Octavia Kincaid, MD
@neurodoctavia.bsky.social
Neurologist (neuromuscular, neuropathic pain, autonomic disorders, Long COVID)
Those of us in clinical medicine need to review these facts with our patients and highlight the obvious benefits that stem from the NIH. Patients in neurology clinics are eager for scientific advances to treat and cure their conditions
Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better…
-For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return.
-Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
-For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return.
-Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
January 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Those of us in clinical medicine need to review these facts with our patients and highlight the obvious benefits that stem from the NIH. Patients in neurology clinics are eager for scientific advances to treat and cure their conditions
Reposted by Octavia Kincaid, MD
The Kids Online Safety Act would wreck the internet as we know it and cause mass censorship of LGBTQIA+ ppl. Here's a great rundown. This bill could pass in the *next few weeks* so call your senators!
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/the-kids-online-safety-act-isnt-all-right-critics-say/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/the-kids-online-safety-act-isnt-all-right-critics-say/
August 20, 2023 at 6:01 PM
The Kids Online Safety Act would wreck the internet as we know it and cause mass censorship of LGBTQIA+ ppl. Here's a great rundown. This bill could pass in the *next few weeks* so call your senators!
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/the-kids-online-safety-act-isnt-all-right-critics-say/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/the-kids-online-safety-act-isnt-all-right-critics-say/
Already made a separate post but also boosting the post that brought this to my attention
My latest newsletter is about a piece of legislation that will make the internet much, much worse for all of us — unless we fight now.
buttondown.email/charliejane/...
(I wrote this before I got a positive covid test. Gonna go goof off now.)
buttondown.email/charliejane/...
(I wrote this before I got a positive covid test. Gonna go goof off now.)
The Internet Is About to Get a Lot Worse
We've all watched in horror as red states have banned books in schools and libraries. We've seen teachers fired merely for reading a book about gender...
buttondown.email
August 23, 2023 at 12:45 AM
Already made a separate post but also boosting the post that brought this to my attention
Sorry to make my first post here about looming censorship but something bad is coming (in addition to all the bad stuff we all already talk about)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/kids-online-safety-act-still-huge-danger-our-rights-online
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/kids-online-safety-act-still-huge-danger-our-rights-online
The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online
Congress has resurrected the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bill that would increase surveillance and restrict access to information in the name of protecting children online. KOSA was introduced
www.eff.org
August 23, 2023 at 12:43 AM
Sorry to make my first post here about looming censorship but something bad is coming (in addition to all the bad stuff we all already talk about)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/kids-online-safety-act-still-huge-danger-our-rights-online
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/kids-online-safety-act-still-huge-danger-our-rights-online