@chrisskurka.bsky.social, @clctroy.bsky.social, Yin Yang, & @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social are among the coauthors of "'It Is in the Air': Seeking & Scanning for Information About Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Young-Adult Men Who Have Sex w/ Men in the US." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Congratulations to Dr. Jiaqi (Agnes) Bao, who passed her dissertation defense today! With chair/advisor @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social and committee members @chrisskurka.bsky.social, Fuyuan Shen, and S. Shyam Sundar.

Since a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd in 2020, the number of people killed by the police each year has continued to rise — and Black Americans are still killed in disproportionate numbers. Our data reporter explains his findings. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...

Folks, @rpavelko.bsky.social & I need your help. If you or someone you know listens to NORMAL GOSSIP, we'd love you/them to take this survey. More info attached. @defector.com @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social @heyydnae.bsky.social pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

A big congratulations to Dr. Megan Norman on successfully defending her dissertation today! With advisor @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social and committee members @chrisskurka.bsky.social, S. Shyam Sundar, and Stephanie Madden.

This "ruling" — 5 months after the 2024 election — would require 60,000+ NC voters who cast a ballot legally to somehow "cure" those ballots with ~2 weeks notice. It also tosses other eligible ballots completely. Should it stand, it would be the end of free and fair elections as we know them.

Measles and tariffs, what century is this?

He’s running the country just like he ran his businesses…..

After cutting social security, we can’t imagine a more direct attack on senior citizens than this. Dementia is one of the biggest health challenges facing seniors (and their families) today.

It is always a debate in #academia about work-life balance. How does it like in the #industry, watch @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social interview on this issue. She recently took a job at Cook Medical and left @pennstateuniv.bsky.social as a full prof. #Academia #worklifebalance youtu.be/hihueI3YyH4?...

Former faculty @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social is a coauthor with Helena Bilandzic of "Narratives of Regret: How Anticipated Regret and Counterfactual Thinking Can Promote COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions in Unvaccinated Adults." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Grad alum Yuan Sun and Nicholas Eng and former faculty @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social join Taylor Vasquez as coauthors of "A Picture is Worth a Thousand “Likes”: Examining the Effects of Social Media Content Type and Social Norm Cues on Workout Intentions." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"I think we need to be proactive helping our #graduate #students at least to see that path" says @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social discussing prospects of jobs in the industry after a #PhD. Watch the full episode here. youtu.be/-kRoMHBIPxY?...

What helps if you are looking for a career outside #academia after #PhD? We had an amazing guest today who shared her story. @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social is a senior clinical scientist at Cook Medical. Watch full episode here: youtu.be/-kRoMHBIPxY?... #academia #IndustryJobs #careeradvice

Really disappointing this policy change is being snuck in last second, but there’s time to speak up. These tests are not conclusive and are a slippery slope to reintroduce. Read the thread for a link to give feedback.

Anyway @avindman.bsky.social was absolutely right and proven right in less than 24 hours

Two DOGE workers are now at CISA (DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) I've confirmed. Edward Coristine, the 19-yr-old known as Big Balls, and Kyle Schutt, a 37-yr-old software engineer. Marisa Kabas (bsky.app/profile/mari...) was first to report about Coristine. My piece for Wired

It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank. I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history. Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.

Where we've landed...

Reality TV actor Sean Duffy’s last 3 tweets as Secretary of Transportation are: -fighting with Hillary Clinton -more fighting with Hillary Clinton -lamenting the third(!) airline crash that's occurred since he was sworn in

Good: CDC’s outbreak publication (MMWR) is now up and running after the first pause in over 70 years Bad: Todays publication is about fires, and not the missing bird flu or mpox studies we knew were up for publication. Of which have safety implications for veterinarians and people with house cats …

MUZZLED FACT—💡Last year, 95% of people hospitalized for COVID-19 weren't up to date on the latest vaccine booster. 📌And people who skipped the flu shot? They were ⬆️2x twice as likely to need medical care from the flu P.s. Trump WH has pulled & banned these public health ads

The richest man in the world is sitting at the Resolute desk, about to defund your public school. Trump should stop him.

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

Here are a few thoughts on my Substack about how the HHS activity/messaging freezes affect health communication, in particular, as well as some ideas for practical steps we can take in our own health communication practices to fight to protect public health open.substack.com/pub/healthym...

I’m trying, and I hope other people will try, to hold onto the simple notion that a US president cannot simply declare a federal law that was passed last year and literally upheld this week to be a nullity—even if it’s a not-so-hot law. The Congress is the body that can amend or repeal federal laws.

Exclusive: German ambassador warns of Trump plan to redefine constitutional order, document shows - www.reuters.com/world/us/ger...

It would be ok for the President of the United States and the leader of the free world to condemn forcefully and loudly what NC Republicans are trying to do here.

A Supreme Court justice called the president elect and asked him for a favor. Sam Alito needs to recuse from any and all cases to which Donald Trump is a party.

BREAKING: Justice Alito takes call from Trump, right as Trump's lawyers sought stay to stop Trump's criminal sentencing in NYC. Alito claims it was to help a former clerk get a job. Doesn't matter. Federal law requires Alito now be DISQUALIFIED from the Trump stay petition.

Apply for the 2025 Diverse Voices in Science Journalism internship with Science's news team! Students: -from a community historically underrepresented in journalism -with a demonstrated interest in covering science topics for general audiences This could be for you ⬇️ www.aaas.org/programs/div...

Lots to unpack here, but I will say this: Turns out teaching boys they are born superior (and telling girls they're biologically inferior) is not good for boys. Girls understand that they need to work to succeed. But boys often feel success should just happen. jill.substack.com/p/the-gender...

never a bad time to return to @kissane.bsky.social's Meta in Myanmar series erinkissane.com/meta-in-myan...

A jury of 12 of his peers who heard all of the evidence and had the opportunity to hear his lawyers argue against it unanimously agreed that he was guilty. Prosecutors can't make that happen, nor can judges. That's our criminal justice system in action. The jurors found Trump guilty.

Two disturbed guys rent trucks and commit public acts of violence to deliver explicit ideological messages: one gets the scare story about who radicalized him, the other gets a sympathetic, nonpolitical account of his trauma

A crucial, urgent read in this moment of fascist acceleration: “Williams penetrated a new generation of paramilitary leaders, which included doctors, career cops and government attorneys… It was a world where a man would propose assassinating politicians, only to spark a debate about logistics.”

The 19th Congress: Some history makers, but fewer women overall. Welcome to a Washington in which women's representation has become a partisan affair: 19thnews.org/2025/01/the-...

Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed on Friday.

And sometimes they say the quiet part out loud. As when one of the moms I interviewed for Holding It Together--a former nurse--told me in 2021 that she opposed vaccines and masks, even though she had family members at high risk for Covid, because "they deserve what they get" for being "unhealthy."

I kept changing my mind which Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.

Twitter today would literally not run if not for workers who are essentially H1B hostages.

The best revenge is to happily move on and let karma do the rest… Beyoncé’s NFL Christmas Day halftime show, dubbed “Beyoncé Bowl,”— jaw-dropping and killed it in the ratings. FUN RATINGS FACTS: • 2X higher than the 2016 CMA’s (Beyoncé booed) • 5X higher than the 2024 CMA’s (Beyoncé snubbed)

Thanks to the Republican Congress, and a tsunami of lies from Musk and others, the only US agency dedicated to tracking and exposing Russian and Chinese propaganda around the world ceases to exist www.france24.com/en/live-news...

In retrospect, NYC's universal pre-K - the ambition, the execution (especially the speed!), the outreach, the universality - is a model policy for Dems everywhere. They didn't let perfect be the enemy of good and made meaningful tangible progress for millions. nymag.com/intelligence...

New in PN: We can't memory hole the Election Day bomb threats "Putin, Trump, and Republicans have learned that potentially violent election interference targeting Democratic voters is fine as long as you win. If they aren’t made to pay some sort of price, why wouldn’t they do it again?"