Allison (she/her)
@forcedevolution.bsky.social
Just trying to survive and make this place a little less hellscape-y for my kids and all the other kids. Twitter @heartSFbaseball
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So at SJSU, one professor assaulted a student and faced a temporary suspension, and Dr. Sang Hea Kil attends campus protests and gets fired?
There is no justification for this. SJSU is a unionized public university. These are battles we really can't concede.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
There is no justification for this. SJSU is a unionized public university. These are battles we really can't concede.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal
Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
So at SJSU, one professor assaulted a student and faced a temporary suspension, and Dr. Sang Hea Kil attends campus protests and gets fired?
There is no justification for this. SJSU is a unionized public university. These are battles we really can't concede.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
There is no justification for this. SJSU is a unionized public university. These are battles we really can't concede.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“A tenured professor at San José State University in California is fighting for her job after the university fired her last month over her pro-Palestinian activism – the first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza.”
Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal
Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
“A tenured professor at San José State University in California is fighting for her job after the university fired her last month over her pro-Palestinian activism – the first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza.”
The same San José State University that commissioned & proudly displays the Black power victory salute statue on their campus fired Sang Hea Kil, "a longtime member of the university’s justice studies department and a faculty adviser for its Students for Justice in Palestine chapter..."
December 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The same San José State University that commissioned & proudly displays the Black power victory salute statue on their campus fired Sang Hea Kil, "a longtime member of the university’s justice studies department and a faculty adviser for its Students for Justice in Palestine chapter..."
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"Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouti has been brutally assaulted by Israeli prison guards,according to information relayed to his family."
www.middleeasteye.net/news/marwan-...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/marwan-...
Marwan Barghouti brutally assaulted in Israeli prison, family told
Fatah leader reportedly has part of his ear cut off and his teeth and ribs broken in what sources describe as a 'slow, gradual assassination attempt'
www.middleeasteye.net
December 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouti has been brutally assaulted by Israeli prison guards,according to information relayed to his family."
www.middleeasteye.net/news/marwan-...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/marwan-...
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"The Palestinian Prisoners Club said on Thursday that Israel’s decision to transfer Jerusalemite administrative detainee and elderly parliamentarian Mohammad Abu Tir,aged 75, to underground Rakevet section Nitzan Prison/Ramla amounts to a death sentence"
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251205-pri...
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251205-pri...
Prisoner Mohammad Abu Tir’s transfer to Rakevet section seen as “death sentence”
The Palestinian Prisoners Club said on Thursday that Israel’s decision to transfer Jerusalemite administrative detainee and elderly parliamentarian Mohammad Abu Tir, aged 75, to the underground Rak…
www.middleeastmonitor.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"The Palestinian Prisoners Club said on Thursday that Israel’s decision to transfer Jerusalemite administrative detainee and elderly parliamentarian Mohammad Abu Tir,aged 75, to underground Rakevet section Nitzan Prison/Ramla amounts to a death sentence"
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251205-pri...
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251205-pri...
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there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
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Bad framing: ACIP voted to scrap the universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Bad framing: ACIP voted to scrap the universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
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The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
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Please signal boost. Need a wheelchair tech who can help troubleshoot in Silver Spring, MD.
My wheelchair won't turn on and a wheelchair technician won't be available until the 15th...
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Please signal boost. Need a wheelchair tech who can help troubleshoot in Silver Spring, MD.
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The last 12 FDA commissioners did not mince their words (to the extent that one can do that in the context of an academic medical journal):
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA | NEJM
Twelve former commissioners of the FDA express concern that the agency’s recent moves will undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure vaccine safety, effectiveness, and availability.
www.nejm.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The last 12 FDA commissioners did not mince their words (to the extent that one can do that in the context of an academic medical journal):
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Hearing that, behind closed doors, Oregon law makers are discussing a sales tax. We could have so much more for everyone, if wealthy people paid more of their fair share of taxes.
Eat the rich before Oregonians say yes to sales tax.
Eat the rich before Oregonians say yes to sales tax.
December 3, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Hearing that, behind closed doors, Oregon law makers are discussing a sales tax. We could have so much more for everyone, if wealthy people paid more of their fair share of taxes.
Eat the rich before Oregonians say yes to sales tax.
Eat the rich before Oregonians say yes to sales tax.
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I really don’t understand why we have to prove, over and over again, that giving people money helps them get off the streets. Why can’t we make this a policy everywhere? (If you’re going to say $$, I’d say tax the wealthy)
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I really don’t understand why we have to prove, over and over again, that giving people money helps them get off the streets. Why can’t we make this a policy everywhere? (If you’re going to say $$, I’d say tax the wealthy)
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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@tressiemcphd.bsky.social called this out years ago. It's part and parcel of the rampant spread of fascism/white supremacy/nationalism.
This week’s newsletter
The state of Hollywood bodies:
Celebrities are human beings. But they are also selling us something. Right now, that's thinness
The state of Hollywood bodies:
Celebrities are human beings. But they are also selling us something. Right now, that's thinness
The state of Hollywood bodies
Celebrities are human beings. But they are also selling us something. Right now, that's thinness.
buttondown.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social called this out years ago. It's part and parcel of the rampant spread of fascism/white supremacy/nationalism.
I feel uneasy about this. We've seen an increase in skeletal bodies in Hollywood and on social media for a few years now, and it seems to be getting worse. We know that thinness is tied to fascism and white supremacy. We know there is a ton of anti-fat bias in healthcare.
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I feel uneasy about this. We've seen an increase in skeletal bodies in Hollywood and on social media for a few years now, and it seems to be getting worse. We know that thinness is tied to fascism and white supremacy. We know there is a ton of anti-fat bias in healthcare.
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The Klamath Tribes are challenging illegal orders stemming from a backroom agreement that removed a long-time administrative law judge in the Klamath Basin Adjudication—without notifying the parties. Tribal water rights deserve transparency, fairness, and due process. Read now: buff.ly/9jjipLm
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The Klamath Tribes are challenging illegal orders stemming from a backroom agreement that removed a long-time administrative law judge in the Klamath Basin Adjudication—without notifying the parties. Tribal water rights deserve transparency, fairness, and due process. Read now: buff.ly/9jjipLm
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Around half of pregnant women received an initial COVID vaccine series in 2021. If the "vast majority" of them had miscarriages, surely this would not have flown under the radar.
December 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Around half of pregnant women received an initial COVID vaccine series in 2021. If the "vast majority" of them had miscarriages, surely this would not have flown under the radar.
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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I regret to inform you that DHS is whitenationalist posting again. "Remigration" -- ethnonationalist code for "purifying" the nation by expelling ethnic and cultural "undesirables". Chapter/verse fash stuff.
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I regret to inform you that DHS is whitenationalist posting again. "Remigration" -- ethnonationalist code for "purifying" the nation by expelling ethnic and cultural "undesirables". Chapter/verse fash stuff.
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There is no evidence that these devices improve any measure of health whatsoever, and a lot of what they track is nonvalidated nonsense that can actually make people unwell.
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
There is no evidence that these devices improve any measure of health whatsoever, and a lot of what they track is nonvalidated nonsense that can actually make people unwell.
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Thankful for my colleagues Dan Jernigan and @drdemetre.bsky.social; for the media and partners who continue to sound the alarm about public health; and most of all to those on the frontlines every day at CDC and in health departments. Our Lancet commentary re CDC: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
US CDC: a public health agency in critical condition
For almost 80 years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been
the nation's immune system, detecting threats early, coordinating rapid responses,
and safeguarding population hea...
www.thelancet.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thankful for my colleagues Dan Jernigan and @drdemetre.bsky.social; for the media and partners who continue to sound the alarm about public health; and most of all to those on the frontlines every day at CDC and in health departments. Our Lancet commentary re CDC: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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People are struggling. I want us to think about how we're going to help each other hang in there this winter. How are you going to support your friends, co-strugglers, and community as they push through this moment? How can you help people muddle through, materially and/or emotionally?
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
People are struggling. I want us to think about how we're going to help each other hang in there this winter. How are you going to support your friends, co-strugglers, and community as they push through this moment? How can you help people muddle through, materially and/or emotionally?
"And unlike COVID-19, which mainly affects vulnerable people, flu viruses can also kill healthy individuals, including children, Rameix-Welti said."
This description of Covid never ceases to be infuriating. Vulnerable people MATTER. It's so dismissive. Also, Covid affects *everyone".
This description of Covid never ceases to be infuriating. Vulnerable people MATTER. It's so dismissive. Also, Covid affects *everyone".
Bird flu virus could risk pandemic worse than COVID if it mutates, France's Institut Pasteur says - www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Bird flu virus could risk pandemic worse than COVID if it mutates, France's Institut Pasteur says
The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if it mutates to transmit between humans, the head of France's Institut Pa...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"And unlike COVID-19, which mainly affects vulnerable people, flu viruses can also kill healthy individuals, including children, Rameix-Welti said."
This description of Covid never ceases to be infuriating. Vulnerable people MATTER. It's so dismissive. Also, Covid affects *everyone".
This description of Covid never ceases to be infuriating. Vulnerable people MATTER. It's so dismissive. Also, Covid affects *everyone".