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Jacqueline Antonovich

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Historian of medicine, gender, & politics in the American West. Creator & Executive Editor Emerita, @nursingclio. She/Her/Hers

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · Sep 9

Today is publication day for The Nursing Clio Reader. As I write in the preface of the book, I started Nursing Clio back when I was a second-semester grad student as part of a final project in a public humanities seminar taught by historian Matthew Countryman at UMich. 🧵

A picture of Jacki Antonovich standing in front of a copy of The Nursing Clio Reader on a book shelf.

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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 8h

My 2yo just informed me that her favorite food is gummy bears wrapped in salami. Then she held eye contact while wrapping a gummy bear in salami and eating it.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 9h

For any Catholic, the sight of a Eucharistic Procession being turned away at the gates of the destination is the embodiment of Jesus being denied entrance. You don't have to be Catholic to get the symbolism in that!

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 9h

Me to spouse: “I can doomscroll the news OR I can play my little cat game on my phone and put them in little outfits and decorate their tiny rooms.”

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 10h

Eh…it’s a good rainy day/folding laundry movie

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 11h

YES.

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Also a big part of the 1980s genre: city person moves to the country.

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This movie is SUCH a 1980s time capsule

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 11h

Yessssss

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There were so many weird feminist finds love/feminists really want families movies made in the 1980s

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 11h

I know she has such a strong résumé of work, but I’m going to remember Diane Keaton from my problematic favorite movie played on cable tv constantly.
RIP Queen.

A promo shot of the film Baby Boom with Diane Keaton holding a baby. Briefcase is on the ground

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16h

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/wyoming-library-settlement-book-bans-terri-lesley.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwdGRjcANWLXdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhlnY6nKj_j4zuP3VjNSstXWBaV1t8-sPQ5C3b_jS6WN...

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 15h

My oldest kiddo who lives in Seattle casually texting me photos of her and her friends at the Mariners game last night. Celebrating.

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😂😂

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 4d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 20h

I actually gasped. As a former public health reporter the MMWR is a big deal

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 1d

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 20h

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Me to my family:

a person with a scarf around their neck and the words time to bundle up below them

Alt: a person with a scarf around their neck and the words time to bundle up below them

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 20h

October in Pennsylvania: when it's just cold enough to possibly maybe turn on the heater, but also not cold enough to go around and close all the storm windows.

a man is driving a small yellow vehicle that says south state on the side

Alt: Austin Powers is driving a small yellow vehicle that says south state on the side

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 21h

“Roughly 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — the so-called “disease detectives” who respond to outbreaks around the globe — received layoff notices, according to a person familiar with them. The service was spared during an earlier round of layoffs in February.”

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 1d

When will my husband return from the Mariner’s game

Oil painting of a woman waiting by the sea

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Claire Schen @profclaire.bsky.social · 20h

Terrific session yesterday to celebrate this milestone and important work.

UB History @ubuffalohistory.bsky.social · 12d

📚 New faculty book alert! In Birth Politics, Ogechukwu E. Williams examines childbirth in Nigeria from the colonial era to the present to consider the complex relationships between traditional midwives, biomedical maternities & faith-based birthing homes. @hopkinspress.bsky.social #ubuffalo #histmed

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Richard Amm ♿ (Disability & Research) @richamm.bsky.social · 1d

We are looking for volunteers who are interested in writing 300-350 words, (about 1-2 paragraphs) on how disability is portrayed in horror movies. Deadline 24th October 2025
Contact Richardamm(at)gmail.com
Find our free disability zines: linktr.ee/disabilityark

Horror & Disability. Help us write disabled takes on horror movies for a free zine. We are looking for volunteers who are interested in writing 300-350 words, (about 1-2 paragraphs) on how disability is portrayed in horror movies. Please feel free to reach out for more information. Deadline 24th October 2025
Contact Richardamm(at)gmail.com
Find our free disability zines: https://linktr.ee/disabilityark

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 22h

Meanwhile, the administration continues firing outbreak response investigators and those with other key roles at CDC

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23h

153 kids are in quarantine in South Carolina.

118 kids in Minneapolis.

This is what happens when we ignore the science.

When we stop vaccinating, long eradicated diseases come back.

The kids deserve better than this. Measles can disable. It can kill. And it’s completely preventable.

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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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 22h

This detail is telling: "Earlier on Friday, as part of a medical checkup at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Mr. Trump received a Covid booster shot & a flu vaccine, according to the White House."

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 22h

This is beyond bad. All of our disease defenses are down now. We are sitting ducks. This is #RussellVought #DonaldTrump #RFKJr. They are endangering American lives with their insane crusade. These men are hazardous to your health and dangerous to the republic. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 22h

Le Sigh.

'Buckle up': IMF and Bank of England join growing chorus warning of an AI bubble

As industry spending surges, top financial institutions say a sharp correction could occur if investor appetite for artificial intelligence turns sour.

www.cnbc.com

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