Krista M. Harper
@kristamharper.bsky.social
Professor of anthropology and public policy, interested in #energysky, #climatesky , #academicsky and #Urbanism+. Writes about #participatory and #qualitative research methods. I love #crochet and hate #cancer
https://blogs.umass.edu/harper/
https://blogs.umass.edu/harper/
Pinned
A disaster not just for the US, but for cancer survivors everywhere. According to a Lancet study, cancer research expenditures, 2016-2020–Table 1 shows that NIH was source for 45% of cancer research $ globally: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Global funding for cancer research between 2016 and 2020: a content analysis of public and philanthropic investments
Cancer research funding must be aligned with the global burden of cancer with more
equitable funding for cancer research in low-income and middle-income countries (which
account for 80% of cancer burd...
www.thelancet.com
Reupping this Lancet study of cancer research funding which shows how important NIH is not just for US patients but the entire world #NIHSavesLives #FuckCancer
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If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
Fun fact of the day: the 1970 Gdansk Shipyard Strike in Poland started out as a workers’ protest against price hikes on food and goods right before the holidays. This strike was an early organizing experience for Lech Walesa and other Solidarity leaders
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Fun fact of the day: the 1970 Gdansk Shipyard Strike in Poland started out as a workers’ protest against price hikes on food and goods right before the holidays. This strike was an early organizing experience for Lech Walesa and other Solidarity leaders
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people in my community often say to me that they don’t have bandwidth to worry about climate
that’s fine by me. I am not here to argue with them. I’m not the caring police
I’m here to figure out what they’re pressed about right now, and how I can help in a future-proof decarb-friendly way
that’s fine by me. I am not here to argue with them. I’m not the caring police
I’m here to figure out what they’re pressed about right now, and how I can help in a future-proof decarb-friendly way
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
people in my community often say to me that they don’t have bandwidth to worry about climate
that’s fine by me. I am not here to argue with them. I’m not the caring police
I’m here to figure out what they’re pressed about right now, and how I can help in a future-proof decarb-friendly way
that’s fine by me. I am not here to argue with them. I’m not the caring police
I’m here to figure out what they’re pressed about right now, and how I can help in a future-proof decarb-friendly way
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if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
This whole painting is amazing
Matthias Grünewald, The Temptation of St Anthony (detail), c. 1515, Oil on wood (Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar)
October 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This whole painting is amazing
Looks like a good book and kudos to Low for responding to social media critics so gracefully! (I’ll admit I took yesterday’s bait so reminder to do better going forward)
Hi! Since others are talking about my book, thought I'd share a little about it. The book is a love letter to women everywhere wondering why their time just isn't adding up. It turns out, it's not you! We are getting massively squeezed by structural changes! 🧵
www.amazon.com/Having-All-T...
www.amazon.com/Having-All-T...
October 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Looks like a good book and kudos to Low for responding to social media critics so gracefully! (I’ll admit I took yesterday’s bait so reminder to do better going forward)
Noticing that this weekend, making stuff with my hands (community window insert build, crocheting a sweater) made me feel great and scrolling social media was mostly negative emotions so I should probably use my time accordingly
October 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Noticing that this weekend, making stuff with my hands (community window insert build, crocheting a sweater) made me feel great and scrolling social media was mostly negative emotions so I should probably use my time accordingly
Today I spent an afternoon at a Window Dressers community build in Vermont—a group of strangers making weatherization window inserts for people’s drafty old New England homes. It was shop class magic. Reminder of the joy of collective activities and mutual aid. If you haven’t done it lately, do it!
October 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Today I spent an afternoon at a Window Dressers community build in Vermont—a group of strangers making weatherization window inserts for people’s drafty old New England homes. It was shop class magic. Reminder of the joy of collective activities and mutual aid. If you haven’t done it lately, do it!
Super fun!
Describe a character in Greek mythology the way someone trying to defend a politician would. I’ll start.
Oedipus: Like you’ve never had sex with someone and regretted it later
Oedipus: Like you’ve never had sex with someone and regretted it later
October 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Super fun!
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The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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another year, another question in my mandatory state employee ethics training that seems *patently absurd* as our federal administration runs on bribes & extortion
Oh no, did I accidentally eat *vendor supplied pizza*? Next time I’ll request a private jet to ensure I’m ethically above board
Oh no, did I accidentally eat *vendor supplied pizza*? Next time I’ll request a private jet to ensure I’m ethically above board
October 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
another year, another question in my mandatory state employee ethics training that seems *patently absurd* as our federal administration runs on bribes & extortion
Oh no, did I accidentally eat *vendor supplied pizza*? Next time I’ll request a private jet to ensure I’m ethically above board
Oh no, did I accidentally eat *vendor supplied pizza*? Next time I’ll request a private jet to ensure I’m ethically above board
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Getting a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine appears to enhance the effectiveness of a type of cancer immunotherapy. https://scim.ag/4ngxrfu
A surprise bonus from COVID-19 vaccines: bolstering cancer treatment
Patients who got shots of mRNA before starting a type of cancer immunotherapy lived much longer
scim.ag
October 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Getting a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine appears to enhance the effectiveness of a type of cancer immunotherapy. https://scim.ag/4ngxrfu
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Reinforcing feedback loop:
“fewer graduate students mean less science will be produced”, says Donna Ginther, an economist...”If this persists for a number of years, the scientific workforce will shrink.” Fewer scientists overall will mean fewer scientific discoveries.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“fewer graduate students mean less science will be produced”, says Donna Ginther, an economist...”If this persists for a number of years, the scientific workforce will shrink.” Fewer scientists overall will mean fewer scientific discoveries.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold
Some doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding.
www.nature.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Reinforcing feedback loop:
“fewer graduate students mean less science will be produced”, says Donna Ginther, an economist...”If this persists for a number of years, the scientific workforce will shrink.” Fewer scientists overall will mean fewer scientific discoveries.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“fewer graduate students mean less science will be produced”, says Donna Ginther, an economist...”If this persists for a number of years, the scientific workforce will shrink.” Fewer scientists overall will mean fewer scientific discoveries.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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In @bmj.com , @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social warns decision to end $500m in #mRNA vaccine research in the US “turns its back on one of its greatest pandemic achievements.”
mRNA tech could be key in the fight against future pandemics, cancer & HIV. If the US walks away, others must step up.
More here ⤵️
mRNA tech could be key in the fight against future pandemics, cancer & HIV. If the US walks away, others must step up.
More here ⤵️
Defunding mRNA vaccine research leaves us all more vulnerable to future health emergencies
Multilateral initiatives are needed to signal confidence and fill funding gaps in mRNA research, writes Jennifer B Nuzzo
Recently the US secretary of health and human services Robert F Kennedy Jr dec...
www.bmj.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
In @bmj.com , @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social warns decision to end $500m in #mRNA vaccine research in the US “turns its back on one of its greatest pandemic achievements.”
mRNA tech could be key in the fight against future pandemics, cancer & HIV. If the US walks away, others must step up.
More here ⤵️
mRNA tech could be key in the fight against future pandemics, cancer & HIV. If the US walks away, others must step up.
More here ⤵️
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Democrats think they are "too good" to participate in pro-Nazi group texts. But their closed-mindedness may cost them at the midterms.
--Tomorrow in @washingtonpost.com
--Tomorrow in @washingtonpost.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Democrats think they are "too good" to participate in pro-Nazi group texts. But their closed-mindedness may cost them at the midterms.
--Tomorrow in @washingtonpost.com
--Tomorrow in @washingtonpost.com
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Nobody is coming to save us.
But I look at us. We are enough.
But I look at us. We are enough.
October 19, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Nobody is coming to save us.
But I look at us. We are enough.
But I look at us. We are enough.
Nature is healing—you can still get ratioed for bad takes about food!
Soup is honestly bad
October 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Nature is healing—you can still get ratioed for bad takes about food!
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if the president does something so awful it would be indecent to describe and ask about then you very obviously need to describe and ask about it, thats the entire job
October 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
if the president does something so awful it would be indecent to describe and ask about then you very obviously need to describe and ask about it, thats the entire job
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as far as just messaging goes that video is probably the most embarrassing thing any president has done on the world stage in my life
and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility
and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility
October 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
as far as just messaging goes that video is probably the most embarrassing thing any president has done on the world stage in my life
and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility
and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility
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How one would expect the biggest national protest since to be covered
October 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
How one would expect the biggest national protest since to be covered
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Wow, sounds like a real basket of deplorables!
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Wow, sounds like a real basket of deplorables!
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For those of you keeping score, 18-22 year-old students calling for an end to slaughter in Gaza are so racist they need to be expelled or deported, but 24-35 year-olds celebrating Hitler, rape, and, um, racism are just kids being kids so chill.
Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.
Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.
JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’
Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
For those of you keeping score, 18-22 year-old students calling for an end to slaughter in Gaza are so racist they need to be expelled or deported, but 24-35 year-olds celebrating Hitler, rape, and, um, racism are just kids being kids so chill.
Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.
Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.
Feeling less free for some reason
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Feeling less free for some reason
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Remember, brown 13-year-olds are hardened menaces to society, but 30-something Republican Hitler afficionados in positions of power are just li’l guys.
October 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Remember, brown 13-year-olds are hardened menaces to society, but 30-something Republican Hitler afficionados in positions of power are just li’l guys.