CMK Vaccinista
@cmkellner.bsky.social
Biological anthropologist teaching and researching at an American university (posts are mine alone). Love science, evolution, and isotopic analysis! Balloon Juice Jackal, Democrat, Liberal. Baseball, cats, TV, and movies, esp. classics and horror.
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CMK Vaccinista
@cmkellner.bsky.social
· Jan 29
The EOs against transgender people are cruel, horrible, and unconstitutional. I am holding space for all trans people here. I will work to fight these Trump atrocities. People will die if crucial medical and therapeutic care is denied!
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A brief recap of the last 10 minutes of ACIP.
Two radical anti-vaxxers who had speaking slots have made wild yet vague claims about alleged harms from HBV vaccine.
ACIP members Meissner and Hibbeln are repeatedly and emphatically demanding evidence for these claims.
They have none.
Two radical anti-vaxxers who had speaking slots have made wild yet vague claims about alleged harms from HBV vaccine.
ACIP members Meissner and Hibbeln are repeatedly and emphatically demanding evidence for these claims.
They have none.
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A brief recap of the last 10 minutes of ACIP.
Two radical anti-vaxxers who had speaking slots have made wild yet vague claims about alleged harms from HBV vaccine.
ACIP members Meissner and Hibbeln are repeatedly and emphatically demanding evidence for these claims.
They have none.
Two radical anti-vaxxers who had speaking slots have made wild yet vague claims about alleged harms from HBV vaccine.
ACIP members Meissner and Hibbeln are repeatedly and emphatically demanding evidence for these claims.
They have none.
Had no idea how much the music of Captain and Tennielle brought back so many memories; my mom loved them and the Carpenters
Captain & Tennille ~ The Way I Want To Touch You
YouTube video by TheKoolkanadian
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December 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Had no idea how much the music of Captain and Tennielle brought back so many memories; my mom loved them and the Carpenters
Either this is trolling, or she is really that obtuse/privileged. Watch for wonderfully large crocodile tears at the end. American media: THIS is who you've put on a pedestal?
Watch til the end. How has no one asked her this before
www.youtube.com/shorts/yhhWj...
www.youtube.com/shorts/yhhWj...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera."
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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December 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Either this is trolling, or she is really that obtuse/privileged. Watch for wonderfully large crocodile tears at the end. American media: THIS is who you've put on a pedestal?
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If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
FDA official proposes ‘impossible’ standards for vaccine testing that could curtail access to immunizations
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
Nice cross stitch (looks closely) 😂
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Nice cross stitch (looks closely) 😂
I would like to curse the current administration for giving me so much content for my class this semester: Plagues, Bones, and History (Anthropology)
We discuss relevant news and did I have some craptastic news to share, mostly about vaccines
Bright spots: stem cell therapy!
We discuss relevant news and did I have some craptastic news to share, mostly about vaccines
Bright spots: stem cell therapy!
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I would like to curse the current administration for giving me so much content for my class this semester: Plagues, Bones, and History (Anthropology)
We discuss relevant news and did I have some craptastic news to share, mostly about vaccines
Bright spots: stem cell therapy!
We discuss relevant news and did I have some craptastic news to share, mostly about vaccines
Bright spots: stem cell therapy!
Damn. My Alma mater….
„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Damn. My Alma mater….
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The ACA tax credits expire on December 31st.
There is still time to extend these life-saving tax credits that help tens of millions of Americans afford health care.
House Republicans: do the right thing and work with Democrats to save health care.
There is still time to extend these life-saving tax credits that help tens of millions of Americans afford health care.
House Republicans: do the right thing and work with Democrats to save health care.
December 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The ACA tax credits expire on December 31st.
There is still time to extend these life-saving tax credits that help tens of millions of Americans afford health care.
House Republicans: do the right thing and work with Democrats to save health care.
There is still time to extend these life-saving tax credits that help tens of millions of Americans afford health care.
House Republicans: do the right thing and work with Democrats to save health care.
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The people who are trying to destroy universities when it comes to inclusion around race and gender are also opposed to inclusion around disability. This bullshit gives them cover. Once again, legacy media laundering far right complaints because it makes elites feel smug.
The administration is extorting universities for billions of dollars and attempting to destroy free speech, academic freedom, and independent thought but the Atlantic talked to a few professors at elite universities who think the problem is that some students need a little extra time on exams
December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The people who are trying to destroy universities when it comes to inclusion around race and gender are also opposed to inclusion around disability. This bullshit gives them cover. Once again, legacy media laundering far right complaints because it makes elites feel smug.
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“So you dig up dinosaurs?”
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December 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
“So you dig up dinosaurs?”
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Observance of World AIDS Day started in 1988. The US President didn’t issue an official proclamation for it until 1993.
We’ll mark the day this year regardless of what the goons in the White House do. And we won’t forget that their cuts to PEPFAR and medical research are deadly.
We’ll mark the day this year regardless of what the goons in the White House do. And we won’t forget that their cuts to PEPFAR and medical research are deadly.
December 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Observance of World AIDS Day started in 1988. The US President didn’t issue an official proclamation for it until 1993.
We’ll mark the day this year regardless of what the goons in the White House do. And we won’t forget that their cuts to PEPFAR and medical research are deadly.
We’ll mark the day this year regardless of what the goons in the White House do. And we won’t forget that their cuts to PEPFAR and medical research are deadly.
"Embrace the ambiguity" in sexing and aging human remains
Well, I say it many times a week 😂
Well, I say it many times a week 😂
December 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"Embrace the ambiguity" in sexing and aging human remains
Well, I say it many times a week 😂
Well, I say it many times a week 😂
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presented without comment
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
presented without comment
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2/ First, a simple acknowledgment of World AIDS Day, and the impact of HIV over the last half-century: the virus has already taken the lives of approximately 44 million people, and 40 million people are currently living with HIV. theintercept.com/2025/12/01/w...
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
2/ First, a simple acknowledgment of World AIDS Day, and the impact of HIV over the last half-century: the virus has already taken the lives of approximately 44 million people, and 40 million people are currently living with HIV. theintercept.com/2025/12/01/w...
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
Interesting. I can't access my Facebook as they claim I have violated Community Standards. Friends, I haven't been on FB or posted anything there for weeks, if not months. 😑
November 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Interesting. I can't access my Facebook as they claim I have violated Community Standards. Friends, I haven't been on FB or posted anything there for weeks, if not months. 😑
This is variable. Tuesday before THXGVG, my 100 level class had a great turnout! I was honestly expecting maybe 20, even 15. They came to have a discussion about vaccination and the social contract - they are great students.
We're seeing possibly the worst attendance in history. Even in creative writing classes, where students generally want to participate and have their voice heard--they're not showing up, ignoring guidelines and feedback, and either describing expectations as "unclear" or simply refusing to comply.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This is variable. Tuesday before THXGVG, my 100 level class had a great turnout! I was honestly expecting maybe 20, even 15. They came to have a discussion about vaccination and the social contract - they are great students.
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BREAKING: Northwestern University
November 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
BREAKING: Northwestern University
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Brazil approves the first vaccine against dengue. The disease killed 6000 Brazilians in 2024.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
Anvisa aprova vacina brasileira contra dengue, a 1ª do mundo em dose única.
Após 12 anos de pesquisa e cinco de testes, imunizante foi produzido pelo Instituto Butantan. Em 2024, a doença matou quase 6 mil brasileiros.
Confira a reportagem completa: glo.bo/4rf9Hvg #JN
Após 12 anos de pesquisa e cinco de testes, imunizante foi produzido pelo Instituto Butantan. Em 2024, a doença matou quase 6 mil brasileiros.
Confira a reportagem completa: glo.bo/4rf9Hvg #JN
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Brazil approves the first vaccine against dengue. The disease killed 6000 Brazilians in 2024.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
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“Gen. Washington did not have to convince fearful colonists to protect themselves against #smallpox — they were the ones demanding it… violent insistence for freedom from disease ultimately helped American colonists achieve independence from Great Britain.”
#vaxed
#vaxed
My book The Contagion of Liberty, which, among other things, explains the enthusiasm early Americans had for public health and inoculations. Is coming soon to paperback and can be preordered for 40% off with code HHOL25 www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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you can immediately clock WKRP fans just by seeing whose face lights up with these 10 little words: "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
“WKRP In Cincinnati” premieres 47 years ago today — a show that creator Hugh Wilson based on radio staff he knew from his days in advertising.
“Every call letter that I ran through my mind was already taken,” he said. “I think WKRP was not taken because it can be said that it spells ‘crap.'”
“Every call letter that I ran through my mind was already taken,” he said. “I think WKRP was not taken because it can be said that it spells ‘crap.'”
September 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
you can immediately clock WKRP fans just by seeing whose face lights up with these 10 little words: "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
This is horrible - these are dissertation grants for PhD students, who have few options to get funding for research.
The NSF Bio Anthro Program DDRIG, Cultural Anthrpology DDRIG, and Archaeology DDRIG have all been archived (as of yesterday afternoon). Please speak with your grad students and plan accordingly. To say I am angry and depressed about this is an understatement.
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is horrible - these are dissertation grants for PhD students, who have few options to get funding for research.
Discussion of ranking Star Wars movies is on Bluesky - they are tied into my childhood deeply, so I agree its difficult to rank them (EMPIRE#1), but TFA gave me chills seeing Rey fighting with a lightsaber
Princess Leia by John Williams just came on KUSC and I am listening, so SHHHH
Princess Leia by John Williams just came on KUSC and I am listening, so SHHHH
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Discussion of ranking Star Wars movies is on Bluesky - they are tied into my childhood deeply, so I agree its difficult to rank them (EMPIRE#1), but TFA gave me chills seeing Rey fighting with a lightsaber
Princess Leia by John Williams just came on KUSC and I am listening, so SHHHH
Princess Leia by John Williams just came on KUSC and I am listening, so SHHHH
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BREAKING: Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) responds to Pentagon investigation: "I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies"
We have your back Senator Kelly!
We have your back Senator Kelly!
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
BREAKING: Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) responds to Pentagon investigation: "I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies"
We have your back Senator Kelly!
We have your back Senator Kelly!
Reminded of a party I hosted where an acquaintance left early and took what was left of the food she brought with her. No confrontation, just... she took it.
Been 15 years and we all still laugh about it.
Been 15 years and we all still laugh about it.
one of my uncles is banned from thanksgiving after he brought a giant spread of artisanal cheese, engaged in a planned confrontation with my cousins who were hosting and called them assholes, and then left and TOOK THE CHEESE AWAY
the Murray's Confrontation has never been forgiven
the Murray's Confrontation has never been forgiven
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Reminded of a party I hosted where an acquaintance left early and took what was left of the food she brought with her. No confrontation, just... she took it.
Been 15 years and we all still laugh about it.
Been 15 years and we all still laugh about it.