So please don’t both sides the critique of the truly terrible NY Times piece this morning. As Daniel Patrick Moynihan said once: you are entitled to your own opinions but not your own facts. The piece is garbage.

Woooooweeeee, that Jay Bhattacharya fixing science thing was A LOT of misleading statements glued together and squished into a NYTimes Op-Ed form! Guys, it's Monday morning and Bhattacharya is still a terrible NIH Director.

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

@naomikritzer.bsky.social’s Minneapolis mayor race post is up! naomikritzer.com/2025/09/18/e...

I 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:

3. The absolute goat rodeo nature of the meeting itself demonstrates that few if any on ACIP understand their roles and what their votes mean. 4. Many of the members seem to have just realized that making PH policy is a lot harder than tweeting potshots at the CDC.

In case you’re wondering about Grassley’s style, he’s always tweeted like this. My personal favorite will always be PantsBurnLegWound. I doubt he’ll ever top it.

They truly have no idea what they are doing.

This isn't even a slight exaggeration. He is actively working on destroying the US's entire vaccine infrastructure. The HepB vote will be tomorrow, where they will get rid of the birth dose and recommend it at 30 days, dooming a bunch of infants to chronic infection ft. cirrhosis, cancer, and death.

*Impeach RFK Jr.* Call your reps tomorrow and tell them you want them to do everything they can to press for this.

Thank you @firedbutfighting.bsky.social and @altcdc.altgov.info for what you do as well. Honored to use my voice to advocate for protecting public health in our country

Since 1994 childhood vaccines have prevented: 508M cases of illnesses 32M hospitalizations 1.3M deaths Every $1 spent on childhood vaccines, the US has saved $10.90, totaling $2.7 trillion in societal savings. Yet, tomorrow ACIP will consider changing the schedule based on no science or data.

Monarez starts hearing by stating clearly: RFK Jr. directed me to pre-approve vaccine recommendations, regardless of scientific evidence www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIlW...

Marshall implies she's not suited for the job due to her "belief system" that every child could need every vaccine. He talks as if it's a "philosophical difference." Monarez returns to scientific integrity. If she is asked to sacrifice her scientific integrity, maybe this job isn't right.

It’s an unseasonably warm Wednesday here in Minneapolis, actually kind of muggy! And Jay Bhattacharya is a terrible NIH Director.

“We continue to provide pathways” was quite the choice to include in a statement about literally closing a pathway

Another way of thinking about it: we invested money in this new pathway as part of the I-35W reconstruction/Lake St transit station. It's completely squandered now. Was the ongoing maintenance cost not high enough? What's the problem? Why is this resource we paid for lost to us?

I’m just a girl, standing on a @metrotransitmn.bsky.social light rail platform, asking for trains to come more frequently than every 15 min during rush already. Goodness. At least. Please.

I would like an app that could give me a 10-day stress forecast.

I was watching an old episode of Columbo And I was thinking… What did people even do Once they got to their desks In 1972?

Again, mother's maiden name is a terrible security question.

You know if you keep making a point that *right now at this moment* this isn't authoritarianism or genocide or they haven't take my vaccines/rights/democracy/etc. away you can technically be correct in that moment but then we'll keep having this problem where "suddenly" tomorrow it is those things.

A substantial part (but not all) of this increased investment is multi-year funded grants. My current estimate is that multi-year funding has been used in lieu of ~2400 annually funded grants that could have been made. 2/2

I think more dentists need podcasts. They are very practiced at elaborating on all sorts of subjects to a silent audience.

Signal Secure Backups are here 🙌

The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.

I had a great morning with the wonderful people contained inside @iamwbob.bsky.social. Bye for now!

This story is WILD. Trump sent Seal Team 6 into North Korea to plant a listening device. The entire thing went sideways within minutes of landing when they noticed a fishing boat near the beach. They killed everyone on board, sunk the bodies to cover their tracks, and fled. Congress was never told.

Tired: Throwing subs at ICE Wired: DC statehood Inspired: CHICAGO STATEHOOD!!!!

Tired: Throwing subs at ICE Wired: DC statehood Inspired: CHICAGO STATEHOOD!!!!

This is an important moment in the US for vaccine law, federalism, & #PHLaw experts & I am absolutely begging journalists and pundits to seek out the scholarship & expertise of those who have been studying this subject for years rather than winging it or asking people Who. Are. Not. Legal. Experts.

Whoa. JAMA didn’t really start rejecting papers for quality reasons until the mid-20th Century???? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAMA

Drug trafficking is not a capital crime; it doesn’t carry a death sentence. I genuinely cannot think of anything under U.S. law that would permit premeditated government assassination of people suspected of drug trafficking.

trump is talking about the number of people killed by gun violence in chicago right after saying guns aren't a problem in america.

Now that we have settled the Cracker Barrel thing, can we please put our attention to the dropping of "Donuts" in Dunkin'? Where does my senator stand on this???

Okay, controversial opinion: Schools spending $$ on Yonder sacks bums me out. Especially since I’m not convinced they achieve the outcome people are after.

I truly believe that every moment you can, within practical reason, enable for a child that’s not in a car is a gift.

As someone who just got over a vaccine-preventable disease (Shingles! And just 3 months before I turn 50 and would be vaccine-eligible here in the US, my incredible timing!). I can say with confidence I would have preferred to, like, have the shots and not do that one. I would wager you would too.

We have a decades of scholarship on how pro-democracy forces win in competitive authoritarian systems: they form a united opposition that brings together people with otherwise profound political disagreements.

I ordered mine! @drdemetre.bsky.social @firedbutfighting.bsky.social

I know you didn't ask but I really think flesh-eating screwworm could use a consultation with a PR team.

"More than 397,000 children have experienced gun violence at school since the shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., in 1999, according to data collected by The Washington Post." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...

Here's Jake's Cedar Lake cheat sheet. Since the Minneapolis Park & Rec Board won't mark where you're allowed to be, you can consult this list of addresses and how many feet of public land you're allowed to access.

The best time to curtail firearm access is 40 years ago. The second best time is today.

Sometimes I think about how deeply sad and disappointed I would imagine Bobby Kennedy would be if he were alive to see all of this.

The new proposed rule would also effectively end automatic OPT - the program that allows students to work for a short period of time after they graduate (which means e.g. they can accept a position at a US tech company while waiting to enter lottery for a longer-term skilled-worker visa)

Trump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.