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Rick Weinmeyer

@rickweinmeyer.bsky.social

Assistant Professor - Loyola University Chicago Law • PhD - Northwestern, JD - Minnesota • I study public health law, public health ethics & health policy • A blend of serious & humor • Minnesotan ✊🏼 • Gay 🏳️‍🌈

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WATCH: 'I'm done,' Hillary Clinton says after learning Boebert posted photo of her at deposition
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH: 'I'm done,' Hillary Clinton says after learning Boebert posted photo of her at deposition

There are three women I NEVER want to infuriate:

1. Elena Kagan
2. Hillary Clinton
3. Mandy Moore - There's a reason my audio was cut from our duet version of "I Wanna Be With You."

02.03.2026 23:03 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Last week I talked about (1) his canceling of a public toilet project and (2) his love homeless encampment sweeps. He's got my vote.

02.03.2026 03:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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That's just how the cookie crumbles with needless deaths.

01.03.2026 23:26 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Things were better when they weren't so bad.

01.03.2026 21:30 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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'One year of failure.' The Lancet slams RFK Jr.'s first year as health chief In a scathing review, the top US medical journal's editorial board warned that the "destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 in office might take generations to repair."

In a scathing review, the top US medical journal's editorial board warned that the "destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 in office might take generations to repair." n.pr/3N9Foa8

28.02.2026 20:55 — 👍 2095    🔁 710    💬 76    📌 52
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Why Was Mark Zuckerberg Front Row at Prada?

Hear me out: These two are the worst.

27.02.2026 22:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ponce City Market. Because we don’t call them malls anymore.

26.02.2026 18:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

In Atlanta where I've had the honor to speak at GSU'S School of Public Health Grand Rounds (thanks to @jalaynearias.bsky.social) and tomorrow I'll participate in GSU'S Law Review symposium (thanks to @amwhelan.bsky.social).

But perhaps the most exciting thing I'll do here: I'm going to a mall!

26.02.2026 18:40 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

I'm sorry to hear of this loss.

24.02.2026 01:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I've watched Alysa Liu's free skate approximately 835 times because disco will heal the world.

23.02.2026 19:19 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It is a chaotic full-time job keeping up with this guy's conspiracy theories.

"RFK Jr. linked the flu vaccine to his voice condition."

21.02.2026 19:05 — 👍 295    🔁 69    💬 62    📌 15
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With a Golden Toilet and Miss Piggy, an Opera Takes Aim at Trump

How I want my work to be described:

"The prevailing aesthetic . . . is trash, but smart trash[.]"

18.02.2026 20:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

White gay men and gay marriage will still be okay, right?

Asking for idiots.

17.02.2026 18:10 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Updating slides/notes on loss of chance and listening to Hootie & The Blowfish. Not sure my condition is in the DSM-5.

16.02.2026 21:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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‘I Don’t Know How And It’s Not My Event’: Simone Biles On Her Decision Not To Snowboard At The Winter Olympics

The Onion bridging my love of gymnastics and snowboarding.

‘I Don’t Know How And It’s Not My Event’: Simone Biles On Her Decision Not To Snowboard At The Winter Olympics.

15.02.2026 01:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Are public restrooms trying to tell us something about the state of democracy? Fyodor Dostoevsky famously observed that “the degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” I’d like to broaden that to include its public lavatories.

As I continue to scream into the void, "YES!!"

15.02.2026 00:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Winter Olympics condom supply ran out in 3 days. Athletes have thoughts According to Italian newspaper La Stampa, free condoms at the Winter Olympics ran out in just three days.

At Paris 2024, 300,000 condoms were handed out. "By contrast, the allocation for these Winter Olympics was dramatically smaller. . . . , fewer than 10,000."

15.02.2026 00:38 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Sex workers in Nevada fighting to become first in U.S. to unionize Nevada is the only state where people can legally purchase sex, and now sex workers at one of the state's oldest brothels, Sheri's Ranch, are fighting to become the first in the U.S. to unionize.

Sex work *IS* work!

14.02.2026 01:06 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Also, Ashley Parker and Alexandra Petri.

13.02.2026 02:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ha! This is my third cancellation over 3-4 years. I keep getting drawn back in because of their public health reporting.

13.02.2026 02:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Fair. I cancelled my subscription when they hired David Brooks.

13.02.2026 01:57 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Besides so many reasons, what is the latest horrible they've committed?

13.02.2026 00:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Away From Pomp of Olympics, Homeless Shiver on Streets of Milan

Six homeless people died of hypothermia on the streets of Milan in the past month. "Some of them were found close to Olympic venues where spectators are paying as much as $1,650 a ticket to watch athletes compete for medals at the Winter Games."

We live in hell.

11.02.2026 06:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Unholy Matrimony of UnitedHealth with the University of Minnesota is Dangerous for the Future of Health Care As the world’s largest health care corporation steps into the classroom, a new University of Minnesota Medical School elective blurs the line between medical education and corporate health care.

This hits hard.

open.substack.com/pub/healthca...

11.02.2026 00:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

I was going to text you this and say "Let's get jacked on caffeine and remember EVERYTHING."

09.02.2026 22:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Plastic Surgery Rewind - E! & Peacock Reality Series - Where To Watch Dr. Dubrow and Dr. Spirit guide nine celebs and influencers exploring whether to reverse their plastic surgeries for a more natural appearance.

Professional question: Why didn't anyone tell me about this show?!

09.02.2026 20:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh, there aren't any unless you go to Michigan, Wisconsin, or Northern Minnesota.

09.02.2026 20:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'll say it again: Snowboard racing is f&$#ing cool. Get it, gurl.

09.02.2026 19:29 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The diaper commercial immediately after feels like poetic justice.

08.02.2026 20:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0