Kristen Sager Cincotta
@kscincotta.bsky.social
👩🏻🔬Science nerd in public health (American Cancer Society now, ICF and CDC previously) 🔬 Research advocate 📷 Loves photography, #Yankees, coffee, hiking 👨👩👦 #KidMom Opinions my own, not my employer.
The best of the best. Such a huge loss.
Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 4d agoOh no, I am just heartbroken to see this terrible news. “Helen Branswell, a renowned infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials around the world… died Tuesday at age 69. The cause was complications from cancer, said her sister, Brenda Branswell.”
Perhaps the most insulting part of this whole affair was him saying "I'll be criticized for this vote–what's new?" without an ounce of self-reflection about why Cassidy, a doctor, received such harsh criticism for voting to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2mo agoSen. Bill Cassidy: "I will vote for Mr. Blanche. I'll be criticized for this vote — what's new?"
I’m going to guess the answer is NOT “sign your kid up for day camp at the aquarium across the street from the Fan Fest area for the whole first week of the tournament”, which, alas, is the choice we have made and now must live with.
@fox5atlanta.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis guide details the exact dates to avoid the city center, how to navigate local errand delays, and the best places to escape the footprint.
“We have a strong ethical commitment to care for them with the best possible care in the U.S.,” [Inglesby] said. This is awful. We have the facilities and the transportation to bring them back. Trump just doesn’t want them in the country.
Adia Benton@ethnography911.bsky.social · 5mo ago😔 I have thoughts but they’re not fully formed yet www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...
A🧵 This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds. The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful. THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die. 1/n
Hey, Mitch. You could have prevented ALL THIS by voting to convict him and bar him from holding office again. Asshole.
This is a great video. Democrats should be blasting this on primetime network tv every single night, in every single state. But they won’t.
Senate Democrats@democrats.senate.gov · 5mo agoTrump and Republicans want to fund Trump’s billionaire ballroom with your tax dollars. Here’s how we would spend that $1 billion instead:
Meanwhile … www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak after massive public health cuts, experts say
Hundreds of cases reported in the DRC after USAID has been dismantled and key scientific research canceled
theguardian.com
The Economist@economist.com · 5mo agoMake what you will of Elon Musk, SpaceX is a marvel of free markets. Register for free to read why its listing shows capitalism at its most remarkable: econ.st/4tTZOTX
I cannot overstate how desperately we need @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social in Congress.
19thnews@19thnews.org · 5mo ago“Whenever you’re the first, it’s almost like you become representative of what that will be, and so I do not take that lightly,” Clark told The 19th in a Monday interview. https://bit.ly/42OVqKS
This man has never taken a child to a doctor’s office. He has no earthly idea what the vaccination process is.
Jeremy Faust, MD@jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 5mo agoLet’s not bury the lede here. The President of the United States thinks vaccines cause autism. We are going to pay dearly for this. But he doesn’t care. Your baby getting meningitis ain’t his problem. It’s your problem.
Let’s not bury the lede here. The President of the United States thinks vaccines cause autism. We are going to pay dearly for this. But he doesn’t care. Your baby getting meningitis ain’t his problem. It’s your problem.
do think one of the big problems of the era is that a lot of mainstream politicians have forgotten that you just can't convince everyone; the point of successful electoral politics is to convince the people you can convince and to *defeat the rest*
👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻@oldenoughtosay.com · 6mo agoall I have to add to this discourse is that some people really are just shitty, horrible people who will vote for and genuinely want shitty, horrible policies. it’s up to the rest of us to work as hard as we can to counteract them.
I know we get inured to stuff, but it is hard to fathom the cruelty here. At a time of tax cuts for the most powerful, they are trying to remove basic supports for the most vulnerable. The Trump administration's war on people with disabilities continues.
ProPublica@propublica.org · 6mo agoNEW: A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits.
Say it with me now... RFK has not changed his position on vaccines. Politico: RFK Jr. is holding up $600 million in vaccines for poor countries The distributor of the shots said it would cost tens of thousands of lives. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
RFK Jr. is holding up $600 million in vaccines for poor countries
The distributor of the shots said it would cost tens of thousands of lives.
politico.com
Only 124 researchers remain at EPA. More than 1500 were laid off or fired. Those who are left must hew to the administration line, and be overseen by political appointees. How does this make America healthy? or great? #climatechange #publichealth #science #pollution #toxic #cancer #lunghealth
How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at the E.P.A.
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If only we cared as much about the non-political figures, especially those too young to even vote.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 6mo agoThe shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday underscored the ever growing number of political figures whose lives have been upended by violence.
Absolutely wild that people on that stage stood there and watched the guys in military attire evacuate Vance and left Trump just sitting there until the military guys came back.
MS NOW@ms.now · 6mo agoPresident Trump and Vice President JD Vance were rushed off the stage after shots were fired at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. #news
it is important to emphasize that this was *the point*. this was *intentional*. elon musk is a vicious white supremacist who thinks poor african children ought to die, so that the world can be whiter
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 6mo agoStill feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.
Russell Vought is easily the most pernicious man in the entire Trump administration.
ProPublica@propublica.org · 6mo agoRuss Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: “I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” (Published Oct. 2025)
ACIP's new charter seems innocuous but focuses on vaccine adverse events. Sec Kennedy's anti-vax advocacy has always implied that CDC hides vaccine injuries but vaccines are studied extensively & are safe & effective. Instead of promoting vaccines, RFK, Jr is sowing doubt
I do think it is noteworthy that the first two cabinet-level firings were both 1) women 2) doing everything possible to do what he wanted. I mean, Trump’s a misogynist, news at 11, but still.
George Pearkes@peark.es · 7mo agoShe gone *ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI WAS OUSTED, TRUMP TELLS FOX NEWS
Dr. Clark would be an ENORMOUS step up for Georgia but also for the House in general. We need more scientists!
Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark@jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 7mo agoLet me re-introduce myself: My name is Jasmine Clark. I'm a microbiologist and a state representative, and I'm running for Congress because GA-13 deserves a congressman who shows up in their community—not one who doesn't even show up to vote.
I’m proud, and also sad, to be quoted in Science News about how the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (aka AHRQ) has been effectively disbanded, with no research funding being disbursed, while Congress continues to fund its (my!) work It hurts me, but more, it hurts patients
Jack Iwashyna@iwashyna.bsky.social · 7mo ago‘“It just disappeared,” Dr @noraverlaine.bsky.social says, with the $153,000 installment due in September 2025 never arriving with no notice from AHRQ.’ www.science.org/content/arti...
THIS. You may feel passionate about left toe cancer but if you restrict your donation to only that research & the only person in the country studying it doesn’t apply for our funding, your $ is just sitting there unused. PLEASE trust us to direct your $ most effectively.
Brendan Davey@brendandavey.bsky.social · 7mo agoWhen you donate to a non-profit designate it to “general funds.” Trust us. The actual staff will always know where it is needed more than the Board of Directors or you.
The absolute nonsense we just went through to find this damn game.
Jay Jaffe@jayjaffe.bsky.social · 7mo agoMy first “What fucking channel are the Yankees on today?” game of the season. We are so back.
