Steph
@stephsalyer.bsky.social
Veterinary epidemiologist, abortion doula, feminist, reproductive/housing justice and One Health advocate. Views are my own
🛑🧊Stop ICE. Protect Health.
On January 26, 2026, Save HHS released the following public letter to the United States Senate (see savehhs.org link).
@firedbutfighting.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info
@cdcmutualaid.bsky.social
On January 26, 2026, Save HHS released the following public letter to the United States Senate (see savehhs.org link).
@firedbutfighting.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info
@cdcmutualaid.bsky.social
Save HHS | Support Public Health – Take Action Now
Save HHS is a collaboration among the National Public Health Coalition, 27 UNIHTED, and countless current and former HHS staff. Join us in calling for public health as a vital government service. The ...
savehhs.org
January 27, 2026 at 10:55 AM
🛑🧊Stop ICE. Protect Health.
On January 26, 2026, Save HHS released the following public letter to the United States Senate (see savehhs.org link).
@firedbutfighting.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info
@cdcmutualaid.bsky.social
On January 26, 2026, Save HHS released the following public letter to the United States Senate (see savehhs.org link).
@firedbutfighting.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info
@cdcmutualaid.bsky.social
🌍🦠 One Health Friends! Excited to announce a Special Issue focused on “One Health Surveillance for Emerging and Reemerging Zoonotic Pathogens” in MDPI's Pathogens that I am co-editing.
📌 Learn more & submit: www.mdpi.com/journal/path...
#OneHealth #Zoonoses #Surveillance #PandemicPreparedness
📌 Learn more & submit: www.mdpi.com/journal/path...
#OneHealth #Zoonoses #Surveillance #PandemicPreparedness
www.mdpi.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:49 PM
🌍🦠 One Health Friends! Excited to announce a Special Issue focused on “One Health Surveillance for Emerging and Reemerging Zoonotic Pathogens” in MDPI's Pathogens that I am co-editing.
📌 Learn more & submit: www.mdpi.com/journal/path...
#OneHealth #Zoonoses #Surveillance #PandemicPreparedness
📌 Learn more & submit: www.mdpi.com/journal/path...
#OneHealth #Zoonoses #Surveillance #PandemicPreparedness
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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You're paying for this.
Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs.
Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.
Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs.
Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.
CNN airs a compilation of escalating ICE aggression towards peaceful protesters.
January 16, 2026 at 9:52 PM
You're paying for this.
Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs.
Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.
Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs.
Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.
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Importantly space is limited. Do not sign up as a place holder. Only sign up if you are sure you can attend. thanks.
This crew of comrades offer some of the best training and they are generously offering another on Monday. It is a virtual session and they have asked this to be shared in particular with MN folks if you want to join. Open to others too.
January 17, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Importantly space is limited. Do not sign up as a place holder. Only sign up if you are sure you can attend. thanks.
After a year of chaos, US CDC’s global health work hangs in the balance www.devex.com/news/after-a...
After a year of chaos, US CDC’s global health work hangs in the balance
Staff cuts, loss of expertise, shuttered programs, and the withdrawal from the World Health Organization are worrying those who’ve invested deeply in the agency's decades-long work in global health.
www.devex.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
After a year of chaos, US CDC’s global health work hangs in the balance www.devex.com/news/after-a...
Remember those DoS America First MoUs that are currently being signed? Some of them include deportation provisions @altcdc.altgov.info @altusaid.altgov.info
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Remember those DoS America First MoUs that are currently being signed? Some of them include deportation provisions @altcdc.altgov.info @altusaid.altgov.info
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Rubio 🤮 is using lifesaving US health aid as leverage to force Zambia into mineral extraction deals. He is dismantling programs that saved millions, extending life expectancy by decades, and replacing partnership with coercion. This is exploitation, not diplomacy!
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Rubio 🤮 is using lifesaving US health aid as leverage to force Zambia into mineral extraction deals. He is dismantling programs that saved millions, extending life expectancy by decades, and replacing partnership with coercion. This is exploitation, not diplomacy!
African and Global Civil Society Call on to African Heads of State and Government to: Demand Fair Terms in U.S. Health Agreements www.citizen.org/article/lett...
African and Global Civil Society Call on to African Heads of State and Government to: Demand Fair Terms in U.S. Health Agreements - Public Citizen
LETTER TO AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT: URGENT NEED TO PROTECT SOVEREIGNTY BY DEMANDING FAIR TERMS IN HEALTH AGREEMENTS…
www.citizen.org
December 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
African and Global Civil Society Call on to African Heads of State and Government to: Demand Fair Terms in U.S. Health Agreements www.citizen.org/article/lett...
Anyone else concerned about these America first MOUs? healthpolicy-watch.news/africa-stuck...
Africa Is Stuck Between Global Pathogen-Sharing Talks And Conflicting US Bilateral Agreements - Health Policy Watch
African countries affirmed their commitment to a global agreement to share information about pathogens that may cause pandemics on Monday – yet several of
healthpolicy-watch.news
December 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Anyone else concerned about these America first MOUs? healthpolicy-watch.news/africa-stuck...
Not all "federal workers" receive back pay. About half of our colleagues that applied to the fund during the furlough were contractors whose companies provided no back pay at all. Some companies even dropped their benefits completely - leaving staff without health coverage for almost 2 months.
This #GivingTuesday, you can support the displaced CDC workers who protected us for years.
99¢ of every dollar goes directly to helping them cover basic needs.
They were there for us; Let's be there for them.
🔗 Donate: bit.ly/4oel9Vr
👕 Shop: cdc-mutual-aid-network.printful.me
99¢ of every dollar goes directly to helping them cover basic needs.
They were there for us; Let's be there for them.
🔗 Donate: bit.ly/4oel9Vr
👕 Shop: cdc-mutual-aid-network.printful.me
December 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Not all "federal workers" receive back pay. About half of our colleagues that applied to the fund during the furlough were contractors whose companies provided no back pay at all. Some companies even dropped their benefits completely - leaving staff without health coverage for almost 2 months.
As a CDC staff - I do not support this message. It's a false narrative, not bound in science, that RFK is pushing. This harmful communication will result in more deaths in our communities. 💔
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
Autism and Vaccines
Answers to common questions about vaccine safety and autism.
www.cdc.gov
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
As a CDC staff - I do not support this message. It's a false narrative, not bound in science, that RFK is pushing. This harmful communication will result in more deaths in our communities. 💔
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
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The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has ended, but the uncertainty for federal workers is far from over. “Even with back pay, we’ll still be starting behind and playing catch-up for a while,” said one Veterans Affairs employee who was furloughed for weeks. nyti.ms/4i4bP56
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has ended, but the uncertainty for federal workers is far from over. “Even with back pay, we’ll still be starting behind and playing catch-up for a while,” said one Veterans Affairs employee who was furloughed for weeks. nyti.ms/4i4bP56
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If you need this, I hope it helps
#Food #FoodFinder #FoodPantry #FoodResouces
For those affected by SNAP being cut off or anyone needing food, here are some resources that can help you!
Pls repost/share !!
links:
findhelp.org
foodpantries.org
foodfinder.us
fridgefinder.app
littlefreepantry.org
feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
For those affected by SNAP being cut off or anyone needing food, here are some resources that can help you!
Pls repost/share !!
links:
findhelp.org
foodpantries.org
foodfinder.us
fridgefinder.app
littlefreepantry.org
feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
findhelp.org by findhelp - Search and Connect to Social Care
Search and connect to support. Find financial assistance, food pantries, medical care, and other free or reduced-cost help in your area, anywhere in the US.
findhelp.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
If you need this, I hope it helps
More hatch act violations from those running our federal government @usdagov.bsky.social @altusda.altgov.info
November 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
More hatch act violations from those running our federal government @usdagov.bsky.social @altusda.altgov.info
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Happy Halloween 🎃
BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge has ordered Trump to follow the law and use the $6 billion emergency fund Congress designated for SNAP.
We must ensure Trump follows this order. He was willing to let kids go to bed hungry.
We must ensure Trump follows this order. He was willing to let kids go to bed hungry.
Judge orders administration to distribute SNAP contingency money amid shutdown
A federal judge in Rhode Island has ordered the Trump administration to distribute SNAP contingency money "as soon as possible."
abcnews.go.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Happy Halloween 🎃
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Still public servants- @firedbutfighting.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social- supporting public health and CDC. Thank you for your courage and commitment.
Meet the Grassroots CDC Teams Fighting Against Firings
'We're primed to hop into action immediately,' one volunteer says
www.medpagetoday.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Still public servants- @firedbutfighting.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social- supporting public health and CDC. Thank you for your courage and commitment.
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3 ways to support our Fired CDC colleagues:
1. Donate to the CDC Mutual Aid Network. 99% of donations go directly to fired/RIFed CDC workers and their families. www.cdcresourceportal.org/donate
2. Get yourself something nice at our store: cdc-mutual-aid-network.printful.me
3. Share our links!
1. Donate to the CDC Mutual Aid Network. 99% of donations go directly to fired/RIFed CDC workers and their families. www.cdcresourceportal.org/donate
2. Get yourself something nice at our store: cdc-mutual-aid-network.printful.me
3. Share our links!
October 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
3 ways to support our Fired CDC colleagues:
1. Donate to the CDC Mutual Aid Network. 99% of donations go directly to fired/RIFed CDC workers and their families. www.cdcresourceportal.org/donate
2. Get yourself something nice at our store: cdc-mutual-aid-network.printful.me
3. Share our links!
1. Donate to the CDC Mutual Aid Network. 99% of donations go directly to fired/RIFed CDC workers and their families. www.cdcresourceportal.org/donate
2. Get yourself something nice at our store: cdc-mutual-aid-network.printful.me
3. Share our links!
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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:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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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Jump in where you can to improve and expand public libraries. www.librariesforthepeople.org
For The People
www.librariesforthepeople.org
October 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Jump in where you can to improve and expand public libraries. www.librariesforthepeople.org
People need to stop listening to Ezra Klein... For multiple reasons
This @jessicavalenti.bsky.social piece about Ezra Klein's latest wrongness is great. I particularly enjoyed this: "Since first making the argument to fellow Times columnist Ross Douthat, Klein has defended his comments to a series of additional men" jessica.substack.com/p/ezra-klein...
October 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
People need to stop listening to Ezra Klein... For multiple reasons
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It’s time for one of the easiest things you can do for wildlife: just #LeaveTheLeaves! Leaves are vital homes & winter shelter! 🐝
🍂 Follow our easy tips & meet the animals you’ll be saving ➡️ xerces.org/blog/leave-t...
🪧 Get your own yard sign, now available in English & Spanish ➡️ xerces.org/gifts
🍂 Follow our easy tips & meet the animals you’ll be saving ➡️ xerces.org/blog/leave-t...
🪧 Get your own yard sign, now available in English & Spanish ➡️ xerces.org/gifts
Leave the Leaves!
One of the most valuable ways to support pollinators and other invertebrates is to provide them with the shelter they need to survive the winter. Thankfully, all you need to do is do less yard work.
xerces.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It’s time for one of the easiest things you can do for wildlife: just #LeaveTheLeaves! Leaves are vital homes & winter shelter! 🐝
🍂 Follow our easy tips & meet the animals you’ll be saving ➡️ xerces.org/blog/leave-t...
🪧 Get your own yard sign, now available in English & Spanish ➡️ xerces.org/gifts
🍂 Follow our easy tips & meet the animals you’ll be saving ➡️ xerces.org/blog/leave-t...
🪧 Get your own yard sign, now available in English & Spanish ➡️ xerces.org/gifts
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Gov is shutdown. Let’s see who picks it up this time 🤣
October 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
👀🤣
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so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’
Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...
www.404media.co
October 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...