Elizabeth Pathak, PhD
@bethpathak.bsky.social
Epidemiologist and program director in Bethesda; @Wesleyan_U @UNC grad; pro-labor anti-racist scholar. I stan Black radicals. Solidarity forever ππΌ
Private, NOT official opinions.
Private, NOT official opinions.
Angling for that state dinner invitation π
January 9, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Angling for that state dinner invitation π
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January 5, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules β mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The βofficialβ date is when it hits automated sorting β sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting β itβs a clever way to disenfranchise voters thatβs going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting β itβs a clever way to disenfranchise voters thatβs going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules β mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The βofficialβ date is when it hits automated sorting β sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting β itβs a clever way to disenfranchise voters thatβs going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting β itβs a clever way to disenfranchise voters thatβs going largely overlooked
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She expects us to believe that a university communicated anything of substance to an unsuccessful job candidate.
December 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Read this twice
just going to reiterate this.
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
If Immigrants Donβt Have Due Process, No One Has Due Process
How do you prove youβre a citizen?
www.everythingishorrible.net
December 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Read this twice
π₯° alliteration is everything
December 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
π₯° alliteration is everything
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The Ellison familyβs desire to take over Warner Bros should alarm anyone concerned with U.S. propaganda & media consolidationβ
They would own Paramount, Warner Bros, CNN, CBS, HBO, TikTok & a host of major cable channels
They would own Paramount, Warner Bros, CNN, CBS, HBO, TikTok & a host of major cable channels
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The Ellison familyβs desire to take over Warner Bros should alarm anyone concerned with U.S. propaganda & media consolidationβ
They would own Paramount, Warner Bros, CNN, CBS, HBO, TikTok & a host of major cable channels
They would own Paramount, Warner Bros, CNN, CBS, HBO, TikTok & a host of major cable channels
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Democratic congressman Shri Thanedar has filed articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth over the murderous attacks on boats in the Caribbean.
https://bit.ly/44E1yqP
https://bit.ly/44E1yqP
The Push to Impeach Pete Hegseth Is On
Democratic Representative Shri Thanedar has filed articles of impeachment against the secretary of defense over the murderous attacks on boats in the Caribbean.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Democratic congressman Shri Thanedar has filed articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth over the murderous attacks on boats in the Caribbean.
https://bit.ly/44E1yqP
https://bit.ly/44E1yqP
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Talk about an in-flight meal.
For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Jqldmn
For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Jqldmn
October 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Talk about an in-flight meal.
For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Jqldmn
For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Jqldmn
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That last point. Cassidy really has enormous leverage if he wants to use it. He would win this fight. Worst case is he winds up losing a primary and spends his 70s (he's 68 now) as a hero to millions. He'll likely never have as much influence over anything again as he has over this right now.
ACIP may end universal Hep B vaccination today.
Hep B prevention is Cassidy's passion, as he made clear during RFK Jr's confirmation hearings.
But let's not forget... his vote to confirm RFK Jr. got us into this mess!
He needs to use every lever of power he has in the Senate to fix it.
Hep B prevention is Cassidy's passion, as he made clear during RFK Jr's confirmation hearings.
But let's not forget... his vote to confirm RFK Jr. got us into this mess!
He needs to use every lever of power he has in the Senate to fix it.
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
That last point. Cassidy really has enormous leverage if he wants to use it. He would win this fight. Worst case is he winds up losing a primary and spends his 70s (he's 68 now) as a hero to millions. He'll likely never have as much influence over anything again as he has over this right now.
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NYC farm workers fighting for their first contract Brooklyn Grange rooftop farms were out on the picket line today at the Empire State building supporting @sbworkersunited.org fight for a contract. Solidarity forever! #NoContractNoCoffee
December 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
NYC farm workers fighting for their first contract Brooklyn Grange rooftop farms were out on the picket line today at the Empire State building supporting @sbworkersunited.org fight for a contract. Solidarity forever! #NoContractNoCoffee
Follow CIDRAP β¬οΈ
CIDRAPβs Vaccine Integrity Project has released a major evidence review: 400+ studies/reports, 40 years of dataβand the conclusion is unmistakable.
There is no evidence supporting a delay in the hepatitis B birth dose.
Full report: www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
There is no evidence supporting a delay in the hepatitis B birth dose.
Full report: www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
Vaccine Integrity Project - Hepatitis B
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Nayra GuzmΓ‘n was 15 days post C-section β going to see her baby in the NICU β when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra GuzmΓ‘n was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
19thnews.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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This is the most important op-ed you'll read this week. The Trump administration is about to get rid of the birth-dose of hepatitis B vaccine. That is a deadly choice for many families. @helenouyang.bsky.social tells her story. Now call your member of Congress. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
Opinion | My Father Died of Hepatitis B Before the Vaccine. We Must Not Go Back.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This is the most important op-ed you'll read this week. The Trump administration is about to get rid of the birth-dose of hepatitis B vaccine. That is a deadly choice for many families. @helenouyang.bsky.social tells her story. Now call your member of Congress. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
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This World AIDS Day, I am grateful to those who spoke up, worked to make a difference, & improved the lives of millions
Who inspire us to keep speaking & persisting in reducing HIV & inequities & in supporting people living with HIV β & each other more broadly
Keep going
www.actuporalhistory.org
Who inspire us to keep speaking & persisting in reducing HIV & inequities & in supporting people living with HIV β & each other more broadly
Keep going
www.actuporalhistory.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This World AIDS Day, I am grateful to those who spoke up, worked to make a difference, & improved the lives of millions
Who inspire us to keep speaking & persisting in reducing HIV & inequities & in supporting people living with HIV β & each other more broadly
Keep going
www.actuporalhistory.org
Who inspire us to keep speaking & persisting in reducing HIV & inequities & in supporting people living with HIV β & each other more broadly
Keep going
www.actuporalhistory.org
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Donβt worry! If your Thanksgiving dinner conversation turns from pie to prisons, or from cranberries to crime, weβve got you covered. π§΅
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Donβt worry! If your Thanksgiving dinner conversation turns from pie to prisons, or from cranberries to crime, weβve got you covered. π§΅
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
She's a nurse & grandmother who had been here for 30 years
She had a work permit
She was taken when she went to her annual ICE check-in
She was shipped to Ghana, where she was dragged on the floor.
She was then shipped to Sierra Leone, from which she had fled, and *despite a court order.*
She had a work permit
She was taken when she went to her annual ICE check-in
She was shipped to Ghana, where she was dragged on the floor.
She was then shipped to Sierra Leone, from which she had fled, and *despite a court order.*
Ms. Kuyateh was one of 19 third-country nationals sent to Ghana on Nov. 6. At least 61 TCNs have been removed there since September.
Others report similar treatment. Nigerians were forced to cross into Togo w/o documents, rendering them essentially stateless
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Others report similar treatment. Nigerians were forced to cross into Togo w/o documents, rendering them essentially stateless
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The other piece, acknowledged even less, was pervasive *gender* harassment and bullying. Just straight up "you're a girl" or "you're a feminist" and you don't fit in/belong. There was nothing sexual about it. Gen X women scientists (those of us who made it) are tough as nails we had no choice.
In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The other piece, acknowledged even less, was pervasive *gender* harassment and bullying. Just straight up "you're a girl" or "you're a feminist" and you don't fit in/belong. There was nothing sexual about it. Gen X women scientists (those of us who made it) are tough as nails we had no choice.
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Scientists tell Americans not to trust the CDC.
Instead of a global leader in science, the CDC has devolved into βa propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories,β said @pauloffit.bsky.social.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
Instead of a global leader in science, the CDC has devolved into βa propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories,β said @pauloffit.bsky.social.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
After unprecedented autism-vaccine messaging change, scientists, advocates say CDC no longer trustworthy
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Scientists tell Americans not to trust the CDC.
Instead of a global leader in science, the CDC has devolved into βa propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories,β said @pauloffit.bsky.social.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
Instead of a global leader in science, the CDC has devolved into βa propaganda machine for RFK Jr.'s fixed, immutable, science-resistant theories,β said @pauloffit.bsky.social.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
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Good. Dems not backing down in the slightest in the face of Trump's call for their execution. Keep this up, Dems. Treat Trump like *he's* the violent criminal and the real threat to our Constitution order. Because he is.
November 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Good. Dems not backing down in the slightest in the face of Trump's call for their execution. Keep this up, Dems. Treat Trump like *he's* the violent criminal and the real threat to our Constitution order. Because he is.