allie in public health
@shyestviolet.bsky.social
Public health and government communications, systems change novice, Unified Muppet Theory devotee, really really Lutheran.
LIKE HELL IT’S NOT A WORD
October 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
LIKE HELL IT’S NOT A WORD
I’d ask my navy vet husband if he’s watched yesterday’s pep rally where Pete Hegseth banned beards and weight gain, but if he’s gonna have a stroke I feel like it should come from something actually worth the time/effort like our kid getting a nose piercing or a tree falling on our house
October 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I’d ask my navy vet husband if he’s watched yesterday’s pep rally where Pete Hegseth banned beards and weight gain, but if he’s gonna have a stroke I feel like it should come from something actually worth the time/effort like our kid getting a nose piercing or a tree falling on our house
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If you're interested in the playbook for how our government is intentionally (and illegally) withholding funds appropriated by Congress, this @nytimes.com article explores to playbook: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/h...
Trump Budget Office Is Withholding H.I.V. Funds That Congress Appropriated
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
If you're interested in the playbook for how our government is intentionally (and illegally) withholding funds appropriated by Congress, this @nytimes.com article explores to playbook: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/h...
Millennial sandwich generation: Teaching your kid and your mom about the Bechdel Test at the same time
August 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Millennial sandwich generation: Teaching your kid and your mom about the Bechdel Test at the same time
As a public health worker and liberation theology Christian, I get that @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social is pinging allllll my confirmation bias with Everything is Tuberculosis.
But that doesn’t mean he’s wrong. He’s very, very right. 💛
But that doesn’t mean he’s wrong. He’s very, very right. 💛
July 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As a public health worker and liberation theology Christian, I get that @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social is pinging allllll my confirmation bias with Everything is Tuberculosis.
But that doesn’t mean he’s wrong. He’s very, very right. 💛
But that doesn’t mean he’s wrong. He’s very, very right. 💛
Husband found All Women’s Sports Network on Pluto and we’re camped out for a late-night Minnesota Roller Derby bout 😍
Bless the @rosecityrollers.bsky.social announcers for mispronouncing Lefse for Dead’s name, that tracks. Such a great Midwestern name.
Bless the @rosecityrollers.bsky.social announcers for mispronouncing Lefse for Dead’s name, that tracks. Such a great Midwestern name.
July 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Husband found All Women’s Sports Network on Pluto and we’re camped out for a late-night Minnesota Roller Derby bout 😍
Bless the @rosecityrollers.bsky.social announcers for mispronouncing Lefse for Dead’s name, that tracks. Such a great Midwestern name.
Bless the @rosecityrollers.bsky.social announcers for mispronouncing Lefse for Dead’s name, that tracks. Such a great Midwestern name.
Love seeing Juche on this list. Pride of the East Side for years; don't sleep on it.
The mapo fries will change your life, right after they clean out your sinuses.
www.startribune.com/the-30-resta...
The mapo fries will change your life, right after they clean out your sinuses.
www.startribune.com/the-30-resta...
The 30 restaurants most vital to the Twin Cities area right now
From fine-dining to fast-casual, these eateries are leading the culinary conversations and driving our food scene into a new era. They are the Minnesota Star Tribune’s Culinary North Stars.
www.startribune.com
July 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Love seeing Juche on this list. Pride of the East Side for years; don't sleep on it.
The mapo fries will change your life, right after they clean out your sinuses.
www.startribune.com/the-30-resta...
The mapo fries will change your life, right after they clean out your sinuses.
www.startribune.com/the-30-resta...
So exhausted from hustling & singing for public health’s meager supper (& the health of Minnesotans) when what works to build a budget is apparently just fear-mongering & racism.
A hard week for folks who believe in gov’t to make life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness a real thing for *everyone*
A hard week for folks who believe in gov’t to make life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness a real thing for *everyone*
July 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
So exhausted from hustling & singing for public health’s meager supper (& the health of Minnesotans) when what works to build a budget is apparently just fear-mongering & racism.
A hard week for folks who believe in gov’t to make life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness a real thing for *everyone*
A hard week for folks who believe in gov’t to make life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness a real thing for *everyone*
Catching a @rosecityrollers.bsky.social game online tonight; massive heart eyes to the broadcast announcers with fantastic commentary and banter. So solid 😍
July 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Catching a @rosecityrollers.bsky.social game online tonight; massive heart eyes to the broadcast announcers with fantastic commentary and banter. So solid 😍
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For the first half of my kindergarten year, my family lived in a shitty little apartment complex somewhere in Central Texas. I forget where. I think Waco? Copperas Cove? We moved around a lot. If memory serves correctly, I attended three different schools that year.
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July 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
For the first half of my kindergarten year, my family lived in a shitty little apartment complex somewhere in Central Texas. I forget where. I think Waco? Copperas Cove? We moved around a lot. If memory serves correctly, I attended three different schools that year.
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Fact: 8 in 10 Minnesotans don't want the government to cut Medicaid.
Source: May 2025 poll conducted by @shadac.bsky.social and Minnesota Department of Health
More info: www.health.state.mn.us/news/pressre...
Source: May 2025 poll conducted by @shadac.bsky.social and Minnesota Department of Health
More info: www.health.state.mn.us/news/pressre...
a picture of a girl with the words kind of obvious written below her
ALT: a picture of a girl with the words kind of obvious written below her
media.tenor.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Fact: 8 in 10 Minnesotans don't want the government to cut Medicaid.
Source: May 2025 poll conducted by @shadac.bsky.social and Minnesota Department of Health
More info: www.health.state.mn.us/news/pressre...
Source: May 2025 poll conducted by @shadac.bsky.social and Minnesota Department of Health
More info: www.health.state.mn.us/news/pressre...
Strib's Ka Vang nails it 👏 "We are, essentially, expected to be a dress that is also secretly a skirt, and while that sounds useful, it’s actually just another outfit designed for containment. The dress doesn’t liberate us. It camouflages the labor."
www.startribune.com/vang-the-vir...
www.startribune.com/vang-the-vir...
Vang: The viral Lululemon 2-in-1 dress and what it says about today’s expectations for working women
"It is a dress designed for the woman who must be a boardroom boss, a children snack-dispenser, an escape artist, a temptress, a nurturer, a strategist, a chauffeur and — let’s be honest — probably al...
www.startribune.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Strib's Ka Vang nails it 👏 "We are, essentially, expected to be a dress that is also secretly a skirt, and while that sounds useful, it’s actually just another outfit designed for containment. The dress doesn’t liberate us. It camouflages the labor."
www.startribune.com/vang-the-vir...
www.startribune.com/vang-the-vir...
Here for @austwu.bsky.social 's donut theory of development in Minnesota. Accurate.
Glad to have this out in @streets.mn. In considering the culprits in a variety of contemporary maladies -- climate change, challenges with municipal finances, traffic casualties, rising transportation costs -- a primary suspect throughout is suburban growth, in exchange stagnation and decline in ...
Considering a ‘Donut Theory’ of Development in Minnesota: https://streets.mn/2025/06/23/donut-theory-of-development-in-minnesota/
Minnesota’s suburban “donut” has devoured resources, jobs and hospitals — deepening decline in both rural towns and inner-city neighborhoods.
Minnesota’s suburban “donut” has devoured resources, jobs and hospitals — deepening decline in both rural towns and inner-city neighborhoods.
June 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Here for @austwu.bsky.social 's donut theory of development in Minnesota. Accurate.
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I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ...
sks.to
June 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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But please, keep telling me how our $200K public health program is wAsTeFuL 🫠
SpaceX Starship explodes again, this time on the ground
SpaceX Starship explodes again, this time on the ground
That’s four explosions in a row.
buff.ly
June 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
But please, keep telling me how our $200K public health program is wAsTeFuL 🫠
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Essential government work is being dismantled under the guise of streamlining. But the real result? We’re less prepared, less informed, and less protected.
June 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Essential government work is being dismantled under the guise of streamlining. But the real result? We’re less prepared, less informed, and less protected.
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and once again I ask - if not Gestapo, why Gestapo shaped?
June 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
and once again I ask - if not Gestapo, why Gestapo shaped?
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What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Nearly all people in public service are smart, ethical & hardworking, & nearly all bureaucratic rules at least originated for good reasons.
Nearly all people in public service are smart, ethical & hardworking, & nearly all bureaucratic rules at least originated for good reasons.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Diverse teams and psychologically beneficial cultures are more innovative and more successful at solving problems
Diverse teams and psychologically beneficial cultures are more innovative and more successful at solving problems
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
The ocean produces a huge chunk of the world's oxygen a lot from a class of cyanobacteria called prochlorococcus
The ocean produces a huge chunk of the world's oxygen a lot from a class of cyanobacteria called prochlorococcus
June 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Nearly all people in public service are smart, ethical & hardworking, & nearly all bureaucratic rules at least originated for good reasons.
Nearly all people in public service are smart, ethical & hardworking, & nearly all bureaucratic rules at least originated for good reasons.
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What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
The biggest influence on how a system behaves is often its team’s last reorg, not its purpose or mission.
The biggest influence on how a system behaves is often its team’s last reorg, not its purpose or mission.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Nearly all people in public service are smart, ethical & hardworking, & nearly all bureaucratic rules at least originated for good reasons.
Nearly all people in public service are smart, ethical & hardworking, & nearly all bureaucratic rules at least originated for good reasons.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Diverse teams and psychologically beneficial cultures are more innovative and more successful at solving problems
Diverse teams and psychologically beneficial cultures are more innovative and more successful at solving problems
June 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
The biggest influence on how a system behaves is often its team’s last reorg, not its purpose or mission.
The biggest influence on how a system behaves is often its team’s last reorg, not its purpose or mission.
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The parade St. Paul threw to honor Olympic gymnast and hometown heroine Suni Lee had significantly more impressive turnout than Trump's birthday party.
It’s 6:04 p.m. in D.C., and we have parading. Crowd has filled in a bit at the route front, but mainly one deep along Constitution Avenue.
June 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The parade St. Paul threw to honor Olympic gymnast and hometown heroine Suni Lee had significantly more impressive turnout than Trump's birthday party.
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Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
June 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
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![BREAKING NEWS CONSUMER'S HANDBOOK
1. In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong.
2. Don't trust anonymous sources.
3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information.
4. There's almost never a second shooter.
5. Pay attention to the language the media uses.
• "We are getting reports"... could mean anything.
• "We are seeking confirmation"... means they don't have it.
• "[News outlet] has learned"... means it has a scoop or is going out on limb.
6. Look for news outlets close to the incident.
7. Compare multiple sources.
8. Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers.
9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you.
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CDC leadership just told staff on Monday that they could stop sending their "5 things I did last week" emails. Finally.
Per source, people were mostly just sending the same things every week. Many folks added read receipts and were able to see that no one at DOGE was actually reading the emails.
Per source, people were mostly just sending the same things every week. Many folks added read receipts and were able to see that no one at DOGE was actually reading the emails.
May 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
CDC leadership just told staff on Monday that they could stop sending their "5 things I did last week" emails. Finally.
Per source, people were mostly just sending the same things every week. Many folks added read receipts and were able to see that no one at DOGE was actually reading the emails.
Per source, people were mostly just sending the same things every week. Many folks added read receipts and were able to see that no one at DOGE was actually reading the emails.