A cop shot a person three times point blank and instead of the streets being deserted. They filled with people yelling at the cops [who could have shot them too].

So a ribeye steak and butter are better for you than beans? I’m a little confused. Actually, I’m not confused at all. Follow your instincts and your instincts will tell you, like almost every doctor on the planet, that beans are good.

#medsky These stories are not independent

Putting in the work WORKS. The calls, the protests, the petitions. The work WORKS. Don't let people tell you that nothing will make a difference.

I explained the dangers of the recent politicization of grant reviews at NIH for The Hill, and also that while diversity otherwise remains a bad word, geographic diversity is somehow laudable. thehill.com/opinion/tech...

underhyped if anything

So @tobymorton.bsky.social is a national treasure and Hilton is fucking up royally with this nonsense. www.hiltonice.com cc: @kenwhite.bsky.social

Once again, Democrats in leadership IF YOUR OPPONENT BRINGS A KNIFE TO A FIGHT, YOU’RE IN A KNIFE FIGHT. Whether you want to be or not

Also, the questions that the study raises are actually pertinent. AI is already being used by a TON of scientists in brainstorming projects and writing lit reviews and grant applications, so assessing its value (or lack thereof) is an important practical and theoretical question.

every fascist intellectual is nothing more than an adolescent pseud with faux gravitas whose output is sophomoric fanfiction the sole purpose of which is to rationalize fascist barbarism

I'm very curious to know if anybody's university is reacting to this by rolling back austerity measures.

Everything is race and gender

Scarce research funding is becoming more economically costly than the actual investment, especially when it’s a drop in the bucket for profoundly stupid fad topics like “GenAI to solve Africa’s problems.” This piece is SO important: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

head of chiquita banana wanting to ask the forbidden question now that trump is overthrowing governments for oil companies

Yes, mortality is a rare event (thankfully!!). But getting sick enough to be miserable is not. And: (1) I do not want my kid - or any kid - to be miserable, and (2) Guess who stays home when a kid is miserably sick?

Some parts of public health are complicated. But "Should fewer kids die of preventable disease?" is not a trick question.

It's this but then the exterminator sends you text messages asking for more money every 3 hours for the rest of your life

I don’t know why anyone would admit to using AI. It’s like trying to pass off a microwave pizza as the real deal, only you’re bragging about how good you put the numbers into the microwave panel like that’s some sort of skill. It’s embarrassing. You should be embarrassed.

Guys, I don't think my black eyed peas worked.

Source: www.science.org/content/blog...

Holy shit The Beaverton goes hard

After mastering the epidemiology of coronaviruses, the supply chain mechanics of eggs, breast-feeding, and NIMBY housing policy, I shall now turn to my beautiful mind to why Venezuela's president should be tried in New York State…(1/237)

If you're trying to keep your heart focused on the work that you're best-placed to do, it is, unfortunately, a great day to use this procedure @kateschapira.bsky.social and I worked on. I'm going to add a few ideas and songs that I find helpful in this process. Thanks to all who contributed ideas!

And that’s not for lack of want. I go to school with people who have great ideas which will not be funded, because Mark Zuckerberg wants to rule the world, and that’s where the money goes. Meanwhile, Google—a tool I used every day on the reference desk—has degraded to the point of harmfulness.

Magic Johnson was the grand marshal of the Rose Parade today, and as someone who remembers his November 1991 HIV announcement: if you had told anybody that day that he would be alive and healthy 34+ years later, I don't think they would have believed you. Medicine and research—they work.

Oh hi friends, I'm poor judgment while hitchhiking alone.

if i were to ever have the privilege of being sworn in to an office, i would choose a copy of Black Reconstruction

I've been thinking about this since yesterday! Maybe the US Constitution. And Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon and/or Tony Kushner's Angels in America, because I love them and because they deal with themes I'd want to guide me in office: connection, responsibility, legacy, the worth of all humans.

Lucy Dacus sang "Bread and Roses."

I have been thinking about this since yesterday! Maybe the US Constitution. And Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon and/or Tony Kushner's Angels in America, because I love them and because they deal with themes I'd want to guide me in office: connection, responsibility, legacy, the worth of all humans.

Could I get sworn in on a set of Bluey DVDs? The problem with a set of texts sacred to me is that I often interrogate old favs. Some of the books I love should not factor into my office. Otherwise, it would be Dune & The Blue Sword & The Two Towers & Red White & Royal Blue.

Since I'm not religious...

I did not know this. I am curious - what book would you be sworn in with? (I don't know what it would be for me! I like thinking about it though)

And please, PLEASE let us not forget that time in 2023 when Karen Smith was elected President of the school board in Bucks County, Pa and swore her oath on a stack of banned books. The most gangsta oath ever! Just brilliant. www.edweek.org/leadership/t...

snakes leave behind whole skins. all manner of flying creatures, not just butterflies, do them one better, whole new selves from wriggling worms. rocks into gems. mystics die to the flesh to be reborn in the spirit. rebirth is the rule, not the stray exception, if we can grasp it

orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing

Here's a really easy New Year's Resolution: If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow. If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious. By making these choices, you will literally save lives.

*taps my book wild faith* as noted in literally the first chapter, the Satanic Panic never ended, it just took a nap for awhile this shit about daycares is literally just the 1980s warmed over. can we bring back cool hair instead of christian vigilantism www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia...

And actually--Comet Pizza was a page out of a playbook that started with daycare decades before. In 1983, a California mom accused her son's childcare provider of subjecting children to Satanic rituals--like flushing them down toilets into secret basements where they were then filmed for porn. 1/🧵

Dr. Jo’s long-term research was interrupted by the closure of Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles’ gender clinic. If you hear these people saying “we need more research,” know that they are the ones shutting down the research.

Coming home from a lovely vacation in which I masked: *On the plane *In a busy performance art space *At a movie theater *In a museum And it was easy and nbd and made my chapped lips happy. If someone finds this upsetting then that probably says more about them than me.

I’ve worked in disease prevention for quite a long time and I’ve landed on the following as having the greatest benefits to overall health: Exercise Vaccines Dietary variety/portion size Sufficient sleep No smoking Barrels of cash

shocking that we live in a world in which you can rick roll someone and THEY DON'T EVEN GET IT

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

I'm not clear on the threat here. The super rich don't pay their fair share of taxes, but they *do* throw their money at making our state politics worse. No. Please. Don't go.

make a Bond movie academic: Dr. No: Gendered & Racialized Patterns in the Use of Honorifics in Academic Seminars

This thread perfectly explains why AI has little value for qualitative research. Yes, large language models can find patterns in qualitative data. But, they're trained on what we already know. So, they won't find anything surprising. And, surprise is qualitative research's primary value-add.

I am strongly considering going back to a physical course reader and textbook for my undergrad class, and am trying to think through how to do it in a way that supports students with dyslexia or who would benefit from screen readers. Super curious what others are trying/thinking?

Now published… We Reject the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Reflexive Qualitative Research - Tanisha Jowsey, Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Deborah Lupton, Michelle Fine, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I'm Danish-American and I think Denmark is a model country of a great welfare state. When it comes to healthcare, however -even if universal - it is very far from perfect. As for vaccines, there are many deficiencies in Denmark with the US having significantly better (current..) recommendations.