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Colette Delawalla
@cdelawalla.bsky.social
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Clinical Psych PhD candidate at Emory Founder and Executive Director of @standupforscience.bsky.social Standupforscience.net "Colette is wearing brass knuckles...with spikes...tipped in poison" “Delusional broad” "Lady Switchblade"
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 22h
Russ Vought wasn't lying when he said he wanted to inflict "trauma" on our public servants.

This is what he is doing...with RFK Jr.'s permission at HHS. Last night, they destroyed our nation's ability to track and report emerging diseases/potential pandemics, among other things.

This cannot stand.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 3d
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 8h
Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 7h
Anything that says “Sora” is fake.
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 7h
What’s that I smell?

Tulips?
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 7h
Like I don’t want to see an AI image of a living room…I WANT TO SEE REAL LIVING ROOMS THAT EXIST SO I CAN GET INSPIRED.

I want to see A REAL PERSON WITH A REAL HAIRSTYLE.

A REAL PLATE OF FOOD.

A REAL PIECE OF ART.
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 7h
I know. I’ve been complaining about this for a year!
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 7h
Yes
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 8h
Listen. Shit is crazy.

BUT three things indicate a reason for some hope:

1. Jim Cramer said AI isn’t a bubble.
2. Aerie committed to not using any AI in advertising. They don’t use photoshop, already.
3. You can now opt out of AI slip on your Pinterest!
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suzette sommer @suzette.bsky.social · 8h
OCTOBER 17th
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 20h
I’m a mom.
I’m a scientist.
I’m an activist.

I’m not going to stand by while unqualified, Quack, fringe-ass conspiracy theorists make decisions about my family’s health that is going to kill people.

Join me outside of HHS on 10/16 at 3pm.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Take back science!
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 11h
So to summarize:

- There is a pattern where Vought makes the RIFs too wide, apparently to flood the zone with sh*t and see who will draw protests.
- They restore some people after outrage and work by us.
- But we are still left with many who remain fired at the end.
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Elizabeth Wingfield @quirkygrrrl.bsky.social · 11h
If you're already going to DC for #NoKings, maybe come in a day early to support #Science? www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 19h
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 20h
I’m a mom.
I’m a scientist.
I’m an activist.

I’m not going to stand by while unqualified, Quack, fringe-ass conspiracy theorists make decisions about my family’s health that is going to kill people.

Join me outside of HHS on 10/16 at 3pm.
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21h
@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."
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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 12h
BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED.
Here is my updated story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown
Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 11h
This is all I see.
a young man wearing a crown is sitting on a wooden throne
Alt: a young man wearing a crown is sitting on a wooden throne
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h
Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 12h
This is horrible!
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 12h
“”nobody’s forcing Trump & Vought to do this,” Schumer said “They don’t have to do it; they want to. They’re callously choosing to hurt people – the workers who protect our country, inspect our food, respond when disasters strike. This is deliberate chaos””
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Democrats refuse to fold over shutdown as Republican outrage builds
Party sticks to its guns on healthcare and says it’s willing to hold out – much to the delight of its progressive supporters
www.theguardian.com
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 12h
PRESSURE AND OUTRAGE WORK.

Whether this was a real error or the admin backtracking, outrage and press coverage highlighted the problems.
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 12h
New reporting: many apparently fired at CDC in 'error'. This is a failure by design given that the admin does not care about fulfilling agency missions. This is the kind of error that should have political consequences.

Unserious people cause real-world harm.

🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error
www.nytimes.com
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 14h
Oh yeah, press should absolutely push on that.
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 14h
I mean, Trump just got his flu and Covid shots and it was publicly released!
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 18h
For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.

Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16h
The Trump administration's latest layoffs include HUD staffers who investigate fair housing complaints, "disease detectives," and the team that publishes the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Donald Trump's war on public health enters a new phase
Another bad day at the CDC
www.motherjones.com
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Good Trouble Indiana @goodtroubleindiana.org · 16h
Public health is infrastructure. And every $1 spent on prevention saves up to $5.60 in health costs. So why does Indiana underfund it? We need budgets that reflect care, not crisis.

#FundPublicHealth #INHealthEquity #GoodTrouble #HoosierSky
Every $1 spent on public health prevention saves up to $5.60 in Hoosier healthcare costs.
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 17h
Have not confirmed this, but this is VERY very bad if true.

Also, more evidence of their eugenics roots.
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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 18h
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 19h
#GetOutTheVought‼️ Trump and Vought are decimating the federal workforce. This isn't just a shutdown stunt, this is in line with Project 2025's goal of cutting our government by 1 million workers.

STAND WITH SCIENCE!
✊Rally to TAKE BACK SCIENCE 10/17 @ 3pm ET
200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC
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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 18h
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