If ever you think you cannot do something, just remember: you are small, angry, and full of microplastics, which means you are a glorified hair dryer. Aim, rage, succeed.

And frankly until "urbanists" get past this false reductionism they will never be able to make all that much headway.

Because the people most failed by public transit underfunding are also the people most likely to get stuck driving cars we can't really afford, by unwanted necessity.

Repeat after me:

DOGE has already illegally shut down much of the government.

DOGE has already illegally shut down much of the government.

DOGE has already illegally shut down much of the government.

Keep that in mind as Democrats "debate" a continuing resolution "strategy." #ItsAlreadyShutdown

As always, it comes down to the devaluation of (gendered) care work and other reproductive labor in favor of the immediately profitable work (also gendered)

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The vehicle for manufacturing consent for transphobia, for manufacturing consent for genocide, is now doing the same for authoritarianism all under the guise of impartiality and liberalism.

If there's one thing we want scientists🧪 to take away this weekend it's this:

"Local [TV] channels talk to faculty all the time."

Lots is happening. Legal & political efforts will gear up. Organizing scientists is key—but will take time.
But every scientist can call their local TV station today.

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what would actually be hilarious is if the so-called department of government efficiency tries to gut NIH but is thwarted by the eRA Commons being impossible to use

please

Things are moving so diabolically fast! We have at least backed up CDC’s geospatial Social Vulnerability Index layers to Esri’s Living Atlas of the World livingatlas.arcgis.com
#gischat #geosky

I wish people on the left would stop using “diversity hire” or “affirmative action” to describe folks like Hegseth. This reinforces the racist, sexist notion that diversity and affirmative action are promoting unqualified people, doing the right’s work for the.

Of course, Hegseth is unqualified. But describing this as “affirmative action” or “diversity” gets it precisely backwards. White supremacy has *always* promoted unqualified white men over everyone else. This is the *exact opposite* of affirmative action policies designed to end discrimination.

Health researchers are actually fundraisers for their universities. No nih grants means a huge chunk of revenue gone. If it returns it will have been negotiated by MAGA-installed leaders who will lead a witchhunt.

I know we're all flailing and panicking, but guys, "my work isn't even controversial/political/about DEI!" is not the move.

For researchers dependent on NIH funding, for international students studying in the U.S., and others, things are actively very dire. Universities are for the most part saying nothing publicly as we get pummeled. Cowering isn’t going to work, to put it mildly.

If you work with any federal data--on demography, economics, health, education, climate, agriculture, whatever--and you notice any changes this year in data availability, quality, or completeness, please let me know.

its wild how much local LA news is fixated on the threat of looting even though it was like single digit arrests. if you're looking for a juicy story about loss of personal property, might i suggest the devastating inferno

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Many people - including health agencies - wrongly suggested the solution was to 'listen to genuine concerns' about health fears.

The *actual* solution was to fix the underlying injustice: to empower and embolden communities, to involve them in the process, to share actual money more fairly

We can reduce the risk of reassortment a few ways: reducing human H5N1 cases by reducing exposure, increasing uptake of seasonal flu vaccines, and vaccinating people at high exposure risk (ie vets, farm workers) for H5N1. We should consider doing that now. We should be already doing it.

Whose epidemiology, whose health? - PubMed Simplistic claims about the objectivity of science have been challenged from a variety of perspectives. Evaluation of the external context of production of knowledge and the methodological approaches ...

I love coming back to Steve Wing’s “Whose Epidemiology, whose health?” for its rich theoretical relevance and clarity!

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9595342/

We have to define what we mean by “AI.” Because the model that advanced our understanding of protein folding and the LLMs that churn out the nonsense slop that fills the internet both get called “AI.” And the latter is co-opting the usefulness of the former to create this exactly perception.

save the date. we want to pack this hearing and will also be throwing an after party.

do attend. more to come.

New Study on Childhood Lead Exposure and Its Role in Psychopathology: A 75-Year Perspective ALT: A house with white siding cordoned off by caution tape. A hand-painted sign on the fence reads "LEAD KEEP OUT," and another sign near the door says "LEAD HAZARD KEEP OUT," indicating environmental contamination and health hazards.

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No shit murder is bad. The jokes about the United CEO aren’t really about him; they’re about the rapacious healthcare system he personified and which Americans feel deep pain and humiliation about

🧵Another example: The system privileges biomarkers and certain kinds of doctors’ notes over self-assessed pain and quality of life - which is the major way we assess endo and other #GYN symptoms.

Endometriosis and Disability: Analysis of Federal Court Appeals of Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income Claims by Individuals Suffering From Endometriosis Endometriosis, a chronic noncancerous gynecologic condition commonly characterized by disruptive physical and psychosocial symptoms, can be disabling.…

🧵One of my favorite studies I’ve worked on!

This research shows how the US disability system is basically impossible for people with severe endometriosis.

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