The Jeff Tweedy show tonight was thoroughly enjoyable. All the songs from the current album sounded great. Sammy Tweedy took the lead on a couple cover songs during the encore. "Kiss"

@chrissteller.bsky.social Tweedy played Androgynous tonight at First Ave, in case you haven’t heard.

Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

@artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social nails it every time.

Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto

Really wish the Mets could have signed Yamamoto.

I didn’t really care who won this series but man do I feel bad for the Jays and their fans. What a gut punch.

This is unbelievable.

What a series.

WHO too reliant on funding from donor organizations, paper argues Researchers say reliance on earmarked voluntary contributions from external donors like the Gates Foundation undermines the WHO's independence. www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...

Ernie Clement is a serious old-timey baseball name.

Everyone’s talking about Ohtani but I want to know the deal with Mary Hart. Is she at every Dodgers game?

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

This Ohtani guy is pretty good.

Nearly 1 in 5 urinary tract infections tied to E coli in meat The researchers also discovered that UTIs in patients from high-poverty neighborhoods were 60% more likely to be caused by animal-to-human strains -from @cvdall www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it

Is something wrong with the audio on the Vikings TV broadcast? Sounds tinny.

A recent HHS video is filled with selective data and misleading claims about vaccines. Dr. Michael Osterholm of @CIDRAP breaks down how – and why - it misleads. 🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/Lh5hP6zcVrs

If I send you this, know I’ve lost my shit

I’m going to need to see some ID on Jacob Misiorowski. He can’t be older than 16.

There’s something wrong with these people. Their brains have just been completely broken by the culture wars.

Such a wild story! 3 human cases of NDM-CRE likely acquired from their respective pets who likely acquired it from a veterinary hospital outbreak! Big reason for animal and human cases to be compared Paper: academic.oup.com/cid/advance-... #IDSky Reporting via @cvdall.bsky.social

Two investigations reveal how resistant bacteria may have spread from pets to people Molecular analysis and epidemiologic detective work helped uncover a hidden One Health link between human and pet clusters of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

Getting old is ruff. Bella had a tumor removed from her leg today. But she’s resting comfortably now and getting some treats.

Time to put this guy away until Spring. I’ll always love my Mets, but man do they make it hard.

The Mets have been eliminated, time for the offseason housecleaning to begin

Tylenol is a safe way to relieve fever and pain during pregnancy. Untreated fever, especially in the first three months of pregnancy, increases the risk of miscarriage, birth defects and premature birth, according to the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. www.nbcnews.com/health/women...

a really fucking exhausting thing about this current moment is that any good faith efforts to reform or acknowledge short comings of knowledge producing and sense making institutions is promptly weaponized by people who want to burn the entire thing down and drown us in avalanche of bullshit

As a huge Spinal Tap fan, happy to announce that I was pleasantly surprised by Spinal Tap II.

A lot of things stink about getting older but no one warns you about how much harder it gets just to clip your toe nails.

If you followed this week’s ACIP meeting, this Q&A from @matthewherper.bsky.social is well worth your time.

“I’m not quite sure where we’re going. I think the current wording is appropriate.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

ACIP is in chaos, they don't understand the policy implications, and it is only going to get worse.

The CDC presented a thorough review of hepatitis B vaccine safety based on the totality of the evidence from 17 studies. Yet the ACIP chair has picked one outlier study -- examining a vaccine NEVER used in the U.S. that has never been replicated - to highlight in detail. Why?

I'm watching the ACIP meeting. #Follow along for updates. The committee will vote on whether to delay the hepatitis B vaccine for babies and whether to give the MMR (measles/mumps/rubella) and chickenpox vaccines separately.

Former CDC official says RFK Jr.’s handpicked vaccine advisory committee will vote to delay vaccine for hepatitis B, one of two vaccines that prevent cancer. Read my story about how babies could be harmed if they don’t get this shot on time. www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...

Scoop via @rosebroderick.bsky.social: HHS abruptly cancels CDC meeting with RFK Jr., anti-vaccine activist as scrutiny mounts. www.statnews.com/2025/09/17/r...

ICYMI: My story on how the loss of USAID funding is affecting the fight against TB, the world's leading infectious disease killer.

Fired CDC director describes pressure from Kennedy over vaccines Susan Monarez told a Senate committee that Kennedy asked her to pre-approve recommendations from a federal vaccine advisory board and fire top CDC vaccine officials. www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...

RFK Jr.'s latest health target could threaten vaccine production in the U.S.: Kennedy is toying with dismantling the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... via @nbcnews.com @lizszabo.bsky.social

“Allowing [access to vaccines] to be limited based on anecdote, whim, or flawed research is reckless and irresponsible.” That’s exactly what the CDC's ACIP risks doing. This isn’t just policy—it’s people’s lives.

Exclusive: Trump health officials plan to link coronavirus vaccines to the deaths of 25 children as they consider limiting who should get the shots. The findings appear to be based on unverified reports submitted to an online reporting system which is open to anyone.

For my latest long-read for CIDRAP News, I spoke with tuberculosis experts and NGO officials about the impact from the loss of USAID funding. Here's what they told me.

A question for #IDsky folks: Are you calling it Candida auris or Candidozyma auris? The Europeans appear to be going with the latter.

Sure seems like Big Pharma spent way way more energy, money and lobbying capital on fighting Dems on prescription drugs than doing anything about the Secretary of HHS casually, and without any real evidence, telling everyone their products kill kids and give them autism.

New Osterholm Update podcast episode! @cvdall interviews @mtosterholm & coauthor Mark Olshaker on their new book, "The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics." They are joined by book contributors Ann Hennigan Grace & @sydredepenning www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

In the wake of COVID, Osterholm takes on 'The Big One' in new book CIDRAP Director Michael Osterholm and co-author Mark Olshaker's new book examines the lessons learned from COVID-19 and how a pandemic caused by an even deadlier virus might play out. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

Major update: As of this morning, CVS says it's decided it can offer the vax in 13 of the 16 states IF you get a prescription. Still a big new barrier for many people, but a change from its "no vaccines at all in these states" position yesterday. The three remaining absolute-nos are MA, NV and NM.

This got lost in the shuffle yesterday, but it's something to keep an eye on.