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Medical anthropologist. Biocultural lactation, human rights, bioethics, global health equity. Climate & Reproductive Justice. Novice Thai herbalist. she/they. Personal account.
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🧵💉Should pregnant people get COVID-19 vaccine? 🤰 TL;DR: YES. Pregnant people, especially those with certain conditions are at increased risk of severe COVID, miscarriage, and pre-term labor. Babies < 6mo also have increased risk of severe COVID. Vaccination protects mom and baby More below 👇

This is not what I mean when I say medicine is political. Never ever have I refused to treat a patient because of their political beliefs and never would I. I have had patients say overtly racist things to me and still treated them because I took an oath. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I'm just gonna repost every thread about this decision. The moral clarity. After months of judicial ticky tacky gaslighting. Bracing.

BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity. This is a major win for public health.

Judge Young was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. Here he excoriates the Trump Administration's termination of grants at NIH. This is just the start of a process. But it is ground-breaking and good news for today.

All hands on deck: if you use an RDC and restricted NCHS data, you need to respond to this call for comments.

Yay!!

Oh hey I am on NPR's It's Been a Minute today telling you why cycle syncing operates under the assumption that all our menstrual cycles are the same... which they're not! Listen here: www.npr.org/2025/06/16/1...

If you listen to this & want more, I want to remind you I have an ENTIRE BOOK that completely debunks popular understandings of the menstrual cycle and teaches you not only the problems with the eugenic history of this science, but helps you understand the real science: bookshop.org/p/books/peri...

See which of YOUR public lands congress wants to sell off to the rich www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

US brain drain accelerates as MAGA ideology forces scientists to seek positions in democracies overseas. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

“Historically, no one lived past age 35” "I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"

Mother to child transmission of HIV is completely preventable with antiretroviral drugs. We cannot go back to the 80s and 90s of the HIV epidemic.

Boelter seems to be a fair representation of how political violence melds with mental disturbances in lone wolves. Those, like Trump, who use public platforms to incite violence make it more likely that mentally unwell people will channel their feelings of rage toward specific political figures.

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The most consequential Speaker in state history.

Rapes, robbery and kidnapping by White Men using ICE agents tactics and costumes bought on Amazon.

My weekly curated list of must-read articles and some thoughts about this moment of mass protest (and where it can take us). If you want resources to help people understand this moment, this edition is for you.

Most Anericans today can no longer recall how much worse the diseases are than the vaccines.

Over 6%of the population of Kona showed up for #NoKings #kickouttheclowns #Indivisible #IndivisibleHawaii #KonaIndivisible

Our family is growing! Please welcome our sibling @altniosh.bsky.social! They work to make sure you don’t die at work from toxic chemicals or toxic people. They are a fun bunch even if they never let us climb a ladder without safety training. 🪜😷👷

A couple of months ago, I posted a checklist of things one could do to be useful in these days of rising fascism. Here’s Part Two of that list—more focused on ways to protect you and those in your tightest circles of care. Part One is embedded and also skeeted below.

Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.” In the US alone. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

10,000+ people out for No Kings Day in Honolulu

I have seen better formation from Pre-Ks going out to recess.

I hope some of you actually take some joy in these pathetic images of this ridiculous and now boring military parade. It's a fiasco and everyone gets to point and laugh. More hard days ahead but for today enjoy.

I really really needed to see that people hadn't given up and accepted this shit as inevitable, or (even worse) embraced it. And today showed us that beautifully. No one wanted in on his tank show, but people WERE HUNGRY to tell him to go fuck himself.

So proud to be a part of this amazing morning. Location ocean beach San Francisco #nokings

What Military Parade? Photos of anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ demonstrations across the USA

Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.

Reporter: I'm going to show you what 20,000 people in the streets of downtown Los Angeles looks like

South Koreans didn’t wait to vote the wannabe dictator president out of power They got rid of him

The 'No Kings' day of defiance comes as many cities, including Los Angeles and New York City, stand up against Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) deluge of mass deportations under the Trump administration. Click the link for the full story and photo gallery.

O.M.G. @bachynski.bsky.social this is why its so important for me to start our class with pre-germ theory ideas of disease.

“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco

We’re proud to announce, today’s turnout has already surpassed the Hands Off protest! Over 5.5m people and counting across the U.S. Get out there, be seen, and be counted. This is history in the making. Take plenty of photos and videos and post them publicly. Let the world see what’s happening.

Hundreds, maybe more, in Des Plaines, Illinois. The middle of this country fucking hates this guy.

Shout out to Kentucky and Tennessee! Wow!

Stay classy, San Diego. #NoKings

Over 4.8 million and counting and many events haven’t even kicked off yet. We’re aiming for over 10 million today to hit the 3.5% rule. The crowds are massive and still growing. We are so proud of all of you. Huge shoutout to Texas you showed up!

The East Coast has shown up, 2.4 million and counting, with massive turnouts in small towns across the country. Shoutout to the Carolinas, Georgia, and Ohio for showing up strong!

Give it up for the Raging Grannies, here today in Chapel Hill, North Carolina! Let's Stop The Coup! #ncpol #NoKings

Chapel Hill.

The puppets were amazing!!