What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

More affordable career pathways are a good thing, but this seems like papering over a much larger problem related to rising college costs and stagnating teacher pay, ensuring first year teachers will be even *less* experienced. Why not pay student teachers for practicum time, for starters?

Remember, we’ve got two SNAP cases working their way through the courts - Judge McConnell’s ruling in RI and Judge Talwani’s in MA. Both district courts roll up to the First Circuit, which is overseen by Justice Jackson.

Some context. But horrible that our country is intentionally starving 42 million people

New post by Douglas Burns @douglaswburns.bsky.social: Through an intimate and intuitive sense of his fellow rural Iowans, Art Cullen comes to understand what other journalists miss. He describes where Iowa is now with breathtaking clarity. www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/11/07/a...

Cornbread with feta, cheddar, jalapeño ready for tomorrow’s tailgate. #GoHawks

In this national survey, 13.1% of US adolescents and young adults reported using generative #AI for mental health advice, with rates highest (22.2%) among those aged 18–21 years. ja.ma/3JJHEDd

Participant interviews from the Navigate-Kidney trial show that community health workers helped Latino patients manage complex health and social challenges tied to #dialysis care. #KidneyWk @asnkidney.bsky.social ja.ma/47so6wo

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Politics came for healthcare and the only way to fight back is by getting political. So proud to be one of many doctors running for office this cycle and so grateful for @314action.bsky.social and their support. 🇺🇸

Non-red/blue question. How can we keep our kids in Iowa? They’re not liking the huge cuts to public schools, poor water quality, high cancer rates, lack of OB doctors in Iowa, and the worsening economy.

What am I looking for in a candidate for statewide or national office in Iowa? Someone who has a plan for keeping young people in the state and a plan for recruiting young people to the state. If they can’t speak to that, they’ve got nothing.

If I could go back in time 25 years, I’d have applied for this fellowship. Incredible mentorship and experience. @jamanetworkopen.com has a similar fellowship with applications opening soon.

We’re hiring! Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda. Could that be you? Apply using the link below. transition2025.com/apply

This is what happens when a country (the US) looks backwards and not forwards

Politicians like Cuomo are a relic of the past. (Did I want to title this one “Don’t Let The Door Hit You On The Way Out”? Yes, I did.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...

Also, many types of doctors are leaving or not moving here because their partners are OBs. Has any candidate mentioned doctors leaving the state? www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Long live sandwich guy! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

This should be headline news in the US highlighting what is possible

Great talk from Jean Connors today on anticoagulation and hypercoagulable states! Clinical pearl: clinical outcomes may be better with warfarin than DOACs in patients with BMI >40

Confused about when to give steroids in severe pneumonia, if ever? Turns out they are only useful in patients with high CRP (≥205 mg/L). From a great talk today by Mike Klompas #IDSky

This will make the roads even more crowded over Thanksgiving weekend. Be safe out there everyone ❤️

We’re in trouble

Trials coming out already! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Rituximab better than placebo in FRNS/SDNS Duh. #KidneyWk #NephSky

Stocks closed up today. Guessing this means the markets are ok with universal free childcare, affordable housing, and affordable public transportation!

Midlife hearing loss was associated with smaller brain volumes, accelerated worsening in executive function, and an increased risk of dementia, suggesting that it may be an early marker of brain aging and dementia risk. ja.ma/3Lh9veH

He has declared war on Trump and made people excited about being New Yorkers. I’m already proud to live here and my god, that was the best NYC pride, don’t fuck with us speech I’ve heard in my lifetime

What an excellent, inspiring speech from Mamdani. I haven’t felt chills like this… ever?

politics idea: love the city you want to be in charge of

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

Dems need to run everywhere in 2026! Just be yourself and make it about where you’re running. In 2018, I ran for Congress in a district Trump won by 27 and I nearly upset a 20 year incumbent. 2026 has same potential. A chance to expand the map is there! 🇺🇸

Trial data highlight sustained protection from dengue vaccine Findings from a phase 3 trial show Qdenga, Takeda's live-attenuated dengue vaccine, provided 61.2% vaccine efficacy against infection and 84.1% against hospitalization after 4.5 years. www.cidrap.umn.edu/d...

“Dr. Amy Gelfand, editor in chief of the journal Headache, has started receiving suspicious letters” Perfect editor to interview for something that’s a complete 🤕 for editors 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...

Iowa has the worst-in-the-nation fertilizer contamination of drinking water, the fastest rising rates of new cancers, and a bunch of science showing these trends are likely linked. Here’s an on-point thread re: the latest news on all that from a leading ag scholar at U of Iowa (and go follow her):

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

This is the Catholic church I grew up in. This is the Catholicism that's in my bones. Not the cardinals and converts twittering about obscure rules and ancient synods and hating on people for just being who they are. This is, in fact, what Jesus would do.

Seeing pelicans on the Iowa River will never not be funny to me

@jgpharmd.bsky.social congrats on your latest CID article! Love the title. academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

Thank you for highlighting this. We've been doing "feds feeding feds" for a few weeks. And this will continue because a lot of feds were wrongfully terminated.

If you have the capacity, donate to your local food banks as the government shit down let families go hungry. secure.lafoodbank.org/site/Donatio...

Adams has railed against vaccines, and science in general, for many years. Kennedy cut funding for promising work including mRNA vaccines for prostate cancer. Just, the audacity here.

BREAKING: FDA’s top drug regulator George Tidmarsh has been placed on leave after being accused of abusing his regulatory authority - but also after he questioned the commissioner's plan to speed approvals, and clashed with Vinay Prasad. More here: www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/f...

Among the many amazing things about Adams pleading his case here is that he openly supports and now is asking for help from… people who cancelled funding for cancer research.

Some charts for those who don't know the extent of the US public (and private) investment in research (particularly in biomedical research) compared to other countries and institutions. The destruction of the US' scientific institutions has global implications.

Between grants getting politically targeted and my lab’s building getting literally fucking bombed, 2025 is going great thanks

Yikes. We postponed a trip because of this

We love posters at conferences, it's where new ideas and practical ideas come from @1healthau.bsky.social was at ICPIC in Geneva and @emrsa15.bsky.social at the IPS conference in Brighton, UK. Listen to what we found infectioncontrolmatters.com/latest/ #IDSky Ground-up assessment of IPC? - Genius!

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If you're in line to bat at Game 7 of the World Series STAY IN LINE

Look at us. We’re all here, on the 97th most popular social media site, enjoying a live event together.