Ruhi Snyder (She/Her) 👩🏽🔬📚🎶🎨🧑🏽🍳
@ruhisleep.bsky.social
Mom, humanist, anti-extractive. I do research - biomedical sciences through the lens of humanities & society with a focus on praxis. Settler on Turtle Island.
Better Society 🔄Better Sleep
Current focus MECFS & Long COVID research/care/community
Better Society 🔄Better Sleep
Current focus MECFS & Long COVID research/care/community
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Congratulations are in order to Banu Mushtaq, author of Heart Lamp, and Deepa Bhashti, who translated the winning collection.
The winners of the 2025 International Booker Prize are breaking boundaries.
The winners of this year’s International Booker Prize were announced this Tuesday. Congratulations are in order to Banu Mushtaq, author of Heart Lamp, and Deepa Bhashti, who translated the wi…
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May 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Congratulations are in order to Banu Mushtaq, author of Heart Lamp, and Deepa Bhashti, who translated the winning collection.
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The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) is proud to announce that award-winning Anishnaabe journalist Lenard Monkman is the inaugural recipient of the CJF Indigenous Health Journalism Fellowship in partnership with the @cmadocs.bsky.social (CMA). Read: www.newswire.ca/news-release...
#CJFAwards
#CJFAwards
May 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) is proud to announce that award-winning Anishnaabe journalist Lenard Monkman is the inaugural recipient of the CJF Indigenous Health Journalism Fellowship in partnership with the @cmadocs.bsky.social (CMA). Read: www.newswire.ca/news-release...
#CJFAwards
#CJFAwards
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This EO is a lot of words for a rule that basically says, political appointees will overrule scientists in deciding what the government considers factual information.
Restoring Gold Standard Science
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
www.whitehouse.gov
May 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This EO is a lot of words for a rule that basically says, political appointees will overrule scientists in deciding what the government considers factual information.
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A tiny reef builder lighting up the ocean 🪸. This 1-month-old rice coral (Montipora capitata) glows 🟢 with natural GFP and 🟣 with symbiotic algae 🔬. Image taken by Emma Rangel-Huerta
#FluorescenceFriday #ScienceArt #DevBio
#FluorescenceFriday #ScienceArt #DevBio
May 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A tiny reef builder lighting up the ocean 🪸. This 1-month-old rice coral (Montipora capitata) glows 🟢 with natural GFP and 🟣 with symbiotic algae 🔬. Image taken by Emma Rangel-Huerta
#FluorescenceFriday #ScienceArt #DevBio
#FluorescenceFriday #ScienceArt #DevBio
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Doug Ford's Bill 5 will override Indigenous rights to force risky developments on traditional territories.
The people of Treaty 9 will stand up to defend the land.
Doug the grifter is about to taught a basic lesson in Canadian history.
The people of Treaty 9 will stand up to defend the land.
Doug the grifter is about to taught a basic lesson in Canadian history.
May 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Doug Ford's Bill 5 will override Indigenous rights to force risky developments on traditional territories.
The people of Treaty 9 will stand up to defend the land.
Doug the grifter is about to taught a basic lesson in Canadian history.
The people of Treaty 9 will stand up to defend the land.
Doug the grifter is about to taught a basic lesson in Canadian history.
“Indigenous resistance made the nation of Canada possible.”
“What these Conservatives fail to understand is this: we only have a country today because of the determination of Indigenous leaders like Tecumseh, who led the defence of Canada in 1812.”
So much respect for @charlieangus104.bsky.social
“What these Conservatives fail to understand is this: we only have a country today because of the determination of Indigenous leaders like Tecumseh, who led the defence of Canada in 1812.”
So much respect for @charlieangus104.bsky.social
Trump's threat against our nation is making us take a second look at our history. We can address both the troubling parts of the settler past while standing up to the the oligarchs. Kingston is a town where it all comes together.
Please read my latest piece
charlieangus.substack.com/p/kingston-r...
Please read my latest piece
charlieangus.substack.com/p/kingston-r...
Kingston: Rethinking History from Redcoats to Resistance
If you're talking about communities that know how to stand up to Uncle Sam, Kingston is where you want to be.
charlieangus.substack.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“Indigenous resistance made the nation of Canada possible.”
“What these Conservatives fail to understand is this: we only have a country today because of the determination of Indigenous leaders like Tecumseh, who led the defence of Canada in 1812.”
So much respect for @charlieangus104.bsky.social
“What these Conservatives fail to understand is this: we only have a country today because of the determination of Indigenous leaders like Tecumseh, who led the defence of Canada in 1812.”
So much respect for @charlieangus104.bsky.social
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More and more chatter in COVID-aware and variant tracker spaces about a COVID summer wave. That includes from modelers who don't constantly and almost always erroneously predict an imminent surge. Notably, there are several multi-recombinant variants gaining significant ground.
May 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
More and more chatter in COVID-aware and variant tracker spaces about a COVID summer wave. That includes from modelers who don't constantly and almost always erroneously predict an imminent surge. Notably, there are several multi-recombinant variants gaining significant ground.
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“Our review revealed complex, often circular patterns involving both healthcare providers & informal caregivers. Our analyses track the number,type & sector (private, public or informal) of healthcare provider visits,offering a framework to capture key elements of these non-linear patient journeys.
A methodological review of patient healthcare-seeking journeys from symptom onset to receipt of care
Background For many diseases, early diagnosis and treatment are more cost-effective, reduce community spread of infectious diseases and result in better patient outcomes. However, healthcare-seeking a...
gh.bmj.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Our review revealed complex, often circular patterns involving both healthcare providers & informal caregivers. Our analyses track the number,type & sector (private, public or informal) of healthcare provider visits,offering a framework to capture key elements of these non-linear patient journeys.
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China will replace the United States as the WHO’s top state donor, expanding its influence as the U.S. retreats from international cooperation.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
China to donate $500 million to WHO, stepping into gap left by U.S.
Beijing will replace the United States as the organization’s top state donor, expanding its influence as the U.S. retreats from international cooperation.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
China will replace the United States as the WHO’s top state donor, expanding its influence as the U.S. retreats from international cooperation.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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My painting TOWERING STORM
April 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My painting TOWERING STORM
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At the #ESCMIDGlobal in Vienna, @msf.ca presented key research on #AMR:
🧪 Salmonella and #HIV in #DRC
📈 Antibiotic use in #Syria
🦠 #NICU outbreaks in #CAR and #Afghanistan
💊 Vancomycin dose monitoring in #Gaza
📚 SR on AMR in #Mozambique
Thank you!
#medsky #episky #microsky @escmid.bsky.social
🧪 Salmonella and #HIV in #DRC
📈 Antibiotic use in #Syria
🦠 #NICU outbreaks in #CAR and #Afghanistan
💊 Vancomycin dose monitoring in #Gaza
📚 SR on AMR in #Mozambique
Thank you!
#medsky #episky #microsky @escmid.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
At the #ESCMIDGlobal in Vienna, @msf.ca presented key research on #AMR:
🧪 Salmonella and #HIV in #DRC
📈 Antibiotic use in #Syria
🦠 #NICU outbreaks in #CAR and #Afghanistan
💊 Vancomycin dose monitoring in #Gaza
📚 SR on AMR in #Mozambique
Thank you!
#medsky #episky #microsky @escmid.bsky.social
🧪 Salmonella and #HIV in #DRC
📈 Antibiotic use in #Syria
🦠 #NICU outbreaks in #CAR and #Afghanistan
💊 Vancomycin dose monitoring in #Gaza
📚 SR on AMR in #Mozambique
Thank you!
#medsky #episky #microsky @escmid.bsky.social
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Ireland is equipping 4,000 schools with free solar panels and interactive displays, making green energy a core part of education. A big step toward a sustainable future! 🌍☀️📚
🔗 fox59.com/business/press-re...
#ClimateAction
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#ClimateAction
fox59.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Ireland is equipping 4,000 schools with free solar panels and interactive displays, making green energy a core part of education. A big step toward a sustainable future! 🌍☀️📚
🔗 fox59.com/business/press-re...
#ClimateAction
🔗 fox59.com/business/press-re...
#ClimateAction
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AOC: In every single stop that Bernie and I have had in the past couple of days… every single stop has completely blown out all attendance projections.
March 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
AOC: In every single stop that Bernie and I have had in the past couple of days… every single stop has completely blown out all attendance projections.
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Our study ‘The global human impact on biodiversity’ is out in Nature!
Through an unprecedented synthesis (2133 studies!) we show that humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet. 🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Through an unprecedented synthesis (2133 studies!) we show that humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet. 🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Our study ‘The global human impact on biodiversity’ is out in Nature!
Through an unprecedented synthesis (2133 studies!) we show that humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet. 🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Through an unprecedented synthesis (2133 studies!) we show that humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet. 🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Thursday's deadline for federal agencies to submit plans for large-scale layoffs kicks off a new phase in the dramatic restructuring of how the government operates. Here's what that looks like.
Federal agencies plan for mass layoffs as Trump's workforce cuts continue
Thursday's deadline for federal agencies to submit plans for large-scale layoffs kicks off a new phase in the dramatic restructuring of how the government operates. Here's what that looks like.
www.npr.org
March 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Thursday's deadline for federal agencies to submit plans for large-scale layoffs kicks off a new phase in the dramatic restructuring of how the government operates. Here's what that looks like.
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I really don't think this news has made sufficient shock waves.
Dr Katherine Calvin, NASA Chief Scientist Trump-Musk just fired, is the highest ranking American on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. She is co-chair of Working Group 3 on mitigation. This is a climate attack.
Dr Katherine Calvin, NASA Chief Scientist Trump-Musk just fired, is the highest ranking American on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. She is co-chair of Working Group 3 on mitigation. This is a climate attack.
Breaking news: NASA announced today it will eliminate its Office of the Chief Scientist, along with offices advising the agency on technology, strategy, and coordinating its diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts. scim.ag/3Ft8Xza
NASA to eliminate chief scientist position
Long-running advisory role cut along with two dozen others in agencywide reduction
scim.ag
March 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I really don't think this news has made sufficient shock waves.
Dr Katherine Calvin, NASA Chief Scientist Trump-Musk just fired, is the highest ranking American on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. She is co-chair of Working Group 3 on mitigation. This is a climate attack.
Dr Katherine Calvin, NASA Chief Scientist Trump-Musk just fired, is the highest ranking American on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. She is co-chair of Working Group 3 on mitigation. This is a climate attack.
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Here is Jay speaking at an antivaxx conference in front of a slide that used Twitter survey data to claim COVID vaccines killed more than 500K people and helped fewer than 25K people. (COVID vaccines saved more than 20 million lives in their first year alone.) Jay is antivaxx and also bad at numbers
March 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Here is Jay speaking at an antivaxx conference in front of a slide that used Twitter survey data to claim COVID vaccines killed more than 500K people and helped fewer than 25K people. (COVID vaccines saved more than 20 million lives in their first year alone.) Jay is antivaxx and also bad at numbers
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Most people do NOT check their blood pressure correctly
Because arteries get STIFFER with age
...3 BP readings should be taken at each sitting.
DISCARD the 1st one & record the AVERAGE of the next 2 readings.
Thanks for posting.
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Because arteries get STIFFER with age
...3 BP readings should be taken at each sitting.
DISCARD the 1st one & record the AVERAGE of the next 2 readings.
Thanks for posting.
Please SHARE
@drgorfinkel.bsky.social FYI: last Thurs, I had a bad fall on ice, surgery to fix broken arm, wrist and a short stay in hospital [Tor Western]. NEVER ONCE did staff position me as this video instructs. EG: Their first try: 176/98 My proper posture do-over: 144/83
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEwq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEwq...
How To Take Blood Pressure Correctly
YouTube video by OMRON Healthcare US
www.youtube.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Most people do NOT check their blood pressure correctly
Because arteries get STIFFER with age
...3 BP readings should be taken at each sitting.
DISCARD the 1st one & record the AVERAGE of the next 2 readings.
Thanks for posting.
Please SHARE
Because arteries get STIFFER with age
...3 BP readings should be taken at each sitting.
DISCARD the 1st one & record the AVERAGE of the next 2 readings.
Thanks for posting.
Please SHARE
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"This philosophy—supported by tech figures like Sam Bankman-Fried—fuels the AI research agenda, creating a harmful system in the name of saving humanity"
And of course now we have a paper on the topic:
➡️ Paper: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
➡️Talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7XT...
And of course now we have a paper on the topic:
➡️ Paper: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
➡️Talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7XT...
The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence
| First Monday
firstmonday.org
March 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"This philosophy—supported by tech figures like Sam Bankman-Fried—fuels the AI research agenda, creating a harmful system in the name of saving humanity"
And of course now we have a paper on the topic:
➡️ Paper: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
➡️Talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7XT...
And of course now we have a paper on the topic:
➡️ Paper: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
➡️Talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7XT...
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CDC plans to waste time and taxpayers’ money chasing windmills in the midst of one raging epidemic (and on the precipice of several others) that would not have existed except for people who claimed fraudulently there was such a link in the first place (which there isn’t)
Bit longer headline but…
Bit longer headline but…
March 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
CDC plans to waste time and taxpayers’ money chasing windmills in the midst of one raging epidemic (and on the precipice of several others) that would not have existed except for people who claimed fraudulently there was such a link in the first place (which there isn’t)
Bit longer headline but…
Bit longer headline but…
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~200 cases in the Texas outbreak, double the count 2 weeks ago. 23 hospitalizations. 2 deaths
This outbreak was destined to be terrible bc of low rates of vaccination. Vaccine misinformation & skepticism at the highest levels of government means that more communities will become this vulnerable.
This outbreak was destined to be terrible bc of low rates of vaccination. Vaccine misinformation & skepticism at the highest levels of government means that more communities will become this vulnerable.
🚨Texas measles outbreak nears 100 cases, w/16 hospitalizations. Officials suspect it's spilled just across the border to New Mexico.
Low vax rates+undetected infections mean it will grow.
“This is going to get a lot worse before it gets better”
My latest kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Low vax rates+undetected infections mean it will grow.
“This is going to get a lot worse before it gets better”
My latest kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Texas Measles Outbreak Nears 100 Cases, Raising Concerns About Undetected Spread - KFF Health News
Health officials expect a measles outbreak in West Texas to exceed 100 cases because of low vaccination rates and undetected infections. Vaccine misinformation and new laws may make such situations mo...
kffhealthnews.org
March 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
~200 cases in the Texas outbreak, double the count 2 weeks ago. 23 hospitalizations. 2 deaths
This outbreak was destined to be terrible bc of low rates of vaccination. Vaccine misinformation & skepticism at the highest levels of government means that more communities will become this vulnerable.
This outbreak was destined to be terrible bc of low rates of vaccination. Vaccine misinformation & skepticism at the highest levels of government means that more communities will become this vulnerable.
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Mike Davis was born on this day in 1946.
“At the end of the day, the best measure of the humanity of any society is the life and happiness of its children. We live in a rich society with poor children, and that should be intolerable.”
“At the end of the day, the best measure of the humanity of any society is the life and happiness of its children. We live in a rich society with poor children, and that should be intolerable.”
March 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Mike Davis was born on this day in 1946.
“At the end of the day, the best measure of the humanity of any society is the life and happiness of its children. We live in a rich society with poor children, and that should be intolerable.”
“At the end of the day, the best measure of the humanity of any society is the life and happiness of its children. We live in a rich society with poor children, and that should be intolerable.”
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You won't want to miss this one. Join @bsky.app CEO @jay.bsky.team for a conversation on the future of social and how users can take control over their own online experience at #SXSW. #Bluesky #JayGraber
Watch LIVE at 1pm CT: ow.ly/3K0U50Vccnj
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March 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
You won't want to miss this one. Join @bsky.app CEO @jay.bsky.team for a conversation on the future of social and how users can take control over their own online experience at #SXSW. #Bluesky #JayGraber
Watch LIVE at 1pm CT: ow.ly/3K0U50Vccnj
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