One of my favorite parts of this project was scooping up the www.nytimes.lgbt domain and using it to host the data dashboard. Check it out!

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2mo ago

I've spent the last two months putting together this exhaustive analysis of the New York Times coverage of trans people. It covers 3,242 articles over 12 years. In 2022, the NYT shifted towards a hostile stance towards trans people in their framing. www.thedissident.news/exclusive-ho...

🧪 What do forced relocation, uranium mines, COVID, and a negotiator who made the case for Social Determinants of Health a century early have in common? Our first Today in Public Health History covers The Long Walk to Bosque Redondo, and its modern echoes.

Bosque Redondo: The Long Walk as Public Health History

How Bosque Redondo, the US government's forced relocation of Diné people, became a textbook public health disaster, and what the 1868 treaty did and didn't fix.

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Happy Pride to everyone, but especially those who feel like they're alone, don't belong, or don't conform to what people might think of your orientation or gender. As a Masc Enby who's felt like a fake because I could never be androgynous enough: I see you. I appreciate you. I welcome you.

Pride is a celebration. Its roots are rebellion. This year we’re embracing anger as a catalyst for change. not something to suppress. 🏳️‍⚧️ share our hotline 🏳️‍⚧️ check on your trans loved ones 🏳️‍⚧️ speak up, stay loud We're going nowhere. https://translifeline.org/donate

As we say goodnight, a reminder that from lifesaving research to community care, Black innovators have shaped public health at every turn. We honor their brilliance, resilience, and impact. Black history is American history. Just a few public health heroes below. Happy Black History Month! ❤️🖤💚

Recognizing Black Public Health Leaders Through History | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Researchers, physicians, and activists who have inspired Bloomberg School faculty and shaped the field of public health

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As promised a few days ago, I'm excited to present our community response guide to chemical agents. www.broadlyepi.com/community-ex... We look at what the most common so-called "riot control" weapons are, how to identify them, as well as how to treat and mitigate exposure. 🧪 reskeets appreciated!

Community Protection Guide: Chemical Agents & Community Response - Broadly Epi

Disclaimer: This guide is a public health resource designed for education and community preparedness. It does not constitute legal or medical advice. The information synthesized here draws from public...

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze0X...

"Come Out Ye Cowards ICE" Dedicated to Renee Good & Alex Pretti

YouTube video by Ben Grosscup

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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.

So, what's everyone's bets on what the current administration will do to cover up this latest Epstein file release? A) US Stikes Iran B) We "somehow" get imported cases of Nipah Virus C) Insurrection Act is illegally used to invade Minnesota (more) and Oregon (more) D) Something astoundingly dumb

There were years (many years) in which friends and family would accuse me of being too pessimistic, yes, there were years (many years) in which friends and family would accuse me of being too pessimistic, but those years are over, and now I miss them, oh, how I miss them.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jan 29 PinkNews: Despite strong lobbying efforts by anti-trans Sex Matters, human rights body Council of Europe votes 3-to-1 to ban ‘conversion therapy’ across its 26 member states. UK Labour MP Kate Osborn brought the motion & 10k ppl in UK wrote in support of it.

Council of Europe votes to ban conversion therapy

The Council of Europe has voted to pass a resolution banning so-called 'conversion therapy' for all, including trans people.

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“Bullying countries into complying with anti-rights and extremist ideology is despicable and unacceptable. The imperialist goals of this administration are on full display in this policy’s conditions to receive U.S. foreign assistance.” - Anu Kumar, Ipas President

Expanded Global Gag Rule is a major blow to global health and human rights - Ipas

The Jan. 27 expansion of the Global Gag Rule is just the latest action by the current U.S. administration to decimate global health and human rights.

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🧪 New CPH Focus: Confounding Variables & Effect Modification. Learn how to spot the difference, analyze data correctly, and avoid common exam traps, with clear examples and practice questions. 🛟 As always, a like and a share are greatly appreciated! 👉 buff.ly/EeqQTO1 #PublicHealth #CPH

Open Street Maps might be seeing some trouble according to their LinkedIn, as further attacks on open data increase. OSM has been absolutely critical to public health and public service tools for years. #MapSky #geography

Before anti-vaxxers we had HIV denialists. It is wild how history repeats itself. Reading this piece is like traveling back in time. So many similarities with what we are witnessing right now with the anti science anti vaccine brigade. History repeats itself, we keep choosing not to learn from it.

Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I wrote about one of the saddest evenings of my life: seeing Christine Maggiore, who opposed HIV medicines, speak in San Francisco. She was one of the HIV denialists who met President Mbeki at the International AIDS Conference in Durban in 2000; she died of AIDS pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

🧪 Epi Explained: Herd Immunity 🛟 This week we're breaking down how herd immunity actually works, and why high vaccination coverage matters for protecting entire communities, including people who can’t be vaccinated. Quick, clear, and a little spicy at times. buff.ly/Hm86fgh #PublicHealth #IDSky

please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota. people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.

The climatologist told me historians will wonder why we didn’t do more. The epidemiologist told me historians will wonder why we didn’t do more. The activist told me historians will wonder why we didn’t do more. The historian told me that nobody listens to historians.

What's the difference between Swine Flu and Bird Flu? One requires Oinkment, the other requires Tweetment.

🚨 The WH is now using disasters to take away state’s rights. Read this thread while it is still allowed.

ProTip (AKA alt_localgov)@protip.altgov.info · 6mo ago

H/t to a fellow Alt for sharing this (you know who you are 😉) FedGov has declared itself exempt from the Constitution, all of it, basically. Let me walk you through this so you’ll understand all the ways this is a direct attack on every American. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

I sent my friend an article about how the “US government has lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs since Trump took office,” and my friend (who is one of those 10,000) replied that: “lost” is a funny way of spelling “were fired or driven out.”

To quote many a social movement, "Silence is violence", and friends, they're trying to commit violence against you in ways that should have been left in the history books.

BK. Titanji@boghuma.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Infectious diseases do not magically disappear just because you stop tracking and reporting. This is dangerous. When diseases spread in silence, outbreaks go undetected for much longer and containment is more difficult. All of this means more avoidable deaths. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

Infectious diseases do not magically disappear just because you stop tracking and reporting. This is dangerous. When diseases spread in silence, outbreaks go undetected for much longer and containment is more difficult. All of this means more avoidable deaths. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

CDC Stopped Updating Key Vaccine, Infectious Disease Databases in 2025

The inaction 'demonstrates a profound disregard for human life,' says IDSA leader

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May he rest, and his work continue on!

Voices for Vaccines@voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Alan Hinman, a public health hero and steering committee member at Voices for Vaccines. Thank you for all you did to keep the world safe from disease.

There is a cost to science denial.

🧪 New CPH Focus: Methods to Reduce Bias in Epidemiology. Learn how randomization, blinding, and standardization strengthen study validity, all with clear examples and CPH-style practice questions 🛟 👉 buff.ly/frFViGN #PublicHealth #CPH #CertifiedInPublicHealth #Bias

The UK has lost its measles elimination status, the World Health Organization has announced. Vaccine disinformation is a worldwide pandemic that is killing us.

UK loses measles elimination status

Decision made after outbreaks in 2024, when there were nearly 3,000 cases in England and Wales.

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American Life Insurance Companies have a fantastic ability to do a psy-op on ICE by simply not allowing a policy for anyone who works with ICE/DHS due to "extreme risk". I'd certainly think carefully about my actions if I knew my loved ones would be on their own if I bit the big one.

A useful infographic for protestors. Actually, with my background in CBRN/Public Health, would a community guide to identification and remediation of chemical agents be of interest?

Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 6mo ago

Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune

People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.