Annie Fine
@incacola68.bsky.social
Love living, Brooklyn, mountains, dogs, public health/epidemiology, all kinds of music, speaking Spanish and will work for truth, justice, and sanity.
Hearing of many firings (called rifs for reduction in force) at CDC this am. Whole branches gone. Experienced scientists and public health servants. Terrible harm to them and to the country.
April 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Hearing of many firings (called rifs for reduction in force) at CDC this am. Whole branches gone. Experienced scientists and public health servants. Terrible harm to them and to the country.
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The blows just keep coming.
The infectious disease and public health work force barely survived the pandemic, I think the latest assaults will be the final straw for many. 😢
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
The infectious disease and public health work force barely survived the pandemic, I think the latest assaults will be the final straw for many. 😢
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
CDC is pulling back $11B in Covid funding sent to health departments across the U.S.
“Now that the pandemic is over, the grants and cooperative agreements are no longer necessary," federal health authorities wrote to funding recipients this week.
www.nbcnews.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The blows just keep coming.
The infectious disease and public health work force barely survived the pandemic, I think the latest assaults will be the final straw for many. 😢
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
The infectious disease and public health work force barely survived the pandemic, I think the latest assaults will be the final straw for many. 😢
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Cuts to USAID impacting humanitarian aid in Gaza and potentially threatening the ceasefire apnews.com/article/isra...
Aid operations in Gaza imperiled as millions of promised USAID dollars do not arrive
The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in contractual payments to aid groups, leaving them paying out of pocket to preserve the fragile Gaza ceasefire, ac...
apnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Cuts to USAID impacting humanitarian aid in Gaza and potentially threatening the ceasefire apnews.com/article/isra...
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Congress is preparing to vote on the SAVE Act, which has the potential to disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.
Restricting the Freedom to Vote
The SAVE Act would be one of the worst voting laws in congressional history.
www.brennancenter.org
February 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Congress is preparing to vote on the SAVE Act, which has the potential to disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.
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Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:
I go to @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social for historical perspective and contemporary context about the dystopia we're experiencing. Snyder's post today has both, plus real actionable guidance. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:
Imagine living this way, every day. apnews.com/article/gaza...
In Gaza's crowded tent camps, women wrestle with a life stripped of privacy
For Gaza’s women, the hardships of life in the territory’s sprawling tent camps are compounded by the daily humiliation of never having privacy.
apnews.com
December 31, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Imagine living this way, every day. apnews.com/article/gaza...
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Master drummer, tabla player Zakir Hussain has died. He played across musical genres. Wonderfully here with Indian jazz fusion group Shakti. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx8A...
Shakti: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
m.youtube.com
December 16, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Master drummer, tabla player Zakir Hussain has died. He played across musical genres. Wonderfully here with Indian jazz fusion group Shakti. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx8A...
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Q: Do children really need vaccinations, even if the disease is not still around?
A: Yes. (Keep reading for the nuance.)
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A: Yes. (Keep reading for the nuance.)
🧵1/9 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Q: Do children really need vaccinations, even if the disease is not still around?
A: Yes. (Keep reading for the nuance.)
🧵1/9 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
A: Yes. (Keep reading for the nuance.)
🧵1/9 @kkjetelina.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social @enirenberg.bsky.social
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⚠️ BREAKING:
Marin County, California, is investigating a potential case of H5N1 bird flu in a child.
Local authorities are working alongside the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the CDC to determine the source of the child's exposure.
Marin County, California, is investigating a potential case of H5N1 bird flu in a child.
Local authorities are working alongside the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the CDC to determine the source of the child's exposure.
December 7, 2024 at 3:38 PM
⚠️ BREAKING:
Marin County, California, is investigating a potential case of H5N1 bird flu in a child.
Local authorities are working alongside the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the CDC to determine the source of the child's exposure.
Marin County, California, is investigating a potential case of H5N1 bird flu in a child.
Local authorities are working alongside the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the CDC to determine the source of the child's exposure.
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@indivisible.org
Ive been trying for 8 mos to get pple to call their Reps & Senators. Professor Richardson reposted this for me today.
Can you please repost.
Sen. Rounds can bring this Bill to Abolish Public Education into 45's Republican majority Senate.
I'm Grateful ppl are listening.
Thank you
Ive been trying for 8 mos to get pple to call their Reps & Senators. Professor Richardson reposted this for me today.
Can you please repost.
Sen. Rounds can bring this Bill to Abolish Public Education into 45's Republican majority Senate.
I'm Grateful ppl are listening.
Thank you
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
It's happening
Sen. Mike Rounds (R. SD) proposed a bill to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee to Abolish the Department of Education
Particularly alarming to disabled, & Native Americans
PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS
www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c...
It's happening
Sen. Mike Rounds (R. SD) proposed a bill to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee to Abolish the Department of Education
Particularly alarming to disabled, & Native Americans
PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS
www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c...
December 8, 2024 at 7:30 AM
@indivisible.org
Ive been trying for 8 mos to get pple to call their Reps & Senators. Professor Richardson reposted this for me today.
Can you please repost.
Sen. Rounds can bring this Bill to Abolish Public Education into 45's Republican majority Senate.
I'm Grateful ppl are listening.
Thank you
Ive been trying for 8 mos to get pple to call their Reps & Senators. Professor Richardson reposted this for me today.
Can you please repost.
Sen. Rounds can bring this Bill to Abolish Public Education into 45's Republican majority Senate.
I'm Grateful ppl are listening.
Thank you
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If your plan to counter antisemitism actually advances the very same antisemitic conspiracy theories that have repeatedly fueled antisemitic mass violence — including the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history — it’s not a plan to counter antisemitism.
SCOOP: The Heritage Foundation’s 'Project Esther,' a conservative plan to counter antisemitism, sees the problem as one in which a handful of “masterminds” including Jews like George Soros are seeking to “dismantle Western democracies, values and culture,” according to internal Heritage documents.
Scoop: Internal Project Esther documents describe conspiracy of Jewish ‘masterminds’ seeking to dismantle Western values
A presentation meant to win supporters for the Heritage Foundation’s plan to fight antisemitism draws a line from George Soros to pro-Palestinian protests.
forward.com
December 8, 2024 at 3:31 AM
If your plan to counter antisemitism actually advances the very same antisemitic conspiracy theories that have repeatedly fueled antisemitic mass violence — including the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history — it’s not a plan to counter antisemitism.
Remember when Zoe Baird was rejected for Attorney General because she didn’t pay as taxes for her nanny? Quaint times.
November 15, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Remember when Zoe Baird was rejected for Attorney General because she didn’t pay as taxes for her nanny? Quaint times.
