Absolutely devastating read. www.them.us/story/slain-...

A student, a trans woman who was just 19 years old, was stabbed to death in off-campus housing on mother's day. The UW response has been a reminder that the institution doesn't care about our trans students enough. Nobody warned me that being a professor means being so scared for our students.

This is going to be a great dissertation defense!

Actor Mel Gibson appeared on Joe Rogan’s show on January 9, 2025, and made the evidence-free claim that ivermectin and fenbendazole would cure cancer. For the subsequent 6 months, prescriptions for the drugs doubled. Misinformation is powerful, and it is killing us from several different angles.

NEW from me and Josh Dawsey- Inside Marty Makary's downfall at the FDA Lots of juicy detail in here Gift link: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Dodgers Pride Night is June 5 against the Angels, and they are putting up a permanent display in the centerfield plaza at Dodger Stadium honoring Glenn Burke and Billy Bean

You’ll find the names and stories of the victims as best as we at L.A. TACO could research them. We hope this list offers a moment to remember these individuals. The full list: lataco.com/ice-death-tr... By Memo Torres, Aisha Wallace-Palomares, Izzy Ramirez, and Odessa Hairapetian

I just want to add, since this is breaking containment, that this can't be made right. these people, each one a whole universe, are gone. there can only be justice for the perpetrators; public remorse & restitution; & reform to ensure future aid systems are more just and less prone to imperial whims

People still get shit for saying "eat the rich" when the rich are actually, literally, absolutely fine with delaying care for critically ill or wounded kids. Tax these assholes out of existence.

This right here

Doctor: I’m sorry to tell you that the best option for you is a hysterectomy. Middle-aged cis woman, hope slowly dawning in her eyes: …Yeeterus? Middle-aged cis woman’s friends, leaping out from behind the furniture and dangling from the ceiling: YEETERUS! YEETERUS! YEETERUS! YEETERUS!

Doctors & researchers close to UCSF are circulating a petition to block Vinay Prasad's return to the university. They cite: -suppression of scientific findings -allegations of abuse -harmful rhetoric attacking public health -conflicts of interest form.jotform.com/260836126659...

happy may day! every right you have as a worker was written in blood ❤️

A win for public health!

This is a great intro to why nutrition guidance feels like it changes all the time. It's not the science! It's industry influence and media coverage. Also, they make a crunchwrap, so you know it's a good time.

I am begging people looking to make major donations to universities to either 1) care as much about academics as they do sports, or 2) make unrestricted gifts instead. Signed, A faculty member at a university with brand new athletic facilities and crumbling teaching and research infrastructure

CRITICS SAY?????????

wow if only someone could’ve known that engaging with bad faith actors just becomes a platform for misinformation

Look for the helpers

We already have a Jewish Studies center. This would be like the art school at UW saying they wanted to fund anti-vaccine research because the school of public health has become too ideological about vaccines.

UW in the news for all the embarrassing reasons again. “At the University of Washington, a group of faculty who felt the campus had grown too “anti-Israel” set out to build a new academic center to tackle what they view as antisemitism.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality is finally out in the world! Combining nationwide survey evidence, state administrative data, and 111 interviews with patients, physicians & others, it tells the long-overdue story of coverage barriers and their deepening of burden an inequity.

A lot of focus on RFK's wrongdoing today, and for good reason. publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/resourc...

All I can say is this is excellent work from Bradford and... It starts at the personal level, boys. We gotta call out micro aggressions of misogyny. Stupid jokes, offhand comments, all of it. It's the only way we prove we're ready for the bigger stuff. Stay vigilant.

I'm working on an article about mushroom gummies and coffee replacements. Some of the claims these supplement companies make are, as usual with supplement companies, odd. This brand promises that its gummies are "100% Real." Real what? Who cares! I can't refute it and it apparently sells.

I'm working on an article about mushroom gummies and coffee replacements. Some of the claims these supplement companies make are, as usual with supplement companies, odd. This brand promises that its gummies are "100% Real." Real what? Who cares! I can't refute it and it apparently sells.

Baseball forever and ever 💙

Read this, you deserve it, just a lil joyous pop culture treat for you

Proud to be a part of this group. We make a number of reasonable requests of university leadership and I hope they're rise to the occasion in defense of academic freedom.

Guys, can we please stop paying this guy to come speak nonsense in our important spaces? Embarrassing stuff from SER.

Absolutely stunned that the Society for Epidemiologic Research chose John Ioannidis to deliver the conference keynote in the Year of Our Lord 2026.

They should edit Paul Hollywood out of the Great British Baking Show and just give us more shots of baby ducks and lambs and such.

relevant to @jessieish.bsky.social interests

Ok, I decided I can't pie my students, but I CAN make actual pie and offer them slices (to eat, not for face shoving) if they donate.

I was asked to volunteer for a "Pie Your Professor" fundraiser held by UW's SPH Students of Color for Public Health group. I remember (gently) shoving whipped cream pies into my high school teachers' faces and of course I'll pay it forward, right? .... But things have taken a turn.

who did this

I saw somebody refer to universities as sports teams attached to a real estate company and... yeah, that's about it. It's so depressing, especially when it gets in the way of students doing the work they came here to do. Structural problems in academia, woooooourrrghhhhhhh

This was great! A good listen for some of the people who are feeling beleaguered at the moment.

We need her back in the stadium every single time

My early birthday present from the universe is here 😍 And before you start with me, look up the violence against women this shit head is responsible for. We deserve to forget his name until the next time something like this happens.

1) Dodgers (hometown, forever and ever) 2) Mariners (current town, fun as hell) 3) Mets and Cubs (familial loyalty) 4) For all the guys to just have a really fun time 5) Chaos Ok, maybe chaos belongs higher in that list @colindurant.bsky.social

Admin at The New School are threatening the cancellation of 23 academic programs. Students, faculty, & staff are fighting back, demanding a public meeting & an end to the manufactured austerity crisis. Check out this powerful song produced by TNS students: @newschoolaaup.bsky.social

Guys I thought we pretty much left April fools jokes to the brands at this point, what is this nonsense

New from me: vaccines don't cause autism. I mean, it's not news, but if you have someone in your life who's still confused, maybe this will help!

this is extremely @jessieish.bsky.social coded we're here for it

Mood (tired-yelling)

We got a DM the other day with a fun request from a local family: Could we find this nice BART train operator who always waved and beeped at this special little rider? And if we found him, could we deliver him a thank you card!?  So we got to work …

Right wing men desire a world ruled by hierarchy and domination, and the way they treat women and girls is an extension of that principle. Left wing men desire a world ruled by equality and dignity, and the way they treat women and girls is an exception to that principle.