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APA member Andrew Janiak and APA Eastern Division past president Christia Mercer are quoted in this piece about the 10th anniversary of Project Vox, which spotlights the contributions of female philosophers to the field.
Lost and Found: Bringing History’s Female Philosophers to the Forefront | Duke Today
For a decade, Duke's Project Vox has elevated the roles of women whose impact on philosophy has been hidden or buried
today.duke.edu
March 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
APA member Andrew Janiak and APA Eastern Division past president Christia Mercer are quoted in this piece about the 10th anniversary of Project Vox, which spotlights the contributions of female philosophers to the field.
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How did a drug rooted, like many, in seed money from the U.S. government — that is, American taxpayers — and spurred by the grassroots fundraising of desperate parents, end up with a $2 million per dose price tag?
Your weekend longread:
Your weekend longread:
What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing
Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices…
propub.li
February 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
How did a drug rooted, like many, in seed money from the U.S. government — that is, American taxpayers — and spurred by the grassroots fundraising of desperate parents, end up with a $2 million per dose price tag?
Your weekend longread:
Your weekend longread:
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Across Africa, a growing number of people are struggling to meet their most basic needs.
See Afrobarometer's latest survey in this week’s issue.
See Afrobarometer's latest survey in this week’s issue.
February 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Across Africa, a growing number of people are struggling to meet their most basic needs.
See Afrobarometer's latest survey in this week’s issue.
See Afrobarometer's latest survey in this week’s issue.
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January price hikes are just the beginning. Pharma companies are lobbying to strip away cost controls, meaning even higher prices ahead. Congress must stop this. Read more here: bit.ly/4gu5A86
Big Pharma hikes prices of 250 drugs in January
Several large drugmakers, including Pfizer, Bristol Myers Squibb and Sanofi, increased the list prices of their drugs this month.
bit.ly
February 16, 2025 at 6:04 AM
January price hikes are just the beginning. Pharma companies are lobbying to strip away cost controls, meaning even higher prices ahead. Congress must stop this. Read more here: bit.ly/4gu5A86
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"This collection highlights violation, subjugation and unfettered patriarchy."
Anchita Ghatak reviews 'Our Stories, Our Struggle: Violence and the Lives of Women, edited by Mitali Chakravarty and Ratnottama Sengupta.'
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#BookReview #Literature #ViolenceAgainstWomen
Anchita Ghatak reviews 'Our Stories, Our Struggle: Violence and the Lives of Women, edited by Mitali Chakravarty and Ratnottama Sengupta.'
scroll.in/article/1079...
#BookReview #Literature #ViolenceAgainstWomen
February 15, 2025 at 5:49 AM
"This collection highlights violation, subjugation and unfettered patriarchy."
Anchita Ghatak reviews 'Our Stories, Our Struggle: Violence and the Lives of Women, edited by Mitali Chakravarty and Ratnottama Sengupta.'
scroll.in/article/1079...
#BookReview #Literature #ViolenceAgainstWomen
Anchita Ghatak reviews 'Our Stories, Our Struggle: Violence and the Lives of Women, edited by Mitali Chakravarty and Ratnottama Sengupta.'
scroll.in/article/1079...
#BookReview #Literature #ViolenceAgainstWomen
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#medsky#pedsky#idsky#immunosky 🧪
In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach!
Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵
In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach!
Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵
A Single-Dose Breakthrough: PfSPZ-LARC Vaccines Offer Transformative Protection Against Malaria – Sanaria
sanaria.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#medsky#pedsky#idsky#immunosky 🧪
In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach!
Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵
In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach!
Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵
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Links to my media etc on #AtlasNetwork's history of fossil fuel funding of anti-climate policy, anti-Indigenous campaigns, neoliberal & authoritarian policies in #Auspol, #NZpol and globally. My scholarly work also at Researchgate & my UTS page. Pls send wide!
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) List of and links to international media appearances, interviews, quotes & mentions, submissions to and mentions in Australian Parliament, re: my research on fossil fuel disinformation, attacks ...
PDF | List of and links to international media appearances, interviews, quotes & mentions, submissions to and mentions in Australian Parliament, re: my... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
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February 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Links to my media etc on #AtlasNetwork's history of fossil fuel funding of anti-climate policy, anti-Indigenous campaigns, neoliberal & authoritarian policies in #Auspol, #NZpol and globally. My scholarly work also at Researchgate & my UTS page. Pls send wide!
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Wise advice for these troubled times from Sociologist Jennifer Walter
January 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Wise advice for these troubled times from Sociologist Jennifer Walter
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With thanks to Emily Pearl:
Wise and important words from sociologist Jennifer Walter about what is happening in this country right now and what to do about it:
"As a sociologist, I need to tell you:
Your overwhelm is the goal. 1/5
Wise and important words from sociologist Jennifer Walter about what is happening in this country right now and what to do about it:
"As a sociologist, I need to tell you:
Your overwhelm is the goal. 1/5
January 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
With thanks to Emily Pearl:
Wise and important words from sociologist Jennifer Walter about what is happening in this country right now and what to do about it:
"As a sociologist, I need to tell you:
Your overwhelm is the goal. 1/5
Wise and important words from sociologist Jennifer Walter about what is happening in this country right now and what to do about it:
"As a sociologist, I need to tell you:
Your overwhelm is the goal. 1/5
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In @plosglobalpublichealth.org we reflect how conflicts leave indelible marks on societies, yet their effects are neither evenly distributed nor universally endured, with women, newborns, and children being among the most vulnerable. Need for urgent action journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
January 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
In @plosglobalpublichealth.org we reflect how conflicts leave indelible marks on societies, yet their effects are neither evenly distributed nor universally endured, with women, newborns, and children being among the most vulnerable. Need for urgent action journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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“I have a very simple recipe that I’ve been using for years now. Make sure that you know your numbers, that’s important. Be sure to have a strategy, and an implementation plan. Then, do your monitoring.”
bhekisisa.org/article/prof...
bhekisisa.org/article/prof...
Yogan Pillay, SA’s healthcare’s insider outsider - Bhekisisa
Yogan Pillay has worked under every health minister since 1994, making him the ultimate healthcare insider. Now he’s an outsider, but one with tremendous influence. Sean Christie visited him at home i...
bhekisisa.org
January 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
“I have a very simple recipe that I’ve been using for years now. Make sure that you know your numbers, that’s important. Be sure to have a strategy, and an implementation plan. Then, do your monitoring.”
bhekisisa.org/article/prof...
bhekisisa.org/article/prof...
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Peter Hotez writes on how to counter the next wave of anti-vaccine activism in @plosglobalpublichealth.org
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journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
It won’t end with COVID: Countering the next phase of American antivaccine activism 2025–29
journals.plos.org
January 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Peter Hotez writes on how to counter the next wave of anti-vaccine activism in @plosglobalpublichealth.org
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journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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“Just two drops: This is what I didn’t have”: veteran polio activist Harold Kipchumba
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
“Just two drops: This is what I didn’t have”: veteran polio activist Harold Kipchumba
Kipchumba, a former nominated Kenyan senator, has spent decades fighting for the vaccine he didn’t get.
www.gavi.org
January 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“Just two drops: This is what I didn’t have”: veteran polio activist Harold Kipchumba
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
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The outdated, elite-dominated international charity sector needs to hand over the money and power to those in the global south for whom aid is intended - Halima Begum @oxfamgb.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘It’s about solidarity, not charity’: the Oxfam chief seeking to decolonise the aid sector
Halima Begum outlines her vision for what she sees as a ‘broken model’, with more power over spending given directly to the affected communities
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The outdated, elite-dominated international charity sector needs to hand over the money and power to those in the global south for whom aid is intended - Halima Begum @oxfamgb.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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“a well-organized, financed, politically motivated, and steadily globalizing campaign of disinformation & attacks against science that makes it difficult to mount an effective global response to the climate & pandemic threats”
@michaelemann.bsky.social & Hotez
skepticalinquirer.org/2024/12/a-tr...
@michaelemann.bsky.social & Hotez
skepticalinquirer.org/2024/12/a-tr...
A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science | Skeptical Inquirer
Over the past decade, many of us in the scientific community have come to appreciate the existential threat we face today—a threat unlike any we’ve witnesse ...
skepticalinquirer.org
January 2, 2025 at 6:11 AM
“a well-organized, financed, politically motivated, and steadily globalizing campaign of disinformation & attacks against science that makes it difficult to mount an effective global response to the climate & pandemic threats”
@michaelemann.bsky.social & Hotez
skepticalinquirer.org/2024/12/a-tr...
@michaelemann.bsky.social & Hotez
skepticalinquirer.org/2024/12/a-tr...
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"Access to essential medicines remains a global challenge. Medicines consistently display high prices, low affordability, and poor availability"
Sobering study with data from 54 low-income and middle-income countries
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Sobering study with data from 54 low-income and middle-income countries
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
December 27, 2024 at 2:06 PM
"Access to essential medicines remains a global challenge. Medicines consistently display high prices, low affordability, and poor availability"
Sobering study with data from 54 low-income and middle-income countries
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Sobering study with data from 54 low-income and middle-income countries
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
The billionaire has become one of the most prominent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.
www.newsweek.com
December 25, 2024 at 3:54 AM
If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
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Alex's deadline is Saturday. If you've ever shared an 'oh no' comic - especially if you shared this doctored one with a fourth panel added! rude! - then chuck them a quick donation for their horrible, horrible legal battle.
November 28, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Alex's deadline is Saturday. If you've ever shared an 'oh no' comic - especially if you shared this doctored one with a fourth panel added! rude! - then chuck them a quick donation for their horrible, horrible legal battle.
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OK so:
1. I am moving my newsletter from Substack to Buttondown, as of today, due to the pro-Nazi stance of Substack founders.
2. This has been a very scary process
3. If you'd like to support me going forward and get tons of nice emails about sandwiches, click here: buttondown.email/theswordandt...
1. I am moving my newsletter from Substack to Buttondown, as of today, due to the pro-Nazi stance of Substack founders.
2. This has been a very scary process
3. If you'd like to support me going forward and get tons of nice emails about sandwiches, click here: buttondown.email/theswordandt...
Stripe Checkout
buttondown.email
January 1, 2024 at 10:38 PM
OK so:
1. I am moving my newsletter from Substack to Buttondown, as of today, due to the pro-Nazi stance of Substack founders.
2. This has been a very scary process
3. If you'd like to support me going forward and get tons of nice emails about sandwiches, click here: buttondown.email/theswordandt...
1. I am moving my newsletter from Substack to Buttondown, as of today, due to the pro-Nazi stance of Substack founders.
2. This has been a very scary process
3. If you'd like to support me going forward and get tons of nice emails about sandwiches, click here: buttondown.email/theswordandt...
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If you want creators to leave substack you HAVE TO follow them to new platforms and ensure they don’t lose their livelihood. They’re making brave choices and it’s your responsibility to support them through it. Follow Talia to Buttondown!!
OK so:
1. I am moving my newsletter from Substack to Buttondown, as of today, due to the pro-Nazi stance of Substack founders.
2. This has been a very scary process
3. If you'd like to support me going forward and get tons of nice emails about sandwiches, click here: buttondown.email/theswordandt...
1. I am moving my newsletter from Substack to Buttondown, as of today, due to the pro-Nazi stance of Substack founders.
2. This has been a very scary process
3. If you'd like to support me going forward and get tons of nice emails about sandwiches, click here: buttondown.email/theswordandt...
Stripe Checkout
buttondown.email
January 1, 2024 at 10:53 PM
If you want creators to leave substack you HAVE TO follow them to new platforms and ensure they don’t lose their livelihood. They’re making brave choices and it’s your responsibility to support them through it. Follow Talia to Buttondown!!
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please read kairi's thread (and also please *report* his account/any actionable posts) twitter never took action despite the restraining order. i need shit to be different here.
January 2, 2024 at 7:52 AM
please read kairi's thread (and also please *report* his account/any actionable posts) twitter never took action despite the restraining order. i need shit to be different here.