Tara Kerin, PhD

Screenshot of the headline of an article from WWNO Public radio on Feb 14, 2025. It says Louisiana Department of Health officially ends all vaccine promotion, events WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio | By Rosemary Westwood f in Published February 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM CST

Screenshot of the headline of an article from WWNO Public radio on March 28, 2025. It says Louisiana Surgeon General shares vaccine info after 2 babies die from whooping cough WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio | By Rosemary Westwood in Published March 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM

Started/Going. Two infants died of pertussis in Louisiana, where last month the state’s surgeon general banned health department staff from encouraging vaccination.

I lost my job, thanks to DOGE and I'm in last place in my March Madness Brackets

I wrote a newsletter about my grant being pulled. tarakerin.substack.com/p/i-lost-my-... I'm also very grateful for @britshmit.bsky.social getting these points out to ABC abcnews.go.com/Health/scien...

I'm in LA, and would happy to knock on doors for you!

@chriswarcraft.bsky.social, have you considered running for office? Any office?

Brilliant scientists are getting their grants terminated for committing the sin of studying people other than white, straight men who don’t live with a disability.

These grants were selected for funding via a thorough review done by experts, only to be cut via a hatchet job done by idiots.

awesome😡

The reason I do not fall for scams as an adult is because I was innoculated with a weak strain of scam as a child.

Freddie Mercury didn't go into the studio and nail the vocals for "The Show Must Go On" in one take while dying of AIDS for you to despair and give up now. Take the time you need, but then get up and get back out there.

The show must go on.

Come together, right now The chaos, conflicting information, firings, and hurtful rhetoric of the Trump administration’s approach to science over the past month are causing anxiety, grief, and concern for the scientific commu...

@briannosek.bsky.social reminded me that a very replicable finding is that the pressure to conform is greatly reduced by even a single dissenter. Great to hear the call from @holdenthorp.bsky.social this morning: Come together, right now.
"https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw9972

As someone who’s walked past protests *against* CDC at campus a number of times, this makes my heart full. Big protest in *support* of CDC ❤️

More of this please. Your front line workers need it.

I nominate Chris Kluwe to lead California in the resistance. Thank you for giving us hope!

Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email (klangin@aaas.org) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.

Google maps screenshot of the Drake passage between South America and Antarctica

If we’re renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.

funniest highlights of the philly police scanner, a thread

Superb Owl

Super Bowling

I love being able to watch the pin mechanics

#streetart

rainy day nasturtium
#flowers #nature #photography #garden #bloomscrolling

ya think??? As a former CDC employee, I have lots of thoughts, but it boils down to this-- an absolute travesty in the making.

I know the spiteful assholes behind this move see it as a way to punish those pointy-headed professors, but this will hurt their students, their communities and states, and also ordinary Americans who benefit from scientific breakthroughs at these universities in countless ways.

This thread explains why this cut is so devastating to universities and university research.

😳

Lost my CDC contract after a visit from DOGE. I feel like I’m in the dirt (or TBH eating a pint of ice cream on a couch crying). But here’s the thing: Pushing people down—especially those with heart, purpose, and love for public service—doesn’t mean they stay down. It’s literally against their DNA.

I mean, I already knew we wanted to hang with you for the end days.

Another rainy day in LA! Doggos got their little raincoats on for a stroll around echo park lake.

#dogs #dogsofbluesky

Bleach painting of an insulin vial behind jail cell bars, with the words “Free Insulin” written around it.

SO stoked to be testing out the beta for Flashes! Hope to see some familiar faces soon.

#otherdesertcitiesart

My first flash shall be the pups

Love that blue on the left!!!

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻

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