Katie
@ksandy1226.bsky.social
Public health scientist. Dog mom. Human mom. Bleeding heart.
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Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.
The Chan-Zuckerbergs stopped funding social causes. 400 kids lost their school.
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg’s retreat from funding social issues forced the closure of a school Chan opened for disadvantaged families in Silicon Valley.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.
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“On Friday, President Trump released a proposed budget that called for cutting the funding of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by almost half. Its chronic disease center was slated for elimination entirely, a proposal that came as a shock to many state and city health officials.”
Trump Budget Cuts Funding for CDC
Kennedy has warned of an epidemic of chronic disease, but the budget blueprint would close the C.D.C. center focused on prevention.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“On Friday, President Trump released a proposed budget that called for cutting the funding of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by almost half. Its chronic disease center was slated for elimination entirely, a proposal that came as a shock to many state and city health officials.”
RFK Jr claiming he will have the source of autism by September. He won’t. What he will have is a bunch of pseudo-science bullshit to back his disproved ideas about vaccines. I’m already exhausted. So as a public health scientist, I’m gonna rest for a sec and then get back to work.
April 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
RFK Jr claiming he will have the source of autism by September. He won’t. What he will have is a bunch of pseudo-science bullshit to back his disproved ideas about vaccines. I’m already exhausted. So as a public health scientist, I’m gonna rest for a sec and then get back to work.
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Today, US Senator Jim Banks (R) was approached by a fired HHS employee. He told the employee that he “probably deserved to be fired” and that the employee “looks like a clown”. This is what the entire Republican party thinks of HHS workers. Video in article. www.nbcnews.com/video/fmr-hh...
Fmr. HHS employee confronts senator
Sen. Jim Banks told a laid off U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) employee who approached him that they “probably deserved it” and they “seem like a clown.”
www.nbcnews.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Today, US Senator Jim Banks (R) was approached by a fired HHS employee. He told the employee that he “probably deserved to be fired” and that the employee “looks like a clown”. This is what the entire Republican party thinks of HHS workers. Video in article. www.nbcnews.com/video/fmr-hh...
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We were told not to share this publicly, but last year was record-breaking—America’s national parks saw over 331 million visits.
March 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We were told not to share this publicly, but last year was record-breaking—America’s national parks saw over 331 million visits.
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A man slated for deportation has captured conditions inside the Krome Detention Center in Florida. He says some people have been confined like this for up to 30 days.
At least three men have died at Krome in the past five months.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8248mFR/
At least three men have died at Krome in the past five months.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8248mFR/
March 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A man slated for deportation has captured conditions inside the Krome Detention Center in Florida. He says some people have been confined like this for up to 30 days.
At least three men have died at Krome in the past five months.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8248mFR/
At least three men have died at Krome in the past five months.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8248mFR/
Christians in the US are forgetting they are called to be Christians before they’re Americans. While our government is screaming “America first”, your god has called you to put his creation first. That means caring for the sick and poor regardless of their nation of birth.
March 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Christians in the US are forgetting they are called to be Christians before they’re Americans. While our government is screaming “America first”, your god has called you to put his creation first. That means caring for the sick and poor regardless of their nation of birth.
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
Violets are blue
March 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Violets are blue
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I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
March 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
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One of these things is not like the others
March 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
One of these things is not like the others
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In the US women and girls make up 19% of new HIV cases and 23% of all people living with HIV.
Congress is proposing over $700M in cuts to treatment and prevention.
This #NWGHAAD, take action and tell your representatives in Congress to #SaveHIVFunding at bit.ly/savehivfunding2025.
Congress is proposing over $700M in cuts to treatment and prevention.
This #NWGHAAD, take action and tell your representatives in Congress to #SaveHIVFunding at bit.ly/savehivfunding2025.
March 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In the US women and girls make up 19% of new HIV cases and 23% of all people living with HIV.
Congress is proposing over $700M in cuts to treatment and prevention.
This #NWGHAAD, take action and tell your representatives in Congress to #SaveHIVFunding at bit.ly/savehivfunding2025.
Congress is proposing over $700M in cuts to treatment and prevention.
This #NWGHAAD, take action and tell your representatives in Congress to #SaveHIVFunding at bit.ly/savehivfunding2025.
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The markets are crashing, we can't afford eggs anymore, the economy is shrinking, our allies are abandoning us...
But we'll always have the Gulf of America.
But we'll always have the Gulf of America.
March 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The markets are crashing, we can't afford eggs anymore, the economy is shrinking, our allies are abandoning us...
But we'll always have the Gulf of America.
But we'll always have the Gulf of America.
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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I am standing up science this Friday, March 7th at the capital in Atlanta! @thefortylab.bsky.social organized a walkout from GSU starting at Petit Science Center. Please join us and #standupforscience2025 🗽🇺🇸 #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
March 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I am standing up science this Friday, March 7th at the capital in Atlanta! @thefortylab.bsky.social organized a walkout from GSU starting at Petit Science Center. Please join us and #standupforscience2025 🗽🇺🇸 #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
I wasn’t forced to watch “The Hunt for Red October” with my dad 9000 times growing up for my country to join forces with fucking Russia.
March 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I wasn’t forced to watch “The Hunt for Red October” with my dad 9000 times growing up for my country to join forces with fucking Russia.
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We'll post more on this in the future, but for now just sharing the devastating news that >90% of USAID contracts have been cut, including those for HIV medications, food kitchens, etc.
People WILL die as a result.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
People WILL die as a result.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
The Trump administration kills nearly all USAID programs
The Trump administration is terminating thousands of foreign assistance grants and awards, according to a court filing. The move effectively guts the six-decade-old agency.
www.npr.org
February 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
We'll post more on this in the future, but for now just sharing the devastating news that >90% of USAID contracts have been cut, including those for HIV medications, food kitchens, etc.
People WILL die as a result.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
People WILL die as a result.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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An outbreak of a deadly but unidentified illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been making news. While the symptoms are closely related to other hemorrhagic viruses like Ebola and Marburg, samples have tested negative for those diseases.
apnews.com/article/cong...
apnews.com/article/cong...
A mystery illness in Congo has killed more than 50 people hours after they felt sick
Health experts say an unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks.
apnews.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
An outbreak of a deadly but unidentified illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been making news. While the symptoms are closely related to other hemorrhagic viruses like Ebola and Marburg, samples have tested negative for those diseases.
apnews.com/article/cong...
apnews.com/article/cong...
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In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
buff.ly
February 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
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An acorn is not a tree.
A seed is not a flower.
An egg is not a chicken.
An embryo is not a child.
A seed is not a flower.
An egg is not a chicken.
An embryo is not a child.
February 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
An acorn is not a tree.
A seed is not a flower.
An egg is not a chicken.
An embryo is not a child.
A seed is not a flower.
An egg is not a chicken.
An embryo is not a child.
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ACTION THIS WEDNESDAY: Researchers from New York universities are holding a rally to protest the funding cuts at Washington Square Park at 4 pm.
This will be part of a national day of action, with rallies at HHS in DC and all around the country.
RSVP HERE: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This will be part of a national day of action, with rallies at HHS in DC and all around the country.
RSVP HERE: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
February 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
ACTION THIS WEDNESDAY: Researchers from New York universities are holding a rally to protest the funding cuts at Washington Square Park at 4 pm.
This will be part of a national day of action, with rallies at HHS in DC and all around the country.
RSVP HERE: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This will be part of a national day of action, with rallies at HHS in DC and all around the country.
RSVP HERE: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...