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The new week is upon us. We are 174 days into this presidency. We are 12% of the way in. We have survived some of the most absurd, ill conceived, criminal, & inhumane acts of any Presidential administration in US history. We have stood firm. We have no king. We have survived. We are the people.
"As an emergency health care worker, FEMA responder and proud woman of faith, I know this tragedy stems from years of climate denialism and reckless cuts to science, preparedness and infrastructure." --Powerful words from Dr. Nathalie Beasnael, writing in HuffPost.
Search and Rescue is an immediate process, keyword: rescue. Noem held up FEMA SAR teams for 72 hours. This was a flood situation, but at sea 72 hours is when the Coast Guard switches modes from rescue to recovery. After 72 hours, you’re dealing with body recovery. Noem should be held accountable.
The WHO now recommends injectable lenacapavir twice yearly for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). This is a big step toward expanding HIV prevention options globally, particularly among those who face challenges with daily adherence to other forms of PrEP, stigma, or access to health care.
Is your job is so important you’d do it for months without pay? Some health workers focusing on HIV in Uganda are. US lawmakers have until July 18 to vote on a “recission package” that formalizes DOGE cuts. If they reject cuts to PEPFAR, they could save millions of lives globally. Call your reps!
We at #altCDC have been working on our vision for the future of public health and we’re excited to share it with all of you. Together, we can demand better, push for change, and lay the foundation for a public health future that serves us all. #futurevision #publichealthsaveslives
Andrea Gibson was Colorado's poet laureate & a national icon for the LGBTQ community. Today, they slipped out of their cancer stricken body to become a more luminous being. They had written a poem for the occasion which I share with you now: LOVE LETTER FROM THE AFTERLIFE
The Supreme Court must be destroyed. “Given the Supreme Court's ruling, HHS is now permitted to move forward with a portion of its RIF. Accordingly, you are hereby notified that you are officially [fired].” The rightwing SCOTUS allowed the Trump/DOGE mass firings, as we predicted. #NIH #science
📣 We crossed a big milestone of 150k followers today with support from all of you. What a ride it’s been since January. 🍊🤡🎢 To celebrate, we’re doing an Ask me Anything (AMA) 🗓️Wed July 16 at 6pm EST. Folks that won’t be available can DM us questions in advance and we’ll answer them this week.
Important TB modeling work in the wake of USAID defunding. Upshot? Avoidable disease and death. “Our modelling suggested that termination of USAID funding might lead to 1·4 million (95% uncertainty interval 1·1–1·7) excess tuberculosis episodes and 537 700 (451 900–662 300) excess deaths by 2035.”
"We don't need no education" - Pink Floyd, 1979 "It's no YMCA, but let's go with it!" - Donald Trump 2024 "All in all, you're just another brick in the wall. If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?" - SCOTUS 2025
The Texas disaster isn't on any federal employee or agency. But, I'm not so sure about this one... I'll wait for more info, as it appears there will be investigations, but it just seems like NPS didn't make good decisions, and that may be because of staffing levels outside of its control.
WTF do we even buy from Russia? AK-47s are made in Florida. The best selling vodka in America is made in Texas. There’s some Russian oil that makes it into our markets, however it’s imported as a product from third party countries. We don’t really buy anything (important) from Russia.
As Lowly’s human car and Malarkey promote Elsa, this study backs up everything ppl have been reporting about the issues with it. And I’m fucking dead over it! My fave take-a-way, Chinese call centers think its most bullshit & in the end causes more damn work. 😂 www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/a...
Wow, there must be a missing pedo list or something happening. Quite the distraction. I'm glad it's happening; but it isn't out of concern of Ukraine. It's out of concern of saving his own butt. The MAGA crowd hates Ukraine... this will give them something different to bitch about.
We have not, nor will we, win on every front. We have survived in that we can still say Trump is orange clown that can't properly blend his makeup without being jailed. We can move freely from state to state. We aren't rationed goods. We are having this conversation. We have not complied in advance
This is extremely bad: “expect placement by political appointees.” This is Lysenkoism, politics controlling science, and we know how it ends: with the death of science. “For successful science, reality must take precedence over politics, for Nature cannot be fooled.”
Have recently had several journalists DM me for interviews. I’m happy to direct legitimate journalists to an appropriate current or former NWS/NOAA staffer, but I don’t do anonymous interviews. I’ll help, I’m just not here for a grift. Have contacts at both weather and ocean service.
Please comment on this — about animal research/real biology — before 5pm ET today! And don’t just comment, post your comments publicly! It is unclear in the Trump FDA/NIH what will happen to your private comments. If you copy your comments into this thread we will amplify them.
Is your job is so important you’d do it for months without pay? Some health workers focusing on HIV in Uganda are. US lawmakers have until July 18 to vote on a “recission package” that formalizes DOGE cuts. If they reject cuts to PEPAR, they could save millions of lives globally. Call your reps!
WTF do we even buy from Russia? AK-47s are made in Florida. The best selling vodka in America is made in Texas. There’s some Russian oil that makes it into our markets bought it’s imported as a product from third party countries. We don’t really buy anything (important) from Russia.