Alyssa
@jacoal.bsky.social
CA grown, work to travel, Public Health Preparedness
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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This is a important conversation to have. It is incredibly expensive and time consuming to care for the elderly and for people with disabilities. We need lower care costs and higher govt support that doesn't require completely draining assets to get care.
www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...
The Financial Burden Of Caregiving : 1A
In-home elder care costs are rising more than three times faster than inflation. AARP estimates that caregivers in the U.S. spend an average of $7,242 out of pocket each year.Cuts to federal spending ...
www.npr.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This is a important conversation to have. It is incredibly expensive and time consuming to care for the elderly and for people with disabilities. We need lower care costs and higher govt support that doesn't require completely draining assets to get care.
www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...
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The real purpose of “herd immunity” was to serve as justification for inaction, letting Americans die for the economy.
That ideology—and it is an ideology—has been carried forward into Trump 2.0.
That ideology—and it is an ideology—has been carried forward into Trump 2.0.
"It's as if it stopped raining, so why fix the roof?https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-administration-dismantling-efforts-fight-next-pandemic
The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic
A retreat from investments in drugs and vaccines leaves U.S. less prepared for the next viral scourge, experts warn
www.science.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The real purpose of “herd immunity” was to serve as justification for inaction, letting Americans die for the economy.
That ideology—and it is an ideology—has been carried forward into Trump 2.0.
That ideology—and it is an ideology—has been carried forward into Trump 2.0.
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He wants to push us back to the 1930s, and then trap us there, by preventing us from electing another FDR.
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
He wants to push us back to the 1930s, and then trap us there, by preventing us from electing another FDR.
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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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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The findings come more than 30 years after the last cases of wild polio virus infections in people were registered in Germany and mark the first wild virus detection from environmental sampling in the country since this type of routine monitoring began in 2021.
Exclusive: Wild form of polio found in German sewage sample, health institute says reut.rs/47OVa0n
Exclusive: Wild form of polio found in German sewage sample, health institute says
The wild form of virus behind polio has been detected in wastewater sampling in Germany, the nation's main public health body told Reuters on Wednesday, in a setback for efforts to rid the world of the deadly disease.
reut.rs
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The findings come more than 30 years after the last cases of wild polio virus infections in people were registered in Germany and mark the first wild virus detection from environmental sampling in the country since this type of routine monitoring began in 2021.
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even after everything i’ve seen these last two months, i think rfk is going to find that his ability to do damage in this space is more limited than he hoped. but he’s still going to hurt many people, even if just with his lies and fake research
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
even after everything i’ve seen these last two months, i think rfk is going to find that his ability to do damage in this space is more limited than he hoped. but he’s still going to hurt many people, even if just with his lies and fake research
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Let me get this right… a sufficient number Senate Democrats appear to be willing to reopen government to alleviate air travel for upper & upper-middle income people at the expense of access to healthcare for lower income people. Yes?
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Let me get this right… a sufficient number Senate Democrats appear to be willing to reopen government to alleviate air travel for upper & upper-middle income people at the expense of access to healthcare for lower income people. Yes?
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from space.
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
from space.
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Every public health and healthcare worker's worst nightmare.
The group’s CEO “said CHD plans to parlay that influence into permanent policy changes —upending the childhood vaccination schedule, reformulating the shots, & abolishing mandates to get them, among a host of goals — that will outlast Kennedy’s tenure at the Department of Health and Human Services”
How Children’s Health Defense plans to cement its agenda beyond RFK Jr.
Children’s Health Defense is leveraging its ties to HHS to lock in legal and cultural shifts that could shape policy long after RFK Jr. leaves.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Every public health and healthcare worker's worst nightmare.
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the institutional hubris of the court is just a really big problem
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
the institutional hubris of the court is just a really big problem
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I just keep thinking “Elon Musk just got a trillion dollars”
New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I just keep thinking “Elon Musk just got a trillion dollars”
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Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
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This x10 on disaster related issues.
I don't know if that's true anymore. Real newspapers have a limited scope, the erosion of local news means that the bar for stuff to get reported on is quite high, and I see stuff on TikTok all of the time that people is saying is happening in their communities that I have no way to verify
I feel one million years old here, but we do actually have a pretty reliable way of knowing what news is true. Did a real newspaper publish it? Then probably yes. Can’t find it in a real newspaper? Maybe not.
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This x10 on disaster related issues.
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ASPR the latest example of how RFK Jr. is providing Americans w/ a civics lesson on key fed govt agencies--for the wrong reasons...
Created to defend the US from the next pandemic but directed by John Knox, a firefighter turned anti-vax conspiracy theorist w/ no background in mgmt or public health
Created to defend the US from the next pandemic but directed by John Knox, a firefighter turned anti-vax conspiracy theorist w/ no background in mgmt or public health
Meet the anti-vaccine activist who could lead the response to the next pandemic
Former firefighter John Knox's ties to RFK Jr. have landed him atop the agency that helped bring Covid-19 under control. People in the know are worried.
www.msnbc.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:06 AM
ASPR the latest example of how RFK Jr. is providing Americans w/ a civics lesson on key fed govt agencies--for the wrong reasons...
Created to defend the US from the next pandemic but directed by John Knox, a firefighter turned anti-vax conspiracy theorist w/ no background in mgmt or public health
Created to defend the US from the next pandemic but directed by John Knox, a firefighter turned anti-vax conspiracy theorist w/ no background in mgmt or public health
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John Roberts has committed many sins against the American people. But one that hasn't been discussed enough is the role the chief justice has played in destroying our public health system, writes @gregggonsalves.bsky.social. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
John Roberts Is a Threat to the Health of Every American
The Supreme Court chief is complicit in the destruction of the federal government’s public health infrastructure.
www.thenation.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
John Roberts has committed many sins against the American people. But one that hasn't been discussed enough is the role the chief justice has played in destroying our public health system, writes @gregggonsalves.bsky.social. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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This is spot on. It also explains the MDs and PhDs that Trump & RFK Jr appointed to run the federal health agencies or chair ACIP—they’re willing accomplices to authoritarianism.
I am deeply worried we’re still stuck in public health trying to fact-check RFKjr.
easily done. But Bigger Picture: he is useful to broader authoritarian moves precisely because he delegitimizes facts and institutions. Just happens to be on health…
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
easily done. But Bigger Picture: he is useful to broader authoritarian moves precisely because he delegitimizes facts and institutions. Just happens to be on health…
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
RFK Jr to urge Americans to eat more saturated fats, alarming health experts
Guidance from health and human services secretary contradicts decades of dietary recommendations
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is spot on. It also explains the MDs and PhDs that Trump & RFK Jr appointed to run the federal health agencies or chair ACIP—they’re willing accomplices to authoritarianism.
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About ten years ago I learned that every single villain arc in media, politics, philanthropy, and business basically boiled down to a rich person finding out one time after fucking around all their lives. Just ONCE.
October 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
About ten years ago I learned that every single villain arc in media, politics, philanthropy, and business basically boiled down to a rich person finding out one time after fucking around all their lives. Just ONCE.
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We are on the verge of making #polio the second human disease to be consigned to history.
Decades ago, humanity bridged geopolitical and geographic borders to end smallpox.
Let's do the same for polio.
Let's finish the job.
#WorldPolioDay
Decades ago, humanity bridged geopolitical and geographic borders to end smallpox.
Let's do the same for polio.
Let's finish the job.
#WorldPolioDay
October 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
We are on the verge of making #polio the second human disease to be consigned to history.
Decades ago, humanity bridged geopolitical and geographic borders to end smallpox.
Let's do the same for polio.
Let's finish the job.
#WorldPolioDay
Decades ago, humanity bridged geopolitical and geographic borders to end smallpox.
Let's do the same for polio.
Let's finish the job.
#WorldPolioDay
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To put it plainly: The US successfully kills international effort that was one step towards leaving a hospitable planet for future generations.
A jarring read (and good reporting) from @akshatrathi.bsky.social and @daniellebochove.bsky.social
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
A jarring read (and good reporting) from @akshatrathi.bsky.social and @daniellebochove.bsky.social
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
US Opposition Freezes Global Carbon Levy on Ships
This week, climate diplomacy ran into a Trump-sized iceberg. Nations were set to decide on landmark regulations to make vessels start paying for their greenhouse gas emissions. On Friday, the Internat...
www.bloomberg.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
To put it plainly: The US successfully kills international effort that was one step towards leaving a hospitable planet for future generations.
A jarring read (and good reporting) from @akshatrathi.bsky.social and @daniellebochove.bsky.social
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
A jarring read (and good reporting) from @akshatrathi.bsky.social and @daniellebochove.bsky.social
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
October 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
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The thing is: if you study what I study, this makes complete sense. Many eugenicists of the early 20th C. wanted the “right” people to have more babies! Limit or prohibit contraception to ensure more of the “right” babies, and use targeted sterilizations to ensure fewer of the “wrong” babies.
Ah yes, cutting teen pregnancy prevention while ending federal right to an abortion…
An HHS source says admin also RIFed entire Office of Population Affairs last night.
“Not a single staff person to run our nation's family planning program or the evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program. The Office of Adolescent Health which nested within OPA functionally ceases to exist”
“Not a single staff person to run our nation's family planning program or the evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program. The Office of Adolescent Health which nested within OPA functionally ceases to exist”
October 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The thing is: if you study what I study, this makes complete sense. Many eugenicists of the early 20th C. wanted the “right” people to have more babies! Limit or prohibit contraception to ensure more of the “right” babies, and use targeted sterilizations to ensure fewer of the “wrong” babies.
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