Michelle Broaddus
@michellebroaddus.bsky.social
"Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk.” -- Doug Larson
Wisconsinite, cat-lover, social media lurker. Trying to remain endlessly curious. Health, equity, data, community, policy. Stories.
Wisconsinite, cat-lover, social media lurker. Trying to remain endlessly curious. Health, equity, data, community, policy. Stories.
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"No IRB in the world would approve it." That's what every researcher has told me about saline placebo trials to test vaccines we already have.
The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Instability and whiplash’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while former top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"No IRB in the world would approve it." That's what every researcher has told me about saline placebo trials to test vaccines we already have.
The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Anyway. I've partnered with @decolonialatlas.bsky.social to distribute their incredible map of North America from an Indigenous perspective with all placenames in the native language. Paper ones sold at cost. www.mapcenter.com/store/p/turt...
Turtle Island Decolonized — The Map Center
Every map instantly creates two types of people: those who make the maps and those that are mapped. Every map represents a world view and a perspective and I’m so delighted to offer this piece that sh...
www.mapcenter.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Anyway. I've partnered with @decolonialatlas.bsky.social to distribute their incredible map of North America from an Indigenous perspective with all placenames in the native language. Paper ones sold at cost. www.mapcenter.com/store/p/turt...
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We need new professional models that don’t assume stable salaries, institutional subsidies, or invisible labor.
If we want history to thrive, we need to rethink how we value and pay for its work. 10/
If we want history to thrive, we need to rethink how we value and pay for its work. 10/
September 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We need new professional models that don’t assume stable salaries, institutional subsidies, or invisible labor.
If we want history to thrive, we need to rethink how we value and pay for its work. 10/
If we want history to thrive, we need to rethink how we value and pay for its work. 10/
If you haven't already, you may appreciate Sarah Kendzior's book They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent.
September 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
If you haven't already, you may appreciate Sarah Kendzior's book They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent.
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Academics and activists have tried to help people see that social problems are structural--that people's struggles often stem from the way systems of power and privilege prevent them from getting by or getting ahead. That kind of structural thinking is inoculation against authoritarianism.
August 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Academics and activists have tried to help people see that social problems are structural--that people's struggles often stem from the way systems of power and privilege prevent them from getting by or getting ahead. That kind of structural thinking is inoculation against authoritarianism.
I'll put a plug in for the City Watch. Like Granny, Sam Vimes really understands people (and People). And they both draw their power up from the very soles of their boots.
July 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I'll put a plug in for the City Watch. Like Granny, Sam Vimes really understands people (and People). And they both draw their power up from the very soles of their boots.
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What explicates this choice and justifies it as ethical?
Despite being considered an absolute, inviolate identity, patients are not viewed as a source of ✨knowledge✨; instead, inclusion is seen as a hoop to jump through to receive funding; and as a virtue signal rather than engaging ethically. 🧵
Despite being considered an absolute, inviolate identity, patients are not viewed as a source of ✨knowledge✨; instead, inclusion is seen as a hoop to jump through to receive funding; and as a virtue signal rather than engaging ethically. 🧵
May 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
What explicates this choice and justifies it as ethical?
Despite being considered an absolute, inviolate identity, patients are not viewed as a source of ✨knowledge✨; instead, inclusion is seen as a hoop to jump through to receive funding; and as a virtue signal rather than engaging ethically. 🧵
Despite being considered an absolute, inviolate identity, patients are not viewed as a source of ✨knowledge✨; instead, inclusion is seen as a hoop to jump through to receive funding; and as a virtue signal rather than engaging ethically. 🧵
They mean healthy fetuses, the pregnant person is irrelevant from their perspective.
May 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
They mean healthy fetuses, the pregnant person is irrelevant from their perspective.