If you fancy a re-read of Gene Wolfe's Solar Cycle (Book of the New Sun et al) or want to have a first read with some critical accompaniment, @alzabosoup.bsky.social podcast have just finished their commentary on the entire sequence from
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Slowly, softly encapsulating myself within a glycocalyx. Dabbles in healthcare Infection Prevention and Control. Public health is a matter of social justice.
NASA just dropped more than 12,000 photos from the Artemis II mission. It'll take me a few days to go through them all, but so far it's one stunner after another. Link: eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew (h/t @jonostrower.com)
Yet another reason to subscribe to @statnews.com: We now have a daily mini crossword! "Abbreviation for the U.K. body that develops clinical guidelines" -- I know that one! www.statnews.com/stat-mini-cr...
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World mourns death of public health icon William Foege Foege led the global effort to eradicate smallpox, widely viewed as one of the greatest public health achievements in history, and later ran the CDC. www.cidrap.umn.edu/p... Photo: Dean Hesse / Task Force for Global Health
It's time for a truly massive general strike. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-enough
he was murdered for doing public health
Artie Vierkant@avierkant.bsky.social · 7mo agoIt seems clear Alex Pretti, a healthcare worker, was murdered for engaging in the exact kind of community care we hope all care workers to embody: the kind that doesn’t stop at the threshold of the hospital, the clinic, but that aims to care for and support the community where and how they can
Chris Murphy: "This is really scary because what Bovino essentially told you is that if you just happen to be present when they are undertaking an operation, if you pull out your phone to record it, the use of force against you is justified. That is not true, it's not what the law says."
“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
The most important public health story right now in America is that the Trump administration is executing people in the streets, it is kidnapping people of all ages, including 2-year-olds, it is torturing them, & it is putting them in concentration camps where many have been killed or “disappeared”
The story is not that there are two conflicting versions of what happened. The story is that the federal government is lying about what happened. There is plenty of evidence. Your job, our job, is to sift that evidence and describe what actually happened ffs.
And happy Burns Night to my Scottish pals. I have a haggis in the fridge, ready for this evening.
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.
We were watching Laputa Castle in the Sky and inadvertently timed it so that the castle began to crumble precisely at midnight. This is the proper energy to bring into 2026. #HappyNewYear #Miyazaki
a castle floating in the sky with a tree on top of it
Alt: An animated castle floating in the sky with a tree on top of it. This is a 3 second clip pulled from Hayao Miyazaki's "Laputa: Castle in the Sky"
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Photos from Vienna, Dec 26th, 2025. Merry Yule and Happy New Year! #Wien #Vienna #Neujahr26 #HappyNewYear
When I was diagnosed with MS 20 years ago, I did a deep dive into the literature to search for a potential cause. The literature on vaccinations was, and remains, clear. Vaccines are not associated with risk for MS. Epstein-Barr Virus is. It sure would be nice to have a vaccine for that.
BREAKING: We won! Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years. pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Sequence data from the new Ebola outbreak in DRC suggests it is indeed a new spillover. And just incredible to see the virus sequenced and the data publicly shared less than 24 hours after confirmation of the outbreak. #IDsky 🧪 virological.org/t/the-16th-e...
The 16th Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Bulape Health Zone, Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A new spillover event from an unknown reservoir host
Background The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently facing concurrent outbreaks including mpox, cholera and malaria (1-4). The Ministry of Public Health, DRC has declared the 16th Ebola...
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And here’s confirmation from @WHO: “Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Kasai Province where 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including four health workers, have been reported as of 4 September 2025.” #IDsky 🧪
Democratic Republic of the Congo declares Ebola virus disease outbreak in Kasai Province
Kinshasa – Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Kasai Province where 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including four health w...
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I’ve spent two weeks thinking carefully about this, and I’m going to do my best to explain the theory of change for RFK’s removal, as I see it. That includes where impeachment fits, what to ask from House vs Senate, etc.
this thread was extraordinarily helpful and shaped my thinking on this. unrolled it for easier reading.
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I’ve spent two weeks thinking carefully about this, and I’m going to do my best to explain the theory of change for RFK’s removal, as I see it. That includes where impeachment fits, what to ask from H...
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Colin Carlson@colincarlson.bsky.social · 12mo agoI’ve spent two weeks thinking carefully about this, and I’m going to do my best to explain the theory of change for RFK’s removal, as I see it. That includes where impeachment fits, what to ask from House vs Senate, etc.
It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and led efforts to fight COVID, monkeypox, and bird flu x.com/dr_demetre/s...
I have never seen so many public servants protest the mismanagement of a government. Trumpists will point to this as proof of the deep state, but the reality is that these are professionals who are desperately trying to get the public to understand how bad things are.
Dan Murphy@bungdan.bsky.social · 12mo agoAP live feed of the CDC walkout in Atlanta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...
Join SHEA's Town Hall on August 12th at 4pm ET! We will be joined by Emily Sickbert-Bennett, System Executive Director of Infection Prevention at UNC Health, to discuss hand hygiene and infection prevention fundamentals. Register here: bit.ly/4l6yQEf
On June 23rd, WHO will launch a practical guide to help countries develop and implement infection prevention and control action plans. The webinar will highlight key tools, country examples, and promote engagement. Register here to participate. #InfectiousDisease #AMR www.who.int/news-room/ev...
Launch event: Development and implementation of national action plans for infection prevention and control - a practical guide
“From plan to action: Implementing the WHO Global Action Plan and Monitoring Framework on Infection Prevention and Control at the country level”Register here The Global action plan and monitoring fram...
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🧵 There are only certain things I remember, my memory is shot. It’s why I innately distrust ppl who try to impress with refs to books, Latin or theories etc.; there is one exception - the knob-end quote. Unfortunately it’s WB Yeats’ Second Coming. It’s particularly loved by pseudo-intellectuals. [1]
