1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."

It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.

I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.

World leaders in traumatic stress have written this editorial to express concerns about the global impact of what is happening in U.S., how decisions are impacting exposure to and consequences of trauma
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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In this paper (doi.org/10.1016/j.so...), hot off the press in Social Science and Medicine, we look at how daily life obstacles in Denmark are associated with PTSD and Complex PTSD in Ukrainian refugees in the Danish Refuge Cohort (DARECO).

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Best way to find a typo in a paper is to read the draft carefully 100 times, print it, mark it up, submit it, get it accepted, have copy editors review it, read it again, finalize it, get it published, and then proudly share it will all of your close colleagues

This is chilling and will cause a wider conversation about the safety of having conferences in the US.

Having been involved in such discussions about other countries firsthand I know how delicate this is.

This situation is another blow to science in the US.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

There are days in life that shake you.

I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵

NIH is likely cutting up to 25% of its workforce this week. NIH staff have substantial expertise, typically PhDs. And they really *believe* in the work. NIH's will not be able to meet its mission w/these cuts. The scientific threat is not just direct funding cuts www.statnews.com/2025/03/14/n...

I was happy to #standupforscience2025 yesterday. And of course, I have been thinking about things I didn't have a chance to say.

Like because of the chaos at NIH (and the freezing of funding), how my team has been waiting for NOAs for two non-competing renewals since mid-January.

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We're hiring a fully funded PhD student in #sociology here in wonderful Copenhagen!

Please share!

Learn more 👇

employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

Taking a single issue - polarization - we ask people what institutions they, on balance, feel do bring us together and which divide us. Again, social media are seen differently from other platforms - but news media, journalists, and politicians are seen as far more divisive 4/5

‘Hvorfor taler alle om traumer?’ Sådan spørger forsker Karen-Inge Karstoft i ny bog, hvor hun udfordrer forsker vores syn på voldsomme oplevelser som nogle, der altid sætter langvarige spor. Hun mener, at der er grund til at ændre vores syn på traumer. (🎁) www.information.dk/indland/2024...

New blogpost:
deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...

Is it worth it to personalize the treatment of #PTSD?👇🏻

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#PsychSky #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky #Trauma

When I will respond to your email

Trying to bring the twitter presence over here

A long, but important and well-written (and shocking!) read: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The strain on scientific publishing 📄:

We've got issues. Scientists overwhelmed, editors overworked, constant special issue invites, mass article retractions, journal delistings… JUST WHAT IS GOING ON!?

See: arxiv.org/abs/2309.15884

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