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Nora Becker
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MD, PhD, Assistant Prof at UMich | Alum of Penn Med, Wharton, Brigham & Women’s Hospital | Primary care physician and health policy researcher | Mom | Thoughts are my own. #BLM
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Nora Becker @norabeckermd.bsky.social · Mar 12
God I hope people are listening
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can just give up and go home.
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Sen. Angus King: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work"
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.

My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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“Emergency Medicine is the science of making it Internal Medicine’s problem” is a quote I just heard that I am stealing
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Me, when I ask the parents of my kid’s friend what they’re into so I can pick them out a birthday present, and get the response, “they’re really into dragons”:
a cartoon character says i 've been waiting 25 years for this moment .
Alt: Mr Burns saying, “I’ve been waiting 25 years for this moment.”
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November 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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“Emergency Medicine is the science of making it Internal Medicine’s problem” is a quote I just heard that I am stealing
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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I do miss walking around Jamaica Pond
carolynfuller.bsky.social Carolyn Fuller @carolynfuller.bsky.social · 8d
Got our forest bathing in today, walking the Emerald Necklace and Jamaica Pond in #Boston
Bill amongst the leaves and trees Swans in Jamaica Pond Trees around Jamaica Pond Jamaica Pond
November 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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I may not be able to control much but by god I can control this
Two drawers, one labeled “Unmatched socks” and one labeled “Matched socks”
November 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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The more deep learning I do, the more I like logistic regression
November 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Timely (grim) new NBER working paper: Households screened out of SNAP "suffer tangible downstream economic consequences. Specifically, we find that process-related denials increase debt and delinquencies, and decrease credit scores."

www.nber.org/papers/w34434
November 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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I may not be able to control much but by god I can control this
Two drawers, one labeled “Unmatched socks” and one labeled “Matched socks”
November 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
norabeckermd.bsky.social
Devoting a few hours to my endless and deeply inconsistent fight against entropy
A label maker, scissors, and some labels that says “sweaters [three down arrows]” in front of a shelf with sweaters and that same label applied to a shelf. You know, just the kind of thing you do when you’re living in a failing democracy sliding into fascism and trying to exert some small measure of control over your life
November 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Ann Arbor killing it with the Halloween decorations, 10/10, no notes
A house in Ann Arbor with homemade Halloween gravestone decorations that read: - Here lies female bodily autonomy, 1972-2022 - Forever in our hearts, Non-Partisan military, 1776-2025 - Gone but not forgotten, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion [blocked by skeleton head] 2025 - In memorial, Science and Evidence-based Medicine, 1543-2025
October 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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I am conscious? Again???
October 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Last night I dreamed I was performing a song with 3 part harmony at a wedding. I was the soprano, but then to my dismay I showed up at the event and the other female singer also thought she was singing soprano, so I had 30 minutes to learn the alto part before the ceremony. Woke up in a panic 😱
October 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
norabeckermd.bsky.social
Ann Arbor killing it with the Halloween decorations, 10/10, no notes
A house in Ann Arbor with homemade Halloween gravestone decorations that read: - Here lies female bodily autonomy, 1972-2022 - Forever in our hearts, Non-Partisan military, 1776-2025 - Gone but not forgotten, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion [blocked by skeleton head] 2025 - In memorial, Science and Evidence-based Medicine, 1543-2025
October 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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News anchor: And now, let’s check in with American scientists
oneorseveral.bsky.social Mae Saslaw @oneorseveral.bsky.social · 20d
feels like as good a day as any to share an excerpt from my dissertation acknowledgements 🧪⚒️
I am compelled also to acknowledge the circumstances of my graduate years, and the years ahead. When the pandemic began, I was lucky to have the job security of a funded PhD. I have had the privilege to criticize my university and be heard, and I felt the momentum of the campus labor movement as my comrades and I organized for better conditions for graduate workers. The geoscience community has been actively addressing systemic inequities in our field, and over the past six years, I have seen meaningful positive change. I have, at times, felt optimism for the future of the planet and academia and my own life. I fear I am among the last people who will have these experiences in the United States. I can no longer earnestly discuss possibilities for work that might build upon what I have accomplished as a graduate student because I do not expect anyone to have the opportunity to continue these lines of research, although the following chapters briefly describe what could be. I acknowledge the collective grief of the scientific community as our progress is derailed and our lives are worsened. I acknowledge the target on my back that I earn by being a climate scientist and a labor organizer and a leftist. This future scares me, but it is too late to retreat or to try to appear compliant. As scientists we must continue to do the real work of seeking truth and knowledge despite our fears of the threats against us. What faith I have is in the Earth, in the awareness of time that we share as geologists. Whatever becomes of us and our institutions, we can dig in the dirt, we can read history in landscapes, we can hold onto rocks that knew a distant past and will know a future we will not see.
October 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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oneorseveral.bsky.social
feels like as good a day as any to share an excerpt from my dissertation acknowledgements 🧪⚒️
I am compelled also to acknowledge the circumstances of my graduate years, and the years ahead. When the pandemic began, I was lucky to have the job security of a funded PhD. I have had the privilege to criticize my university and be heard, and I felt the momentum of the campus labor movement as my comrades and I organized for better conditions for graduate workers. The geoscience community has been actively addressing systemic inequities in our field, and over the past six years, I have seen meaningful positive change. I have, at times, felt optimism for the future of the planet and academia and my own life. I fear I am among the last people who will have these experiences in the United States. I can no longer earnestly discuss possibilities for work that might build upon what I have accomplished as a graduate student because I do not expect anyone to have the opportunity to continue these lines of research, although the following chapters briefly describe what could be. I acknowledge the collective grief of the scientific community as our progress is derailed and our lives are worsened. I acknowledge the target on my back that I earn by being a climate scientist and a labor organizer and a leftist. This future scares me, but it is too late to retreat or to try to appear compliant. As scientists we must continue to do the real work of seeking truth and knowledge despite our fears of the threats against us. What faith I have is in the Earth, in the awareness of time that we share as geologists. Whatever becomes of us and our institutions, we can dig in the dirt, we can read history in landscapes, we can hold onto rocks that knew a distant past and will know a future we will not see.
October 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Me hitting the post-grant cycle submission dysphoria wall
a man is walking down a hallway carrying a backpack .
Alt: The Arrested Development gif where George Michael drops his backpack and collapses to the floor
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October 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Birthday party crafts
Two bracelets made out of beads in a rainbow pattern with words on them: “No Kings” and “Abolish ICE”
October 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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#NoKings
#AnnArbor
Someone in a full suit of armor with a sign saying “No Kings (knights are still cool tho)”
October 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Greetings from the Ypsilanti No Kings March!
People protesting.
October 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM