Nicole Martinez
@girasoul.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. Stanford Biomedical Ethics
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Please Repost! We are in an era of huge gains in technology, discovery and data "sequestration". We need to be honest about what's happening and the terrible outcomes that could happen if we continue the 533 years of colonial extraction. www.science.org/content/arti...
How scientists are confronting the lingering imprint of colonialism
Science series to spotlight efforts to reduce parachute science, empower Global South countries
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Please Repost! We are in an era of huge gains in technology, discovery and data "sequestration". We need to be honest about what's happening and the terrible outcomes that could happen if we continue the 533 years of colonial extraction. www.science.org/content/arti...
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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“Relying on chatbots isn’t fringe — it’s the predictable result of care made scarce, stigmatized, and costly. Recognizing that doesn’t mean uncritically embracing chatbot care, but it’s past time to name what’s happening: Privately owned chatbots are functioning as public health resources.”
‘AI psychosis’ discussions ignore a bigger problem with chatbots
Don’t frame chatbot failures as human “insanity.”
www.statnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“Relying on chatbots isn’t fringe — it’s the predictable result of care made scarce, stigmatized, and costly. Recognizing that doesn’t mean uncritically embracing chatbot care, but it’s past time to name what’s happening: Privately owned chatbots are functioning as public health resources.”
Nicole Foti (Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics) presents interesting discussion of “digital determinants” of health and AI #asbh2025
October 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Nicole Foti (Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics) presents interesting discussion of “digital determinants” of health and AI #asbh2025
Quinn Waeiss (Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics) with great talk on patient and provider perspectives on AI communication tools in healthcare #asbh2025
October 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Quinn Waeiss (Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics) with great talk on patient and provider perspectives on AI communication tools in healthcare #asbh2025
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Are you in Portland for #ASBH2025 ? Check out our list of #ELSI -related presentations and panels. Connect with ELSI scholars and let us know about what's you're up to!
connect.elsihub.org/c/general-di...
connect.elsihub.org/c/general-di...
October 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Are you in Portland for #ASBH2025 ? Check out our list of #ELSI -related presentations and panels. Connect with ELSI scholars and let us know about what's you're up to!
connect.elsihub.org/c/general-di...
connect.elsihub.org/c/general-di...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Fantastic presentation by Abdoul Jalil Djiberou Mahamadou of Stanford’s Center for Biomedical Ethics on subgroup populations and AI bias #ASBH2025
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Fantastic presentation by Abdoul Jalil Djiberou Mahamadou of Stanford’s Center for Biomedical Ethics on subgroup populations and AI bias #ASBH2025
Neuroethics annual meeting April 15-17, 2026, including Stanford/Bay Area! Neuroethics: interdisciplinary examination of ethical, legal, social and cultural issues in brain sciences/ mental health/neurotechnology -- submit your abstract or session proposal: neuroethicssociety.org/meeting/neur...
October 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Neuroethics annual meeting April 15-17, 2026, including Stanford/Bay Area! Neuroethics: interdisciplinary examination of ethical, legal, social and cultural issues in brain sciences/ mental health/neurotechnology -- submit your abstract or session proposal: neuroethicssociety.org/meeting/neur...
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H1-B visas are used for international medical graduates that want to pursue residencies at US hospitals.
Residents are working doctors who treat patients. Instant physician shortage.
Residents are working doctors who treat patients. Instant physician shortage.
September 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
H1-B visas are used for international medical graduates that want to pursue residencies at US hospitals.
Residents are working doctors who treat patients. Instant physician shortage.
Residents are working doctors who treat patients. Instant physician shortage.
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New on What's Alan Watching?: my review of Netflix's "Black Rabbit," starring Jude Law and Jason Bateman as two brothers in trouble with the mob:
Review: 'Black Rabbit' on Netflix
Jude Law and Jason Bateman play brothers who bring a lot of trouble on themselves
alansepinwall.ghost.io
September 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
New on What's Alan Watching?: my review of Netflix's "Black Rabbit," starring Jude Law and Jason Bateman as two brothers in trouble with the mob:
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Somehow America needs to learn that every death is a world extinguished.
August 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Somehow America needs to learn that every death is a world extinguished.
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"There are more than 19 million college students in the US. Most are well removed from corridors of wealth+power..43% of undergrads attend community college. 25% live with their parents."
a listicle for everyone, especially for the NYT editors themselves to learn
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
a listicle for everyone, especially for the NYT editors themselves to learn
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
The Typical College Student Is Not Who You Think It Is
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"There are more than 19 million college students in the US. Most are well removed from corridors of wealth+power..43% of undergrads attend community college. 25% live with their parents."
a listicle for everyone, especially for the NYT editors themselves to learn
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
a listicle for everyone, especially for the NYT editors themselves to learn
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
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Trump often lies about Chicago, using a great American city as a punching bag to entertain out-of-town racists who are scared of Black and Latino Chicagoans whom they’ve never met. He’s threatening a military occupation. Here’s a thread about Chicago, Trump and crime. 1/
Trump often lies about Chicago, using a great American city as a punching bag to entertain out-of-town racists who are scared of Black and Latino Chicagoans whom they’ve never met. He’s threatening a military occupation. Here’s a thread about Chicago, Trump and crime. 1/
August 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Trump often lies about Chicago, using a great American city as a punching bag to entertain out-of-town racists who are scared of Black and Latino Chicagoans whom they’ve never met. He’s threatening a military occupation. Here’s a thread about Chicago, Trump and crime. 1/
Trump often lies about Chicago, using a great American city as a punching bag to entertain out-of-town racists who are scared of Black and Latino Chicagoans whom they’ve never met. He’s threatening a military occupation. Here’s a thread about Chicago, Trump and crime. 1/
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This is one of the absolute toughest things about predatory inclusion — the predation is often fun or a little useful. Criticism makes a reasonable person sound like an asshole. LowerEd weathered me for this kind of social death.
So I’ll say it: your enjoyment does not matter & should not matter.
So I’ll say it: your enjoyment does not matter & should not matter.
I don't fundamentally disagree with a lot of this, especially the environmental cost/ benefit. I'll just offer that as a maker,tinkerer,experimenter, having access to a LLM has massively decreased the time required to design build and debug relatively sophisticated hw/sw prototypes.
August 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is one of the absolute toughest things about predatory inclusion — the predation is often fun or a little useful. Criticism makes a reasonable person sound like an asshole. LowerEd weathered me for this kind of social death.
So I’ll say it: your enjoyment does not matter & should not matter.
So I’ll say it: your enjoyment does not matter & should not matter.
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I often have hospital ethics consults where I have to explain that
🏡 It’s unethical that we have do not have housing for everyone
🥗It’s unethical that our patients cannot afford the food they need
💊 It’s unethical our patients can’t afford
🏡 It’s unethical that we have do not have housing for everyone
🥗It’s unethical that our patients cannot afford the food they need
💊 It’s unethical our patients can’t afford
August 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I often have hospital ethics consults where I have to explain that
🏡 It’s unethical that we have do not have housing for everyone
🥗It’s unethical that our patients cannot afford the food they need
💊 It’s unethical our patients can’t afford
🏡 It’s unethical that we have do not have housing for everyone
🥗It’s unethical that our patients cannot afford the food they need
💊 It’s unethical our patients can’t afford
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This story in particular is a great resource to read, bookmark, and share with your networks outside of Bluesky. Let's make Lex's dream come true by clicking through and sharing widely!
www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-ra...
www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-ra...
August 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This story in particular is a great resource to read, bookmark, and share with your networks outside of Bluesky. Let's make Lex's dream come true by clicking through and sharing widely!
www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-ra...
www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-ra...
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By most measures (suicide, depression, anxiety), U.S. mental health is deteriorating. Bad time to demolish our mental health infrastructure.
In a new preprint, @albeccia.bsky.social et al survey the damage from recent mental health grant cuts at NIH & SAMHSA.
Check it out: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
In a new preprint, @albeccia.bsky.social et al survey the damage from recent mental health grant cuts at NIH & SAMHSA.
Check it out: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
August 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
By most measures (suicide, depression, anxiety), U.S. mental health is deteriorating. Bad time to demolish our mental health infrastructure.
In a new preprint, @albeccia.bsky.social et al survey the damage from recent mental health grant cuts at NIH & SAMHSA.
Check it out: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
In a new preprint, @albeccia.bsky.social et al survey the damage from recent mental health grant cuts at NIH & SAMHSA.
Check it out: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Breaking: NSF is suspending roughly 300 grants with UCLA, following a DOJ finding on Tuesday that the university violated Title VI by "creating a hostile educational environment for Jewish and Israeli students."
July 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Breaking: NSF is suspending roughly 300 grants with UCLA, following a DOJ finding on Tuesday that the university violated Title VI by "creating a hostile educational environment for Jewish and Israeli students."
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NEW
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding
The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.
www.wsj.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
NEW
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
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A U.S. surgeon trying to have a “peer to peer” consultation with a doctor at a health insurance company who is hiding his identity as her patient gets denied coverage. And it gets worse from there. You have to see it to believe it.
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July 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A U.S. surgeon trying to have a “peer to peer” consultation with a doctor at a health insurance company who is hiding his identity as her patient gets denied coverage. And it gets worse from there. You have to see it to believe it.
(1/2)
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A Borges story about a guy who gets AI to summarize all the world’s information for him, and then summarize the summary, until the AI has the whole world summarized into a single word. He sits alone at his desk, staring at the word, repeating it endlessly, certain he is experiencing everything
July 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A Borges story about a guy who gets AI to summarize all the world’s information for him, and then summarize the summary, until the AI has the whole world summarized into a single word. He sits alone at his desk, staring at the word, repeating it endlessly, certain he is experiencing everything
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In The Global Journey of Racism, Michelle Christian provides a unified narrative of how the world's racial hierarchies came to be.
"Michelle Christian's book is a foundational text...It is destined to be an impactful and well-cited book."
—Jean Beaman, CUNY Graduate Center
www.sup.org/books/so...
"Michelle Christian's book is a foundational text...It is destined to be an impactful and well-cited book."
—Jean Beaman, CUNY Graduate Center
www.sup.org/books/so...
July 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
In The Global Journey of Racism, Michelle Christian provides a unified narrative of how the world's racial hierarchies came to be.
"Michelle Christian's book is a foundational text...It is destined to be an impactful and well-cited book."
—Jean Beaman, CUNY Graduate Center
www.sup.org/books/so...
"Michelle Christian's book is a foundational text...It is destined to be an impactful and well-cited book."
—Jean Beaman, CUNY Graduate Center
www.sup.org/books/so...