Rachel Bainbridge, PhD
@drbrainbridge.bsky.social
Biologist. Loudmouth. Weirdo.
He can’t say sorry because he isn’t. RFKjr and his worm want to demonize the people who work to heal us.
RFK Jr. did not make a statement on the day of the CDC shooting. Late the following morning, more than 30 minutes after posting photos of his fishing with his family on social media, Kennedy only then did he post condolences.
RFK has got to go!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...
RFK has got to go!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...
After Years of Anger Directed at C.D.C., Shooting Manifests Worst Fears
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
He can’t say sorry because he isn’t. RFKjr and his worm want to demonize the people who work to heal us.
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Wow! So Bhattacharya is now saying in right leaning rags that it’s been rogue program officers that created banned words lists at NIH. 🤣
What a sad, small person he is!
“Program officers ‘took it upon themselves’ to create ad hoc, unofficial lists…”
What a sad, small person he is!
“Program officers ‘took it upon themselves’ to create ad hoc, unofficial lists…”
August 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Wow! So Bhattacharya is now saying in right leaning rags that it’s been rogue program officers that created banned words lists at NIH. 🤣
What a sad, small person he is!
“Program officers ‘took it upon themselves’ to create ad hoc, unofficial lists…”
What a sad, small person he is!
“Program officers ‘took it upon themselves’ to create ad hoc, unofficial lists…”
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FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE UP TO DATE ON YOUR VACCINATIONS NOW.
June 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE UP TO DATE ON YOUR VACCINATIONS NOW.
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🧵Over 6,000 doctors, nurses, researchers, and others released an open letter of warning against the administration’s destruction of public health, research, and Medicaid programs. “We are certain this will cost lives.”
This is the energy we need right now. Refuse to be silent. Lives depend on it.
This is the energy we need right now. Refuse to be silent. Lives depend on it.
June 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
🧵Over 6,000 doctors, nurses, researchers, and others released an open letter of warning against the administration’s destruction of public health, research, and Medicaid programs. “We are certain this will cost lives.”
This is the energy we need right now. Refuse to be silent. Lives depend on it.
This is the energy we need right now. Refuse to be silent. Lives depend on it.
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More support for the NIH #BethesdaDeclaration heroes from the Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/media/press-...
democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/media/press-...
E&C Dem Leaders: Any Attempt to Retaliate Against NIH Whistleblowers is Illegal |
Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
democrats-energycommerce.house.gov
June 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
More support for the NIH #BethesdaDeclaration heroes from the Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/media/press-...
democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/media/press-...
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If you weren't angry enough already, here are the rates of non-competitive renewals through May.
4008 Non-competitive renewals were due to be funded in May.
The total funded was 99!
Some is due to terminations, but most is due to slow grant making due to DOGE review and other impediments.
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4008 Non-competitive renewals were due to be funded in May.
The total funded was 99!
Some is due to terminations, but most is due to slow grant making due to DOGE review and other impediments.
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June 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If you weren't angry enough already, here are the rates of non-competitive renewals through May.
4008 Non-competitive renewals were due to be funded in May.
The total funded was 99!
Some is due to terminations, but most is due to slow grant making due to DOGE review and other impediments.
1/2
4008 Non-competitive renewals were due to be funded in May.
The total funded was 99!
Some is due to terminations, but most is due to slow grant making due to DOGE review and other impediments.
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I signed because I believe science is for everyone. Check out this thread to read the Bethesda Declaration and sign to support the life-saving science supported by the NIH.
🔥🔥 BREAKING NEWS!!! 🔥🔥
NIH workers wrote a letter to Jay Bhattacharya asking him to stop the disruption of the critical science and health care that is at the heart of the NIH mission.
It has been signed by over 300 of us.
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NIH workers wrote a letter to Jay Bhattacharya asking him to stop the disruption of the critical science and health care that is at the heart of the NIH mission.
It has been signed by over 300 of us.
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June 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I signed because I believe science is for everyone. Check out this thread to read the Bethesda Declaration and sign to support the life-saving science supported by the NIH.
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BREAKING: A court overturned Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
This is a critical victory for trans rights.
This is a critical victory for trans rights.
March 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
BREAKING: A court overturned Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
This is a critical victory for trans rights.
This is a critical victory for trans rights.
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CDC plans to waste time and taxpayers’ money chasing windmills in the midst of one raging epidemic (and on the precipice of several others) that would not have existed except for people who claimed fraudulently there was such a link in the first place (which there isn’t)
Bit longer headline but…
Bit longer headline but…
March 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
CDC plans to waste time and taxpayers’ money chasing windmills in the midst of one raging epidemic (and on the precipice of several others) that would not have existed except for people who claimed fraudulently there was such a link in the first place (which there isn’t)
Bit longer headline but…
Bit longer headline but…
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Morality is a muscle. If you use it when you have nothing to lose, it will sustain you when you are about to lose everything.
March 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Morality is a muscle. If you use it when you have nothing to lose, it will sustain you when you are about to lose everything.
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let me strongly recommend the flu shot to whoever hasn't gotten one for this season. i just had a *terrible* bout with the flu that almost certainly would have been WAY worse had i not been vaccinated
February 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
let me strongly recommend the flu shot to whoever hasn't gotten one for this season. i just had a *terrible* bout with the flu that almost certainly would have been WAY worse had i not been vaccinated
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if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
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Also, ICE requires a judicial warrant, not an administrative warrant. Know the differences.
(image from facebook, of all fucking places)
(image from facebook, of all fucking places)
January 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Also, ICE requires a judicial warrant, not an administrative warrant. Know the differences.
(image from facebook, of all fucking places)
(image from facebook, of all fucking places)
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remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards
robert f. kennedy jr. submits his application to harvard university. his application is, in its entirety, a single page with his name "Robert F. Kennedy Jr."
he is accepted immediately.
he is accepted immediately.
January 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards
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How the fuck. This is the longest month of all time. It's insane. January 2nd is like.... 6 months ago. How the absolute fuck
January 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
How the fuck. This is the longest month of all time. It's insane. January 2nd is like.... 6 months ago. How the absolute fuck
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Ibuprofen isn’t enough I need to become an invertebrate
December 4, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Ibuprofen isn’t enough I need to become an invertebrate