Thanks to @amyaharder.bsky.social and @axios.com for calling me a “hot read.” Guy, I still got it! 🔥 🔥 🔥

2/ "Ty Godwin [☝️podcast co-host] got #COVID in January of 2020 when nobody knew what it was. When he was finally diagnosed with #LongCOVID nearly a year later at Mayo Clinic, he went with his wife to the hospital cafeteria & cried": @emendenhall.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emilymen...

New Jersey's clean energy quest.... GOOD NEWS: NJ went from 20,000 plug-in vehicles in 2018 to 270,000 today, after state lawmakers funded incentives. BAD NEWS: Offshore wind was a big piece of getting 100% clean electricity by 2035. Now none of its planned projects will be built in next 4 years.

As we embark on this week of giving thanks, let this article provide a space to remember how deeply our nourishment is linked to other living things. us13.campaign-archive.com?u=3047152ffc...

Very disappointed none of you told me that Lewis Mumford made a 1963 film about car dependency, and it's available on YouTube. "The motor car inflates our private ego, proclaims our social status, and provides us with the illusion of freedom and power." www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIKZ...

This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse. aspph.org/department-o...

Very importantly, @emendenhall.bsky.social's new book, 'Invisible Illness: A History, from Hysteria to Long COVID' is going to be out in January (2026) with California Press!!! Link: www.ucpress.edu/books/invisi... Super excited! Yayayy! :D

We published our first newsletter this morning for Science Politics! Science Politics is a new publication that pairs academic rigor with journalistic storytelling to explore intersections of science and politics. Sign up for the newsletter here: georgetown.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

The latest #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast episode is out. Listen to @uwnews.uw.edu Prof James Pfeiffer on Debt, Austerity & Decolonization globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis... @americananthro.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social @ethnography911.bsky.social @dadakim.bsky.social

We published our first newsletter this morning for Science Politics! Science Politics is a new publication that pairs academic rigor with journalistic storytelling to explore intersections of science and politics. Sign up for the newsletter here: georgetown.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

In a time of repression, Be ungovernable.

Take a look at this bit about: How to talk with people you disagree with! I did not realize this was video podcast before we started rolling--a very summered look but a great conversation. #unmasked #talkingacrosspoliticaldivides youtube.com/watch?v=MLnB...

New piece on thinking about innovative solutions for addiction care in the USA, drawing from south-north learning. Fun DC-area collab in GMH! #globalmentalhealth #peercounselors www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

Also, if you want to learn about the Department of War and its origins, you should read my book: www.pennpress.org/978081225348...

Community health workers play critical roles in #healthsystems globally. Check out this important conversation! @ethnography911.bsky.social @emendenhall.bsky.social @globalhealthde.bsky.social @rahallclifford.bsky.social @msf.ca @jonshaffer.bsky.social @busph.bsky.social @philipverhoef.bsky.social

From the Cough of Perinthus in ancient Greece to Long COVID in the modern world, societies have toiled under post-viral illnesses. @emendenhall.bsky.social and Phil Fink describe the history of these conditions, which have struggled to breach mainstream policy.

Love this review of Unmasked. www.instagram.com/reel/DNI85dk...

The #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast for inspiring & powerful conversations on issues that matter with scholars, activists & policymakers @dadakim.bsky.social @victorroy.bsky.social @jlynch13.bsky.social @emendenhall.bsky.social @ethnography911.bsky.social globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com

We are so proud of our colleague Megan Lickley in the STIA Program at Georgetown University who was awarded a multimillion dollar grant to strengthen monitoring of potent greenhouse gases! Congrats Megan! stia.georgetown.edu/2025/08/05/p...

For centuries, we’ve seen long-term illness follow viral infections – yet health policy still acts like it’s a new discovery. Great read on the history of post-viral illness! "Despite centuries of examples, long-term maladies after flu and other viruses remain absent from mainstream policy."

I'm often blown away by the ingenuity and impact of our STIA alums. Our community is bright and bold! Check out this fantastic new film about deep sea mining. STIA scientific comms at its best! www.scientificamerican.com/video/polyme...

"Time and again, society has failed to reckon with these conditions, relegating their sufferers to the fringes of medical understanding and societal concern": @emendenhall.bsky.social Via @rfh1955.bsky.social www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...

Take a look at my new piece on the history of post-viral syndromes and get a sneak peak into some of the topics in my new book! www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...

#pwME #pwLC #NEISVoid #GreatestMEdicalScandal (!!!) @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @davetuller1.bsky.social @polybiorf.bsky.social

Take a look at my new piece on the history of post-viral syndromes and get a sneak peak into some of the topics in my new book! www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/long...

How are online communities changing the conversation around Long COVID? SFS Prof @emendenhall.bsky.social shares insights on Long COVID, vaccine politics and digital activism. Read the full Q&A: bit.ly/4nCaEfr

Hot off the presses in The Lancet: Building a resistance to US assaults on public health. With Alicia Ely Yamin and Emma Joanna Lengle. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Adding to my to-read list and should be helpful background for my project looking at covid public health signs in Korea. Book looks fascinating, grim, and important overall too.

This is the union's first major strike in nearly 40 years, when a 20-day work stoppage led to trash piling up on city streets. Leaders say the workers can't afford to live in the city they serve. (via ‪@whyy.org)

Change in the air.

Loving this podcast with @kenworthy.bsky.social. Check it out, in the meanwhile! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Unmasked: COVID, Community, and the Case of Okoboji... what happened in the early pandemic in rural Iowa when COVID denialism was common and businesses put profits over people. Good primer for the next four years--lean into the grey areas. www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/978082650452...

legend.

I rarely post personal things. But I need to talk about my 4-year-old niece, Hope. She has a rare disease. A drug called elamipretide has helped her survive. But the FDA recently denied its approval. Now, her health hangs in the balance. Please share her story & urge the FDA to reconsider. 🧵

Zohran doing the “from the tippity top to the tippity bottom” broad city walk is peak millennial mayor content

Your next Fall read, my new book: SEVEN DECADES: HOW WE EVOLVED TO LIVE LONGER Longevity is shaped by our evolutionary past—imagine aging as opportunity rather than burden. Out Sept 16, preorder w/ code PUP30 for 30% discount: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @princetonupress.bsky.social

I am excited to share that @standupforscience.bsky.social is growing! We are looking to hire several positions including: - Event and volunteer coordination - Copywriting (press releases, emails, website, blogs, some social media) - Data analytics and research (marketing, not science 😉) 🧵

📢BREAKING: Just left the courthouse for our NIH grant termination case Judge ruled terminations are “VOID & ILLEGAL” As a plaintiff, I felt a wave of relief & hope; he acknowledged the discrimination & harm Closed by asking, ‘Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?’

BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity. This is a major win for public health.

Walz: "This cannot be the norm. It cannot be the way that we deal with our political differences. Now is the time for us to recommit to the core values of this country ... Talk to a neighbor rather than arguing. Debate an issue. Shake hands. Find common ground. This is who Melissa Hortman was."

This podcast episode is worth a listen: Two AI 'people' having a chat about @thewrittenro.bsky.social's Rethinking Global Health & my The Foreign Gaze youtu.be/Pk0GqnDaD9M?... Its cheery status quo politics is at odds with the vibe of both books, and it feels like a warning RE AI peer/book review.

Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop! Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels

I cannot stress enough how much the anti-ICE protests are an overwhelming win for Democrats on social media. I’m seeing Instagram influencers who stayed silent on politics for the past year loudly sharing support for immigrants. I’m seeing podcasters who interviewed Trump talk about how wrong ICE is

Gorgeous essay by my friend and postdoc Diana Rayes in Think Global Health. Take a look if you have a minute. @dianarayes.bsky.social www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/auth...

Another great piece by Emily Mendenhall concerning chronic illness & community support. This article mentions my friend Monica, who's helped me so much. I met Monica on old twitter & she's been one of my most steadfast supports We all deserve more help emilymendenhall.substack.com/p/interembod...

Monica is the person who introduced me to Emily Mendenhall @emendenhall.bsky.social It's why I'm in a few articles & her upcoming book: substack.com/@emilymenden... emilymendenhall.substack.com/p/long-haule... emilymendenhall.substack.com/p/polyvagal-... www.barnesandnoble.com/w/invisible-...

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“I am not just an immigrant. I am a human being,” said Dalton State Community College student Ximena Arias-Cristobal, who recently won her release from ICE custody. “I am a Georgian and I am an American without papers.” www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/... #HomeIsHere