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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1h

[disclaimer: i'm just talkin, these are normative statements, idk and am not commenting on what infrastructure exists irl]

there has to be a way to absorb some of these people into state health departments..or set up an interstate body to keep tryna do this work..we just cant lose all this capacity

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 1h

I'm gonna be on repeat about this forever: What is especially dangerous about measles is that it can trigger immunity amnesia. From UCLA Health:

"Researchers have found that, after recovering from the measles, the immune system is suppressed for at least several months, and for up to two years."

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 4h

Remy is not making it to the club tonight

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 10h

If we had a social safety net that gave pregnant people other paths to healthcare, housing, food stability, and living wages, then the deceptive, strings-attached support of [crisis pregnancy centers and maternity homes] would hold little appeal.”

Great piece by @gretchensisson.bsky.social

The Once and Future Maternity Home

An Abortion, Every Day guest column

open.substack.com

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 14h

Getting my flu shot today, so a reminder from your friendly public health advocate to go get yours! (and COVID if you can!).

We're quickly respiratory illness season; the flu shots takes ~2 wks to take full effect, so the next few weeks are the perfect time to get it before holiday travel begins!

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 1d

Gather up a kazoo band next

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 1d

This headline is hard to beat.

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 1d

Little nap before bedtime. A nappatizer, if you will.

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 1d

Abortion providers say Missouri's attorney general is trying to get patient records

Planned Parenthood officials say in court filings that Missouri's Republican attorney general is trying to get the medical records of patients who’ve had abortions.

apnews.com

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 1d

Mom knows how to make me homesick for beautiful upstate NY fall day

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William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 1d

Is America great now

NPR @npr.org · 1d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 1d

Along with Noel the bipawd shorkie

Potty Time? Maybe.

YouTube video by Noel The Bipawd Shorkie

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 1d

Please enjoy my new obsession, Henry Wee Wheels and his crew

Wheelchair Dog Lives Life in the Fast Lane || ViralHog

YouTube video by ViralHog

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 1d

(Spoiler: you can’t make it make sense)

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 1d

Baffles me that anti-vax rhetoric includes claims that (1) HCPs are motivated by profit to give vaccines and (2) kids get too many “jabs”…. yet by separating the MMR vaccine into separate shots they’ll be increasing visits (and reimbursable claims) & the number of “jabs”

Make it make sense.

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak — Guardian US

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 1d

“In 1961, when I was just eight years old, I contracted measles. There was no vaccine available at the time. Like many of my classmates, I suffered through dangerously high fevers — mine reached 106 degrees — and nearly died. The disease left me almost totally deaf.” cc @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

Commentary: A plea to protect our children

Vaccination requirements kept our communities safe. Do not listen to anti-vaccine rhetoric. Do not gamble with your child’s health.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 1d

Houston mill

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 2d

Friendly reminder — this training is also relevant to miscarriage care

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 2d

The funding bill would make it so that hospitals or “any other program of training in the health professions” would lose access to federal money if they provide abortion training “without the participant first voluntarily electing to opt in to undergo such training.” (It is currently opt-out)

House Republicans Want to Force an Overhaul of Doctors’ Abortion Training — NOTUS

A House funding bill includes a rider that critics warn could limit abortion access and doctors’ preparedness for dealing with pregnancy complications.

apple.news

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 2d

Laughed way too hard at this

donlemonofficial on Instagram: "Something tells me Portland isn’t quite the war-ravaged place Trump says it is…CC / PDXFRONTLINEView all 4,418 comments"

Something tells me Portland isn’t quite the war-ravaged place Trump says it is…CC / PDXFRONTLINEView all 4,418 comments

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 2d

Nearly 100 rural hospitals have closed or eliminated inpatient services in the 10 yrs, threatening health care access to more than 16 mil ppl living in rural communities who rely on Medicaid…. the full impact of Medicaid cuts could take years to unfold, but docs say the system is already buckling.

The deadly consequences of rural hospital closures — ABC News

Rural hospitals are vanishing, and Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 2d

Mask mandates return in parts of the Bay Area as virus season nears

Mask requirements are returning to health care settings across parts of the Bay Area, as health officials brace for the annual surge in respiratory illnesses - including COVID, influenza and RSV.

www.yahoo.com

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 2d

To the barricades!

‘Les Misérables’ at 40: The Unlikely Story of a Hit

www.nytimes.com

Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 3d

The Smart Surfaces Coalition — a nonprofit that works with cities to enact cool roof ordinances — estimates that Atlanta’s new building code will cool the city overall by 2.4 degrees Fahrenheit during peak summer temperatures, and by as much as 6.3 degrees in the city’s hottest neighborhoods.

Atlanta is embracing a cheap, effective way to beat urban heat: 'cool roofs'

White or reflective roofs significantly reduce temperatures. Atlanta is the latest city to mandate their adoption.

grist.org

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 3d

I’m gonna go with stereotypical millennial dog mom.

I just ordered Remy’s Halloween costume so… this tracks.

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