Jo Hofmann
@birdcmp.bsky.social
Birder, woodworker, recovering servant of public health, exFed
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Big Fact like Big Pharna and Big Ag always lies about the harm it’s doing you.
Trump shamelessly lies: "Go to Walmart and other companies, and in every case it's about 25% that a Thanksgiving meal and surroundings are 25% lower. That's big fact."
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Big Fact like Big Pharna and Big Ag always lies about the harm it’s doing you.
It’s so hard to get polio these days. Can I interest you in some infant botulism instead?
Congress’s shutdown deal eliminated key food safety rules, blocking agencies from enforcing measures to prevent contamination and trace outbreaks. This rollback has coincided with a surge in hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne illnesses.
Shutdown Deal Kills Rules to Prevent Food Contamination and Foodborne Illnesses
The gutting of these rules coincides with a huge increase in hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne illnesses.
truthout.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It’s so hard to get polio these days. Can I interest you in some infant botulism instead?
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AI Chatbot Obviously Trying To Wind Down Conversation With Boring Human https://theonion.com/ai-chatbot-obviously-trying-to-wind-down-conversation-w-1850146151/
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
AI Chatbot Obviously Trying To Wind Down Conversation With Boring Human https://theonion.com/ai-chatbot-obviously-trying-to-wind-down-conversation-w-1850146151/
Oops-meant “get,” altho
being het is a definite +
being het is a definite +
All you have to do to het a director’s job is answer the following questions correctly:
1. Who won the 2020 election?
2. What is the significance of the Great Barrington Declaration?
3. How groovy is Jay?
1. Who won the 2020 election?
2. What is the significance of the Great Barrington Declaration?
3. How groovy is Jay?
NIH is ramping up efforts to fill a huge slate of vacant leadership positions.
Onlookers worry the process is being rushed and will depart, as it already has in one case, from the long-standing practice of drawing on advice from academic scientists to find candidates. https://scim.ag/47HraVv
Onlookers worry the process is being rushed and will depart, as it already has in one case, from the long-standing practice of drawing on advice from academic scientists to find candidates. https://scim.ag/47HraVv
November 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Oops-meant “get,” altho
being het is a definite +
being het is a definite +
All you have to do to het a director’s job is answer the following questions correctly:
1. Who won the 2020 election?
2. What is the significance of the Great Barrington Declaration?
3. How groovy is Jay?
1. Who won the 2020 election?
2. What is the significance of the Great Barrington Declaration?
3. How groovy is Jay?
NIH is ramping up efforts to fill a huge slate of vacant leadership positions.
Onlookers worry the process is being rushed and will depart, as it already has in one case, from the long-standing practice of drawing on advice from academic scientists to find candidates. https://scim.ag/47HraVv
Onlookers worry the process is being rushed and will depart, as it already has in one case, from the long-standing practice of drawing on advice from academic scientists to find candidates. https://scim.ag/47HraVv
Is NIH cutting corners as it rushes to fill leadership positions?
Unlike in the past, agency searches appear to exclude help from outside academic researchers
scim.ag
November 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
All you have to do to het a director’s job is answer the following questions correctly:
1. Who won the 2020 election?
2. What is the significance of the Great Barrington Declaration?
3. How groovy is Jay?
1. Who won the 2020 election?
2. What is the significance of the Great Barrington Declaration?
3. How groovy is Jay?
I am so sure current CDC and NIH leaders can handle this. Just exercise and eat right.
Human #BirdFlu case in WA. #H5N5 not #H5N1. Patient is severely ill. Update coming.
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
Another person in U.S. is hospitalized with bird flu. Officials don't know how they got it
A person in Washington is presumed infected with bird flu virus. Health officials in the state do not know the source.
www.latimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I am so sure current CDC and NIH leaders can handle this. Just exercise and eat right.
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I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
Where the hell is Oswald Patton?
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Where the hell is Oswald Patton?
I seem to remember another pathogen w/ pandemic potential that was first recognized in Washington . . .
🚨 HEADS UP
Washington State has reported a suspected human H5N1 case with no cattle exposure likely bird-linked (or from contaminated milk).
The patient is severely ill in hospital.
Clade pending (D1 vs B3). CDC confirmation awaited.
If confirmed, it will be Washington’s first H5N1 case of 2025.
Washington State has reported a suspected human H5N1 case with no cattle exposure likely bird-linked (or from contaminated milk).
The patient is severely ill in hospital.
Clade pending (D1 vs B3). CDC confirmation awaited.
If confirmed, it will be Washington’s first H5N1 case of 2025.
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I seem to remember another pathogen w/ pandemic potential that was first recognized in Washington . . .
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🚨 HEADS UP
Washington State has reported a suspected human H5N1 case with no cattle exposure likely bird-linked (or from contaminated milk).
The patient is severely ill in hospital.
Clade pending (D1 vs B3). CDC confirmation awaited.
If confirmed, it will be Washington’s first H5N1 case of 2025.
Washington State has reported a suspected human H5N1 case with no cattle exposure likely bird-linked (or from contaminated milk).
The patient is severely ill in hospital.
Clade pending (D1 vs B3). CDC confirmation awaited.
If confirmed, it will be Washington’s first H5N1 case of 2025.
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
🚨 HEADS UP
Washington State has reported a suspected human H5N1 case with no cattle exposure likely bird-linked (or from contaminated milk).
The patient is severely ill in hospital.
Clade pending (D1 vs B3). CDC confirmation awaited.
If confirmed, it will be Washington’s first H5N1 case of 2025.
Washington State has reported a suspected human H5N1 case with no cattle exposure likely bird-linked (or from contaminated milk).
The patient is severely ill in hospital.
Clade pending (D1 vs B3). CDC confirmation awaited.
If confirmed, it will be Washington’s first H5N1 case of 2025.
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"Excluding MPH and DrPH from the 'professional degree' category could restrict students’ access to higher federal loan limits, making public health education less financially attainable and potentially weakening the future workforce pipeline." Get ready to submit comments! aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"Excluding MPH and DrPH from the 'professional degree' category could restrict students’ access to higher federal loan limits, making public health education less financially attainable and potentially weakening the future workforce pipeline." Get ready to submit comments! aspph.org/department-o...
Truly horrifying.
www.kff.org/other-health...
www.kff.org/other-health...
Tracking Key HHS Public Health Policy Actions Under the Trump Administration | KFF
This resource chronologically lists and briefly describes key actions taken by the Trump Administration through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that affect public health in the U.S. ...
www.kff.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Truly horrifying.
www.kff.org/other-health...
www.kff.org/other-health...
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I step away from the internet for a day and they abolish pennies?
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I step away from the internet for a day and they abolish pennies?
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in honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, here's @mcsweeneys.net absolutely ROASTING my senator @kaine.senate.gov to the point that he is, indeed, a turkey
"Here’s the kicker: We even got them to agree not to pass the healthcare subsidies that we’ve been working for. You know, the ones average Americans rely on. Here’s how we did it: We asked, then they said, 'No way,' and then we said, 'Okay.' That’s how you win."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/gre...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/gre...
Great News: We Got Them to Agree to Their Own Deal
“Eight senators in the Democratic caucus broke with the party late Sunday to vote with Republicans and advance legislation to end the government sh...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
in honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, here's @mcsweeneys.net absolutely ROASTING my senator @kaine.senate.gov to the point that he is, indeed, a turkey
Sorry, Kim.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Sorry, Kim.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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On the event of James Watson's death, I highly recommend this 2023 commentary from @matthewcobb.bsky.social and Nathaniel Comfort with crucial new insights into the discovery of the double helix. (And also check out Cobb's brand new biography of Francis Crick) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
On the event of James Watson's death, I highly recommend this 2023 commentary from @matthewcobb.bsky.social and Nathaniel Comfort with crucial new insights into the discovery of the double helix. (And also check out Cobb's brand new biography of Francis Crick) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Happy James Watson finally died day.
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Happy James Watson finally died day.
What country am I moving to?https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/politics/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zU8.PsGZ.ejiytJUtQ_-l
A Decade Later, Supreme Court Is Asked to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
What country am I moving to?https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/politics/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zU8.PsGZ.ejiytJUtQ_-l
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NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
![This case concerns an Executive Branch policy requiring
all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at
birth. The United States District Court for the District of
Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the Government
from enforcing the policy, and the First Circuit declined to
stay the injunction pending appeal. The Government then
filed this stay application. Applying our familiar stay fac-
tors at this preliminary stage, we grant the application.
Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends
equal protection principles than displaying their country of
birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to
a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential
treatment. And on this record, respondents have failed to
establish that the Government’s choice to display biological
sex “lack[s] any purpose other than a bare . . . desire to
harm a politically unpopular group.” Trump v. Hawaii, 585
U. S. 667, 705 (2018) (internal quotation marks omitted).
Nor are respondents likely to prevail in arguing that the
State Department acted arbitrarily and capriciously by de-
clining to depart from Presidential rules that Congress ex-
pressly required it to follow. See 22 U. S. C. §211a.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiacrtgoecxjy5y7ojz7xzbun4c4nwutjcvqn4qb4p25ldpt6va5lu@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Holy god.
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Holy god.
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Long live the jury trial in America.
Jury finds D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ not guilty of assaulting officer
Sean C. Dunn admitted he flung the hoagie at a federal agent. His attorneys called it a “harmless gesture” of protest as Trump commandeered D.C. police.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Long live the jury trial in America.
Calling Dr. Kennedy.
holy shit -- one of Trump's toadies just passed out and the White House event is brought to an abrupt end
November 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Calling Dr. Kennedy.
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