Elizabeth Toon
@eblucyclio.bsky.social
#histmed (women's health, prev & #healthcomm); tweets #scicomm #medhum #sts. Avid knitter, coffee drinker, cat lover. She/her.
I guess it’s fall...
September 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I guess it’s fall...
Great piece and v relevant for my #scicomm students: arstechnica.com/science/2025... .
Bluesky now platform of choice for science community
It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…
arstechnica.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Great piece and v relevant for my #scicomm students: arstechnica.com/science/2025... .
On way to conference sessions in Berlin walked through Bebelplatz. There's a plaque reminding us this is where the Nazi burned books containing scientific and scholarly knowledge they didn't agree with. I wish this was not relevant to our contemporary situation.
August 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
On way to conference sessions in Berlin walked through Bebelplatz. There's a plaque reminding us this is where the Nazi burned books containing scientific and scholarly knowledge they didn't agree with. I wish this was not relevant to our contemporary situation.
Reposted by Elizabeth Toon
“Every time you go to your doctor or get treated by a nurse, there’s a chorus of researchers, public health workers, policy experts, epidemiologists and advisory panels arrayed behind them, aided by laboratories, databases, websites… Our current government seems determined to wrench this away”
Opinion | What Happens When Doctors Can’t Trust the Government?
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
“Every time you go to your doctor or get treated by a nurse, there’s a chorus of researchers, public health workers, policy experts, epidemiologists and advisory panels arrayed behind them, aided by laboratories, databases, websites… Our current government seems determined to wrench this away”
Reader, I preordered T1D Barbie. She'll look great on my shelf next to Civil War Nurse Barbie and my other med and #histmed toys. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
‘Representation matters’: Barbie launches first doll with type 1 diabetes
Doll with insulin pump and glucose monitor is latest in range designed ‘to enable more children to see themselves’
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Reader, I preordered T1D Barbie. She'll look great on my shelf next to Civil War Nurse Barbie and my other med and #histmed toys. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
Midway through [The Scientist Who Wasn't There] (www.waterstones.com/book/the-sci...). Wow.
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June 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Midway through [The Scientist Who Wasn't There] (www.waterstones.com/book/the-sci...). Wow.
Treating myself to coffee shop coffee and pastry to build strength before multiple hour Canvas (vle) training session
April 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Treating myself to coffee shop coffee and pastry to build strength before multiple hour Canvas (vle) training session
I don't care if the OED says it was first used in 1839. 'Unputdownable' should not be a word.
March 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I don't care if the OED says it was first used in 1839. 'Unputdownable' should not be a word.
Today's topic in health comm is 'What did we learn about health comm from the pandemic?' Sorely tempted to just put this quote from Burn After Reading on repeat.
From the HighQualityGifs community on Reddit: What did we learn Palmer?
Explore this post and more from the HighQualityGifs community
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March 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Today's topic in health comm is 'What did we learn about health comm from the pandemic?' Sorely tempted to just put this quote from Burn After Reading on repeat.
Still a bit chilly but gratifying hint of spring on the way
February 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Still a bit chilly but gratifying hint of spring on the way
In one class this week I will be talking about the weird, weird world of US direct-to-consumer pharma ads for my UK students. Such an accepted background part of US life to have the tv shouting stats and happy patients at us, but to folks from elsewhere they are just utterly insane.
February 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
In one class this week I will be talking about the weird, weird world of US direct-to-consumer pharma ads for my UK students. Such an accepted background part of US life to have the tv shouting stats and happy patients at us, but to folks from elsewhere they are just utterly insane.
Work at home day meant a lovely breakfast at my fave local cafe over lecture plan and now a brief sit down in the park. Gotta rebuild my calm before diving back in
February 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Work at home day meant a lovely breakfast at my fave local cafe over lecture plan and now a brief sit down in the park. Gotta rebuild my calm before diving back in
Great piece on The Hill by @jgolden08.bsky.social : thehill.com/opinion/heal...
thehill.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Great piece on The Hill by @jgolden08.bsky.social : thehill.com/opinion/heal...
Have been quiet on the birdie app for a while in prep for leaving it. But yeah, definitely closing that account out now, and hoping that (once my marking is done!) I'll be back to enjoying this lovely place.
January 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Have been quiet on the birdie app for a while in prep for leaving it. But yeah, definitely closing that account out now, and hoping that (once my marking is done!) I'll be back to enjoying this lovely place.
I have 3 other lovely pens in my pen case today, all of them pricier, but the one that appeals this morning is my trusty Platinum Prefounte. First fountain pen I bought, still going very strong at least 3 years later, worth many times the £8 I paid for it! #fountainpens #cheapthrills
December 6, 2024 at 9:31 AM
I have 3 other lovely pens in my pen case today, all of them pricier, but the one that appeals this morning is my trusty Platinum Prefounte. First fountain pen I bought, still going very strong at least 3 years later, worth many times the £8 I paid for it! #fountainpens #cheapthrills
Is baking the famous NYT plum tart, the official tart of OMGtoomuchmarkingandotherwork season
November 24, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Is baking the famous NYT plum tart, the official tart of OMGtoomuchmarkingandotherwork season
Apply! This is an excellent thing
ScienceWrite, a UK scheme for aspiring STEM writers from minoritised backgrounds, is open for 2025 applications!
The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED
Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪
www.sciencewrite.co.uk
The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED
Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪
www.sciencewrite.co.uk
November 22, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Apply! This is an excellent thing
Reposted by Elizabeth Toon
So, @propublica.org reports that Georgia's maternal mortality review committee determined that two women died after being denied access to care under the state's abortion ban, and Georgia's response is to dismiss all members of the committee.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2024 at 2:54 AM
So, @propublica.org reports that Georgia's maternal mortality review committee determined that two women died after being denied access to care under the state's abortion ban, and Georgia's response is to dismiss all members of the committee.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Wow. I could search starter packs all day...
November 22, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Wow. I could search starter packs all day...
Reposted by Elizabeth Toon
I wrote about what Laura Helmuth accomplished at Scientific American, and what her resignation means for science journalism, and for me personally
defector.com/do-not-accep...
defector.com/do-not-accep...
Do Not Accept An Unscientific American | Defector
Laura Helmuth was named editor-in-chief of Scientific American in March 2020, shortly before the magazine was set to celebrate its 175th year in print. Helmuth, who had previously directed health and ...
defector.com
November 20, 2024 at 2:29 PM
I wrote about what Laura Helmuth accomplished at Scientific American, and what her resignation means for science journalism, and for me personally
defector.com/do-not-accep...
defector.com/do-not-accep...
We have reached the point in the semester / autumn / November / world crisis timeline where I'm putting hot cocoa mix into my morning coffee. Try it, it works!
November 21, 2024 at 8:38 AM
We have reached the point in the semester / autumn / November / world crisis timeline where I'm putting hot cocoa mix into my morning coffee. Try it, it works!
Treat lunch for Friday, while I read student drafts. Almost too lovely to eat!
November 15, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Treat lunch for Friday, while I read student drafts. Almost too lovely to eat!
Well hello hey howdy to all the new folk streaming in.
November 13, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Well hello hey howdy to all the new folk streaming in.
Just utterly depressed and crushed. Sadly not that surprised, though I'd been trying very hard to be hopeful.
November 6, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Just utterly depressed and crushed. Sadly not that surprised, though I'd been trying very hard to be hopeful.
How? How is it nearly November?
October 31, 2024 at 2:23 PM
How? How is it nearly November?