Paula Wan Kenobi
@rosiewook.bsky.social
Yknow? Might as well try out new places to pontificate. Current obsessions: BTS, Star Wars, Disney, Star Trek, KDramas
My financial advisor said all but one of his CDC clients have retired. Most weren’t planning on it, but couldn’t deal with the atmosphere.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public health.
Former CDC staff warn of "a five alarm fire"
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public health.
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My financial advisor said all but one of his CDC clients have retired. Most weren’t planning on it, but couldn’t deal with the atmosphere.
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🧵1/ BIG NEWS!! CDC just dropped a landmark report — the first US data on RSV hospitalizations after rollout of the maternal vaccine and infant antibody. What happened? Hospitalizations in babies under 3 months fell nearly 50% vs pre-pandemic years. Quietly, radically effective.
May 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🧵1/ BIG NEWS!! CDC just dropped a landmark report — the first US data on RSV hospitalizations after rollout of the maternal vaccine and infant antibody. What happened? Hospitalizations in babies under 3 months fell nearly 50% vs pre-pandemic years. Quietly, radically effective.
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The Choose Europe for Science program will invest more than half a billion dollars between 2025 and 2027 to recruit researchers and scientists—especially from the United States. www.wired.com/story/us-cut...
As the US Cuts Scientific Talent, Europe Launches an Initiative to Attract It
The Choose Europe for Science program will invest more than half a billion dollars between 2025 and 2027 to recruit researchers and scientists—especially from the United States.
www.wired.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The Choose Europe for Science program will invest more than half a billion dollars between 2025 and 2027 to recruit researchers and scientists—especially from the United States. www.wired.com/story/us-cut...
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What better way to celebrate #StarWarsDay than to submit #StarWars panel, event, & programming ideas for #DragonCon2025?!
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May 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
What better way to celebrate #StarWarsDay than to submit #StarWars panel, event, & programming ideas for #DragonCon2025?!
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Story time. Have you ever wondered why the CDC is headquartered in Atlanta? The answer in one word: MALARIA. CDC started to prevent the spread of malaria, so we went where the mosquitoes were.
Now, the division that houses our founding mission has an uncertain future.
www.cdc.gov/museum/histo...
Now, the division that houses our founding mission has an uncertain future.
www.cdc.gov/museum/histo...
Our History - Our Story | David J. Sencer CDC Museum | CDCMinusSASstats
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention David J. Sencer CDC Museum
www.cdc.gov
May 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Story time. Have you ever wondered why the CDC is headquartered in Atlanta? The answer in one word: MALARIA. CDC started to prevent the spread of malaria, so we went where the mosquitoes were.
Now, the division that houses our founding mission has an uncertain future.
www.cdc.gov/museum/histo...
Now, the division that houses our founding mission has an uncertain future.
www.cdc.gov/museum/histo...
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Racism is when you believe a white guy is innocent after a jury has concluded 34 times that he isn’t, and you immediately decide an immigrant is guilty when the immigrant hasn’t even had a chance to present their defense.
May 3, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Racism is when you believe a white guy is innocent after a jury has concluded 34 times that he isn’t, and you immediately decide an immigrant is guilty when the immigrant hasn’t even had a chance to present their defense.
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Quite the compliment coming from one of my favorite accounts on this platform.
Thanks for all you do, Rick!
From your fan, Mar🐫
Thanks for all you do, Rick!
From your fan, Mar🐫
May 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Quite the compliment coming from one of my favorite accounts on this platform.
Thanks for all you do, Rick!
From your fan, Mar🐫
Thanks for all you do, Rick!
From your fan, Mar🐫
Not only does this suck overall, but screwing over people already in the system by moving the goal posts?
When compared to jobs that also exist in the private sector, feds make 10-20% less. The benefit is what keeps good people serving our country.
Pressure your Republican reps not to do it.
When compared to jobs that also exist in the private sector, feds make 10-20% less. The benefit is what keeps good people serving our country.
Pressure your Republican reps not to do it.
House Republicans advance plan to cut federal worker benefits and undermine civil service protections
One Republican who voted against the measure said efforts to reduce existing federal workers’ pension benefits will fail if put to a vote before the full House.
www.govexec.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Not only does this suck overall, but screwing over people already in the system by moving the goal posts?
When compared to jobs that also exist in the private sector, feds make 10-20% less. The benefit is what keeps good people serving our country.
Pressure your Republican reps not to do it.
When compared to jobs that also exist in the private sector, feds make 10-20% less. The benefit is what keeps good people serving our country.
Pressure your Republican reps not to do it.
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Just before May Day, Congress gave federal workers the finger. 🖕The House Oversight Committee voted to slash our benefits: higher retirement contributions/ reduce take-home pay, smaller pensions, weaker job protections. It’s not law yet—final vote likely in July. 😡Thread with details ⬇️
May 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Just before May Day, Congress gave federal workers the finger. 🖕The House Oversight Committee voted to slash our benefits: higher retirement contributions/ reduce take-home pay, smaller pensions, weaker job protections. It’s not law yet—final vote likely in July. 😡Thread with details ⬇️
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RFKJ is saying that all “new vaccines” should be tested in clinical trials. Specifically, placebo trials (where the comparison group gets a “sugar pill”). It sounds reasonable to test new vaccines right? Well here’s the issue with this approach:
May 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
RFKJ is saying that all “new vaccines” should be tested in clinical trials. Specifically, placebo trials (where the comparison group gets a “sugar pill”). It sounds reasonable to test new vaccines right? Well here’s the issue with this approach:
Oh sure. This is such a great idea, she says sarcastically.
The Integrated Research Facility “conducts research on the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases that are deemed ‘high consequence’—those that pose significant risks to public health.”
Cool, cool, what could go wrong?
Cool, cool, what could go wrong?
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s department. www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
May 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Oh sure. This is such a great idea, she says sarcastically.
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This is a must watch
"What they are trying to do to immigrants already, they are already doing to U.S. citizens."
Watch the full video: youtu.be/zbSMcIDwdmg
Watch the full video: youtu.be/zbSMcIDwdmg
May 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is a must watch
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We are proud of our fired colleagues at @firedbutfighting.bsky.social who are organizing and fighting back.
Fed friends, check out the Legal Defense Network linked below. This is a good resource to have especially with schedule F reclassification approaching.
Fed friends, check out the Legal Defense Network linked below. This is a good resource to have especially with schedule F reclassification approaching.
🚨ATTN #FiredFeds:
Rise Up is a free legal resource for federal employees facing firings, RIFs, or reclassification.
🔶Free legal consults
🔶Know your rights (EEO, whistleblower, probation terminations, etc.)
🔶Trained lawyers ready to help
Visit workerslegaldefense.org for more info.
#publichealth
Rise Up is a free legal resource for federal employees facing firings, RIFs, or reclassification.
🔶Free legal consults
🔶Know your rights (EEO, whistleblower, probation terminations, etc.)
🔶Trained lawyers ready to help
Visit workerslegaldefense.org for more info.
#publichealth
Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network
Connecting federal workers to free legal support through a network of pro bono attorneys. Lawyer training and a library of resources to assist workers in need of support. If you're a lawyer looking to...
workerslegaldefense.org
April 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
We are proud of our fired colleagues at @firedbutfighting.bsky.social who are organizing and fighting back.
Fed friends, check out the Legal Defense Network linked below. This is a good resource to have especially with schedule F reclassification approaching.
Fed friends, check out the Legal Defense Network linked below. This is a good resource to have especially with schedule F reclassification approaching.
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Jesus Christ, he is going for the military dictatorship play.
April 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Jesus Christ, he is going for the military dictatorship play.
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🇨🇦 Congratulations Canada! 🇨🇦
We are delighted to see cool heads prevail (and learn from our mistakes).
To peace, order, and good governance!
We are delighted to see cool heads prevail (and learn from our mistakes).
To peace, order, and good governance!
a canadian flag with a red maple leaf in the middle
Alt: a canadian flag with a red maple leaf in the middle
media.tenor.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:09 AM
🇨🇦 Congratulations Canada! 🇨🇦
We are delighted to see cool heads prevail (and learn from our mistakes).
To peace, order, and good governance!
We are delighted to see cool heads prevail (and learn from our mistakes).
To peace, order, and good governance!
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This is one of the worst violations of research ethics I've ever seen. Manipulating people in online communities using deception, without consent, is not "low risk" and, as evidenced by the discourse in this Reddit post, resulted in harm.
Great thread from Sarah, and I have additional thoughts. 🧵
Great thread from Sarah, and I have additional thoughts. 🧵
The mods of r/ChangeMyView shared the sub was the subject of a study to test the persuasiveness of LLMs & that they didn't consent. There’s a lot that went wrong, so here’s a 🧵 unpacking it, along with some ideas for how to do research with online communities ethically. tinyurl.com/59tpt988
From the changemyview community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the changemyview community
tinyurl.com
April 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This is one of the worst violations of research ethics I've ever seen. Manipulating people in online communities using deception, without consent, is not "low risk" and, as evidenced by the discourse in this Reddit post, resulted in harm.
Great thread from Sarah, and I have additional thoughts. 🧵
Great thread from Sarah, and I have additional thoughts. 🧵
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If members of the press are worried they didn’t give enough coverage to the cognitive decline of a sitting president, they have an amazing opportunity to make up for it right now.
April 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
If members of the press are worried they didn’t give enough coverage to the cognitive decline of a sitting president, they have an amazing opportunity to make up for it right now.
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Not all heroes wear capes. You can hear a quiver in his voice. Resist!
And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
April 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Not all heroes wear capes. You can hear a quiver in his voice. Resist!
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To everyone shouting “no one is above the law” referring to that Milwaukee judge: We have a criminal in the White House. A guy who’s proven to be utterly lawless. And you’re perfectly fine with that. So take your “no one is above the law” bullshit and shove it up your ass.
April 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
To everyone shouting “no one is above the law” referring to that Milwaukee judge: We have a criminal in the White House. A guy who’s proven to be utterly lawless. And you’re perfectly fine with that. So take your “no one is above the law” bullshit and shove it up your ass.
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Wearing a bright blue suit, texting, and then sleeping at Pope Francis’s funeral. What an embarrassing mess.
April 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Wearing a bright blue suit, texting, and then sleeping at Pope Francis’s funeral. What an embarrassing mess.
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Said in jest? Oh really. Let’s roll the tape:
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buff.ly/nWo8HbY...
April 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Said in jest? Oh really. Let’s roll the tape:
buff.ly/nWo8HbY...
buff.ly/nWo8HbY...
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Thank you to everyone who showed up, good news, the judge has been released!
April 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Thank you to everyone who showed up, good news, the judge has been released!
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This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
April 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
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More evidence shingles vaccine lowers dementia risk
Vaccination was tied to a lower probability of receiving a new dementia diagnosis during the following 7.4 years.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Photo: CDC / K.L. Herrmann
Vaccination was tied to a lower probability of receiving a new dementia diagnosis during the following 7.4 years.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Photo: CDC / K.L. Herrmann
April 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
More evidence shingles vaccine lowers dementia risk
Vaccination was tied to a lower probability of receiving a new dementia diagnosis during the following 7.4 years.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Photo: CDC / K.L. Herrmann
Vaccination was tied to a lower probability of receiving a new dementia diagnosis during the following 7.4 years.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Photo: CDC / K.L. Herrmann