Amy
@akhughes.bsky.social
Hawkeye in Buckeye land
I ❤️ public health
I ❤️ public health
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It's DAY NINE of our open-ended, national ULP strike - and we're not slowing down.
Show some love to our striking baristas in Newton, MA and remember: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS while baristas are on strike! ✊ #NoContractNoCoffee
Show some love to our striking baristas in Newton, MA and remember: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS while baristas are on strike! ✊ #NoContractNoCoffee
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It's DAY NINE of our open-ended, national ULP strike - and we're not slowing down.
Show some love to our striking baristas in Newton, MA and remember: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS while baristas are on strike! ✊ #NoContractNoCoffee
Show some love to our striking baristas in Newton, MA and remember: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS while baristas are on strike! ✊ #NoContractNoCoffee
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“There were early concerns that fare-free travel would heap extra burdens on bus drivers, drawing homeless people or anything-goes behavior. Yet several drivers said that not having to ask passengers for payment or transfers has led to less friction with riders.”
Gift link re: Iowa City free buses!
Gift link re: Iowa City free buses!
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“There were early concerns that fare-free travel would heap extra burdens on bus drivers, drawing homeless people or anything-goes behavior. Yet several drivers said that not having to ask passengers for payment or transfers has led to less friction with riders.”
Gift link re: Iowa City free buses!
Gift link re: Iowa City free buses!
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Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
October 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
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Breaking News: Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most revered conservationists, died at 91. Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” nyti.ms/42kpGxt
October 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Breaking News: Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most revered conservationists, died at 91. Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” nyti.ms/42kpGxt
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this work saved millions of lives in 2021, won the Nobel Prize in 2023, and is cancelled in 2025
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
this work saved millions of lives in 2021, won the Nobel Prize in 2023, and is cancelled in 2025
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Alcatraz housed people who had been convicted of actual crimes. This is more like Alligator Auschwitz
Two contractors who worked to quickly build out Alligator Alcatraz, which Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has called a “one-stop shop” for detention, adjudication, and deportation of migrants, have been significant donors to DeSantis and Trump.
Republican Donors Cash In on 'Alligator Alcatraz' Immigrant Camp
Contractors who reportedly worked on Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention camp have been big donors to Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump.
www.rollingstone.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Alcatraz housed people who had been convicted of actual crimes. This is more like Alligator Auschwitz
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I wrote another politics. defector.com/joni-ernst-i...
Joni Ernst Is A Piece Of Shit | Defector
Here’s a story in two parts, both of which will be crushingly familiar to you. The main character of our tale is Iowa (uh oh) Senator Joni Ernst, who held a town hall in her home state this past Frida...
defector.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I wrote another politics. defector.com/joni-ernst-i...
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Put incompetent people in charge of important things and bad outcomes will happen
The vaccine is 97% effective
97%
Nothing is this effective in medicine
Nothing
This is not a serious person
The vaccine is 97% effective
97%
Nothing is this effective in medicine
Nothing
This is not a serious person
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.
RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination
Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Put incompetent people in charge of important things and bad outcomes will happen
The vaccine is 97% effective
97%
Nothing is this effective in medicine
Nothing
This is not a serious person
The vaccine is 97% effective
97%
Nothing is this effective in medicine
Nothing
This is not a serious person
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There has been a significant reduction in the number of kids getting the flu vaccine over the past 5 years—a drop from 64% to 49%.
Consequently, there have been 216 pediatric flu deaths so far this flu season, the highest number since the swine flu 15 years ago (link below).
Vaccinate.
Consequently, there have been 216 pediatric flu deaths so far this flu season, the highest number since the swine flu 15 years ago (link below).
Vaccinate.
May 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
There has been a significant reduction in the number of kids getting the flu vaccine over the past 5 years—a drop from 64% to 49%.
Consequently, there have been 216 pediatric flu deaths so far this flu season, the highest number since the swine flu 15 years ago (link below).
Vaccinate.
Consequently, there have been 216 pediatric flu deaths so far this flu season, the highest number since the swine flu 15 years ago (link below).
Vaccinate.
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BREAKING: @aclu.org says Trump deported a child (U.S. citizen) with metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with physicians. This is the second child with cancer he's deported. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... @rollingstone.com
Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer
Two families who had lived in the United States for years, including a child with cancer and a pregnant mother, were deported by ICE on Friday.
www.rollingstone.com
April 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
BREAKING: @aclu.org says Trump deported a child (U.S. citizen) with metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with physicians. This is the second child with cancer he's deported. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... @rollingstone.com
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In terminating hundreds of NIH grants, the Trump administration dumped years of investment down the drain. In my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com column, we analyzed the cancelled projects & talked to scientists to understand just how much the public loses out. It's a lot: tinyurl.com/bdey86su
April 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In terminating hundreds of NIH grants, the Trump administration dumped years of investment down the drain. In my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com column, we analyzed the cancelled projects & talked to scientists to understand just how much the public loses out. It's a lot: tinyurl.com/bdey86su
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is this child-poisoning mfer taking a victory lap?!? jfc we are so cooked
* HHS SPOX: SECOND CHILD WITH MEASLES HAS DIED IN TEXAS // HHS SECY KENNEDY EXPECTED TO ATTEND FUNERAL SUNDAY
(via @nbcnews.com)
(via @nbcnews.com)
April 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
is this child-poisoning mfer taking a victory lap?!? jfc we are so cooked
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Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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March 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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The party traitors who voted to censure Al Green: (one of them is @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social)...
March 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The party traitors who voted to censure Al Green: (one of them is @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social)...
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France, again, has the right idea www.euronews.com/business/202...
French lawmakers back tax on ultra-rich proposed by Ecologist Party
Supporters say the levy would tackle inequality in France, although some fear the effect on investment, business expansion and jobs.
www.euronews.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
France, again, has the right idea www.euronews.com/business/202...
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Since RFK Jr just got confirmed today, I am taking this chance to share this wonderful @sciam.bsky.social piece on
The Staggering Success of Vaccines
www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
The Staggering Success of Vaccines
www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
See How Many Lives Vaccines Have Saved around the World
Vaccines are the first step toward health equity in many parts of the world
www.scientificamerican.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Since RFK Jr just got confirmed today, I am taking this chance to share this wonderful @sciam.bsky.social piece on
The Staggering Success of Vaccines
www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
The Staggering Success of Vaccines
www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
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he looks like the two banshees of inisherin guys combined
February 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
he looks like the two banshees of inisherin guys combined
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In 2003, HIV/AIDS was devastating Africa. There was almost no access to treatment, babies were being born with HIV at alarming rates, & life expectancy was plummeting.
PEPFAR, the largest-ever U.S. investment in fighting a single disease, saved over 25M lives. But its future is now uncertain.
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PEPFAR, the largest-ever U.S. investment in fighting a single disease, saved over 25M lives. But its future is now uncertain.
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February 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
In 2003, HIV/AIDS was devastating Africa. There was almost no access to treatment, babies were being born with HIV at alarming rates, & life expectancy was plummeting.
PEPFAR, the largest-ever U.S. investment in fighting a single disease, saved over 25M lives. But its future is now uncertain.
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PEPFAR, the largest-ever U.S. investment in fighting a single disease, saved over 25M lives. But its future is now uncertain.
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Cutting off all foreign aid and development assistance—which is less than 1% of US spending overall—won't save American taxpayers anything. It will cause millions to starve, and spur mass migration and terrorism as a result. (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
End Appears Near for U.S. Aid Agency, Democratic Lawmakers Say (Gift Article)
A sense of crisis among aid groups was growing as U.S.A.I.D.’s website went dark.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Cutting off all foreign aid and development assistance—which is less than 1% of US spending overall—won't save American taxpayers anything. It will cause millions to starve, and spur mass migration and terrorism as a result. (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
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Black history is so rich man…… Whats yall favorite black history fact???
February 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Black history is so rich man…… Whats yall favorite black history fact???
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Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
February 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
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This account is for sharing info with US scientists, both extramural and intramural to NIH, about attacks on science in the US.
Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪
We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.
Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪
We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.
January 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This account is for sharing info with US scientists, both extramural and intramural to NIH, about attacks on science in the US.
Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪
We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.
Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪
We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.
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The new general counsel for OPM—the office issuing all those deranged memos—is Andrew Kloster, a self-described “raging misogynist” with a public history of racist comments and a temporary restraining order for domestic violence who most recently worked for Matt Gaetz.
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
January 29, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The new general counsel for OPM—the office issuing all those deranged memos—is Andrew Kloster, a self-described “raging misogynist” with a public history of racist comments and a temporary restraining order for domestic violence who most recently worked for Matt Gaetz.
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
www.pogo.org/investigatio...