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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 6m

“Oh my god… I have no words.”

Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news.

NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 27m

Thoughtful and well-informed op-ed from @ianlmorgan.bsky.social

Definitely worth a read!

www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...

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NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers

Halted training programs, funding chaos, and hiring freezes jeopardize advancement options for early career researchers.

www.the-scientist.com

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Bénédicte C @benecal.bsky.social · 13m

Forgot to attach the post.

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Bénédicte C @benecal.bsky.social · 15m

Science Public Health and the Law is a fake “science” journal that churns out articles in support antivax policies. It’s a propaganda site. This author works for Peter McCullough, fired from Baylor and CSO of The Wellness Company who sells a variety of COVID vax detox BS.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h

Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command.

The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 4h

Excellent op Ed about the issues with single vaccines published in response to Trumps Statement about single shots for Measles, mumps and rubella as well as CDC call for single vaccine manufacturer 🧵🧪#HealthPolicy

CIDRAP Op-Ed: Why the CDC director is wrong about the MMR vaccine

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Sean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 54m

From Steve Rattner: Around 14 million Americans are set to lose their insurance over the next 10 years. And out of the 10 hardest-hit states, 7 voted for Trump. #EconSky

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Bénédicte C @benecal.bsky.social · 38m

“Early”?
“Highly likely”
“Not dispositive”
What a weasel.

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 11h

After doing a brief theatrical tour, The Onion's very funny 20-minute send-up of true crime tropes is watchable online.
www.avclub.com/onion-jeffre...

The Onion's Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile is now available online

www.avclub.com

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 15h

Trump's drastic, tragic cuts to climate science budgets remain mostly only *proposed.* Congressional appropriators are pushing back, rejecting many proposed cuts. How this comes out in a CR or final approps bills is a story still to be told.
messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...

Climate: Lost science

messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com

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Amit Chandra, MD @amitchandramd.bsky.social · 16h

The EPA completed a toxicity report on PFNA—a "forever chemical" in 26 million Americans' drinking water—back in April. It shows serious health risks: lower birth weights, liver damage, reproductive harm.
#MedSky #EnviroSky #GreenSky
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

www.propublica.org

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 15h

So Republicans are now backing the single payer system they fought like beavers to keep Obama from passing?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Rick Paisano @sicilianrick.bsky.social · 15h

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pasta caldentay @bluebirdbruises.bsky.social · 1d

If you thought it was bad that the UK government destroyed over a £1 billion worth of #covid vaccines after limiting access to them, just wait until you hear about the £1.8 billion of antivirals which also sat on the shelf until they expired & had to be destroyed. #virosky #idsky #immunosky

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 1d

Thanks to London’s bold action, almost 10 million people are now breathing cleaner air.

That means fewer children will grow up with stunted lungs and fewer people will have to suffer from asthma, dementia and heart disease.

London hits clean air milestone 184 years early - ULEZ makes 'big difference'

A professor has branded the success a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality'

www.mylondon.news

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Bénédicte C @benecal.bsky.social · 1d

Ron Johnson & Russian disinfo. So curious to know what topic area, given he was MrLab Leak.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Bénédicte C @benecal.bsky.social · 1d

The Editorial Board. Shameful.

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Katie Wilkinson @drkwilkinson.bsky.social · 1d

This Lost Science series at @nytimes.com is a depressing look at the incredible science and training lost to grant cancellations and mass federal firings. Here's one about important work to understand how air pollution can lead to infertility.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

She Found a Link Between Air Pollution and Infertility

www.nytimes.com

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 1d

A study of nearly 300,000 people published today in the New England Journal of Medicine found “that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent.”

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Judy Stone @drjudystone.bsky.social · 1d

RFK Jr's "Whopper of the Week" is about babies and #Hepatitis and ACIP's plan to disallow the HepB vaccine. www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop... Thanks, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social for debunking all their lies!

Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. is Dead Wrong Babies Won't Get Hepatitis B | Defend Public Health

RFK Jr does not want the CDC to recommend newborns be vaccinated against the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). HBV infection early in life, especially as a baby, puts a person at a high risk of developing a ch...

www.defendpublichealth.org

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Bénédicte C @benecal.bsky.social · 1d

But wait, I thought she lived in Canada. I mean isn’t that why he’s been hard to find these days?

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "They're, like, insurrectionists, they're terrible people. But you really wonder why. Why are they doing it? What are they gaining? Other than they're obviously paid. They're paid a lot of money."

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

It’s flu season! Get your shot today 💉

🔗 getmyflushot.org

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(Remember when “get your flu shot” came with great PSAs instead of conspiracy threads?)

This was SUCH a great campaign from the CDC. It’s the Wild to mild vaccine. This poster shows a tiger and a cute little cat. The wording says “A flu vaccine can take flu from Wild to mild”
More info here about this fabulous campaign: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/whats-new/2023-2024-new-campaign-wild-to-mild.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fflu-resources%2Fphp%2Fshareable-resources%2Findex.html

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Bénédicte C @benecal.bsky.social · 2d

Defend Public Health's Whopper of the Week is about RFK's lies about vaccinating babies against Hepatitis B. Babies should be vaccinated as soon as possible after birth.

Let's make Americans immune from viral liver failure (again)!

www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...

Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. is Dead Wrong Babies Won't Get Hepatitis B | Defend Public Health

RFK Jr does not want the CDC to recommend newborns be vaccinated against the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). HBV infection early in life, especially as a baby, puts a person at a high risk of developing a ch...

www.defendpublichealth.org

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