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Liz Borkowski
@lizborkowski.bsky.social
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Public health researcher at George Washington University (Jacobs Institute of Women's Health), managing editor of Women's Health Issues. She/her, views are my own.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 5h
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Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 5h
Siva Vaidhyanathan on the Trump admin’s proposed “compact” for universities (to give up academic freedom in exchange for favorable treatment by the Trump government): “This ‘compact’ is more like an invitation to borrow money from the mob, with substantial control and future penalties assured.”
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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 9h
And from me:

newrepublic.com/article/2013...
Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 5h
A study of nearly 300,000 people published today in the New England Journal of Medicine found “that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent.”
Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
www.scientificamerican.com
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h
I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h
i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d
The Trump administration’s blatant disregard of the laws and traditions governing federal communications—rules that most employees follow dutifully throughout their careers—has left workers feeling further insulted and demoralized.
For furloughed workers, Trump's partisan shutdown jabs are just the latest slight
“Not only is it insulting to the standards we’re all supposed to abide by, but it’s also insulting to our intelligence.”
www.motherjones.com
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EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 2d
Hey, @jay.bsky.team @pfrazee.com y’all really are doubling down on banning a Black autistic man for *checks notes* alt-text that accurately describes a meme involving He Who Apparently Must Not Be Named? If that had been 1 of the electeds murdered in their beds this year, would you have banned him?
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EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 3d
I don't want to snitchtag anyone so I'll just put it here: the admins here, presumably @jay.bsky.team, based on what I've seen, have banned @spacelawshitpost.me (Link) from this site, summarily, w/o notice or explanation.

I came to this site bc I wanted to connect w/people, learn things...
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 2d
It really is staggering to see so many people willing to abandon our 249 year experiment in democracy for an increasingly unstable criminally convicted reality show charlatan.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3d
As bad as this headline is, the details are worse. Russel Vought is trying to roll back SS for the elderly, the disabled, the widowed and orphaned and FURTHER cut food stamps. Make sure to read and share this gift link: wapo.st/4qa8yoq
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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 3d
a respected senior CDC official telling the public that the federal agency has undergone a hostile takeover and it barely makes the news because that’s the state of the world today
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 3d
This is another damning picture of Kennedy refusing to meet with senior scientists and get advice about infections or vaccines whilst he spreads disinformation #healthpolicy
A ‘hostile takeover’: ousted CDC official raises alarm over RFK Jr approach to infectious disease
Debra Houry speaks after testifying on eight months under Kennedy, who critics say shuns science and spreads falsehoods
www.theguardian.com
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Liz Borkowski @lizborkowski.bsky.social · 3d
As in the Red Scare, "state forces are colluding with corporations to erase ideas they do not like by harassing people who represent ideas that they don’t want to exist." @tressiemcphd.bsky.social warns that we have a lot of work to do.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Opinion | Mourn, or Else
www.nytimes.com
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Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 4d
@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d
Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
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Katherine Stewart @katherinestewart.bsky.social · 4d
Worth reading interview with Debra Houry, who served under six CDC directors spanning four administrations www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A ‘hostile takeover’: ousted CDC official raises alarm over RFK Jr approach to infectious disease
Debra Houry speaks after testifying on eight months under Kennedy, who critics say shuns science and spreads falsehoods
www.theguardian.com
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 4d
Columbia canceled my class on race and media, but I'm teaching the people anyway.

Oct. 5 is the *last day* to register for my online live + recorded classes on Race, Media & International Affairs!

We have more than 500 students enrolled. Let's gooo!

www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series
A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.
www.resistancesummerschool.com
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d
SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:
MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.
A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 5d
📢 New from the Vaccine Integrity Project:
Our evidence review supports flu, COVID-19 & RSV immunizations as tools that provide meaningful protection against severe illness & hospitalization across populations

New interactive tool + recommendations guide

www.cidrap.umn.edu/v...
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 6d
The data and evidence are clear. Over the past 8 months, the egregious actions of President Trump and his enablers have caused real harm to people and communities across the country.
Science and Democracy Under Siege
This administration's first 6 months have been characterized by destruction, division, and chaos.
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 7d
NEW: We just released The People’s Guide to the 2025-26 U.S. Supreme Court Term.

This resource includes info about upcoming decisions that will shape the future of free speech, rights of LGBTQI+ & immigrant communities, election integrity, and checks on presidential power.

Learn what’s at stake ⬇️
The People’s Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court: 2025-2026 - Democracy Forward
As the Supreme Court begins its 2025–2026 term, this People’s Guide unpacks the key cases to help the public understand what’s at stake and why it matters.
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Liz Borkowski @lizborkowski.bsky.social · 7d
At CDC "we’re seeing the decay of the quality of information, and it’s not, like, a random decay; it is a specifically targeted decay to create an ideology propaganda machine that’s Orwellian, as opposed to a trusted health source" - @drdemetre.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
Demetre Daskalakis Saw the CDC Change from the Inside—And He’s Sounding the Alarm
The former director of a CDC center reveals how political ideology is undermining science, threatening vaccine policy and endangering public health across the U.S.
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Liz Borkowski @lizborkowski.bsky.social · 7d
We hope the federal workers now furloughed will be back on the job soon. It will be harder to replace the work of the thousands laid off over the past seven months. Minho Kim & Aishvarya Kavi share some of their stories.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Who Left the Federal Workforce (Gift Article)
The New York Times photographed and interviewed two dozen former federal workers from across the country to get a sense of what they left behind and what they face next.
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 7d
Not only is RFKjr spreading disinformation about vaccines, infection & health but advertising for flu/covid vaccines and support for clinical teams to address questions re vaccines is not happening either. ie disproportionately negative vaccine messages dominate which likely will reduce uptake
Viewpoint: What we don’t see about vaccines COULD hurt us
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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 7d
#Covid vaccination during pregnancy confers benefits to mother & baby w/out increased risk, according to an umbrella review of multiple meta-analyses involving >1.2M women. Vaccination was linked w/ lowered maternal risks of Covid infection, stillbirth & preterm birth, the Harvard study found 👇
Mom's COVID Shot Aided Baby, Too, Large Review Confirmed
Vaccination during pregnancy was safe for both mom and baby
www.medpagetoday.com
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 7d
Maine Family Planning, one of the state's main Title X grantees, will shut down primary care after Oct 31 b/c of the law cutting it out of Medicaid.

From the org: "MFP will continue seeing patients who need family planning care, regardless of insurance status, for as long as we are able."
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Julie Anne Yaple Johnson @jayzz.bsky.social · 7d
Under cover of the shut down, Trump is illegally defunding an independent office that conducts oversight of the Trump administration and oversees the Inspectors General. Even Republicans are crying foul. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
Trump Administration Defunds Federal Watchdog Office
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