Holly Cukier, PhD

Scientist. Photographer. Feminist. Floridian forever. Woosh, woosh, go 'Canes!

[Cait Conley @CaitforNewYork]

We’ve served our country in uniform. Now we are stepping up to serve again.

We are The Hell Cats — four female veterans that are going to flip the House in 2026.

[Carl Hindy, Ph.D. @DrCarlHindy]

IF I GET DEMENTIA…..
I’d like my family to hang this wish list up on the wall where I live. I want them to remember these things.

1a. Every time you enter the room announce yourself. “Hi Dad - it’s Amanda.”
NEVER ask- Do you know who I am??? That causes anxiety.

• If I get dementia, I want my friends and family to embrace my reality.

• If I think my spouse is still alive, or if I think we’re visiting my parents for dinner, let me believe those things. I’ll be much happier for it.

• If I get dementia, don’t argue with me about what is true for me versus what is true for you.

• If I get dementia, and I am not sure who you are, do not take it personally. My timeline is confusing to me.

• If I get dementia, and can no longer use utensils, do not start feeding me. Instead, switch me to a finger-food diet, and see if I can still feed myself.

• If I get dementia, and I am sad or anxious, hold my hand and listen. Do not tell me that my feelings are unfounded.

• If I get dementia, I don’t want to be treated like a child. Talk to me like the adult that I am.

• If I get dementia, I still want to enjoy the things that I’ve always enjoyed. Help me find a way to exercise, read, and visit with friends.

• If I get dementia, ask me to tell you a story from my past.

• If I get dementia, and I become agitated, take the time to figure out what is bothering me.

• If I get dementia, treat me the way that you would want to be treated.

• If I get dementia, make sure that there are plenty of snacks for me in the house. Even now if I don’t eat I get angry, and if I have dementia, I may have trouble explaining what I need.

• If I get dementia, don’t talk about me as if I’m not in the room.

• If I get dementia, don’t feel guilty if you cannot care for me 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It’s not your fault, and you’ve done your best. Find someone who can help you, or choose a great new place for me to live. With a bus and activities!!

• If I get dementia, and I live in a dementia care community, please visit me often.

• If I get dementia, don’t act frustrated if I mix up names, events, or places.
Take a deep breath. It’s not my fault.

• If I get dementia, make sure I always have my favorite music playing within earshot.

• If I get dementia, and I like to pick up items and carry them around, help me return those items to their original place.

• If I get dementia, don’t exclude me from parties and family gatherings.

• If I get dementia, know that I still like receiving hugs or handshakes.

• If I get dementia, remember that I am still the person you know and love.”

ᴄᴏᴘʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴀsᴛᴇ in Honor of someone you know or knew who has dementia. In Honor of all those I know and love and lost who are fighting Dementia/Alzheimer’s.

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt
via Smithsonian Magazine

[G-MA @GmaIndiana]

Grandpa Rock Playlist 💕 I’m feeling old now 😂😂

[Acyn @Acyn]

Jessica: I wanted to go over a few of the things people who are going to be out there on the streets peacefully protesting are upset about. Starting with the basics: 

Signing an executive order to do away with birthright citizenship which is literally in the
constitution. 

Sending troops into blue cities. 

Unilaterally implementing tariffs which congress gets to do. 

I already talked about the 170 Americans who've been locked up. 

Cracking down on the first amendment, detaining students for op-eds you don't like, targeting law firms, universities. 

Reallocating funds appropriated by congress

Making billions off of crypto scam

The Trump administration has defied one in three judges that have ruled against him. You're seeing that from judges appointed by Reagan up to Donald Trump that are saying absolutely not. You are breaking the law. 

All of that is what "No kings" day is all about

[tern @1goodtern]

I'm a little bit stunned that 1000s of classrooms in London are going to get hepa air filters.

Just what I was campaigning for five and a half years ago.

Now we need to have them switched on and filters changed at the right intervals.

[Dame Sa 🐝 3.5% @LongCovidHell]

“When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.”

C. S. Lewis.

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

CNN, Fox News, NBC, ABC and CBS just issued a joint statement: "We join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues. The policy is without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections. We will continue to cover the U.S. military as each of our organizations has done for many decades, upholding the principles of a free and independent press."

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

[Holly Cukier, PhD @HollyCukier]

https://t.co/pbJiwDggIe

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @AdelitaForAZ.

[Biff #SARSisAirborne 🍉 @Biff234523]

📢💉Novavax (Nuvaxovid) availability update for: Thursday, September 25th, 2025

What’s new today:
Rollout has now started in earnest at CVS and Costco. Also, first availability from Meijer and an Albertsons subsidiary.

In general, availability stretching into many new states for the first time: PA, WI, IN, MA, CT, ME, TX, ID, KS, etc.

Publix:
Available at most/all locations in VA, TN, AL, KY, NC, SC, and FL. GA locations are still requiring a prescription for now. Stafford, VA location previously ran out, but is already restocked!

CVS:
Starting to roll out, reported availability at these locations:

• 3 locations in NJ (Clifton, Ocean City, East Windsor)

• 2 locations in TX (Dallas - 5370 West Lovers Lane; Houston - San Felipe Rd)

• 2 locations in IN (Indianapolis; Bloomington)

• 5 locations in CA (Marina Del Rey; Playa Vista; Woodland Hills; Anaheim; San Diego - 3151 University Ave)

• Seattle, WA (Westlake Ave)

• Tucson, AZ

• Manhattan, KS

• Akron, OH (State Rd)

• Queensbury, NY

• Holland, MI

Costco
Starting to roll out, reported availability at these locations:

• Enfield, CT

• Danvers, MA and Avon, MA

• Glen Mills, PA

• Midland, MI

• Received word that their order has shipped: Minnesota, Mississippi, and Colchester, VT.

Cub Foods (Minnesota)
Available at most/all of their 106 locations.

Walmart
Starting to roll out, reported availability at these locations:

• Many locations in CA (Richmond, Dixon, Napa, Encinitas, Escondido, Poway, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Milpitas, Hawthorne, San Jose, Clearlake, Long Beach, Porter Ranch, Redding, Riverside, Rohnert park, Martinez)

• 5 locations in WA (Spokane, Tacoma, Lynnwood, Bellevue, Arlington)

• 3 locations in OR (McMinnville, Tigard, Hillsboro, 2 in Portland)

• Albuquerque, NM

• Lafayette, CO

• 2 locations in AZ (Surprse and Tempe)

• Boise, ID

• Hanover, PA

• La Crosse, WI

• Note: All Walmart locations are currently saying that the stock is not “in their system” yet, so consider politely asking them to physically check for availability.

Kroger and Subsidiaries
Starting to roll out, reported availability at these locations:

• 4 locations in MI (Sterling Heights, Hazel Park, Farmington Hills, Walled Lake)

• 6 locations in OH (Port Clinton, Sandusky, Mansfield, Cincinnati, Whitehall, Columbus (Clintonville))

• Huntsville, AL

• King Soopers in Boulder, CO

• Many Mariano’s in IL: Bannockburn, Skokie, Lake Zurich, Chicago, (Edgewater neighborhood; Bucktown), Vernon Hills. Alleged by one location that ALL locations will be stocking.

• Ralphs in Studio City, CA and Canoga, CA

• 2 QFCs in Seattle, WA (University village; Holman Road)

• Many Harris Teeter locations in the DC/MD/VA area: Arlington, VA; Bethesda MD; Darnestown, MD; Potomac, MD; Baltimore, MD; Adams Morgan neighborhood, DC; Severna Park, MD; Alexandria, VA; Sterling, VA; Arlington, VA; Falls Church, VA; Darnestown, MD)

• Fred Meyer in Portland, OR; Seattle, WA (Ballard); and Boise, ID

• Smith’s Food and Drug in Arizona

Meijer
Starting to roll out, reported availability at these locations:

• Williamsburg, MI

Albertsons and subsidiaries
• Acme in Allendale, NJ

• A Jewel-Osco location expects stock to be arriving this week.

Local pharmacies or small chains with confirmed availability:

• Danny’s Pharmacy II - NYC, NY

• Neergaard Pharmacy - NYC, NY

• White Flint Pharmacy - Rockville, MD

• Caplet - Columbia and Ellicott City, MD

• Ray Pharmacy - Ray Pharmacy, Dunellen, NJ

• Heritage Pharmacy - Washington Crossing, PA

• Conley’s Drug Store - Ipswich, MA

Nimvax in Beverly, MA

• Amy’s Pharmacy in Los Angeles, CA

• My Dr’s Pharmacy in Herndon, VA

• Shaw’s Pharmacy in Portland, ME

[Biff #SARSisAirborne 🍉 @Biff234523]

📢💉Novavax (Nuvaxovid) availability update for Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Publix
• Available at most/all locations in VA, TN, AL, KY, NC, and SC.
• GA locations have reported stock, but are still falsely asserting that a prescription is necessary. FL locations have reported stock, but are not allowing administration at all yet.
• Some locations (eg. Stafford, VA) are already out of stock for the time being.

Cub Foods (Minnesota)
Available at most/all of their 106 locations.

Walmart
Starting to roll out, reported availability at these West Coast locations:
• Escondido, CA
• Napa, CA
• Poway, CA
• Mountain View, CA
• Thousand Oaks, CA
• Simi Valley, CA
• Albuquerque, NM
• Spokane, WA

Kroger
Starting to roll out, reported availability at these Great Lakes locations:
• Sterling Heights, MI
• 1 undisclosed MI location
• Port Clinton, OH
• Sandusky, OH
• Mansfield, OH

Costco
No availability yet, but most stores have indicated that they do expect to receive stock, likely within the next couple weeks.

CVS
No availability yet, but some stores have indicated that they expect to receive stock, likely within the next couple weeks.
I personally expect it to be available at most/all locations, just like Costco, but as someone who’s been tracking this for the past 2 years, I have the sense that CVS corporate usually isn’t communicating their ordering intentions to local stores as well as Costco is.

Meijer
No availability yet. Conflicting reports from local stores, with some saying they expect eventual availability and some saying that they do not.

Walgreens
No availability yet. For local store sentiment, probably the worst that I’ve seen from any of the major chains. The vast majority give a straight “no, we won’t be carrying Novavax”, with a few saying to check back later. I have not personally heard any instances of a Walgreens location saying that they definitely expect to have stock.

Giant Food Stores
No availability yet. Some locations have indicated that they will eventually be receiving stock.

Albertsons
No availability yet. Some locations have indicated that they will eventually be receiving stock.

Local pharmacies with confirmed availability
• Danny’s Pharmacy II - NYC, NY
• White Flint Pharmacy - Rockville, MD

[Riki @biconicwomann]

a customer couldn't decide between two desserts and her boyfriend said "just get both, it's your day" and I was like "omg is it your birthday??" and she said "no, he says that every day"

[Sank, MD @pagingdrsank]

PSA: Get the kids in your life and your HPV vaccine NOW. Recommended for all kids age 11 or 12 years and for those under 27 if not adequately vaccinated when younger. They have already come for the COVID vaccine and the HPV vaccine, which is proven to prevent cancer, is next.

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 50s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone" Michael Okuda

How quick we forget

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: A federal judge reverses the Trump administration's cut of billions of dollars to Harvard University. https://t.co/x7ItaJn65q

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

Today over 1,000 current and former HHS employees just sent a letter calling on Secretary RFK Jr. to resign.

“Should he decline to resign, we call upon the President and U.S. Congress to appoint a new Secretary of Health and Human Services, one whose qualifications and experience ensure that health policy is informed by independent and unbiased peer-reviewed science.”

[I Dissent @DissentFu]

Roughly half of all children born before vaccines were invented died.

Y'all are really going to let this man kill half your kids?????