@minuere.bsky.social
Lover of books and nature. People? Not so much.
Archivist, librarian, historian of medicine (main interests: medieval & early modern Europe, representation across time and place).
Archivist, librarian, historian of medicine (main interests: medieval & early modern Europe, representation across time and place).
www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
The peculiar age we are in will be the subject of some interesting -- and excoriating? -- scholarly research in the future.
The peculiar age we are in will be the subject of some interesting -- and excoriating? -- scholarly research in the future.
Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests
New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.
www.npr.org
December 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
The peculiar age we are in will be the subject of some interesting -- and excoriating? -- scholarly research in the future.
The peculiar age we are in will be the subject of some interesting -- and excoriating? -- scholarly research in the future.
It must be winter: first batch of vegan mince pies.
December 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It must be winter: first batch of vegan mince pies.
Part of what is fascinating about the print history of Maclise's book is that American editions removed the Black model and swapped him for a European one.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
#histmed #racism
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
#histmed #racism
Anatomical exhibition includes rare Victorian-era drawing of a black body
The work of surgeon and artist Joseph Maclise is the focus of a show at the Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Part of what is fascinating about the print history of Maclise's book is that American editions removed the Black model and swapped him for a European one.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
#histmed #racism
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
#histmed #racism
This is just the latest of so many headlines. I really didn’t have it on my bingo card for this year that the UK would turn so emphatically into an unsafe place for trans women. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#TransWomenAreWomen
#TransWomenAreWomen
Trans women to be barred from main Labour women’s conference in 2026
All delegates will be able to attend fringe programme as party tries to find compromise while complying with supreme court ruling on gender
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is just the latest of so many headlines. I really didn’t have it on my bingo card for this year that the UK would turn so emphatically into an unsafe place for trans women. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#TransWomenAreWomen
#TransWomenAreWomen
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This is what happens when a well known antivaxxer becomes the secretary of health
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is what happens when a well known antivaxxer becomes the secretary of health
How many people around the world will die because of RFK?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
How many people around the world will die because of RFK?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
I challenge anyone who is "pro-life" to tell me how the preventable death of Tierra Walker was in any way acceptable. Harrowing read. Shame.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/h...
‘Ticking time bomb’: A pregnant mother kept getting sicker. She died after she couldn’t get an abortion in Texas | CNN
ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions. Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emerg...
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I challenge anyone who is "pro-life" to tell me how the preventable death of Tierra Walker was in any way acceptable. Harrowing read. Shame.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/h...
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Yikes yikes yikes 😟
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Yikes yikes yikes 😟
We (those of us in rich global north countries) rarely consider the impact of our daily lives on others around the world. Many of our habits are detrimental to global health.
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
Video: The Real Cost of U.S. Car Batteries
We followed the supply chain for batteries used in millions of U.S. cars to villages in Nigeria where people are being poisoned by lead. Peter S. Goodman, who covers economics and geopolitics for The ...
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
We (those of us in rich global north countries) rarely consider the impact of our daily lives on others around the world. Many of our habits are detrimental to global health.
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
For Ante Padjen.
Émilie Auclair (med student, UdeM) is fantastic: see the Mendelssohn starting just before 34 mins.
www.youtube.com/live/GyPMwpo...
Émilie Auclair (med student, UdeM) is fantastic: see the Mendelssohn starting just before 34 mins.
www.youtube.com/live/GyPMwpo...
2025-11-07 iMedici
YouTube video by The Church of St. Andrew & St. Paul
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November 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
For Ante Padjen.
Émilie Auclair (med student, UdeM) is fantastic: see the Mendelssohn starting just before 34 mins.
www.youtube.com/live/GyPMwpo...
Émilie Auclair (med student, UdeM) is fantastic: see the Mendelssohn starting just before 34 mins.
www.youtube.com/live/GyPMwpo...
What a beautiful thing, April Ager-White's library. I cannot begin to comprehend the hate in someone who would destroy it.
Source: CBC
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Source: CBC
search.app/G4RE5
A little library filled with Indigenous books was taken from her yard. Now, she wants to rebuild | CBC News
After just four days in her front yard, an east London resident says her Indigenous free little library was stolen, along with all the books and Indigenous-made items inside.
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October 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
What a beautiful thing, April Ager-White's library. I cannot begin to comprehend the hate in someone who would destroy it.
Source: CBC
search.app/G4RE5
Source: CBC
search.app/G4RE5
Gee, who'd have thunk it?
theconversation.com/infant-morta...
"Further, due to data availability, we have little insight into how the patchwork of abortion laws is affecting people from different groups, such as race and socioeconomic class."
[And that data won't be collected under this admin.]
theconversation.com/infant-morta...
"Further, due to data availability, we have little insight into how the patchwork of abortion laws is affecting people from different groups, such as race and socioeconomic class."
[And that data won't be collected under this admin.]
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 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Gee, who'd have thunk it?
theconversation.com/infant-morta...
"Further, due to data availability, we have little insight into how the patchwork of abortion laws is affecting people from different groups, such as race and socioeconomic class."
[And that data won't be collected under this admin.]
theconversation.com/infant-morta...
"Further, due to data availability, we have little insight into how the patchwork of abortion laws is affecting people from different groups, such as race and socioeconomic class."
[And that data won't be collected under this admin.]
"Who am I to tell you what your child should put in your body?"
Umm…Ladapo’s words do not instil confidence.
More seriously, there are global consequences to these outrageous policies.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Umm…Ladapo’s words do not instil confidence.
More seriously, there are global consequences to these outrageous policies.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Florida plans to become first state to ban all vaccine requirements
Vaccine mandates are immoral and akin to slavery, says Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo.
www.bbc.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"Who am I to tell you what your child should put in your body?"
Umm…Ladapo’s words do not instil confidence.
More seriously, there are global consequences to these outrageous policies.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Umm…Ladapo’s words do not instil confidence.
More seriously, there are global consequences to these outrageous policies.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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"If the US government persists down this current path...the world will inevitably witness a tragic increase in child deaths..."
Sobering warning from @drsethberkley.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Sobering warning from @drsethberkley.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
August 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
"If the US government persists down this current path...the world will inevitably witness a tragic increase in child deaths..."
Sobering warning from @drsethberkley.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Sobering warning from @drsethberkley.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Seriously? Lol. You’re always so disappointed with nominees you helped into power, nominees who clearly were never fit for the job. You’re complicit. You lacked strength and courage and have aided the destruction of our country.
www.pressherald.com/2025/08/28/s...
www.pressherald.com/2025/08/28/s...
Susan Collins ‘extremely alarmed’ at Trump administration firing of CDC director
Maine's senior senator reacted Thursday to the firing of Susan Monarez, who was let go by the administration this week after reportedly clashing with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccin...
www.pressherald.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Seriously? Lol. You’re always so disappointed with nominees you helped into power, nominees who clearly were never fit for the job. You’re complicit. You lacked strength and courage and have aided the destruction of our country.
www.pressherald.com/2025/08/28/s...
www.pressherald.com/2025/08/28/s...
This is not surprising, but it is gut-wrenching and terrifying. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Rightwing ‘parents’ rights’ groups gain ground in Canada as Alberta book bans target LGBTQ+ titles
Two such groups claim they persuaded Alberta to institute sweeping public school book ban
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is not surprising, but it is gut-wrenching and terrifying. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
“A group of chimpanzees … have been … putting grass in their ears and sticks up their bum for fashion purposes. Scientists … think that one … chimp started the trend and, instead of the … gang going, “mate, you look like an idiot”, they … followed suit."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why does the Maga elite love conspicuous cosmetic surgery? | Arwa Mahdawi
Mar-a-Lago face is suddenly everywhere – and there is a version for both men and women, writes Arwa Mahdawi
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“A group of chimpanzees … have been … putting grass in their ears and sticks up their bum for fashion purposes. Scientists … think that one … chimp started the trend and, instead of the … gang going, “mate, you look like an idiot”, they … followed suit."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I think about this quote a lot...
August 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I think about this quote a lot...
"The ability to rapidly design, produce and deploy medical countermeasures is as vital to our defense as any military capability. Adversaries who invest in this technology will be able to respond faster to outbreaks, protecting their populations sooner than we can."
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
Opinion | America Is Abandoning One of the Greatest Medical Breakthroughs
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"The ability to rapidly design, produce and deploy medical countermeasures is as vital to our defense as any military capability. Adversaries who invest in this technology will be able to respond faster to outbreaks, protecting their populations sooner than we can."
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
The onslaught is unrelenting, but we cannot look away or allow ourselves to be numbed. The erosion of standards, the erosion of protections, the erosion of credibility: none of this is okay, none of this is normal.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump administration rewrites and scales back annual human rights report
The report reduces criticism of some US allies like Israel, and escalates disapproval of perceived foes such as Brazil.
www.bbc.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The onslaught is unrelenting, but we cannot look away or allow ourselves to be numbed. The erosion of standards, the erosion of protections, the erosion of credibility: none of this is okay, none of this is normal.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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There is nothing “woke” about looking out for each other in an interdependent world
And that is why global health matters
My new piece in @forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
And that is why global health matters
My new piece in @forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
Small Investment, Big Returns: Why This NIH Center Matters
The Fogarty International Center within the National Institutes of Health has had a huge global footprint and impact, but it's on the chopping block.
www.forbes.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM
There is nothing “woke” about looking out for each other in an interdependent world
And that is why global health matters
My new piece in @forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
And that is why global health matters
My new piece in @forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...