Chris Walzer

'The folks are fearful.' Haitians living in Ohio may soon lose temporary protected status • Ohio Capital Journal Thousands of Haitians living in Ohio will lose their temporary protected status next week unless a federal court blocks it.

Haitians in Springfield, Ohio lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. There will very likely be a major ICE incursion the next day. Haitians in Springfield were the targets of Vance’s lying during the campaign.
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U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

“At 14 research agencies Science examined in detail, departures outnumbered new hires last year by a ratio of 11 to one, resulting in a net loss of 4224 STEM Ph.D.s. “

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William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89

🧪 💉 Bill Foege is an absolute #PublicHealth legend

And furious to the end about the destruction of US public health
“Kennedy’s words can be as lethal as the smallpox virus,” he wrote… “I had no idea I would be this angry at the age of 89.”

Ht @boghuma.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

“…as Václav Havel said. Words turned into reality with the complicity of those who hear them.”

We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start | Claire Finkelstein Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, which I direct

"We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start" | Must read piece in @theguardian.com by @upenn.edu's Claire Finkelstein: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Point blank.
10-shots.
Execution.
A US citizen, a VA ICU Nurse.
Then lying.
Blocking a real investigation.

Opinion | Trump Is the Jan. 6 President

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How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.

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Opinion | They Were Ordinary Germans. We Are Ordinary Americans.

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Opinion | One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can.

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Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived

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Yes, It’s Fascism Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.

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Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.

Given recent events, here are seven essential reads, all 🎁 linked.

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Since @peoplemag.bsky.social is doing such a good job covering this with honesty & the humanity it deserves in spite of this vengeful regime trying to snuff it out, here’s the links to their articles. Give them all the clicks—they earned it.

WHO statement on notification of withdrawal of the United States WHO regrets the United States’ notification of withdrawal from WHO – a decision that makes both the United States and the world less safe. The notification of withdrawal raises issues that will be con...

As a founding member of @who.int, the United States of America has contributed significantly to many of WHO’s greatest achievements, including the eradication of smallpox. WHO has always engaged with the US, and all Member States, with full respect for their sovereignty. 1/4

January 24, 2026 at 18:42 Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti "We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the 'hero' term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump's murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

“Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man.”

Each Fall, billions of birds leave North America for the Five Great Forests in Central America, recent science co-authored by WCS and @cornellbirds.bsky.social showed.

But, if we don’t act, we could lose these forests: programs.wcs.org/5greatforest... 🌎

How a Bird Flu Outbreak Wiped Out a Generation of Seals in Patagonia—and What It Means for Wildlife Conservation

What can we learn from the bird flu outbreak that wiped out a generation of seals in Patagonia? Humanity must adopt and invest in the #OneHealth concept, write researchers from WCS Argentina. 🌎

A BEACON for novel disease threats: Leveraging AI for informal event-based outbreak surveillance The experience of a new free disease surveillance platform shows that the integration of large language models with human expertise into event-based inform

Out today in @jidjournal.bsky.social, we share our experiences on @beaconbio.bsky.social, based at @buceid.bsky.social w partners @bucds.bsky.social @bostonchildrens.bsky.social w users in 170 countries & reports so far on over 600 outbreaks across 200 countries. academic.oup.com/jid/article/...

Human rights and the environment are closely linked.

People cannot fully enjoy human rights without a safe, clean, and healthy environment - and vice versa.

See what UNEP is doing to make environmental protection more accessible to people: bit.ly/4sampfm

La Generalitat descarta que el origen del brote de peste porcina africana en Cataluña comenzara en un laboratorio de Barcelona “La secuenciación genética nos dice que no coinciden las muestras de jabalí con las del IRTA-CResa”, ha declarado el conseller de Agricultura, Òscar Ordeig

If you have been following the African swine fever "mystery" in Catalonia, you would have noticed that this had the early hallmarks of a "lab leak" from a nearby facility.

Turns out it wasn't, however.

h/t @acritschristoph.bsky.social @flodebarre.bsky.social

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Wildlife Conservation Society health team veterinarian, wearing protective mask and gloves collecting biological samples in the field from a pangolin under gas anaesthesia in Cuc Phuong National Park in Vietnam

New piece in @Lancet Planetary Health 🌍🩺 tinyurl.com/nd44e6z4
We argue that equitable investment in the veterinary workforce is foundational to One Health and essential for pandemic prevention. Grateful to an outstanding group of co-authors for a truly collaborative effort.
#OneHealth

Serial sections of hematoxylin and eosin staining (H&E) and P. multocida in situ hybridization (ISH) of variable tissues of Adélie penguin. Lung, brain and spleen of Adelie penguin (AP50) found dead. Middle-sized to large blood vessels in lung and brain contain numerous small (1–2 µm diameter) coccoid bacteria in aggregates characteristic for P. multocida, staining positive (pink) in the ISH (arrows). In the lung, a larger blood vessel is distended by an aggregate of erythrocytes with pale cytoplasm, surrounded by strongly eosinophilic material that contains aggregates of bacteria (suspect thrombus, area with thrombus indicated with arrowheads). In the spleen, the distribution of bacteria is almost diffuse between the cells and less recognizable in the H&E.

New preprint in Biorxiv: Mass mortality at Adélie penguin mega-colonies due to avian cholera confounds H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza surveillance in Antarctica. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Russ Vought (piss man) tweet about doing piss man shit: The National Science Foundation will be breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country. A comprehensive review is underway & any vital activities such as weather research will be moved to another entity or location.

NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇

Today.
"Or they simply don't know what they are doing"
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Sharks and Rays Gain Sweeping Protections From Wildlife Trade

From @nytimes.com: Sharks and Rays Gain Sweeping Protections From Wildlife Trade

These represent the first time there’s been recognition that some sharks and rays are wildlife, just like elephants or rhinos, WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social tells the paper.

🌎 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/s...

“We need to give species a fighting chance.”

WCS’s Susan Lieberman delivered an urgent call-to-action yesterday evening during the High-Level Dialogue on the eve of the opening of #CITESCOP20.

🌏 Read her remarks: bit.ly/3K3HYgv

This #Thanksgiving season, we want to thank everyone who has made a difference for nature this year.

With your help, we’ve won critical protections for wildlife and wild places to benefit us all.

🌎 Check out our new 2025 #WCSImpact Report: www.wcs.org/about-us/imp...

Looking forward to joining colleagues at the 🇬🇧🇧🇷 UK–Brazil International One Health Symposium next week. A critical moment to connect science, policy & practice across regions as we tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, AMR & zoonotic risks together eu.eventscloud.com/website/1834... #OneHealth