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Same evidence. Different guidelines.
Not a science problem—a translation problem.

Medicine needs the humanities more than ever.

I’m blogging about why👇
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Why Medicine Needs the Humanities - Eivind Engebretsen
An IVF case highlights how differing guidelines stem from interpretation—and why medical humanities are crucial for meaningful knowledge translation.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.
October 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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eivinden.bsky.social
In my latest blog, I share news about @monabaker11.bsky.social and my upcoming book project, 'Beyond the Bedside: Reimagining Narrative Medicine for Knowledge Translation in Reproductive Health', due next year, along with related events @cambridge.org

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BEYOND THE BEDSIDE: REIMAGINING NARRATIVE MEDICINE FOR KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH - Eivind Engebretsen
𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. We often talk about “following the science,” yet our KNOWIT team’s research shows that true knowledge translation goes beyond moving...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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🚨MUST READ: Shipping records obtained by Mondoweiss show New York's JFK Airport is a key transit hub for U.S. weapons parts headed to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. mondoweiss.net/2025/09/expo...
Exposing JFK Airport’s hidden arms pipeline to Israel
Shipping records obtained by Mondoweiss show New York’s JFK Airport is a key transit hub for U.S. weapons parts headed to Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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The West will “recognize” Palestine with one hand while arming Israel’s genocide with the other. By actively supporting Israel’s annexation and annihilation plans, it is ensuring there will soon be nothing left for a Palestinian state.

Cartoon by Cartoon by Carlos Latuff.
September 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Judge Rules Campaign Against Noncitizen Protesters Unlawful
The lengthy ruling chastises two federal departments for their “invidious” efforts to chill pro-Palestinian speech and declares unequivocally that noncitizens in the U.S. are entitled to the full prot...
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October 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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jossmo.bsky.social
A free event on September 30 International Translation Day: Translating Peace and Truth in Times of Global Crisis, organised by Gökhan Fırat and Translation Village.
Talks from A. Turgay Kurultay, Nancy Piñeiro and myself.
Details, timings, free registration at www.tickettailor.com/events/trans...
September 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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ecotrad.bsky.social
Events and talks like these feel more essential than ever! Please join.
jossmo.bsky.social Joss Moorkens @jossmo.bsky.social · Sep 23
A free event on September 30 International Translation Day: Translating Peace and Truth in Times of Global Crisis, organised by Gökhan Fırat and Translation Village.
Talks from A. Turgay Kurultay, Nancy Piñeiro and myself.
Details, timings, free registration at www.tickettailor.com/events/trans...
September 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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ecotrad.bsky.social
Misleading biased report on how much energy AI-based translation saves in comparison to the energy costs of professional translation. Action must be taken! www.linkedin.com/posts/debora...
#litranslators #iti #ciol #netzero #aiethics | Deborah do Carmo | 104 comments
𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 Institute of Translation and Interpreting 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 Chartered Institute of Linguists The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (ESNZ) has published a report by Europe Econo...
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September 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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New Bill Would Give Marco Rubio “Thought Police” Power to Revoke U.S. Passports
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has already sought to punish immigrants for speech. New legislation might let him revoke passports from U.S. citizens.
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September 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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8th @IATISorg Conf Early Bird deadline 20 Sept. Take advantage of reduced registration fees, complete your registration via www.iatis.org/index.php/8t... or go to conferences.squ.edu.om/iatis8oman/ @ftnetwork.bsky.social @olgacastro80.bsky.social @hrisku.bsky.social @mattvaller.bsky.social
Conference Registration
  Conference Website: IATIS 8th International Conference > Home Click HERE to move to the registration page   IATIS8 Registration Fees   Registration opens (GMT): 12 AM, 30...
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September 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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8th @IATISorg Conf Early Bird deadline 20 Sept. Take advantage of reduced registration fees, complete your registration via www.iatis.org/index.php/8t... or go to conferences.squ.edu.om/iatis8oman/ @ftnetwork.bsky.social @olgacastro80.bsky.social @hrisku.bsky.social @mattvaller.bsky.social
Conference Registration
  Conference Website: IATIS 8th International Conference > Home Click HERE to move to the registration page   IATIS8 Registration Fees   Registration opens (GMT): 12 AM, 30...
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September 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
monabaker11.bsky.social
The billionaire class want you thinking Israel controls the West x.com/jonathan_k_c...
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September 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/article/... By @bowkerl.bsky.social very timely
Multilingual Scholarly Publishing and Artificial Intelligence Translation Tools: Weighing Social Justice and Climate Justice
The use of English as a lingua franca for scholarly publishing has created inequities and is leading to a social justice movement to develop a more multilingual scholarly publishing ecosystem. However...
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September 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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arablit.org/2025/03/13/n... Another very beautiful piece (a poem) from the exceptionally talented Alaa Al-Qaisi @palestinestudies.bsky.social @haideekotze.bsky.social @yarahawari.bsky.social @ftnetwork.bsky.social @andreaciribuco.bsky.social @cmymtl.bsky.social @audreycanales.bsky.social
New Poetry after Darwish: ‘In Praise of What Is No Longer Ours’
The great twentieth-century poet Mahmoud Darwish was born on this day in 1941. Today, author-translator Alaa Alqaisi shares a letter to Darwish and a poem, after Darwish’s “In Praise of…
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August 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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eivinden.bsky.social
My brilliant PhD student Hil Vandeskog is defending her thesis today. The thesis - Out of text, out of mind? -explores intertextualities in the domain of “gender” of NGO texts and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Important work! @monabaker11.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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This will keep on happening as long as the ruling parties continue to appease the far right with racist discourse. Mixed families like mine are an easy target for the far right

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Family in fear after Tommy Robinson shares video of black man with white granddaughters
Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park
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August 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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August 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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NYC rabbis arrested while protesting hunger in Gaza
Supporters gathered outside the Israeli Consulate to demand that food aid be allowed into Gaza.
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July 31, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Pls help if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/support-is...
Donate to Support a Palestinian Academic pursue her PhD in Spain, organized by Samira Quraishy
Hello everyone, I am Islam Almabhouh, a Palestinian woma… Samira Quraishy needs your support for Support a Palestinian Academic pursue her PhD in Spain
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July 31, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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coldamage.bsky.social
I love this. Stick it to anyone who's trying now to whitewash their complicity in #GazaHolocaust. They're doing it now because they know it's too late.

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July 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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ayoub.bsky.social
The WSJ published an op-ed by one of the warlords armed by Netanyahu (who said so just last month) responsible for looting food and aid - during a famine.
July 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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samuelmoore.org
'A 2021 study estimated that UK academics contribute $391 million worth of unpaid labour annually through peer reviewing alone. These non-cash contributions are essential to the functioning of the scholarly publishing system yet are often overlooked in discussions about cost and value.'
We must break the link between publisher revenue and article volume
Volume-driven publishing pushes up costs and threatens research integrity. We need new agreements with healthier incentives, says Anna Vernon
www.timeshighereducation.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication
As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM