PF Anderson
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· Jun 19
Germany Plans Global Alternative to PubMed
In the wake of a brief PubMed outage, team launches project to ensure uninterrupted access
www.medpagetoday.com
The good news is that the German government has decided to replicate PubMed/MEDLINE because of a lack of confidence in it's current infrastructure www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo... #medlibs
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The FBI has launched an investigation into the incident involving border patrol agents and Evanston residents near the corner of Asbury and Oakton on Halloween
Details of the investigation, and who the FBI is investigating, still remain unclear
evanstonnow.com/fbi-investig...
Details of the investigation, and who the FBI is investigating, still remain unclear
evanstonnow.com/fbi-investig...
FBI investigating Halloween clash with feds - Evanston Now
Three residents were detained by the immigration agents after a car crash but later released without charges.
evanstonnow.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The FBI has launched an investigation into the incident involving border patrol agents and Evanston residents near the corner of Asbury and Oakton on Halloween
Details of the investigation, and who the FBI is investigating, still remain unclear
evanstonnow.com/fbi-investig...
Details of the investigation, and who the FBI is investigating, still remain unclear
evanstonnow.com/fbi-investig...
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Evanston resident Jennifer Moriarty, one of three residents detained by border patrol agents last Friday, describes being driven around by agents in Evanston and Chicago before being released:
"We were never arrested. We were never charged ... it was surreal."
"We were never arrested. We were never charged ... it was surreal."
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Evanston resident Jennifer Moriarty, one of three residents detained by border patrol agents last Friday, describes being driven around by agents in Evanston and Chicago before being released:
"We were never arrested. We were never charged ... it was surreal."
"We were never arrested. We were never charged ... it was surreal."
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Immigration-driven diversity increases innovation
How Cultural Diversity Drives Innovation: Surnames and Patents in U.S. History
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
How Cultural Diversity Drives Innovation: Surnames and Patents in U.S. History
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
How Cultural Diversity Drives Innovation: Surnames and Patents in U.S. History | Journal of Political Economy: Vol 0, No ja
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November 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Immigration-driven diversity increases innovation
How Cultural Diversity Drives Innovation: Surnames and Patents in U.S. History
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
How Cultural Diversity Drives Innovation: Surnames and Patents in U.S. History
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Rock and roll is alive, and it lives in your local public library! Prince themed library cards at Hennepin County libraries! This is not a drill! While supplies last!
November 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Rock and roll is alive, and it lives in your local public library! Prince themed library cards at Hennepin County libraries! This is not a drill! While supplies last!
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A common, if sometimes disingenuous argument, is that reducing parking is ableist. But it's not if you convert regular spaces to disabled spots as part of overall parking reduction efforts.
But I suspect the non-disabled car brains wielding ableism as a cudgel won't agree with that solution.
But I suspect the non-disabled car brains wielding ableism as a cudgel won't agree with that solution.
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
A common, if sometimes disingenuous argument, is that reducing parking is ableist. But it's not if you convert regular spaces to disabled spots as part of overall parking reduction efforts.
But I suspect the non-disabled car brains wielding ableism as a cudgel won't agree with that solution.
But I suspect the non-disabled car brains wielding ableism as a cudgel won't agree with that solution.
I have a few thoughts about recent reporting from the Michigan Daily about systematic and structural workplace trauma at the University of Michigan www.linkedin.com/posts/pfande...
Following injury and illness, hundreds of U-M employees relied on the University to facilitate their return to work. They say it failed them. | Patricia F (PF) Anderson
I am grateful for this article in the Michigan Daily about ongoing, persistent, long-standing problems with Work Connections. The article highlights personal stories of many (but still only a very few...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I have a few thoughts about recent reporting from the Michigan Daily about systematic and structural workplace trauma at the University of Michigan www.linkedin.com/posts/pfande...
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@drspacejunk.bsky.social it wouldn't have been a hard ask in any previous administration. But from one notorious for omissions and lies...
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@drspacejunk.bsky.social it wouldn't have been a hard ask in any previous administration. But from one notorious for omissions and lies...
nypost.com/2025/11/05/s...
US rep calls on NASA to share pics of 3I/ATLAS as comet color-shifts for third time
She wants them to put ATLAS on the map.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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@drspacejunk.bsky.social it wouldn't have been a hard ask in any previous administration. But from one notorious for omissions and lies...
nypost.com/2025/11/05/s...
@gennerveevy.bsky.social
@drspacejunk.bsky.social it wouldn't have been a hard ask in any previous administration. But from one notorious for omissions and lies...
nypost.com/2025/11/05/s...
“With COVID, vaccines, Lyme disease, any of it — I’m not your enemy,” I told my seatmate as we were getting ready to disembark. “And I know you’re not the enemy, either.”
“True,” he agreed. “But they always want to make someone your enemy.” www.buzzfeed.com/morgangoheen...
“True,” he agreed. “But they always want to make someone your enemy.” www.buzzfeed.com/morgangoheen...
I'm An Infectious Disease Doctor. Here's What Happened When I Sat Next To A Vaccine Skeptic On A Plane.
"As someone who recently completed 15 years of training to become an infectious diseases physician-scientist, I can’t avoid these conversations."
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November 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“With COVID, vaccines, Lyme disease, any of it — I’m not your enemy,” I told my seatmate as we were getting ready to disembark. “And I know you’re not the enemy, either.”
“True,” he agreed. “But they always want to make someone your enemy.” www.buzzfeed.com/morgangoheen...
“True,” he agreed. “But they always want to make someone your enemy.” www.buzzfeed.com/morgangoheen...
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Even in space everyone wants their comfort food.
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Even in space everyone wants their comfort food.
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How Japan and NASA Made Ramen Work in Space 🍜🚀
YouTube video by FoodWowz
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November 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Even in space everyone wants their comfort food.
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Even in space everyone wants their comfort food.
youtube.com/shorts/f4AHj...
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Tagging in @shydrae.bsky.social here too — I *think* I have everyone on this thread now?
I think we have to give up for today, but I posted Q1 just in case there's something someone wants to do with it.
I think we have to give up for today, but I posted Q1 just in case there's something someone wants to do with it.
November 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Tagging in @shydrae.bsky.social here too — I *think* I have everyone on this thread now?
I think we have to give up for today, but I posted Q1 just in case there's something someone wants to do with it.
I think we have to give up for today, but I posted Q1 just in case there's something someone wants to do with it.
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Our current theme for #ParshaChat text study is reading the text with the assumption that we are supposed to care about people.
If you have questions about #ParshaChat or how to participate, please feel free to @ or DM Rabbi @RutiRegan.bsky.social with questions!
If you have questions about #ParshaChat or how to participate, please feel free to @ or DM Rabbi @RutiRegan.bsky.social with questions!
November 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Our current theme for #ParshaChat text study is reading the text with the assumption that we are supposed to care about people.
If you have questions about #ParshaChat or how to participate, please feel free to @ or DM Rabbi @RutiRegan.bsky.social with questions!
If you have questions about #ParshaChat or how to participate, please feel free to @ or DM Rabbi @RutiRegan.bsky.social with questions!
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My heart broke on October 7th.
On Election Night, the broken pieces of my heart froze.
And… I’m alive, and those of us who are alive have obligations.
We have to find a way forward, somehow.
On Election Night, the broken pieces of my heart froze.
And… I’m alive, and those of us who are alive have obligations.
We have to find a way forward, somehow.
February 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
My heart broke on October 7th.
On Election Night, the broken pieces of my heart froze.
And… I’m alive, and those of us who are alive have obligations.
We have to find a way forward, somehow.
On Election Night, the broken pieces of my heart froze.
And… I’m alive, and those of us who are alive have obligations.
We have to find a way forward, somehow.
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I don't think we can do #ParshaChat today because Bluesky seems to be broken right now. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.
November 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I don't think we can do #ParshaChat today because Bluesky seems to be broken right now. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.
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Actually I think *all* search is down right now, I can't get anything more recent than three hours old to show up. #ParshaChat
November 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Actually I think *all* search is down right now, I can't get anything more recent than three hours old to show up. #ParshaChat
Here for #ParshaChat on a confusing, chilly, day
November 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Here for #ParshaChat on a confusing, chilly, day
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We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
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Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief
www.scripps.edu
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
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Slavery has always been the goal.
Advocates Warn of ‘Forced Labor’ Camp for Homeless People in Utah Designed to Enforce Trump Order | Common Dreams
Advocates warn that Utah's massive new homeless facility, which it's building to comply with Trump's executive order on homelessness, will be an "internment camp" that subjects those detained to force...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Slavery has always been the goal.
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"[A]ddiction stigma reinforces the notion that health is impacted by almost all legal domains, from employment, to housing, to criminal law, etc. . . . , ameliorating such stigma through law and policy is a critical tool for advancing health equity among vulnerable populations."
It took over 4 years, but the paper is finally published. In this study, we developed novel methods drawn from #LegalEpidemiology to map addiction #stigma in California law.
This #interdisciplinary work was conceptually and methodologically difficult!⤵️
#PaperSky #EpiSky #AcademicSky
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This #interdisciplinary work was conceptually and methodologically difficult!⤵️
#PaperSky #EpiSky #AcademicSky
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Targeting Addiction Structural Stigma Embodied in Law (“TASSEL”): Findings from an intrastate legal mapping study
Stigma is a fundamental cause of disease that reflects and intensifies health inequalities. Laws are powerful mediators for stigma; to correct them, i…
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October 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"[A]ddiction stigma reinforces the notion that health is impacted by almost all legal domains, from employment, to housing, to criminal law, etc. . . . , ameliorating such stigma through law and policy is a critical tool for advancing health equity among vulnerable populations."
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So dumb, but so on-brand for Trump admin.
Louder for everyone in the back and front: ANYONE can get breast cancer. It’s more common in females because generally they have more breast tissue than males. But males also have breast tissue which can become cancerous.
Louder for everyone in the back and front: ANYONE can get breast cancer. It’s more common in females because generally they have more breast tissue than males. But males also have breast tissue which can become cancerous.
Citing a Trump executive order banning "gender ideology," the VA is withholding coverage and treatment for male veterans with breast cancer, an increasing condition among veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service. 100 male veterans a year are diagnosed with breast cancer.
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
So dumb, but so on-brand for Trump admin.
Louder for everyone in the back and front: ANYONE can get breast cancer. It’s more common in females because generally they have more breast tissue than males. But males also have breast tissue which can become cancerous.
Louder for everyone in the back and front: ANYONE can get breast cancer. It’s more common in females because generally they have more breast tissue than males. But males also have breast tissue which can become cancerous.
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Advent Calendar Prompts
IT'S BACK! The Two Sylvias Press Advent Calendar is filled with surprise prompts to help you write 31 new poems in December! Our online virtual Advent Calendar is easy to use--simply click on...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Disability after 50: Poll looks at self-identity and help with health care
Even those with multiple health conditions that limit independence may not see themselves as a person with a disability, and miss out on potential accommodations www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/d...
Even those with multiple health conditions that limit independence may not see themselves as a person with a disability, and miss out on potential accommodations www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/d...
October 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Disability after 50: Poll looks at self-identity and help with health care
Even those with multiple health conditions that limit independence may not see themselves as a person with a disability, and miss out on potential accommodations www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/d...
Even those with multiple health conditions that limit independence may not see themselves as a person with a disability, and miss out on potential accommodations www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/d...
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Here’s my rabbit hole results. Aaron on the left, Moses on the right. #ParshaChat
October 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Here’s my rabbit hole results. Aaron on the left, Moses on the right. #ParshaChat
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And also in terms of what's *easy* vs what's hard.
Eg: Antidiscrimination laws aren't just for the benefit of people protected from discrimination, they *also* protect people in power from doing the wrong thing in some ways.
#ParshaChat
Eg: Antidiscrimination laws aren't just for the benefit of people protected from discrimination, they *also* protect people in power from doing the wrong thing in some ways.
#ParshaChat
October 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
And also in terms of what's *easy* vs what's hard.
Eg: Antidiscrimination laws aren't just for the benefit of people protected from discrimination, they *also* protect people in power from doing the wrong thing in some ways.
#ParshaChat
Eg: Antidiscrimination laws aren't just for the benefit of people protected from discrimination, they *also* protect people in power from doing the wrong thing in some ways.
#ParshaChat
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A4: There's also another aspect that I think is in some ways a much harder problem and one that rarely gets talked about much as a potentially *solvable* problem: Childbearing tends expose women to a lot of discrimination and often a lot of vulnerability. #ParshaChat
October 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A4: There's also another aspect that I think is in some ways a much harder problem and one that rarely gets talked about much as a potentially *solvable* problem: Childbearing tends expose women to a lot of discrimination and often a lot of vulnerability. #ParshaChat