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Emerging infectious diseases, health, health equity, education, service, baseball, music and arts.

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The 988 suicide prevention hotline's Press 3 option — which provides specialized services to LGBTQ callers — has been restored more than a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Confirmed by HHS and the office of Senator Tammy Baldwin, who led on legislation that forced its restoration
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starr88 @starr88.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bought yarn to knit up that Loverboy cat ear hat BTS wore in London. #Showmeyourknits #BTS
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20/09/2026
Giving an external committee power to veto research funding because it doesn’t align to a political agenda will not only harm science, it is a threat to democracy.
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White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 29/08/2026
Amherst College is looking for a Director of Public History and Engagement: networks.h-net.org/jobs/70277/a... 🗃️
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Amherst College - Director of Public History and Engagement | H-Net
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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 28/07/2026
I'm interested in finding and potentially supporting people who are interested in doing long-form writing on the big efforts in global health: Gavi, Global Fund, PEPFAR, etc. If this is you or someone you know, please make yourself known!
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Indivisible Melrose Wakefield MA and Beyond @indivisibleinn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Protect Haitian TPS Thurs. July 23rd noon Boston City Hall Plaza - ACLU, MIRA and more
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 09/07/2026
🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 4 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/aMM32
Graphic from Stand Up for Science urging action on a federal funding proposal. Large text reads: "4 Days Left" and "Help Us Stop Vought From Destroying American Science." A portrait of Russell Vought appears beside the U.S. Capitol. A banner along the bottom reads: "Submit a comment on the OMB proposal | Link in bio to take action." The Stand Up for Science logo appears in the top left.
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Rev Laura Everett @reveverett.com · 02/07/2026
Hey HAWT Greater #Boston: an offer for elders 55-95 without Air Condition to participation in a Harvard Chan Public Health study that gets them AC, and some cash. Please share! #HeatWave #mapoli #Bospoli Attn: @universalhub.com & @weatherishappening.com www.healthycitieslab.org/beattheheat
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Beat the Heat | Healthy Cities Lab
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/06/2026
We need YOU to take action by leaving a public comment, calling your members of Congress, and telling everyone you know about this OMB Rule. SUFS Action Center here: fight2win.standupforscience.net
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starr88 @starr88.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
#PWHL fans-has San Jose signed 5 players in phase 2? Only see info on 3? Thx
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starr88 @starr88.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
@pwhl-lasvegas.bsky.social How’s it going? You OK?
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starr88 @starr88.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Going with more to love with #PWHL expansion. Why love gotta hurt so?
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starr88 @starr88.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Was not expecting all the feels as players move around the PWHL league. #PWHL #BostonFleet
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
THIS WEDNESDAY: join @dairinstitute.bsky.social as we launch the Luddite Lab Resource Hub, a resource for workers fighting AI at work. We provide strategies for worker-led governance and oversight of this tech through case studies, primers, and a resource library. www.eventbrite.com/e/launching-...
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Launching the Luddite Lab Resource Hub
Join DAIR and workers on the front line of resisting AI as we release the Luddite Lab Resource Hub, a new resource for fighting AI at work.
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Craig Spencer MD MPH @craigspencer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The White House is intent on keeping Ebola out, at all costs. The U.S. is planning to send Americans exposed to or infected with Ebola to Kenya, instead of bringing them home for care. Please read and share—this is unbelievable and infuriating. craigaspencer.substack.com/p/keeping-eb...
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Keeping Ebola Out of America, Whatever the Cost to Americans
The White House is abdicating its responsibility to our own by sending Americans exposed to or infected with Ebola to Kenya rather than bringing them home
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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 22/05/2026
Content warnings that single out LGBTQ+ people are discriminatory. Plain and simple. deadline.com/2026/05/glaad-hrc-pfla…
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GLAAD, HRC Among 40+ Orgs Denouncing FCC's Proposed LGBTQ Rating System
With the FCC going after LGBTQ programming in Brendan Carr's latest crackdown on media, community leaders are showing strength in numbers.
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starr88 @starr88.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Having color clash overload with Victoire v Charge and Walter Cup emblem. #PWHL
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starr88 @starr88.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Need to know how many season tickets have been purchased for #PWHLDetroit!
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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Please call your rep and ask them to vote YES to extend TPS to Haitians!!
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starr88 @starr88.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Putting the Avignon Papacy forward in communications with current Pope-anyone else getting Crusade vibes with this positioning?
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starr88 @starr88.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social Thank you for an informative thread regarding ongoing threats to vaccines and public health. Appreciate you.
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Boston Legacy FC @bostonlegacyfc.com · 27/02/2026
Getting you to the game 🚊 The MBTA announced today that special event train service will transport passengers from South Station to Gillette Stadium for our Day One match on March 14. Special event train tickets will be $20 and will go on sale on March 9 at 11 AM on the mTicket app.
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Big D aka Detroit Tamperer @douglasplease.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
For newer PWHL fans, their official podcast, Jocks in Jill’s posted an episode this morning and they spend the first half going over what they expect from each team the rest of the season and gives a lot of context if you want to follow more closely or just want to know more youtu.be/aOh1xuRAaUU?...
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WELCOME BACK TO THE PWHL SEASON + KENDALL COOPER'S LOCKED IN
YouTube video by The PWHL
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PWHL @thepwhl.com · 24/02/2026
WE'RE SO BACK 😎
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starr88 @starr88.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
🚨Our MN colleagues declared their hospitals are under siege! 📣 Sign the national healthcare worker letter to stop funding ICE violence & defend healthcare tinyurl.com/HCWStopICEVi... 🖤Jan 26-30 Wear BLACK to mourn, honor and stand up for those killed by immigration enforcement
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Healthcare Workers Demand End to ICE Violence
Join healthcare workers across the country to call for our elected officials to use their authority to stop ICE violence while they still can, and our institutions to defend the sanctity of healthcare...
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starr88 @starr88.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
In the event this information is needed, sharing it with you.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
When you mix #vaccine policy with politics all you get is dead children. Pass it on!
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Scott Hadland, MD @drscotthadland.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Parent and pediatrician here. All vaccines are still available & recommended. Talk to your pediatrician for more info. Know this: Even as our government shifts its recommendation language, I would never forgo the RSV, hepatitis A & B, or meningitis vaccines for my own kids.
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starr88 @starr88.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Dear people, Vaccinate your children. The vaccines are safe and effective. They save lives and prevent harm. By all means, consult with your medical providers with your concerns and questions regarding vaccines and vaccination schedule. Love, A fellow citizen PS: USA is not Denmark.
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starr88 @starr88.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
FYI:
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Today December 1st is #WorldAIDSDay. I remember the millions who have died. I celebrate the transformative progress that has been made. I resolve as an HIV researcher and advocate to keep up the fight to end the HIV epidemic. Do you know you status? Get tested. Get treated. Get on PrEP.
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starr88 @starr88.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Where are all the girls dads regarding Epstein trafficking machine? OK with their girls being approached at 13, 14, 15, 16? Prefer to think not. But maybe they are? #Epstein #sextrafficking #girldads
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.
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This lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.
After NOAA cut funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the mo...
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Cambridge Public Health Department @cambpublichealth.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Contrary to what you might have heard, HIP is available on November 1 AND you only need a penny/non-negative balance to access it Find a participating farm here: dtafinder.com #Masschusetts @universalhub.com @cambridgeday.com @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
Image that says HIP is available on Nov. 1. Learn more about HIP at Mass.gov/HIP.
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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 31/10/2025
HIP benefits still available if you have 1 cent left on SNAP card. BPS students still get free meals. #boston
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starr88 @starr88.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
@universalhub.com MA webpage with resources for SNAP recipients or those who desire to assist November 1 and beyond. www.mass.gov/president-tr...
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Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · 29/10/2025
(Boston) Free farmers market in JP including bread and produce, Thursdays 11-1, 12 South Street #SNAP
This flyer announces a free farmers market at Loring Greenough House in Jamaica Plain (12 South Street) for people who lost SNAP benefits due to a government shutdown. The market offers:

Free fresh produce and bread (grown by Allandale Farm, bread from Iggy's)
Thursdays, 11AM - 1PM
Dates: November 6, 13, 20

This is a mutual aid initiative providing food support during a period when SNAP benefits have been disrupted. Jamaica Plain has a strong history of community organizing and mutual aid networks.
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starr88 @starr88.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
For Mass folks-pass this along. Keep a $1 on SNAP card to access HIP benefits. Share widely.
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starr88 @starr88.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
@universalhub.com Fireworks again this evening?
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starr88 @starr88.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Adding lack of SNAP funding reverberates into multiple supply chains. It is a world of hurt for many more than the recipients of these benefits.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 21/10/2025
The Women’s Pro Baseball League is set to begin play in 2026. Boston is one of four cities to be awarded an inaugural franchise.
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Women’s Pro Baseball League launching in 2026 with Boston team - The Boston Globe
Founder Justine Siegal has spent 15 years building up a nonprofit to support girls playing baseball. Now, they'll finally get the chance to take the next step in their athletic careers.
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April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
NEW YORK AND BOSTON we are so up WE ARE SO UP
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 10/09/2025
GOOD NEWS: Despite RFK Jr saying he would cancel $500 million in mRNA research, the House Committee on Appropriations has passed a spending package, that includes $1.1 billion for “advanced research and development” at BARDA, which includes research on mRNA vaccines.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/09/2025
Lots of people asking why isn't my state issuing COVID vaccine executive orders? In most states you can already get vaccines without prescriptions, including: AL, AK, AR, CA, CT, DE, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NE, ND, NH, NJ, OH, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WY
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
We are Through the Looking Glass now. Ladapo is barking mad, and I mean actually deranged. And please stop calling him a skeptic. He’s a full out anti-vaxxer and denialist. This only ends badly not just for Florida, but for the entire country. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Florida to end vaccine mandates for children as state’s surgeon general likens them to ‘slavery’
Joseph Ladapo, a long-time vaccine skeptic, says that every state vaccine requirement would be repealed
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
I have been saying for months that it is critical to monitor your state’s vaccine requirements for school entry. They are the only things standing between us and massive infectious disease outbreaks. With Florida ending these requirements, other states are sure to follow.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 03/09/2025
In response to the dismantling of the CDC, California, Oregon, and Washington have launched the West Coast Health Alliance, which will make their own science-based vaccine guidelines, and make sure vaccines are accessible to everyone.
California, Oregon, and Washington to launch new West Coast Health Alliance to uphold scientific integrity in public health as Trump destroys CDC’s credibility
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starr88 @starr88.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
The crickets are sounding beautiful this evening. #summertime #lifepleasure #naturejoy
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Lea Woods @lea9223.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
HHS announced today they will consider Head Start a welfare program, not an education program, and will subject it to new citizenship requirements. This goes against decades of legal precedence that all children in America have a right to education. Announcement here. www.hhs.gov/press-room/p...
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