Rebecca Shadwick
@rshadwick.bsky.social
Optimist; collectivist; feminist; gardener & knitter. Believes in a better future. All views are my own.
@altcdc.altgov.info Flagging in case useful: sanctuary programme incl temporary relocation for health researchers just opened with UK academic institute for development studies! www.ids.ac.uk/news/uk-inst...
IDS offers sanctuary to US health researchers amid academic restrictions - Institute of Development Studies
American academics facing threats to their work on health equities can apply to temporarily relocate to the UK to continue their research, in a new initiative announced today. The Sanctuary for Health...
www.ids.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
@altcdc.altgov.info Flagging in case useful: sanctuary programme incl temporary relocation for health researchers just opened with UK academic institute for development studies! www.ids.ac.uk/news/uk-inst...
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All eyes on Gaza still. Flotilla data here.
All eyes on Gaza still. Flotilla data here.
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October 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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All eyes on Gaza still. Flotilla data here.
All eyes on Gaza still. Flotilla data here.
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You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
September 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
Oooh! I have been looking for years for a way to make *good* red beans and rice without andouille sausage. Looks great. I usually lean heavily on butter to make up the silkiness but miso & soy make sense. Yum!
pro-tip: this vegetarian red beans and rice recipe is killer. the use of white miso and soy sauce for umami is a great idea. cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020...
Vegan Pressure Cooker Red Beans and Rice Recipe
Here’s a vegan version of the classic New Orleans dish that uses smoked paprika, miso paste and soy sauce to add a savory notes Pressure cookers are ideal for preparing dried beans; even unsoaked bean...
cooking.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Oooh! I have been looking for years for a way to make *good* red beans and rice without andouille sausage. Looks great. I usually lean heavily on butter to make up the silkiness but miso & soy make sense. Yum!
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This was just last month and we have already memoryholed it. A cop killed by an antivaxxer.
September 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
This was just last month and we have already memoryholed it. A cop killed by an antivaxxer.
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RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check.
In 1965:
-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.
-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.
-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.
In 1965:
-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.
-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.
-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.
September 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check.
In 1965:
-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.
-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.
-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.
In 1965:
-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.
-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.
-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.
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1/12
⚠️ TL;DR: There’s a Legionnaires’ outbreak in Central Harlem, NYC — 67 cases, 3 deaths. If you’re in affected ZIP codes and have flu-like symptoms, get medical help fast.
Let's break down what you need to know.🧵👇
⚠️ TL;DR: There’s a Legionnaires’ outbreak in Central Harlem, NYC — 67 cases, 3 deaths. If you’re in affected ZIP codes and have flu-like symptoms, get medical help fast.
Let's break down what you need to know.🧵👇
August 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
1/12
⚠️ TL;DR: There’s a Legionnaires’ outbreak in Central Harlem, NYC — 67 cases, 3 deaths. If you’re in affected ZIP codes and have flu-like symptoms, get medical help fast.
Let's break down what you need to know.🧵👇
⚠️ TL;DR: There’s a Legionnaires’ outbreak in Central Harlem, NYC — 67 cases, 3 deaths. If you’re in affected ZIP codes and have flu-like symptoms, get medical help fast.
Let's break down what you need to know.🧵👇
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“[The mobbing of aid convoys] is an inevitable and unavoidable outcome of the level of deprivation that the Israeli government has imposed on Gaza through the blockade.”
@jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social discusses the barriers to humanitarian aid in #Gaza
@washingtonpost.com
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@jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social discusses the barriers to humanitarian aid in #Gaza
@washingtonpost.com
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August 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“[The mobbing of aid convoys] is an inevitable and unavoidable outcome of the level of deprivation that the Israeli government has imposed on Gaza through the blockade.”
@jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social discusses the barriers to humanitarian aid in #Gaza
@washingtonpost.com
buff.ly/GXCr8eS
@jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social discusses the barriers to humanitarian aid in #Gaza
@washingtonpost.com
buff.ly/GXCr8eS
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Gaza city as photographed today by Heidi Levine for the Washington Post, from a Jordanian air drop mission. Via @leloveluck.bsky.social (X)
Note: this is one of the *LESS* damaged areas in the Gaza Strip.
Note: this is one of the *LESS* damaged areas in the Gaza Strip.
August 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Gaza city as photographed today by Heidi Levine for the Washington Post, from a Jordanian air drop mission. Via @leloveluck.bsky.social (X)
Note: this is one of the *LESS* damaged areas in the Gaza Strip.
Note: this is one of the *LESS* damaged areas in the Gaza Strip.
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Today, on Africa's Women's Day, we're celebrating two visionary women leading MSI Africa ✨
We sat down with our MSI Africa Director and Deputy Director to learn about their backgrounds and shared vision for the future of reproductive choice across the African continent ⤵️
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We sat down with our MSI Africa Director and Deputy Director to learn about their backgrounds and shared vision for the future of reproductive choice across the African continent ⤵️
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July 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Today, on Africa's Women's Day, we're celebrating two visionary women leading MSI Africa ✨
We sat down with our MSI Africa Director and Deputy Director to learn about their backgrounds and shared vision for the future of reproductive choice across the African continent ⤵️
ow.ly/Bue750WxSUz
We sat down with our MSI Africa Director and Deputy Director to learn about their backgrounds and shared vision for the future of reproductive choice across the African continent ⤵️
ow.ly/Bue750WxSUz
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LinkedIn has removed hate speech protections for transgender people and people of color.
www.advocate.com/news/linkedi...
www.advocate.com/news/linkedi...
LinkedIn exposes transgender users to targeted harassment after company quietly changes hate speech policy
The changes involve edits to LinkedIn’s Professional Community Policies, specifically the “Hateful and Derogatory Content” and “Harassment and Abusive Content” sections.
www.advocate.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
LinkedIn has removed hate speech protections for transgender people and people of color.
www.advocate.com/news/linkedi...
www.advocate.com/news/linkedi...
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#Transrights #NHS Hilary Cass has decided to show her full hand. She had Anna Hutchinson publish a paper titled "Cass informed psychotherapy for gender distressed children". Hutchinson submitted for publication with Taylor & Francis online, not surprisingly a publication which has had plenty of
July 31, 2025 at 7:47 AM
#Transrights #NHS Hilary Cass has decided to show her full hand. She had Anna Hutchinson publish a paper titled "Cass informed psychotherapy for gender distressed children". Hutchinson submitted for publication with Taylor & Francis online, not surprisingly a publication which has had plenty of
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The “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip,” the leading international authority on food crises said in a new alert Tuesday, predicting “widespread death” without immediate action.
‘Worst-case scenario of famine’ is happening in Gaza, food crisis experts warn
The “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip,” the leading international authority on food crises said in a new alert Tuesday, predicting “widespread death” without immediate action.
cheknews.ca
July 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip,” the leading international authority on food crises said in a new alert Tuesday, predicting “widespread death” without immediate action.
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Currently reading
This is fantastic breakdown of just how fake much of the mythology around what America and American families looked like. It also deconstructs the myth of rugged individualism, from settler “pioneers” to 1950s suburbanites relied heavily on government subsidies.
This is fantastic breakdown of just how fake much of the mythology around what America and American families looked like. It also deconstructs the myth of rugged individualism, from settler “pioneers” to 1950s suburbanites relied heavily on government subsidies.
July 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Currently reading
This is fantastic breakdown of just how fake much of the mythology around what America and American families looked like. It also deconstructs the myth of rugged individualism, from settler “pioneers” to 1950s suburbanites relied heavily on government subsidies.
This is fantastic breakdown of just how fake much of the mythology around what America and American families looked like. It also deconstructs the myth of rugged individualism, from settler “pioneers” to 1950s suburbanites relied heavily on government subsidies.
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Neo-Nazi “Active Clubs,” have expanded into Finland, blending MMA with white supremacist ideology to radicalize youth. GPAHE has tracked over 230 chapters worldwide—including new Finnish branches linked to banned and violent extremist networks.
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Neo‑Nazi fight clubs take root in Finland amid global spread
Neo‑Nazi “Active Clubs”—US‑born far‑right fight groups—have spread to Finland, forming chapters in Helsinki, Oulu, Tampere and beyond. Experts warn martial‑arts training and youth recruitment pose a r...
www.helsinkitimes.fi
July 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Neo-Nazi “Active Clubs,” have expanded into Finland, blending MMA with white supremacist ideology to radicalize youth. GPAHE has tracked over 230 chapters worldwide—including new Finnish branches linked to banned and violent extremist networks.
Read more:
Read more:
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July 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Official aid for #Gaza is blocked, very little gets through and what does is controlled at what are now just sites of murders.
Keep pushing for the aid blockade to be lifted, AND in the meantime grassroots mutual aid DOES get through, like this: chuffed.org/project/1393...
Keep pushing for the aid blockade to be lifted, AND in the meantime grassroots mutual aid DOES get through, like this: chuffed.org/project/1393...
Support Grassroots Gaza: Mutual Aid for Families in Gaza & Egypt
Support Grassroots Gaza: Mutual Aid for Families in Gaza & Egypt
chuffed.org
July 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Official aid for #Gaza is blocked, very little gets through and what does is controlled at what are now just sites of murders.
Keep pushing for the aid blockade to be lifted, AND in the meantime grassroots mutual aid DOES get through, like this: chuffed.org/project/1393...
Keep pushing for the aid blockade to be lifted, AND in the meantime grassroots mutual aid DOES get through, like this: chuffed.org/project/1393...
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I'm avoiding reposting graphic images but I do want to record for posterity: we are watching a people being deliberately starved in real time and the best our governments have to offer are "stern words": humanity has lost, the monsters are in charge.
July 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm avoiding reposting graphic images but I do want to record for posterity: we are watching a people being deliberately starved in real time and the best our governments have to offer are "stern words": humanity has lost, the monsters are in charge.
This will be an increasing feature of #publichealth going forward: previously 'foreign' OR eradicated diseases showing up in wider and wider swathes of the globe as #climatechange wreaks havoc, especially (but not only) those with zoonotic vectors.
🧵 Dengue is no longer just a tropical disease - it's showing up in Europe.
This season, France, Italy, and Portugal (Madeira) have already reported locally acquired dengue cases.
Check the latest #CDTR on #dengue here: bit.ly/3TQpDVu
#IdSky #EpiSky #MosquitoBorne #Prevention #PublicHealth
This season, France, Italy, and Portugal (Madeira) have already reported locally acquired dengue cases.
Check the latest #CDTR on #dengue here: bit.ly/3TQpDVu
#IdSky #EpiSky #MosquitoBorne #Prevention #PublicHealth
July 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This will be an increasing feature of #publichealth going forward: previously 'foreign' OR eradicated diseases showing up in wider and wider swathes of the globe as #climatechange wreaks havoc, especially (but not only) those with zoonotic vectors.
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A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
July 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
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Truth in Numbers
New data in 1.2 million 🇩🇰 children confirm: aluminum in vaccines DOES NOT raise the risk of autism, asthma, or autoimmune disease
Indeed no increase in 50+ chronic conditions—even with higher cumulative exposure
Pretty powerful affirmation of early-life vaccine safety to my eyes
New data in 1.2 million 🇩🇰 children confirm: aluminum in vaccines DOES NOT raise the risk of autism, asthma, or autoimmune disease
Indeed no increase in 50+ chronic conditions—even with higher cumulative exposure
Pretty powerful affirmation of early-life vaccine safety to my eyes
Aluminum-Adsorbed Vaccines and Chronic Diseases in Childhood: A Nationwide Cohort Study: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 0, No 0
Background: Aluminum is used as an adjuvant in nonlive vaccines administered in early childhood. Concerns persist about potential associations between vaccination with aluminum-adsorbed vaccines and i...
www.acpjournals.org
July 21, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Truth in Numbers
New data in 1.2 million 🇩🇰 children confirm: aluminum in vaccines DOES NOT raise the risk of autism, asthma, or autoimmune disease
Indeed no increase in 50+ chronic conditions—even with higher cumulative exposure
Pretty powerful affirmation of early-life vaccine safety to my eyes
New data in 1.2 million 🇩🇰 children confirm: aluminum in vaccines DOES NOT raise the risk of autism, asthma, or autoimmune disease
Indeed no increase in 50+ chronic conditions—even with higher cumulative exposure
Pretty powerful affirmation of early-life vaccine safety to my eyes
Reposted by Rebecca Shadwick
Reposted by Rebecca Shadwick
Congress has voted to rescind $7.9 billion that had been appropriated to foreign aid.
Our data show that withholding this funding will lead to 17.1 million unintended pregnancies and 34,000 preventable maternal deaths after just one year.
Our data show that withholding this funding will lead to 17.1 million unintended pregnancies and 34,000 preventable maternal deaths after just one year.
July 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Congress has voted to rescind $7.9 billion that had been appropriated to foreign aid.
Our data show that withholding this funding will lead to 17.1 million unintended pregnancies and 34,000 preventable maternal deaths after just one year.
Our data show that withholding this funding will lead to 17.1 million unintended pregnancies and 34,000 preventable maternal deaths after just one year.