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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 1d

A reminder: 40% of US Nobel prize winners since 2000 have been immigrants.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Nobel prize in physics awarded to three scientists for work on quantum mechanics

Trio led experiments demonstrating that bizarre properties of quantum world can translate into measurable effects in the everyday The Nobel prize in physics 2025 has been awarded to British, French and American scientists for their work on quantum mechanics. John Clarke, a British physicist based at the University of California at Berkeley, Michel Devoret, a French physicist based at Yale University, and John Martinis, of the University of California Santa Barbara, share the 11m Swedish kronor (about £871,400) prize announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. Continue reading...

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Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Even though there is no orthodox prohibition to vaccination and rabbis are encouraging it, there is a cultural opposition in Haredi communities (77% vaccination rate) and also more crowded living conditions. bit.ly/3VVXv4e

'Entire buildings full of sick children': Behind the measles outbreak around Jerusalem

A New Measles Epidemic Is Spreading in ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh. As Israel's Health Ministry Representatives Turn to Rabbis to Encourage Vaccines, There's Growing Frustration Among Do...

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Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 1d

Yep.

Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 2d

Et tu, Governor Newsom? @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

MariaevaJ (Formal Tribel) @mariaevaj.bsky.social · 3d

Leave it to another strong woman ⭐️

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Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 2d

The NYTimes surveyed 50 high-power lawyers (half red). We should be frightened. "The D.O.J.’s loss of credibility is devastating to the rule of law.” “In my darkest moments, I think, maybe the premises on which our Constitution was founded are just not widely shared anymore,” bit.ly/437xh2x

‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency

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Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 2d

For those who think measles is nothing, Israel just had its 6th measles death since April with >1700 known and 5000 estimated cases. 41 (36 kids) have been in ICUs. Israel has an 88% vaccination rate, not enough to prevent disease spread. bit.ly/46Cuocq #vaccines #publichealth #idsky #measles

Jerusalem toddler dies of measles, sixth death this year | The Jerusalem Post

Six children in total have died since the outbreak began, with the Health Ministry pushing a vaccination campaign to contain the disease.

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Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 2d

Remember when Obama's army invaded Texas and instituted concentration camps in Walmart in order to disarm Americans? Maybe those who successfully fought off the Obama's takeover can help protect Chicago and Portland from a new hostile presidential administration. #jadehelm #portland #chicago

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Why does the supreme court keep bending the knee to Trump? | Steven Greenhouse

As a new term begins, the justices have continually failed to provide a check on presidential power – with disastrous consequences

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Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 2d

"Infection elimination" is defined as the disappearance of transmission in a defined area. To me, an ID epidemiologist, this epicurve of US cases from CDC looks more like continuous measles transmission than elimination. #idsky #vaccines #publichealth #episky

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Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 2d

It is not right to call her an "opponent". She is a judge who rules on the merits of a case. It happens that her ruling regarding release of information to the govt was overturned; that doesn't make her an "opponent". Even Trump appointees have ruled against his administration.

Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump Action Tracker is a website designed by a British group that is cataloging all of the administration's actions, statements, and plans. It is a depressing but important read. Check it out at trumpactiontracker.info

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Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 3d

I agree with this completely. Governors, get your act together!

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Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats! Subscribing.

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Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 6d

Unfortunately, it's not the University but the AAUP.

Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 6d

From UPenn-AAUP,

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Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you, UPenn AAUP, for your powerful response to the administration's "invitation" (correctly renamed "threat") to join their academic compact. #academicfreedom #defendhighered @aaup-penn.bsky.social @aaup.org

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Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 6d

We desperately need better surveillance for firearms incidents. A paper outlining features of pediatric gun injuries in NYC shows <50% capture of ER cases by the NYPD. Most kids were unintended victims near public housing #publichealth #endgunviolence #pediatrics @nyumedpostdocs.bsky.social

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Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 6d

Totally agree.

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 7d

🗣️THIS is the message!!

Brava, Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social!!

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Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 7d

Or 3) we denigrated vaccines, particularly in children.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 8d

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.

Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.

We have been sent here to fight for people.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8d

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance

However, they are weaker than they look…

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Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 8d

Marco Rubio's public health strategy, now with corrections. #idsky #publichealthsky #publichealth #globalhealthsky

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Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 8d

Outline is my college roommate's daughter's store (pictured on the left). Go Margaret!!!

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8d

“We started the store because we were so exhausted by shopping online."

Outline, a boutique in Brooklyn, is adopting a new (old) way to shop, by replacing its e-commerce with a print catalog. nyti.ms/4gOaBtT

A woman wearing a red and blue horizontal stripe tee and a black and white vertical stripe skirt stands underneath the doorway inside a clothing store. Another woman in a sleeveless black pullover and a denim skirt with patches, stands next to her.