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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 1h

Today *IS* my day!

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 1h

Someday I hope to be known as a "delusional fool" but "lucky."

Perhaps that day is today . . . ?

Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 1h

My semi-regular Columbus Day message:

Columbus wasn’t called crazy because he thought the world was round. That had been known for 1000 years.

He was called crazy because he thought it was so small he could reach India by going west. And they were right! He was a delusional fool!

But lucky.

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 2h

Today wasn't my best day of teaching, including my dark humor around why licenses don't tell us anything about reasonable care:

Defense: "Dr. Nick is a licensed physician!"

Plaintiff: "But Dr. Nick, WHERE ARE THE BODIES?"

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 15h

Public bathrooms don't have to be awful. Example: MINNESOTA.
www.startribune.com/best-bathroo...

See the Minnesota park bathroom that won an award for best in the country

The park facilities “raise expectations for public spaces everywhere,” according to Cintas, which gives out the award.

www.startribune.com

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 22h

Yeah, it's a big sign of the times when Nobel Laureates who study global poverty eradication no longer feel welcome in their home nation.

Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 3d

It might be hard to convey to people outside economics just how seismic this is. The Trump effect has most certainly arrived to US academia.

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 3d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. We’re all shocked that I can be more beautiful.

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

I’m currently growing my hair out, and I can’t lie, I look incredible.

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

Their pain is REAL. (Although they don’t recall why.)

Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 2d

"[O]n Friday night, the administration fired hundreds of scientists, including those working to halt measles and an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. . . . [it] also fired members of the Epidemic Intelligence Service, the elite corps of “disease detectives[.]"

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases

www.nytimes.com

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 2d

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 2d

But he's over the age of 65.

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 2d

This is some Hunger Games shit.

"Nation's public health infrastructure eviscerated."

NY Times: "Sarah Jessica Parker Wears Wings to the New York City Ballet’s Fall Gala"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/s...

Sarah Jessica Parker Wears Wings to the New York City Ballet’s Fall Gala

www.nytimes.com

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 2d

This assumes that state and local public health agencies are well funded. They are not. And the regional disparities are stark, so interstate collaboration will almost certainly drift towards those states that have better resources.

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 2d

I'm gonna be on repeat about this forever: What is especially dangerous about measles is that it can trigger immunity amnesia. From UCLA Health:

"Researchers have found that, after recovering from the measles, the immune system is suppressed for at least several months, and for up to two years."

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 2d

like we’ve been saying, this is an existential threat to public health

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 2d

For some context the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report in addition to being just a good read, to quote wikipedia, "is the main vehicle for publishing public health information and recommendations that have been received by the CDC from state health departments. "

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

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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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is no small fry when it comes to global peace. #potatojoke

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 2d

Virginia's Lieutenant Governor is wrong. According to the Virginia Human Rights Act, it is discrimination to fire someone based on their sexual orientation.

GOP candidate claims firing people for being gay ‘is not discrimination’ in Virginia governor’s debate

Winsome Earle-Sears's remarks drew immediate backlash.

www.advocate.com

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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 2d

Keep Chicago weird!!

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 3d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 3d

"[T]he new year-round baseline for work absences appeared to be on par with the levels formerly confined to prepandemic influenza season conditions."

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 3d

Our latest paper in @jamanetworkopen.com where we asked: Following the #COVID pandemic, has SARSCoV2 circulation been associated with health-related absences from work and labor force exits? @yaleemd.bsky.social @princetonecon.bsky.social @brookings.edu 1/ jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market

This cohort study examines the extent to which COVID-19 continues to generate work absences and decrease labor force participation beyond the pandemic period in the US.

jamanetwork.com

Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 3d

Solid burn.

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 3d

Ugh! I'm sorry you have to manage that pain.

Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 3d

There is also a Patreon that includes extra episodes and recaps of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. (2/2)

I Said No Gifts! | Patreon

A podcast.

patreon.com

Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Birthday to the incomparable Bridger Winegar, host of the podcast "I Said No Gifts!" Bridger's sharp & hilarious & he's been a writer for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Jimmy Kimmel, Black Monday, & The Afterparty. The podcast is a dream & has been a safe haven from all the shit since 2020. (1/2)

I Said No Gifts! A comedy interview podcast with Bridger Winegar — EXACTLY RIGHT

On I Said No Gifts!, Bridger Winegar invites friends and people he’s secretly trying to destroy to join him for conversation and games in his backyard. His one request: No gifts! Naturally, every gues...

www.exactlyrightmedia.com

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 3d

Probably should’ve waited a day or two to release this.

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