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DJ (he, him)🏳️‍🌈 @dmrh0720.bsky.social · 15h

Donald Trump ends LGBTQ+ health programs under the cover of the shutdown www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/dona...

Donald Trump ends LGBTQ+ health programs under the cover of the shutdown - LGBTQ Nation

Over the weekend thousands of HHS employees were dismissed, including the office responsible for key LGBTQ+ programs.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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medRxivpreprint @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social · 17h

CD8+ T cell recall cytotoxicity during chronic treated HIV-1 infection is associated with limited reservoir size and activity https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.10.25337688v1

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Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 18h

If you continue to hold on to your X account..
If you continue to drive a Tesla...
If you continue using Starlink...

Remember who and what you’re supporting.
Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson’s legal costs.

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Robinson allegedly failed to comply with officers who ‘became concerned’ by his behaviour at Channel Tunnel

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 22h

Hundreds of infectious disease specialists have been let go by the Trump administration. Here are four who helped to keep pandemics at bay.
(Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/h...

They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They’re Fighting for New Lives.

www.nytimes.com

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 22h

yeah man, trans reporters, whom the ny times derogatorily calls "trans activists" so that normies won't listen to them, have been reporting on ADF activity in the UK since 2018.

bigotry in journalism makes you late to the story.

Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 23h

Really important NYT investigation finds that the ADF has been working with Reform, 'courting the party since at least 2024' and that the British arm 'orchestrated Mr Farage’s appearance in Congress, reaching out to ask if he would like to give evidence on censorship'
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

www.nytimes.com

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Jon Shaffer @jonshaffer.bsky.social · 19h

Write to your Senators and Representative NOW!

Demand **ALL CDC employees to be reinstated as part of any agreement to reopen the government**.

actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...

@defendpublichealth.bsky.social @gregggonsalves.bsky.social

Write to Congress: CDC Employees must be Reinstated

**Please write now to your Senators and Representative demanding that ALL CDC employees be reinstated as part of any agreement to reopen the government.** Late on Friday, October 10, the Trump Admin...

actionnetwork.org

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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · 18h

We call for the reversal of these dangerous firings, and for Congress to move quickly to pass full-year spending bills that ensure that proposed cuts to public health are averted and federal appropriations are spent as Congress intended.

Our full joint statement: https://bit.ly/3WBh8ig

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 18h

Looking forward to this discussion at the STAT Summit in Boston this Thursday.

Inside the Upheaval at NIH session with Jeremy Berg, Eric Green, and Mallory Harris, moderated by Anil Oza.

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TAGHIVscience @taghivscience.bsky.social · 18h

Safety and pharmacokinetics of dolutegravir dispersible tablets and oral films in term neonates exposed to #HIV in South Africa (PETITE-DTG study): an open-label, randomised, phase 1/2 trial www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... (free w/website registration)

Safety and pharmacokinetics of dolutegravir dispersible tablets and oral films in term neonates exposed to HIV in South Africa (PETITE-DTG study): an open-label, randomised, phase 1/2 trial

To our knowledge, this is the first evidence providing dolutegravir dosing guidance from birth up to week 4 of life, supporting inclusion into national and international antiretroviral dosing guidelin...

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TAGHIVscience @taghivscience.bsky.social · 18h

Long-term clinical, immunologic, and viral reservoir outcomes in children treated with VRC01LS and 10-1074 monoclonal antibodies in the Tatelo Study academic.oup.com/cid/advance-... (subscription req for full text) #HIV #bNAbs #Tatelo @cidjournal.bsky.social

Long-term clinical, immunologic, and viral reservoir outcomes in children treated with VRC01LS and 10-1074 monoclonal antibodies in the Tatelo Study

The Tatelo Study's long-term follow-up offers the first data on clinical, immunologic, and viral reservoir outcomes after combination bNAbs for pediatric t

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 2d

Every Republican in Congress owns this because every Republican in Congress has enabled Trump.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2d

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 2d

Russ Vought wasn't lying when he said he wanted to inflict "trauma" on our public servants.

This is what he is doing...with RFK Jr.'s permission at HHS. Last night, they destroyed our nation's ability to track and report emerging diseases/potential pandemics, among other things.

This cannot stand.

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 5d

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 2d

Standing in solidarity with colleagues at the CDC who were fired as part of yet another RIF wave.
We are all less safe without their expertise and dedication.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Jason Ukman @jasonukman.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump administration is firing between 1,100 and 1,200 employees at HHS as part of the latest "reduction in force" — while blaming Democrats — more than at any other government department aside from the Treasury.

Via @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social

www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/h...

HHS employees to be fired as White House enacts mass terminations it blames on shutdown

Federal health employees are being fired as the White House makes good on a promise to terminate federal employees en masse because of the shutdown.

www.statnews.com

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 4d

Brandolini’s Law (also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle):

The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.

H/t @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 3d

RIF UPDATE:

We @standupforscience.bsky.social are in communication with our network. So far, we have not heard of any actual RIFs, only Russ’ tweet.

To press—we will send a release and facilitate interviews if we do hear abt them taking place.

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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 3d

HHS confirms to @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social that it will be impacted by the RIFS promised earlier today by Russel Vought

If you or your colleagues have been impacted, please reach out

www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/h...

HHS employees to be fired as White House enacts mass terminations it blames on shutdown

Federal health employees are being fired as the White House makes good on a promise to terminate federal employees en masse because of the shutdown.

www.statnews.com

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 3d

JUST IN: Unions seek immediate TRO against shutdown-related RIFs Trump admin began announcing today. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

ShutdownRIFTROFlg101025

www.documentcloud.org

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Anna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 3d

Russ Vought just said that firings have begun. OMB called them "substantial."

Our initial story is below — but we're very short on the details. Please reach out if you hear anything, I'm on Signal at annakramer.54

The Trump Administration Says It Has Begun Mass Firings

After weeks of threats, OMB Director Russ Vought announced that Reductions in Force across federal agencies have begun, with the White House calling them “substantial.”

www.notus.org

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump admin has begun ANOTHER mass firing of federal workers.

People are losing their jobs over Republicans' unwillingness to end this government shutdown.

Livelihoods are on the line.

This is a disgusting abuse of power.

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, we argue vociferously, backed by empirical research, that patients’ wellbeing and health outcomes will suffer from the Trump administration’s push to end DEI policies at US medical schools

The BMJ @bmj.com · 3d

The Trump administration and its allies have taken several steps to ensure that medical schools in the US dismantle all diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

It is patients who will be the victims of this, write @gavinyamey.bsky.social and @michaeldgreen.com
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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Médecins Sans Frontières @handle.invalid · 3d

We welcome the ceasefire in Gaza.

It must be accompanied by an immediate, massive, and sustained scale-up of aid into and across the Strip:

Ceasefire in Gaza: Humanitarian aid must flow immediately | MSF

The ceasefire in Gaza must be accompanied by an immediate scale-up of aid into and across the Strip.

www.msf.org

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Open Forum Infectious Diseases @ofidjournal.bsky.social · 3d

Safety of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination and impact on HIV-1 latent reservoir size in people with treated HIV-1 Infection

✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
🔗 https://bit.ly/4o3I5a5

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Bruce Mirken @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 3d

This didn't get much US press yesterday, but it should have. Yikes.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-antifa-portland-pam-bondi-posobiec-b2842048.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

#fascism #Trump #antifa

Trump’s ‘Antifa roundtable’ was so much worse than you’re imagining

Holly Baxter reports on a meeting that, at one point, appeared to position people protesting against Nazis in the Weimar Republic as the bad guys, and at another saw the president declare, ‘We got rid of freedom of speech’

www.independent.co.uk

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