Lisa Merkl
@lisamerklpr.bsky.social
PR pro & writer 📝 managing editor at @uthealthhouston.bsky.social for @utphysicians.bsky.social ⚕️ B.A. Journalism, M.A. PR/Comms from @uh.edu 🎓 love animals, especially #MaineCoon cats 🐱 views/opinions mine
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
This 💯🎯➡️ "The moment a woman feels judged, belittled, or dismissed, her brain flips into self-protection mode."
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Psychologists Found the One Phrase That Makes Women Lose Interest Instantly
And men say it without realizing they just ended the connection.
medium.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This 💯🎯➡️ "The moment a woman feels judged, belittled, or dismissed, her brain flips into self-protection mode."
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A breakthrough of bubbles and sound: Canadian scientist gives glioblastoma patients hope #Canada
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A breakthrough of bubbles and sound: Canadian scientist gives glioblastoma patients hope
A new Canadian-U.S. study gives glioblastoma patients hope and doctors a new doorway to treat brain tumours.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A breakthrough of bubbles and sound: Canadian scientist gives glioblastoma patients hope #Canada
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In a world gone mad with hate and stupidity, advances like this give me tears of gratitude and hope.
A breakthrough of bubbles and sound: Canadian scientist gives glioblastoma patients hope #Canada
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A breakthrough of bubbles and sound: Canadian scientist gives glioblastoma patients hope
A new Canadian-U.S. study gives glioblastoma patients hope and doctors a new doorway to treat brain tumours.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
In a world gone mad with hate and stupidity, advances like this give me tears of gratitude and hope.
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The patterns of light on the sea floor.
They are called caustics: they are created by light refracted and reflected from the air/water interface. Water acts as a dynamic magnifying glass.
Our home is seriously beautiful 💙
They are called caustics: they are created by light refracted and reflected from the air/water interface. Water acts as a dynamic magnifying glass.
Our home is seriously beautiful 💙
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The patterns of light on the sea floor.
They are called caustics: they are created by light refracted and reflected from the air/water interface. Water acts as a dynamic magnifying glass.
Our home is seriously beautiful 💙
They are called caustics: they are created by light refracted and reflected from the air/water interface. Water acts as a dynamic magnifying glass.
Our home is seriously beautiful 💙
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Holiday carolers are protesting Home Depot’s association with ICE
🎶 We don't want no more deportations 🎶
🎶 We don't want no more deportations 🎶
November 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Holiday carolers are protesting Home Depot’s association with ICE
🎶 We don't want no more deportations 🎶
🎶 We don't want no more deportations 🎶
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Gavin's latest troll
November 30, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Gavin's latest troll
Poor Spot is sick and needed to come to the ER vet. 😿 He'd rather be any place but here and balled himself up to hide. 🫣 The tech and vet are very nice, understanding and compassionate, though. 🩶🤍🖤🤍🤎
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Poor Spot is sick and needed to come to the ER vet. 😿 He'd rather be any place but here and balled himself up to hide. 🫣 The tech and vet are very nice, understanding and compassionate, though. 🩶🤍🖤🤍🤎
Beautiful, sweet Freckles 🥰💞😻
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Beautiful, sweet Freckles 🥰💞😻
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Pepper spray deployed into an inflatable frog costume during Portland protests in October 2025 sparked a movement.
Now Amazon has a category to shop for ‘protest costumes’ buff.ly/5tg0Aa3
Now Amazon has a category to shop for ‘protest costumes’ buff.ly/5tg0Aa3
The plague of frog costumes demonstrates the subversive power of play in protests
‘Protest costumes’ are now a category on Amazon. Protesters use them to soften their public image at a time when ICE is calling them ‘violent’ and ‘Antifa,’ showing the subversive power of humor.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Pepper spray deployed into an inflatable frog costume during Portland protests in October 2025 sparked a movement.
Now Amazon has a category to shop for ‘protest costumes’ buff.ly/5tg0Aa3
Now Amazon has a category to shop for ‘protest costumes’ buff.ly/5tg0Aa3
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Proud to see Bank of America setting the standard by stepping up for families who lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires.
We need all hands on deck to help survivors rebuild. California families deserve nothing less.
We need all hands on deck to help survivors rebuild. California families deserve nothing less.
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Proud to see Bank of America setting the standard by stepping up for families who lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires.
We need all hands on deck to help survivors rebuild. California families deserve nothing less.
We need all hands on deck to help survivors rebuild. California families deserve nothing less.
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1. #Flu 🧵: #CDC reports that #influenza activity has been "trending upward slowly" in the US over the past few weeks. This could change markedly after Thanksgiving, with all the cross country travel & intergenerational mingling. Right now only 2 places are reporting moderate activity, LA & PR.
November 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
1. #Flu 🧵: #CDC reports that #influenza activity has been "trending upward slowly" in the US over the past few weeks. This could change markedly after Thanksgiving, with all the cross country travel & intergenerational mingling. Right now only 2 places are reporting moderate activity, LA & PR.
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The CDC and FDA have narrowed COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to seniors and high-risk groups but broader access remains possible through off-label use—a common practice in medicine that doctors can prescribe for purposes beyond initial FDA approval buff.ly/NyjIpSX #VaccinesWork 🩺
Off-label use of COVID-19 vaccines was once discouraged but has become common amid new guidelines
A cascade of changes to eligibility guidelines for the updated COVID-19 vaccines left Americans unsure whether they could still get the shot. That’s where off-label use comes in.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The CDC and FDA have narrowed COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to seniors and high-risk groups but broader access remains possible through off-label use—a common practice in medicine that doctors can prescribe for purposes beyond initial FDA approval buff.ly/NyjIpSX #VaccinesWork 🩺
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Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
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His assignment is to destroy the United States
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
His assignment is to destroy the United States
Sleepy and silly kitties 😻😻😻
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Sleepy and silly kitties 😻😻😻
Horrified to learn what he thinks 🤯
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Understanding RFK Jr.
If you want to know why RFK Jr. believes so many weird things, just read his book, The Real Anthony Fauci. Four pages explain everything.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Horrified to learn what he thinks 🤯
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November 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Happy Meowloween 🧡🐈⬛🎃
November 1, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Happy Meowloween 🧡🐈⬛🎃
LOVE the positive culture I've joined at @uthealthhouston.bsky.social 🧡⚕️ Thoroughly enjoy working for this organization 💯 We three "Lisa-s" in Public Affairs came to the Halloween 🎃 festivities "coincidentally" 🤭 😉 dressed as black cats 🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛ (L-R: Lisa M, Leisa M, Lisa R-K) 😹
November 1, 2025 at 5:45 AM
LOVE the positive culture I've joined at @uthealthhouston.bsky.social 🧡⚕️ Thoroughly enjoy working for this organization 💯 We three "Lisa-s" in Public Affairs came to the Halloween 🎃 festivities "coincidentally" 🤭 😉 dressed as black cats 🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛ (L-R: Lisa M, Leisa M, Lisa R-K) 😹
apnews.com/article/vacc... bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century
Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century
More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.
apnews.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
apnews.com/article/vacc... bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century
Didn't want to tempt fate any longer 😷🙏🏼✨ Got my annual flu and Covid vaccines at CVS this evening 🦸🏼♀️💯🎉
October 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Didn't want to tempt fate any longer 😷🙏🏼✨ Got my annual flu and Covid vaccines at CVS this evening 🦸🏼♀️💯🎉
Ridiculously adorable 😻🤍🥰
October 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Ridiculously adorable 😻🤍🥰