Solveig A. Cunningham
@solveigac.bsky.social
Demographer, sociologist, global health scientist
Study Finds Social Isolation Could Lead to Cognitive Decline | Emory University - Rollins School of Public Health sph.emory.edu/news/study-f...
Study Finds Social Isolation Could Lead to Cognitive Decline
Social isolation and cognitive decline, including the development of Alzheimer’s disease, could be closely intertwined, according to new research from the Rollins School of Public Health and Universit...
sph.emory.edu
December 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Study Finds Social Isolation Could Lead to Cognitive Decline | Emory University - Rollins School of Public Health sph.emory.edu/news/study-f...
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The participants at #REVES2025 Conference in Tampere 🇫🇮!
REVES is the International Network on Health Expectancy.
REVES is the International Network on Health Expectancy.
May 15, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The participants at #REVES2025 Conference in Tampere 🇫🇮!
REVES is the International Network on Health Expectancy.
REVES is the International Network on Health Expectancy.
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“A researcher who has spent more than 2 decades with NIH’s intramural research program believes the world’s largest biomedical agency will never be the same. “However bad everyone on the outside thinks it is, it is a million times worse. They’re dismantling and destroying everything.””
Francis Collins: “Reckless decisions will disrupt a noble institution with a stunningly positive track record, drive young scientists to leave the country, and damage the future health of the nation." www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH insiders: Trump is ‘dismantling and destroying everything’
After just 100 days, agency scientists say U.S. health institutes are demoralized and have lost essential staff and funding
www.science.org
May 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
“A researcher who has spent more than 2 decades with NIH’s intramural research program believes the world’s largest biomedical agency will never be the same. “However bad everyone on the outside thinks it is, it is a million times worse. They’re dismantling and destroying everything.””
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Yes, Trump intends to massively cut the NIH/NSF budgets.
But the rescission procedure in the Impoundment Control Act DOES allow cutting the NIH/NSF budgets within the law IF Trump can get a majority in both houses.
We can act now to block those majorities by tying this to cuts in medical cures.
But the rescission procedure in the Impoundment Control Act DOES allow cutting the NIH/NSF budgets within the law IF Trump can get a majority in both houses.
We can act now to block those majorities by tying this to cuts in medical cures.
For universities with substantial NIH/NSF funding, they're already facing a significant budget cut. Reminder that both NSF and NIH spending are down 40-50% and the budget year ends in September. It's hard to know what the overall cut will be, but there will be one (even though this violates the law)
Duke University is planning to cut 10% of expenses—$350 million—which will entail hundreds of voluntary buyouts likely followed by involuntary staffing cuts.
The university blames loss of federal funding, particularly grants.
www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
The university blames loss of federal funding, particularly grants.
www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
May 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Yes, Trump intends to massively cut the NIH/NSF budgets.
But the rescission procedure in the Impoundment Control Act DOES allow cutting the NIH/NSF budgets within the law IF Trump can get a majority in both houses.
We can act now to block those majorities by tying this to cuts in medical cures.
But the rescission procedure in the Impoundment Control Act DOES allow cutting the NIH/NSF budgets within the law IF Trump can get a majority in both houses.
We can act now to block those majorities by tying this to cuts in medical cures.
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Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, has died at 104.
Julia Parsons, U.S. Navy Code Breaker During World War II, Dies at 104
Soon after her officer training in Washington, she was recruited to a classified code-breaking team. She kept her work secret for decades, even from her family.
www.nytimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, has died at 104.
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😂🤖 Humour makes scientists more likable – and credible
A new study found that when scientists use satire and anthropomorphism together on social media, they are seen as more likable and more legitimate.
🔗 doi.org/10.22323/2.2...
#SciComm 🧪 #SocialMedia
A new study found that when scientists use satire and anthropomorphism together on social media, they are seen as more likable and more legitimate.
🔗 doi.org/10.22323/2.2...
#SciComm 🧪 #SocialMedia
Wit meets wisdom: the relationship between satire and anthropomorphic humor on scientists' likability and legitimacy
We conducted an experiment examining public response to scientists' use of different types of humor (satire, anthropomorphism, and a combination of the two) to communicate about AI on Twitter/X....
doi.org
April 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
😂🤖 Humour makes scientists more likable – and credible
A new study found that when scientists use satire and anthropomorphism together on social media, they are seen as more likable and more legitimate.
🔗 doi.org/10.22323/2.2...
#SciComm 🧪 #SocialMedia
A new study found that when scientists use satire and anthropomorphism together on social media, they are seen as more likable and more legitimate.
🔗 doi.org/10.22323/2.2...
#SciComm 🧪 #SocialMedia
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Extraordinary, frank commentary in Nature by G. Wojcik “Geneticists . .must stand against a global rise of white nationalism, which seeks to leverage scientific racism for eugenicist goals, & stop its talking points from entering the mainstream political discourse.”
🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.
www.nature.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Extraordinary, frank commentary in Nature by G. Wojcik “Geneticists . .must stand against a global rise of white nationalism, which seeks to leverage scientific racism for eugenicist goals, & stop its talking points from entering the mainstream political discourse.”
🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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When did we all just agree that the federal government is bloated and could benefit from cuts?
I keep seeing this as a throwaway statement before media outlets criticize Trump, Musk, and DOGE. But it’s transparently false.
Many government offices are actually severely understaffed.
I keep seeing this as a throwaway statement before media outlets criticize Trump, Musk, and DOGE. But it’s transparently false.
Many government offices are actually severely understaffed.
March 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When did we all just agree that the federal government is bloated and could benefit from cuts?
I keep seeing this as a throwaway statement before media outlets criticize Trump, Musk, and DOGE. But it’s transparently false.
Many government offices are actually severely understaffed.
I keep seeing this as a throwaway statement before media outlets criticize Trump, Musk, and DOGE. But it’s transparently false.
Many government offices are actually severely understaffed.
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Putin predicts Trump will 'systematically' go after Greenland https://twp.ai/1VS0vG
Putin predicts Trump will ‘systematically’ go after Greenland
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday the Trump administration will likely move to acquire Greenland “systemically” after months of swipes at the autonomous territory within the Kingdom of…
twp.ai
March 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Putin predicts Trump will 'systematically' go after Greenland https://twp.ai/1VS0vG
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3 years ago, Jim Vaupel passed away
he was an exceptional scholar, mentor, and teacher
he founded multiple influential structures in #demography
here is a short footage on how he approached the challenges
read many more warm stories at our memorial website
remembering-james-vaupel.org
he was an exceptional scholar, mentor, and teacher
he founded multiple influential structures in #demography
here is a short footage on how he approached the challenges
read many more warm stories at our memorial website
remembering-james-vaupel.org
March 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
3 years ago, Jim Vaupel passed away
he was an exceptional scholar, mentor, and teacher
he founded multiple influential structures in #demography
here is a short footage on how he approached the challenges
read many more warm stories at our memorial website
remembering-james-vaupel.org
he was an exceptional scholar, mentor, and teacher
he founded multiple influential structures in #demography
here is a short footage on how he approached the challenges
read many more warm stories at our memorial website
remembering-james-vaupel.org
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Recommended read: An editorial in @nature.com urged the global science community to resist Donald Trump’s "assault on science and international institutions”.
Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere
US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.
buff.ly
March 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Recommended read: An editorial in @nature.com urged the global science community to resist Donald Trump’s "assault on science and international institutions”.
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Tinseltown was once a hotbed of resistance to Maga.
Now even Oscar-nominated films are being buried by nervous movie execs for fear of offending the president
Now even Oscar-nominated films are being buried by nervous movie execs for fear of offending the president
‘A collective capitulation to fear’: How Hollywood bowed to Trump
www.thetimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Tinseltown was once a hotbed of resistance to Maga.
Now even Oscar-nominated films are being buried by nervous movie execs for fear of offending the president
Now even Oscar-nominated films are being buried by nervous movie execs for fear of offending the president
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Trump & Musk are teeing up their biggest target yet: Social Security. They're using "fraud" as a political tool to justify the attack. Social Security has long been the rock of the welfare state. It comprises 40% of income for older adults. It's so popular, the GOP loves it just as much as Dems 1/
February 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Trump & Musk are teeing up their biggest target yet: Social Security. They're using "fraud" as a political tool to justify the attack. Social Security has long been the rock of the welfare state. It comprises 40% of income for older adults. It's so popular, the GOP loves it just as much as Dems 1/
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Powerful. Tomorrow’s front page of the most influential weekly publication in Germany.
“BETRAYED. First Zelensky, Soon Us? The radical departure of the US from its allies.”
“BETRAYED. First Zelensky, Soon Us? The radical departure of the US from its allies.”
February 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Powerful. Tomorrow’s front page of the most influential weekly publication in Germany.
“BETRAYED. First Zelensky, Soon Us? The radical departure of the US from its allies.”
“BETRAYED. First Zelensky, Soon Us? The radical departure of the US from its allies.”
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Climate change is moving faster than scientists projected & they're not totally sure why. One possible explanation is declining cloud cover. If that's true, we may be entering a feedback cycle that accelerates warming much faster than we've modeled.
Scientists have a new explanation for the last two years of record heat
Rising temperatures are fueled, in part, by declining cloud cover — which could be a potential climate feedback loop.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Climate change is moving faster than scientists projected & they're not totally sure why. One possible explanation is declining cloud cover. If that's true, we may be entering a feedback cycle that accelerates warming much faster than we've modeled.
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Found this quote today at the Amsterdam Resistance museum. It felt a bit timely as my former institution dumps any attempt to anticipate climate impact or broaden the econ tent.
February 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Found this quote today at the Amsterdam Resistance museum. It felt a bit timely as my former institution dumps any attempt to anticipate climate impact or broaden the econ tent.
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European Parliament member 👇🏽
February 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
European Parliament member 👇🏽
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BLUE boosters and influencers to follow 😀😍💙🌈💚🌊🌎🌹
@fredbluevoter.bsky.social
@rubicon1313.bsky.social
@simonjester007.bsky.social
@simplyskye.bsky.social
@sinfulskin2.bsky.social
@snarky-op.bsky.social
@softtail65.bsky.social
@stronger3gether.bsky.social
@therougerogue.bsky.social
@fredbluevoter.bsky.social
@rubicon1313.bsky.social
@simonjester007.bsky.social
@simplyskye.bsky.social
@sinfulskin2.bsky.social
@snarky-op.bsky.social
@softtail65.bsky.social
@stronger3gether.bsky.social
@therougerogue.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
BLUE boosters and influencers to follow 😀😍💙🌈💚🌊🌎🌹
@fredbluevoter.bsky.social
@rubicon1313.bsky.social
@simonjester007.bsky.social
@simplyskye.bsky.social
@sinfulskin2.bsky.social
@snarky-op.bsky.social
@softtail65.bsky.social
@stronger3gether.bsky.social
@therougerogue.bsky.social
@fredbluevoter.bsky.social
@rubicon1313.bsky.social
@simonjester007.bsky.social
@simplyskye.bsky.social
@sinfulskin2.bsky.social
@snarky-op.bsky.social
@softtail65.bsky.social
@stronger3gether.bsky.social
@therougerogue.bsky.social
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
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Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private email server or Elon Musk giving full access to all government information to a nineteen-year old named Big Balls with ties to a child pornography collective known for its extortion techniques, both sides have played loose with security.
February 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private email server or Elon Musk giving full access to all government information to a nineteen-year old named Big Balls with ties to a child pornography collective known for its extortion techniques, both sides have played loose with security.
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Yambo's DOJ Accused Of Deleting Jan.6 Online Evidence: Federal courts and judges have repeatedly ordered that any evidence or exhibits tied to Jan. 6 cases be placed in an online portal. But some of those records seem to have “disappeared” over the last week, according to a motion filed Tuesday in…
Yambo's DOJ Accused Of Deleting Jan.6 Online Evidence
Federal courts and judges have repeatedly ordered that any evidence or exhibits tied to Jan. 6 cases be placed in an online portal. But some of those records seem to have “disappeared” over the last week, according to a motion filed Tuesday in federal…
crooksandliars.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Yambo's DOJ Accused Of Deleting Jan.6 Online Evidence: Federal courts and judges have repeatedly ordered that any evidence or exhibits tied to Jan. 6 cases be placed in an online portal. But some of those records seem to have “disappeared” over the last week, according to a motion filed Tuesday in…
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📌They are wiping entire government agencies off the grid, dismantling others, and installing corporate raiders to steal our information and money.
📌They have been planning this for YEARS.
📌And our media doesn't even have the expertise and/or nerve to call it what it is:
📌A COUP
📌They have been planning this for YEARS.
📌And our media doesn't even have the expertise and/or nerve to call it what it is:
📌A COUP
February 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
📌They are wiping entire government agencies off the grid, dismantling others, and installing corporate raiders to steal our information and money.
📌They have been planning this for YEARS.
📌And our media doesn't even have the expertise and/or nerve to call it what it is:
📌A COUP
📌They have been planning this for YEARS.
📌And our media doesn't even have the expertise and/or nerve to call it what it is:
📌A COUP
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@peacelovedemocracy.bsky.social No we are not going back! We the people!!
February 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
@peacelovedemocracy.bsky.social No we are not going back! We the people!!
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Just when you think you’ve seen the dumbest shit imaginable…the House GOP leaps right over it to the absolutely dumbest shit humanly possible.
February 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Just when you think you’ve seen the dumbest shit imaginable…the House GOP leaps right over it to the absolutely dumbest shit humanly possible.
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This is all 'the battle.' There isn't 'waiting for the right' one anymore. They know precisely what they are doing and it's meant to keep us pacing back and forth waiting for the 'right battle.' Stop dicking around and pick any battle. Get in the fight now. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
February 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is all 'the battle.' There isn't 'waiting for the right' one anymore. They know precisely what they are doing and it's meant to keep us pacing back and forth waiting for the 'right battle.' Stop dicking around and pick any battle. Get in the fight now. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...