Jo Hofmann

Jo Hofmann

@birdcmp.bsky.social

Birder, woodworker, recovering servant of public health, exFed, ID doc

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Angie Rasmussen
@angierasmussen.bsky.social

500,000,000 these are Arabic numerals

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

Jo Hofmann
@birdcmp.bsky.social

So many people in public service subjected to “should I stay or should I go?”

Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social

SCOOP: The CDC's deputy director is leaving. Jen Shuford, an infectious-disease physician who had been Texas's health commissioner, was hired to help restore trust in CDC. Now she's out after six months. More with @lenasun.bsky.social.

washingtonpost.comCDC’s deputy director to leave Trump administration after six monthsJennifer Shuford, who had been Texas’s health commissioner, was part of a team hired to restore confidence in the agency.

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Aliette de Bodard
@aliettedebodard.com

Honestly several things are depressing about ai but the two that stand out are the eagerness of people to outsource thought because cognitive effort is uncomfortable, and the casualness with which people use the shiny, easy thing knowing it's bad for climate change

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derek guy
@dieworkwear.bsky.social

Replying to @dieworkwear.bsky.social

I grew up in a lower income immigrant family and we ate at Red Lobster for "special days." But we also understood the White House should not look like the inside of Red Lobster. It's condescending to assuming working ppl are culturally illiterate bc their experience is shaped by their limited means.

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IDSA
@idsainfo.bsky.social

Congratulations to Dr. Michael T. Osterholm (@mtosterholm.bsky.social), recipient of the 2026 Anthony Fauci Courage in Leadership Award! His commitment to scientific integrity and evidence-based public health has made a lasting impact on the field of ID. Learn more: bit.ly/4kcOCAt

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Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH
@mtosterholm.bsky.social

What an honor! As much as this award had my name on it, it really should have had many people's names on it. I'm grateful to @idsainfo.bsky.social for recognizing the work being done by VIP at CIDRAP. The credit for this work is shared with staff, supporters, those who got us started, and others!

CIDRAP@cidrap.bsky.social

CIDRAP Director Michael Osterholm recognized for defending vaccine science But, the University of Minnesota epidemiologist says the recognition belongs to a much larger group. Read more: https://bit.ly/3U8ZS6x @mtosterholm.bsky.social

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IDSA
@idsainfo.bsky.social

🐶 Pup or Pathogen? 🦠 IDSA CEO Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FIDSA, put #IDWeek2026 attendees in the Puppy Play Zone to the test: Can they tell the difference between an infectious disease pathogen and an adorable pup? Watch to see how they did!

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Melody Schreiber
@melodyschreiber.com

BREAKING: The hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau "will not move forward," the lead researcher says. “The solution is clear here: Take the money and vaccinate as many kids as you can,” @pauloffit.bsky.social told me: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

theguardian.comControversial US-backed vaccine trial in African newborns haltedHepatitis B study in Guinea-Bissau that was to be funded by CDC and that drew global backlash ‘will not move forward’
Jo Hofmann
@birdcmp.bsky.social

Erica Schwartz is a waste of protoplasm.

Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social

The CDC took two months to respond to a request from CA and WA to validate a high-throughput test for measles, and then said it had “other competing priorities.” 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/h...

nytimes.comC.D.C. Ignored Request From States to Validate a New Measles Test (Gift Article)The agency replied two months later, saying it had “competing priorities,” officials from a coalition of Western states said.
Jo Hofmann
@birdcmp.bsky.social

Uh, this is not good.

NPR@npr.org

Nigeria is the latest country to report an Ebola case as the outbreak spreads across the region. Kenya confirmed its first case earlier this month and has since recorded nine infections. n.pr/4yBseEy

n.prNigeria confirms an Ebola case in Abuja as a woman arriving from Uganda tests positiveNigeria is the latest country to report an Ebola case as the outbreak spreads across the region. Kenya confirmed its first case earlier this month and has since recorded nine infections.

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Ian Weissman, DO
@drianweissman.bsky.social

"While money is pumped into state and local health departments to help counter the growing measles outbreaks across the country, experts say clear communication from top health leaders seems lacking and what has been said publicly may have hurt more than helped." thehill.com/policy/healt...

thehill.comInfectious disease veterans call for clearer federal message on measlesWhile money is pumped into state and local health departments to help counter the growing measles outbreaks across the country, experts say clear communication from top health leaders seems lacking…

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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

thehandbasket.co'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist tiesThomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.

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jamelle
@jamellebouie.net

the second el-sayed chose to treat tommy as an equal and not a nuisance, tommy was cooked

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

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Noelle
@finallynoelle.bsky.social

So we fly a pride flag in our front yard in a very conservative neighborhood and it’s been there for the last few years. Someone put this in our mailbox and my goodness…

Jo Hofmann
@birdcmp.bsky.social

A frog chomping on a penguin? Wut?

Darren Naish@tetzoo.bsky.social

"The standard explanation for the presence of ‘Gondwanan’ taxa within Cretaceous Europe is the ‘Atlantogean’ hypothesis, whereby transient connections between Africa and southern Europe allowed movement north ... exactly this has been suggested for Hungarobatrachus" tetzoo.com/blog/2026/10... #frogs

tetzoo.comLate News on Hyloid Frogs — Tetrapod Zoologyfrogs, frog evolution, Hyloidea, Hyloides, hyloid, hyloids, Anura, anurans, myobatrachoids, Myobatrachoidea, Australobatrachia, australobatrachian, australobatrachians, Calyptocephalella, treefrogs, t...

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Gary Legum
@glegum.bsky.social

Hasan was paralyzed in the shooting, so as if this wasn't all bad enough already, sit with the image of him being executed while in a wheelchair for that extra frisson of barbarity.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

WASHINGTON (AP) - Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed in December.

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19thnews
@19thnews.org

A deadly measles outbreak in Pennsylvania has infected more than 975 people this year and been linked to five deaths. It has also infected at least 50 pregnant women in the state, causing doctors in outbreak areas to change how they care for pregnant patients and their babies.

19thnews.orgWhat Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak could mean for pregnancy care across AmericaIt's raising new questions about immunity testing before pregnancy, early vaccinations for babies and the many complications that could rise from infection.
Jo Hofmann
@birdcmp.bsky.social

Many questions.

The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com

⚡️Plague death triggers quarantine, mask mandates in Russia's Irkutsk region in Siberia. The measures come after Darya Shipilova, a lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, died after reportedly contracting plague on Oct. 2.

kyivindependent.comPlague death triggers quarantine, mask mandates in Russia's Irkutsk region in SiberiaThe measures come after Darya Shipilova, a lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, died after reportedly contracting plague on Oct. 2.
Jo Hofmann
@birdcmp.bsky.social

Greetings from the only place to be in the first 2 wks of Hawktober. Last night saw swirls of Tree Swallows dotted w/ Common Nighthawks, invaded by the occasional Merlin or Peregrine.

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Paulette Feeney ❌️👑
@pauletteparis1.bsky.social

Find a drop box!

Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com

NEW: Each election year, USPS takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. But this year, the agency has pushed back the start date by five days for a set of new measures, leaving postal workers with a truncated timeline to manage mail ballots.

democracydocket.comUSPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.
@sarahmackattack.bsky.social

If you are part of an academic society or a professor of any kind, public statements that you do not condone Drexel cutting off the academy of natural sciences from the public of Philadelphia is very important right now. We need your voices. Urgently.

Jo Hofmann
@birdcmp.bsky.social

How many more ways can they waste our time & money?

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING WSJ: The Trump Justice Department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor's office that investigated Watergate committed misconduct. A revisionist historian went to DOJ HQ to present his case that Richard Nixon and his associates weren't treated fairly.

wsj.comExclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw DealA revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.
Jo Hofmann
@birdcmp.bsky.social

It’s hard to know which moron to hate the most in this administration. Every day in every way, they attempt to outdope one another.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hegseth: "It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that -- no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos no wimps no radicals. Just warriors."

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.
@sarahmackattack.bsky.social

A list of people who honked in support of the Academy of Natural Sciences at yesterday's protest: A schoolbus A car full of kids A cop A mailman Cars full of people in business attire Cars full of people in work outfits Cars full of people in street clothes The PPA Philly supports the Academy.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.
@sarahmackattack.bsky.social

The press coverage of the Academy of Natural Sciences has gone from "Oh how sad" to sounding like a hostage negotiation. Which maybe sounds bad, but elected leaders, the press, the people online, all saying "You don't have to do this, man" is better than mourning. share.inquirer.com/YTQg0s

share.inquirer.comPhiladelphia shouldn’t give up on the Academy of Natural Sciences’ historic museum | EditorialThe Academy's 150-year-old building faces roughly $150 million in deferred maintenance costs. While that may seem daunting, it is not insurmountable.