Allison (she/her)
@forcedevolution.bsky.social
Just trying to survive and make this place a little less hellscape-y for my kids and all the other kids. Twitter @heartSFbaseball
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Please signal boost. Need a wheelchair tech who can help troubleshoot in Silver Spring, MD.
My wheelchair won't turn on and a wheelchair technician won't be available until the 15th...
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Please signal boost. Need a wheelchair tech who can help troubleshoot in Silver Spring, MD.
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The last 12 FDA commissioners did not mince their words (to the extent that one can do that in the context of an academic medical journal):
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA | NEJM
Twelve former commissioners of the FDA express concern that the agency’s recent moves will undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure vaccine safety, effectiveness, and availability.
www.nejm.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The last 12 FDA commissioners did not mince their words (to the extent that one can do that in the context of an academic medical journal):
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Hearing that, behind closed doors, Oregon law makers are discussing a sales tax. We could have so much more for everyone, if wealthy people paid more of their fair share of taxes.
Eat the rich before Oregonians say yes to sales tax.
Eat the rich before Oregonians say yes to sales tax.
December 3, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Hearing that, behind closed doors, Oregon law makers are discussing a sales tax. We could have so much more for everyone, if wealthy people paid more of their fair share of taxes.
Eat the rich before Oregonians say yes to sales tax.
Eat the rich before Oregonians say yes to sales tax.
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I really don’t understand why we have to prove, over and over again, that giving people money helps them get off the streets. Why can’t we make this a policy everywhere? (If you’re going to say $$, I’d say tax the wealthy)
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I really don’t understand why we have to prove, over and over again, that giving people money helps them get off the streets. Why can’t we make this a policy everywhere? (If you’re going to say $$, I’d say tax the wealthy)
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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@tressiemcphd.bsky.social called this out years ago. It's part and parcel of the rampant spread of fascism/white supremacy/nationalism.
This week’s newsletter
The state of Hollywood bodies:
Celebrities are human beings. But they are also selling us something. Right now, that's thinness
The state of Hollywood bodies:
Celebrities are human beings. But they are also selling us something. Right now, that's thinness
The state of Hollywood bodies
Celebrities are human beings. But they are also selling us something. Right now, that's thinness.
buttondown.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social called this out years ago. It's part and parcel of the rampant spread of fascism/white supremacy/nationalism.
I feel uneasy about this. We've seen an increase in skeletal bodies in Hollywood and on social media for a few years now, and it seems to be getting worse. We know that thinness is tied to fascism and white supremacy. We know there is a ton of anti-fat bias in healthcare.
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I feel uneasy about this. We've seen an increase in skeletal bodies in Hollywood and on social media for a few years now, and it seems to be getting worse. We know that thinness is tied to fascism and white supremacy. We know there is a ton of anti-fat bias in healthcare.
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The Klamath Tribes are challenging illegal orders stemming from a backroom agreement that removed a long-time administrative law judge in the Klamath Basin Adjudication—without notifying the parties. Tribal water rights deserve transparency, fairness, and due process. Read now: buff.ly/9jjipLm
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The Klamath Tribes are challenging illegal orders stemming from a backroom agreement that removed a long-time administrative law judge in the Klamath Basin Adjudication—without notifying the parties. Tribal water rights deserve transparency, fairness, and due process. Read now: buff.ly/9jjipLm
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Around half of pregnant women received an initial COVID vaccine series in 2021. If the "vast majority" of them had miscarriages, surely this would not have flown under the radar.
December 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Around half of pregnant women received an initial COVID vaccine series in 2021. If the "vast majority" of them had miscarriages, surely this would not have flown under the radar.
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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I regret to inform you that DHS is whitenationalist posting again. "Remigration" -- ethnonationalist code for "purifying" the nation by expelling ethnic and cultural "undesirables". Chapter/verse fash stuff.
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I regret to inform you that DHS is whitenationalist posting again. "Remigration" -- ethnonationalist code for "purifying" the nation by expelling ethnic and cultural "undesirables". Chapter/verse fash stuff.
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There is no evidence that these devices improve any measure of health whatsoever, and a lot of what they track is nonvalidated nonsense that can actually make people unwell.
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
There is no evidence that these devices improve any measure of health whatsoever, and a lot of what they track is nonvalidated nonsense that can actually make people unwell.
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Thankful for my colleagues Dan Jernigan and @drdemetre.bsky.social; for the media and partners who continue to sound the alarm about public health; and most of all to those on the frontlines every day at CDC and in health departments. Our Lancet commentary re CDC: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
US CDC: a public health agency in critical condition
For almost 80 years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been
the nation's immune system, detecting threats early, coordinating rapid responses,
and safeguarding population hea...
www.thelancet.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thankful for my colleagues Dan Jernigan and @drdemetre.bsky.social; for the media and partners who continue to sound the alarm about public health; and most of all to those on the frontlines every day at CDC and in health departments. Our Lancet commentary re CDC: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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People are struggling. I want us to think about how we're going to help each other hang in there this winter. How are you going to support your friends, co-strugglers, and community as they push through this moment? How can you help people muddle through, materially and/or emotionally?
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
People are struggling. I want us to think about how we're going to help each other hang in there this winter. How are you going to support your friends, co-strugglers, and community as they push through this moment? How can you help people muddle through, materially and/or emotionally?
"And unlike COVID-19, which mainly affects vulnerable people, flu viruses can also kill healthy individuals, including children, Rameix-Welti said."
This description of Covid never ceases to be infuriating. Vulnerable people MATTER. It's so dismissive. Also, Covid affects *everyone".
This description of Covid never ceases to be infuriating. Vulnerable people MATTER. It's so dismissive. Also, Covid affects *everyone".
Bird flu virus could risk pandemic worse than COVID if it mutates, France's Institut Pasteur says - www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Bird flu virus could risk pandemic worse than COVID if it mutates, France's Institut Pasteur says
The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if it mutates to transmit between humans, the head of France's Institut Pa...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"And unlike COVID-19, which mainly affects vulnerable people, flu viruses can also kill healthy individuals, including children, Rameix-Welti said."
This description of Covid never ceases to be infuriating. Vulnerable people MATTER. It's so dismissive. Also, Covid affects *everyone".
This description of Covid never ceases to be infuriating. Vulnerable people MATTER. It's so dismissive. Also, Covid affects *everyone".
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A guerrilla AR show, Encoded, by Amplifier, inserts works by 17 Indigenous artists into NYC’s Met, remixing classics like Washington Crossing the Delaware through Native perspectives. It challenges erasure and calls for visibility in colonial museum spaces.
🔗 buff.ly/DBfgByC
🔗 buff.ly/DBfgByC
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A guerrilla AR show, Encoded, by Amplifier, inserts works by 17 Indigenous artists into NYC’s Met, remixing classics like Washington Crossing the Delaware through Native perspectives. It challenges erasure and calls for visibility in colonial museum spaces.
🔗 buff.ly/DBfgByC
🔗 buff.ly/DBfgByC
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On Indigenous Peoples’ Day 17 Indigenous artists took over The Met in “NYC” on Lenapehoking. The unsanctioned AR exhibit, ENCODED, reimagines historic works through Indigenous perspectives. On view through 2025.
More info: changethestorychangethefuture.com
Featured artwork: youngmer
Clips: Nat2D2
More info: changethestorychangethefuture.com
Featured artwork: youngmer
Clips: Nat2D2
October 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day 17 Indigenous artists took over The Met in “NYC” on Lenapehoking. The unsanctioned AR exhibit, ENCODED, reimagines historic works through Indigenous perspectives. On view through 2025.
More info: changethestorychangethefuture.com
Featured artwork: youngmer
Clips: Nat2D2
More info: changethestorychangethefuture.com
Featured artwork: youngmer
Clips: Nat2D2
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
This was a great reminder: I need to go get the copy of Alice Wong's Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life that I ordered from a local bookstore. I hope my order inspired them to order more copies. I hope more people find her work & learn from her like I did. It's still hard to believe she's gone 💔
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
This was a great reminder: I need to go get the copy of Alice Wong's Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life that I ordered from a local bookstore. I hope my order inspired them to order more copies. I hope more people find her work & learn from her like I did. It's still hard to believe she's gone 💔
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Buyer for a small indie bookstore here. If it's a book that fits our vibe and/or the customer requesting is a regular, sometimes it takes only one.
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Buyer for a small indie bookstore here. If it's a book that fits our vibe and/or the customer requesting is a regular, sometimes it takes only one.
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the truly shocking number of people out here just swooning over this man with their whole chest reminds me of how I could never see those magic eye puzzles in the 90s
my eyes don’t do that, sorry! I can’t see the handsome man in this picture
my eyes don’t do that, sorry! I can’t see the handsome man in this picture
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 AM
the truly shocking number of people out here just swooning over this man with their whole chest reminds me of how I could never see those magic eye puzzles in the 90s
my eyes don’t do that, sorry! I can’t see the handsome man in this picture
my eyes don’t do that, sorry! I can’t see the handsome man in this picture
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I have a stance of "transit needs to be good enough that I want to ride it constantly instead of driving"
Which never includes the idea of having more cops or getting rid of 'undesirable people' because that makes me want to ride it less.
Which never includes the idea of having more cops or getting rid of 'undesirable people' because that makes me want to ride it less.
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have a stance of "transit needs to be good enough that I want to ride it constantly instead of driving"
Which never includes the idea of having more cops or getting rid of 'undesirable people' because that makes me want to ride it less.
Which never includes the idea of having more cops or getting rid of 'undesirable people' because that makes me want to ride it less.