Rachel Widome

@rwidome

I'm an epidemiologist at the UMN's Division of Epidemiology and Community Health. I like rabbits. I like iced tea. I also like plots that involve time travel. On Twitter and elsewhere I'm rwidome too. More on me:

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Rachel Widome@rwidome· 1d

I do love the laser-eyed loon

Blue lawn sign with laser eyed loon image. It says ‘Don’t make me remind you again. Vote.’

Rachel Widome@rwidome· 4d

Was just looking at hotel options in Evanston, IL. Man the elevator ride up to this room must be looooooooong

Description of a hotel room that promises an "Ocean View."

Rachel Widome@rwidome· 16d

I mean look at how well Black Plague did in @dhmontgomery.com’s Middle Ages poll 😂

Black Plague had 9% of respondents reporting they viewed it very or somewhat favorably.

Rachel Widome@rwidome· 16d

I blame Emily Oster for this. "Current alcohol use [among preg women] was most prevalent among those who were older (18.2%), college graduates (14.7%), not married/partnered (18.0%), and employed (15.0%) relative to their respective counterparts." jamanetwork-com.ezp2.lib.umn.edu/journals/jam...

Figure depicting that current alcohol use among pregnant women rose from 2015/16-2021/22 then leveled off through 2023/24.

Rachel Widome@rwidome· 28d

It’s only getting worse

AirNow says the AQI is 483 in Minneapolis now. (10:21pm on 7/15.)

Rachel Widome@rwidome· 29d

Pic of RFK Jr. on a bin of slime at Axeman in St. Paul, MN. Speech bubble says, ‘I made this with my body.’ There’s a slime smear on his face.

Rachel Widome@rwidome· Jul 12

From today’s NYTimes:

“The lone star tick, especially, seems as if it crawled out of a horror flick. With its aggressive approach to hunting and unusually long, barbed mouthparts designed to anchor into our flesh, it resembles a miniature version of the alien in the “Predator” movies”

Rachel Widome@rwidome· Jun 28

Back after some weeks away I’m really appreciating all the drinking fountains Minneapolis has on its trails. You can see this one has a few snack trees (cherry!) behind it too!

Zoom in on some cherries on the cherry tree that you can see in the trail pic!

Rachel Widome@rwidome· May 23

Fake star trek next gen title saying “Something is wrong with yet another utopia planet”

Rachel Widome@rwidome· May 18

@drdebhoury.bsky.social now speaking at UMN SPH’s graduation!

Picture of Debra Houry projected on the screen giving a commencement address.

Rachel Widome@rwidome· May 9

Hey nerds, this weekend is Doors Open Minneapolis!

Sign with a bunch of numbers and then says, ‘ODOR CONTROL MIST ELIMINATOR’

Rachel Widome@rwidome· May 8

🌲, from the Nap Bishop...

The Nap Ministry
@TheNapMinistry
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Aug 15, 2021
I don’t allow my son to stay up late to do homework. If it’s not done, offer grace to yourself and go to sleep. He was stressing not completing a math quiz online. He gets to school the next day and the ENTIRE online system crashed for whole district. All deadlines pushed back!!

The Nap Ministry
@TheNapMinistry
I told him, “you see why grace is important? And why you always get your rest? The systems are all gonna crash one day! You will be rested!”
5:18 PM · Aug 15, 2021

Rachel Widome@rwidome· May 3

It was a hard winter here in South Minneapolis. But now it’s Spring…

Mail carriers union demanding ICE out at May Day parade.

Rachel Widome@rwidome· May 3

This is South Minneapolis. Happy May Day! (Sound 🎼📣 on)

Rachel Widome@rwidome· Apr 9

But someone in my house made a special topping for his oatmeal this morning by crumbling the Biscoffs that were stashed in his hoodie pocket from last night’s flight.