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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 6h

Surely you agree that at no point has it been "nice" to pick on people because you think they are less athletic.

Also, I see kind people every single day. People who also manage to say nice things.

I am sorry you don't have that in your life, too

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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 19h

🤣
I wasn't expecting scientists to build hypotheses from a movie--more that non-scientists would regain their appreciation for public health.

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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 20h

Oh. Yes!

Do we think we could make this movie marathon a thing? Like Shark Week, but about things people should *actually* be afraid of.

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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 20h

This.
👇👇👇

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 20h

Thankfully, some of yesterday's CDC firings have been rescinded.

But this should be a major scandal, not business as usual in this shitshow of an administration. It's either spectacular incompetence or an effort to make even politically untouchable positions feel precarious to those in them.

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 22h

100s of #CDC employees were notified Friday they were being fired — RIF'd. The firings cross multiple parts of the agency, endangering its core mission of keeping Americans safe.
Saturday, some were informed they were RIF'd in error.
Hard to imagine how this happens www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 20h

I started to write a pandemic joke, but I don't want anyone to get it.

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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 21h

"It was an accident! I didn't mean to." is what an abusive partner says after hitting you and realizing you might walk away.

B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 21h

Outbreak
12 Monkeys
Containment
Contagion
Andromeda Strain
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 1d

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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 1d

Abusive partner, after being violent: "It was an accident. I didn't mean to."

Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 1d

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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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1d

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 1d

But here's the thing that worries me... a sizeable faction of parents of kids in special ed believe the "cure" mythology, insisted that their IEP's would hold up, and *still* don't believe the cuts are real...

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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like a great opportunity for pop health researchers... #demography #episky
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Two Postdoctoral Researchers on Health Inequalities

jobs.helsinki.fi

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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 1d

More immediately: what makes you think you can know her motives?

I mean... if nothing else, Autism doesn't exactly have a reputation for performative social behavior.

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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 1d

So you'd prefer, what... shit signaling?

Do you understand how societies function?
bsky.app/profile/data...

B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 12d

I will say that those who have dunked on "virtue signaling" did us all a grave disservice.

We are social animals.
Signals matter.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 12d

I continue to think that one of the reasons this country is falling apart is the wholesale abandonment of public virtue as a broadly shared aspiration. Or even something people should be embarrassed about if they don’t have it.

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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 1d

I have been saying this for awhile.

Most recent example:
bsky.app/profile/data...

B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 12d

I will say that those who have dunked on "virtue signaling" did us all a grave disservice.

We are social animals.
Signals matter.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 12d

I continue to think that one of the reasons this country is falling apart is the wholesale abandonment of public virtue as a broadly shared aspiration. Or even something people should be embarrassed about if they don’t have it.

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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 1d

I have been saying this for awhile.
Most recent example: bsky.app/profile/data...

B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 12d

I will say that those who have dunked on "virtue signaling" did us all a grave disservice.

We are social animals.
Signals matter.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 12d

I continue to think that one of the reasons this country is falling apart is the wholesale abandonment of public virtue as a broadly shared aspiration. Or even something people should be embarrassed about if they don’t have it.

B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 1d

THIS!!!

utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 2d

anyone else notice that the west took a turn for the worse once the concept of signaling one’s own social virtue became derogatory, almost as if cynically deriding all displays of charity and good will is indicative of a deeply cynical and nihilistic society capable of collaborating in genocide

larry @larrrrrry.bsky.social · 2d

her advocacy for Palestinians doesn't bother me nearly as much as she is so desperately doing all this as an actual act of transparent virtue signaling, to fill the absence she has in depth of character

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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 1d

Middle school kids aren't saying "aura farming," so I refuse to believe it actually exists in the zeitgeist.

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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 1d

I think Canada is great. But no monitoring in Canada is going to identify tropical disease outbreaks south of the 34th parallel.

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · Feb 16

Hearing that @CDCgov personnel on probationary list are getting termination letters this evening. If you’re one of them, you can reach me securely on Signal at LenaSun.04. I promise to keep your name confidential. We want to get a sense of who’s been cut. DMs ok too. Also [email protected]

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

1/2 A reminder to anyone who was RIFed.

💯 you do NOT deserve this.

Quick tips if you do get a RIF notice:
❌ Do not send a read receipt
❌ Do not respond right away - the union will probably provide language for response
✅ Forward notice to your personal email

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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 1d

Look. This is not the news I needed today, ok?

*glares in middle age*

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

Good night, friends.
Tonight was deeply painful.

We at CDC do this work because we care.
It’s long hours, often feeling overworked and not enough pay, but we do it because we want to make the world a better place.

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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 1d

I feel lucky to have known her...

Amstat-American Statistical Association @amstatnews.bsky.social · 2d

At JSM, statisticians honored Katherine Wallman’s legacy as a leader, mentor, and champion of federal statistics. Her work continues to shape ASA policy and improve official statistics nationwide. magazine.amstat.org/... #Statistics #FederalStatistics #JSM2025 #DataForGood

Three photos - two white men and one black and white photo of a white woman - with the text: Honoring Katherine Wallman: A Legacy
of Leadership in Federal Statistics

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