Meredith MPH
@apistogramma.bsky.social
Fish, dogs, books, epidemiology.
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I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
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I think even before AI, we all kinda forgot that 90% of the fun of making art has always been "I finally get to show you the world I've spent years walking around in."
I think we lost the fun, really.
I think we lost the fun, really.
February 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I think even before AI, we all kinda forgot that 90% of the fun of making art has always been "I finally get to show you the world I've spent years walking around in."
I think we lost the fun, really.
I think we lost the fun, really.
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one clear sign that MAGA is losing juice: the number of hinge profiles that make clear they not only do not want anyone who voted for trump but also do not want anyone who self-identifies as a "moderate." id bet good $ that is a result of a lot of trump-voting men rebranding as "moderate" since '24
February 8, 2026 at 8:03 PM
one clear sign that MAGA is losing juice: the number of hinge profiles that make clear they not only do not want anyone who voted for trump but also do not want anyone who self-identifies as a "moderate." id bet good $ that is a result of a lot of trump-voting men rebranding as "moderate" since '24
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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Some good news
Bermuda snail thought to be extinct now thrives after a decade’s effort
Special pods at Chester zoo helped conservationists breed and release more than 100,000 greater Bermuda snails
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Some good news
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
I can’t describe how hard it is right now to be in public health. We feel these preventable deaths in our hearts and souls. You don’t go into this field without caring about other people. It’s brutal to be up against the consequences of misinformation and to just feel so damn powerless to respond.
February 4, 2026 at 2:27 AM
I can’t describe how hard it is right now to be in public health. We feel these preventable deaths in our hearts and souls. You don’t go into this field without caring about other people. It’s brutal to be up against the consequences of misinformation and to just feel so damn powerless to respond.
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'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 AM
'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
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these are senator james talarico numbers
February 1, 2026 at 4:44 AM
these are senator james talarico numbers
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BREAKING: Federal judge orders Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R., released.
"The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED."
"Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster."
"The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED."
"Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster."
![Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to
their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more
orderly and humane policy than currently in place.
Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February [sic], 2026.
Fred Biery
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
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January 31, 2026 at 8:44 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge orders Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R., released.
"The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED."
"Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster."
"The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED."
"Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster."
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Noam Chomsky and Stephen Pinker say Epstein was an intellectual force with a mind like steel trap and then his e-mails read like the ending of Flowers for Algernon.
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Noam Chomsky and Stephen Pinker say Epstein was an intellectual force with a mind like steel trap and then his e-mails read like the ending of Flowers for Algernon.
Didn’t have Nipah virus on my 2026 bingo card. 🙃 As an epidemiologist: that one keeps me up at night, and the fact that we have next to no federal public health monitoring system right now does not spark joy.
January 30, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Didn’t have Nipah virus on my 2026 bingo card. 🙃 As an epidemiologist: that one keeps me up at night, and the fact that we have next to no federal public health monitoring system right now does not spark joy.
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i've been watching the coyote on Alcatraz's progress with great interest. a week-ish ago, a coyote SWAM to Alcatraz for the first time and looked fuckin rough after the dangerous swim. but the coyote is doing fine now, gorging itself on unprepared birds & rats who are dealing with a sort of Godzilla
January 29, 2026 at 4:50 PM
i've been watching the coyote on Alcatraz's progress with great interest. a week-ish ago, a coyote SWAM to Alcatraz for the first time and looked fuckin rough after the dangerous swim. but the coyote is doing fine now, gorging itself on unprepared birds & rats who are dealing with a sort of Godzilla
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what’s astounding about this is not only the incredible cruelty but the complete lack of even the most basic public relations instincts
they kidnap a five year old and generate national outrage and rather than do some basic window dressing to treat him nice while abusing everyone else they do this
they kidnap a five year old and generate national outrage and rather than do some basic window dressing to treat him nice while abusing everyone else they do this
“[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
Rep. Joaquin Castro meets with the 5-year-old boy held with his father at a Texas detention facility | CNN
US Rep. Joaquin Castro met Wednesday with Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old Minnesota boy taken from his family’s suburban Minneapolis driveway last week after federal agents apprehended his father, t...
www.cnn.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:48 PM
what’s astounding about this is not only the incredible cruelty but the complete lack of even the most basic public relations instincts
they kidnap a five year old and generate national outrage and rather than do some basic window dressing to treat him nice while abusing everyone else they do this
they kidnap a five year old and generate national outrage and rather than do some basic window dressing to treat him nice while abusing everyone else they do this
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A Swedish study of nearly 60,000 women finds COVID-19 vaccines don't affect fertility. The additional evidence may not persuade all wome. Public attitudes about vaccines, Dr. Tara Smith said, “tend to be based on vibes and feelings," not data.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lar...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lar...
Large study finds COVID-19 shots don’t affect fertility
www.cidrap.umn.edu
January 29, 2026 at 7:35 PM
A Swedish study of nearly 60,000 women finds COVID-19 vaccines don't affect fertility. The additional evidence may not persuade all wome. Public attitudes about vaccines, Dr. Tara Smith said, “tend to be based on vibes and feelings," not data.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lar...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lar...
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We had eradicated this disease.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
We had eradicated this disease.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
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As seen on r/nursing
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
January 26, 2026 at 10:01 PM
As seen on r/nursing
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
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I have been reliably informed by members of this government that losing access to twitter is one of the worst things that can befall a human being so this may be the single harshest consequence they have imposed on one of their own
"DHS has suspended Gregory Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately," CNN reports
January 27, 2026 at 12:33 AM
I have been reliably informed by members of this government that losing access to twitter is one of the worst things that can befall a human being so this may be the single harshest consequence they have imposed on one of their own
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strange to me that a lot of people on this website simultaneously agree that the administration is run by incompetents who struggle to carry out their agenda without major political blowback AND that they’ll pull off a complex and sophisticated effort to rig elections and prevent defeat in November
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 PM
strange to me that a lot of people on this website simultaneously agree that the administration is run by incompetents who struggle to carry out their agenda without major political blowback AND that they’ll pull off a complex and sophisticated effort to rig elections and prevent defeat in November
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
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[lips pressed directly on mic] yes
So you think kids should be vaccinated at gunpoint against their parents’ wishes or removed from the home?
January 23, 2026 at 8:48 PM
[lips pressed directly on mic] yes
Fuck these people. Just absolutely fuck them.
ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
January 23, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Fuck these people. Just absolutely fuck them.