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Rachel Widome
@rwidome.bsky.social
I'm an epidemiologist at the UMN's Division of Epidemiology and Community Health. I like rabbits. I like iced tea. I also like plots that involve time travel. On Twitter and elsewhere I'm rwidome too. More on me: https://widome.carrd.co/
You’ve seen Pearl Jam like way more than twice??
November 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
We deserve municipal sidewalk clearing. I mean they do the car streets...
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Bias cut skirts
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Still a friend?
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Something I never got until very recently (which is a part of this piece) is how insecure billionaires actually feel about their position, their nagging concern that aspects of their lifestyle could actually go poof.
November 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Thank you. I greatly appreciate this.
November 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Reposted by Rachel Widome
And yes, the swag bags. Attendees received MAHA-branded tote bags with:

- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Reposted by Rachel Widome
Story today from the great @lenasun.bsky.social, who tracked down shocked CDC scientists who said they didn’t know the website was changing.

She also summarizes RFK Jr’s efforts to resurrect false claims on autism this year.
Under RFK Jr., CDC promotes false vaccines-autism link it once discredited
The CDC’s website now says health authorities ignored evidence of a potential connection between vaccines and autism, despite dozens of studies showing no link.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM