Jocelyn McGregor

Happy Esther day! LOVE YOU 💜💜💜

YouTube video by vlogbrothers QUADRAGOCON 2021!! LET THE GAMES CONTINUE!!!!

There may be a Quadragocon coming up…do you have event suggestions???

(The thing I’m talking about: youtu.be/0WwaOuvH3gA?...)

Esther Day Virtual Party 2025 Honoring Esther. Celebrating Love. Building Community.

I'll be part of the 15th (!!?!?!?!?) Annual Esther Day celebration this Sunday. Join us!
💛 Celebrate love, friendship, and community with me at the Esther Day Virtual Party!
📅 Sunday, August 3 | 🕒 3PM ET
🎟️ Reserve your free ticket: tinyurl.com/EstherDayParty2025
#EstherDay #SayILoveYou

Here’s where we are!

It’s a new focusing game Hank and co. made 😂

Normal people worried about vaccines: “vaccine hesitancy.” This is good, I like this term.

Powerful people making money and gaining power by making people terrified of proven-safe medical treatments: “anti-vaxxers.”

Ok, but actually I don’t like this term.

An empty bean room with one brown bean and a purple-potted plant in the corner

Working on it!!

SPACE SKIN :D (also, red John bean skin for pizzamas..????)

NEW VSAUCE‼️‼️‼️‼️

11,000 more TB patients died after Trump's USAID cuts. That number will rise. | Opinion The potential for thousands of new deaths from TB is not worth the less than 1% in federal savings that came from cutting USAID.

Great op-ed @usatoday.com from longtime TB Fighter Quinn Yates: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Experts estimate USAID cuts are leading to 88 deaths PER HOUR. A UN office called these “the deepest funding cuts ever to hit the international humanitarian sector.” If funding isn't resumed, they estimate an additional 10 million cases & 2 million preventable deaths by 2030: tb.impactcounter.com

This is, truly, an astonishing work of genius. To learn (much) more about TB, watch this video.

Though I wouldn’t bet my life on it, Aware enough that whenever I feel sad about the suffering or lack of magic in this one, I can feel comfort that everything has happened, somewhere.

Opinion | The U.S. Cannot Solve All the World’s Problems

“Foreign aid has changed nothing.” “These are not our problems.” “The system is dysfunctional.” “The countries we aid are corrupt.” “Other countries aren’t doing enough.”

I have heard all these arguments too. @nickkristof.bsky.social succinctly answers.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...

I think I stepped on a matter baby.

The House passed a bill that would gut global health funding and the Senate is next.

Programs like PEPFAR, TB care, and UNICEF are all on the line.

🗣️ Call your Senator today and tell them: Vote NO on the $9.4B rescissions package.

Take action: act.pih.org/global-healt...

Opinion | This Problem Is Easy to Solve

The US led the way in fighting malnutrition, and USAID provided a miracle peanut paste that brings kids back from the brink -- until now. Starvation is a problem that we can actually solve, but we're now retreating from the fight. Here's what I found in West Africa: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...

Protest Tips From The ACLU Organizing Team 1. Write important phone numbers, like legal aid, on your body. 2. Identify an emergency contact and protest buddy beforehand. 3. Turn your phone on airplane mode when not in use. 4. Disable your phone's Face or Touch ID and replace with a 6-digit passcode. 5. Covering your face may help protect your privacy - but depending on where you are, you may be subject to laws that prohibit wearing a mask. Check with your local ACLU affiliate for guidance on masking. 6. Take appropriate precautions and dress comfortably.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WHEN INTERACTING WITH IMMIGRATION AGENTS 1. If you're in a public space, you can ask if you're free to leave. If so, you can calmly walk away. 2. You have the right to remain silent, even if you're arrested. You do not have to discuss your immigration status with anyone. If you're arrested, you can say that you wish to remain silent until speaking with a lawyer. 3. You have the right to refuse consent to a search. 4. If you have valid immigration documents, you're required to show them. Never provide fake documents. 5. You have the right to record your interaction with immigration agents as long as you do not interfere. 6. If you're at home, you do not have to open the door. ICE agents may not enter unless they have a warrant signed by a judge (have them slip it under the door). If they force their way in, do not resist, but you can remain silent. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS ACLU

KNOW YOUR PROTEST RIGHTS 1. You don't need a permit to protest in response to breaking news and you don't need a permit to march in the streets or along sidewalks, as long as you're not obstructing traffic or access to buildings. 2. When you are lawfully present in any public space, you have the right to photograph anything in plain view, including federal buildings and the police. 3. If you believe your rights have been violated, when you can, write down everything you remember, get contact information for witnesses, and take photographs of any injuries. 4. If you get stopped by the police, ask if you're free to go. If they say yes, calmly walk away. 5. If you get arrested, you have a right to ask why. Otherwise, say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't sign, say or agree to anything without a lawyer present. 6. If you get stopped by a member of the military or any law enforcement office at a protest, you have the right to remain silent or to tell them that you'll only answer questions in the presence of an attorney-no matter your citizenship or immigration status. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS ACLU

Protest tips from the #ACLU

#protest #nokings #ice #knowyourrights

Rescissions package passed by a single vote. Devastating but we fight on in the Senate. This cannot become law. Millions will die.

From a colleague. Keep calling! It’s working!!!

“We’re hearing that because enough moderate Republicans in the House are telling Speaker Johnson they’re against PEPFAR cuts, the White House is going to amend the package. The pressure is working!!“

(5/5)

🚨 It’s time to flood the zone.

NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn.

📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration
✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support
👯‍♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social

Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

Front-page-style graphic titled “BREAKING NEWS” with photos of RFK Jr. and Dr. Bhattacharya in front of a government hearing chamber. Text reads: “NIH Scientists Sound the Alarm as Health Research Faces Historic Threat” and “NIH Employees Send Trump Cronies Scathing Wake-Up Call.”

🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives.

This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)

Congress is weighing massive cuts to global health funding—including PEPFAR and UNICEF.

These programs save millions of lives. Cutting them now would be catastrophic.

Here’s what you need to know—and how to take action. 👇

"It's a Yes or No Question"

The chest x-ray use pioneered by Alan Hart continues to be extremely important in screening for tuberculosis. Although no one accomplishes anything in isolation, I'd argue that Hart has helped saved MILLIONS of lives because chest x-rays have been so essential in driving down rates of TB globally.

200+ scientists are in the middle of a marathon livestream to show why weather and climate science is so important and needs all our help to continue.

It is here: wclivestream.com/watch

Congratulations sir!!!!!!!!!!!!

WTF thread. Reply with WTF each day you have a WTF experience. Limit one WTF per person per day.

YouTube video by Phil Edwards What really happened when Mr. Rogers testified

youtube.com/watch?v=ODlE...

An important reminder that measles vaccines save millions of lives every year across the world.

The measles vaccine is arguably the most life-saving vaccine in use.

Our latest article from @scientificdiscovery.dev and @spoonerf.bsky.social: ourworldindata.org/measles-vacc...