I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Save PEPFAR to Save Lives! . Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/save...

Another effect of this cruel and insane move: some people will get a month of meds at substantial cost and stretch it out by skipping pills, which will cause their viral load to steadily rise, not only causing their own illness but inducing resistant virus. Another public health disaster.

I don't know about you but I want a surgeon general who vaccinates their kids and encourages others to do so, who has completed medical residency and practiced medicine unsupervised, who has an active medical license and who believes in science and facts. This is the bare minimum!

📢 CALL TO ACTION: Casey Means has a confirmation hearing tomorrow to be Surgeon General. 📞 Call your Congresspeople to protest her confirmation! Why? Well... in short, she's a wellness influencer/grifter who loves to ignore science Meta-thread 🧵👇 from us & others about some of her pseudoscience

Want to join @defendpublichealth.bsky.social and send a letter to your elected representatives about voting NO on the confirmation of a snake oil peddler as Surgeon General? Well, here’s a handy link to do so. Casey Means’ confirmation hearing is tomorrow. Join us in fighting her confirmation.

"I'm not scared of a germ... I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats." This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people. news.sky.com/story/robert...

Boulder shows up. ICE OUT

Boulder protest No Wars for Oil

It is easy to feel discouraged. But we want to thank the many public health professionals, like Dr. Deb Houry, who continue to fight. Sharing her powerful op-ed. And a huge thank to all the current and former CDC career staff who work tirelessly to protect all people. 💚 time.com/7338714/dr-d...

I REMEMBER. In 1981, nearly 100% of people with AIDS died, often rapidly. I remember weeping. I remember Ronald Reagan's refusal to say "AIDS". I remember the brave patients, loving caregivers, and the defiant power of ACT-UP. And finally the miracle of modern therapy. Rise up for World AIDS day.

Wow @maddow.bsky.social show is giving me chills. Warnings from the exiled founding member of Pussy Riot of Russia to Americans on the steps towards a repressive authoritarian regime. Resist while we still can. (Also fu!k them shutting down government recognition of World AIDS Day)

A worthy read! www.linkedin.com/redir/redire...

The reasons healthcare is expensive are straightforward, and the list does not include Obamacare cepr.net/publications...

Done with addition.

We are at risk for millions to lose their health coverage and access to healthcare. Takes seconds to send a letter or minutes if you add something

Demetre Daskalakis' resignation letter. One for the history books. www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-resign...

Thread of the day I get quite emotional about the USPSTF—they represent the BEST of science, the BEST of evidence, a kind of “church/shul/temple” when it comes to transparency, rigor & conflicts of interest RFK Jr is doing SO MUCH to make people sicker & at ⬆️ risk of death—he makes my blood boil

Good trouble in Estes Park

Superior CO Tesla demonstrators still showing out

Classic bully behavior. Trump saw an opportunity to pile on and get credit, with Iran in a weakened state, even though nothing materially changed except that Israel attacked them

Thank you @msnbc.com This is the news story of the day, not Trump's masturbation parade.

Boulder NO 👑

"Gold standard science" brought to you by AI- hallucinations and citations of papers that do not exist! These people are as dishonest as they are reckless. nymag.com/intelligence...

I cringe at being from the US right now Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect

Insanity

The most important statement from today’s hearings.

Horrible. Prasad is an unqualified crank and liar. Makary, Bhattacharya, and Prasad in charge of our key health agencies is like oil CEOs running env protection, or Fox talking heads running the military. Impeach, convict, remove. There’s no fixing US science w/out getting Trump out.

I couldn’t get to demonstrations today so called my Colorado politicians: Stop the dismantling of NIOSH, the agency protecting workers health; NO ONE , not refugees, not immigrants should be kidnapped without due process and sent to a concentration camp in ANY country.

The Covid.gov site is unhinged.

Reported DOGE coming to NOAA in Boulder. HANDS OFF ( Pop up demonstration I now just keep a variety of signs in my car ready to go)

No Kings! Hands off in Boulder! Save Democracy! Save Science!

Timeline reset. Spring in Boulder! (Till the next snow)

Gave. USAID was cut off, people not paid for work done, HIV meds abruptly stopped, no time / opportunity for alternate plans.

Must read deep dive by Gina Kolata into the chaos at the National Institutes of Health that the Trump administration is causing. “This is like Russian roulette. You don’t know what’s coming.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/h...

#teslatakedown Weekly Superior CO demo (it grew after this) Nice to hear all the honking, including from the Tesla drivers

Reps.Pocan & Kelly along with Senators Gillibrand & Merkley urge administration to save CDC's Division of HIV Prevention, in a bicameral letter. HIVMA signed on as an endorsing organization; we thank these lawmakers for their leadership! #SaveHIVFunding #TheFightForOurLives Read here: bit.ly/4l2YEm3

#Trump and #Musk want to destroy the #CDC's ability to do its job protecting America's health. Their first target? The Division of HIV Prevention. Call your Senators and Representatives now. Here's more info: 5calls.org/issue/cdc-hi... @defendpublichealth.bsky.social

Eliminating the Division of HIV Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would come at a cost to human lives.

They won’t stop until they’ve destroyed the entire US Public Health infrastructure. Please call your representatives.

Reported in WSJ. Terrible. Predictable. Watch out for loss of coverage of Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV.

Keep fighting. Keep calling. Keep filing. Keep protesting. We are getting LOUD! And the cracks are starting to appear. We can do this people. 💪Let's GOOOOO!!! Check out @50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.org @teslatakedown.com and hit the streets this weekend! www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

The CDC is more important than ever in this time where TB is reigniting, measles is surging, and so many more infectious diseases ( because of US malpractice). David Weldon is not qualified, to say the least. Please call your Senators.

Dave #Weldon is up for #CDC Director. His Senate hearings are on Thursday. He thinks vaccines cause autism, doubts the safety of MMR vaccines. CALL YOUR SENATORS: 202-224-3121. We have a call sheet here, with lists of Senators and a script to use: docs.google.com/document/d/1....

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/h...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/h...

@standupforscience.bsky.social Young people (and supporters) CU Boulder show up for Science

Cynthia Erivo! Defying Gravity We can do it too.

Hundreds in front of Superior CO Tesla. Lots of supportive honking

Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...