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Nishant Kishore
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Computational Epidemiologist | Infectious Disease Modeling | Digital Disease Surveillance Systems
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amybrown.xyz
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽
July 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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yalesph.bsky.social
As of July 6, the United States reported 1,281 measles cases in 2025, the highest total since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000.

1/5
July 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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anildash.com
This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
July 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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emilymbender.bsky.social
Come for the clear description of what's behind the chatbot interface, stay for the :chef's kiss: footnotes. (Always read the footnotes!)

scatter.wordpress.com/2025/04/27/i...
it’s the interface
A whole lot of people – including computer scientists who should know better and academics who are usually thoughtful – are caught up in fanciful, magical beliefs about chatbots. Any su…
scatter.wordpress.com
April 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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apha.org
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is a danger to the public’s health and should resign or be fired, says APHA. In just a few short weeks, his actions on vacccines, fluoride and other public health science have shown how wrong he is for the job. Read & share our statement: apha.org/news-and-med...
Secretary RFK Jr. is a danger to the public’s health and should resign or be fired, says APHA. Logo
April 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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angierasmussen.bsky.social
“The attack on some of us is an attack on all of us, and we must stand together.”

-@daltmann.bsky.social & me in Nature Reviews Immunology on why everyone in the world needs to care about the destruction of American scientific and public health capacity

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How to respond when biomedical science and global health is under existential threat Daniel M. Altmann & Angela L. Rasmussen US spending in biomedicine has driven pre- eminence in academia, Nobel prizes, scientific training discovery, translation and healthcare. The associated USAID spend on global health programmes has worldwide impacts, including on the ongoing HIV eradication timeline. Current policy changes place this continued trajectory into doubt, with ramifications for international research collaborations, global health and pandemic preparedness. Scientists outside the USA have long been in awe of the size of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget that has underpinned US biomedical research. With annual spending of US$47 billion1, of which $6.6 billion are allocated to the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and $7.2 billion to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), it has facilitated the development of count- less drugs and vaccines, led to 174 Nobel prizes, and allowed millions of lives to be saved around the world. In comparison, the entire annual budget of the Gates Foundation is $8.7 billion, for the EU Horizon pro- grammes it is €7.3 billion, and for the Wellcome Trust it is £1.3 billion. NIH funding has provided a core foundation for the US biopharma and biotechnology industries, which generate about $1.55 trillion annually in economic activity and employ around 1.3 million people. This funding produces exceptional returns on federal investments. For example, the state of Pennsylvania received around $2.2 billion in NIH funding, which translated directly to $5.2 billion of economic activity and supported 22,000 jobs. Most new US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs originate from NIH-funded academic research2. As scientists, we strive to improve human health, provide education and enhance human knowledge. In addition, we offer an outstanding return on taxpayer’s investment in terms of GDP of the biopharm… a message stating that “This page does not reflect biological reality and therefore the Administration and this Department rejects it”. In response to the demand to restrict or censor topics, language or the inclusion of data including DEI-related content, some publishers, such as the Public Library of Science (PLOS), have been steadfast in their adherence to the highest international, ethical standards, whereas some other US-based organizations have found the pressure harder to withstand. A broad communications ban across the HHS and an execu- tive order to withdraw the USA from the World Health Organization (WHO) have further limited global access to critical US data, includ- ing on vaccination and influenza and HIV surveillance. For the first time in six decades, the CDC blocked the publication of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), withholding studies on H5N1 infection13. CDC investigators have been forbidden from publishing scientific work with co-authors from the WHO14. The ramifications for global health programmes are devastating. What will be the impact of US withdrawal from the WHO, including on the forecasting of seasonal flu vaccines? Antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes in sub-Saharan Africa have been the lynchpin of global efforts to contain the HIV epidemic and offer a realistic timeline for erad- ication. Around 39 million people currently live with HIV, over 1 million of these in the USA, with viral burden and the risk of transmission signif- icantly reduced by successful ART programmes. Any halt to these pro- grammes risks a large set-back, likely leading to millions of new infections and preventable HIV-related fatalities. It had been hoped that waivers to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) block would mean that ART supplies would still reach their destinations, but across Zimbabwe, Uganda, South Africa and elsewhere, Ministries of Health are struggling to keep HIV clinics open15. Among the USAID pro- grammes now …
April 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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gregggonsalves.bsky.social
One of the best rejoinders to the claims in the book by Macedo and Lee was written by @dwallacewells.bsky.social for the @nytimes.com. I urge people to read it. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/o...
Opinion | The False Premise Shaping Trump’s Public Health Picks
Nobody got Covid totally right. But the contrarians got it mostly wrong.
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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philippmarkolin.bsky.social
I encounter a lot this idea that voters will eventually see the destruction of science in the US.

That they will vote to protect it in the midterms; so best to keep a low profile, slow the assault legally, and try to survive until help arrives.

A bad misjudgement.

The cavallery will not come.

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March 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
It's pretty cool that Eater put together resources for restaurants about how to handle ICE raids
What Should You Do if ICE Comes to Your Restaurant?
We spoke to legal experts about what restaurant owners and workers can do to protect themselves from immigration raids
www.eater.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.
February 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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gregggonsalves.bsky.social
From the great Nancy Krieger: Why the US Senate Must Reject RFK Jr.—A Lethal Broken Clock www.commondreams.org/opinion/sena...
Why the US Senate Must Reject RFK Jr.—A Lethal Broken Clock | Common Dreams
As aptly stated in a public letter signed by over 700 health professionals and scientists, RFK Jr.’s “unfounded, fringe beliefs could significantly undermine public health practices across the country...
www.commondreams.org
February 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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bryandjames.bsky.social
There are so many awful asinine things going on in the country right now but I feel that it is my mission as a scientist to communicate what is happening to health research. Frankly we are in CRISIS mode--this blog post lays it all out. #episky #sciencesky www.science.org/content/blog...
What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
www.science.org
February 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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tribelaw.bsky.social
February 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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voosen.me
One impact of the NSF freeze: They fund the small nonprofit, EarthScope, that manages seismic and GPS stations used worldwide to detect and warn of earthquakes and navigate autonomous vehicles.

EarthScope can maybe make payroll this week. A prolonged freeze could see stations fail.
Earthquake warning system among projects threatened by NSF funding freeze
Small nonprofit that helps manage network could soon run out of money
www.science.org
January 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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eji.org
On this day in 1879, a Black man named Ben Daniels was arrested on suspicion of theft merely for having a $50 bill. Hours later, a white mob lynched Mr. Daniels and his two sons.
Jan. 24, 1879 | Black Family Lynched in Arkansas On “Suspicion” of Having $50 Bill
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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January 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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jensorensen.bsky.social
New comic is up: Your New Order Has Arrived www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Cartoon: Your new order has arrived
To support this work and receive my weekly newsletter with background on each cartoon, please consider joining the Sorensen Subscription Service! Also on Patreon .
www.dailykos.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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astrokatie.com
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.

I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
monscience.bsky.social Nsikan Akpan @monscience.bsky.social · Jan 22
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.

Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
liebschutz.bsky.social Jane Liebschutz, MD MPH (she/her) @liebschutz.bsky.social · Jan 22
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
The goal is to overwhelm us so we give up. Don't do that!
January 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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mcuban.bsky.social
I have and will continue to. But you know why I say it here ? Because @bsky.app is 30m strong and growing quickly. The collective wisdom and influence of users here is far greater than any individual democrat.

I can't say it enough. Bluesky can be the influence that can counter RW media.
freedomsareatstake.bsky.social freedomsareatstake.bsky.social @freedomsareatstake.bsky.social · Jan 22
No offense, Mark, but you have influence and power most of us don’t. Why don’t you speak up to those in DC you have connections with? Actions speak louder than words as you well know.
January 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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pattonoswalt.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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mluckovich.bsky.social
December 29, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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shannonrwatts.bsky.social
“The fruitless search for nonexistent common ground normalizes Trump. Democrats should not propound the dubious assertion that Trump can operate rationally and in good faith. Mouthing this platitude makes Democrats look weak, foolish and unprepared to stand up to an authoritarian agenda.”
Opinion | Democrats shouldn’t try to find ‘common ground’ with Trump
Unwise, premature and embarrassing outreach from what is supposed to be the opposition.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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mobileharv.bsky.social
The study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, showed a strong connection between place and activity by studying about 11,000 twins, which helps control for family influences and genetic factors.

research.wsu.edu/news/more-de...
More dense, populated neighborhoods inspire people to walk more
Adding strong evidence in support of “walkable” neighborhoods, a large national study found that the built environment can indeed increase how much people walk.
research.wsu.edu
December 14, 2024 at 12:55 PM