Rachel Widome
@rwidome.bsky.social
I'm an epidemiologist at the UMN's Division of Epidemiology and Community Health. I like rabbits. I like iced tea. I also like plots that involve time travel. On Twitter and elsewhere I'm rwidome too. More on me: https://widome.carrd.co/
Reposted by Rachel Widome
What's it called when you're waiting for the bus and there are two different buses that could take you home?
A doubly ro-busstop.
A doubly ro-busstop.
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
What's it called when you're waiting for the bus and there are two different buses that could take you home?
A doubly ro-busstop.
A doubly ro-busstop.
Post a movie from where you are from
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Post a movie from where you are from
Reposted by Rachel Widome
Thanks for sharing Elaina!
If you ever wanted to follow a bus driver, here's your chance.
If you ever wanted to follow a bus driver, here's your chance.
I was literally talking with a passenger yesterday about it (I’m driving the 6 until it becomes the E) And, there’s quite a few people that they are stranding near the corner of France and 39th. It would be trivially easy to route the new 36 to cover that. But they don’t think about the human impact
November 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Thanks for sharing Elaina!
If you ever wanted to follow a bus driver, here's your chance.
If you ever wanted to follow a bus driver, here's your chance.
Reposted by Rachel Widome
Reposted by Rachel Widome
This is concerning.
NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
1/2
NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
1/2
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This is concerning.
NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
1/2
NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
1/2
Reposted by Rachel Widome
Well, this is chilling AF.
The Department of Education is suing Penn (in their quest for "combat antisemitism") requesting detailed information about Jewish faculty and staff.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
1/2
The Department of Education is suing Penn (in their quest for "combat antisemitism") requesting detailed information about Jewish faculty and staff.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
1/2
storage.courtlistener.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Well, this is chilling AF.
The Department of Education is suing Penn (in their quest for "combat antisemitism") requesting detailed information about Jewish faculty and staff.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
1/2
The Department of Education is suing Penn (in their quest for "combat antisemitism") requesting detailed information about Jewish faculty and staff.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
1/2
@billhanage.bsky.social do the rabbits have an account on here like they did in Twitter times?
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
@billhanage.bsky.social do the rabbits have an account on here like they did in Twitter times?
Reposted by Rachel Widome
Reposted by Rachel Widome
And yes, the swag bags. Attendees received MAHA-branded tote bags with:
- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars
- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
And yes, the swag bags. Attendees received MAHA-branded tote bags with:
- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars
- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Reposted by Rachel Widome
A federal judge ruled yesterday that Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in D.C. was unlawful.
It illegally infringes upon the city’s ability to direct law enforcement and undermines Congress’s local authority, the ruling says.
What comes next? @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
It illegally infringes upon the city’s ability to direct law enforcement and undermines Congress’s local authority, the ruling says.
What comes next? @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
Federal judge rules Trump’s deployment of National Guard in D.C. is ‘unlawful’
The 2,300 Guardsmen aren’t headed home just yet, though.
51st.news
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A federal judge ruled yesterday that Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in D.C. was unlawful.
It illegally infringes upon the city’s ability to direct law enforcement and undermines Congress’s local authority, the ruling says.
What comes next? @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
It illegally infringes upon the city’s ability to direct law enforcement and undermines Congress’s local authority, the ruling says.
What comes next? @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
I love a student that knows how to name a file!
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I love a student that knows how to name a file!
Reposted by Rachel Widome
Story today from the great @lenasun.bsky.social, who tracked down shocked CDC scientists who said they didn’t know the website was changing.
She also summarizes RFK Jr’s efforts to resurrect false claims on autism this year.
She also summarizes RFK Jr’s efforts to resurrect false claims on autism this year.
Under RFK Jr., CDC promotes false vaccines-autism link it once discredited
The CDC’s website now says health authorities ignored evidence of a potential connection between vaccines and autism, despite dozens of studies showing no link.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Story today from the great @lenasun.bsky.social, who tracked down shocked CDC scientists who said they didn’t know the website was changing.
She also summarizes RFK Jr’s efforts to resurrect false claims on autism this year.
She also summarizes RFK Jr’s efforts to resurrect false claims on autism this year.
Reposted by Rachel Widome
BANNED in St. Paul! www.twincities.com/2025/11/19/s...
St. Paul City Council bans cryptocurrency kiosks
At least 32 of the ATM-like machines have proliferated in convenience stores and small shops across St. Paul.
www.twincities.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
BANNED in St. Paul! www.twincities.com/2025/11/19/s...
Reposted by Rachel Widome
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Reposted by Rachel Widome
The anti-vaccination movement is largely to blame for the continuing measles outbreak and the fact that the U.S. is going to lose our measles elimination status.
Until RFK Jr. is removed from office, things are only going to get worse.
@jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote about here:
Until RFK Jr. is removed from office, things are only going to get worse.
@jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote about here:
The US is on track to lose its measles elimination status in months. RFK needs to go.
Canada has lost its measles elimination status and the U.S. is likely to be next. These failures are the result of the anti-vaccination movement, bolstered by the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ...
www.livescience.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The anti-vaccination movement is largely to blame for the continuing measles outbreak and the fact that the U.S. is going to lose our measles elimination status.
Until RFK Jr. is removed from office, things are only going to get worse.
@jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote about here:
Until RFK Jr. is removed from office, things are only going to get worse.
@jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote about here:
Here at UMN's Division of Epidemiology and Community Health we have a postdoc opening (available immediately) on our CVD epi T32!
redcap.ahc.umn.edu/redcap/surve...
redcap.ahc.umn.edu/redcap/surve...
November 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Here at UMN's Division of Epidemiology and Community Health we have a postdoc opening (available immediately) on our CVD epi T32!
redcap.ahc.umn.edu/redcap/surve...
redcap.ahc.umn.edu/redcap/surve...
Reposted by Rachel Widome
I really did not enjoy Jay Bhattacharya & Matthew Memoli’s screed against pandemic & virology research for the flagship blog of a “free-market think tank." Instead of getting mad, I accepted @jeremyfaust.bsky.social's kind invitation to take a factual & scientific blowtorch to it.
We've got a MASSIVE DEEP-DIVE rebuttal to the NIH leadership’s recent essay. They're arguing for a head-in-the-sand approach to pandemic preparedness.
The great @angierasmussen.bsky.social joins me in an extraordinarily detailed, line-by-line fact check.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/a-rebuttal...
The great @angierasmussen.bsky.social joins me in an extraordinarily detailed, line-by-line fact check.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/a-rebuttal...
A rebuttal to NIH leadership's screed against pandemic preparedness.
Dr. Angela Rasmussen joins Inside Medicine for a tag-team response to a poorly reasoned essay by NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and his deputy, Dr. Matthew Memoli.
insidemedicine.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I really did not enjoy Jay Bhattacharya & Matthew Memoli’s screed against pandemic & virology research for the flagship blog of a “free-market think tank." Instead of getting mad, I accepted @jeremyfaust.bsky.social's kind invitation to take a factual & scientific blowtorch to it.
Reposted by Rachel Widome
SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
(Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
It’s Monday morning and you know what? Jay Bhattacharya just continues to be a terrible NIH Director.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It’s Monday morning and you know what? Jay Bhattacharya just continues to be a terrible NIH Director.
Reposted by Rachel Widome
Sen @murray.senate.gov continues to fight for accountability in the destruction of American biomedical science and politically-motivated retaliation against our brave colleagues who dissent, as is their right.
Jay Bhattacharya must go.
Jay Bhattacharya must go.
November 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Sen @murray.senate.gov continues to fight for accountability in the destruction of American biomedical science and politically-motivated retaliation against our brave colleagues who dissent, as is their right.
Jay Bhattacharya must go.
Jay Bhattacharya must go.
Reposted by Rachel Widome
When NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya said “dissent is productive”, I’m pretty sure he meant “MY dissent is productive. It got me to the top of NIH, wheeeee! But YOUR dissent won’t be tolerated”.
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
When NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya said “dissent is productive”, I’m pretty sure he meant “MY dissent is productive. It got me to the top of NIH, wheeeee! But YOUR dissent won’t be tolerated”.
“Hoffman underwent surgery on Monday, repairing bullet impact to his kidney, bladder and colon, according to a spokesperson for the family.”
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
Sen. John Hoffman released from hospital after latest surgery
Hoffman underwent surgery on Monday, repairing bullet impact to his kidney, bladder and colon, according to a spokesperson for the family.
www.kare11.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
“Hoffman underwent surgery on Monday, repairing bullet impact to his kidney, bladder and colon, according to a spokesperson for the family.”
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
Reposted by Rachel Widome
The new policy seems to me to be another example of Director Bhattacharya talking a big game about supporting early stage investigators and high risk-high reward research but not considering how to achieve this (and taking step to make this harder).
12/13
12/13
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The new policy seems to me to be another example of Director Bhattacharya talking a big game about supporting early stage investigators and high risk-high reward research but not considering how to achieve this (and taking step to make this harder).
12/13
12/13