Gracie Ann (she/her)

Rice students expose ICE raids with new interactive map It's a nationwide digital spotlight on ICE arrests and detention centers.

College money well spent and needed.

Rice students created an interactive map exposing ICE raids across the country as they're unfolding.

Soon it will be a map of ICE raids and ICE murders.

Keep reminding Schumer and Dems.

I don't think people understand that if you shut down the government, ICE and CBP do NOT shut down. They're funded by supplemental money from the BBB. That's why dems are separating the DHS funding bill and asking for restrictions. I want them to demand a rescission of that funding or shut DHS down

What's happening, Tucson?

Here's your update on local pro-democracy calls to action as of January 29, 2026

For more info, links, and updates, please head to takeactiontucson.org

Hope to see you there!

#tucson #tucsonactivism #civicengagement #tucsonprotest #tucsonprotests #tucsonevents

“Instead, build your reputation on substance. Do good work that matters to you and can be explained to others. The format and funding will change. The value of your genuine contribution won't…the quality of your thinking and your approach will always matter.”

A chart showing the estimated annual number of deaths from HIV/AIDS and the estimated number of deaths averted by antiretroviral therapy (ART), from 1990 to 2024. ART is estimated to save over a million lives each year. The data source is the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026). The chart is licensed CC BY to Our World in Data.

📊 Explore updated data on HIV/AIDS—

When HIV was first identified four decades ago, nearly 100% of those infected died, typically within a few years.

Thankfully, global public health efforts and medical advances such as antiretroviral therapy (ART) have improved this situation dramatically.

“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945

No, antidepressants do not cause mass shootings RFK Jr. falsely claims that pills—not guns—are the source of the shootings epidemic.

The fringe theory that antidepressants can cause people to turn violent has been around for decades.

But extensive research by mental health and violence prevention experts has found no credible evidence that antidepressants cause or contribute to mass shootings.

dropped a 30lb kettlebell on my phone this morning… first few gens of iphone would have crumbled into dust and particles

A spoof poster for the Year One of MAHA report. Overlaid over a photo of the Cheeto in Chief, Brain Worm, and a talk show host is text that says "Vaccine-preventable diseases that have surged since January 2025. In 2025: 787% increase in measles cases, included 3 pediatric deaths. 134% increase in pediatric flu-associated deaths. Year One of MAHA."

Contrary to what some HHS and CDC political appointee think 🙄 losing measles elimination status is actually a problem

www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/utah...

After a quick look at 2024 and 2025 numbers, here's the REAL impact of Year One of MAHA

(Spoiler: they'd get a D on their report card)

releasing a Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) during this morning’s sampling session #birdnerd #wildlifeconservation #womeninstem #wnv

getting some end-of-year novellas in @tkingfisher.com @sarahgailey.bsky.social #HorrorBooks

Happy Belated Birthday to Anthony Fauci!

Without truth, Democracy falls apart.

For Christmas I want
1. #NIH & CDC to use evidence based science
2. RFK Jr Impeached
3. MAHA dismantled
4.To not politicize science

🧪 We can't give up & get discouraged. Do not accept the normalization of untruths.

who else is considering traveling to #SotM2026 from the U.S.?

International scientific conferences are organized years in advance. Some scientific societies need the money from US-based conferences to remain operational. Then there's US scientists losing jobs & funding so not attending

Increases the risk of the end of some scientific societies
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Cut my annual salary in half, uproot my life for the second time in less than two years, and make the desert my home for the next five years… and I wouldn’t change a thing! #gradschoollife #phdstudent... TikTok video by lady0fflies

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UtCjFf/

tonight’s office #fieldwork

Washington State resident dies in first confirmed H5N5 bird flu case, health department says A Washington State resident receiving treatment for H5N5 avian influenza died on Friday, the state's health department said, in the first confirmed human case of this variant globally.

Washington State resident dies in first confirmed H5N5 bird flu case, health department says reut.rs/43LwLI9

First H5N5 bird flu death, globally – but don't look to the CDC, HHS, or RFKjr for any remotely accurate advice.

A non-exhaustive timeline of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s war on vaccines He's transformed conspiracy theories into action and reshaped American policy in just a few months.

A non-exhaustive timeline of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s war on vaccines

my sweet senior kitty has been diagnosed with both arthritis and hyperthyroidism 🥲

my sweet senior kitty has been diagnosed with both arthritis and hyperthyroidism 🥲

Photo of a quote from STAT News that reads: "The process at HHS has moved from evidence-based decision-making to decision-based evidence-making.”— Daniel Jernigan, 30-year veteran of CDC who resigned in August

Good morning! We’re still not over 🧠 🪱’s latest stunt in his crusade to spread vaccine/autism disinformation. The data are clear and unequivocal, VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM and yesterday’s vile dribble of a webpage update needs to be removed 😒

me when the Emperor/Blood Incantation tour isn’t coming to AZ

I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.

YouTube video by UltraMiraculous Penn and Teller on Vaccinations

Vaccines don’t cause autism.
No matter what the 🧠🪱 says.

A barn owl against a starry night sky with one foot over a globe, the darkest part of its feathers blending into its background

An Owl at Night

after 7 years in science, my first first-author paper is preparing for publication!!!!

wild to me that whenever Epstein is in the news, bsky science folk are up in arms about a couple of famous academics who barely knew the guy rather than Martin Nowak, who took millions of Epstein dollars to run his lab, hosted Epstein there often, and somehow is still teaching at Harvard

Canada has lost its measles elimination status 😢 And with that, the only region of the world of eliminate measles - the Americas - goes with it

What is elimination and why does it matter?

Tl;dr: more work for already overstrained healthcare and public health systems
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Dems who caved on the ACA, call them:

Catherine Cortez Masto: (202) 224-3542
Dick Durban: 202 224-2152
John Fetterman: 202 224-4254
Tim Kaine: 202 224-4024
Angus King: 202 224-5344
Jacky Rosen: 202-224-6244
Jeanne Shaheen: 202 224-2841
Maggie Hassan: 202 224-3324