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Kelly Hills, MPH
@rocza.bsky.social
Your friendly neighborhood bioethicist.
I had a marvelous time ruining everything.

♿️🚺🕉️
Public & global health ethics; syn & DIY bio, biosafety & biosecurity; tech ethics; animal & research ethics; health comms. In MA.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:46 AM
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I got in late last night. First thing this morning, I saw cars following an ice vehicle down the street, honking at it.

Later, we didn't drive more than three blocks before we found people defending a childcare facility. (The idea that people have to defend a childcare facility... let that sink in)
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Meanwhile, I’d suggest students at Texas A&M—especially those who intend to pursue graduate degrees in the humanities or social sciences—start working to transfer to institutes of higher education outside of Texas.

Might be a good time to poach faculty, too, if you can convince your uni to hire.
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
*taps mic*
I think this works?

I’m supposed to be more social, more HIRE ME, more boggy, more 2013 me…

…but instead I’m going to fuck off to Iceland for a bit. I’ll try that other stuff later. Or something.
January 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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The Department of Social and Preventive Medicine in the School of Public Health at the Université de Montréal is recruiting for a position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in Bioethics.

Deadline: October 10, 2024
www.umontreal.ca/public/www/d...
September 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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September 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Happy book birthday, @jonathanmoreno.bsky.social! It was a pleasure and an honor to have a small hand in bringing Absolutely Essential: Bioethics and the Rules-Based International Order to print.

For those of you interested in bioethics, esp bioethics & history, this is a must-read.
Jonathan Moreno, one of the world's foremost bioethicists, delivers a compelling examination of what the end of the post-World War II global political system means for bioethics and public health in "Absolutely Essential." Available #OpenAccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255337...
September 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Whenever I hear [person] wants "to inform the public so that society as a whole can participate in drawing ethical lines, rather than leaving profound decisions to a small group of bioethics experts," I look around & wonder if that person has really paid attention to society as a whole, lately.
September 16, 2025 at 4:23 AM
That was fast. The FCC chair admits Colbert was fired to appease Trump. “Brendan Carr told Fox News that networks will "run into issues like [Stephen] Colbert" if they don't check bias and continue to "run a partisan circus."” (All because Behr criticized T-Diddy.)

ew.com/fcc-chair-br...
FCC chair talks 'consequences' for 'The View' after Joy Behar's Donald Trump criticism
FCC chair Brendan Carr talked 'consequences' for 'The View' after the White House criticized Joy Behar for saying Donald Trump was jealous of Barack Obama's looks: 'We need a course-correction.'
ew.com
July 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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And it certainly looks like Stewart expects to be next.
deadline.com/2025/07/the-...
Will Skydance Cancel ‘The Daily Show’? Jon Stewart Weighs In On Future Of Late-Night Series
"I’ve been kicked out of shittier establishments than that. We’ll land on our feet," the comedian said.
deadline.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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I see CBS/Paramount has decided to kowtow to dictators.
youtu.be/AuqEZx6TmfI?...
Stephen Colbert Announces The Cancellation Of “The Late Show”
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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July 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I see CBS/Paramount has decided to kowtow to dictators.
youtu.be/AuqEZx6TmfI?...
Stephen Colbert Announces The Cancellation Of “The Late Show”
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
July 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Ryan is right. Most of the time, the classroom is either asking questions because they don’t understand the reading, or looking blankly at the teacher because they didn’t do the reading.

Even if you put instructions for a Molotov in the middle of your syllabus, most students would miss it.
Matt Walsh's imaginary professor: "good morning student-comrades. today we learn how to bayonet a white Christian capitalist while taking trans hormones"

actual average professor: "folks, I am begging you, please do the reading for tomorrow this time. it is five pages"
one of the things that gets me about so many of the pundits who pontificate about "higher education" when they really mean a handful of elite private institutions is that most of them live within driving distance of either a community college or a non-selective public institution
July 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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idk how you’d frame it, that’s for the pros, but i think there’s probably an avenue for “you’re not my fucking father” messaging for dems next year, because this is incredibly weird and unpleasant and inappropriate
Rep. Greg Murphy admits tariffs are hurting small businesses in his district, but says "this is parenting in a way. We have to take some really tough medicine."
July 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Propaganda is the thing this administration does best and they don’t even do it well
The official DHS account is now tweeting about “your homeland’s heritage”
July 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Yeah this is the thing I'm told me and all my students need to uncritically embrace so they can get a job after college
July 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
You know, every time I dip back into CRISPR, I am reminded that Charpentier and Doudna received a Nobel prize and Feng Zhang didn’t, and I just SMILE.

(I'll post what I'm working on when it's done - it's a video about KJ Muldoon.)
July 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Now that the new Superman is upon us, don't forget to remind folks (repeatedly, if your family is anything like mine) that not only was Superman an immigrant, he was a refugee who illegally crossed borders to end up in the United States.
July 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
When you discover your favorite game world designer (@keith-baker.com) referencing your favorite author (@stevenbrust.bsky.social), you decide you are having a very good day and you shut the internet down. (AKA go back to Hero Forge to build a Silver Flame ranger.)

keith-baker.com/tag/silver-f...
Silver Flame – Keith Baker’s Blog
keith-baker.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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June 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social ICYMI,.. www.instagram.com/reel/DHW4ZuW...

It’ll be released late July. In case you need an animatronic shark jumping out of the…ground/fake water/your living room floor. You know.
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June 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
You know, historically, you just assumed every company was problematic (no ethical consumption under capitalism). This? This is a lot more Bayer and Boss in 1930s Germany,…

Socks, vases, snow globes, ornaments, bed sheets, Instant Pots, rice cookers,…
Home-goods companies prepare new Trump-linked products
From bedsheets to appliances, a number of businesses are finding that MAGA has commercial appeal.
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June 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Correlation is not causation, yet two things are true: 1.Today a judge ruled that NIH grant terminations were illegal and discriminatory, and 2. Today was Pitbull theme week in the Carlson Lab Music League. Only one conclusion is possible. Thank you Mr. 305 for saving the NIH 🙏
June 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM