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Rachel
@racheladarwin.bsky.social
News junky. Reality competition show fan. Pro-science. Opinions are my own. (She/Her)🩷💜💙
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
At dinner tonight, I mentioned how a former member of Milli Vanilli is vying for a Grammy against the Dalai Lama and Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. My teen asks “what’s the Dalai Lama?” So I reply “the spiritual leader of Tibet”
Cont…
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
A vampire that’s not Dracula.
October 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Bought a pumpkin intending to carve it but the squirrels beat me to it! I think what it lacks in detail it makes up for in macabre.
October 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Ready for the #OMITB finale on Tuesday with our S5 murderer draft. Who do you think is gonna get the win, me or @onemansideshow.bsky.social?
October 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Fun to run into @sometimesy.bsky.social!
October 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This was a wild episode of #omitb. Because it’s like… that’s three Oscar winners plus Selena Gomez (and then the joined Renee Zellweger for a fourth).
October 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Aaaah! Just heard my shout out! Very exciting.
October 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I am so ready for 2026! Now to show my kids Music Man, Sound of Music, etc., by April so I can bring them with me this time!
September 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Canceled a birthday dinner for my spouse tonight because he’s still testing positive for Covid. And I’ve been rather surprised by how many people are surprised by that decision, since he feels fine. Everyone seems shocked that we’d make a decision based on not wanting to potentially harm others.
September 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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The childhood vaccination schedule of 2009 prevented 42,000
early deaths, 20 million cases of disease, a 2014 study found.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24590750/
Economic evaluation of the routine childhood immunization program in the United States, 2009 - PubMed
From both direct cost and societal perspectives, vaccinating children as recommended with these vaccines results in substantial cost savings.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I canceled my subscription to the Washington Post and subscribed to Karen Attiah’s substack. It felt sad. And necessary. My first major switch from legacy to indie media. Always in service of upholding the 4th Estate.
New from me:

There's a lot of misinformation around the reasons I was fired from WaPo.

Here's the official termination letter I got sent by Washington Post.

Read and judge for yourself.

open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
Why Washington Post fired me
Read the official termination letter for yourself.
open.substack.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I’m no fashionista but I really hated all the black gowns with weird puffy sections last night. I hope that’s not the new trend. But I agree that Lisa from Blackpink’s look was absolutely divine! #Emmys #Emmys2025
September 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I still can’t get over that Sabrina Carpenter is Bart Simpson’s niece.
September 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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A months-long investigation estimates that the profits from the Trump family’s ventures in private clubs, hotels, golf courses, crypto currencies, NFTs, and other businesses has raised President Trump’s net worth by billions of dollars.
How Much Is Trump Profiting Off the Presidency?
A comprehensive estimate of how much Trump and his family are making, from hotel mega-deals to crypto schemes, has been elusive—until now.
www.newyorker.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We’ve come to expect post-credits scenes… but is Naked Gun the first movie to put jokes into the text of the credits themselves? Truly hilarious. And I appreciated the nod the Philly sports.
August 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Not sure how to fix my algorithm here… I have ZERO interest in BB but am highly interested in all the other posts from the people talking about it. Don’t want to mute or show disinterest in a way that loses me their other content.
July 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I’ve been desperately clinging to joy where I can and I feel myself losing my grip. This week is extra hard. Just felt like I ought to put it out there somewhere.
June 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Silence of the Lambs… ummmmmmmm.
Back to the Future for me. Lol. Surely true but not very helpful.
June 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Just read an article written by AI and they copied the first part of the response into the headline. Which reads: “I’ll create a factual news article based on the press release in the Wall Street Journal style.” We are so done here.
June 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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An analysis comparing the number of scientific papers on vaccines published by recently fired #ACIP members to those published by the 8 people Sec. Kennedy chose to replace them shows a stark difference in depth of expertise in the field. www.science.org/content/arti...
The members of RFK Jr.’s new vaccine committee have published little on vaccines
Purge at immunization panel represents a major loss of expertise, as measured by scientific papers
www.science.org
June 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Two important questions for @briceizyah.bsky.social: Are you hosting Philly watch parties for #TheTraitorsUS season four? And if so… will Jason Kelce be attending?
June 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Great choice by #TheTraitors!
June 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM