Rachel Rappaport
@rachelr.bsky.social
Baltimorean, cookbook author, fiber artist
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when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”
Republicans are waging a generalized war on science, but I think many of them don’t fully grok that RFK isn’t at war with science alone or per se: he’s at war with sick people, and of the view that only the lucky should be allowed to survive into old age. They are know nothings, he is Mengele.
RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
July 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”
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As of today the federal minimum wage has now been $7.25 for 16 years.
July 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
As of today the federal minimum wage has now been $7.25 for 16 years.
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It's been 13 years since we began saying #Norofo, and Two Farms is still trying to exhaust us. We need to prepare another set of Rofo-requested most extensive (therefore most expensive) transcripts possible for our ongoing state appeal. Please share/donate if you're able! #Baltimore #CommunityHealth
July 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It's been 13 years since we began saying #Norofo, and Two Farms is still trying to exhaust us. We need to prepare another set of Rofo-requested most extensive (therefore most expensive) transcripts possible for our ongoing state appeal. Please share/donate if you're able! #Baltimore #CommunityHealth
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“Notably, surveillance cameras are most common in racially diverse neighborhoods experiencing an influx of white residents, suggesting that white householders are instituting this means of social control as they move into or gentrify non-white neighborhoods.”
Surveillance camera prevalence and racial diversity in ten US cities - Nature Cities
Surveillance cameras are a widespread tool for monitoring in modern cities. This study shows how camera placement reflects racial dynamics in neighborhoods, revealing a new form of inequality in the m...
www.nature.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“Notably, surveillance cameras are most common in racially diverse neighborhoods experiencing an influx of white residents, suggesting that white householders are instituting this means of social control as they move into or gentrify non-white neighborhoods.”
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BU School of Public Health showed the CDC data in this Economic Times article is "vastly undercounted."
CDC revised "Covid-associated" death classification in Nov. 2022 lowering counts 10-20%: preparedness.cste.org/wp-content/u...
2024 studies found more undercounting: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
CDC revised "Covid-associated" death classification in Nov. 2022 lowering counts 10-20%: preparedness.cste.org/wp-content/u...
2024 studies found more undercounting: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
May 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
BU School of Public Health showed the CDC data in this Economic Times article is "vastly undercounted."
CDC revised "Covid-associated" death classification in Nov. 2022 lowering counts 10-20%: preparedness.cste.org/wp-content/u...
2024 studies found more undercounting: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
CDC revised "Covid-associated" death classification in Nov. 2022 lowering counts 10-20%: preparedness.cste.org/wp-content/u...
2024 studies found more undercounting: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
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Senator Alsobrooks: You’ve been unable to address specific questions about your agency. Can you name which office the Safe to Sleep program operates out of?
RFK Jr.: Guesses wrong 5 times
Alsobrooks: It is the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD.
RFK Jr.: Guesses wrong 5 times
Alsobrooks: It is the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD.
May 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Senator Alsobrooks: You’ve been unable to address specific questions about your agency. Can you name which office the Safe to Sleep program operates out of?
RFK Jr.: Guesses wrong 5 times
Alsobrooks: It is the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD.
RFK Jr.: Guesses wrong 5 times
Alsobrooks: It is the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD.
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Nearly a third of Black people who contracted COVID-19 have experienced long COVID symptoms, one study found, but are “not being taken as seriously,” said one patient.
The Fight to Be Believed: Long COVID’s Toll on Black Americans
Nearly a third of Black people who contracted COVID-19 have experienced long COVID symptoms, one study found, but are “not being taken as seriously,” said one patient.
capitalbnews.org
May 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Nearly a third of Black people who contracted COVID-19 have experienced long COVID symptoms, one study found, but are “not being taken as seriously,” said one patient.
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“You are watching the gradual dissolution of the vaccine infrastructure in this country”.
-Paul Offit, MD, vaccine expert
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/hhs...
-Paul Offit, MD, vaccine expert
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/hhs...
HHS, NIH announce universal vaccine platform, promote placebo trials for new vaccines
www.cidrap.umn.edu
May 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“You are watching the gradual dissolution of the vaccine infrastructure in this country”.
-Paul Offit, MD, vaccine expert
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/hhs...
-Paul Offit, MD, vaccine expert
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/hhs...
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wrote about punishment infrastructure as the prerequisite for fascism, what's happening & what's coming in terms of state repression, and the need to dismantle the tools of repression regardless of who's controlling them
w/ @hannahcrileyy.bsky.social for @inquest.bsky.social
w/ @hannahcrileyy.bsky.social for @inquest.bsky.social
The Tools of Repression - Hannah Riley & Micah Herskind - Inquest
The sweeping conspiracy and terrorism indictment of Stop Cop City activists reveals the new playbook for state suppression of protest. But we can still win.
inquest.org
April 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
wrote about punishment infrastructure as the prerequisite for fascism, what's happening & what's coming in terms of state repression, and the need to dismantle the tools of repression regardless of who's controlling them
w/ @hannahcrileyy.bsky.social for @inquest.bsky.social
w/ @hannahcrileyy.bsky.social for @inquest.bsky.social
What could go wrong?
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts reut.rs/4cHdnz3
April 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
What could go wrong?
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Thanks to Editor and Publisher, who wrote about our upcoming collaboration with Peabody Brewery!
April 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Thanks to Editor and Publisher, who wrote about our upcoming collaboration with Peabody Brewery!
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We are very excited to announce we officially have MERCH!
Proceeds go to a mutual aid fund for Sesame workers in need! 💚
A special thank you to our Swaggle Rock team for all their hard work in this endeavor 💚
shop.worxprinting.coop/collections/...
#sesamestreet #sesameworkersunion #union
Proceeds go to a mutual aid fund for Sesame workers in need! 💚
A special thank you to our Swaggle Rock team for all their hard work in this endeavor 💚
shop.worxprinting.coop/collections/...
#sesamestreet #sesameworkersunion #union
April 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We are very excited to announce we officially have MERCH!
Proceeds go to a mutual aid fund for Sesame workers in need! 💚
A special thank you to our Swaggle Rock team for all their hard work in this endeavor 💚
shop.worxprinting.coop/collections/...
#sesamestreet #sesameworkersunion #union
Proceeds go to a mutual aid fund for Sesame workers in need! 💚
A special thank you to our Swaggle Rock team for all their hard work in this endeavor 💚
shop.worxprinting.coop/collections/...
#sesamestreet #sesameworkersunion #union
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NEW: In a landmark ruling, Michigan's supreme court has struck down mandatory life without parole sentences for youth up to age 21.
What this means: Nearly 600 Michiganders who expected to die in prison will now get a shot at a different outcome.
I took a few days to write about what's next:
What this means: Nearly 600 Michiganders who expected to die in prison will now get a shot at a different outcome.
I took a few days to write about what's next:
Another State Restricts Life Sentences for Young Adults - Bolts
Michigan’s supreme court created new protections against life sentences for people up to 20, pushing the line for who gets second chances beyond age 18.
boltsmag.org
April 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: In a landmark ruling, Michigan's supreme court has struck down mandatory life without parole sentences for youth up to age 21.
What this means: Nearly 600 Michiganders who expected to die in prison will now get a shot at a different outcome.
I took a few days to write about what's next:
What this means: Nearly 600 Michiganders who expected to die in prison will now get a shot at a different outcome.
I took a few days to write about what's next:
The dogwood finally bloomed!
April 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The dogwood finally bloomed!
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Groundbreaking bill to protect manoomin, or wild rice, incorporates Indigenous lifeways & teachings into Western legal framework, ray levy uyeda reports. After seeing limited success this legislative session, advocates in Minnesota vow to work toward full protections for manoomin until they’re won.
Bill to protect manoomin incorporates Indigenous lifeways into Western legal framework
After seeing limited success this legislative session, advocates vow to work toward full protections for manoomin, or wild rice
prismreports.org
April 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Groundbreaking bill to protect manoomin, or wild rice, incorporates Indigenous lifeways & teachings into Western legal framework, ray levy uyeda reports. After seeing limited success this legislative session, advocates in Minnesota vow to work toward full protections for manoomin until they’re won.
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“Shrinking HHS makes sense” during an active pandemic, with another one looming, with maternal mortality rates up and life expectancy down, with chronic disease skyrocketing, constant hospital staffing shortages, and millions of Americans with long Covid, a disease we have no idea how to treat.
Wall Street Journal editorial board:
"Our worst fears about Mr. Kennedy are coming true..."
www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
"Our worst fears about Mr. Kennedy are coming true..."
www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
Opinion | RFK Jr. Is Already Vindicating His Critics
Shrinking HHS makes sense, but giving power to antivaccine crusader David Geier doesn’t.
www.wsj.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“Shrinking HHS makes sense” during an active pandemic, with another one looming, with maternal mortality rates up and life expectancy down, with chronic disease skyrocketing, constant hospital staffing shortages, and millions of Americans with long Covid, a disease we have no idea how to treat.
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remember what i said about RFK Jr. being a eugenicist first and foremost? www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
Agency for older adults, people with disabilities to be shuttered under HHS cuts
In 2022, the Administration for Community Living provided more than 261 million meals to older adults, assistance such as respite care to more than 1.5 million family caregivers, and independent-livin...
www.marketwatch.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
remember what i said about RFK Jr. being a eugenicist first and foremost? www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
Kokomo. When it rained the gym teacher would make us run around the gym to that and acted like it was a treat to listen to
Fuck your favourite song. Tell me your least favourite song. The one that makes you die inside the moment you hear the first 3 seconds.
March 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Kokomo. When it rained the gym teacher would make us run around the gym to that and acted like it was a treat to listen to
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Compliance with discrimination against disabled and high risk people is complicity. Wear a mask.
If you want to help disabled people fight New York's proposed mask ban... wear a mask.
If more people would mask up in solidarity, these important accessibility tools would be harder to ban.
Help us normalize masking and protect your health in the process!
If more people would mask up in solidarity, these important accessibility tools would be harder to ban.
Help us normalize masking and protect your health in the process!
March 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Compliance with discrimination against disabled and high risk people is complicity. Wear a mask.
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Hi, just a reminder that Gen Z and Millennials use public libraries at higher levels the older generations! This isn’t just an attack on our information infrastructure, it’s an attack on one of the left’s core voter demog groups.
March 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Hi, just a reminder that Gen Z and Millennials use public libraries at higher levels the older generations! This isn’t just an attack on our information infrastructure, it’s an attack on one of the left’s core voter demog groups.