kat b fisher
@katbfisher.bsky.social
writer reader thinker activist bird watcher star gazer nature lover—devoted to my Wife and Daughter, our family zoo and to fighting for our democracy from a blue dot in a gerrymandered red state
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Curious if anyone is experiencing a kind of motion sickness with iOS 26.1… Why, just why, must everything woosh around. What is the point?
Gone are the clean design lines… it is all bubble gum graphics. I hate it.
I want a smartphone, not an amusement park ride.
Gone are the clean design lines… it is all bubble gum graphics. I hate it.
I want a smartphone, not an amusement park ride.
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Curious if anyone is experiencing a kind of motion sickness with iOS 26.1… Why, just why, must everything woosh around. What is the point?
Gone are the clean design lines… it is all bubble gum graphics. I hate it.
I want a smartphone, not an amusement park ride.
Gone are the clean design lines… it is all bubble gum graphics. I hate it.
I want a smartphone, not an amusement park ride.
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Utah lawmakers are planning to convene in an unexpected special session this Tuesday. Why? To move the filing deadline for congressional candidates, to give the GOP more time to appeal the ruling that created a Dem seat.
www.abc4.com/news/politic...
www.abc4.com/news/politic...
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Utah lawmakers are planning to convene in an unexpected special session this Tuesday. Why? To move the filing deadline for congressional candidates, to give the GOP more time to appeal the ruling that created a Dem seat.
www.abc4.com/news/politic...
www.abc4.com/news/politic...
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Unlike most vaccine-preventable diseases, hepatitis B is asymptomatic and spreads silently until infected people develop liver cancer or cirrhosis in their midlife. It’s one of the cancers with the highest mortality in the U.S with a 6 month life expectancy.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
CDC committee drops hep B vaccine for all newborns over objections from health officials
A CDC advisory panel voted Friday to stop recommending the hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns, potentially putting the preventative measure out of reach for millions of poor families.
www.latimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Unlike most vaccine-preventable diseases, hepatitis B is asymptomatic and spreads silently until infected people develop liver cancer or cirrhosis in their midlife. It’s one of the cancers with the highest mortality in the U.S with a 6 month life expectancy.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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December 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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This is an excellent read. The more you know. #Science 🧪
“… we were advancing toward elimination of hepatitis B in the United States,” says Ward “I am deeply concerned that if the ACIP rescinds this policy, they’re going to contribute to the spread of hepatitis B rather than its elimination.”
“… we were advancing toward elimination of hepatitis B in the United States,” says Ward “I am deeply concerned that if the ACIP rescinds this policy, they’re going to contribute to the spread of hepatitis B rather than its elimination.”
Hepatitis B vaccine guidance set to be rolled back for US babies: what the science says
A panel of US vaccine advisers voted to rescind a recommendation that all newborns should receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
www.nature.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This is an excellent read. The more you know. #Science 🧪
“… we were advancing toward elimination of hepatitis B in the United States,” says Ward “I am deeply concerned that if the ACIP rescinds this policy, they’re going to contribute to the spread of hepatitis B rather than its elimination.”
“… we were advancing toward elimination of hepatitis B in the United States,” says Ward “I am deeply concerned that if the ACIP rescinds this policy, they’re going to contribute to the spread of hepatitis B rather than its elimination.”
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Just your daily reminder of why the system is broken and entirely against you.
"No taxation without representation."
So if you pay no taxes, who you think is representing you...
I get so angry that people sell out for a nickel, and get angry when they see he pockets millions of our tax dollars.
"No taxation without representation."
So if you pay no taxes, who you think is representing you...
I get so angry that people sell out for a nickel, and get angry when they see he pockets millions of our tax dollars.
December 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Just your daily reminder of why the system is broken and entirely against you.
"No taxation without representation."
So if you pay no taxes, who you think is representing you...
I get so angry that people sell out for a nickel, and get angry when they see he pockets millions of our tax dollars.
"No taxation without representation."
So if you pay no taxes, who you think is representing you...
I get so angry that people sell out for a nickel, and get angry when they see he pockets millions of our tax dollars.
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This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
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She should sue them
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
She should sue them
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Really love how this guy posted this on TikTok thinking the woman who broke his Meta glasses would come off as the villain, as opposed to him, the guy recording her without her consent for social media content via a surveillance device made by one of the worst companies on earth
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Really love how this guy posted this on TikTok thinking the woman who broke his Meta glasses would come off as the villain, as opposed to him, the guy recording her without her consent for social media content via a surveillance device made by one of the worst companies on earth
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This administration has ventured well beyond acceptable norms, discarding evidence and sound decision making in ways that threaten public health.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Analysis of the latest ACIP meeting at the CDC: Vaccines—and rigorous science—are increasingly under attack.
A close look at how the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee under RFK Jr. again changed high-stakes recommendations without solid evidence.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This administration has ventured well beyond acceptable norms, discarding evidence and sound decision making in ways that threaten public health.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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On this day in 1989, an armed gunman murdered 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Another ten women and four men were injured.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
December 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
On this day in 1989, an armed gunman murdered 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Another ten women and four men were injured.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
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Thanks for the live skeeting. Catching up on all this.
Re: Hoeg saying it is hard to find info about Danish schedule because it is in Danish, this is the first result you get in Google when you type "danish vaccination schedule".
And here's #2 (Both Danish sources): en.ssi.dk/vaccination/...
Re: Hoeg saying it is hard to find info about Danish schedule because it is in Danish, this is the first result you get in Google when you type "danish vaccination schedule".
And here's #2 (Both Danish sources): en.ssi.dk/vaccination/...
Vaccine Scheduler | ECDC
Giving insight in the vaccine schedules in all countries of the EU, provided by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
vaccine-schedule.ecdc.europa.eu
December 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Thanks for the live skeeting. Catching up on all this.
Re: Hoeg saying it is hard to find info about Danish schedule because it is in Danish, this is the first result you get in Google when you type "danish vaccination schedule".
And here's #2 (Both Danish sources): en.ssi.dk/vaccination/...
Re: Hoeg saying it is hard to find info about Danish schedule because it is in Danish, this is the first result you get in Google when you type "danish vaccination schedule".
And here's #2 (Both Danish sources): en.ssi.dk/vaccination/...
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Hepatitis B, once rampant in Indigenous villages, has been brought under control in Alaska, but a CDC advisory committee voted to drop the vaccine recommendation for newborns. via @alaskabeacon.com
Hepatitis vaccines credited as life-saving for Alaska children may be upended
Hepatitis B, once rampant in Indigenous villages, has been brought under control in the state, but a CDC advisory committee voted to drop the vaccine recommendation for newborns.
www.adn.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Hepatitis B, once rampant in Indigenous villages, has been brought under control in Alaska, but a CDC advisory committee voted to drop the vaccine recommendation for newborns. via @alaskabeacon.com
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Debra Houry reminds us that we are losing our essential public health capacity at CDC.
Since Dr Houry's resignation as Chief Medical Officer in August 2025, ideologues have increasingly replaced specialists in science, public health, and medicine.
#publichealth 🧪🦠
Since Dr Houry's resignation as Chief Medical Officer in August 2025, ideologues have increasingly replaced specialists in science, public health, and medicine.
#publichealth 🧪🦠
I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True
time.com/7338714/dr-d...
time.com/7338714/dr-d...
I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True
"Things have not improved," writes Dr. Debra Houry. "They have worsened. And Congress has still failed to act."
time.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Debra Houry reminds us that we are losing our essential public health capacity at CDC.
Since Dr Houry's resignation as Chief Medical Officer in August 2025, ideologues have increasingly replaced specialists in science, public health, and medicine.
#publichealth 🧪🦠
Since Dr Houry's resignation as Chief Medical Officer in August 2025, ideologues have increasingly replaced specialists in science, public health, and medicine.
#publichealth 🧪🦠
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Myself and @doritreiss.bsky.social wrote in 2018 about the tactics now being used at the CDC and FDA.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
The Anti-Vaccine Movement: A Litany of Fallacy and Errors | Request PDF
Request PDF | The Anti-Vaccine Movement: A Litany of Fallacy and Errors | Vaccines have tremendous benefits and low risks. In spite of that, a vocal minority argues against using them. This chapter ex...
www.researchgate.net
December 6, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Myself and @doritreiss.bsky.social wrote in 2018 about the tactics now being used at the CDC and FDA.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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BREAKING: The CDC's vaccine advisory panel says hepatitis B has rights too.
December 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
BREAKING: The CDC's vaccine advisory panel says hepatitis B has rights too.
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WATCH: A CDC panel voted to end the recommendation that newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, despite a 99% drop in cases since in the 30 years since it was implemented. Chris Hayes and Brandy Zadrozny react. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6REM...
CDC Panel ends recommendation for newborn hepatitis B shot
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
WATCH: A CDC panel voted to end the recommendation that newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, despite a 99% drop in cases since in the 30 years since it was implemented. Chris Hayes and Brandy Zadrozny react. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6REM...
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In a stunning move that has public health experts on edge, the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel has voted to dismantle one of the most protective safeguards in modern pediatrics: the universal hepatitis B birth-dose.
Maine Medical Association condemns new CDC decision on hepatitis b vaccine for newborns
The new panel of vaccine advisers to the CDC, installed under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have voted to stop recommending the vaccine.
wgme.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
In a stunning move that has public health experts on edge, the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel has voted to dismantle one of the most protective safeguards in modern pediatrics: the universal hepatitis B birth-dose.
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Friends, Yesterday and today, I watched many hours of the CDC’s meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
It was painful.
But we learned a lot.
That bad news is that our kids are going to pay the price for RFK jr’s views.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/analysis-o...
It was painful.
But we learned a lot.
That bad news is that our kids are going to pay the price for RFK jr’s views.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/analysis-o...
Analysis of the latest ACIP meeting at the CDC: Vaccines—and rigorous science—are increasingly under attack.
A close look at how the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee under RFK Jr. again changed high-stakes recommendations without solid evidence.
insidemedicine.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Friends, Yesterday and today, I watched many hours of the CDC’s meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
It was painful.
But we learned a lot.
That bad news is that our kids are going to pay the price for RFK jr’s views.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/analysis-o...
It was painful.
But we learned a lot.
That bad news is that our kids are going to pay the price for RFK jr’s views.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/analysis-o...
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I’d like to call out the work of two CDC career scientists— Drs. John Su and Adam Langer — for their evidence-based presentations and reasoned responses about hepatitis B at recent #ACIP meetings. Their professionalism and dedication to facts is so needed today.
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I’d like to call out the work of two CDC career scientists— Drs. John Su and Adam Langer — for their evidence-based presentations and reasoned responses about hepatitis B at recent #ACIP meetings. Their professionalism and dedication to facts is so needed today.
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We are leaving you tonight we words from Adam Langer aka our fav CDC hero who went toe to toe with ACIP today. 💪
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
We are leaving you tonight we words from Adam Langer aka our fav CDC hero who went toe to toe with ACIP today. 💪
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CDC Vaccine Search Tool No Longer Works. Vaccines.gov Website Scrubbed www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
Find pharmacies near you
Vaccines.gov helps you find nearby pharmacies in the United States.
Vaccines.gov
December 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
CDC Vaccine Search Tool No Longer Works. Vaccines.gov Website Scrubbed www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
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Safeguarding the rule of law in the EU is crucial.
On 4-5 Dec, The Danish EU Presidency and the University of Copenhagen hosted the Copenhagen Conference on Democracy and the Rule of Law bringing together key stakeholders 🇪🇺⚖️
📸 highlights from the event 👉
On 4-5 Dec, The Danish EU Presidency and the University of Copenhagen hosted the Copenhagen Conference on Democracy and the Rule of Law bringing together key stakeholders 🇪🇺⚖️
📸 highlights from the event 👉
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Safeguarding the rule of law in the EU is crucial.
On 4-5 Dec, The Danish EU Presidency and the University of Copenhagen hosted the Copenhagen Conference on Democracy and the Rule of Law bringing together key stakeholders 🇪🇺⚖️
📸 highlights from the event 👉
On 4-5 Dec, The Danish EU Presidency and the University of Copenhagen hosted the Copenhagen Conference on Democracy and the Rule of Law bringing together key stakeholders 🇪🇺⚖️
📸 highlights from the event 👉