Skipjack Hoo
@sjhoo.bsky.social
Opinionated entrepreneur, mom, paddler, foodie, hiker, and reading enthusiast
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Must-read series from @propublica.org painstakingly unravels what happened on the ground after Trump's foreign aid cuts
This story describes one mother's struggle to keep her children from dying of malnutrition after the US abruptly cut aid to her refugee camp
This story describes one mother's struggle to keep her children from dying of malnutrition after the US abruptly cut aid to her refugee camp
The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Must-read series from @propublica.org painstakingly unravels what happened on the ground after Trump's foreign aid cuts
This story describes one mother's struggle to keep her children from dying of malnutrition after the US abruptly cut aid to her refugee camp
This story describes one mother's struggle to keep her children from dying of malnutrition after the US abruptly cut aid to her refugee camp
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A story that should shock our collective conscience: After Trump Cuts to Kenya Food Aid, Children Died of Starvation
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A story that should shock our collective conscience: After Trump Cuts to Kenya Food Aid, Children Died of Starvation
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Just a reminder that measles virus is very infectious with one infected individual spreading it to (on average) 12-18 others in a susceptible population.
With vaccination rates below 92% or so, measles is likely to spread extensively and quickly.
With vaccination rates below 92% or so, measles is likely to spread extensively and quickly.
December 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Just a reminder that measles virus is very infectious with one infected individual spreading it to (on average) 12-18 others in a susceptible population.
With vaccination rates below 92% or so, measles is likely to spread extensively and quickly.
With vaccination rates below 92% or so, measles is likely to spread extensively and quickly.
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Trump lies about everything. From BBC.
December 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Trump lies about everything. From BBC.
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Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
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To paraphrase the Greek statesman, Pericles:
"You may not be interested in politics, but politics may be interested in you."
"You may not be interested in politics, but politics may be interested in you."
December 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
To paraphrase the Greek statesman, Pericles:
"You may not be interested in politics, but politics may be interested in you."
"You may not be interested in politics, but politics may be interested in you."
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My quote of the day
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
Abraham Lincoln
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
Abraham Lincoln
December 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
My quote of the day
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
Abraham Lincoln
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
Abraham Lincoln
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My quote of the day
For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.
Bo Bennett
For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.
Bo Bennett
December 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
My quote of the day
For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.
Bo Bennett
For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.
Bo Bennett
Courts are slowly catching up
with illegal and unconstitutional actions by the Administration. May things move faster.
with illegal and unconstitutional actions by the Administration. May things move faster.
Amanda's Mild Takes: Trump's L Week recap.
So much happened that there were a few in there I'd missed.
Keep resisting!
Oh & 51 weeks till the midterms 🎉🥳
So much happened that there were a few in there I'd missed.
Keep resisting!
Oh & 51 weeks till the midterms 🎉🥳
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Courts are slowly catching up
with illegal and unconstitutional actions by the Administration. May things move faster.
with illegal and unconstitutional actions by the Administration. May things move faster.
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Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
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I have posted about this before, but...
Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
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Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
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Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines
The number of infected people, measured over 70-some years and across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, generally declined after vaccines were introduced.
graphics.wsj.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I have posted about this before, but...
Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
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Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
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I'm. With. Him.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I'm. With. Him.
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
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Important new analysis identifying the scope of clinical trials disrupted because of NIH shenanigans.
> 74 thousand trial participants affected
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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> 74 thousand trial participants affected
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Clinical Trials Affected by Research Grant Terminations at the National Institutes of Health
This cross-sectional study summarizes the number of trials with terminated grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and calculates the proportion of affected trials among those with previou...
jamanetwork.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Important new analysis identifying the scope of clinical trials disrupted because of NIH shenanigans.
> 74 thousand trial participants affected
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
1/4
> 74 thousand trial participants affected
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
1/4
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NC was hit with an ICE storm, first Charlotte & now Asheville and Raleigh.
Looking at this map, I'm curious as to why ICE may be targeting those areas.
Looking at this map, I'm curious as to why ICE may be targeting those areas.
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
NC was hit with an ICE storm, first Charlotte & now Asheville and Raleigh.
Looking at this map, I'm curious as to why ICE may be targeting those areas.
Looking at this map, I'm curious as to why ICE may be targeting those areas.
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They are giving the raids on Charlotte the name of a beloved children’s novel about disparate members of a community working together to save someone vulnerable 🤬
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
They are giving the raids on Charlotte the name of a beloved children’s novel about disparate members of a community working together to save someone vulnerable 🤬
This. Across the board.
And if you haven’t seen the efforts of other (friendly) nations recruiting scientists, researchers, and others - you definitely haven’t been paying attention.
This gutting of US research and l science in the public interest may take a generation or more to rebuild.
And if you haven’t seen the efforts of other (friendly) nations recruiting scientists, researchers, and others - you definitely haven’t been paying attention.
This gutting of US research and l science in the public interest may take a generation or more to rebuild.
I had the opportunity to review the work experience and skills of numerous people who were laid off or fired from public health jobs by Donald Trump.
I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.
I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This. Across the board.
And if you haven’t seen the efforts of other (friendly) nations recruiting scientists, researchers, and others - you definitely haven’t been paying attention.
This gutting of US research and l science in the public interest may take a generation or more to rebuild.
And if you haven’t seen the efforts of other (friendly) nations recruiting scientists, researchers, and others - you definitely haven’t been paying attention.
This gutting of US research and l science in the public interest may take a generation or more to rebuild.
Sigh
Trump's Pentagon name change could cost up to $2 billion www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Trump's Pentagon name change could cost up to $2 billion
Officially changing the Department of Defense to the Department of War can only be done by Congress and would require updating thousands of signs, rewriting digital code and creating new letterheads,...
www.nbcnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Sigh
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Do we still have a House of Reps? Asking for a country… 🫠
Must be nice getting a 6 week paid vacation while fed workers go without pay 💀
#CongressOnVacation #FedStrong #DoYourJob
Must be nice getting a 6 week paid vacation while fed workers go without pay 💀
#CongressOnVacation #FedStrong #DoYourJob
House will be out of session next week
abcnews.go.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Do we still have a House of Reps? Asking for a country… 🫠
Must be nice getting a 6 week paid vacation while fed workers go without pay 💀
#CongressOnVacation #FedStrong #DoYourJob
Must be nice getting a 6 week paid vacation while fed workers go without pay 💀
#CongressOnVacation #FedStrong #DoYourJob
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House cancels votes next week, including vote on Epstein files.
November 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
House cancels votes next week, including vote on Epstein files.
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Shutting down the government doesn't shut down the First Amendment.
It's absurd to exclude reporters from immigration hearings absent government permission, especially when it's impossible to get permission.
It's absurd to exclude reporters from immigration hearings absent government permission, especially when it's impossible to get permission.
Local immigration court ousts reporters from hearings
HYATTSVILLE, Md. – Federal officials ordered two reporters out of immigration court on Tuesday and barred them from observing future proceedings until they get permission from the Trump administration. But the two…
cnsmaryland.org
November 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Shutting down the government doesn't shut down the First Amendment.
It's absurd to exclude reporters from immigration hearings absent government permission, especially when it's impossible to get permission.
It's absurd to exclude reporters from immigration hearings absent government permission, especially when it's impossible to get permission.
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💡Did you know: SNAP benefits have a contingency fund that can be used during a gvt shutdown?
This 💵 has already been appropriated by Congress.
The Rs refuse to use the 💵 so they can force their fucked up agenda down our throats.
apnews.com/article/snap...
This 💵 has already been appropriated by Congress.
The Rs refuse to use the 💵 so they can force their fucked up agenda down our throats.
apnews.com/article/snap...
Trump administration won't tap contingency fund to keep food aid flowing, memo says
The Trump administration says it won't use a roughly $5 billion contingency fund to keep food aid flowing in November amid the government shutdown.
apnews.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
💡Did you know: SNAP benefits have a contingency fund that can be used during a gvt shutdown?
This 💵 has already been appropriated by Congress.
The Rs refuse to use the 💵 so they can force their fucked up agenda down our throats.
apnews.com/article/snap...
This 💵 has already been appropriated by Congress.
The Rs refuse to use the 💵 so they can force their fucked up agenda down our throats.
apnews.com/article/snap...
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Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?
Now you know.
Now you know.
October 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?
Now you know.
Now you know.
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A Christianity that causes the hungry to go without food, the sick to go without healthcare, the stranger to be mistreated, and God’s creation to be ravaged, all while the greedy and cruel satisfy their every desire, is a Christianity that can no longer claim to follow Christ.
October 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A Christianity that causes the hungry to go without food, the sick to go without healthcare, the stranger to be mistreated, and God’s creation to be ravaged, all while the greedy and cruel satisfy their every desire, is a Christianity that can no longer claim to follow Christ.