Rebecca Ruhlen

Anthropologist, breastfeeding advocate and volunteer counselor, Quaker, feminist, knitter, mother.

[Rebecca Ruhlen @rnruhlen]

Evidence-based info and support empower mothers! #breastfeeding #NBM14 #sixwords @USbreastfeeding @Bf_USA

[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

Anecdotally (ie family and friends), professionally (in the hospital), and from the data (wastewater + hospitalizations) covid cases are skyrocketing.

Yes- many have some residual immunity and will get milder sickness than past waves, but ⬆️ hospitalization rates don’t lie.

[Braxton Winston II @BraxtonWinston]

Regardless of tonight’s performances, I need Democrats and those aligned with the Democratic positions to understand that the the races of 2024 are happening now. The time to organize the states and the nation is RIGHT NOW. We can’t wait or we will get out-organized.

[Jessica Valenti @JessicaValenti]

Something to remember while Republicans hyper-focus on abortion later in pregnancy:

The demographic most likely to have abortions at or after 21 weeks are children 14 years old and under.

[Bayly Hoehne @HoehneBayly]

As a fifteen year old who has gone to public school my entire life, I can tell you for a fact that I am much more terrified of being shot to death at my desk than what my teachers are teaching me. #GOPDebate

[James Slattery @jcslattery]

Ron DeSantis literally screamed at the moderators to prevent the debate stage from being forced to answer whether humans are causing climate change

[Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd]

No, she couldn't.
And No, she wouldn't.
Sincerely, a doctor in South Carolina.
#AbortionIsHealthcare

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

I should be shocked by this but I’m not.

One of the great undercovered stories of our time is the ongoing infiltration of local police departments, federal law enforcement, and the military by the far-right.

[Laura Miers @LauraMiers]

December 2022 was our second largest wave on record according to wastewater, & “hospitals were the fullest they’ve been throughout the pandemic.”

With very little testing & data left, we blamed other causes.

Then media gaslit us.

The same thing will happen again.

[Rebecca Ruhlen @rnruhlen]

@JasonM98282978 Tribalism gonna tribe. 🤷‍♀️

[Rebecca Ruhlen @rnruhlen]

Stochastic terrorism. Not a lone wolf. Right-wing religious extremism looks like a lot of different people these days.

[Sara Anne Willette ♿️🌈👩🏻‍💻𓅆 @amethystarlight]

Here’s my take on transmission, pretty similar to @1goodtern:

Wear a respirator and clean the air. Do the bare minimum to make all of this better.

If you don’t want to, acknowledge that your choices are harming everyone around you. Own it. Just own it.

[Rebecca Ruhlen @rnruhlen]

@SpryOld I don't think they actually believe much of anything, about anyone. It's all just cynical "own the libs" grandstanding. Performative tribalism for lolz and dopamine.

[Rebecca Ruhlen @rnruhlen]

@LazarusLong13 @DrJudyStone @pjavidan @PeoplesCDC @goodregs @TheWHN @Forbes @CDCgov @DrMandyCohen @CDCDirector Shameful attempt to bury stakeholders' views, expressed through legitimate channels at a PUBLIC meeting. Release the video @CDCgov !

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

1. Ginni Thomas texted Mark Meadows not to concede: “it takes time for the army who is gathering for [Trump’s] back.”

2. She pushed for Sidney Powell to be “the lead & the face” of Trump's legal team.

3. She shouldn't be on the Library of Congress board. https://t.co/Z5yw38q77S

[Laura Miers @LauraMiers]

I was perusing US Covid media coverage & I was amused to see we’re still hearing from the same rotating list of captured experts who have been wrong about everything since 2020, spectacularly bombing every prediction. The list never changes. It’s always the same people. Thread:

[Jeff McFadden @JeffAndDonkeys]

I invite you to read this thread and, in your head, every time you see "Covid" replace it with "Climate change."
Replace "pandemic" with "ecosystem catastrophe."
Same people. Every day. Same science fiction. Same "in ten years."
The more we do what they demand the worse it gets.

[Laura Miers @LauraMiers]

I will never forget this.

Interview requests go to the optimistic, not the cautious and concerned.