Johanna
@discomedusae.bsky.social
Hi!
I'm a feminist, a science-based nurse and a QAnon casualty. I use sarcasm when sarcasm is needed. But, earn a cat's respect, earn mine.
I wish we could go back to a calmer era — how about the Boring Billion Years?
📍Sweden
I'm a feminist, a science-based nurse and a QAnon casualty. I use sarcasm when sarcasm is needed. But, earn a cat's respect, earn mine.
I wish we could go back to a calmer era — how about the Boring Billion Years?
📍Sweden
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Aaron Siri spent hours at CDC’s vaccine panel pushing debunked claims.
“If you’re going to say vaccines don’t cause autism, have the data to say it,” he said.
We do have that data. What’s missing is evidence for his narrative.
www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-... via @nbcnews.com
“If you’re going to say vaccines don’t cause autism, have the data to say it,” he said.
We do have that data. What’s missing is evidence for his narrative.
www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-... via @nbcnews.com
Lawyer with ties to Kennedy sparks outcry over vaccine misinformation at CDC advisory meeting
Many public health experts lambasted lawyer Aaron Siri’s two-hour presentation in front of the committee Friday.
www.nbcnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Aaron Siri spent hours at CDC’s vaccine panel pushing debunked claims.
“If you’re going to say vaccines don’t cause autism, have the data to say it,” he said.
We do have that data. What’s missing is evidence for his narrative.
www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-... via @nbcnews.com
“If you’re going to say vaccines don’t cause autism, have the data to say it,” he said.
We do have that data. What’s missing is evidence for his narrative.
www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-... via @nbcnews.com
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Trump announces plans to “evaluate” the entire childhood vaccine schedule.
This was always the plan when RFK Jr. took power.
Those who enabled this have blood on their hands.
This was always the plan when RFK Jr. took power.
Those who enabled this have blood on their hands.
December 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Trump announces plans to “evaluate” the entire childhood vaccine schedule.
This was always the plan when RFK Jr. took power.
Those who enabled this have blood on their hands.
This was always the plan when RFK Jr. took power.
Those who enabled this have blood on their hands.
Fuck, let's do this again!
Watch this brilliant take on RFK Jr by @therealtruther.bsky.social ✨
Spread far and wide, folks!
Watch this brilliant take on RFK Jr by @therealtruther.bsky.social ✨
Spread far and wide, folks!
RFK, Jr. has spent the last 20 years speaking out against vaccines.
But he claims he's not anti-vax.
Is he right?
Watch THE TRUTH ABOUT RFK JR.
But he claims he's not anti-vax.
Is he right?
Watch THE TRUTH ABOUT RFK JR.
THE TRUTH ABOUT RFK JR.
YouTube video by The Real Truther
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December 6, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Fuck, let's do this again!
Watch this brilliant take on RFK Jr by @therealtruther.bsky.social ✨
Spread far and wide, folks!
Watch this brilliant take on RFK Jr by @therealtruther.bsky.social ✨
Spread far and wide, folks!
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The show is up and it’s SPICY! Ft. @danlamothe.bsky.social on leaving the pentagon, @annamerlan.bsky.social on the new pentagon press corps and Laura Poitras on her new movie “Cover Up.” Oh and pod bonus @micahloewinger.bsky.social spoke with Cam Higby about his new role. pca.st/episode/f23f...
Covering the Pentagon, from Sy Hersh to Laura Loomer
pca.st
December 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The show is up and it’s SPICY! Ft. @danlamothe.bsky.social on leaving the pentagon, @annamerlan.bsky.social on the new pentagon press corps and Laura Poitras on her new movie “Cover Up.” Oh and pod bonus @micahloewinger.bsky.social spoke with Cam Higby about his new role. pca.st/episode/f23f...
Excellent reporting from @enirenberg.bsky.social on the ACIP meeting
We are done with the break.
Also, apparently, they messed up reporting the VFC vote, which was 8 yes and 3 abstain.
Aaron Siri will be presenting on the childhood immunization schedule. Siri is an anti-vaccine lawyer who is closely affiliated with RFK Jr. and has major conflicts of interest...
Also, apparently, they messed up reporting the VFC vote, which was 8 yes and 3 abstain.
Aaron Siri will be presenting on the childhood immunization schedule. Siri is an anti-vaccine lawyer who is closely affiliated with RFK Jr. and has major conflicts of interest...
We now have the vote. If there is a tie, Milhoan, as chair, is the tiebreaker.
The VFC representative says that there is no need for her to re-present. CMS also feels the same about their presentation.
Pollak objects to the language in vote 1 because it assumes that physicians...
The VFC representative says that there is no need for her to re-present. CMS also feels the same about their presentation.
Pollak objects to the language in vote 1 because it assumes that physicians...
December 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Excellent reporting from @enirenberg.bsky.social on the ACIP meeting
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We are done with the break.
Also, apparently, they messed up reporting the VFC vote, which was 8 yes and 3 abstain.
Aaron Siri will be presenting on the childhood immunization schedule. Siri is an anti-vaccine lawyer who is closely affiliated with RFK Jr. and has major conflicts of interest...
Also, apparently, they messed up reporting the VFC vote, which was 8 yes and 3 abstain.
Aaron Siri will be presenting on the childhood immunization schedule. Siri is an anti-vaccine lawyer who is closely affiliated with RFK Jr. and has major conflicts of interest...
We now have the vote. If there is a tie, Milhoan, as chair, is the tiebreaker.
The VFC representative says that there is no need for her to re-present. CMS also feels the same about their presentation.
Pollak objects to the language in vote 1 because it assumes that physicians...
The VFC representative says that there is no need for her to re-present. CMS also feels the same about their presentation.
Pollak objects to the language in vote 1 because it assumes that physicians...
We began by taking roll. Milhoan (current chair) was expected not to appear but joined late.
Discussion of aluminum adjuvants may or may not happen today depending on time constraints (but based on yesterday, it won't be happening).
Discussion of aluminum adjuvants may or may not happen today depending on time constraints (but based on yesterday, it won't be happening).
December 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
We are done with the break.
Also, apparently, they messed up reporting the VFC vote, which was 8 yes and 3 abstain.
Aaron Siri will be presenting on the childhood immunization schedule. Siri is an anti-vaccine lawyer who is closely affiliated with RFK Jr. and has major conflicts of interest...
Also, apparently, they messed up reporting the VFC vote, which was 8 yes and 3 abstain.
Aaron Siri will be presenting on the childhood immunization schedule. Siri is an anti-vaccine lawyer who is closely affiliated with RFK Jr. and has major conflicts of interest...
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Dr. Gottlieb: FDA is systemically trying to dismantle components of the vaccine approval process cnb.cx/4pfHbrT with @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social @cnbc.com
Dr. Gottlieb: FDA is systemically trying to dismantle components of the vaccine approval process
Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss concerns over the FDA's sweeping changes to how the U.S. handles vaccinations, impact on the public trust in vaccines, degradat...
cnb.cx
December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Dr. Gottlieb: FDA is systemically trying to dismantle components of the vaccine approval process cnb.cx/4pfHbrT with @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social @cnbc.com
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HPV vaccines provide strong protection against cervical cancer, 2 new reviews suggest www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill... via @cidrap.bsky.social
HPV vaccines provide strong protection against cervical cancer, 2 new reviews suggest
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
HPV vaccines provide strong protection against cervical cancer, 2 new reviews suggest www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill... via @cidrap.bsky.social
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Report says delaying hepatitis B vaccine in infants is risky www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... via @skepticalraptor.bsky.social
Report says delaying hepatitis B vaccine in infants is risky
A new study warns that proposed changes to the hepatitis B vaccine schedule for newborn infants may endanger public health.
www.skepticalraptor.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Report says delaying hepatitis B vaccine in infants is risky www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... via @skepticalraptor.bsky.social
Excellent reporting from the ACIP meeting by @doritreiss.bsky.social
#ACIP invites anti-vaccine lawyer Aaron Siri to present on the schedule, since apparently they could not find any vaccine experts to do that.
Apparently they invited Drs. Offit and Hotez who refused, maybe because Malone called them "industry experts."
Apparently they invited Drs. Offit and Hotez who refused, maybe because Malone called them "industry experts."
December 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Excellent reporting from the ACIP meeting by @doritreiss.bsky.social
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Who are you gonna trust? Your pediatrician or the non doctor supply chain researcher guy sitting on the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices RFK's bench is so shallow that he qualifies as an expert? (Also WE DO TRUST PLANES AND THE GOVT AGENCY THAT REGULATES THEM.)
December 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Who are you gonna trust? Your pediatrician or the non doctor supply chain researcher guy sitting on the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices RFK's bench is so shallow that he qualifies as an expert? (Also WE DO TRUST PLANES AND THE GOVT AGENCY THAT REGULATES THEM.)
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Things going great at ACIP this morning
December 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Things going great at ACIP this morning
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Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
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RFK Jr.’s CDC panel restricts hepatitis B vaccine for newborns www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
December 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel restricts hepatitis B vaccine for newborns www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
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The country's biggest anti-vaccine lawyer, the guy behind weakened school mandates in Mississippi and West Virginia, who pulls in millions a year harassing the CDC on behalf of Del Bigtree's anti-vaxx org is ... presenting at ACIP. This panel is anti-vaccine theater. It's a cruel joke.
December 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The country's biggest anti-vaccine lawyer, the guy behind weakened school mandates in Mississippi and West Virginia, who pulls in millions a year harassing the CDC on behalf of Del Bigtree's anti-vaxx org is ... presenting at ACIP. This panel is anti-vaccine theater. It's a cruel joke.
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SCRATCH AN ANTI-VACCINE ACTIVIST AND YOU'LL (usually) FIND A CLIMATE SCIENCE DENIER.
Professors Mann and Hotez explain the lethal links between pandemics and the climate crisis, the forces fanning these flames, and how we may act on behalf of public health and a planet graced by life.
Professors Mann and Hotez explain the lethal links between pandemics and the climate crisis, the forces fanning these flames, and how we may act on behalf of public health and a planet graced by life.
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
SCRATCH AN ANTI-VACCINE ACTIVIST AND YOU'LL (usually) FIND A CLIMATE SCIENCE DENIER.
Professors Mann and Hotez explain the lethal links between pandemics and the climate crisis, the forces fanning these flames, and how we may act on behalf of public health and a planet graced by life.
Professors Mann and Hotez explain the lethal links between pandemics and the climate crisis, the forces fanning these flames, and how we may act on behalf of public health and a planet graced by life.
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I’m thankful for people like @angierasmussen.bsky.social working so hard to help keep the world safe and people like Cody, for making the news bearable.
Happy Holidays my friends!
Happy Holidays my friends!
New Episode!
Challenging the NIH’s new “pandemic playbook” and COVID revisionism.
With the inimitable @angierasmussen.bsky.social & @codyjohnston.bsky.social
iTunes: tinyurl.com/yr4djnmc
Spotify: tinyurl.com/msnmprrm
Challenging the NIH’s new “pandemic playbook” and COVID revisionism.
With the inimitable @angierasmussen.bsky.social & @codyjohnston.bsky.social
iTunes: tinyurl.com/yr4djnmc
Spotify: tinyurl.com/msnmprrm
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I’m thankful for people like @angierasmussen.bsky.social working so hard to help keep the world safe and people like Cody, for making the news bearable.
Happy Holidays my friends!
Happy Holidays my friends!
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The plan: to de-radicalize QAnon folks we’re gonna elect each one to Congress for 5 years.
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The plan: to de-radicalize QAnon folks we’re gonna elect each one to Congress for 5 years.
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Great, if harrowing piece about the Freebirth Society, who we touched on in our latest Truly Tradly Deeply Episode about motherhood www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Great, if harrowing piece about the Freebirth Society, who we touched on in our latest Truly Tradly Deeply Episode about motherhood www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
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Good morning from a blessed weekend shift 🫠 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Marjorie Taylor Greene no longer trusts the plan
After feuding with Trump, the congresswoman resigns and casts doubt on the QAnon conspiracy theory she once promoted on her way out the door.
www.motherjones.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Good morning from a blessed weekend shift 🫠 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene no longer trusts the plan.
In her surprise resignation, she cast doubt on the QAnon conspiracy theory she once promoted.
In her surprise resignation, she cast doubt on the QAnon conspiracy theory she once promoted.
Marjorie Taylor Greene no longer trusts the plan
After feuding with Trump, the congresswoman resigns and casts doubt on the QAnon conspiracy theory she once promoted on her way out the door.
www.motherjones.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene no longer trusts the plan.
In her surprise resignation, she cast doubt on the QAnon conspiracy theory she once promoted.
In her surprise resignation, she cast doubt on the QAnon conspiracy theory she once promoted.
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Given how much political discourse over the past few days has been dominated by parsing emails in order to better speculate about the depraved sexual inclinations of financial and political elites, I have to admit that Pizzagaters won culturally, even if they were wrong in the specifics.
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Given how much political discourse over the past few days has been dominated by parsing emails in order to better speculate about the depraved sexual inclinations of financial and political elites, I have to admit that Pizzagaters won culturally, even if they were wrong in the specifics.
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The way he can't see women as people.
November 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The way he can't see women as people.