Rachel Widome

“Forget tainted candy: The scariest thing on Halloween is parked in your driveway. More American child pedestrians die on Halloween from cars than on any other day of the year.” Via @vox.com. It’s also a key time to discuss SAFER streets & neighborhood design, for kids, and FOR EVERYONE. #Halloween

Just filled out like a 10-page intake form ahead of the appointment with my new dental clinic tomorrow. People, people everywhere, you are collecting entirely too much data.

The 5-year cancer survival rate is up to 70% SIDS deaths have decreased by over 50% 89% decline in tornado deaths All thanks to federal investment in science and OUR tax dollars at work!

This week, NIH advisors rebuked RFK for harming #NIH and US science. Sheryl Gay Stolberg reported it. Then RFK posted calling her sources anonymous or corrupt. I'll say this hoping it does good: I'm an NIH scientist, I'm not anonymous, and RFK Jr is destroying NIH. More in attachment:

You must not fully justify your text.* You must not. *Unless you are working with a professional typesetter.

- Red-headed Woodpecker ~ "Full Steam Ahead" in Necedah, Wisconsin, USA - Photo courtesy of Rick Schulz.

Data were recorded into a purpose-designed mobile phone application (Chart Your Fart)

Election 2026: Hennepin County Attorney. naomikritzer.com/2026/10/18/e...

Niche question but have any of you ever done something with Daggity where you think Daggity was wrong?

I mean I can think of few reasons why a left-wing transgender witch would like him. And so?

This is really terrible news. Helen was one of the best. Helen Branswell, whose reporting on infectious diseases and public health drew acclaim, dies at 69 www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/h... via @statnews.com

In addition to proposing to conceal grant scores from program officers & applicants, NIH has apparently shut down their RFI survey claiming that 'The survey has expired and currently not accepting any responses', despite the midnight deadline (it's not midnight). rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6a2b1c22c3...

Annual reminder to Minnesotans regarding this week: No one outside this state has any idea what you are talking about when you say “MEA.”

You know, for my job I read a lot of other people’s stuff. And I’m actually generally pleasantly surprised at how most people are still doing their own writing, at least right now.

BOOK LICE?????? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/b...

This is disgusting www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...

Some of the dumber and most meaningless things related to all of this are just... are like weirdly annoying. Good job you guys, you wanted to annoy me and you did it! In fact you do it very regularly now! 😂

By the way, have we talked about how wild it is that the HIGH SCHOOL students in and around Paris have led such a sustained and widespread protest of about the unacceptable quality and government support of their public high schools?

But no part was hit as hard as SBE, which went from an average of 800 new grants to just 91, a precipitous, 90% decline. SBE spent just 95 million on new grants, far less than its average of 247 million.

Death spiral accelerates

C'mon Minnesota!

Gross www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...

It is so devastatingly troubling that a majority of Americans are still in favor of the death penalty. I seriously don't get that and it's one of horrors of this country that is not just tragic and unjust but also just so gruesome and utterly ghoulish to me. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...

A victory for the government in this case would greenlight long-term mass civil detention at a level not seen since Japanese internment during WWII. It would represent the largest change in how the US treats immigrants facing removal since 1996, and remind us again that the 96 law must be erased.

Shame on the US Supreme Court. Shame, shame, shame.

There is a story to be told about how this administration keeps targeting Minnesota and Minnesotans at *every* level. This is yet another example of these targeted political attacks. They are trying hard to silence us. We keep showing up and speaking up. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Minnesotans have not forgotten the violence that the Trump Administration brought to our streets. We will continue to seek accountability and justice.

It's great they are adding a 4th car to the hugely popular once-a-day and often sold out Borealis service, but... OMG you guys please more trains, faster trains, more modern cars that don't break so much, more destinations, c'mon USA... media.amtrak.com/2026/09/bore...

Minneapolis Public Schools has deep problems: sahanjournal.com/education/mi...

Two places that just wreck my mood shortly after entering: Target and LinkedIn

I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...