Nellie Kassebaum
@wellnellwell.bsky.social
MPH. KU Honors + AmeriCorps + CO School of Public Health alum. Bass for the Randy Disher Project. #insulin4all 💉
KS is home and opinions are mine. 🌻
KS is home and opinions are mine. 🌻
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Worth 1,000 words. This picture is so revealing about so much about this “administration.”
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Worth 1,000 words. This picture is so revealing about so much about this “administration.”
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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congress sounds so cool i wish it was real
October 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
congress sounds so cool i wish it was real
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"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
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An interesting tidbit about the new director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) I stumbled across.
Kyle Walsh apparently consults (or has consulted) for BP America.
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Kyle Walsh apparently consults (or has consulted) for BP America.
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October 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
An interesting tidbit about the new director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) I stumbled across.
Kyle Walsh apparently consults (or has consulted) for BP America.
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Kyle Walsh apparently consults (or has consulted) for BP America.
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KU alumni—sign here!
University of Kansas alumni, sign this letter to Chancellor Girod. Tell him to reject the federal compact! forms.gle/v3EyYyybrHhe...
University of Kansas Alumni Letter
Chancellor Girod,
The University of Kansas was built on a challenge. If the community could gather enough money and enough land, the state said Lawrence would be the home of the flagship institution o...
forms.gle
October 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
KU alumni—sign here!
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UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified
They found some asbestos in the east wing demo
President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him.
Whether he gets paid will ultimately be up to DOJ's second-in-command, who was recently his personal lawyer.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Whether he gets paid will ultimately be up to DOJ's second-in-command, who was recently his personal lawyer.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
October 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
They found some asbestos in the east wing demo
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ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
University of Kansas alumni, sign this letter to Chancellor Girod. Tell him to reject the federal compact! forms.gle/v3EyYyybrHhe...
University of Kansas Alumni Letter
Chancellor Girod,
The University of Kansas was built on a challenge. If the community could gather enough money and enough land, the state said Lawrence would be the home of the flagship institution o...
forms.gle
October 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
University of Kansas alumni, sign this letter to Chancellor Girod. Tell him to reject the federal compact! forms.gle/v3EyYyybrHhe...
Just a point about the CA insulin program: it’s awesome! But it doesn’t include insulin aspart. The only insulin it covers is insulin glargine, which is long-acting. Lack of access to fast-acting insulin is what kills type one diabetics and still costs hundreds to thousands without insurance.
October 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Just a point about the CA insulin program: it’s awesome! But it doesn’t include insulin aspart. The only insulin it covers is insulin glargine, which is long-acting. Lack of access to fast-acting insulin is what kills type one diabetics and still costs hundreds to thousands without insurance.
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Wow. NHANES js incredibly for population health surveillance, and is nationally representative as well. What a loss.
Ugh... This study has existed for decades, providing valuable health data for all sorts of topics and publications. This is just more awful news. 🛟😷 Sociology medsky
CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off
NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
www.statnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Wow. NHANES js incredibly for population health surveillance, and is nationally representative as well. What a loss.
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NEW: These are all the Education Dept. offices that staffers and managers say have been impacted by layoffs since Friday, according to the union for the agency’s employees.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
NEW: These are all the Education Dept. offices that staffers and managers say have been impacted by layoffs since Friday, according to the union for the agency’s employees.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.
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It looks like they're trying to kill the Epidemic Intelligence Service. I maintain this "rif" is unlawful.
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
It looks like they're trying to kill the Epidemic Intelligence Service. I maintain this "rif" is unlawful.
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it’s all just a grift
October 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
it’s all just a grift
I, for one, am shocked that the same Trump who selected the CEO of Eli Lilly to serve as his HHS Secretary is now unconcerned with health insurance affordability. Shocked!
October 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I, for one, am shocked that the same Trump who selected the CEO of Eli Lilly to serve as his HHS Secretary is now unconcerned with health insurance affordability. Shocked!
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Oh my god they arrested Eman.
October 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Oh my god they arrested Eman.
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva hasn't been sworn in, so she has to roam Congress with an escort
I saw her this morning going through security along visitors — something lawmakers don't need to do when walking into the Capitol
More on her limbo status here:
www.notus.org/congress/ade...
I saw her this morning going through security along visitors — something lawmakers don't need to do when walking into the Capitol
More on her limbo status here:
www.notus.org/congress/ade...
Voters Elected Her to Congress. Mike Johnson Is Making Her Wait.
“At this point, I can’t hire staff. We don’t have an office. I can’t get around without being escorted,” Arizona’s incoming House Democrat, Adelita Grijalva, said Tuesday.
www.notus.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva hasn't been sworn in, so she has to roam Congress with an escort
I saw her this morning going through security along visitors — something lawmakers don't need to do when walking into the Capitol
More on her limbo status here:
www.notus.org/congress/ade...
I saw her this morning going through security along visitors — something lawmakers don't need to do when walking into the Capitol
More on her limbo status here:
www.notus.org/congress/ade...
For your data collection: the first time I got COVID was November 2023. The second time is now.
Still not just a cold.
Still not just a cold.
September 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
For your data collection: the first time I got COVID was November 2023. The second time is now.
Still not just a cold.
Still not just a cold.
I again promise that the answer to winning in Kansas is not more moderation :’) you couldn’t create more moderate candidates in a lab.
should we run more moderate candidates in red states to boost our shot of winning? sure!
but the idea that we should run pro life candidates in those three states specifically is just so funny to me when you have real world data directly contradicting the strategy
but the idea that we should run pro life candidates in those three states specifically is just so funny to me when you have real world data directly contradicting the strategy
September 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I again promise that the answer to winning in Kansas is not more moderation :’) you couldn’t create more moderate candidates in a lab.
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Oh boy. ACIP started today’s meeting by reopening yesterday’s second vote.
The measure has now passed, meaning Medicaid and federally qualified health centers can’t provide coverage for MMRV vaccines for kids under 4. American Indian infants and toddlers have also lost coverage.
The measure has now passed, meaning Medicaid and federally qualified health centers can’t provide coverage for MMRV vaccines for kids under 4. American Indian infants and toddlers have also lost coverage.
But the second vote on VFC coverage failed, meaning the vaccine can still be covered by VFC.
So uninsured kids can still get the shot under Medicaid and at federally qualified health centers. American Indian kids are still covered too.
So uninsured kids can still get the shot under Medicaid and at federally qualified health centers. American Indian kids are still covered too.
September 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Oh boy. ACIP started today’s meeting by reopening yesterday’s second vote.
The measure has now passed, meaning Medicaid and federally qualified health centers can’t provide coverage for MMRV vaccines for kids under 4. American Indian infants and toddlers have also lost coverage.
The measure has now passed, meaning Medicaid and federally qualified health centers can’t provide coverage for MMRV vaccines for kids under 4. American Indian infants and toddlers have also lost coverage.