Went old school today in light of shocking revelations and took aspirin instead.

Really psyched about this one and the amazing chance to collaborate with Dominic Hall, Evelynn Hammonds, and Scott Podolsky. Check out "John Collins Warren—Journal Founder, Institution Builder, and Racial Theorist" here: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

"This wildly effective thing that you're doing? I'm gonna need you to stop." - ancient Koan of Dem leadership

NEWS: Pleading poverty, Stellantis executives laid off 900 autoworkers allegedly in response to tariff threats - and then JUST 13 DAYS LATER LATER, the same Stellantis executives announced a $2.2 billion dividend payout to shareholders. www.levernews.com/automakers-t...

Congrats!!!

It's the last day to vote for my article (I think!). I would even suggest reading it ;). Vote here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/69K38W8

Yes, check this out and vote here! It's been so much working with the KHS, as they do such important work for bringing awareness to Kentucky's rich and fascinating history. surveymonkey.com/r/69K38W8

Dr. Willoughby's podcast episode is also a great way to learn more about his research: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Vote for me please! I must win in good fun!

@ryangrim.bsky.social @krystalball.bsky.social Happy to be your on-call bloodletting expert.

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

Join us tomorrow for the next session of the #Slaveryarchive Book Club with @randybrowne.bsky.social on his book The Driver's Story, register here us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.

Thrilled to guest edit a Special Issue of the Register of KY History on medicine and healthcare w/excellent contributions by @joanecashin.bsky.social @antiquatedmeds.bsky.social @jonathansjones.bsky.social @lmacthompson1.bsky.social And stuff by me on Loretta Lynn! muse.jhu.edu/issue/54237

many weather-related deaths are "accidents" -- like overheatings, freezings, drownings, traffic crashes, or building collapses. but if we have the power and skill to warn people that threatening weather looms -- and we fire the people who make the warnings -- it's not "an accident" when people die.

Fifth attempt at bread making went pretty well. First four tasted good but were various degrees of too dense.

Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors and huge thanks to the 2024-2025 Welch Medal committee! Stay tuned, the winner will be announced at our awards breakfast in Boston at AAHM 2025! histmed.org/william-h-we...

I wrote a review for @thelancet.bsky.social of Margaret Humphrey's excellent new book Searching for Dr. Harris published by @uncpress.bsky.social. Check it out here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

They let me act like I am cutting the #DouglassDay cake!

Happy #DouglassDay from @unlv.edu ! Thanks to cake designs and Lied Library Peer Mentor Coach Tayla Penn for the stamp design! Thanks @douglassday.bsky.social for organizing this amazing event!

It’s beginning to look a lot like #DouglassDay

I'm feeling a strong sense of anticipation as I await the delivery of our #DouglassDay cake!

I really enjoyed messing around in the Old West for my new article "Pioneer Professors of Kentucky Medical Education and the Spread of Racial Science, 1792-1861" in this special issue on health & medicine in Kentucky. Check it out! muse.jhu.edu/pub/142/arti...

In real good company including @antiquatedmeds.bsky.social and @jonathansjones.bsky.social with the latest issue of the Kentucky Register all about medicine and healthcare in the Bluegrass State. Check out my piece on KY women and birth control: doi.org/10.1353/khs....

And check out the amazing articles in this health/medicine issue by @lmacthompson1.bsky.social, Joan Cashin, @antiquatedmeds.bsky.social, and Brian Ward! muse.jhu.edu/issue/54237 🗃️

I'm so excited for this years Douglass Day @unlv.bsky.social ! Join us in the Goldfield Room of the Lied Library from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday 2/14. @douglassday.bsky.social

High fives to the amount of work I have gotten done in airports today.

I'm so excited for this years Douglass Day @unlv.bsky.social ! Join us in the Goldfield Room of the Lied Library from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday 2/14. @douglassday.bsky.social

Parisians, mark your calendars! I'll be giving a talk at Université Paris Cité on 2/5 at 1200 on my @uncpress.bsky.social book, Masters of Health: Racial Science and Slavery in U.S. Medical Schools. More info. here: larca.u-paris.fr/events/event...

Fun Fact: Cuba has 94.3 physicians for every 10,000 citizens, and the U.S. has 36.1. The U.S. also spends nearly 10 times as much per citizen! Invest in human capital.

The 700-word annual evaluation is a blessing and a curse. I don't want to write a longer statement, but I also have to cut words...

Loic Wacquant in @newleftreview.bsky.social: "Afropessimism flounders because it denies the varieties of blackness and the historicity of racial domination that have been demonstrated time and again." newleftreview.org/issues/ii144...

"But our universities are no longer healthy. With power dangerously centralized, the defense of our institutions now hinges on the moral strength of a few wealthy individuals. That’s a thin shield." -Francois Furstenberg prospect.org/education/20...

Folks! Come hang out with me this summer at the PCB-AHA at Santa Clara University from 7/30-8/1. CFP is here: www.pcb-aha.org/wp-content/u.... I hope to give preliminary findings about the comparative of health of enslaved vs free corporate labor on sugar plantations.

It's official. I'm an expert. www.unlv.edu/news/expert/...

People say regulations are bad for business, but letting corporations kill people is a far, far greater cost. New study from NHTSA: www.nhtsa.gov/press-releas...

@jeetheer.bsky.social "Ultimately, Democrats will have to decide whether they are a political party that is serious about winning power—or are just an employment agency for the superannuated." www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Grocery prices are out of control. 1 in 4 NYC kids isn't getting enough to eat. Local government must act. Today I'm announcing a major new proposal to lower costs and tackle price gouging: city-owned grocery stores. More at @nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/n...

Sanders is on point. Corporate greed is at the heart of systemic failures in our healthcare system. jacobin.com/2024/12/sand...

"Even as Americans live longer, they spend more of their years in poor health than any other country, a new study shows."

Big time article submitted... Fingers crossed and don't bite the nails. Eek!

Friendly reminder! We're accepting abstracts until December 20th! DM me if you have any questions :)

Alex, what are the things Democrats absurdly blame their failures on?

Hot post-Thanksgiving take. I did my first spatchcocked turkey this year, and it turned out perfect in half the time. I've been mayo marinating for years, and I did a two-day dry brine this year. Crispy skin, moist meat perfection. I used J. Kenji Lopez-Alt's Herb-Mayo Turkey recipe as a guide.

#histmed hivemind. Any recommendations for course readings on the history of the #reproductivejustice movement? Looking for works on the 20th century from U.S./ U.S. transnational/ or global frameworks.

Fascinating and insightful interviews with everyday people on why they didn't vote or voted for Trump.

Folks! I'm getting psyched about the spring semester. My course Race, Gender and the Making of Modern Medicine is nearly full. We're going to have a great time studying the structural development of US medicine from 1492 to today. It's my manifesto course :)

Sam Harris' worst nightmare: