Rose Jones, PhD
@rapidanthropology.bsky.social
I am a medical anthropologist working at the intersection of heat + public health + equity.
Heads-up! “Bad people” narrative shift underway.
Donald Trump says those interested in Jeffrey Epstein inquiry are ‘bad people’
US president faces Maga backlash over suspicion his administration is hiding details of Epstein’s crimes to protect rich elite – including Trump
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July 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Heads-up! “Bad people” narrative shift underway.
🔥🔥 State of Emergency for Spectators — Still No Heat Protection for Workers
Outdoor graduation ceremony becomes 'mass casualty incident' as over 150 people fall ill to extreme heat: 'I couldn't breathe'
One attendee witnessed "people fainting around us."
www.yahoo.com
June 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🔥🔥 State of Emergency for Spectators — Still No Heat Protection for Workers
The quiet, sneaky, behind-the-scenes moves 👀⚠️⬇️
The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system
The Department of Homeland Security, with help from DOGE, has rolled out a tool that purports to be able to check the citizenship status of almost all Americans.
www.npr.org
June 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The quiet, sneaky, behind-the-scenes moves 👀⚠️⬇️
Source: Inside Climate News share.google/zqYeuqhXJEWV...
Texas’ Risk of Summer Blackouts Reduced Thanks to Solar and Batteries - Inside Climate News
The state’s grid operator reported less than a 1 percent chance of emergency events.
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June 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
Pivot to mitigate Trump’s climate sabotage.
Climate Group Funded by Bill Gates Slashes Staff in Major Retreat
Breakthrough Energy, an umbrella group for energy and environmental efforts funded by Mr. Gates, is resetting for the Trump era.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Pivot to mitigate Trump’s climate sabotage.
Meanwhile in Texas 💔💔
February 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Meanwhile in Texas 💔💔
Check out the list of words being used to scrutinize compliance with Trump’s executive orders. 😡
Here are the words putting science in the crosshairs of Trump’s orders
National Science Foundation staff have been combing through thousands of active science research projects, alongside a list of keywords, to determine if they include activities that violate Trump’s ex...
www.washingtonpost.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Check out the list of words being used to scrutinize compliance with Trump’s executive orders. 😡
The terror and tyranny continue to be strategically and unlawfully unleashed. Profits over people
Greed over humanity
#resist 🔥✊🏽
Greed over humanity
#resist 🔥✊🏽
Trump Administration Moves to End Protections for Venezuelans in the U.S.
The decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 people signals that President Trump will continue to dismantle a program that aims to protect migrants from potentially dange...
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The terror and tyranny continue to be strategically and unlawfully unleashed. Profits over people
Greed over humanity
#resist 🔥✊🏽
Greed over humanity
#resist 🔥✊🏽
Research papers must be reviewed by Trump administration before submitted to academic journals.
US CDC orders pullback of new scientific papers involving its researchers, source says
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking to withdraw all papers involving its researchers that are being considered for publication by external scientific journals to allow for a review by the Trump administration, a federal official told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Research papers must be reviewed by Trump administration before submitted to academic journals.
USAID security officials on leave after refusing access to Musk allies
February 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
USAID security officials on leave after refusing access to Musk allies
Damn! How did this happen?
Egg prices soar as bird flu takes toll on US hen flock
Average price of eggs rose nearly 30 cents since October, with egg production down 4% from prior year
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Damn! How did this happen?
This is called an education
Arkansas governor says professors should be fired if they are 'indoctrinating' students
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says college professors should be fired if they are “indoctrinating” students.
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January 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
This is called an education
No words 😵💫🤑🤬
Coca-Cola gives Donald Trump special bottle 4 years after Jan 6 criticism
The drinks giant was previously critical of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
www.newsweek.com
January 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
No words 😵💫🤑🤬
Highly trained, putting their lives on the line - literally - laughable pay AND they can’t get jobs fighting fires once they are released because they are felons. Looks like only political leaders can be employed as felons.
January 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Highly trained, putting their lives on the line - literally - laughable pay AND they can’t get jobs fighting fires once they are released because they are felons. Looks like only political leaders can be employed as felons.
Nero is playing the fiddle while we roll boulders up and down cliffs
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
open.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Nero is playing the fiddle while we roll boulders up and down cliffs
And so it begins..,
Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots
An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.
www.npr.org
December 24, 2024 at 1:23 PM
And so it begins..,
While the walls of Avignon were turned into billboards to support Gisèle Pelicot and denounce rape culture, Texas plastered billboards across Central America with messages that weaponized rape.
“How much did you pay to have your daughter raped? Many girls are raped by the coyotes you hire.”
“How much did you pay to have your daughter raped? Many girls are raped by the coyotes you hire.”
Texas governor Greg Abbott puts up billboards in Mexico and Central America, warns migrants not to enter U.S
Governor Greg Abbott's billboard campaign represents a significant escalation in Texas's approach to border security and immigration deterrence.
m.economictimes.com
December 23, 2024 at 1:59 PM
While the walls of Avignon were turned into billboards to support Gisèle Pelicot and denounce rape culture, Texas plastered billboards across Central America with messages that weaponized rape.
“How much did you pay to have your daughter raped? Many girls are raped by the coyotes you hire.”
“How much did you pay to have your daughter raped? Many girls are raped by the coyotes you hire.”
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The Trump climate crisis playbook 💔
With Ready Orders and an Energy Czar, Trump Plots Pivot to Fossil Fuels
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition team for climate and the environment is considering relocating the E.P.A. out of Washington and other drastic changes.
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2024 at 12:42 AM
The Trump climate crisis playbook 💔