If you have any history of abuse, do not watch the video of that representative being interviewed. I shouldn’t have and I am still amped up hours later. Those of you lucky enough not to speak abuser should, though. The guy is textbook.
Tara C. Smith
@aetiology.bsky.social
Collector of social media sites. Infectious disease epidemiologist. Writes about vaccine hesitancy, science misinfo, zombies. Probably somewhere on a trail. Views own etc.
our own graphic designer @nicoleharvel.bsky.social reviewed the new @wnba.com Cleveland Sirens logo because why wouldn’t she
Thomas Costello@thomascostello.bsky.social · yesterdayThe entire suite of Cleveland Sirens logos.
🤯🤯🤯 “Steven Quay, a pharma executive known for his books making the case Covid came from a Chinese lab, is on the verge of getting Anthony Fauci’s old job” A Big Pharma executive & lab leaker, what could possibly go wrong? www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
A lab-leak proponent is in line for Fauci’s old job
Steven Quay is in final vetting to run the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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The Real Cost of a Measles Outbreak: high dollar amounts, lives lost, hospitalizations, workday and school days lost. @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/stopanti...
The Real Cost of a Measles Outbreak
In addition the millions of dollars it is costing to contain measles outbreaks that are getting bigger and lasting longer than they have in 35 years, kids and adults are suffering when they get measle...
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If you are talking about “lab leak” in 2026, I genuinely think you are an unserious person who does not deserve the respect of a debate
While this is back in the news, I wrote about one aspect of "Real Anthony Fauci:" RFK Jr's HIV denial. Media rarely bring that up but the book is really more of an indictment of Kennedy than Fauci.
HIV Denial in the COVID Era
Though scientific consensus regarding HIV causation of AIDS was reached decades ago, denial of this conclusion remains. The popularity of such denial has waxed and waned over the years, ebbing as evid...
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Rima I Anabtawi@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 2d agoFollow the $$$ What do Bobby Kennedy Jr., his son Bobby Kennedy III, and Rand Paul have in common? They each wrote a book criticizing Tony Fauci, and they share the same publisher, Skyhorse, founded by a close RFK Jr. adviser who also runs the MAHA PAC. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Follow the $$$ What do Bobby Kennedy Jr., his son Bobby Kennedy III, and Rand Paul have in common? They each wrote a book criticizing Tony Fauci, and they share the same publisher, Skyhorse, founded by a close RFK Jr. adviser who also runs the MAHA PAC. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Spotlight on Fauci Said to Boost Book Sales for Kennedy and His Publisher
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his son, and Senator Rand Paul have all written books criticizing Dr. Anthony S. Fauci. All were published by a company led by a close Kennedy adviser.
nytimes.com
Guys, if we just give up trying to get civil rights, women’s rights, affirmative action, welfare spending, crime reform, gun control, gay marriage and transgender rights, we'll start winning!
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia It's been a year & people tell me they've changed their mind, feel safer now to sign, etc. So I'm sharing it again for them. We're almost at 2k & anybody from anywhere can add their names. openletter.earth/open-letter-...
I'm excited to be co-organizing the 2026 Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference, which will take place Sept 25-27 on the UMN campus in Minneapolis! Poster abstracts due Aug 7! Submit yours & register here ➡️ mmpc2026.umn.edu
Registration | Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference 2026
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"Liberal bubble" has only ever meant anywhere where right wing perspectives aren't artificially elevated and forced into everyone's feeds.
periodic reminder that long covid has surpassed asthma to be the most common chronic health problem in children jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 4d agoCovid was- overwhelmingly- not a threat to children. Hence why (generally) we don’t vaccinate them now.
And SSPE won't show up for 5-10 years. We honestly don't know how many will die from this #measles epidemic for a long-ass time.
@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)@newsjennifer.bsky.social · 2d agoIn the same piece, Alex is also in a snit about questioning RFK Jr's measles response because no one has died from measles in 2026. Never mind that the year is only half over & we have 2, 371 measles cases - a 35 year high!
This is where the individualization of health leads. But "individual choice" obscures the network underpinning our abilities to make those choices. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A LOT of people I talk to say "I just had lettuce for lunch and I'm fine," and it's like the only evidence they will accept
Jason Wilson@jasonaw.bsky.social · 2d agoWe’re about to be reminded again that a frighteningly large proportion of the U.S. population do not believe in the germ theory of disease and are happy to say so publicly
Ashish who founded a clearly BS AI company that's supposed to detect threats by hoovering up other people's data and whimsically creating an intelligence service from that with an AI black box suddenly becomes a lab leak believer based on "information he saw".
heard an interview recently with an anonmyous wall street bro who said his employer would not subscribe to the president's truth social insider trading scheme because they did not want to go to prison when the rule of law returns
I'm a full Professor of Immunology and fully vaccinated. I didn't get vaccinated out of obedience, but after decades of studying the immune system and evaluating all evidence. Calling that "lack of critical thinking" is not an argument. It's ideology masked as pretend intellect.
Four university presidents, "Andrew Martin at Washington University in St. Louis, Michael Crow at Arizona State University, Douglas Girod at the University of Kansas, & Ronald Daniels at the Johns Hopkins University" collaborated in the latest attack on higher ed. www.chronicle.com/liveblog/her...
Trump Has Released a New ‘Call to Action’ for Universities. 4 College Presidents Helped Draft It.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon sent a letter Monday imploring colleges to adopt a series of familiar-sounding reforms — this time, in partnership with leaders in the Association of American Univers...
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I’ve been writing a counter narrative of shutdowns that has me revisiting media from that time. And let me tell you, the only other option was everybody die. So yeah.
Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 3d agoit’s pretty obvious that a lot of people remember that COVID lockdowns were unpleasant and from there just extrapolate that they were therefore bad policy
They were in power, and their mismanagement is a major part of why it wasn't safe to leave home. And now they're trying to rewrite history while distracting from their current mismanagement.
Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 3d agoit’s pretty obvious that a lot of people remember that COVID lockdowns were unpleasant and from there just extrapolate that they were therefore bad policy
A chance to bring back one of my favorite memes!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoBASH: How do you prepare for next pandemic? RFK Jr: We did almost everything wrong B: But what about now? K: We need to protect our rights B: ? K: During covid we dismantled our rights B: But I'm asking what *to* do K: You were part of the problem B: You want to sit here and attack me?
Stunning book (I may have a bit of insight about everything @kateclancy.bsky.social went through over the past years on this book) Read it and share it!
Kate Clancy@kateclancy.bsky.social · 3d agoI hear the kids like short form video Pre-order PREGNANCY INTERRUPTED here: bookshop.org/p/books/preg...
I made dinner for my abuser a bunch of times. You have to play nice while you're planning your escape so you don't get dead. Max Miller is a textbook abuser.
It's absolutely insane we've somehow let the Covid recriminations debate become like "why didn't we reopen in person schools before there was a vaccine" and not "why did none of the trump guys go to jail for stealing PPE from New York hospitals in March 2020"
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
futurism.com
"But why wouldn't she report..." Y'all, if you're saying that in 2026, for the love of God, learn a thing or two. Here's one example of how that often works for people.
Routt County DA’s office faces multiple investigations after it drops high-profile rape case
Routt County’s District Attorney's Office is under increased scrutiny for failure to prosecute the alleged rape of a nationally ranked cross-country skier.
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Wrote about Nolan's Odyssey and what it tells about both the Bronze Age Collapse and our own age of wreckers and destroyers. Christopher Nolan's Collapsing Worlds: www.patreon.com/PastLivesMed...
Christopher Nolan's Collapsing Worlds | Past Lives
For Past Lives subscribers, an audio version of this episode will appear on the bonus feed this coming Thursday. Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey
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When people feared an Ebola survivor would be attacked, he showed up and hugged her on camera to show there was nothing to fear.
