happy Tom Holland stormwater management day to all who celebrate.

💉If your study uses millions of patient records and finds vaccines are safe… …and your response is to block the publication? 😑 That’s not data integrity. That’s policy malpractice wrapped in anti-science spin. ⚠️ Public health runs on transparency, not selective silence. 🧪

I did not have “the Secretary of State is using Cypress Hill lyrics to explain what’s happening in a war” on my bingo card

Unexpectedly revisited my entire pre- #medlibs career history this morning in 2 different settings, drawing connections to current state of affairs from the 90s for a large chunk of it, and my brain was not prepared to handle this.

When you’re ready for your close up but the ferry photo bombs you… 📸:Vanessa Tippmann

Half-caff thoughts. Actually conversation I had this week with a colleague feeling guilty over cutting back voluntary service due to serious health issues: The university will never love you back. Happy May Day. Go do something meaningful.

Working, working, working + whoa, whoa, WHOA Tori Amos In Time of Dragons album is stirring up something deep in my own Veins this morning.

A new analysis by @commonwealthfund.org finds that while there have been some improvements in health equity, in every state where the authors were able to collect data, Black people were more likely to die early from avoidable causes than people from other racial groups.

Take a walk with Dr Elizabeth and her two dogs, while she talks about public health being everywhere. #PublicHealth #Dogs

Orcas are extremely intelligent, have to be empathetic due to pod life, and have matriarchal social structures. Thus, most orcas would make better presidents than what we have now.

If you’re concerned about sharing information with the federal government through the FAFSA, use the Washington Application for State Financial Aid (WASFA) instead to access state-only opportunities. You could qualify for free tuition or job training.

EVERYONE needs library services! #NationalLibraryWeek

People with preexisting conditions also don’t deserve to die

Noncontroversial takes: + Vaccines save lives + Science and research deserve support + Tylenol does not cause autism + Earth is a sphere + 📖🪱 > 🧠🪱

The first epidemic of the 1918 flu in the United States occurred at the military’s Camp Funston, Kansas (later Fort Riley). Infected soldiers headed to WWI battlefields carried the flu to Europe. Millions died It’s not *vaccination* that weakens force readiness.

Interrupting hearing coverage for this article. We are starting our day sad. CDC career staff and scientists are not withholding this data and article. This article is not being published in CDC's MMWR because of RFK Jr and Jay B don't want PRO-vaccine information publicized. wapo.st/41JhAhb

So exhausted. Check on your fed friends (any agency). Check on your public health and science friends.

🧵Thread 🫩 1/6 Removing the flu vaccination requirement for military personnel increases: ➡️ the risk of rapid outbreaks in close-quarters settings ➡️ the likelihood of undermining workforce readiness ➡️ risk of severe illness and hospitalizations ➡️ transmission to surrounding civilian communities

Ppl forget she also served in the Union Army as a scout and spy as well as leading the Combahee River attack that freed 700 enslaved ppl (inspiring the Black feminist Combahee River Collective’s name). She was made a one star brigadier general in the Maryland national guard posthumously in 2024.

Congresswoman Summer Lee grills RFK, Jr. on black maternal health. This health crisis in the U.S. is a persistent emergency where Black women are 2.5 to 3.5 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than White women, with rates up to 49.5 deaths per 100,000 live births.

#BLM OTD 1947 Jackie Robinson, 28, becomes the 1st Black player in Major League Baseball's modern era when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson broke the color barrier in a sport that had been segregated for over 50 years. #BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory

TAX DAY PRO TIP if you're filing by mail: Do not rely on a mailbox or a letter carrier today for filing your return on time. Go inside a post office and ask for a free manual postmark at the counter. Otherwise, your tax return may not get an April 15 postmark date and the IRS may apply penalties

Knock knock. Who’s there? The Doctor. Jesus Christ, be right there! That’s Dr. Christ to you! I didn’t spend a decade in medical school to be so disrespected!

Would gladly listen to this on repeat forever instead of a single click to that

PSA It’s ok to not be ok. It’s ok to be angry, unfocused, traumatized. It means you still have a shred of empathy left Do not try to weather this alone. Reach out to friends and allies. Many of us are feeling the same things. Support each other. Remind each other of the good still in this world 💚

This is a hard story to read. Imagine being asked to ignore a dead coworker to maintain productivity that further enriches shareholders. What would that do to your mental health? How could you return to work the next day? The human costs of our late-stage capitalist economy are all too real.

This, esp as I watch various grifters wrap vague interfaces over LLMs and get six and seven figure contracts

You can remove our colleagues who are women or Black or Brown or LGBTQ from agency websites & their images from agency walls But you can’t erase this: bc of those heroes of the past we have these heroes today inspiring future heroes Thank you Dorothy, Katherine, Mary, Sally, Christina & Victor ❤️🚀

A UW iSchool student was abruptly deported yesterday with his son. There’s a GoFundMe to support the family while they try to get them back to Seattle: www.gofundme.com/f/9wup9u-hel...

“A whole civilization will die tonight," is plainly threatening genocide and war crimes. Congress MUST step in. Republicans need to join Democrats to take action. Call Congress back into session—we should vote to end this war immediately.

I was not prepared to see astronauts crying and hugging in space as they remember their friend and colleague’s late wife. 😭

Good morning everyone today is MOON DAY 🚀🌖🥰 #Artemis

🚨 ALERT: LEAD IN DINO CHICKEN NUGGETS 🚨 Check freezer for Great Value Dino-Shaped Chicken Nuggets. USDA issued a health alert because nuggets may contain high levels of lead. Brand: Great Value (sold at Walmart) Size: 29oz. bags Best Used By Date: FEB 10 2027 Lot Code: 0416DPO1215 1/2 🧵

Daily reminder that we're all on this space rock together and public health is worldwide!

The most beautiful picket line I've ever marched in, props to Kanoa Shim-Ly for such a great photo.

Since I'm getting a questions about the new data - a few _preliminary_ comments: 1️⃣ Are the outbreaks in the US connected? 👉 Very likely. 2️⃣ Does this mean US will lose elimination status? 👉 Yes, but that's been clear for a while. Data: nextstrain.org/measles/geno... A few details + caveats 🧵👇

We're in!

🏳️‍⚧️The Washington State LGBTQ Commission is proud to share this year's Transgender Day of Visibility Proclamation signed by @govferguson 🏳️‍⚧️Now more than ever, it is critically important for the state to uplift and support our transgender and gender nonconforming community.🫂 (cont.)

After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations. She accepted three. One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history. www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...

All I want is a cottage in the Scottish Highlands, a raging thunderstorm, an Agatha Christie novel, a crackling fire, a kettle on the stove, an owl keeping watch, and a basket of emotional support scones.

A photograph of a large group of Japanese American volunteers at the Minidoka incarceration camp in Idaho. The group was assembled before being inducted into the Army and later serving with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. The photograph was taken on March 20, 1943. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

Behind every public health decision are real people doing hard, often thankless work. They deserve safety, dignity, and support, not abuse. LGBTQ+ public health workers are especially under attack. We all benefit when they can do their jobs. Read this.

I’m a pulmonologist and military reservist. When I don’t know something, I say that. I also try to be consistent and build partnerships locally, all to augment community trust. Transparency, Consistency, Partnerships. More of that may actually help rebuild trust.

We made no changes to the childhood immunization schedule here in Washington state. We followed science.

I feel seen

HHS launched a new Long COVID website. Does that mean HHS agrees that COVID-19 is a danger to Americans? No. Was it at least written with new HHS Plain Language requirements? Also no. At least there’s a Gold Standard Science participation trophy stamp on the page? www.hhs.gov/longcovid/in...

Everyone listen up:

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