@liz-luvs-sci.bsky.social
California FTW. Massachusetts, it's time to step up.
@massgovernor.bsky.social @jamieeldridgema.bsky.social
apnews.com/article/cali...
@massgovernor.bsky.social @jamieeldridgema.bsky.social
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California lawmakers pass bill barring authorities from wearing face masks
California lawmakers have passed legislation to ban most law enforcement officers from covering their faces during official business.
apnews.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
California FTW. Massachusetts, it's time to step up.
@massgovernor.bsky.social @jamieeldridgema.bsky.social
apnews.com/article/cali...
@massgovernor.bsky.social @jamieeldridgema.bsky.social
apnews.com/article/cali...
tl;dr: Urge your reps to support a "fighting continuing resolution (CR)" that reverses Medicaid cuts, blocks tax breaks for big corp.s and the rich; gets military out of cities, puts scientists in charge of US public health & scientific research scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats: Stand Up this September and Shut Trump Down
Democratic leaders can use budget negotiations to protect science — and democracy
scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com
September 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
tl;dr: Urge your reps to support a "fighting continuing resolution (CR)" that reverses Medicaid cuts, blocks tax breaks for big corp.s and the rich; gets military out of cities, puts scientists in charge of US public health & scientific research scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com/p/democrats-...
This is somewhat reassuring, in a depressing way. Oh and BTW -I am sick to death of the media talking about "vaccine confusion." There's no Fing confusion. Vaccines are being intentionally undermined by grifters. Get it right.
#standupforscience
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
#standupforscience
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
Poll finds low public confidence in federal vaccine policy changes
Nearly half say they worry about future vaccine access for children.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
September 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is somewhat reassuring, in a depressing way. Oh and BTW -I am sick to death of the media talking about "vaccine confusion." There's no Fing confusion. Vaccines are being intentionally undermined by grifters. Get it right.
#standupforscience
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
#standupforscience
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
"Around 1/4 of the heatwaves recorded between 2000 and 2023 can be directly linked to greenhouse-gas emissions from individual energy giants." They increased the likelihood of 53 heatwaves by a median factor of more than 10,000. Sue the bastards - hit 'em in the money
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Heatwaves linked to carbon emissions from specific companies
Nearly one-quarter of heatwaves would have been ‘virtually impossible’ without global warming — and can be attributed to the emissions of individual energy producers.
nature.us17.list-manage.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"Around 1/4 of the heatwaves recorded between 2000 and 2023 can be directly linked to greenhouse-gas emissions from individual energy giants." They increased the likelihood of 53 heatwaves by a median factor of more than 10,000. Sue the bastards - hit 'em in the money
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
tl;dr: There are two reasons:
1. Fear (of reprisal, of being called partisan)
2. Thoughtless adherence to "both-sides-ism", aka This Is a Rule I Learned in Journalism School So I Must Follow It Whether It Makes Sense or Not
theconversation.com/why-journali...
1. Fear (of reprisal, of being called partisan)
2. Thoughtless adherence to "both-sides-ism", aka This Is a Rule I Learned in Journalism School So I Must Follow It Whether It Makes Sense or Not
theconversation.com/why-journali...
Why journalists are reluctant to call Trump an authoritarian – and why that matters for democracy
Media framing shapes people’s understanding of the world. A political communication scholar says that journalistic outlets’ failure to call Donald Trump an authoritarian is a problem for democracy.
theconversation.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
tl;dr: There are two reasons:
1. Fear (of reprisal, of being called partisan)
2. Thoughtless adherence to "both-sides-ism", aka This Is a Rule I Learned in Journalism School So I Must Follow It Whether It Makes Sense or Not
theconversation.com/why-journali...
1. Fear (of reprisal, of being called partisan)
2. Thoughtless adherence to "both-sides-ism", aka This Is a Rule I Learned in Journalism School So I Must Follow It Whether It Makes Sense or Not
theconversation.com/why-journali...
States where abortion restrictions allowed for exceptions based on the health of the mother or fetus saw essentially the same rise.
theconversation.com/infant-morta...
theconversation.com/infant-morta...
Infant mortality rises in states with restrictive abortion laws – new research
A new study found that, on average, infant deaths increased by more than 7% in states with laws that limited abortions.
theconversation.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
States where abortion restrictions allowed for exceptions based on the health of the mother or fetus saw essentially the same rise.
theconversation.com/infant-morta...
theconversation.com/infant-morta...
Physicians at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have set up a website that covers pediatric health misinformation that's going around and provides evidence-based info on the topics. For clinicians and parents.
www.chop.edu/pediatric-he...
www.chop.edu/pediatric-he...
Pediatric Health Chat
We are surveying CHOP healthcare professionals to learn what topics families are telling them are common sources of conflicting information. We’ll display the trends on this site each month, so you kn...
www.chop.edu
September 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Physicians at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have set up a website that covers pediatric health misinformation that's going around and provides evidence-based info on the topics. For clinicians and parents.
www.chop.edu/pediatric-he...
www.chop.edu/pediatric-he...
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#RFKJr wants to take away #COVID #vaccines (and then move on to #childhood #preventable #diseases). You can see it in the works now. Write to your member of #Congress now. This makes it easy to do so. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
Write members of Congress - Will COVID-19 vaccines be available this fall?
It is clear that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is on a dangerous and fast-moving path to make COVID-19 vaccines totally unavailable here in the U.S. With COVID-19 cases on the rise in many parts of the US an...
actionnetwork.org
September 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
#RFKJr wants to take away #COVID #vaccines (and then move on to #childhood #preventable #diseases). You can see it in the works now. Write to your member of #Congress now. This makes it easy to do so. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
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A1 above the fold in the @nytimes.com. The message is getting through. Keep pushing everyone. We can save the #CDC, save the #NIH from the clutches of #RussellVought #StephenMiller and #DonaldTrump. Keep the pressure up on your members of Congress and the media (letters to editors, op-eds).
September 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A1 above the fold in the @nytimes.com. The message is getting through. Keep pushing everyone. We can save the #CDC, save the #NIH from the clutches of #RussellVought #StephenMiller and #DonaldTrump. Keep the pressure up on your members of Congress and the media (letters to editors, op-eds).
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So pretty much everyone?
“A whistleblower says that a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names and birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud.”
Geoff Brumfiel/NPR
“A whistleblower says that a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names and birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud.”
Geoff Brumfiel/NPR
Whistleblower says Trump officials copied millions of Social Security numbers
A whistleblower complaint says the personal data of over 300 million Americans was copied to a private cloud account to allow access by former members of the Department of Government Efficiency team.
www.npr.org
August 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
So pretty much everyone?
“A whistleblower says that a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names and birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud.”
Geoff Brumfiel/NPR
“A whistleblower says that a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names and birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud.”
Geoff Brumfiel/NPR
Potentially reassuring news:
#resist
#resist
Another troubling sign for Republicans stemming from last night's special election defeat in Iowa: AdImpact reports that the GOP outspent the Dems in advertising, yet they still lost a Trump+11 district by 10 points. x.com/adimpact_pol...
August 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Potentially reassuring news:
#resist
#resist
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The signers of the FEMA Declaration have all been placed illegally on administrative leave for speaking out. Let’s support them in their resistance to the autocracy!
Stand Up for Science!
Stand Up for Science!
Join #StandUpForScience and signers of the #KatrinaDeclaration this Thursday at 8pm ET/5pm PST for a virtual FEMA rally and teach-in. RSVP ➡️ actionnetwork.org/events/virtu...
August 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The signers of the FEMA Declaration have all been placed illegally on administrative leave for speaking out. Let’s support them in their resistance to the autocracy!
Stand Up for Science!
Stand Up for Science!
College professors (and high-school teachers), spread the word!
#standupforscience
theconversation.com/college-stud...
#standupforscience
theconversation.com/college-stud...
College students are bombarded by misinformation, so this professor taught them fact-checking 101 − here’s what happened
Just 2½ hours of online instruction made students a lot better at identifying misinformation on YouTube and TikTok.
theconversation.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
College professors (and high-school teachers), spread the word!
#standupforscience
theconversation.com/college-stud...
#standupforscience
theconversation.com/college-stud...
Every newspaper in America should publish this statement. RFK is a grifter, just like his boss, and he's going to have a tremendous amount of blood on his hands.
#standupforscience
#standupforscience
August 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Every newspaper in America should publish this statement. RFK is a grifter, just like his boss, and he's going to have a tremendous amount of blood on his hands.
#standupforscience
#standupforscience
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Concerned about a specific federal dataset being altered or removed? We at the #DataRescueProject have you covered.
Submit to our Nominations Tool (bit.ly/DRP-nominati...) or check out our portal (portal.datarescueproject.org)
Submit to our Nominations Tool (bit.ly/DRP-nominati...) or check out our portal (portal.datarescueproject.org)
August 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Concerned about a specific federal dataset being altered or removed? We at the #DataRescueProject have you covered.
Submit to our Nominations Tool (bit.ly/DRP-nominati...) or check out our portal (portal.datarescueproject.org)
Submit to our Nominations Tool (bit.ly/DRP-nominati...) or check out our portal (portal.datarescueproject.org)
This is huge. And appalling. And not at all surprising. If we get another COVID-level event (or worse) in the next few years, we're in serious trouble.
Glad that states in the NE are banding together on public health - hope it'll be enough, at least for folks in that region.
#standupforscience
Glad that states in the NE are banding together on public health - hope it'll be enough, at least for folks in that region.
#standupforscience
🚨🧵My latest:
As measles took off in Texas, the Trump administration took actions that prevented CDC scientists from responding.
The outbreak became the biggest in 30 yrs. It’s far larger considering the outbreaks it sparked in other states & Mexico. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
As measles took off in Texas, the Trump administration took actions that prevented CDC scientists from responding.
The outbreak became the biggest in 30 yrs. It’s far larger considering the outbreaks it sparked in other states & Mexico. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
As Measles Exploded, Officials in Texas Looked to CDC Scientists. Under Trump, No One Answered. - KFF Health News
Trump officials sowed fear and confusion among CDC scientists, slowing their response to the measles outbreak in West Texas. Cases surged and sparked new outbreaks across the U.S. and Mexico. Together...
kffhealthnews.org
August 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is huge. And appalling. And not at all surprising. If we get another COVID-level event (or worse) in the next few years, we're in serious trouble.
Glad that states in the NE are banding together on public health - hope it'll be enough, at least for folks in that region.
#standupforscience
Glad that states in the NE are banding together on public health - hope it'll be enough, at least for folks in that region.
#standupforscience
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🚨🚨🚨FEMA employees just sounded the alarm with their Katrina Declaration. They’re warning that Trump’s dismantling is gutting disaster response, erasing climate science, and putting lives at risk. Read it, sign on, and stand with them.
🚨 It’s the 20th anniversary of Katrina + FEMA workers are warning us: cuts + censorship are gutting the agency meant to keep us safe. Delayed disaster response = lives at risk. Sign the Katrina Declaration + demand Congress protect FEMA. 👉 www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina-declaration
August 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🚨🚨🚨FEMA employees just sounded the alarm with their Katrina Declaration. They’re warning that Trump’s dismantling is gutting disaster response, erasing climate science, and putting lives at risk. Read it, sign on, and stand with them.
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Now it’s #FEMA workers standing up to an administration that is destroying our capacity to respond to natural disasters. These workers have more integrity and courage than anyone in this White House. To them, their duty sacred. To protect Americans from the worst that nature can bring.
🚨 It’s the 20th anniversary of Katrina + FEMA workers are warning us: cuts + censorship are gutting the agency meant to keep us safe. Delayed disaster response = lives at risk. Sign the Katrina Declaration + demand Congress protect FEMA. 👉 www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina-declaration
August 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Now it’s #FEMA workers standing up to an administration that is destroying our capacity to respond to natural disasters. These workers have more integrity and courage than anyone in this White House. To them, their duty sacred. To protect Americans from the worst that nature can bring.
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RFK Jr and MAHA: dangerous, emboldened, and escalating
"a dangerous pseudoscientific programme of work that supports a corrupt, unscientific wellness industry, seeks to discredit mainstream medicine, and portrays institutions and experts as enemies, not partners"
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"a dangerous pseudoscientific programme of work that supports a corrupt, unscientific wellness industry, seeks to discredit mainstream medicine, and portrays institutions and experts as enemies, not partners"
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
August 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
RFK Jr and MAHA: dangerous, emboldened, and escalating
"a dangerous pseudoscientific programme of work that supports a corrupt, unscientific wellness industry, seeks to discredit mainstream medicine, and portrays institutions and experts as enemies, not partners"
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"a dangerous pseudoscientific programme of work that supports a corrupt, unscientific wellness industry, seeks to discredit mainstream medicine, and portrays institutions and experts as enemies, not partners"
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The illegal loss of funding for these grants is a profound loss of progress in research. Before funding, these grants were all subjected to highly rigorous peer-review by experts in the research topics. NIH and Congress approved the funds. Trump stole them away.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2 billion in research grants
The decision will hinder lawsuits against grant terminations, legal specialists say.
www.nature.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The illegal loss of funding for these grants is a profound loss of progress in research. Before funding, these grants were all subjected to highly rigorous peer-review by experts in the research topics. NIH and Congress approved the funds. Trump stole them away.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This is what fascism looks like.
#resist
#resist
Trump on DC: "We haven't had to bring in the regular military, which we're willing to do if we have to. And after we do this, we'll go to another location and we'll make it safe also ... Chicago is a mess. And we'll straighten that one out probably next"
August 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is what fascism looks like.
#resist
#resist
A F*ing GAG ORDER. You're not allowed to talk about HOW TO CONTAIN AN OUTBREAK THAT COULD KILL PEOPLE. These people are beyond evil
#standupforscience #resist
#standupforscience #resist
When children first appeared at the Lubbock hospital with measles symptoms, Katherine Wells rushed to understand exactly how other public health officials had contained previous measles outbreaks.
Immediately, she hit a snag: the CDC had been placed under a gag order by the Trump admin. My latest:
Immediately, she hit a snag: the CDC had been placed under a gag order by the Trump admin. My latest:
As measles gains ground in US, Texas offers lessons from its outbreak
Vaccine-hesitant communities might benefit from free treatment centers and smaller vaccination clinics
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A F*ing GAG ORDER. You're not allowed to talk about HOW TO CONTAIN AN OUTBREAK THAT COULD KILL PEOPLE. These people are beyond evil
#standupforscience #resist
#standupforscience #resist