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Jesse Berman

@jesseberman.bsky.social

160 followers 120 following 440 posts

Environmental epidemiologist interested in air pollution, extreme weather, GIS, human health. Professor of Public Health. Transplant from Brooklyn. Go Bills! Go Yankees! Opinions are my own.

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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 14h

At least we put real sugar back in Coke, changed some food dyes, & demonized vaccines. Y'know, the real work to Make America Healthy Again!

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14h

During his campaign, Trump (& RFK) promised to rein in the use of dangerous pesticides, but the EPA has loosened oversight and is accelerating pesticide approvals.

Notably, the top 4 positions in the new Trump EPA’s chemical safety office are held by former pesticide and chemical industry lobbyists

Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient

Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at risk

www.theguardian.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14h

Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient

Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at risk

www.theguardian.com

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 1d

Also feels like he can’t escape any tackles. Against the Chiefs he caught a pass and was literally stopped cold by a DB who stretched out one arm off balance. Coleman’s a big guy, yet has no ability to make a move after first contact

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 1d

You can’t be a successfully receiver if you’re deficient in both Yards downfield and Yards per catch. It just doesn’t work.

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 1d

@stephenking.bsky.social I’m thrilled that the Bachman books are getting a revival. My broken spined Bachman Collection are some of my most reread King stories with The Long Walk being my favorite

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 2d

As part of for the course, we had a hard frost last night in MN and the catalpa tree decided to drop its leaves. All at once. In the driveway. #fall

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 4d

How many standard deviations above the mean is that?

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 4d

That and falling asleep while you’re actively playing with them

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Hadley Wickham @hadley.nz · 5d

Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....

genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.

GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap

dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Zen Faulkes @doctorzen.net · 5d

Tech bros tired of reinventing buses reinvent phrenology instead

The Economist @economist.com · 5d

A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality

Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?

A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality

econ.st

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 5d

A pleased #cat who ate his lunch, then took advantage of a closed door Zoom meeting to convince the other owner (who just arrived home) to feed him a second meal

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 5d

Good to know. We recently had regional EPA folks up in Minneapolis overseeing sample wells to re-evaluate a Superfund site. Groundwater VOC contamination. It was nice to see them working on public health

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 6d

I was going to say that way back when (eg 2024), there used to be teams of federal experts from EPA, NIOSH, and CDC who could deploy to disaster sites, assist response teams, set up air/water monitoring, and ensure the workers and surrounding communities were safe. It was nice to have them

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 8d

Love how the comments shifted from bashing AI to bashing Reviewer 2

Tomer Ullman @tomerullman.bsky.social · 8d

Nature suggests you use their "Manuscript Adviser" bot to get advice before submitting

I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 8d

“And in addition to her work on mortality disparities, Dr Wrigley-Field is perhaps best known for inventing the Zoom Smell Share add-on (cozily positioned next to the Screen Share button). She is actively working on a Teams compatible version for government workers”

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 8d

And imagine if he actually played all four quarters in his games

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Tomer Ullman @tomerullman.bsky.social · 8d

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 9d

Are you implying that 2025 Tre White couldn’t shadow Worthy?

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 9d

Now who expected the #Bills to hold the Chiefs to a field goal from 1st and a foot? Every hand is up, right?

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 9d

Nice job by Bishop. Young and athletic, makes the plays we need weren’t getting with Hamlin

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 9d

Tre White was literally dragged 6 yards by Pacheco

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks for nothing Falcons.

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 9d

Why can’t all Democrats answer these questions like this? You’ve got all the darn resources in the world to help you communicate effectively.

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 10d

How to answer a loaded question.

(This is Joe Neguse, Congressman for Colorado's 2nd District.)

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 10d

How to answer a loaded question.

(This is Joe Neguse, Congressman for Colorado's 2nd District.)

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 10d

Never thought I’d say this, but we could really use a hard frost in #MN to kill back all these plants. With leaves still greenish, I’m reluctant to cut back my garden too much. Plus carrots convert starch to sugar after the first freeze, so I’m waiting for that before harvest

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Geoff Campbell North Antrim Moths @gcampbellphoto.bsky.social · 11d

The Sprawler Asteroscopus sphinx. Fermanagh, Oct 2025. One for Halloween. Not many moths with a claws (apical spurs) in Ireland. This is a scarce moth in Ireland. #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social #gcampbellphoto @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 11d

Now here is something scary... 👻

And some more spooky climate trends for today: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...

#HappyHalloween! 🎃

Line graph time series of annual mean Arctic sea ice extent from 1979 to 2024. There is a long-term decreasing trend in ice and 2016 and 2020 are the lowest years on record. The colors of the graph are changed to a Halloween style. Data is from the NSIDC Sea Ice Index v3. A linear least squares trend line is shown across all years.

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 12d

Sorry, kept listening to the pod and saw you were called out. Still funny though

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 12d

Had to listen to it again to make sure I heard it correctly

Jesse Berman @jesseberman.bsky.social · 12d

Hey @patrickmorantb.bsky.social I like your slip of tongue in this pod (48:50), when you say you’re looking forward to a starting backfield of Jordan Hancock and Kair Elam

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