Rick Weinmeyer
@rickweinmeyer.bsky.social
Assistant Professor - Loyola University Chicago Law • PhD - Northwestern, JD - Minnesota • I study public health law, public health ethics & health policy • A blend of serious and humor • Like, super gay 🏳️🌈
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U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands. wapo.st/49zDc43 via @washingtonpost.com @laurenweberhp.bsky.social Caitlin Gilbert Dylan Moriarty and Joshua Lott
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
December 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands. wapo.st/49zDc43 via @washingtonpost.com @laurenweberhp.bsky.social Caitlin Gilbert Dylan Moriarty and Joshua Lott
These people have no business steering HHS.
What monsters.
What monsters.
BREAKING
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
December 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
These people have no business steering HHS.
What monsters.
What monsters.
RIP
"On the metro desk, Ms. Schlossberg covered grisly murders as well as lighter fare, including . . . the mysterious discovery of a dead black bear cub in Central Park in 2014. 10 years later, The New Yorker reported that the carcass had been left there by her cousin RFK Jr. as a peculiar prank."
"On the metro desk, Ms. Schlossberg covered grisly murders as well as lighter fare, including . . . the mysterious discovery of a dead black bear cub in Central Park in 2014. 10 years later, The New Yorker reported that the carcass had been left there by her cousin RFK Jr. as a peculiar prank."
Tatiana Schlossberg, Kennedy Daughter Who Wrote of Her Cancer, Dies at 35
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
RIP
"On the metro desk, Ms. Schlossberg covered grisly murders as well as lighter fare, including . . . the mysterious discovery of a dead black bear cub in Central Park in 2014. 10 years later, The New Yorker reported that the carcass had been left there by her cousin RFK Jr. as a peculiar prank."
"On the metro desk, Ms. Schlossberg covered grisly murders as well as lighter fare, including . . . the mysterious discovery of a dead black bear cub in Central Park in 2014. 10 years later, The New Yorker reported that the carcass had been left there by her cousin RFK Jr. as a peculiar prank."
"One might imagine that a string of scandals like this would trigger some institutional soul-searching. Yet each episode has come and gone with barely a flicker of concern, much less alarm."
www.startribune.com/umn-professo...
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Opinion | Reflecting on yet another year of scientific fraud at the University of Minnesota
Allegations a scientist doctored images in a paper on Alzheimer’s. Rachel Hardeman's resignation. An investigation into a pediatrician's reports of child abuse. The U saw a number of scientific scanda...
www.startribune.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"One might imagine that a string of scandals like this would trigger some institutional soul-searching. Yet each episode has come and gone with barely a flicker of concern, much less alarm."
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www.startribune.com/umn-professo...
Yes, the rumors are true. I've been dropped from the group because I'm apparently "not good at singing" and "medically uncoordinated" according to my management team.
K-Pop Group NewJeans Faces New Uncertainty After Member Is Dropped
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Yes, the rumors are true. I've been dropped from the group because I'm apparently "not good at singing" and "medically uncoordinated" according to my management team.
I don’t want to grade anymore. I just want to watch Wife Swap: The Real Housewives Edition.
December 30, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I don’t want to grade anymore. I just want to watch Wife Swap: The Real Housewives Edition.
"[P]ossession of any distinctive, unconventional personality traits was a slippery slope on the way to being outright weird."
Texas Bans Being Different Around Children
AUSTIN, TX—In a landmark piece of legislation designed to stifle individuality across the state, the Texas Legislature passed a bill Friday that legally banned being different around children. “Starti...
theonion.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"[P]ossession of any distinctive, unconventional personality traits was a slippery slope on the way to being outright weird."
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“The case is the first positive test in Cook County since 1964, and the first in Illinois since 1994, according to the department… Thirteen people who had contact with the dog have not shown symptoms and are being given preventative treatment, according to the county.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
Chicago dog with rabies marks first positive test in Cook County in decades
The positive case came after the dog showed a shift in behavior last week and was euthanized and tested, the Cook County Department of Animal and Rabies Control, said in a statement.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“The case is the first positive test in Cook County since 1964, and the first in Illinois since 1994, according to the department… Thirteen people who had contact with the dog have not shown symptoms and are being given preventative treatment, according to the county.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
3 years ago, I gave a talk at an ABA event in Las Vegas, and after, I worked out at a bodybuilding gym in the city. At Dragon's Lair Gym, I saw Dan Bilzerian. With wild hair and a beard, short shorts, and a conspicuously expensive watch, a quick Google search confirmed: Stay far away from this dude.
He Was a Supreme Court Lawyer. Then His Double Life Caught Up With Him.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
3 years ago, I gave a talk at an ABA event in Las Vegas, and after, I worked out at a bodybuilding gym in the city. At Dragon's Lair Gym, I saw Dan Bilzerian. With wild hair and a beard, short shorts, and a conspicuously expensive watch, a quick Google search confirmed: Stay far away from this dude.
So awesome to see my wonderful @umnlawschool.bsky.social classmate Lisa Beane appointed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals! Governor Walz has chosen wisely.
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December 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
So awesome to see my wonderful @umnlawschool.bsky.social classmate Lisa Beane appointed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals! Governor Walz has chosen wisely.
mn.gov/governor/new...
mn.gov/governor/new...
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“The anti-vaccine movement is not a spontaneous expression of grassroots concern. It’s an industry.”
Well done and important to digest. There is plenty of human failing in any human endeavor, but the narrative and the reality in this specific situation needs sunlight.
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The Pharma Shill Paradox: Who Actually Profits from Vaccine Mistrust
A physician examines the financial anatomy of an insult
substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“The anti-vaccine movement is not a spontaneous expression of grassroots concern. It’s an industry.”
NEW LIFE GOAL: OVERSEE OF CARAVAN OF POTTY-TRAINED ANIMALS TO VISIT CARE HOME RESIDENTS.
Yes, that beautiful petite horse is potty-trained.
youtu.be/idIiZylu0Ks?...
Yes, that beautiful petite horse is potty-trained.
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Meet the tiny horse who's a superstar in Quebec care homes
YouTube video by CBC News
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December 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
NEW LIFE GOAL: OVERSEE OF CARAVAN OF POTTY-TRAINED ANIMALS TO VISIT CARE HOME RESIDENTS.
Yes, that beautiful petite horse is potty-trained.
youtu.be/idIiZylu0Ks?...
Yes, that beautiful petite horse is potty-trained.
youtu.be/idIiZylu0Ks?...
Reading the nation's health news makes me want to get quintuple vaccinated and to live as bubble boy.
December 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Reading the nation's health news makes me want to get quintuple vaccinated and to live as bubble boy.
The perfect title to capture my holiday attention.
The dark history of Santa's official hometown | BBC Global
YouTube video by BBC Global
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The perfect title to capture my holiday attention.
Jonathan Mitchell is bringing us two of the most cherished gifts of the holiday season: hate and intolerance!
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/19/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/19/t...
Waco judge asks federal courts to overturn same-sex marriage
Judge Dianne Hensley, who has been fighting the state judicial oversight body since 2019, is hoping to tee up a new challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
www.texastribune.org
December 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Jonathan Mitchell is bringing us two of the most cherished gifts of the holiday season: hate and intolerance!
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/19/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/19/t...
"The changes they say will degrade U.S. food safety include the reduced number of pathogens now monitored by a key surveillance program, brain drain of the foodborne illness staff at the CDC and FDA amid low morale and overwork, and cuts to the administrative staff who support FDA inspectors[.]"
American food safety could be headed for a breakdown
More Americans will be exposed to foodborne illness as a result of this year's funding cuts, food safety experts predict
www.statnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"The changes they say will degrade U.S. food safety include the reduced number of pathogens now monitored by a key surveillance program, brain drain of the foodborne illness staff at the CDC and FDA amid low morale and overwork, and cuts to the administrative staff who support FDA inspectors[.]"
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“That one we think has great potential because injecting gene therapy into the penis sounds exciting,” says Leshko.
Exciting to whom?!
Exciting to whom?!
@jesshamzelou.bsky.social in @techreviewjp.bsky.social on (off shore, mainly in Honduras) companies offering gene therapy for lots of things. Good (critical) comments from Holly Fernandez-Lynch. I wouldn't want anyone I cared about to try these w/o good proof
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/22/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/22/1...
This company is developing gene therapies for muscle growth, erectile dysfunction, and “radical longevity”
A small group of volunteers will receive multiple injections of the experimental treatments next month, says Unlimited Bio.
www.technologyreview.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“That one we think has great potential because injecting gene therapy into the penis sounds exciting,” says Leshko.
Exciting to whom?!
Exciting to whom?!
My favorite part of the holidays is watching celebrities self-immolate.
apnews.com/article/nick...
apnews.com/article/nick...
Nicki Minaj surprises conservatives with praise for Trump, Vance at Arizona event
Female rapper Nicki Minaj has made a surprise appearance at a gathering of conservatives in Arizona.
apnews.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
My favorite part of the holidays is watching celebrities self-immolate.
apnews.com/article/nick...
apnews.com/article/nick...
"As the housing market generated greater wealth for Hong Kong’s tycoons, the construction and real-estate industries achieved growing immunity from regulatory oversight. Government deference, in turn, allowed corruption and corner cutting to proliferate[.]"
The Real Reason for the Hong Kong Fire
Don’t blame the bamboo scaffolding.
www.theatlantic.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
"As the housing market generated greater wealth for Hong Kong’s tycoons, the construction and real-estate industries achieved growing immunity from regulatory oversight. Government deference, in turn, allowed corruption and corner cutting to proliferate[.]"
PEOPLE NEED BASIC HYGIENE SERVICES, INCLUDING TOILETS AND HANDWASHING FACILITIES!
Thanks to @ricksteves.bsky.social for doing what government and private property owners should already be doing.
Thanks to @ricksteves.bsky.social for doing what government and private property owners should already be doing.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 5:22 AM
PEOPLE NEED BASIC HYGIENE SERVICES, INCLUDING TOILETS AND HANDWASHING FACILITIES!
Thanks to @ricksteves.bsky.social for doing what government and private property owners should already be doing.
Thanks to @ricksteves.bsky.social for doing what government and private property owners should already be doing.
I've signed up for a marathon. It's 10 months from now. Is it the greatest mistake I've ever made? If you think "yes," boy . . . I have a *lot* to tell you.
December 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I've signed up for a marathon. It's 10 months from now. Is it the greatest mistake I've ever made? If you think "yes," boy . . . I have a *lot* to tell you.
The queers in your life will be mumbling this during the holiday season.
Kylie Minogue - XMAS (Amazon Music Original) (Official Video)
YouTube video by Kylie Minogue
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The queers in your life will be mumbling this during the holiday season.
"It’s actually amazing how many people have risen to the occasion . . . those of us who continue to see hope and have worked so hard this year for a better future despite the darkness all around us."
Here are the people and institutions that gave me hope in 2025. 1/ www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Public Health Heroes of 2025
The Trump administration wants to destroy our health infrastructure. These warriors aren't letting that happen without a fight.
www.thenation.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:49 AM
"It’s actually amazing how many people have risen to the occasion . . . those of us who continue to see hope and have worked so hard this year for a better future despite the darkness all around us."
“I was not prepared for how inflexible work would be, how expensive it would be and how much our society and economic systems are built off of taking my labor as a mother for granted.”
Opinion | ‘Motherhood Should Come With a Warning Label’
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“I was not prepared for how inflexible work would be, how expensive it would be and how much our society and economic systems are built off of taking my labor as a mother for granted.”
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Whooping cough cases soar as vaccination rates drop www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-... via @nbcnews.com @erikaedwards.bsky.social and too many colleagues for a tweet.
Whooping cough cases soar as vaccination rates drop
In an NBC News data investigation of 31 states, about 70% of counties and jurisdictions fell below the target vaccination rate needed for community protection.
www.nbcnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Whooping cough cases soar as vaccination rates drop www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-... via @nbcnews.com @erikaedwards.bsky.social and too many colleagues for a tweet.