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@JanelleAnthro

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Applied medical anthropologist. #GlobalPublicHealth #SociologyofLaw. Supporting research in gerontology & geriatric medicine. Disaster preparedness mindset.

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@JanelleAnthro @janelleanthro.bsky.social · Mar 30

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@JanelleAnthro @janelleanthro.bsky.social · 1m

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@JanelleAnthro @janelleanthro.bsky.social · 4m

We have updated our Billboard Campaign to focus on the Supreme Court Judges in PA.

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Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 3h

It's seriously infuriating how national media is bothsidesing Portland. There's a major (award winning!) airport here which you can fly nonstop to from every city in the country.

SEND A FUCKING REPORTER AND RENT THEM A CAR!!!

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 15h

Federal employees at ANY agency, I’m curious to hear from you about RIFs and whatever else is happening these days, Signal is davelevitan.26 and you can remain anonymous.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 21h

NEW: Is it good if your boss asks you to let them know if you get fired?

My latest from inside NOAA, EPA, elsewhere. Please sign up and subscribe to the new very reasonable paid tiers.

Federal Employees Have Been Asked to Tell Their Bosses if They Get Fired

Multiple people at multiple agencies said their bosses have told them to email up the chain if they hear about RIFs, because, per one source, "they probably won't be told if people are fired."

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@JanelleAnthro @janelleanthro.bsky.social · 2h

There is a lot of good work being done in VA: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

We are the Insurance Policy

Democrats are ahead in the polls in the Virginia races for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General. But they also have an Insurance Policy — a secret weapon. And that’s you, the Daily Kos ...

www.dailykos.com

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Denis Gilbert 🌎 @denis-gilbert.ca · 2h

Yep! 💯#SciComm

Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 1d

Brandolini’s Law (also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle):

The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.

H/t @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social

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Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · 2h

Hey California, let’s stop Trump from rigging the maps, vote Yes on Proposition 50. Send your ballot today.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2d

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

Who was president in 2020?

Senate Rs spent hours Wed insisting a Biden Censorship Regime was in power.

It’s ridiculous on its face—but dangerous in its purpose.

If you can convince people of that lie, you can justify what Trump is doing now. It’s “just payback”.

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Who was president in 2020?

On pressure, coercion, and confrontations with reality

open.substack.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 4h

Trump’s immigration crackdown is risking higher food prices for Americans, according to the Trump admin itself.  DOL warned in an obscure document last week that “near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens” is threatening “stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

www.washingtonpost.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 2h

California’s efforts to wean itself off fossil fuels are paying off, with solar power generation reaching record highs and battery storage coming online to back it up.

Solar is crushing gas power in California this year

The state’s combination of solar and battery plants have pushed clean generation of electricity to new heights, offering a welcome reprieve from high gas…

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@JanelleAnthro @janelleanthro.bsky.social · 2h

Our only hope is that A LOT of people tweet this at POTUS and it comes up on Fox News.

@JanelleAnthro @janelleanthro.bsky.social · 2h

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See the 'Wall Street of Pittsburgh,' and take in skyscraper history on these towering tours

After the first generation of skyscrapers appeared in Chicago and New York in the late 1800s, Pittsburgh entrepreneurs were quick to follow suit. With...

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@JanelleAnthro @janelleanthro.bsky.social · 2h

Um... No thanks?

Albert Vilella, PhD. @albertvilella.bsky.social · 2h

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Naked mole rats' DNA could hold key to long life

Naked mole rats reveal genetic secret to long life

The bald, subterranean rats are the world's longest-lived rodent.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Vaxxed?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 2h

Stop the shutdown, swear in Adelita Grijalva, release the files.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2h

Usually presidents don't have much of a direct impact on the economy. But in 2025, the downturn is ALL Trump. It's his tariffs, his shutdown, his ICE raids, his health care cuts.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2h

They are building a Propaganda State.

They are cooking the books on job creation.

Now they are rigging death numbers so no one knows how many people die because of their attacks on vaccines and science.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 15h

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: