Angie
@angiegibson.bsky.social
MS2 at ECU’s Brody SOM. First generation college student. Future physician for rural North Carolinians. UNCW and UAB alumna. she/her
Doing a medical humanities distinction track instead of traditional research was the best choice I could have made for this summer 🤪🤪
July 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Doing a medical humanities distinction track instead of traditional research was the best choice I could have made for this summer 🤪🤪
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History job opportunity at Swansea: two year postdoc on neurodiversity in early modern Europe.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI655/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI655/p...
Postdoctoral Research Associate at Swansea University
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Postdoctoral Research Associate on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
March 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
History job opportunity at Swansea: two year postdoc on neurodiversity in early modern Europe.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI655/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI655/p...
Seasonal depression is OUT, allergy hellscape is IN
March 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Seasonal depression is OUT, allergy hellscape is IN
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UNC System schools ‘screening’ curriculum, ‘scrubbing’ websites to comply with DEI orders. Words like culture. justice & women’s rights have been “flagged” in course titles & descriptions due to Trump executive orders. (Via @koriedean.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #nced #ncpol
UNC System schools ‘screening’ curriculum, ‘scrubbing’ websites to comply with DEI orders
At least one school, East Carolina University, is scanning its curriculum for a list of keywords like “culture” in an effort to comply with anti-DEI orders.
www.newsobserver.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
UNC System schools ‘screening’ curriculum, ‘scrubbing’ websites to comply with DEI orders. Words like culture. justice & women’s rights have been “flagged” in course titles & descriptions due to Trump executive orders. (Via @koriedean.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #nced #ncpol
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A second death in the current measles outbreak has been reported, an unvaccinated adult in New Mexico
Second death reported in growing measles outbreak
The death is the second in the outbreak, after a 6-year-old child succumbed in Texas last week.
wapo.st
March 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A second death in the current measles outbreak has been reported, an unvaccinated adult in New Mexico
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NIH announces that it will move all grant reviews to Center for Scientific Review (CSR) and terminate about half of its review staff.
This comes as there is already a building backlog from cancelled review meetings and layoffs.
"We're already massively behind schedule," a review officer tells me.
This comes as there is already a building backlog from cancelled review meetings and layoffs.
"We're already massively behind schedule," a review officer tells me.
NIH centralizes peer review to improve efficiency and strengthen integrity
The proposed approach is expected to save more than $65 million annually.
www.nih.gov
March 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
NIH announces that it will move all grant reviews to Center for Scientific Review (CSR) and terminate about half of its review staff.
This comes as there is already a building backlog from cancelled review meetings and layoffs.
"We're already massively behind schedule," a review officer tells me.
This comes as there is already a building backlog from cancelled review meetings and layoffs.
"We're already massively behind schedule," a review officer tells me.
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With all the new focus on "government efficiency," how many North Carolina voters know that just last year, Republican leaders of our state legislature gave away $500 million in NC taxpayer funds to a secretive venture capital fund whose finances are kept secret?
www.axios.com/local/raleig...
www.axios.com/local/raleig...
February 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
With all the new focus on "government efficiency," how many North Carolina voters know that just last year, Republican leaders of our state legislature gave away $500 million in NC taxpayer funds to a secretive venture capital fund whose finances are kept secret?
www.axios.com/local/raleig...
www.axios.com/local/raleig...
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Our new FBI Director sells a supplement that “detoxes other people’s vaccines out of your body.” Sure. Why not.
Can’t wait for this guy to start selling the first ever supplement that makes you 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙚 to prosecution for federal crimes
February 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Our new FBI Director sells a supplement that “detoxes other people’s vaccines out of your body.” Sure. Why not.
My kayak longs to be used
Okay it’s snowed twice this year I’m ready for summer
February 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My kayak longs to be used
Okay it’s snowed twice this year I’m ready for summer
February 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Okay it’s snowed twice this year I’m ready for summer
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people who say “why do we need [fine arts, humanities degrees, mid-budget films] when they don’t make a ton of money?” are insufferable. why do we need chrysanthemums? why do we need bonfires or baleen whales or the color blue? we just do. we just do.
December 21, 2024 at 2:49 PM
people who say “why do we need [fine arts, humanities degrees, mid-budget films] when they don’t make a ton of money?” are insufferable. why do we need chrysanthemums? why do we need bonfires or baleen whales or the color blue? we just do. we just do.
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A two-and-a-half-year-old girl shows no signs of a rare genetic disorder, after becoming the first person to be treated for the motor-neuron condition while in the womb.
https://go.nature.com/41a7Zzj
https://go.nature.com/41a7Zzj
Rare genetic disorder treated in womb for the first time
The child, who is now almost three years old, shows no signs of the often fatal motor neuron disease.
go.nature.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
A two-and-a-half-year-old girl shows no signs of a rare genetic disorder, after becoming the first person to be treated for the motor-neuron condition while in the womb.
https://go.nature.com/41a7Zzj
https://go.nature.com/41a7Zzj
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February 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
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Mark Robinson’s defamation case against CNN and former Greensboro porn shop clerk Louis Money appears to have ended with a whimper on Friday.
www.theassemblync.com/politics/mar...
www.theassemblync.com/politics/mar...
Mark Robinson Drops Lawsuit Against CNN, Says He’s Exiting Politics
Robinson conceded that “continuing to pursue retribution from CNN is a futile effort," and said he is done with politics.
www.theassemblync.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Mark Robinson’s defamation case against CNN and former Greensboro porn shop clerk Louis Money appears to have ended with a whimper on Friday.
www.theassemblync.com/politics/mar...
www.theassemblync.com/politics/mar...
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what Musk is doing is as close to the government being taken over by a hostile foreign power in our lifetimes, the coverage should reflect that
January 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
what Musk is doing is as close to the government being taken over by a hostile foreign power in our lifetimes, the coverage should reflect that
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If you're struggling financially due to government fuckery or for any reason really and you need infant formula talk to your pediatrician we can hook you up and don't like to ask questions.
January 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
If you're struggling financially due to government fuckery or for any reason really and you need infant formula talk to your pediatrician we can hook you up and don't like to ask questions.
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Prior to this reboot, they removed a video in which I described why RFK Jr’s comments were racist. They labeled my video hate speech. They also removed a video of someone knocking over a statue of Khomeini in Iran.
It may now be heightened, but they have always had terrible content moderation.
It may now be heightened, but they have always had terrible content moderation.
I just had a video of Captain Von Trapp tearing up the Nazi flag (The Sound of Music) removed from TikTok for violating “community guidelines.”
January 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Prior to this reboot, they removed a video in which I described why RFK Jr’s comments were racist. They labeled my video hate speech. They also removed a video of someone knocking over a statue of Khomeini in Iran.
It may now be heightened, but they have always had terrible content moderation.
It may now be heightened, but they have always had terrible content moderation.
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January 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The snow in Greenville, NC this morning!
January 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The snow in Greenville, NC this morning!
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Medicaid plays a huge role in covering residents in small towns in rural areas. From a new analysis:
- In six states, at least half of children living in small towns and rural areas are covered by Medicaid/CHIP
- 41% of rural kids are on Medicaid/CHIP
ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/01/15/m...
- In six states, at least half of children living in small towns and rural areas are covered by Medicaid/CHIP
- 41% of rural kids are on Medicaid/CHIP
ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/01/15/m...
Medicaid’s Role in Small Towns and Rural Areas
Key Findings Non-elderly adults and children in small towns and rural areas are more likely than those living in metro areas to rely on Medicaid/CHIP for their health insurance. As a consequence, r…
ccf.georgetown.edu
January 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Medicaid plays a huge role in covering residents in small towns in rural areas. From a new analysis:
- In six states, at least half of children living in small towns and rural areas are covered by Medicaid/CHIP
- 41% of rural kids are on Medicaid/CHIP
ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/01/15/m...
- In six states, at least half of children living in small towns and rural areas are covered by Medicaid/CHIP
- 41% of rural kids are on Medicaid/CHIP
ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/01/15/m...
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"We, too, have our plagues. Today’s climate-driven disasters are the result of more than a century of extracting & burning fossil fuels, which emit greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide & methane into the atmosphere." ~Maya Golden-Krasner, deputy director of the Center’s Climate Law Institute.
Destroyed Pasadena Synagogue Holds a Message: Make Polluters Pay for Their Plague
'Today’s climate driven disasters are the result of more than a century of extracting and burning fossil fuels,' says Altadena-based climate lawyer Maya Golden-Krasner, deputy director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute
lamag.com
January 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"We, too, have our plagues. Today’s climate-driven disasters are the result of more than a century of extracting & burning fossil fuels, which emit greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide & methane into the atmosphere." ~Maya Golden-Krasner, deputy director of the Center’s Climate Law Institute.
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An FTC report (under chair Lina Khan, who Elon hates and who Trump will replace) finds United Health has been overcharging cancer patients an obscene amount and PBM’s have been pocketing extra billions.
No wonder they hate her.
fortune.com/2025/01/15/f...
No wonder they hate her.
fortune.com/2025/01/15/f...
January 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
An FTC report (under chair Lina Khan, who Elon hates and who Trump will replace) finds United Health has been overcharging cancer patients an obscene amount and PBM’s have been pocketing extra billions.
No wonder they hate her.
fortune.com/2025/01/15/f...
No wonder they hate her.
fortune.com/2025/01/15/f...