My partner is one half of this musical project. Please take a listen and share! He isn't on social media; here is to hoping my philosophy/bioethics/healthcare/Ohio collection of folks on here have overlapping interests with alt/americana/folk/indie rock. farawayboats.bandcamp.com/album/farawa...

CMS proposed a rule to restrict the mechanisms to increase payments to Medicaid providers, which are already undercompensated relative to Medicare & private insurance. Result: Too few providers accept Medicaid--> limited access. Comments accepted through 7/21: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

My partner is one half of this musical project. Please take a listen and share! He isn't on social media; here is to hoping my philosophy/bioethics/healthcare/Ohio collection of folks on here have overlapping interests with alt/americana/folk/indie rock. farawayboats.bandcamp.com/album/farawa...

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Colbert should announce he’s building a bigger ballroom.

The AI of drugs. The same tech financiers have been saying for years that they want GLP-1s in the water supply.

Apropos of nothing in particular: if my doctor's office or my kids' doctor's office has an AI agent call me instead of a human, I am not going back to that practice.

The International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Blog Editors are always seeking new submissions. Here is a quick overview of: - who edits the blog - how to reach us - general post guidelines - examples of post types Please share with the feminist bioethicists in your life!

Three things said about AI and social science: it's a topic to study, a thing to critique, a tool to use. My new Daedalus essay argues these aren't three conversations; they're one. A 🧵 on "Field Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object, and Tool." www.amacad.org/publication/...

Coalition Building

*Runs in panting* I found something in common with someone who disagrees with me on a lot! It's data centers. DATA CENTERS! *catches breath*

What a day for AI resistance resources! 1) The AI Resist List from @karenhao.bsky.social and colleagues at DAIR at airesistlist.org 2) The Luddite Lab from @alexhanna.bsky.social and colleagues at DAIR at labor.dair-institute.org

The International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Blog Editors are always seeking new submissions. Here is a quick overview of: - who edits the blog - how to reach us - general post guidelines - examples of post types Please share with the feminist bioethicists in your life!

Important thread from Steven on yet another horrific state murder that will almost certainly be carried out tomorrow, despite everything laid out below. If you'd like to join us for the vigil for Tony Carruthers at Riverbend tomorrow morning, make sure you're on the property before 9:30a.

Carruthers says he is innocent of the triple murder in Memphis for which he was convicted. But he was forced to represent himself at trial after his mental illness and refusal to plea reportedly ran off *6* defense attorneys. The judge refused to appoint another nashvillebanner.com/2026/03/09/t...

Tennessee is all but certain to execute Tony Carruthers here in Nashville tomorrow morning. He would be the 11th man from death row killed by the state here since 2018. I will be one of the media witnesses inside the prison. Threading my stories for @nashvillebanner.bsky.social about the case here:

"Recognize the age paradox for women. We’re never the right age!"

“Whoever can channel the backlash into political energy has an enormous advantage in upcoming elections, political analysts have begun to project, as poll after poll shows resentment and hostility growing swiftly.” [backlash, hostility and resentment to AI]

I switched to Duck Duck Go awhile ago. Interested in other recommendations folks have.

NEW: RFK Jr. has appointed a temporary Surgeon General -- without Senate confirmation -- and granted her the authority to issue advisories. Dr. Stephanie Haridopolos "will take on the honorific title Director of Health Communications for the Office of the Surgeon General."

Big AI’s most powerful regulatory tool may be narrative capture -> Epistemic & Discourse Influence: getting regulators to adopt industry talking points as common sense. Close behind is Elusion of law: violations and contentious interpretations of antitrust, privacy, copyright and labour laws 5/

I have been told that certain celebrity girlboss influencers have issued a social media fatwa on this column. Therefore, I’m sharing it again because I’m just that kind of contrary.

Hamilton County ( #Cincinnati) has the 5th highest per capita income in the state of #Ohio. This is how woeful the state has become to raise a family.

Cincinnati folks: any takes on the idea of a new levy on the ballot in November for Cincinnati Public Schools?

A functioning federal government could protect patients from practices like this.

“Vegan” pronounced like “Vegas”

Let’s abolish bail.

Surprising to absolutely no one who has parented (but still wonderful to see studied and reported on with an evidence base): more postpartum support is better for new parents.

New Midwestern Mom Badge received: I went to a floral arranging class I won at a PTO raffle for my kid’s school.

Governance frameworks, where they exist, are designed to evaluate performance in specific clinical situations and are ill equipped to consider the risks of changing the way clinicians seek and synthesize information. Much less the impact of new commercial interests and data extraction.

These are preventable child deaths.

Onora O’Neill in 2002 from the book Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics.

Onora O’Neill in 2002 from the book Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics.

AI is an authoritarian infrastructure.

Tennessee plans to execute Tony Carruthers on May 21 even though they refuse to run a simple fingerprint comparison and DNA testing that could prove his innocence. #EndTheDeathPenalty https://action.aclu.org/petition/tony-carruthers-death-penalty

“For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underrepresentation of discredited viewpoints in elite higher education.”

People with $1,000 to throw around can be DSA members #BigTent

Reminder that Cleveland Clinic, Mount Sinai, Nebraska Med, Tampa General and more US orgs also use Palantir. #medsky, do you know if your org does? They may be considering it, considering contacting your admin if this matters to you!

This is an accessible and affordable op-ed workshop opportunity from a top tier professional with a lot of experience on the writing and editing sides of op-eds.

I added some new opinion writing workshop dates, including more $100 audit only options: www.elizabethspiers.com/workshops/

“there can be such a thing as too much parental leave, research has shown. More than six months can end up disadvantaging parents’ careers, and present hardships for their employers,” says economists who we know are the best people to speak to what is best for children & families & their health 😬

But not all of them.

mother’s day isn’t all flowers and cursive. it can be hard. for moms lost, for mothers never known, for regrets or resentment or remorse. these are very real today too. we’re grateful for the moms and role models out there. but if you’re out there feeling something different, you’re not alone.

Join us next Tuesday, May 12 @ 7pm to learn the basics of what the Callais decision means for voting rights in Ohio and for our country, along with the practical steps we can all take to make change and support our multiracial democracy. Register here: bit.ly/CallaisImpactWebinar

Setting up for students with paper quizzes and a tote bag from Wired that read “You can’t hack a tote bag.” I’ve been using this as my class materials bag all semester but feels a little braggy in light of Canvas being held for ransom.

The latest episode of FAB Gab is out with @gabyarguedas.bsky.social about her paper "Dead Food, the Political Economy of Disease and Climate Injustice: Cynical Reason and Decolonial Feminist Bioethics" in the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics special issue on Climate Change.

the incentives underlying the public health influencer economy conflict with the fact that good outbreak communication often requires pretty specialized expertise and professional experience, which are difficult for most people (including folks in our field) to suss out.

Today the Feminist Approaches in Bioethics affinity group with the American Society for Bioethics & Humanities hosted a panel discussion with journal editors, and some key takeaways from the session are up on the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Blog: