Kelley
@kelleybowdengotsch.bsky.social
Nurse, advocate, wife, mother, reader, photographer for fun
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I have a message to the staff at CDC who have dedicated their careers to protecting Americans from health threats of all kinds: Thank you.
Your courage and dedication have improved or saved the lives of people who may not even know it.
We’re with you.
Your courage and dedication have improved or saved the lives of people who may not even know it.
We’re with you.
August 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I have a message to the staff at CDC who have dedicated their careers to protecting Americans from health threats of all kinds: Thank you.
Your courage and dedication have improved or saved the lives of people who may not even know it.
We’re with you.
Your courage and dedication have improved or saved the lives of people who may not even know it.
We’re with you.
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How to tell if your President is a piece of shit, Chapter 851.
NEW -- President Donald Trump skipped the return of four soldiers who died in a training exercise to Dover Air Force Base Friday and instead spent $4.2 million of taxpayer money to attend a dinner for one of his business interests and to play golf.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Skips Return Of Dead U.S. Soldiers To Play Golf And Boost His Business Instead
The four Army soldiers died in a training exercise in Lithuania. Trump chose to attend his personal business partners’ dinner Thursday and play golf Friday.
www.huffpost.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
How to tell if your President is a piece of shit, Chapter 851.
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Lately I've seen many references to the 3.5% rule. A few years ago I pulled together this Q&A on potential uses and misuses of this statistic. www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
April 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Lately I've seen many references to the 3.5% rule. A few years ago I pulled together this Q&A on potential uses and misuses of this statistic. www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
Vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin which means it accumulates in the liver. It’s possible to consume too much Vitamin A and damage your or your child’s liver.
March 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin which means it accumulates in the liver. It’s possible to consume too much Vitamin A and damage your or your child’s liver.
And this is how you peacefully protest!! 💕
March 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
And this is how you peacefully protest!! 💕
Cancelled grant? Share info here
PLEASE KEEP SUBMITTING YOUR TERMINATED GRANTS!
So far, there have been fewer grants terminated this week than last, but the week ain't over. It's *CRITICAL* to advocacy for the public to know what's going on.
We can't do that without you.
Submit your terminated grant info here ⤵️
So far, there have been fewer grants terminated this week than last, but the week ain't over. It's *CRITICAL* to advocacy for the public to know what's going on.
We can't do that without you.
Submit your terminated grant info here ⤵️
Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.
Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
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March 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Cancelled grant? Share info here
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We're one of THOSE countries now:
March 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We're one of THOSE countries now:
Center for Medicare and Medicaid has proposed rule changes open for comment until 4/11/25.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability
This proposed rule would revise standards relating to past-due premium payments; exclude Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients from the definition of "lawfully present"; the evidentiary st...
www.federalregister.gov
March 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Center for Medicare and Medicaid has proposed rule changes open for comment until 4/11/25.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
@altcdc.altgov.info
Comment period open for proposed rule changes to ACA
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Comment period open for proposed rule changes to ACA
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability
This proposed rule would revise standards relating to past-due premium payments; exclude Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients from the definition of "lawfully present"; the evidentiary st...
www.federalregister.gov
March 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
@altcdc.altgov.info
Comment period open for proposed rule changes to ACA
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Comment period open for proposed rule changes to ACA
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Yes. That is in fact what just happened.
March 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Yes. That is in fact what just happened.
The U.S.'s hospital bed shortage is in danger of reaching a 'critical threshold'
March 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The U.S.'s hospital bed shortage is in danger of reaching a 'critical threshold'
Sign the petition to demand Mahmoud Khalil be immediately released and threats against his legal status be dropped! And call on members of Congress and university leaders to protect and defend the right for students to organize and protest. sign.moveon.org/petitions/fr...
Free Mahmoud Khalil and protect students exercising their First Amendment rights!
Sign the petition to demand Mahmoud Khalil be immediately released and threats against his legal status be dropped! And call on members of Congress and university leaders to protect and defend the rig...
sign.moveon.org
March 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Sign the petition to demand Mahmoud Khalil be immediately released and threats against his legal status be dropped! And call on members of Congress and university leaders to protect and defend the right for students to organize and protest. sign.moveon.org/petitions/fr...
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Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization
Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region.
We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant
survival over the past 50...
www.thelancet.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The cruelty is stunning
The Trump administration has deported a 10-year-old girl to Mexico who is a US citizen and is recovering from brain cancer.
Her family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup when they were detained.
Her family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup when they were detained.
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents
The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.
www.nbcnews.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The cruelty is stunning
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Republicans control the House.
Republicans control the Senate.
Republicans control the White House (sort of).
If the government shuts down it is 100% on them.
Ignore the any media that claims otherwise.
Republicans control the Senate.
Republicans control the White House (sort of).
If the government shuts down it is 100% on them.
Ignore the any media that claims otherwise.
March 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Republicans control the House.
Republicans control the Senate.
Republicans control the White House (sort of).
If the government shuts down it is 100% on them.
Ignore the any media that claims otherwise.
Republicans control the Senate.
Republicans control the White House (sort of).
If the government shuts down it is 100% on them.
Ignore the any media that claims otherwise.
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75-foot projections of eyes on the MIT Dome can be scanned for encoded stories.
MIT's 'Gaze to the Stars' is all in the eyes
On March 12-14, anyone walking around Massachusetts Institute of Technology at night will see illuminated projections of eyes staring back at them from the top of the MIT Dome.
www.wbur.org
March 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
75-foot projections of eyes on the MIT Dome can be scanned for encoded stories.
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Wait, Donald thinks it's *illegal* to choose not to buy a particular car? Bless his stupid little heart.
March 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Wait, Donald thinks it's *illegal* to choose not to buy a particular car? Bless his stupid little heart.
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March 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Elon Musk says he wants to “eliminate” programs like Social Security and Medicare: “Entitlements... That’s the big one to eliminate”
March 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
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A new member of the Susan Collins club! Fitzpatrick is “very concerned” about politicization of the FBI…
March 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A new member of the Susan Collins club! Fitzpatrick is “very concerned” about politicization of the FBI…
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VETERANS MARCH
March 6, 2025 at 6:07 AM
VETERANS MARCH
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This really is wicked good!
Randy Rainbow Skewers 'First Couple' Trump And Musk With Epic 'Wicked'-Inspired Parody
Oh, this is wicked good 👏🏼
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March 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This really is wicked good!