Simone J. Skeen 💥🤍
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Tracing the collisions of systems and psyches | biopsychosociotechnical sciences, HIV and critical suicidology | 💉transsexual 🔪 | Postdoc @ Brown | Opinions my own | simoneskeen.xyz
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· Nov 12
Using Geographic Momentary Assessment to Explore Spatial Environment Influences on Wellbeing in People With HIV - AIDS and Behavior
Place-based socio-economic and racial inequities contribute to health disparities among people with HIV (PWH). We used geographic ecological momentary assessment (GEMA) methodologies to explore the in...
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New open access science❕❕
People living with HIV in New Orleans (N = 69) contributed 14-day micro-longitudinal data.
Space, place, and their intra-psychic interplay may drive depressive Sx and suppress essential social supports.
Results and implications 🧵1/n
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
People living with HIV in New Orleans (N = 69) contributed 14-day micro-longitudinal data.
Space, place, and their intra-psychic interplay may drive depressive Sx and suppress essential social supports.
Results and implications 🧵1/n
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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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.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
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Tediously humiliating to be a trans HIV researcher who has to look at this shit constantly (interspersed with broken links) while I’m just trying to do my job.
November 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Tediously humiliating to be a trans HIV researcher who has to look at this shit constantly (interspersed with broken links) while I’m just trying to do my job.
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Exhausted after a show in Queens last night so we’re respecting The Classics on this Halloween.
November 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Exhausted after a show in Queens last night so we’re respecting The Classics on this Halloween.
Exhausted after a show in Queens last night so we’re respecting The Classics on this Halloween.
November 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Exhausted after a show in Queens last night so we’re respecting The Classics on this Halloween.
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i will be hearing cope about how deepseek is not as impressive as deepseek is for the rest of my life at this rate
October 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
i will be hearing cope about how deepseek is not as impressive as deepseek is for the rest of my life at this rate
I first awkwardly brought up what I now know was dysphoria at 17. Hooked up with guys in high school but never id’ed as bi back then. Came out as “MTF” (lol) to a few friends at 27, ran away from it, came out to my parents during a breakdown at 29, HRT at 30, I’m 43 now. Not all lines are linear.
Queer Bluesky: how old were you when you came out and how old are you now?
I first came out as trans at 22, then detransitioned within a year. I came out to a few people as nonbinary at 26 as kind of a compromise with myself; I finally came out as a trans woman a second time at 34.
I'm 38 now.
I first came out as trans at 22, then detransitioned within a year. I came out to a few people as nonbinary at 26 as kind of a compromise with myself; I finally came out as a trans woman a second time at 34.
I'm 38 now.
Queer Bluesky: how old were you when you came out and how old are you now?
Not sure the exact age, but early 20s for sure. And 44
Not sure the exact age, but early 20s for sure. And 44
October 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I first awkwardly brought up what I now know was dysphoria at 17. Hooked up with guys in high school but never id’ed as bi back then. Came out as “MTF” (lol) to a few friends at 27, ran away from it, came out to my parents during a breakdown at 29, HRT at 30, I’m 43 now. Not all lines are linear.
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“An Oct. 20 email sent by a [CVS Caremark] chief medical officer to PrEP4All was explicit in stating that the company believes Yeztugo is overpriced and this is a hurdle to coverage.”
Sure, we need implementation science, but, just as much, we need a commercial determinants lens on PrEP uptake.
Sure, we need implementation science, but, just as much, we need a commercial determinants lens on PrEP uptake.
CVS Caremark tells AIDS activists Gilead needs to lower the price of its new HIV drug to get on formularies
CVS Caremark, the largest PBM in the U.S., tells activists Gilead needs to lower the price of its new HIV drug to get on formularies, according to an email obtained by STAT.
www.statnews.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“An Oct. 20 email sent by a [CVS Caremark] chief medical officer to PrEP4All was explicit in stating that the company believes Yeztugo is overpriced and this is a hurdle to coverage.”
Sure, we need implementation science, but, just as much, we need a commercial determinants lens on PrEP uptake.
Sure, we need implementation science, but, just as much, we need a commercial determinants lens on PrEP uptake.
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HMS postponed an online course on transgender healthcare after the National Review contacted the school about the legality of offering fee waivers to transgender participants.
Abigail S. Gerstein and Ella F. Niederhelman report.
Abigail S. Gerstein and Ella F. Niederhelman report.
Harvard Medical School Postpones Transgender Healthcare Course After Inquiry Into Fee Waiver Legality | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard Medical School postponed an online course on transgender healthcare after the National Review, a conservative news outlet, contacted the school about the legality of offering fee waivers to…
www.thecrimson.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
HMS postponed an online course on transgender healthcare after the National Review contacted the school about the legality of offering fee waivers to transgender participants.
Abigail S. Gerstein and Ella F. Niederhelman report.
Abigail S. Gerstein and Ella F. Niederhelman report.
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“An Oct. 20 email sent by a [CVS Caremark] chief medical officer to PrEP4All was explicit in stating that the company believes Yeztugo is overpriced and this is a hurdle to coverage.”
Sure, we need implementation science, but, just as much, we need a commercial determinants lens on PrEP uptake.
Sure, we need implementation science, but, just as much, we need a commercial determinants lens on PrEP uptake.
CVS Caremark tells AIDS activists Gilead needs to lower the price of its new HIV drug to get on formularies
CVS Caremark, the largest PBM in the U.S., tells activists Gilead needs to lower the price of its new HIV drug to get on formularies, according to an email obtained by STAT.
www.statnews.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“An Oct. 20 email sent by a [CVS Caremark] chief medical officer to PrEP4All was explicit in stating that the company believes Yeztugo is overpriced and this is a hurdle to coverage.”
Sure, we need implementation science, but, just as much, we need a commercial determinants lens on PrEP uptake.
Sure, we need implementation science, but, just as much, we need a commercial determinants lens on PrEP uptake.
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I can’t speak for the startup, but AI / ML outside of commercial hype can refer to e.g. highly refined and mature self-optimizing mathematical models that spring from a separate lineage than gAI / LLMs. You just get more attention when you call it “AI.”
October 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I can’t speak for the startup, but AI / ML outside of commercial hype can refer to e.g. highly refined and mature self-optimizing mathematical models that spring from a separate lineage than gAI / LLMs. You just get more attention when you call it “AI.”
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The conflation of formal (for profit) publication with prestige, particularly in hiring and promotion, has to be smashed before any meaningful progress can be made. I don’t even have any “elite” pubs, but I would not be in my current position, in my field, if all my papers were on arXiv.
October 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The conflation of formal (for profit) publication with prestige, particularly in hiring and promotion, has to be smashed before any meaningful progress can be made. I don’t even have any “elite” pubs, but I would not be in my current position, in my field, if all my papers were on arXiv.
For the three other people on here who think AI / health tech implementation and clinical workflow integration is really interesting, this is a wonderful case series by @brittanytrang.com
Implementing AI is hard: Three safety-net clinics on the challenges via @statnews.com
Implementing AI is hard: Three safety-net clinics on the challenges via @statnews.com
Implementing AI is hard: Three safety-net clinics on the challenges
AI Prognosis newsletter: Three federally qualified health centers honestly evaluate where AI worked and where it didn’t
www.statnews.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
For the three other people on here who think AI / health tech implementation and clinical workflow integration is really interesting, this is a wonderful case series by @brittanytrang.com
Implementing AI is hard: Three safety-net clinics on the challenges via @statnews.com
Implementing AI is hard: Three safety-net clinics on the challenges via @statnews.com
First apt we viewed in Providence, the management _realllly_ didn’t like it when I called out their use of RealPage for price fixing. What a racket: real-time optimization to extract max capital from wealthy Brown and RISD parents. Love this for NYC, my erstwhile home.
New York bans AI-enabled rent price fixing
New York bans AI-enabled rent price fixing
Renters in the Big Apple could have just caught a big break today.
buff.ly
October 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
First apt we viewed in Providence, the management _realllly_ didn’t like it when I called out their use of RealPage for price fixing. What a racket: real-time optimization to extract max capital from wealthy Brown and RISD parents. Love this for NYC, my erstwhile home.
Brilliant.
Launching tomorrow! 🎉🗽
The CUNY Corpus of New York City English (CCNYCE) debuts 12–2 PM, Room 9206.
NSF-funded resource for studying language variation & change across NYC.
Join us to find out more and celebrate!
The CUNY Corpus of New York City English (CCNYCE) debuts 12–2 PM, Room 9206.
NSF-funded resource for studying language variation & change across NYC.
Join us to find out more and celebrate!
October 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Brilliant.
I swear to god, why do I always feel so _guilty_ when I’m having a half-catatonic insomnia day. Why do we still individualize and pathologize this hellshit.
October 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I swear to god, why do I always feel so _guilty_ when I’m having a half-catatonic insomnia day. Why do we still individualize and pathologize this hellshit.
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I will never understand why people (faculty) get wistful over postdoc, because these are the stakes, and presently it feels like living through Uncut Gems in excruciating slow motion (and I’m not even particularly deadset on an academic career).
Most academics who survive are the ones who had good luck early in their career. Like winning funding or publishing in a 'top journal'. This makes it easier to attract funding later & makes more room for failure.
Those early rolls of the dice will probably decide whether you survive or not.
Those early rolls of the dice will probably decide whether you survive or not.
October 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I will never understand why people (faculty) get wistful over postdoc, because these are the stakes, and presently it feels like living through Uncut Gems in excruciating slow motion (and I’m not even particularly deadset on an academic career).
I will never understand why people (faculty) get wistful over postdoc, because these are the stakes, and presently it feels like living through Uncut Gems in excruciating slow motion (and I’m not even particularly deadset on an academic career).
Most academics who survive are the ones who had good luck early in their career. Like winning funding or publishing in a 'top journal'. This makes it easier to attract funding later & makes more room for failure.
Those early rolls of the dice will probably decide whether you survive or not.
Those early rolls of the dice will probably decide whether you survive or not.
October 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I will never understand why people (faculty) get wistful over postdoc, because these are the stakes, and presently it feels like living through Uncut Gems in excruciating slow motion (and I’m not even particularly deadset on an academic career).
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Just here to remind everyone that while the federal government is shutdown, all study sections at the NIH are currently on hold. Another blow to science and to early career scientists like myself with young labs and research groups. Very hard to remain positive about this career path.
October 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Just here to remind everyone that while the federal government is shutdown, all study sections at the NIH are currently on hold. Another blow to science and to early career scientists like myself with young labs and research groups. Very hard to remain positive about this career path.
Have the forensic metascientists ever considered that their default “preening self-righteous prick” persona is doing their cause more harm than not or nah.
October 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Have the forensic metascientists ever considered that their default “preening self-righteous prick” persona is doing their cause more harm than not or nah.
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Another example of why we need to replace the police with real emergency responders. People trained to provide medical care rather than pass racist judgement.
A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs
The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours
The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours
KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment
Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.
www.kare11.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Another example of why we need to replace the police with real emergency responders. People trained to provide medical care rather than pass racist judgement.