Bethany
@bethanyhardy.bsky.social
Midwesterner living inside the Beltway. Big fan of public health, repro rights, data, cats, and democracy. #BookSky aficionado.
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I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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They are still essential heroes in my eyes. Thank you to our healthcare workers!
November 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
They are still essential heroes in my eyes. Thank you to our healthcare workers!
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CDC Data Indicates We’re 2 Months Away From America Losing Its Measles Elimination Status
We've talked a lot about measles throughout this year, which is particularly frustrating given that America officially eliminated this disease from its endemic state back in 2000. How we got here is a very…
We've talked a lot about measles throughout this year, which is particularly frustrating given that America officially eliminated this disease from its endemic state back in 2000. How we got here is a very…
CDC Data Indicates We’re 2 Months Away From America Losing Its Measles Elimination Status
We've talked a lot about measles throughout this year, which is particularly frustrating given that America officially eliminated this disease from its endemic state back in 2000. How we got here is a very simple story: too many people refused to vaccinate themselves and/or their children, giving the virus a foothold which it had been deprived for nearly a quarter of a century.
www.techdirt.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
CDC Data Indicates We’re 2 Months Away From America Losing Its Measles Elimination Status
We've talked a lot about measles throughout this year, which is particularly frustrating given that America officially eliminated this disease from its endemic state back in 2000. How we got here is a very…
We've talked a lot about measles throughout this year, which is particularly frustrating given that America officially eliminated this disease from its endemic state back in 2000. How we got here is a very…
Still true
Been thinking about this line all day and the history it represents, which feels both brief (15 years! That’s all!) and frustratingly impossible to imagine a world beyond, somehow.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Still true
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Hegseth vs. Captain Mark Kelly. What a joke.
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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We are so screwed
In agreement with my friend @kkjetelina.bsky.social who writes today: "I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website."
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We are so screwed
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This is quite possibly the most damaging headline I think I’ve ever seen from the @nytimes.com
It’s not merely “CDC’s position,” it is established scientific fact
Portraying RFK Jr as a brave, swashbuckling maverick—out there challenging “scientific orthodoxy”—is astoundingly irresponsible
It’s not merely “CDC’s position,” it is established scientific fact
Portraying RFK Jr as a brave, swashbuckling maverick—out there challenging “scientific orthodoxy”—is astoundingly irresponsible
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is quite possibly the most damaging headline I think I’ve ever seen from the @nytimes.com
It’s not merely “CDC’s position,” it is established scientific fact
Portraying RFK Jr as a brave, swashbuckling maverick—out there challenging “scientific orthodoxy”—is astoundingly irresponsible
It’s not merely “CDC’s position,” it is established scientific fact
Portraying RFK Jr as a brave, swashbuckling maverick—out there challenging “scientific orthodoxy”—is astoundingly irresponsible
I can’t believe this is where we are as a country. It’s infuriating. #vaccinessavelives
November 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I can’t believe this is where we are as a country. It’s infuriating. #vaccinessavelives
Drop everything you’re doing and read this! Funniest/most poignant/thoughtful book I’ve read in a long time. Five stars, easily. #BookSky
November 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Drop everything you’re doing and read this! Funniest/most poignant/thoughtful book I’ve read in a long time. Five stars, easily. #BookSky
Relatable
Today was a very stupid day but I have faith tomorrow will be stupider
November 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Relatable
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Seems concerning
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Seems concerning
Not moving. Don’t make me.
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Not moving. Don’t make me.
Important read:
Like you I am celebrating Tuesday's victories. However, my job is not to sugarcoat things and tell you it's all fixed. It is to warning about what to expect next and fight back.
That is why I wrote this and why I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
That is why I wrote this and why I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
What Comes Next After the 2025 Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Important read:
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"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
Gov. Andy Beshear
Gov. Andy Beshear
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
Gov. Andy Beshear
Gov. Andy Beshear
Virginia didn’t come to play
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Virginia didn’t come to play
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November 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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November 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Chicagoland going for MVP:
“This is beyond anyone’s wildest imagination in the best possible way,” Khan said. “It’s overwhelmingly amazing, and we just want to make sure we get food to people who need it the most.”
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/e...
“This is beyond anyone’s wildest imagination in the best possible way,” Khan said. “It’s overwhelmingly amazing, and we just want to make sure we get food to people who need it the most.”
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/e...
Evanston food drive overwhelms 'in the best possible way' as SNAP recipients face uncertainty
Many waited more than an hour to drop off bags of groceries during a food drive at Evanston Township High School.
www.nbcchicago.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Chicagoland going for MVP:
“This is beyond anyone’s wildest imagination in the best possible way,” Khan said. “It’s overwhelmingly amazing, and we just want to make sure we get food to people who need it the most.”
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/e...
“This is beyond anyone’s wildest imagination in the best possible way,” Khan said. “It’s overwhelmingly amazing, and we just want to make sure we get food to people who need it the most.”
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/e...
Imagine WINNING the NY marathon…
Live Updates: Benson Kipruto Wins Men’s Race by a Split Second, and Hellen Obiri Wins Women’s www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Live Updates: Benson Kipruto Wins Men’s Race by a Split Second, and Hellen Obiri Wins Women’s www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Live Updates: Benson Kipruto Wins Men’s Race by a Split Second, and Hellen Obiri Wins Women’s
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Imagine WINNING the NY marathon…
Live Updates: Benson Kipruto Wins Men’s Race by a Split Second, and Hellen Obiri Wins Women’s www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Live Updates: Benson Kipruto Wins Men’s Race by a Split Second, and Hellen Obiri Wins Women’s www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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Don’t forget to set your clocks aside tonight. Forget them in the back of the sock drawer. Box them unlabeled in the attic for ten unopened years. Hit snooze and bury them twelve feet deep in the backyard.
November 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Don’t forget to set your clocks aside tonight. Forget them in the back of the sock drawer. Box them unlabeled in the attic for ten unopened years. Hit snooze and bury them twelve feet deep in the backyard.
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Our health care system is so broken it’s insane.
Stop letting them make you believe a better one is impossible.
#MedicareForAllNOW
Stop letting them make you believe a better one is impossible.
#MedicareForAllNOW
November 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Our health care system is so broken it’s insane.
Stop letting them make you believe a better one is impossible.
#MedicareForAllNOW
Stop letting them make you believe a better one is impossible.
#MedicareForAllNOW
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November 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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