Diane Downey
@yardfairy.bsky.social
#LongCovid #AuDHD Gardens, children, dogs, #maker, #woodworker, always learning. #BLM #VOTE she/her aka @sunnyaunt #votebluenomatterwho no DMs please
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I can’t tell you how glad I am to be released from the disgrace of Temu ACIP.
I made a commitment to watch and comment on these proceedings. Not sure I’ll do it again.
In summary, ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Every U.S. state needs to decouple their vaccine policy from ACIP.
I made a commitment to watch and comment on these proceedings. Not sure I’ll do it again.
In summary, ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Every U.S. state needs to decouple their vaccine policy from ACIP.
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I can’t tell you how glad I am to be released from the disgrace of Temu ACIP.
I made a commitment to watch and comment on these proceedings. Not sure I’ll do it again.
In summary, ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Every U.S. state needs to decouple their vaccine policy from ACIP.
I made a commitment to watch and comment on these proceedings. Not sure I’ll do it again.
In summary, ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Every U.S. state needs to decouple their vaccine policy from ACIP.
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For all that are reading this that are people with chronic illness or pain or you know someone in that situation I want to bring you hope every single day. It’s the thing that binds us together along with love. On Thursday in DC I plan on fighting for healthcare for ALL. Healthcare is a human right.
December 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
For all that are reading this that are people with chronic illness or pain or you know someone in that situation I want to bring you hope every single day. It’s the thing that binds us together along with love. On Thursday in DC I plan on fighting for healthcare for ALL. Healthcare is a human right.
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I took care of numerous kids with fulminant hepatitis B in the 90s before the switch to getting the first vaccine at birth. I don’t recall having one since. I do not miss caring for that disease.
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I took care of numerous kids with fulminant hepatitis B in the 90s before the switch to getting the first vaccine at birth. I don’t recall having one since. I do not miss caring for that disease.
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Kash Patel: "When you attack our nation's capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life — We will always refute it & combat it"
Unless you’re J6 insurrectionist who attacks the capitol — then you receive a pardon & get called a patriot…
Unless you’re J6 insurrectionist who attacks the capitol — then you receive a pardon & get called a patriot…
December 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Kash Patel: "When you attack our nation's capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life — We will always refute it & combat it"
Unless you’re J6 insurrectionist who attacks the capitol — then you receive a pardon & get called a patriot…
Unless you’re J6 insurrectionist who attacks the capitol — then you receive a pardon & get called a patriot…
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Not to defend Olivia Nuzzi, who broke every rule in journalism and promoted a charlatan to his current position. But it's incredibly telling that she will lose her job, but RFK Jr. gets to stay in his job despite the reports of his drug use, his affairs and his defenestrating of public health.
December 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Not to defend Olivia Nuzzi, who broke every rule in journalism and promoted a charlatan to his current position. But it's incredibly telling that she will lose her job, but RFK Jr. gets to stay in his job despite the reports of his drug use, his affairs and his defenestrating of public health.
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So gratuitously and pointlessly spiteful and petty.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
So gratuitously and pointlessly spiteful and petty.
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Jesus and I would like to remind you that literally no one has ever stopped anyone from saying 'Merry Christmas.’
December 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Jesus and I would like to remind you that literally no one has ever stopped anyone from saying 'Merry Christmas.’
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Since we can’t ever expect Mike Johnson to do the right thing, we’re forcing a vote on extending ACA tax credits. And we only need four more members to sign the petition to make it happen.
Help us move the needle!
Help us move the needle!
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Since we can’t ever expect Mike Johnson to do the right thing, we’re forcing a vote on extending ACA tax credits. And we only need four more members to sign the petition to make it happen.
Help us move the needle!
Help us move the needle!
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A "FIFA Peace Prize" is tantamount to getting an "AutoZone Best Actor in a Dramatic Play" award.
And "I want to really save lives" is rich coming from the homicidal slob who is murdering people on fishing boats in the Caribbean.
And "I want to really save lives" is rich coming from the homicidal slob who is murdering people on fishing boats in the Caribbean.
December 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A "FIFA Peace Prize" is tantamount to getting an "AutoZone Best Actor in a Dramatic Play" award.
And "I want to really save lives" is rich coming from the homicidal slob who is murdering people on fishing boats in the Caribbean.
And "I want to really save lives" is rich coming from the homicidal slob who is murdering people on fishing boats in the Caribbean.
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🚨DAILY REMINDER🚨
The Jan. 6, 2021 was not just a day of chaos in the past; it’s a scar on democracy in the present. When lies turn into mobs and hate replaces truth, the foundation of our nation weakens. The real danger isn’t only what happened but also in ignoring who led it.
🎥 @mjfree.bsky.social
The Jan. 6, 2021 was not just a day of chaos in the past; it’s a scar on democracy in the present. When lies turn into mobs and hate replaces truth, the foundation of our nation weakens. The real danger isn’t only what happened but also in ignoring who led it.
🎥 @mjfree.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🚨DAILY REMINDER🚨
The Jan. 6, 2021 was not just a day of chaos in the past; it’s a scar on democracy in the present. When lies turn into mobs and hate replaces truth, the foundation of our nation weakens. The real danger isn’t only what happened but also in ignoring who led it.
🎥 @mjfree.bsky.social
The Jan. 6, 2021 was not just a day of chaos in the past; it’s a scar on democracy in the present. When lies turn into mobs and hate replaces truth, the foundation of our nation weakens. The real danger isn’t only what happened but also in ignoring who led it.
🎥 @mjfree.bsky.social
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Donald Trump promised almost a year ago that he'd "take care" of rebuilding after the Los Angeles firestorms, but survivors are still waiting for him to officially ask Congress for relief.
It's long past time for Trump to wake up and do his job.
It's long past time for Trump to wake up and do his job.
December 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Donald Trump promised almost a year ago that he'd "take care" of rebuilding after the Los Angeles firestorms, but survivors are still waiting for him to officially ask Congress for relief.
It's long past time for Trump to wake up and do his job.
It's long past time for Trump to wake up and do his job.
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The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
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"More than 80 percent of the immigrants arrested in D.C. during the surge in federal law enforcement this year had no prior criminal record"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Most immigrants arrested in Trump’s D.C. crackdown had no criminal records
A Post analysis of federal data shows that the arrests of immigrants with no prior criminal record shot up sixfold during the Trump administration’s crackdown.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
"More than 80 percent of the immigrants arrested in D.C. during the surge in federal law enforcement this year had no prior criminal record"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Hempstead animal shelter #1 thing they're looking for in an adopter for MELIA.
"Hello, we would need an applicant that has experience with resource guarding and stranger issues, as she does have a bite history with both those behavioral issues."
(516) 785-5220
"Hello, we would need an applicant that has experience with resource guarding and stranger issues, as she does have a bite history with both those behavioral issues."
(516) 785-5220
December 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hempstead animal shelter #1 thing they're looking for in an adopter for MELIA.
"Hello, we would need an applicant that has experience with resource guarding and stranger issues, as she does have a bite history with both those behavioral issues."
(516) 785-5220
"Hello, we would need an applicant that has experience with resource guarding and stranger issues, as she does have a bite history with both those behavioral issues."
(516) 785-5220
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No one deserves to starve.
No one deserves to starve.
No one deserves to starve.
Most SNAP recipients work. They need SNAP because corporations refuse to pay a living wage.
The rest are disabled, elderly or unpaid caregivers.
People should be fed. Period.
No one deserves to starve.
No one deserves to starve.
Most SNAP recipients work. They need SNAP because corporations refuse to pay a living wage.
The rest are disabled, elderly or unpaid caregivers.
People should be fed. Period.
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
No one deserves to starve.
No one deserves to starve.
No one deserves to starve.
Most SNAP recipients work. They need SNAP because corporations refuse to pay a living wage.
The rest are disabled, elderly or unpaid caregivers.
People should be fed. Period.
No one deserves to starve.
No one deserves to starve.
Most SNAP recipients work. They need SNAP because corporations refuse to pay a living wage.
The rest are disabled, elderly or unpaid caregivers.
People should be fed. Period.
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3 Questions:
1) What are we doing?
2) How is this pro-life?
3) What are we doing?
www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
1) What are we doing?
2) How is this pro-life?
3) What are we doing?
www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
December 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM
3 Questions:
1) What are we doing?
2) How is this pro-life?
3) What are we doing?
www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
1) What are we doing?
2) How is this pro-life?
3) What are we doing?
www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr's hand-picked vaccine panel is about to vote to stop giving the hepatitis B vaccine to all newborns. @jessicanix.bsky.social digs into one piece of evidence presented and how an expert witness saw things in the chart many others wouldn't >
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Taking a Harder Look at Data Presented to RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel
Chart shows sharp drop in hepatitis B cases after the universal birth dose was introduced.
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr's hand-picked vaccine panel is about to vote to stop giving the hepatitis B vaccine to all newborns. @jessicanix.bsky.social digs into one piece of evidence presented and how an expert witness saw things in the chart many others wouldn't >
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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There’s a real moral hazard when decision-makers lack clinical experience and ignore those who have it. Clinicians carry the painful memories of lives lost to preventable disease—and that’s exactly why they fight so hard to ensure it never happens again.
December 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
There’s a real moral hazard when decision-makers lack clinical experience and ignore those who have it. Clinicians carry the painful memories of lives lost to preventable disease—and that’s exactly why they fight so hard to ensure it never happens again.
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"About 25% of children who develop chronic hepatitis B will die of their infection."
--Dr. Andrew Pavia, pediatric infectious disease specialist, professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Utah, and spokesperson for the Infectious Diseases Society of America
--Dr. Andrew Pavia, pediatric infectious disease specialist, professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Utah, and spokesperson for the Infectious Diseases Society of America
December 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"About 25% of children who develop chronic hepatitis B will die of their infection."
--Dr. Andrew Pavia, pediatric infectious disease specialist, professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Utah, and spokesperson for the Infectious Diseases Society of America
--Dr. Andrew Pavia, pediatric infectious disease specialist, professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Utah, and spokesperson for the Infectious Diseases Society of America
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Look, we don't like officially being more trustworthy than the CDC at this point. That's not really our bag, y'know?
But please, for the love of real science, continue to vaccinate your children.
Pay no heed to the wormbrain man.
But please, for the love of real science, continue to vaccinate your children.
Pay no heed to the wormbrain man.
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Look, we don't like officially being more trustworthy than the CDC at this point. That's not really our bag, y'know?
But please, for the love of real science, continue to vaccinate your children.
Pay no heed to the wormbrain man.
But please, for the love of real science, continue to vaccinate your children.
Pay no heed to the wormbrain man.
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The annual reminder from knitters everywhere.
#blueskyknits #knitsky #knittersofbluesky #sockknitting
#blueskyknits #knitsky #knittersofbluesky #sockknitting
December 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The annual reminder from knitters everywhere.
#blueskyknits #knitsky #knittersofbluesky #sockknitting
#blueskyknits #knitsky #knittersofbluesky #sockknitting
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Vaccines are the greatest public health success story in history.
So much death and suffering can be stopped entirely, or dramatically reduced.
And people are just throwing it away.
So much death and suffering can be stopped entirely, or dramatically reduced.
And people are just throwing it away.
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Vaccines are the greatest public health success story in history.
So much death and suffering can be stopped entirely, or dramatically reduced.
And people are just throwing it away.
So much death and suffering can be stopped entirely, or dramatically reduced.
And people are just throwing it away.
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The federal vaccine committee has voted to end the recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
This committee has zero credibility and the process for this vote was chaotic.
Please instead follow guidance from expert organizations The American Academy of Pediatrics.
This committee has zero credibility and the process for this vote was chaotic.
Please instead follow guidance from expert organizations The American Academy of Pediatrics.
December 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The federal vaccine committee has voted to end the recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
This committee has zero credibility and the process for this vote was chaotic.
Please instead follow guidance from expert organizations The American Academy of Pediatrics.
This committee has zero credibility and the process for this vote was chaotic.
Please instead follow guidance from expert organizations The American Academy of Pediatrics.