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pydeck.bsky.social
@pydeck.bsky.social
I care about families, kids, democracy, books, librarians, free press, day hikes, volleyball, crafts, MN, SF in no particular order. #redwingsnowstorm
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California's kids deserve the best — and so do their teachers and schools! Hear from candidates for state Superintendent of Public Instruction about their priorities for public education at this free online forum. Hosted by @lwvsf.bsky.social & @ppssf.bsky.social. 🎟️RSVP at luma.com/92eb6tfg?utm...
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San Francisco, who's going to represent us in Congress? Hear directly from the CA-11 candidates at our free forum on April 29! No debate, just candidates answering questions about issues that matter to you. ⭐ RSVP luma.com/u06lp1y4?utm... @aclu-norcal.bsky.social @sfgovtv.sf.gov @lwvc.bsky.social
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Stand Up for Science on THIS Saturday, March 7, 12-3 PM, at Civic Center Plaza Show up to support scientists and stand against anti-intellectualism. . • Attend the rally. Wear your Indivisible SF shirt to represent us. • Be an event monitor at the rally. buff.ly/OKSx0pL
I practiced in a rural community. I saw up close devastation of vaccine preventable illness. Some before vaccine introduced, some after: HIB& pneumococcal meningitis, measles pan-encephalitis, chickenpox ataxia, etc #vaccinate #AAP guidelines #pedsky www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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I spent a little over 2 years after retiring from Peds practice as senior AmeriCorps Volunteer in MN preschool. This woman is speaking truth. @indivisiblesf.bsky.social #pedsky #redwingsnowstorm
"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
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Watch my address on the ongoing federal presence in Minnesota: youtu.be/fGTsYXBWQgU
Proud to be a Pediatrician(retired), member of AAP, & to have worked closely for/with Public Health during the COVID pandemic. People want to forget how frightening those early days were, how grateful people were for the vaccine, how devastating the illness was for many families. #StandUpforScience
(1/3) Pediatric health care and strong public health agencies are two planks in the foundation of children’s health and wellbeing. CDC has long been a leading resource for research and evidence-backed recommendations on how to keep children healthy.
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What brings a retired rural pediatrician to tears? -the memories of children seriously harmed by vaccine prevents illness (before & after vaccine introduced). Yet not a single memory of serious vaccine harm. We deserve better.
This OpEd, by the inspirational @drdemetre.bsky.social in today’s @washingtonpost.com, is one of the best pieces of science writing of 2025 I’ll be assigning it to my students next semester in my class on ‘policy writing—turning evidence into public health action’ Thx Ed, for the free access link👇
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link without paywall: archive.ph/vXqVf#select...
Replacing the US child vaccine schedule with Denmark’s schedule is negligence, writes @drdemetre.bsky.social “When a jet engine fails at 30,000 feet, it’s not the manual writer who pays the price. It’s the passengers — in this case, America’s children.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
The visual positive impact of vaccines is startling. In my early career, I asked elderly friends & relatives about childhood disease. Almost everyone had lost a sibling-including my Dad’s brother - likely RSV/Whooping Cough at age 2 months. #removeRFKJr graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
One among many: 64 yo with 3 chronic well managed dx: ACA health care premium doubles in 26 in spite of switch to lower tier plan. Savings will cover til start Medicare so I’m lucky minority. #Medicareforall @kffhealthnews.org @indivisible.org
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Sunday post: People are more likely to support partisan violence if they think the other party does too This gives us an incredibly powerful tool for reducing mass political violence: Sharing the real (very low) numbers on how many people actually support it www.gelliottmorris.com/p/people-are...
This makes me feel hope. A strong voice for children and families is what we need now.
I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t. Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
I take public transit multiple times a week in SF. It is not dirty or scary. It’s clean and efficient and the app works great. Do I sometimes see folks who are struggling? Yes I do. Am I in a minority racial/ethnic group on the bus or train? Usually, and that’s ok. #SFmuni
Duffy: "If you're liberal, they want you to take public transportation ... the problem is that it's dirty. You have criminals. It's homeless shelters. It's insane asylums. It's a work ground for the criminal element of the city to prey upon the good people."
“The whole ‘Make America Healthy Again,’ the focus on taking food color dyes out of cereal? How about we take E. coli out of our lettuce, so it doesn’t kill our kids?” said sick kid’s Dad 💔 😢 We need functional #CDC #FDA #NIH #pedsky #redwingsnowstorm www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Anyone who has watched an infant struggle to breathe and felt helpless (like me - rural pediatrician) is or should be enraged at this silencing and harm. #pedsky #redwingsnowstorm
open.substack.com/pub/pauloffi... RFK Jr. promised "radical transparency" as Secretary of HHS. Apparently, he didn't mean it.
Remember those explainers of exponential growth of highly contagious COVID in unvaccinated populations? That prompted the shutdown? Measles is much more contagious.
The US has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year. It’s only the second time the US has hit this dangerous milestone in the past 30 years and it’s only May. This is the Make America Sick Again agenda.
It’s hard to keep up with all the damage to trusted #NIH #CDC. I saw the benefits when #BackToSleep began in my own practice: fewer dead babies. Conflicting messages reach parents about sleep through marketing unsafe products and methods. #StandUp www.healthychildren.org/English/ages...
National Service (think military, AmeriCorps, etc) is a force multiplier, a path to adulthood (age 25 for brain development), and a societal equalizer taking young people out of their home environment to see other viewpoints/life experiences. #americorps #service #learning #rebuild #redwingsnowstorm
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Get your health advice and vaccine information from trusted healthcare professionals and trusted alternative sources: 1. www.who.int 2. www.gov.uk/government/o... 3. www.canada.ca/en/public-he... 4. www.ecdc.europa.eu/en www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-... Be informed, be sure every elected position who represents you knows this funding is in danger. #redwingsnowstorm
As a pediatrician, grandmother, and citizen: This is outrageous and dangerous. Killer infectious diseases known and unknown are waiting for our most vulnerable, and we will not know the danger is here until too late. 😥 #redwingsnowstorm
New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH. No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts. And no indication how long the pause will last. With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
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What we’re done is create a massive information infrastructure which privileges conspiracy theories, demagoguery, bigotry, lies, and hysteria - much larger than the traditional news infrastructure. It’s the main information source for many. And then new political movements evolved to exploit it.
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