Jacqueline Antonovich
@jackiantonovich.bsky.social
Historian of medicine, gender, & politics in the American West. Creator & Executive Editor Emerita, @nursingclio.
https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-nursing-clio-reader/9781978838598/
https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-nursing-clio-reader/9781978838598/
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love to create power vacuums and then just let things play out. expert planning, sir. strategic mastery.
Armed men and heavy gunfire near Miraflores Presidential Palace.
January 6, 2026 at 1:13 AM
love to create power vacuums and then just let things play out. expert planning, sir. strategic mastery.
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This is absolutely horrifying. ChatGPT recommended “Sam take twice as much cough syrup so he would have stronger hallucinations. The AI tool even recommended playlists to match his drug use… Turner-Scott is now left mourning her only son, and shocked by what this new technology did to him.”
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:10 PM
This is absolutely horrifying. ChatGPT recommended “Sam take twice as much cough syrup so he would have stronger hallucinations. The AI tool even recommended playlists to match his drug use… Turner-Scott is now left mourning her only son, and shocked by what this new technology did to him.”
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But the scariest was coming across images taken of women in the street, digitally stripped by Grok. Thought you could keep yourself safe by never, ever posting a picture online? Forget it. Anyone with a phone who walks or drives past you can create pornography of you now.
January 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
But the scariest was coming across images taken of women in the street, digitally stripped by Grok. Thought you could keep yourself safe by never, ever posting a picture online? Forget it. Anyone with a phone who walks or drives past you can create pornography of you now.
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“The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funded NPR, PBS and hundreds of local radio and TV stations across the United States for more than a half-century, said on Monday that its board of directors had voted to dissolve the organization because Congress cut off its federal money.”
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Votes to Shut Down
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:59 PM
“The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funded NPR, PBS and hundreds of local radio and TV stations across the United States for more than a half-century, said on Monday that its board of directors had voted to dissolve the organization because Congress cut off its federal money.”
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you know who else circles back? vultures
January 5, 2026 at 6:18 PM
you know who else circles back? vultures
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I can’t fully articulate the way my stomach dropped when I saw this headline. Please know the evidence has not changed. The people in charge have changed, and they did not consult any relevant experts or the public. “This new policy has not been vetted with pediatricians, the public, or the ACIP”
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive
The number of recommended childhood shots drops from 17 to 11.
www.statnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I can’t fully articulate the way my stomach dropped when I saw this headline. Please know the evidence has not changed. The people in charge have changed, and they did not consult any relevant experts or the public. “This new policy has not been vetted with pediatricians, the public, or the ACIP”
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Roses are red,
Sunlight is bright
Sunlight is bright
January 5, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Roses are red,
Sunlight is bright
Sunlight is bright
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I'm hiring 2 postdocs on my Wellcome project "How Did Infectious Diseases Become Wild?: Plague, Yellow Fever, and Disease Ecology in the Brazilian Hinterland (1920-1975)"
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
King's College
3 years 01/10/26- 30/09/29
Deadline: 01/02/26
shorturl.at/KZ6Vh
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
King's College
3 years 01/10/26- 30/09/29
Deadline: 01/02/26
shorturl.at/KZ6Vh
Postdoctoral Research Associate | King's College London
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I'm hiring 2 postdocs on my Wellcome project "How Did Infectious Diseases Become Wild?: Plague, Yellow Fever, and Disease Ecology in the Brazilian Hinterland (1920-1975)"
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
King's College
3 years 01/10/26- 30/09/29
Deadline: 01/02/26
shorturl.at/KZ6Vh
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
King's College
3 years 01/10/26- 30/09/29
Deadline: 01/02/26
shorturl.at/KZ6Vh
Chaos! At the bird feeder!
January 5, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Chaos! At the bird feeder!
I'm working at a coffee shop today and I 1) forgot my headphones and 2) Forgot how to tune out conversations at the tables next to me.
January 5, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I'm working at a coffee shop today and I 1) forgot my headphones and 2) Forgot how to tune out conversations at the tables next to me.
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if you ever find yourself building on earlier work that you did, self-citation is going to be hard to avoid
insisting you're building where no-one built before, on the other hand, is actually denying other people credit for their work
insisting you're building where no-one built before, on the other hand, is actually denying other people credit for their work
I saw a LinkedIn post making fun of senior scholars for citing themselves, but I've seen academics Columbus entire well developed fields of study and be applauded for it by the AHA, so...?
January 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
if you ever find yourself building on earlier work that you did, self-citation is going to be hard to avoid
insisting you're building where no-one built before, on the other hand, is actually denying other people credit for their work
insisting you're building where no-one built before, on the other hand, is actually denying other people credit for their work
I heard someone describe the current international incident as mafia on mafia violence and I think it tracks
January 5, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I heard someone describe the current international incident as mafia on mafia violence and I think it tracks
I appreciate Cameron's whole thread here on student use of genAI. I really wish more folks would listen to what teachers and college profs are witnessing and take it seriously.
But teaching a first-year seminar this past semester really opened my eyes to just how toxic it's already been for younger students. I'm not some knee-jerk tech skeptic and I didn't hold this view 12 months ago. But now? I'm raising the alarm.
January 5, 2026 at 1:05 PM
I appreciate Cameron's whole thread here on student use of genAI. I really wish more folks would listen to what teachers and college profs are witnessing and take it seriously.
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SEEKING PARTICIPANTS
For their MA thesis, my advisee is conducting an oral history on family members of people living with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s-90s. They are seeking folks to interview. See the flyer for details.
Wondering if folks can share this with their networks. Thank you!
For their MA thesis, my advisee is conducting an oral history on family members of people living with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s-90s. They are seeking folks to interview. See the flyer for details.
Wondering if folks can share this with their networks. Thank you!
January 5, 2026 at 12:36 PM
SEEKING PARTICIPANTS
For their MA thesis, my advisee is conducting an oral history on family members of people living with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s-90s. They are seeking folks to interview. See the flyer for details.
Wondering if folks can share this with their networks. Thank you!
For their MA thesis, my advisee is conducting an oral history on family members of people living with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s-90s. They are seeking folks to interview. See the flyer for details.
Wondering if folks can share this with their networks. Thank you!
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America crossed many Rubicons by attacking Venezuela on Jan. 3, 2026
We are now a rogue nation. Any rules-based global order is dead. Trump is a dictator, without Congress, public approval or legal restrain. And an axis of evil is carving up the globe
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
We are now a rogue nation. Any rules-based global order is dead. Trump is a dictator, without Congress, public approval or legal restrain. And an axis of evil is carving up the globe
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
America launches its 250th birthday year by becoming a rogue state | Will Bunch
Trump's illegal war on Venezuela cemented his claim to dictatorship and marked the U.S. as a global pariah.
www.inquirer.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:44 PM
America crossed many Rubicons by attacking Venezuela on Jan. 3, 2026
We are now a rogue nation. Any rules-based global order is dead. Trump is a dictator, without Congress, public approval or legal restrain. And an axis of evil is carving up the globe
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
We are now a rogue nation. Any rules-based global order is dead. Trump is a dictator, without Congress, public approval or legal restrain. And an axis of evil is carving up the globe
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
This site has the juice.
January 5, 2026 at 12:50 PM
This site has the juice.
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I’m impressed.
The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!
January 5, 2026 at 12:28 PM
I’m impressed.
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And a reminder that Venezuelans are people. I think Americans forget sometimes (and the administration doesnt care)
Trump: We're running Venezuela
Rubio: We're not running Venezuela
Miller: Maybe I'll run Venezuela
Rubio: We're not running Venezuela
Miller: Maybe I'll run Venezuela
U.S. plan to ‘run’ Venezuela clouded in confusion
In Washington and Caracas, the vision for administering Venezuela in the weeks and months ahead appears uncertain and stubbornly complex.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:29 PM
And a reminder that Venezuelans are people. I think Americans forget sometimes (and the administration doesnt care)
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Taking to a former oil and gas guy today, says the invasion barely moved the needle on the oil price. Possibly a sign that demand for oil has peaked, replaced, finally by increased demand in renewables.
January 5, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Taking to a former oil and gas guy today, says the invasion barely moved the needle on the oil price. Possibly a sign that demand for oil has peaked, replaced, finally by increased demand in renewables.
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WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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@csmbr-pisa.bsky.social online event
The Transformation of Infectious Disease Histories
Three Decades of Paleogenetics and Historians’ Responses
with @monicamedhist.bsky.social
13 January 5:00pm (CET)
#histmed
The Transformation of Infectious Disease Histories
Three Decades of Paleogenetics and Historians’ Responses
with @monicamedhist.bsky.social
13 January 5:00pm (CET)
#histmed
Infectious Disease Histories - CSMBR
In this lecture, Monica Green explores how pathogen palaeogenetics, through ancient microbial genomes, is transforming our understanding of the evolution and global circulation of premodern infectious...
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org
January 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
@csmbr-pisa.bsky.social online event
The Transformation of Infectious Disease Histories
Three Decades of Paleogenetics and Historians’ Responses
with @monicamedhist.bsky.social
13 January 5:00pm (CET)
#histmed
The Transformation of Infectious Disease Histories
Three Decades of Paleogenetics and Historians’ Responses
with @monicamedhist.bsky.social
13 January 5:00pm (CET)
#histmed
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some identify publicly with the left because they hate oppression, others because they hate being oppressed. things will make more sense when you keep in mind that these are not the same - or even similar
January 4, 2026 at 10:28 PM
some identify publicly with the left because they hate oppression, others because they hate being oppressed. things will make more sense when you keep in mind that these are not the same - or even similar
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A major use-case for AI is reality destabilization.
This video, viewed millions of times on TikTok, Facebook and X, claims to show Venezuelans taking to the street to thank the US for detaining Maduro.
But the video is a combination of four AI-generated clips and was first posted on TikTok by a user who frequently shares AI videos. It's not real.
But the video is a combination of four AI-generated clips and was first posted on TikTok by a user who frequently shares AI videos. It's not real.
January 4, 2026 at 11:00 PM
A major use-case for AI is reality destabilization.
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There are a hundred more important things to say, and I tried to say some of them in my essay for "Thinking About...", but: invading a country for oil is also just atavistic at this point. Even if it worked, which it won’t, it still wouldn’t work.
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
There are a hundred more important things to say, and I tried to say some of them in my essay for "Thinking About...", but: invading a country for oil is also just atavistic at this point. Even if it worked, which it won’t, it still wouldn’t work.
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all this is both foolish and unnecessary
January 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
all this is both foolish and unnecessary