PimpernelSmith
@pimpernelsmith.bsky.social
Book Nerd; Acculturated Geek; Cultural Thrill-seeker
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Jesus Christ. This entire business should have been over 3 weeks after the release of Wakefield’s initial paper; when epidemiologists published a response that said “if any of that were true, we would’ve seen an autism spike after the introduction of the MMR vaccine, and there wasn’t any.”
The CDC is reportedly planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, "despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to find evidence of such links"
Exclusive: U.S. CDC plans study into vaccines and autism, sources say
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to find evidence of such links.
www.reuters.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Jesus Christ. This entire business should have been over 3 weeks after the release of Wakefield’s initial paper; when epidemiologists published a response that said “if any of that were true, we would’ve seen an autism spike after the introduction of the MMR vaccine, and there wasn’t any.”
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Fun fact: As Republicans prepare to cut the entire budget of Medicaid, millions will lose health care, but also 5.6 million live in custodial care or have assisted living paid by Medicaid. 5.6 million with no $ & no one to care for them. That's not cost cutting, that's genocide.
February 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Fun fact: As Republicans prepare to cut the entire budget of Medicaid, millions will lose health care, but also 5.6 million live in custodial care or have assisted living paid by Medicaid. 5.6 million with no $ & no one to care for them. That's not cost cutting, that's genocide.
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They're rushing this bill because they know most Iowans will oppose it.
We don't want criminal penalties for librarians.
We don't want the government deciding which books are in our public libraries.
bookriot.com/iowa-rushes-...
We don't want criminal penalties for librarians.
We don't want the government deciding which books are in our public libraries.
bookriot.com/iowa-rushes-...
Iowa Rushes, Advances Librarian Criminalization Bill
Introduced last week, Iowa's librarian criminalization bill has already made it to the House floor.
bookriot.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
They're rushing this bill because they know most Iowans will oppose it.
We don't want criminal penalties for librarians.
We don't want the government deciding which books are in our public libraries.
bookriot.com/iowa-rushes-...
We don't want criminal penalties for librarians.
We don't want the government deciding which books are in our public libraries.
bookriot.com/iowa-rushes-...
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On the nose: "One of the less frequently noticed luxuries of the postwar liberal order was the licence to be a fool."
Interesting read - 'Conspiracists are about to get a dose of reality' www.thetimes.com/article/b3bb...
Conspiracists are about to get a dose of reality
Antivaxers, cranks and fantasists thrive in safe, stable societies but the days of consequence-free idiocy may be ending
www.thetimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
On the nose: "One of the less frequently noticed luxuries of the postwar liberal order was the licence to be a fool."
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Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors.
I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.
I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.
February 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors.
I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.
I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.
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from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler
February 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler
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A new law signed by Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah prohibits unions from negotiating wages and other terms for teachers, firefighters, police officers and all other public employees, joining just two other states that have banned collective bargaining in the public sector.
Utah Bans Collective Bargaining for Public Workers
Utah joined two other states in prohibiting collective bargaining for teachers, police officers and other public employees in a move that was seen as a possible blow to the country’s labor movement.
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A new law signed by Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah prohibits unions from negotiating wages and other terms for teachers, firefighters, police officers and all other public employees, joining just two other states that have banned collective bargaining in the public sector.
Women in STEM are discovering their professional pages deleted — including at NASA and the NIH. The following site is being built to keep their contributions and CVs out there:
www.womeninstem.us/2025/02/us-w...
www.womeninstem.us/2025/02/us-w...
U.S. Women in STEM Manifesto
American women have contributed countless inventions and discoveries to the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics in t...
www.womeninstem.us
February 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Women in STEM are discovering their professional pages deleted — including at NASA and the NIH. The following site is being built to keep their contributions and CVs out there:
www.womeninstem.us/2025/02/us-w...
www.womeninstem.us/2025/02/us-w...