Jessi Rennekamp
@jessi2globe.bsky.social
Communications & social impact consultant for biotech. Solopreneur & working mom. Interested in defeating climate change and fascism.
Reposted by Jessi Rennekamp
A mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her eyes in shame was created by Dutch artist Judith de Leeuw. It is in a high population area of immigrants in France…!!!
She said ‘The values that the statue once stood for - freedom hope, the right to be yourself - have been lost for many’…!!!
She said ‘The values that the statue once stood for - freedom hope, the right to be yourself - have been lost for many’…!!!
July 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her eyes in shame was created by Dutch artist Judith de Leeuw. It is in a high population area of immigrants in France…!!!
She said ‘The values that the statue once stood for - freedom hope, the right to be yourself - have been lost for many’…!!!
She said ‘The values that the statue once stood for - freedom hope, the right to be yourself - have been lost for many’…!!!
Extensive and important reporting on the human impact of ICE activities here in MA
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/02/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/02/m...
‘I feel that nowhere is safe’: Stories from inside Mass. communities left reeling by the surge in ICE arrests - The Boston Globe
Immigrant neighborhoods in Massachusetts are feeling the strain of recent ICE actions, which have intensified in recent months. The Globe spent seven days in local communities to tell their stories.
www.bostonglobe.com
July 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Extensive and important reporting on the human impact of ICE activities here in MA
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/02/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/02/m...
“We need the tonic of wildness” wapo.st/45yZXnp
Opinion | I hiked the Appalachian Trail. It fixed my brain.
Nature can save us from a world gone mad.
wapo.st
June 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
“We need the tonic of wildness” wapo.st/45yZXnp
There’s still a big disparity in research on women’s health, including sports and fitness science. Great article highlighting how more research could shift perspectives on the so-called “weaker sex” 💪
wapo.st/4kCWAQy
wapo.st/4kCWAQy
4 ways women are physically stronger than men
Discussions of strength often mean brute force and sprint speeds — qualities associated with male physiology. But female bodies excel in other areas.
wapo.st
June 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
There’s still a big disparity in research on women’s health, including sports and fitness science. Great article highlighting how more research could shift perspectives on the so-called “weaker sex” 💪
wapo.st/4kCWAQy
wapo.st/4kCWAQy
"A triumph for the American peoples’ investment in biomedical research." I first worked with a CRISPR company 10+ yrs ago, and bespoke tx like this were a dream. The story made me tear up because of the promise realized, and the threat medical research is facing now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment
www.nytimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"A triumph for the American peoples’ investment in biomedical research." I first worked with a CRISPR company 10+ yrs ago, and bespoke tx like this were a dream. The story made me tear up because of the promise realized, and the threat medical research is facing now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
Newborn screening saves lives; early diagnosis is critical for the best possible outcomes for these babies. And it is a simple, cost-effective blood test. Tell Policymakers to Support our Federal Newborn Screening System www.congressweb.com/NORD/262?fra...
Tell Policymakers to Support our Federal Newborn Screening System
The Administration recently eliminated the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children (ACHDNC), and many federal newborn screening activities may be impacted by other changes a...
www.congressweb.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Newborn screening saves lives; early diagnosis is critical for the best possible outcomes for these babies. And it is a simple, cost-effective blood test. Tell Policymakers to Support our Federal Newborn Screening System www.congressweb.com/NORD/262?fra...
Reposted by Jessi Rennekamp
Projected deaths from cessation of USAID PEPFAR funding
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
a 90-day freeze is expected to result in ~60,000 excess deaths
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
a 90-day freeze is expected to result in ~60,000 excess deaths
The impact of the PEPFAR funding freeze on HIV deaths and infections: a mathematical modelling study of seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa
The sudden cessation of PEPFAR funding likely results in tens of thousands of HIV
deaths and new infections. These losses of life and health should compel the United
States government to rapidly and f...
www.thelancet.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Projected deaths from cessation of USAID PEPFAR funding
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
a 90-day freeze is expected to result in ~60,000 excess deaths
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
a 90-day freeze is expected to result in ~60,000 excess deaths
Women aren’t looking for a Medal of Honor. #PaidFamilyLeave #AffordableChildcare #WomensHealth
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
Birth rates are falling. But solutions are focused on the wrong thing.
It's not rocket science on how to fix it.
open.substack.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Women aren’t looking for a Medal of Honor. #PaidFamilyLeave #AffordableChildcare #WomensHealth
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
David Altshuler of Vertex talks about the company’s strategy that has enabled them to achieve higher-than-industry-average success rates advancing clinical development in challenging areas such as CF, sickle cell, and acute pain. #AtlanticHealth
April 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
David Altshuler of Vertex talks about the company’s strategy that has enabled them to achieve higher-than-industry-average success rates advancing clinical development in challenging areas such as CF, sickle cell, and acute pain. #AtlanticHealth
Enjoying #AtlanticHealth summit in Boston so far!
April 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Enjoying #AtlanticHealth summit in Boston so far!
Reposted by Jessi Rennekamp
“Harvard now faces one of the most consequential choices in its history: Submit to extortion and make itself complicit in the most profound assault on academic freedom and constitutional governance of our time—or go to court. The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.” (Fixed link)
Harvard’s moment of truth - The Boston Globe
The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.
www.bostonglobe.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“Harvard now faces one of the most consequential choices in its history: Submit to extortion and make itself complicit in the most profound assault on academic freedom and constitutional governance of our time—or go to court. The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.” (Fixed link)
Reposted by Jessi Rennekamp
Spydere Man, Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man
April 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Spydere Man, Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man
Reposted by Jessi Rennekamp
Say something to your representatives
March 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Say something to your representatives
“She has a seven-week-old baby, and she showed up to testify and be yelled at by our colleagues for four hours. May your daughter grow up to be a fierce leader like you.”
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/05/n...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/05/n...
‘Give ‘em hell Michelle’: Mayor Wu stayed calm and combative during her first congressional hearing on immigration - The Boston Globe
The Boston mayor usually doesn't seek the national spotlight, but she held her own when it shined on her Wednesday.
www.bostonglobe.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“She has a seven-week-old baby, and she showed up to testify and be yelled at by our colleagues for four hours. May your daughter grow up to be a fierce leader like you.”
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/05/n...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/05/n...
Abandoned in the Middle of Clinical Trials, Because of a Trump Order www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Abandoned in the Middle of Clinical Trials, Because of a Trump Order
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Abandoned in the Middle of Clinical Trials, Because of a Trump Order www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Reposted by Jessi Rennekamp
WTF is going on here at Blue Sky? People are civil to each other. People having intelligent discussions. People are spelling things correctly. I haven’t seen any racism or sexism.
I’m confused.
I’m confused.
a man in a lab coat is standing in front of a computer with the caption good to see you guys again
ALT: a man in a lab coat is standing in front of a computer with the caption good to see you guys again
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:10 PM
WTF is going on here at Blue Sky? People are civil to each other. People having intelligent discussions. People are spelling things correctly. I haven’t seen any racism or sexism.
I’m confused.
I’m confused.
November 15, 2024 at 9:56 PM