Dr Ru

@drru.bsky.social

Med/research/epidemiologist, sci teacher, mentor, wife, mom, all around sci & art/craft nerd #BLM #Trans rights are human rights #Love is Love (she/her)πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ#vaccines save lives

So did I hear correctly that Taylor farms is not just a maga-run brand but also has 40+ food safety violations? Well that is enough of buying that.

1. TERF activist J.K. Rowling is threatening to bankrupt Amnesty International (UK) with lawsuits because the org dared release a report criticizing anti-trans organizaitons. The UK's laws are designed to allow rich people to suppress speech they do not like. Subscribe to support our journalism.

TERF Activist J.K. Rowling Threatens To Finance Wave Of Attacks On Amnesty International Over Report On Anti-Trans Groups

β€œThey have sued organizations into the ground.”

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🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! TODAY IS THE LAST DAY to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/cY8HD

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Alt National Park Service@altnps.bsky.social Β· 4mo ago

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β€œBut in May of this year.. OMB ..proposed to rip up [the current] rulebook and write a new one ..slated to go into effect ..October 1. Unlike the old rulebook ..the new rules are little more than a ..naked power grab that ..allow[s] the feds to ..reward friends and punish enemies. β€œ

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus.bsky.social Β· 3w ago

NEW @crisesnotes.bsky.social PIECE: This one is a guest piece from @philiprocco.bsky.social about the recent OMB rulemaking (comment period ends tonight) that is not just an attack on science, its a complete reorganization of "Fiscal Federalism" www.crisesnotes.com/russell-voug...

It feels ridiculous to be told my entire life the importance of reducing my energy usage and switching to stuff like LED bulbs and then read reports of energy prices spiking in many US communities due to data centers.

I wonder if he will be checked for polonium or Novichok or whatever that compound is… he had a bill ready to increase tariffs against Russia

Of all the options I had imagined, brief and sudden illness wasn’t that high on the list. Sometimes less imagination is just as satisfying.

I know that medicine has tried to move away from eponymous disease names. And I’ve already proposed other diseases to name after Bill Cassidy. But I think the new scientific name of shingles should be Herpes zoster cassidy. Because he was instrumental in creating the conditions for its resurgence.

Christina Jewett@by-cjewett.bsky.social Β· 3mo ago

SCOOP: The F.D.A. blocked the release of studies finding that Covid and shingles vaccines were safe. In the case of Covid, FDA staff had to withdraw studies heading toward publication: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...