CMK Vaccinista
@cmkellner.bsky.social
Biological anthropologist teaching and researching at an American university (posts are mine alone). Love science, evolution, and isotopic analysis! Balloon Juice Jackal, Democrat, Liberal. Baseball, cats, TV, and movies, esp. classics and horror.
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CMK Vaccinista
@cmkellner.bsky.social
· Jan 29
The EOs against transgender people are cruel, horrible, and unconstitutional. I am holding space for all trans people here. I will work to fight these Trump atrocities. People will die if crucial medical and therapeutic care is denied!
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you can immediately clock WKRP fans just by seeing whose face lights up with these 10 little words: "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
“WKRP In Cincinnati” premieres 47 years ago today — a show that creator Hugh Wilson based on radio staff he knew from his days in advertising.
“Every call letter that I ran through my mind was already taken,” he said. “I think WKRP was not taken because it can be said that it spells ‘crap.'”
“Every call letter that I ran through my mind was already taken,” he said. “I think WKRP was not taken because it can be said that it spells ‘crap.'”
September 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
you can immediately clock WKRP fans just by seeing whose face lights up with these 10 little words: "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
This is horrible - these are dissertation grants for PhD students, who have few options to get funding for research.
The NSF Bio Anthro Program DDRIG, Cultural Anthrpology DDRIG, and Archaeology DDRIG have all been archived (as of yesterday afternoon). Please speak with your grad students and plan accordingly. To say I am angry and depressed about this is an understatement.
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is horrible - these are dissertation grants for PhD students, who have few options to get funding for research.
Discussion of ranking Star Wars movies is on Bluesky - they are tied into my childhood deeply, so I agree its difficult to rank them (EMPIRE#1), but TFA gave me chills seeing Rey fighting with a lightsaber
Princess Leia by John Williams just came on KUSC and I am listening, so SHHHH
Princess Leia by John Williams just came on KUSC and I am listening, so SHHHH
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Discussion of ranking Star Wars movies is on Bluesky - they are tied into my childhood deeply, so I agree its difficult to rank them (EMPIRE#1), but TFA gave me chills seeing Rey fighting with a lightsaber
Princess Leia by John Williams just came on KUSC and I am listening, so SHHHH
Princess Leia by John Williams just came on KUSC and I am listening, so SHHHH
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BREAKING: Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) responds to Pentagon investigation: "I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies"
We have your back Senator Kelly!
We have your back Senator Kelly!
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
BREAKING: Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) responds to Pentagon investigation: "I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies"
We have your back Senator Kelly!
We have your back Senator Kelly!
Reminded of a party I hosted where an acquaintance left early and took what was left of the food she brought with her. No confrontation, just... she took it.
Been 15 years and we all still laugh about it.
Been 15 years and we all still laugh about it.
one of my uncles is banned from thanksgiving after he brought a giant spread of artisanal cheese, engaged in a planned confrontation with my cousins who were hosting and called them assholes, and then left and TOOK THE CHEESE AWAY
the Murray's Confrontation has never been forgiven
the Murray's Confrontation has never been forgiven
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Reminded of a party I hosted where an acquaintance left early and took what was left of the food she brought with her. No confrontation, just... she took it.
Been 15 years and we all still laugh about it.
Been 15 years and we all still laugh about it.
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“Forget the myths the media has created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.”
November 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“Forget the myths the media has created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.”
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Anyone posted this one yet?
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Anyone posted this one yet?
I think I would learn cross-stich just for these marginalia patterns! My mother would have loved it
📜🏺🎨 Been trying to develop non-screen based hobbies and have recently gotten into cross-stitching, so be on the lookout for more historical/archaeological-themed bits from me.
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I think I would learn cross-stich just for these marginalia patterns! My mother would have loved it
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California has positioned itself as a beacon of hope post-Roe. But 1 in 3 hospital beds in the state is controlled by Catholic religious directives that deny life-saving maternal care in crisis.
New from @anyaviolet.bsky.social: sfstandard.com/2025/11/20/c...
New from @anyaviolet.bsky.social: sfstandard.com/2025/11/20/c...
She begged for help. The hospital sent her home — citing religion
A young couple rushed to the ER during a pregnancy emergency. What happened next wasn’t medical care — it was religious doctrine. Their case exposes an emerging crisis in California’s maternal health ...
sfstandard.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
California has positioned itself as a beacon of hope post-Roe. But 1 in 3 hospital beds in the state is controlled by Catholic religious directives that deny life-saving maternal care in crisis.
New from @anyaviolet.bsky.social: sfstandard.com/2025/11/20/c...
New from @anyaviolet.bsky.social: sfstandard.com/2025/11/20/c...
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Data on race and ethnicity has put us on the cusp of breakthroughs in treating kidney failure, which disproportionately affects Black Americans. But the Trump administration has halted that data collection as part of its war on supposed "DEI." Important new story from @laylaayanna.bsky.social
The Trump Admin’s War on Data Is Compromising Major Health Advancements for Black Americans
Thanks to a 2009 medical breakthrough, researchers could be on the precipice...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Data on race and ethnicity has put us on the cusp of breakthroughs in treating kidney failure, which disproportionately affects Black Americans. But the Trump administration has halted that data collection as part of its war on supposed "DEI." Important new story from @laylaayanna.bsky.social
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The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
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This is not the worst book we've ever read but it is the meanest episode we've ever done.
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is not the worst book we've ever read but it is the meanest episode we've ever done.
Also done and done 😍
Got two friends and a few students to do this as well (non- coercively!)
Got two friends and a few students to do this as well (non- coercively!)
DONE AND DONE
November 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Also done and done 😍
Got two friends and a few students to do this as well (non- coercively!)
Got two friends and a few students to do this as well (non- coercively!)
Students. Refuse this man. Stand up, turn your backs, and leave the class. Strength in numbers. Remember Comaroff.
Larry Summers discusses his “statement of regret” for his disturbing messages to Jeffrey Epstein with Harvard students
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Students. Refuse this man. Stand up, turn your backs, and leave the class. Strength in numbers. Remember Comaroff.
Frightening, not just for the authoritarian push, but for the bad, incomplete education that students will get. We need to teach our history, which could be uncomfortable. Students want to learn about the world - we should honor them as young adults and tell them the truth.
Leaked Texas A&M Document Exposes a Chilling Blueprint for Silencing Race and Gender in Higher Ed
#AcademicSky
drstaceypatton1865.substack.com/p/leaked-tex...
#AcademicSky
drstaceypatton1865.substack.com/p/leaked-tex...
Leaked Texas A&M Document Exposes a Chilling Blueprint for Silencing Race and Gender in Higher Ed
This Substack is reader-supported.
drstaceypatton1865.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Frightening, not just for the authoritarian push, but for the bad, incomplete education that students will get. We need to teach our history, which could be uncomfortable. Students want to learn about the world - we should honor them as young adults and tell them the truth.
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Given that the emails in question were about him exploiting his position against a junior-scholar mentee, he should not be allowed within a million miles of a classroom and should not be allowed to serve on any dissertation committees, etc etc etc.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Given that the emails in question were about him exploiting his position against a junior-scholar mentee, he should not be allowed within a million miles of a classroom and should not be allowed to serve on any dissertation committees, etc etc etc.
LMAO
Read this thread if you need a laugh
Read this thread if you need a laugh
its on github. i uploaded it up on bitbucket. its running in a docker container on gleeple. im selfhosting it on feep. its on a virtual environment in pooble. bro its literally on weewee
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
LMAO
Read this thread if you need a laugh
Read this thread if you need a laugh
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📣 OK, as promised, here's my *deeper* dive into how 14 states have instituted #ACA pricing policy which will *dramatically* mitigate the expiring tax credits for a significant portion of enrollees...IF enrollees take advantage of it:
acasignups.net/25/11/11/the...
acasignups.net/25/11/11/the...
There Will Be Graphs: A deeper dive into how 14 states are dramatically mitigating the expiring tax credits
Last week I posted a deep dive into how a bunch of states are taking action to at least partially cancel out the impact of the impending end of the enhanced federal Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTC) ...
acasignups.net
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
📣 OK, as promised, here's my *deeper* dive into how 14 states have instituted #ACA pricing policy which will *dramatically* mitigate the expiring tax credits for a significant portion of enrollees...IF enrollees take advantage of it:
acasignups.net/25/11/11/the...
acasignups.net/25/11/11/the...
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These kinds of things happened two decades ago under the last Republican president. A lot of people made a lot of short term money. Then it all came crashing down and his successor had to clean up a huge mess. Here we go again.
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
These kinds of things happened two decades ago under the last Republican president. A lot of people made a lot of short term money. Then it all came crashing down and his successor had to clean up a huge mess. Here we go again.
More info …
REPHRASING THIS THREAD:
The FIRST PART of this is actually a good summary of what happened.
The first paragraph is important: A lot of people do indeed seem to be under the impression that ALL of the ACA tax credits are expiring.. They aren't. They're becoming FAR LESS GENEROUS. 1/
The FIRST PART of this is actually a good summary of what happened.
The first paragraph is important: A lot of people do indeed seem to be under the impression that ALL of the ACA tax credits are expiring.. They aren't. They're becoming FAR LESS GENEROUS. 1/
Now for some levity and logic based in facts.
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 AM
More info …
Ok, this is…keeping me more sane right now…
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Ok, this is…keeping me more sane right now…
November 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
PEOPLE. This is what the Oxford Comma was made for. USE IT GD it
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
PEOPLE. This is what the Oxford Comma was made for. USE IT GD it
Why are we listening to these people? They seem constipated.
Remember, gender roles are culturally shaped and conditioned.
Let's help these weirdos with definitions: Woke comes from AA vernacular and means awake to social injustice. Feminism is advocacy of equality of the sexes. No link to NYT.
Remember, gender roles are culturally shaped and conditioned.
Let's help these weirdos with definitions: Woke comes from AA vernacular and means awake to social injustice. Feminism is advocacy of equality of the sexes. No link to NYT.
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Why are we listening to these people? They seem constipated.
Remember, gender roles are culturally shaped and conditioned.
Let's help these weirdos with definitions: Woke comes from AA vernacular and means awake to social injustice. Feminism is advocacy of equality of the sexes. No link to NYT.
Remember, gender roles are culturally shaped and conditioned.
Let's help these weirdos with definitions: Woke comes from AA vernacular and means awake to social injustice. Feminism is advocacy of equality of the sexes. No link to NYT.