“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

A not guilty verdict, accompanied by many sandwich jokes. “Jurors showed no appetite for the Justice Department's case against "sandwich guy," the D.C. resident who chucked a Subway sandwich at the chest of a federal officer, finding him not guilty on Thursday after several hours of deliberations.”

I have a very bad feeling about this...

“Some days are a crystalized scream. They tell us in no uncertain terms that we have been taken hostage by a malignant force that rejects not only our laws and values, but our history and memories.” www.americaamerica.news/p/confrontin...

FYI :“Destruction of federal property is a federal crime. 18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines the crime as willfully injuring or committing any depredation against U.S. government property. If the damage exceeds $1k it is a felony with a fine, up to ten years in prison or both.” Awaiting law enforcement.

“I am already imagining the day when Trump’s billionaires ballroom is removed, the White House Rose Garden and the East Wing are restored, and the lawless leaders of this corrupt and criminal regime are held accountable.” www.americaamerica.news/p/confrontin...

Great podcast conversation about my book Impromptu Man with host Jon Katz and his other guest Chris Flohr.

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years. From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

A traumatic moment for the American scientific community.

The fragile relationship between government funding and psychology dates back to World War II.

In case you didn’t notice, Vladimir Putin is really into bioethics. www.thehastingscenter.org/putin-xi-and...

The post World War II order is over. I write about what that means from the lens of bioethics.

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CBS announces Colbert's replacement.

Thanks to the New York City bar Association for doing this podcast interview about my forthcoming book.

Life is short, science is long. But it can prevail.

My new book, Absolutely Essential, is now available for pre-order on the MIT Press website. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255337...

Resources for Researchers and Scholars under Threat in the United States Committee on Human Rights > Resources National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Thx to @petergleick for raise my awareness about this resource […]

What do you mean when you say that you've #shared your #data broadly? @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social and I published a new data sharing framework in @naturegenet.bsky.social along with #bioethics challenges for #genomics in the #ai era. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @pennmedresearch.bsky.social

Folks: please be diligent about not disseminating Ann Telnaes' cartoon in a way that she's not getting the clicks on it (until she says differently). Her IP matters now more than ever. Make it go viral but make sure she benefits. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

The night I drew animals with the world's greatest anthropologist.

It's gratifying to see the New York Times pay tribute to Peter Buxtun, who blew the whistle on the Tuskegee syphilis study. He was a remarkable man. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A thoughtful piece about Russian bioethics.

My dad was almost a breakout star in the beginning of commercial TV. Almost. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/impr...

My dad was almost a breakout star in the beginning of commercial TV. Almost. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/impr...

I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor. I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/

“Where do you think I lost my legs? In a bar fight?” Tammy Duckworth on CNN is not having this “no women in combat” thing from Sec of Defense pick and war crimes enthusiast Pete Hegseth

Crucially, “the families of the victims were supportive of The Onion’s bid because it would put an end to Mr. Jones’s control over the site, which has been a front of misinformation for years… they were also supportive of using humor as a tool for raising awareness about gun violence in America”

Too perfect, too true.

Any Schopenhauer fans out there? I try to squeeze him into every interview I do.

Is election season polling driving you nuts? Consider that psychologists, including some of the most important figures in social science history, were among the…

Is election season polling driving you nuts? Consider that psychologists, including some of the most important figures in social science history, were among the…

Good news for dualists.

A good conversation with Ken Barrett on his Brainland podcast. shows.acast.com/brainland

My post on the 30th anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention. www.thehastingscenter.org/chemical-wea...

My post on the 30th anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention. www.thehastingscenter.org/chemical-wea...

What companies have left Russia and which haven't? Listed by country and you can also search by category, e.g., basically all "pharma". (Thanks to a grad student for this!) www.yalerussianbusinessretreat.com

In all the obits of Dianne Feinstein I'm genuinely shocked at the absence of credit being given for the CIA torture investigation, arguably her most unquestionable accomplishment

The Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy at Penn is now accepting applications for our postdoctoral fellowship in the ethical, legal, & social dimensions of genomics. Please spread the word. Info & application at medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/elsipostdoc #bioethics

What companies have left Russia and which haven't? Listed by country and you can also search by category, e.g., basically all "pharma". (Thanks to a grad student for this!) www.yalerussianbusinessretreat.com

Thanks Boss.

The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is reviving a program to mail free rapid coronavirus tests to Americans.
 Starting Sept. 25, people can request four free tests per household through covidtests.gov.

We're hiring a new Health Policy Division Chief. Please share with your networks! Come work with us! Learn more and apply: apply.interfolio.com/130115 #healthpolicy #bioethics

The Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy (@pennmehp.bsky.social) at Penn's Perelman School of Medicine is recruiting our next Health Policy Division Chief. We seek a superb leader and scholar to join our team and help shape the Division's future. Please share widely. #healthpolicy

Congratulations to former MBE alum, Dr. Jessica Martucci on her appointment as Curator of the Bates Center for the Study of Nursing History!

Autumn Fiester spoke to Sam Freeman on the dynamics and pitfalls of challenging patient interactions on episode 20 of the Practicing Podcast: "Seeing the Difficult Patient." Listen now! bit.ly/3YWQXTI

We're hiring a new Medical Ethics Division Chief! Come work with us. Share with your networks! #bioethics apply.interfolio.com/129383