Rachel Widome

In OTHER vaccine news: I got my Shingrix and RSV shots today. And a merry fuck you, RFK Jr!

Seriously, watch your step

So far from what I can see, in my neighborhood it’s been very icy but not at all ICE-y.

Going to be an awful day for anyone who appreciates vaccines, as Kennedy's ACIP meets today. The agenda is up and even the person representing CDC in the first session is a hard-core antivaxxer (Mark Blaxill). Starting today at 8am Eastern.

Risks of Revising Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccination Recommendation This Viewpoint from infectious disease experts cautions about the consequences of rescinding the ACIP policy to immunize all newborns against hepatitis B.

“Delaying the first hepatitis B vaccine dose beyond the newborn period introduces risks that have lifelong detrimental consequences and no measurable health benefit.”

Important and timely piece by an amazing team - Mike Abers, Angela Ulrich, & Rochelle Walensky. 👏👏

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Raccoon passes out on Virginia liquor store bathroom floor after drunken rampage An employee at the Ashland, Virginia, area liquor store on Saturday found the trash panda passed out on the bathroom floor at the end of his drunken escapade.

"The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon." www.cbsnews.com/news/drunken...

Screen shot of NYTimes article. Includes picture of Minneapolis neighborhood text says: "Trump Administration Live Updates: ICE to Crack Down on Somalis in Minnesota" and "Immigration crackdown: The Trump administration is set to begin an operation targeting Somali immigrants in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region, according to an official with knowledge of the plan and documents. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation comes as President Trump has..."

I do not like seeing a picture of my neighborhood in the NYTimes. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

Facebook post from the Highland Neighborhood Group, St. Paul. Name redacted. "Hello Everyone, just giving a word of caution to make sure your vehicles are locked when you’re warming them up this winter. My 2003 Ford Ranger, Rhonda, was stolen this morning at 8:15 from my home on Saint Paul Ave. I’m attaching the video to show you just how easy it was and a picture of my girl. My fault for leaving her unlocked and running but I thought she was fine for the 20 mins it took for me to shower! I’m chalking her up as gone but if anyone sees my baby you can PM me."

There is something so deeply, deeply Minnesotan about these sorts of posts (which I see every winter). If you're from almost anywhere else and wondering if you're missing something: this person did in fact leave their car running, unlocked, keys in the ignition.

Strib article screenshot with pic of turtle under ice. Headline says, "This Week In Nature Yes, that’s a turtle under the ice. And yes, it’s just fine. Turtles can survive under frozen lakes through a metabolic slowdown called brumation."

Sometimes people ask me how to survive Minnesota winters. I suggest brumation. www.startribune.com/yes-thats-a-...

FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.

Big change: FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements under RFK Jr ally

Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more

Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall

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You’ve seen Pearl Jam like way more than twice??

Exciting news! 🚨

My new course: "Innovations in Immunizations: Epidemiology, Effectiveness, and Equity" will launch online as part of the 2026 McGill Summer Institutes in Global Health!

I designed this course to meet the moment - we are facing truly unprecedented times...

We deserve municipal sidewalk clearing. I mean they do the car streets...

Bias cut skirts

What's it called when you're waiting for the bus and there are two different buses that could take you home?

A doubly ro-busstop.

Post a movie from where you are from

Still a friend?

Thanks for sharing Elaina!

If you ever wanted to follow a bus driver, here's your chance.

Me in the midst of a rabbit sculpture

Oh hai

Something I never got until very recently (which is a part of this piece) is how insecure billionaires actually feel about their position, their nagging concern that aspects of their lifestyle could actually go poof.

An internal document from NIH which states that documentation must be provide for each funded grant but that no documentation need be provided for applications that are not selected for funding including those that are skipped back on overall impact scores.

This is concerning.

NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).

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Me in the midst of a rabbit sculpture

Oh hai

Thank you. I greatly appreciate this.

Well, this is chilling AF.

The Department of Education is suing Penn (in their quest for "combat antisemitism") requesting detailed information about Jewish faculty and staff.

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@billhanage.bsky.social do the rabbits have an account on here like they did in Twitter times?

Fire him.

And yes, the swag bags. Attendees received MAHA-branded tote bags with:

- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars

Map of US with 15 states highlighted, MN is not one. By Kate Schweitzer in JAMA. Text says, "US Governors Are Forming a Public Health Alliance Amid Federal Funding Cuts and Shifting Guidance: When Hawaiʻi Governor Josh Green, MD, became 1 of 15 US state and territorial leaders to join the Governors Public Health Alliance, a new coalition designed to respond to disease threats amid federal changes, he knew he’d bring to the table a unique perspective. As the nation’s only sitting governor who is also a physician, Green recognized the importance of countering the “precarious lean away from science-based medicine and public health policy” in the current federal administration."

Minnesota? Minnesota?? Anyone home?

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Federal judge rules Trump’s deployment of National Guard in D.C. is ‘unlawful’ The 2,300 Guardsmen aren’t headed home just yet, though.

A federal judge ruled yesterday that Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in D.C. was unlawful.

It illegally infringes upon the city’s ability to direct law enforcement and undermines Congress’s local authority, the ruling says.

What comes next? @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports: