Remember the current NIH director going on about protecting researchers from government censorship? Today his people called the police in to forcibly remove my colleagues from their own society meeting for sharing an editorial published in their flagship journal that was critical of him. Gift link

"maga leads to flesh eating disease" headlines just write themselves

“blasphemy fest”

I just want to add, since this is breaking containment, that this can't be made right. these people, each one a whole universe, are gone. there can only be justice for the perpetrators; public remorse & restitution; & reform to ensure future aid systems are more just and less prone to imperial whims

It’s been 111 years since the Armenian Genocide, a crime against humanity that took the lives of 1.5 million Armenians.   On this anniversary, we remember those we lost and honor the resilience of those who survived and the generations after who built lives here in the United States.

Yet again I remind everyone (as Elizabeth does in her very next tweet) that "foreigners are corrupting our pure blood with weakness & disease" is Fascism 101. Not some variant, not some metaphorically similar thing, not some echo -- the thing itself.

Blue Morning Glories, 1935 by Georgia O'Keeffe #Womensart

we have got to get it together, in like twenty-four hours the astronauts are back

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Chicago has turned all public school IDs into library cards to boost student access. blockclubchi.co/3NTWvNM

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

“Pope Leo made a plea on Wednesday for countries to offer their ​citizens universal healthcare, calling it a ‘moral imperative’ that ‌people have access to the health services they need.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Means isn’t merely unqualified in the way everyone in this admin is unqualified - inexperienced, deranged zealot and/or grifter. She’s unqualified in the Lindsey Halligan way - by legal statute. Actually, Halligan was more qualified if she has an active law license.

May we all see the day when this story is in citi human subjects research training modules

Nearly every ad break has included at least one commercial designed to make a primary care doctor’s head explode. Good thing for the half time show and sad patriots.

Martinez ends her testimony with this: "If there's not justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government."

'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once

Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept." Astonishing thing for a judge to do.

When anyone ever tries to say that billionaires should fund science (or anything meant for the public good), let’s remember Epstein et al and their “proposal” for female behavior-modifying STIs.

We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE. They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.

I sometimes wish the Democratic Party in Congress consisted of any 260 people in the Minneapolis telephone directory rather than the 260 dignitaries now representing us.

"Abolish ICE" was submitted 9,200 times for Chicago's snowplow naming contest, records show. blockclubchi.co/3ZAnDTZ

No snow, cold, or ICE will stop our movement! We will MELT ICE, dismantle DHS, and protect our neighbors.

“Rejoice, for you warmed the cold earth with your fervent tears.” Akathist to St Xenia of St. Petersburg, January 24

“I was confused as to why the victim was on his side, because that is not standard practice when a victim has been shot. Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is standard practice. Instead of doing either of those things, the ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds.”

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Another civilian gunned down by federal agents in Minneapolis, the day after several Democrats, including moderate media darlings, voted to give ICE another $10 billion.

Inhumane and incredibly short-sighted. These meds keep people healthy and protect their partners and communities. This is a death sentence for people who can’t afford the meds ($20k plus per year) and will lead to more infections, more drastically altered lives, and more need for assistance.

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this photo. minneapolis. 💜 📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune

Chicago: Always Down, Never Out (No Matter What)

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

The fundamental difference - and the reason why Denmark can "get away" with fewer shots - is because it has universal healthcare, paid leave, and a homogenous population. But, ultimately, they have decided that thousands of annual cases of chickenpox, RSV, rotavirus, etc. is okay. I disagree.

“Trump and his administration have lied, consolidated power, and committed war crimes to seize Venezuelan oil and pursue regime change for their imperialistic agenda in the Western Hemisphere,” said Rep. @ramirez.house.gov. “Trump must be impeached.”

What is public health's "lane"? It surely ends somewhere; there are epistemic boundaries in every direction. But public health must have an abolitionist view of violence and empire, even when we do not have the immediate tools to achieve it overnight

he's just gonna keep doing illegal shit as long as everyone keeps letting him

Wait so the Gang of Eight was not informed before the strike but the NYT and WP were??

I feel like that makes it worse, bc it underscores that it's not just (using just loosely) RFK Jr randomly being a conspiracy addled eugenicist wackjob -- this catastrophe was coordinated and had the backing of the conservative legal movement

83% of Americans have a favorable view of Medicaid: www.kff.org/medicaid/7-c... Republicans simply can't believe that's true. It's government insurance, surely everyone hates it! But guess what: People don't want to be "health consumers," they just want secure coverage.

“I've known Bobby my whole life. We grew up together. It's no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets, because Bobby himself is a predator.” -Caroline Kennedy

Illinois vaccine committee votes to keep recommending hepatitis B vaccine for newborns The move marks the second time that state public health officials have broken away from guidance under U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines. www.wbez.org/health-medic...

Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true

BTW, here's a Life Magazine cartoon from 1911, two years after Michele Bovino came to the US:

“This irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance will lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.” Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly: www.aap.org/en/news-room...

rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.

Dr. Jason Goldman of the American College of Physicians says (paraphrasing) that this entire meeting is complete bullshit and should be adjourned. He has been a constant voice of reason.

Re: today’s ACIP meeting. Hang in there, friends.

I know most of the focus is on RFK Jr.'s weird horny texts, but the news that he used to spam Bill Nye with anti-vax weirdness and Bill was like, "Dude, you're you're confusing correlation for causation" is the only RFK text-message news I will ever need.