Looking for reading recs on the sociology/political economy of college football. (Went to the Alabama/LSU game this weekend; marveling at how much the university feels like a professional football team with academics attached. The stadium & tailgate setup is bigger/better than a lot of NFL teams)

This kind of admission makes me wonder how calculations about Trump's value to the GOP may change radically soon. Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew (N.J.) said his party will “get killed” in the 2026 midterms if it does not address rising health care costs. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Protesters in 'Handmaid's Tale' red cloaks rally against fascism in US. Demonstrators dressed as characters from the dystopian novel and TV series about a totalitarian society, "The Handmaid's Tale," march through Washington DC, to protest what they describe as the country's drift toward fascism

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Tragedy that no one is talking about

The right to health has spread worldwide, and so has neoliberalism. Colombian governments and civil society struggle with this tension; health workers and vulnerable patients carry the burden. More here, open access @jeppjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....

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This is infuriating and insane. Fascism truly sucks.

I’m old enough to remember Fox and Republicans losing their minds about the threat of Ebola… in fact old enough to have written about their totally unserious response, which prefigures Trump’s COVID response, or MAHA

This is beyond bad. All of our disease defenses are down now. We are sitting ducks. This is #RussellVought #DonaldTrump. They are endangering American lives with their insane crusade. These men are hazardous to your health and dangerous to the republic.

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Yet another unforced error by this administration

Heartbreaking to learn this is a thing

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

I missed this earlier this week, but the Directors of NIAID, NICHD, NIMHD, & NINR were all fired. The NIAID Director, Mazzaro, was likely fired in retaliation for speaking out against the anti-vaccine moves made by the administration.

"The US is one of the most dangerous developed countries for giving birth" In Mississippi nearly 10 babies die for every 1,000 live births. For Black babies, it was even higher at 15.2. All of this will get worse with the cuts to Medicaid. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Check out the latest @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social conversation with @uicpublichealth.bsky.social Professor Claire Decoteau talking about her new @uchicagopress.bsky.social book Emergency. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & below globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis...

“[Vaccine hesitancy] is entirely logical in a culture that insists that health is the result of hard work and informed consumer decisions and too often sees illness as a personal failure.” Great piece by sociologist @jenniferreich.bsky.social.

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Public health people have to get themselves organized to fight back, otherwise we're toast. If we don't, the eugenic madness coming from Trump, RFK Jr., Oz, etc is going to kill lots of people. Here I share some thoughts about how we can start to organize: www.infectiousdose.com/post/from-ev...

TWO new Assistant Professor positions in Sociology at USC! Seeking candidates with expertise in the following: 1) Institutions & Inequalities and 2) Socially Informed AI and/or Data Science (links to job ads below👇). Happy to talk about what it's like to work/live here! #sociology (1/3)

I continue to be amazed at the absolute lack of courage

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Beautiful, thoughtful piece by @madhupai.bsky.social . Take a minute and read it. You’ll be glad you did.

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They could have done something like this in the Trump immunity case and given a chance for the special counsel to take Trump's federal election subversion charges to trial. Expediting cases is a choice

It's wild how politely asking grown ass adults to wear masks and stop coughing on produce was the second coming of Stalin. But military takeovers of cities based on who they elected is totally cool patriot freedom USA.

"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."

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“We speak as former surgeons general, but we speak for the health of every American. The health of this nation is at stake, and it is time for Congress to act” www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

This week, USTR held a hearing concerning the Special 301 Investigation being pursued against Brazil. MSF is deeply concerned that the US is pressuring Brazil to adopt IP measures that will make medicines even more inaccessible. Full submission here: comments.ustr.gov/sfc/servlet.... 1/4

Guess what Florida will make great again? Measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, polio, Haemophilus influenzae type b, Respiratory syncytial virus, influenza, Covid-19, hepatitis A & B, varicella, Human papillomavirus, Meningococcal meningitis & rotavirus

Florida making another strong play aimed at reducing visitors to its many theme parks!

About this Florida vaccine story: When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough. We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated. “Oh, they’d have died.”

Havard & AAUP beat back the Trump Admin's efforts to freeze funds at the district court level. When we fight we (have a much better chance of) win(ing) Go @veenadubal.bsky.social!

This is utterly reckless and children, their teachers, families, and neighbors will all pay the price. Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, becoming first in nation to do so - The Washington Post

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Right now, your ability to get access to a COVID vaccine this fall is in jeopardy, whether or not you fit the new, restricted eligiblity criteria. Please send a letter to your member of Congress here. And spread the word. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...

When he said he wanted to make America healthy again, he meant by unleashing a scourge that only the "healthy" would survive.

From @markhertling.bsky.social — retired Three Star General, veteran of our modern wars. www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...

Who willfully destroys their own public heath system? Stupid, greedy people who think they don't need it. America has become a machine for binding greed and stupidity ever more tightly together.

www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis... $450m?

#resistance Over 5000 US government health employees denounce “dangerous and deceitful” RFK Jr statements www.bmj.com/content/390/...

I had serious doubts about CDC Director Monarez’s willingness to stand up against RFK Jr.’s personal mission to destroy public health in America—I’m glad that I was wrong. If there are any adults left in the White House: we cannot let RFK Jr. burn what's left of CDC. FIRE HIM.

It’s outrageous that Sec. Kennedy is trying to fire the CDC Director — after only a few weeks on the job — for her commitment to public health & vaccines. The Sen. HELP Committee must hold a hearing with Kennedy & the CDC Director as soon as possible. Vaccines save lives. Period.

This country’s top scientists & doctors are quitting in droves, signing public letters of no confidence, & were attacked by a conspiracy theorist. It is so dangerous for national security to have our federal health agencies who are tasked with protecting Americans in this state. RFK Jr must resign.