Elizabeth Pathak, PhD
@bethpathak.bsky.social
Epidemiologist and program director in Bethesda; @Wesleyan_U @UNC grad; pro-labor anti-racist scholar. I stan Black radicals. Solidarity forever 👊🏼
Private, NOT official opinions.
Private, NOT official opinions.
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We already know conclusively that abusing adult women doesn’t violate our norms. We are well on our way to demonstrating just as conclusively that sexually abusing girls doesn’t violate our norms, either.
Social norms are unwritten rules backed by social sanctions. If child sexual abuse isn’t met with strong, collective consequences, we don’t have a social norm against it.
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 AM
We already know conclusively that abusing adult women doesn’t violate our norms. We are well on our way to demonstrating just as conclusively that sexually abusing girls doesn’t violate our norms, either.
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Not for nothing, this is one reason why we say "pregnant patient" instead of "woman." It's not just for non-binary inclusion.
In addition to the fact that it's very much the power imbalance and legal responsibility to protect them that makes them children, it's also disturbing that so many people are willingly like "listen, 15 year olds are hot, and that's a fact." They are children. They look like children.
November 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Not for nothing, this is one reason why we say "pregnant patient" instead of "woman." It's not just for non-binary inclusion.
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And nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, physicians assistants— this is very bad and needs to be stopped.
🚨Dept. of Education proposes to exclude public health degrees from the “professional degree” category.
That means new public health experts could lose access to key higher ed resources, like loan limits & reimbursement.
A bold strategy to let infectious diseases win! 🦠
aspph.org/department-o...
That means new public health experts could lose access to key higher ed resources, like loan limits & reimbursement.
A bold strategy to let infectious diseases win! 🦠
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
And nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, physicians assistants— this is very bad and needs to be stopped.
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Punished for... having a period?
Yes, you read that right – behind bars, menstruation is treated like misconduct. Here's how prisons punish people for a bodily function they have no control over 🧵
Yes, you read that right – behind bars, menstruation is treated like misconduct. Here's how prisons punish people for a bodily function they have no control over 🧵
Menstruation as misconduct: How prisons punish people for having their periods
Our analysis of prison rules and sanctions across all fifty states and the federal system — as well as accounts of incarcerated people — reveal ...
www.prisonpolicy.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Punished for... having a period?
Yes, you read that right – behind bars, menstruation is treated like misconduct. Here's how prisons punish people for a bodily function they have no control over 🧵
Yes, you read that right – behind bars, menstruation is treated like misconduct. Here's how prisons punish people for a bodily function they have no control over 🧵
what is happening? 🙀
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
what is happening? 🙀
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Color me surprised 🙄
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Color me surprised 🙄
Queen Elizabeth vibes 😂
Buffett’s children are now ages 72, 70 and 67.
Warren Buffett Says He Will ‘Step Up’ Pace Of Fortune Disbursements To His Children’s Foundations
Buffett’s children are now ages 72, 70 and 67.
www.forbes.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Queen Elizabeth vibes 😂
WTAF @support.bsky.team @pfrazee.com @moderation.bsky.app first Link and now an author who has spent years writing and educating the public about this administration.
Something is deeply wrong with your moderation team when good people are being banned without justification.
Something is deeply wrong with your moderation team when good people are being banned without justification.
This @sarahkendzior ???
@support.bsky.team what are you thinking? She is an internationally renowned author and American anthropologist.
This is a very bad direction to go in.
@support.bsky.team what are you thinking? She is an internationally renowned author and American anthropologist.
This is a very bad direction to go in.
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
If the price of providing single-payer universal healthcare in the USA is calling it "TrumpCare" we will pay it 😉
Dear DJT, You’re brilliant. No one has ever thought to bypass corrupt private insurance & pay people directly for health costs. Let’s call it universal single payer insurance, better yet TrumpCare! No country in world has tried something so bold. Brilliant, just brilliant! I might even say, perfect!
Translation: he has no idea how insurance works
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If the price of providing single-payer universal healthcare in the USA is calling it "TrumpCare" we will pay it 😉
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Joyce Carol Oates to Musk
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Joyce Carol Oates to Musk
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Make Lung Disease Great Again
This should be the Trump Administration's new slogan.
The Mine Safety & Health Administration has stopped enforcing the silica exposure standard and is dismantling NIOSH, which does lung disease research and certifies respirators.
Thanks Margie Mason & @apnews.com
This should be the Trump Administration's new slogan.
The Mine Safety & Health Administration has stopped enforcing the silica exposure standard and is dismantling NIOSH, which does lung disease research and certifies respirators.
Thanks Margie Mason & @apnews.com
Deep in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man'
Lisa Emery, a respiratory therapist, is deeply concerned about West Virginia coal miners suffering from black lung disease.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Make Lung Disease Great Again
This should be the Trump Administration's new slogan.
The Mine Safety & Health Administration has stopped enforcing the silica exposure standard and is dismantling NIOSH, which does lung disease research and certifies respirators.
Thanks Margie Mason & @apnews.com
This should be the Trump Administration's new slogan.
The Mine Safety & Health Administration has stopped enforcing the silica exposure standard and is dismantling NIOSH, which does lung disease research and certifies respirators.
Thanks Margie Mason & @apnews.com
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Further proof that AI stands for Actually Indians
So the $20,000 humanoid robot housekeeper actually just webcams your house to a random person in a call center with an Xbox controller www.wsj.com/tech/persona... @joannastern.bsky.social
I Tried the Robot That’s Coming to Live With You. It’s Still Part Human.
1X’s Neo wants to be your housekeeper. First, it needs to be controlled by a human in your home. Cool with you?
www.wsj.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Further proof that AI stands for Actually Indians
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I've said this about writing and art -- the goal was not to replace writers and artists with AI, the result was either:
a) *threaten* to replace them with AI, and use that as leverage to be able to pay them less
b) replace them unsuccessfully and pay them less to fix the shit the AI barfed out
a) *threaten* to replace them with AI, and use that as leverage to be able to pay them less
b) replace them unsuccessfully and pay them less to fix the shit the AI barfed out
This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
October 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I've said this about writing and art -- the goal was not to replace writers and artists with AI, the result was either:
a) *threaten* to replace them with AI, and use that as leverage to be able to pay them less
b) replace them unsuccessfully and pay them less to fix the shit the AI barfed out
a) *threaten* to replace them with AI, and use that as leverage to be able to pay them less
b) replace them unsuccessfully and pay them less to fix the shit the AI barfed out
Re: the replies scolding me for buying from WalMart: I'm not a "virtue capitalist" I am an anti-capitalist. Giving money is fine but misses the point about building solidarity (1st step get out the house!). And if you have not set foot inside WalMart in years lol enjoy your latte at Target sis 😏
If you can at all afford to, head to WalMart ASAP for some shelf-stabile staples for your local food bank.
My daughter threw snacks & goodies (not on the list) in the cart "I KNOW what kids LIKE mom!" 🫶🏽
Solidarity is a muscle - it requires regular training and you need to start the kids young 👊🏽
My daughter threw snacks & goodies (not on the list) in the cart "I KNOW what kids LIKE mom!" 🫶🏽
Solidarity is a muscle - it requires regular training and you need to start the kids young 👊🏽
November 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Re: the replies scolding me for buying from WalMart: I'm not a "virtue capitalist" I am an anti-capitalist. Giving money is fine but misses the point about building solidarity (1st step get out the house!). And if you have not set foot inside WalMart in years lol enjoy your latte at Target sis 😏
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From my book THEY KNEW, written in 2021, on Trump's plans. This is what's happening now.
November 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
From my book THEY KNEW, written in 2021, on Trump's plans. This is what's happening now.
Please find your nearest Diaper Bank and donate diapers, wipes, rash cream, and especially period care products for the moms and don't forget the teen sizes 🫶🏽
If there's no DB nearby, please start one with your union/church/club/PTA/neighborhood buddies!
#solidarity #nokings #mutualaid
#community
If there's no DB nearby, please start one with your union/church/club/PTA/neighborhood buddies!
#solidarity #nokings #mutualaid
#community
November 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Please find your nearest Diaper Bank and donate diapers, wipes, rash cream, and especially period care products for the moms and don't forget the teen sizes 🫶🏽
If there's no DB nearby, please start one with your union/church/club/PTA/neighborhood buddies!
#solidarity #nokings #mutualaid
#community
If there's no DB nearby, please start one with your union/church/club/PTA/neighborhood buddies!
#solidarity #nokings #mutualaid
#community
If you can at all afford to, head to WalMart ASAP for some shelf-stabile staples for your local food bank.
My daughter threw snacks & goodies (not on the list) in the cart "I KNOW what kids LIKE mom!" 🫶🏽
Solidarity is a muscle - it requires regular training and you need to start the kids young 👊🏽
My daughter threw snacks & goodies (not on the list) in the cart "I KNOW what kids LIKE mom!" 🫶🏽
Solidarity is a muscle - it requires regular training and you need to start the kids young 👊🏽
November 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
If you can at all afford to, head to WalMart ASAP for some shelf-stabile staples for your local food bank.
My daughter threw snacks & goodies (not on the list) in the cart "I KNOW what kids LIKE mom!" 🫶🏽
Solidarity is a muscle - it requires regular training and you need to start the kids young 👊🏽
My daughter threw snacks & goodies (not on the list) in the cart "I KNOW what kids LIKE mom!" 🫶🏽
Solidarity is a muscle - it requires regular training and you need to start the kids young 👊🏽
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GOP-led states are blocking college students from registering to vote with campus addresses.
In the context of broader attacks on vote-by-mail and early voting, these efforts will systematically disenfranchise young people across the US.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
In the context of broader attacks on vote-by-mail and early voting, these efforts will systematically disenfranchise young people across the US.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
NAACP sues Virginia officials, accusing them of disenfranchising student voters
The NAACP has sued Virginia state election officials, accusing them of disenfranchising students by rejecting voter registration forms from students that do not include details like dormitory names, room numbers and campus mailbox information.
www.reuters.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
GOP-led states are blocking college students from registering to vote with campus addresses.
In the context of broader attacks on vote-by-mail and early voting, these efforts will systematically disenfranchise young people across the US.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
In the context of broader attacks on vote-by-mail and early voting, these efforts will systematically disenfranchise young people across the US.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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It’s always funny to me that a set of political bros (not Jamelle here, just a type of dude) thinks politics is some rational decision making process. Politics is a soap opera and many people engage it as such. Something silly will end up being the downfall of this, and almost any, administration.
November 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It’s always funny to me that a set of political bros (not Jamelle here, just a type of dude) thinks politics is some rational decision making process. Politics is a soap opera and many people engage it as such. Something silly will end up being the downfall of this, and almost any, administration.
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Members of the faithful lock arms as clergy, including a Chicago Auxiliary Bishop ask for entrance into Broadview ICE detention facility; they are denied entrance again; Fr. Dan Harnett is now leading a prayer of Spiritual Communion with detained immigrants.
November 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Members of the faithful lock arms as clergy, including a Chicago Auxiliary Bishop ask for entrance into Broadview ICE detention facility; they are denied entrance again; Fr. Dan Harnett is now leading a prayer of Spiritual Communion with detained immigrants.
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Yes, Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians—great advice from @mcbazacophd.bsky.social
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
October 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Yes, Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians—great advice from @mcbazacophd.bsky.social
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
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Spread the word. The Trump Administration can use emergency funds to pay for SNAP benefits during a shutdown. The President and little Mike Johnson are lying to you. How do we know? 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Democratic states sue to force SNAP payments during government shutdown
The Agriculture Department has $5.5 billion in backup funds for food stamp benefits but says it can’t use them.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Spread the word. The Trump Administration can use emergency funds to pay for SNAP benefits during a shutdown. The President and little Mike Johnson are lying to you. How do we know? 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...