Bonnie Petrie
@bonniepetrie.bsky.social
Gracie winning host of Petrie Dish podcast and Science & Medicine | Bioscience-Med Reporter @texaspublicradio.bsky.social | | JHU grad student | UB mom | Genetic Genealogist | WNY & SATX
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Trump, autism, and the Tylenol connection
Is there a connection? Bonnie Petrie talks with a pediatrician who specializes in neurodevelopmental disorders like autism about the president's claims on Tylenol and the MMR vaccine as potential caus...
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*Is* there a connection? Bonnie Petrie talks with @ameracadpeds.bsky.social member pediatrician Dr. Nhung Tran, who specializes in neurodevelopmental disorders like autism, about the president's claims about autism, Tylenol, the MMR vaccine, and a form of vitamin B9.
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A strain that once caused a pandemic is dominant this flu season, causing concern.
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A strain that once caused a pandemic is dominant this flu season, causing concern
This year's version of H3N2 has experts on alert. It's a mutated version, subclade K, that may weaken the vaccine's protection, but makes getting vaccinated more important than ever.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
A strain that once caused a pandemic is dominant this flu season, causing concern.
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Bonnie Petrie talked with an expert in the science of empathy. Where does it come from? Why do we experience it? How do we experience it? Is it a weakness, a strength, neither, or both?
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October 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Bonnie Petrie talked with an expert in the science of empathy. Where does it come from? Why do we experience it? How do we experience it? Is it a weakness, a strength, neither, or both?
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They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.
the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
October 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.
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Thank you for this reporting on @texaspublicradio.bsky.social’s Petrie Dish, @bonniepetrie.bsky.social.
The rhetoric on the right about empathy is not only frightening, confounding and incomprehensible it’s also dangerously and scientifically inaccurate.
The rhetoric on the right about empathy is not only frightening, confounding and incomprehensible it’s also dangerously and scientifically inaccurate.
Bonnie Petrie talked with an expert in the science of empathy. Where does it come from? Why do we experience it? How do we experience it? Is it a weakness, a strength, neither, or both?
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October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Thank you for this reporting on @texaspublicradio.bsky.social’s Petrie Dish, @bonniepetrie.bsky.social.
The rhetoric on the right about empathy is not only frightening, confounding and incomprehensible it’s also dangerously and scientifically inaccurate.
The rhetoric on the right about empathy is not only frightening, confounding and incomprehensible it’s also dangerously and scientifically inaccurate.
Empathy is getting a bad rap these days. Some call it a weakness that can be weaponized; others call it a sin. What is this ancient trait that drives humans not only to care about each other, but to act on those feelings? And why do some people insist that you ignore it?
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Petrie Dish: The science of empathy
Empathy is getting a bad rap these days. Some critics call it a weakness that can be weaponized; others call it a sin. What is this ancient trait that drives humans not only to care about each other, ...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Empathy is getting a bad rap these days. Some call it a weakness that can be weaponized; others call it a sin. What is this ancient trait that drives humans not only to care about each other, but to act on those feelings? And why do some people insist that you ignore it?
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thinking of everyone sheltering from this storm in jamaica. hoping the world will be ready to help.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness of Jamaica issued dire safety warnings and ordered mandatory evacuations as Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm, made a turn toward his country’s coast. Three people were killed and 13 others injured during preparations for the storm, the health minister said.
Hurricane Melissa Live Updates: Storm Churns Toward Jamaica With 175 M.P.H. Winds
The prime minister ordered mandatory evacuations as officials braced for tens of thousands to be displaced. Three people were killed and 13 others injured during preparations for the storm, the health minister said.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
thinking of everyone sheltering from this storm in jamaica. hoping the world will be ready to help.
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Since a major global outbreak of mpox in 2022, clade II mpox has been circulating at low levels in the U.S.
But three new cases in California were identified as clade I mpox, a much more lethal form of the virus. BSPH doctoral student @drbanda.bsky.social shares insight on what this means.
But three new cases in California were identified as clade I mpox, a much more lethal form of the virus. BSPH doctoral student @drbanda.bsky.social shares insight on what this means.
October 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Since a major global outbreak of mpox in 2022, clade II mpox has been circulating at low levels in the U.S.
But three new cases in California were identified as clade I mpox, a much more lethal form of the virus. BSPH doctoral student @drbanda.bsky.social shares insight on what this means.
But three new cases in California were identified as clade I mpox, a much more lethal form of the virus. BSPH doctoral student @drbanda.bsky.social shares insight on what this means.
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Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
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law is a social construct
October 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
law is a social construct
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A dinosaur talking with an NPR producer.
October 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A dinosaur talking with an NPR producer.
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15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
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Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon!
I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.
I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.
October 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon!
I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.
I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.
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The FDA has added more brands to its list of lead tainted cinnamon. 1/3
Safety Alert
The FDA is advising consumers to throw away and not to buy the ground cinnamon products because samples of products listed in the table were found to contain elevated levels of lead.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The FDA has added more brands to its list of lead tainted cinnamon. 1/3
*Is* there a connection? Bonnie Petrie talks with @ameracadpeds.bsky.social member pediatrician Dr. Nhung Tran, who specializes in neurodevelopmental disorders like autism, about the president's claims about autism, Tylenol, the MMR vaccine, and a form of vitamin B9.
www.tpr.org/podcast/petr...
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Trump, autism, and the Tylenol connection
Is there a connection? Bonnie Petrie talks with a pediatrician who specializes in neurodevelopmental disorders like autism about the president's claims on Tylenol and the MMR vaccine as potential caus...
www.tpr.org
October 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
*Is* there a connection? Bonnie Petrie talks with @ameracadpeds.bsky.social member pediatrician Dr. Nhung Tran, who specializes in neurodevelopmental disorders like autism, about the president's claims about autism, Tylenol, the MMR vaccine, and a form of vitamin B9.
www.tpr.org/podcast/petr...
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EMERGENCY MEDICAID REIMBURSES HOSPITALS FOR CARE TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE BY LAW HOSPITALS CANNOT TURN AWAY ANYONE IN AN EMERGENCY.
RONALD REGAN SIGNED THIS INTO LAW.
RONALD REGAN SIGNED THIS INTO LAW.
October 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
EMERGENCY MEDICAID REIMBURSES HOSPITALS FOR CARE TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE BY LAW HOSPITALS CANNOT TURN AWAY ANYONE IN AN EMERGENCY.
RONALD REGAN SIGNED THIS INTO LAW.
RONALD REGAN SIGNED THIS INTO LAW.
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New World screwworm! There's a travel-related case in the US, linked to El Salvador, north of what was a sturdy biological barrier against the flies responsible for screwworm in Panama. The flies are inching north & threaten to return to Texas. Learn all about NWS here:
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The return of New World screwworm threatens livestock, wildlife, pets, and people
Once eradicated in the United States, a maggot that feeds on living, warm-blooded animals is inching back toward Texas. It may cross the Southern border before the end of the year. Petrie Dish host Bo...
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August 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New World screwworm! There's a travel-related case in the US, linked to El Salvador, north of what was a sturdy biological barrier against the flies responsible for screwworm in Panama. The flies are inching north & threaten to return to Texas. Learn all about NWS here:
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This week, Science & Medicine from @texaspublicradio.bsky.social features James Nelson, a @uthealthsa.bsky.social prof whose lab studies anti-aging drugs & focuses on sex differences in how well most potential anti-aging meds work. The exception? Rapamycin. Listen: www.tpr.org/podcast/petr...
Science & Medicine: An anti-aging medication that may work for women, too
An anti-aging medication called rapamycin seems to work better in female mice than in males, and it's the only one studied as part of the National Institute of Aging's Interventions Testing Program to...
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August 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This week, Science & Medicine from @texaspublicradio.bsky.social features James Nelson, a @uthealthsa.bsky.social prof whose lab studies anti-aging drugs & focuses on sex differences in how well most potential anti-aging meds work. The exception? Rapamycin. Listen: www.tpr.org/podcast/petr...
New World screwworm! There's a travel-related case in the US, linked to El Salvador, north of what was a sturdy biological barrier against the flies responsible for screwworm in Panama. The flies are inching north & threaten to return to Texas. Learn all about NWS here:
www.tpr.org/podcast/petr...
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The return of New World screwworm threatens livestock, wildlife, pets, and people
Once eradicated in the United States, a maggot that feeds on living, warm-blooded animals is inching back toward Texas. It may cross the Southern border before the end of the year. Petrie Dish host Bo...
www.tpr.org
August 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New World screwworm! There's a travel-related case in the US, linked to El Salvador, north of what was a sturdy biological barrier against the flies responsible for screwworm in Panama. The flies are inching north & threaten to return to Texas. Learn all about NWS here:
www.tpr.org/podcast/petr...
www.tpr.org/podcast/petr...
Sweet miracle Jesus, what? 😂
July 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Sweet miracle Jesus, what? 😂
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In a statement on Monday on its website, Camp Mystic said it mourned the loss of 27 campers and counselors:
"Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy. We are praying for them constantly,"
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"Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy. We are praying for them constantly,"
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July 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
In a statement on Monday on its website, Camp Mystic said it mourned the loss of 27 campers and counselors:
"Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy. We are praying for them constantly,"
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"Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy. We are praying for them constantly,"
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The devastation grows.
At least 43 people have died, including 28 adults and 15 children, and an untold number more are missing after flooding ravaged the Hill Country on Friday. City officials said Saturday that 27 girls from Camp Mystic are still missing.
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July 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The devastation grows.
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A video about the Declaration of Independence. I'm proud of this one.
The Declaration of Independence | Journey to American Democracy
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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July 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
A video about the Declaration of Independence. I'm proud of this one.
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Congress voted to pass the largest job-killing bill in history.
Congress voted to take away health care from 17 million people to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.
Congress voted to take away food assistance from 3 million people.
Congress voted to betray working people.
Congress voted to take away health care from 17 million people to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.
Congress voted to take away food assistance from 3 million people.
Congress voted to betray working people.
July 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Congress voted to pass the largest job-killing bill in history.
Congress voted to take away health care from 17 million people to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.
Congress voted to take away food assistance from 3 million people.
Congress voted to betray working people.
Congress voted to take away health care from 17 million people to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.
Congress voted to take away food assistance from 3 million people.
Congress voted to betray working people.
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NEW: EPA workers who signed onto the “Declaration of Dissent,” sent out Monday criticizing Administrator Lee Zeldin’s leadership, are facing retaliation.
144 have received letters placing them on administrative leave pending an investigation.
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144 have received letters placing them on administrative leave pending an investigation.
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EPA Workers Face Retaliation Over Dissent Declaration
On Monday, hundreds of EPA workers published a Declaration of Dissent criticizing their leadership. Now, they’re getting placed on leave pending review.
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July 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
NEW: EPA workers who signed onto the “Declaration of Dissent,” sent out Monday criticizing Administrator Lee Zeldin’s leadership, are facing retaliation.
144 have received letters placing them on administrative leave pending an investigation.
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144 have received letters placing them on administrative leave pending an investigation.
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