I read a draft of this from @profince.bsky.social a while back, but it's changed for the better in revisions. This is a really useful engagement, critique, and extension of my theory that I'm going to have to cite a bunch. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

From a new @thelancet.com article today entitled "Health care in the USA: money has become the mission" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Happy "PROFESSOR!!! CANVAS IS DOWN!!!" day to all academics who celebrate.

the gutting of the national center for health statistics should be considered its own five alarm fire

For several years now, I have been talking about how we need to bring back shame. Shame is indeed Good Actually. Great read!

It’s me! I’m the friend! 😂

Eat. Sleep. Exercise. Nurture the relationships that sustain you. Protect your health. Find joy. Don't mistake any of these for the resistance itself. Joy isn't resistance, neither is rest. But you need to be whole to resist for a lifetime.

My first month of teaching (and as a professor) felt like drinking out of a fire hose. Now it’s like drinking out of a garden hose which is better, but is still a lot of water.

162,000 doctors strong: The American College of Physicians demands RFK Jr. be removed as HHS Secretary, warning he is undermining vaccines, science, and public health. www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom... #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #NurseSky #SciSky

Exactly. And let’s be clear that when the right came for mostly Black & Brown women & queer professors, the left & universities didn’t protect us. The right used us as targets before they went to CRT, DEI, universities generally & now broader culture. They let us be harmed & now it’s harming them

Incredible new paper from @centeronbudget.bsky.social looking into some specific Trump impoundments - where he illegally refuses to carry out our spending laws.

This isn't even a slight exaggeration. He is actively working on destroying the US's entire vaccine infrastructure. The HepB vote will be tomorrow, where they will get rid of the birth dose and recommend it at 30 days, dooming a bunch of infants to chronic infection ft. cirrhosis, cancer, and death.

Update on this story: As many of us feared, it turns out that Berkeley wasn't the only UC to release personal info on its pro-palestine anti-genocide professors to the justice department, it looks they they all did. Berkeley was just the only one to tell profs they did it.

Because politics are theoretical for them. Their lives won’t change much depending on which party is in power.

What's happening in Indiana should be a warning for all of higher ed. IU sanctioned a Professor--who was previously arrested and sanctioned during a campus protest--for allegedly violating the state's "intellectual diversity" law, based on an anonymous complaint. www.indystar.com/story/news/e...

this is simply extortion and theft of state monies

oh for the love of god.

1. Federal funding for research promotes tech, biomedical, and scientific discovery in the US, and provides training for the sci/tech workforce that has brought immeasurable wealth to the US over the past 75 years. Today's executive order includes a provision that will obliterate both functions.

“Every tax dollar the Government spends should improve American lives or advance American interests…Federal grants have funded drag shows in Ecuador, trained doctoral candidates in critical race theory, and developed transgender-sexual-education programs.” - these advance MY American life/interests.

Atlantic: How Many Times Can Science Funding Be Canceled?/ Whether or not Congress cuts NIH’s budget, the Trump administration has devastated its ability to operate. by Katherine J. Wu bit.ly/4fucNWT

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States are taking the lead on #AI regulation, with all 50 introducing AI-related legislation in 2025. Key focus areas for attempts to add guardrails: government use, healthcare, facial recognition and generative AI. buff.ly/JsS23Lk By @asusarla.bsky.social @michiganstateu.bsky.social

always remember

Reflecting with gratitude on an amazing week at #HPRSSI2025 full of connection, learning, and celebration. Honoring our C5 (& some C6) grads was the highlight, surrounded by friends and family. Here’s to their impact and the future of health equity! @rwjf.bsky.social @rwjfclpan.bsky.social