Candace Winstead
@candacewinstead.bsky.social
Immunologist, college professor... invested in harm reduction & academic/community engagement via service learning.
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Minnesota was already a great place to live. This moment strengthening our community bonds and shared identity will take that to another level. We're forever changed, in a way that only could only come from banding together to look out for vulnerable neighbors in the face of evil.
ICE and MAGA really did bet the farm on all of Minneapolis’s white people going “oh yes, please take away our disgusting, evil non-white-foreigner neighbors, oh thank you so much.”
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
January 18, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Minnesota was already a great place to live. This moment strengthening our community bonds and shared identity will take that to another level. We're forever changed, in a way that only could only come from banding together to look out for vulnerable neighbors in the face of evil.
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When you have no values, but only ambition, you end up like Newsom, Buttigieg, Emmanuel, Booker: indulging man’s worst instincts. It allows you to throw trans people under the bus and defend ICE’s continued existence. And everyone sees right through you.
January 19, 2026 at 12:42 AM
When you have no values, but only ambition, you end up like Newsom, Buttigieg, Emmanuel, Booker: indulging man’s worst instincts. It allows you to throw trans people under the bus and defend ICE’s continued existence. And everyone sees right through you.
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Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped from Minneapolis. He was my neighbor and he died in an American concentration camp. He was not "illegal," he was a human being made in the image of the divine. May his memory be a blessing, and may the rest of us fight like hell until we stop this brutality.
This is the sixth death in ICE custody in 18 days. This isn’t enforcement, it’s a system that cages people, outsources care, and shrugs when they die. Abolish ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped from Minneapolis. He was my neighbor and he died in an American concentration camp. He was not "illegal," he was a human being made in the image of the divine. May his memory be a blessing, and may the rest of us fight like hell until we stop this brutality.
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when that guy who said he'd make the figure for the group project really lets you down
January 17, 2026 at 12:53 PM
when that guy who said he'd make the figure for the group project really lets you down
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CIDRAP Op-ed: Vaccine myths that won’t die and how to counter them—part 2
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
CIDRAP Op-ed: Vaccine myths that won’t die and how to counter them—part 2
www.cidrap.umn.edu
January 18, 2026 at 4:20 AM
CIDRAP Op-ed: Vaccine myths that won’t die and how to counter them—part 2
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
Peak adulting
January 18, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Peak adulting
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I have some more bad news.
If an admissions committee even suspects you used ChatGPT for your application letter, they'll almost certainly decide not to waste a precious admissions spot on you.
Instead they'll give it to, you know, someone who actually likes to write and knows how to do it.
If an admissions committee even suspects you used ChatGPT for your application letter, they'll almost certainly decide not to waste a precious admissions spot on you.
Instead they'll give it to, you know, someone who actually likes to write and knows how to do it.
I have some bad news. One, if you need to use ChatGPT for your graduate application letter, you are not ready for graduate school.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
An impressive number of graduate applications this year used the phrase “curiosity-driven approach” 🤔
January 17, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I have some more bad news.
If an admissions committee even suspects you used ChatGPT for your application letter, they'll almost certainly decide not to waste a precious admissions spot on you.
Instead they'll give it to, you know, someone who actually likes to write and knows how to do it.
If an admissions committee even suspects you used ChatGPT for your application letter, they'll almost certainly decide not to waste a precious admissions spot on you.
Instead they'll give it to, you know, someone who actually likes to write and knows how to do it.
I just read 125 applications for a *faculty* position. AI was so obvious, circular and generic. One person spoke about “student-centered assessment” 🫠 or another's “great desire to create and enable experimental findings is synonymous with my commitment to scientific advancement” 😒 FML
I don’t think that’s true. These applications read as if they were written by robots because they were. We’re looking to train humans, not robots. I don’t get anything unique from them because they aren’t. They don’t stand out at all
January 18, 2026 at 12:46 AM
I just read 125 applications for a *faculty* position. AI was so obvious, circular and generic. One person spoke about “student-centered assessment” 🫠 or another's “great desire to create and enable experimental findings is synonymous with my commitment to scientific advancement” 😒 FML
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#ICYMI Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard School of Medicine and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai created a searchable map using CDC data to assess your risk level of contracting measles based on local vaccination rates.
Learn more: abc7.com/post/measles...
Learn more: abc7.com/post/measles...
January 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
#ICYMI Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard School of Medicine and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai created a searchable map using CDC data to assess your risk level of contracting measles based on local vaccination rates.
Learn more: abc7.com/post/measles...
Learn more: abc7.com/post/measles...
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wrote about the occupation in minnesota with a closing note on how the white house has exactly one tactic — repression with goons — but no particular strategy for dealing with entrenched resistance. gift link.
Opinion | This Is the Only Card Trump Can Play
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:28 PM
wrote about the occupation in minnesota with a closing note on how the white house has exactly one tactic — repression with goons — but no particular strategy for dealing with entrenched resistance. gift link.
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New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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The losers ran on a platform of racism, grievance, and revenge and it was sufficient to win. We are living in the One-Third Reich.
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 PM
The losers ran on a platform of racism, grievance, and revenge and it was sufficient to win. We are living in the One-Third Reich.
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The images and stories coming out of Minneapolis are extraordinary. We can't say we did not know what was happening. Lots of people are putting their bodies on the line to make sure we do.
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The images and stories coming out of Minneapolis are extraordinary. We can't say we did not know what was happening. Lots of people are putting their bodies on the line to make sure we do.
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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Renee Good wasn’t dead the moment she was shot, and they still denied her medical assistance. As I said in my video at the time, they could not have known whether there was an opportunity to save her bc they didn’t let anyone assess her. There has to be some consequence for denying her that chance!
January 17, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Renee Good wasn’t dead the moment she was shot, and they still denied her medical assistance. As I said in my video at the time, they could not have known whether there was an opportunity to save her bc they didn’t let anyone assess her. There has to be some consequence for denying her that chance!
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Federal agents working in Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota are not allowed to arrest peaceful protesters or stop people in their cars without cause, among other items, a US district judge ruled in a preliminary injunction today. https://cnn.it/3NpkzaI
January 17, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Federal agents working in Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota are not allowed to arrest peaceful protesters or stop people in their cars without cause, among other items, a US district judge ruled in a preliminary injunction today. https://cnn.it/3NpkzaI
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Tylenol during pregnancy is safe without increased risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability of offspring
A new review of the evidence just out
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A new review of the evidence just out
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
January 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Tylenol during pregnancy is safe without increased risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability of offspring
A new review of the evidence just out
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A new review of the evidence just out
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Gavin Newsom has never had a homeless, a working unhoused, or an affordable housing advocate on his podcast despite governing California.
So yeah I think it’s weird that he’s entertained & platformed multiple fascists while grinning, nodding & relenting to their easily defeatable talking points.
So yeah I think it’s weird that he’s entertained & platformed multiple fascists while grinning, nodding & relenting to their easily defeatable talking points.
January 16, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Gavin Newsom has never had a homeless, a working unhoused, or an affordable housing advocate on his podcast despite governing California.
So yeah I think it’s weird that he’s entertained & platformed multiple fascists while grinning, nodding & relenting to their easily defeatable talking points.
So yeah I think it’s weird that he’s entertained & platformed multiple fascists while grinning, nodding & relenting to their easily defeatable talking points.
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Call your senator and leave a message:
Hi, my name is ---, my zip code is ---, and I urge you to filibuster the upcoming DHS appropriations bill. Say why you want ICE stopped, say that Congress needs to step up, & say their voters are watching.
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
Hi, my name is ---, my zip code is ---, and I urge you to filibuster the upcoming DHS appropriations bill. Say why you want ICE stopped, say that Congress needs to step up, & say their voters are watching.
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
U.S. Senate: Contacting U.S. Senators
www.senate.gov
January 16, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Call your senator and leave a message:
Hi, my name is ---, my zip code is ---, and I urge you to filibuster the upcoming DHS appropriations bill. Say why you want ICE stopped, say that Congress needs to step up, & say their voters are watching.
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
Hi, my name is ---, my zip code is ---, and I urge you to filibuster the upcoming DHS appropriations bill. Say why you want ICE stopped, say that Congress needs to step up, & say their voters are watching.
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
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João Monteiro and the editorial board of @naturemedicine.bsky.social should be ashamed of themselves for publishing this trash. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The new vision from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) - Nature Medicine
Preparing for tomorrow’s threats by enhancing our ability to help patients today.
www.nature.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:23 PM
João Monteiro and the editorial board of @naturemedicine.bsky.social should be ashamed of themselves for publishing this trash. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I love when you tell people how terrible Newsom is, they're always like, "Well, it's nice to have ideals, but if it comes down to him or the Nazi in the general, *I* am going to vote for him"
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
January 16, 2026 at 5:06 AM
I love when you tell people how terrible Newsom is, they're always like, "Well, it's nice to have ideals, but if it comes down to him or the Nazi in the general, *I* am going to vote for him"
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
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hearing from sources that Amelia Bedelia has been arrested in connection with the water-pouring assault. "but it was ICE headquarters," she said
January 16, 2026 at 12:58 AM
hearing from sources that Amelia Bedelia has been arrested in connection with the water-pouring assault. "but it was ICE headquarters," she said
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i think gavin newsom fucking sucks and if you ever try to guilt me into voting for him i’ll scream
January 16, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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