the 'post'-Civil Rights era, when Black workers gained footing in public sector jobs, policymakers began to frame public sector workers as "waste"

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Dr. Theresa Chapple @drtheresachapple.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Measles is not trending on Bluesky. But it's quickly spreading in the US. Likely way more cases than the 600+ the CDC reported last Friday. Why do I think that? Well, measles kills on average 1 per 1000. We've seen 3 deaths. It is highly likely that we're undercounting this tightly knit community.

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Sending anyone from this country to a foreign gulag, particularly without a court hearing, should rightfully end a presidency. Full stop.

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

As he sat down beside me at our department meeting my work friend asked “still wearing the mask?” and though I was tempted to gesture at all the seats left empty by our many coworkers who were out sick, instead, I just said: “yes.”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/02/2025

so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Kamala Harris was not planning an ethnic cleansing to pave the way for golf course courses… Both sides were never the same.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Too many folks who are just arriving to the work of resistance are way too comfortable telling folks who’ve lived this work what they should be doing. Yall got too much dip on your chip and you need to do way more self work

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Tanesha BSN-RN Karen Kryptonite @ernurse86.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

If only law enforcement looked for missing children of color the way ICE looks for child immigrants. Such a waste of resources

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Colorblindness is a tool for resegregation. Coming for the data is the way to delegitimize the basis of the pursuit of equality.

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John Elrod II @lotnorm.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

For some, I'm guessing the reality of their "protest vote" is setting in, and it's easier to lash out than do any self-reflection.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

USAID.gov is down. Why is this concerning? Trump has no legal authority to eliminate a congressionally funded independent agency. The work of USAID is vital, and if this can happen to them, it can happen to any of us.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

“Musk’s DOGE crew lacked high-enough security clearance to access that information, so the two USAID security officials — John Vorhees and deputy Brian McGill — were legally obligated to deny access.”

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USAID security leaders on leave after trying to keep Musk's DOGE from classified info, officials say

The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Mu...

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Emily Dore @emilydore.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Numerous studies have found a relationship between childhood socioeconomic status (CSES) and health in adulthood. In a new paper, I find this relationship varies across states, suggesting state context plays an important role in shaping health across the life course: tinyurl.com/bdactvkz

A screenshot of the paper's title, Geographical variation in the long-arm of childhood, and abstract.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

🚨PIs of Training Grants and Programs, ESPECIALLY training grants that support students from historically excluded groups (T32s and T34s, IMSD, MARC, PREP, MOSAIC, etc.)🚨 We need to push back on the loss of information and the disappearance of websites about these resources.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 29/01/2025

These people have no idea what they're doing, but they will do whatever they can get away with. These aren't contradictory statements.

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Alexis Smith, MPH 💕✨ @readlexread.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Hi, it’s me. I’m that scientist 🥺

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

My understanding is the spending freeze has been rescinded but not the EO on DEIA so a lot of research grants will still be targeted? The confusion is the point at this point.

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Alexis Smith, MPH 💕✨ @readlexread.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

It’s recruitment season for my phd program and I am intentionally not participating because you aren’t going to create a horrible environment for students of color and THEN trot us out like lil show ponies. #BlackSky #AcademicSky

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/01/2025

BENNET: Did you say Lyme disease is a highly likely militarily engineered bioweapon? RFK Jr: I probably did say that BENNET: Did you say that exposure to pesticides causes children to become transgender RFK Jr: No BENNET: I have the record

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Zyahna Bryant. @zysaidso.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

“America is back” reminds me of “The South will rise again.” Language matters. Memory matters. It’s all intentional.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Come on media. Come. On

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Ignacio GHOULlup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

"Quaker groups file suit over the end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship: The suit appears to be the first from a faith-based organization challenging the change in court."

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Quaker groups file suit over the end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship

The suit appears to be the first from a faith-based organization challenging the change in court.

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Intersectionality Training Institute @intersectionalitytraining.com · 20/01/2025

“The #truth is powerful and it prevails.” – Sojourner Truth #intersectionality #healthequity #Blacksky

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Of course, Hegseth is unqualified. But describing this as “affirmative action” or “diversity” gets it precisely backwards. White supremacy has *always* promoted unqualified white men over everyone else. This is the *exact opposite* of affirmative action policies designed to end discrimination.

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 25/01/2025

Coalition work is about working together. It is people power. It is NOT Messianic. There is not a leader. You are ONE BAND, ONE SOUND. The ones who arent? Fall apart.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 25/01/2025

Trump's antics are affecting so many lives. #MedSky #PharmSky #AcademicSky #ChronicIllness

Tweet from @EricDKoch reads "A friend of mine has skin cancer and was about to start a clinical trial after his other treatments did not work. Trump's decision to temporarily halt funding for medical research also applies to clinical trials. His treatment is now canceled.

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Iris Gant @irisgant.blacksky.app · 25/01/2025

If you’re an advisor to students whose work is being challenged by what occurred this week, please reach out to them if you haven’t. We need it. /FIN #AcademicSky #PhdSky

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

It hasn’t been my primary beat but I’ve covered cancer research for 20 years. The progress in the field is genuinely awesome and inspiring. They are going to kill so many people.

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Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

At this point I’m just tired of hearing what we should do (i.e. tax the rich) without hearing anything about how to get there. We all know there are a million good things that we don’t have the power to make happen. The focus needs to be on building power and capacity right now.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

The CDC is not perfect but from polio to COVID-19, its publications have shaped public health and saved lives. I hope they return online promptly to continue in keeping the American public safe. An uninformed healthcare force cannot provide the best care. #DefendPublicHealth

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Alexis Smith, MPH 💕✨ @readlexread.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

You’d be surprised how many public health profs try to be apolitical when public health is inherently political!

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I've written about what happens when antibiotic research goes unfunded. Teams that worked for years to find and test badly needed new compounds break apart. Their institutional knowledge goes unrecorded. The compounds they worked on are lost to development. Now scale that to all of US science.

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ChatDVD @gambit1914.blacksky.app · 23/01/2025

Unclench ya jaw

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Broadly Epi @broadlyepi.com · 22/01/2025

We're likely to see prescription drug savings programs vanish soon due to the trump admin, so we're resharing our guide to getting cheap care resources in the U.S. If we missed anything, please let us know. And if you're comfortable, a share would be appreciated. www.broadlyepi.com/health-care-...

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Health Care Affordability Resources - Broadly Epi

List of Healthcare Affordability Resources Welcome to the Broadly Epi list of Care Affordability Resources. It's no secret that the United States has some a…

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Miriam IRL @miriam.blacksky.app · 23/01/2025

The news feels like a relentless flood, one horrifying revelation after another. Remember to step away. Breathe. Eat. Hydrate. Sleep. You can't fight the chaos if you're running on empty.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

She said, “May I ask you to have mercy Mr. President on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away." If Mike Johnson thinks that’s “radical,” perhaps he has a fundamental misunderstanding of his own religion.

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

As doctors and nurses, it is our moral duty to care for every person who walks through the door & needs medical help. Allowing ICE to raid hospitals & clinics is immoral and will lead to needless suffering & death. Reading this made me cry...what nation have we become? #medsky

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Allowing ICE in hospitals is a public health catastrophe in the making

Allowing ICE to conduct raids in hospitals and medical clinics is not only cruel; it is a public health catastrophe in the making, writes Eric Reinhart.

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Usha Lee McFarling @usha.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

"You can’t die of early heart disease at 50 if you already died from polio at 5." Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams takes on the health implications of the nominees of his former boss. www.statnews.com/2025/01/20/s...

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Former surgeon general: Vaccine-preventable diseases are still a major threat

“You can’t die of heart disease at 50 if you died of polio at 5,” Jerome Adams, former surgeon general, warns.

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Alexis Smith, MPH 💕✨ @readlexread.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

some tips for others concerned about nih pauses, changes, and the implications and wondering what we could be doing right now —

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