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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 8h

Growing list of airport authorities who are refusing to play the Kristi Noem video for travelers that blames Democrats for the shutdown:

Portland International Airport
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Niagara Falls International Airport

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 11h

At CDC, one of the offices within Office of Science that usually signs off on high-profile agency scientific publications, including the flagship MMWR, still RIFd 3/4

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 11h

At ASPR, analysts with top-secret clearances who work with intelligence agencies on biodefense, emerging CBRN threats, were fired. They focused on threats from “state actors, any type of threat, whether it it’s intentional or accidental,” said a former HHS official. 4/4.

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Julia Raifman, ScD @juliaraifman.bsky.social · 8h

One of the ways we know the perinatal dose of Hepatitis B vaccine makes a difference? NHANES & the people who powered it

ACIP recommended the birth dose in 1991. The prevalence of Hepatitis B among children 6–19 years old declined 68% from 1988–1994 to 1999-2006.

academic.oup.com/jid/article-...

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Matthew S. Bajko @politicalnotes.bsky.social · 12h

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender woman and longtime activist who once lived in the Bay Area, died October 13. She was 78....
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Trans leader Miss Major Griffin-Gracy dies

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender woman and longtime activist who once lived in the Bay Area, died October 13.

www.ebar.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11h

gene kelly is antifa

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American Society for Virology @amersocvirology.bsky.social · 14h

ASV is a proud sponsor of #BiM2025 #BlackInMicro

Check out the awesome events happening this week!

Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social · 14h

🌟 Don't miss CAREERS & RESEARCH Day on Oct 15. Hear highlights from Dr. Lauryn Alexander, Dr. Shanna Ashley, and Dr. Corey Reynolds. Secure your spot now by pre-registering: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro. Show your support by donating here: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM (links in bio) #BlackInMicro #BiM2025

Black in Microbiology Week 2025 Panel: Navigating Careers in Microbiology – Careers & Research. Event time: 2–3 PM EST, Oct. 15, 2025. Speakers: Lauryn Alexander, PhD (Law Student, West Virginia University), Shanna Ashley, PhD (Medical Science Liaison, AbbVie), and Corey Reynolds, PhD (Regional Medical Scientific Director, Merck).

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Kevin 🚀🤠 @astro-cowboy.bsky.social · 16h

Tomorrow about a third of Perseverance rover staff will be laid off, despite the mission being the penultimate step in a decades long effort to bring samples back from mars.

Reckless, needless budget cuts intended to hinder the pursuit of knowledge.

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Alice (SHE/HER) Sato, MD PhD @asato4kids.bsky.social · 16h

How do WE get these jobs tho

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Alice (SHE/HER) Sato, MD PhD @asato4kids.bsky.social · 16h

I might agree to Pichia but there’s NO WAY that I will accept the change for HIV

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Saskia Popescu @saskiapopescu.bsky.social · 20h

Maldives becomes the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’ of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B

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Thomas [redacted] DO @tom.medsky.social · 20h

Our VFC COVID vaccines arrived on Friday a full 23 days after our private insurance ones.

A meaningless delay that is 100% the result of RFK Jr and Jim O'Neill's incompetence.

Two boxes of Spikevax one adult and one pediatric. They are white with red and blue bars and lettering. Inside a freezer.

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Georgia Tomova @georgiatomova.bsky.social · 18h

“Results trended towards significance”

Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

"Statistical analysis used SPSS"

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 4d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Alice (SHE/HER) Sato, MD PhD @asato4kids.bsky.social · 17h

I looked to see if you meant what I was thinking 🤣

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 1d

If any child in your life has an IEP or 504 plan:

Trump fired (we think) all of the employees in the office at the US Department of Education that disburses special education funds from the federal government that school districts use to pay for those plans.

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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 1d

No honey, we criticize you for free because you lie.

From MAHA Action, "Dr. Eric Berg just REVEALED the real reason behind the sudden wave of anti-RFK Jr. and MAHA content online.

Big Pharma is literally paying influencers $1,000 per post to attack the MAHA movement.

(Video from MAHA ACTION Weekly Media Hub)"

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Heidi Schuster @heidischuster.bsky.social · 1d

For those unfamiliar with the Unipiper
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Portland's famous Unipiper was spotted at the Portland ICE protest where he played his bagpipes in front of Santa, Mr. Potato Head, Garfield and more -- all while surrounded by bubbles.

More on how the tone of Portland's protests has shifted: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 1d

The thing that is most devastating to me about the ongoing evisceration of the public health infrastructure in the U.S right is how little awareness of what's going on the majority of people in the general public have and the impact this will have on their health and safety.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Sens. Schumer, Merkley, Murray, and Peters are calling for the resignation of OMB Director Russell Vought.

"By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 1d

Good riddance to #RussellVought. The pain and suffering he has brought to so many Americans is unforgivable. www.merkley.senate.gov/schumer-merk...

Schumer, Merkley, Murray, Peters Call On Trump Budget Chief Russ Vought To Resign - Merkley

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and US Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice-Chair of the Senat...

www.merkley.senate.gov

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans

Image: A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” engraving, originally published in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1754. Each segment of the snake has the name of a university sent Trump’s “compact”: Texas, AZ, Vanderbilt, USC, Dartmouth, UVA, Brown, Penn, MIT.

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 1d

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.