Erin R. Johnson, MPH, PhD
@erinrjohnson.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of Southern Indiana. PhD from UCSF. Postdoc at IU, Bloomington. Reproductive healthcare access, experiences, and social movements. she/her 🌈
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If you
wake up tomorrow
and need to travel
I hope that you
will take care
and travel safely.
And if you
wake up tomorrow
and feel unwell
I hope that you
will take care
and not travel at all.
wake up tomorrow
and need to travel
I hope that you
will take care
and travel safely.
And if you
wake up tomorrow
and feel unwell
I hope that you
will take care
and not travel at all.
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
If you
wake up tomorrow
and need to travel
I hope that you
will take care
and travel safely.
And if you
wake up tomorrow
and feel unwell
I hope that you
will take care
and not travel at all.
wake up tomorrow
and need to travel
I hope that you
will take care
and travel safely.
And if you
wake up tomorrow
and feel unwell
I hope that you
will take care
and not travel at all.
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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
If I can finish rewriting this paper tonight, do the dishes, finish the laundry, and pack in the morning, then I can grade on the plane/in the airport and NOT HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WORK FOR FOUR AND A HALF DAYS.
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
If I can finish rewriting this paper tonight, do the dishes, finish the laundry, and pack in the morning, then I can grade on the plane/in the airport and NOT HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WORK FOR FOUR AND A HALF DAYS.
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This is caused by adults not maintaining their pertussis (whooping cough) vaccines.
You should be getting a Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) vaccine every 10 years.
We have a baby coming in the family (my first grand nephew!), so my husband and I both got vaccinated this week.
You should be getting a Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) vaccine every 10 years.
We have a baby coming in the family (my first grand nephew!), so my husband and I both got vaccinated this week.
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough.
Pertussis, best prevented with a vaccine, has killed three Kentucky babies in the last 12 months.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Pertussis, best prevented with a vaccine, has killed three Kentucky babies in the last 12 months.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is caused by adults not maintaining their pertussis (whooping cough) vaccines.
You should be getting a Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) vaccine every 10 years.
We have a baby coming in the family (my first grand nephew!), so my husband and I both got vaccinated this week.
You should be getting a Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) vaccine every 10 years.
We have a baby coming in the family (my first grand nephew!), so my husband and I both got vaccinated this week.
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it's almost like we can't afford to do performative Keeping Up With the Joneses shit
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
it's almost like we can't afford to do performative Keeping Up With the Joneses shit
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Advocates in South Carolina defeated a bill that threatened abortion patients with the death penalty, banned certain forms of birth control, and even criminalized speech like abortion referrals.
For Once, the Extremists Lost
11.19.25
jessica.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Advocates in South Carolina defeated a bill that threatened abortion patients with the death penalty, banned certain forms of birth control, and even criminalized speech like abortion referrals.
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Writing "careful diet" about a guy who literally eats roadkill is proof positive that so long as you look thin, your diet will be praised as sensible and healthy.
It's all about portion control with rotting meat from the side of the road, I guess. 🫠
It's all about portion control with rotting meat from the side of the road, I guess. 🫠
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Writing "careful diet" about a guy who literally eats roadkill is proof positive that so long as you look thin, your diet will be praised as sensible and healthy.
It's all about portion control with rotting meat from the side of the road, I guess. 🫠
It's all about portion control with rotting meat from the side of the road, I guess. 🫠
The police shot and killed a man in my city this weekend within seconds of entering his home. Please consider donating to help Mr. Nunn's family deal with funeral costs and get through the holidays: www.gofundme.com/f/assist-eve...
Donate to Assist Everett Nunn's Family in Their Time of Loss, organized by Andrea Nelson
Our hearts are broken as we share the tragic and unexpected loss of E… Andrea Nelson needs your support for Assist Everett Nunn's Family in Their Time of Loss
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November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The police shot and killed a man in my city this weekend within seconds of entering his home. Please consider donating to help Mr. Nunn's family deal with funeral costs and get through the holidays: www.gofundme.com/f/assist-eve...
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Abedini posted on LinkedIn:
“I’m relieved to share that I was released from custody tonight. It was a deeply distressing experience, especially seeing those without the support I had. My sincere thanks to my friends and colleagues at the University of Oklahoma, the Middle East Studies Association”
“I’m relieved to share that I was released from custody tonight. It was a deeply distressing experience, especially seeing those without the support I had. My sincere thanks to my friends and colleagues at the University of Oklahoma, the Middle East Studies Association”
OU professor released following ICE detention while traveling to conference
OU professor Vahid Abedini detained by ICE while traveling to academic conference, sparking concerns over valid visa status.
www.news9.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Abedini posted on LinkedIn:
“I’m relieved to share that I was released from custody tonight. It was a deeply distressing experience, especially seeing those without the support I had. My sincere thanks to my friends and colleagues at the University of Oklahoma, the Middle East Studies Association”
“I’m relieved to share that I was released from custody tonight. It was a deeply distressing experience, especially seeing those without the support I had. My sincere thanks to my friends and colleagues at the University of Oklahoma, the Middle East Studies Association”
This is my alma mater.
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This is my alma mater.
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Why I don't trust philo-Semitic conservatives, in one subtitle
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Why I don't trust philo-Semitic conservatives, in one subtitle
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hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
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These are the people that study mad cow disease (BSE) which leads to Creuztfeldt-Jakob Disease in humans (don't google if you don't want to freak yourself out), or the Chronic Wasting Disease deer have in the US.
It's insane to stop research on these conditions.
It's insane to stop research on these conditions.
During the government shutdown, CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Prion and Public Health Office staff were illegally RIFed, and the group is at risk of being eliminated permanently
www.cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wast...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wast...
While no one was watching: Tenuous status of CDC prion unit, risk of CWD to people worry scientists
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
These are the people that study mad cow disease (BSE) which leads to Creuztfeldt-Jakob Disease in humans (don't google if you don't want to freak yourself out), or the Chronic Wasting Disease deer have in the US.
It's insane to stop research on these conditions.
It's insane to stop research on these conditions.
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The combination of diminished staff capacity and immense pressure to use new, but unvalidated, AI tools to replace it “could jeopardize FDA’s gold standard review process, leaving ... further uncertainty about whether FDA-approved drugs work and are effective." - @reshmagar.bsky.social
US FDA Cancer Office Keeps Hemorrhaging Staff, Most Land At Industry
Merck, Lilly, and Johnson & Johnson are some of the pharma companies who have snagged the many staff leaving the FDA’s oncology positions. The Pink Sheet estimates CDER’s oncology division is operatin...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The combination of diminished staff capacity and immense pressure to use new, but unvalidated, AI tools to replace it “could jeopardize FDA’s gold standard review process, leaving ... further uncertainty about whether FDA-approved drugs work and are effective." - @reshmagar.bsky.social
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Five people have now died in the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Ethiopia near the border with South Sudan.
A total of 53 suspected cases have been tested so far.
MVD is a hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, with a case fatality rate that has been reported to range from 25% to 90%.
A total of 53 suspected cases have been tested so far.
MVD is a hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, with a case fatality rate that has been reported to range from 25% to 90%.
Death toll from Ethiopia’s Marburg outbreak rises to 5 - Namibia Daily News
ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 24 -- The death toll from Ethiopia's Marburg virus disease outbreak has risen to five, the country's Ministry of Health has said. In its latest update issued late Saturday, the minis...
namibiadailynews.info
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Five people have now died in the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Ethiopia near the border with South Sudan.
A total of 53 suspected cases have been tested so far.
MVD is a hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, with a case fatality rate that has been reported to range from 25% to 90%.
A total of 53 suspected cases have been tested so far.
MVD is a hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, with a case fatality rate that has been reported to range from 25% to 90%.
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I am looking for a Senior Researcher (at least 2 years postdoctoral exp.) for the LivePlatforms project into how people make livelihoods in the platform economy; a 5-year FT post based in the School of Info and Communication Studies at UCD. Do share widely!
universityvacancies.com/university-c...
universityvacancies.com/university-c...
Senior Researcher, UCD Information&Comms Studies,Temp 56 months | University Vacancies Ireland
universityvacancies.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I am looking for a Senior Researcher (at least 2 years postdoctoral exp.) for the LivePlatforms project into how people make livelihoods in the platform economy; a 5-year FT post based in the School of Info and Communication Studies at UCD. Do share widely!
universityvacancies.com/university-c...
universityvacancies.com/university-c...
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The sharp decline in US teenagers’ aspiration to get married and have kids…
…is happening almost entirely among girls, not boys.
At some point maybe men will start trying harder to understand that.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... | HT @conradhackett.bsky.social @pewresearch.org
…is happening almost entirely among girls, not boys.
At some point maybe men will start trying harder to understand that.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... | HT @conradhackett.bsky.social @pewresearch.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The sharp decline in US teenagers’ aspiration to get married and have kids…
…is happening almost entirely among girls, not boys.
At some point maybe men will start trying harder to understand that.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... | HT @conradhackett.bsky.social @pewresearch.org
…is happening almost entirely among girls, not boys.
At some point maybe men will start trying harder to understand that.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... | HT @conradhackett.bsky.social @pewresearch.org
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“Once, after the group bought out a tamale vendor’s cart, that man found them days later to say immigration agents were spotted on his block just hours after. ‘You saved my life,’ Rosales said the man told them.” apnews.com/article/chic...
Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid a federal immigration crackdown
Across Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods, fear of a federal immigration crackdown has emptied the streets.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“Once, after the group bought out a tamale vendor’s cart, that man found them days later to say immigration agents were spotted on his block just hours after. ‘You saved my life,’ Rosales said the man told them.” apnews.com/article/chic...
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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Oh sure, I tell the kids the same thing every day but this guy is some kind of saint for saying it
Don't let AI do your homework, Pope Leo tells US youth reut.rs/48tKTYY
Don't let AI do your homework, Pope Leo tells US youth
Artificial intelligence may be a useful tool for learning, but don't use it for your homework, Pope Leo told about 15,000 U.S. youth during a question-and-answer session on Friday.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Oh sure, I tell the kids the same thing every day but this guy is some kind of saint for saying it
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a) these changes illustrate how the “smartness” in what’s framed as an individual smart or dumb choice (your major/grad degree) is determined by structural factors in how they’re rewarded, not their intrinsic value
b) the illustration’s especially stark when those structural factors change overnight
b) the illustration’s especially stark when those structural factors change overnight
The DoE has reclassified numerous health professional and other degrees, limiting access to federal student loan programs eligible for the higher OBBBA loan caps from thousands to a few hundred.
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
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As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
a) these changes illustrate how the “smartness” in what’s framed as an individual smart or dumb choice (your major/grad degree) is determined by structural factors in how they’re rewarded, not their intrinsic value
b) the illustration’s especially stark when those structural factors change overnight
b) the illustration’s especially stark when those structural factors change overnight
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When I'm asked what kind of friend groups I have:
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
When I'm asked what kind of friend groups I have:
Shout out to whichever of my very kind colleagues put my printing on my desk. I got up to go get it off the printer twice and managed to get distracted both times.
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Shout out to whichever of my very kind colleagues put my printing on my desk. I got up to go get it off the printer twice and managed to get distracted both times.
Leslie makes an incredibly important point. The systems that we currently rely on for abortion access are incredibly fragile and largely rely on a weird mix of legal gray area and massive volunteer efforts. We should pay attention to what is happening in the Philippines. We could easily be next.
Mail-based systems of medication abortion access - also a very important part of the current US abortion landscape - are so fragile. A lot of people are suffering and going to suffer from this collapse of one of the only ways to get a safe abortion in the Philippines.
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Leslie makes an incredibly important point. The systems that we currently rely on for abortion access are incredibly fragile and largely rely on a weird mix of legal gray area and massive volunteer efforts. We should pay attention to what is happening in the Philippines. We could easily be next.