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Alan Regenberg

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Bioethicist, etc: Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. Ethics & emerging biotech. Curator: @bermaninstitute.bsky.social. Baltimore enthusiast. He/Him.

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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 7h
Freeman Family Ethics for Lunch: Case Presentation & Discussion | "Paid Advocates" | Tuesday, Oct. 20, Noon. Open to all, lunch provided, attend in person: Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Room S101. Link for more info: mailchi.mp/jhu/z6pu34uy...
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Ethics for Lunch, Oct. 20, Paid Advocates
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 6h
They Created a Cell That’s Almost Alive. What to Do With It Now? SpudCells may one day produce new medicines and materials. But first scientists have to improve them — and make sure they aren’t misused. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/s...
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They Created a Cell That’s Almost Alive. What to Do With It Now?
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 6h
The Trump administration adds back some people it kicked off of ACA health insurance : NPR www.npr.org/2026/10/15/n...
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After booting 760K off ACA health plans, the Trump administration adds some people back
The Trump administration provided few details about its process for canceling hundreds of thousands of Affordable Care Act enrollments — even as the next stage of the anti-fraud effort is underway.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 6h
Hmm. Maybe this whole AI thing is better than I'd thought... AI Agent Reportedly Deletes an Entire Season of Reality TV Show gizmodo.com/ai-agent-rep...
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AI Agent Reportedly Deletes an Entire Season of Reality TV Show
The second season of Sweden’s version of 'The Challenge' has now been pushed to 2027 just weeks before its scheduled premiere.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 6h
Raw Chicken, Malnutrition and Fear: The ‘Nightmare’ of Being Pregnant in an ICE Detention Camp. For six months of her pregnancy, Maria was held in an immigrant camp in Texas, where conditions made it impossible for her to care for herself or her baby. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/10/14/t...
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Raw Chicken, Malnutrition and Fear: The ‘Nightmare’ of Being Pregnant in an ICE Detention Camp
For six months of her pregnancy, Maria was held in an immigrant camp in Texas, where conditions made it impossible for her to care for herself or her baby.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 11h
Ethics and Life Sciences Weekly Roundup | Mind Reading, Psychedelics, Attention, Will AI Scoop Your Science? AI Detector, Human Organoids in a Mouse Brain, Embryo Model Challenges, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/sciencee...
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Ethics and Life Sciences Weekly Roundup
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 18h
AI Ethics & Governance Weekly Roundup | Slash, Prune, or Let It Grow? False AI Homicide Tip, Influence Campaigns, ChatGPT for Teens Worries, Say 'No', Fake Fear? Should We Treat AI Like It Is Human? + Much More mailchi.mp/37b9b2fb2598...
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AI Ethics & Governance Roundup
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Come visit us at #ASBH2026 - Table 4 - learn more about the new season of playing god? podcast, our #bioethics education/training opportunities, the (m)oral histories project, grab a pen and some candy, win a tote bag! - or just stop by to say ‘hi’. We will be here all day on Thurs/Fri.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - This Week - New Pod Episode: Gut Strings, Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture, #STATWunderkinds, Ethics for Lunch, Uncapped, Laughing at Leeches? Newborn Genetic Screening, BI at #ASBH26, + Much More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“Even now, more than 140 days after the outbreak was declared, most new cases are appearing outside the chains of transmission that health workers are tracking, and between one-third and two-thirds of deaths are occurring not in treatment centers but in people’s homes and communities.”
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Opinion | Ebola Has Never Spread This Quickly Before
This outbreak was detected late, giving the virus a head start.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Ukrainian soldiers in combat have access to Starlink satellite internet restricted
Outage of terminals managed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX comes as Russia launches ballistic missiles at Ukraine without any advance warning from US
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture Emphasizes #Bioethics in Health Care. More than 700 attended the event. Keynote speaker @jeffkahnbioethics.bsky.social explored Henrietta Lacks’ story, the history of bioethics & the implications for the future of ethical research. www.newswise.com/articles/hen...
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Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture Emphasizes Bioethics in Health Care | Newswise
BALTIMORE, MD — More than 700 people attended the 16th Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture in person and virtually on Saturday, Oct. 10. The lecture was held at Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Turner Auditorium...
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
#Bioethics in the Academic Lit - This Week - Rock Bottom Is Not a Motivator, Ethics of Psychedelics in Clinical Research, Enhancing Postpartum Care for Incarcerated People w Opioid Use Disorder, Surrogate Decision-Making for Older Adults With and Without Dementia, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
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Bioethics in the Academic Literature: October 13, 2026
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
ICYMI, Watch Now! James Colgrove, PhD, MPH, "The Costs of Coercion: Vaccination Mandates in the U.S. After COVID." www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ai0...
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The Costs of Coercion: Vaccination Mandates in the U.S. After COVID with James Colgrove, PhD, MPH
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
For musician Loren Ludwig, learning had long offered a way through personal obstacles. An unexpected colon cancer diagnosis challenged that confidence. playing god? presents... 'Gut Strings' explores medical uncertainty with Loren and bioethicist Gail Geller. Written and produced by Simon Adler.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A sixth measles-related death is reported in Pennsylvania. A local county coroner announced the death. The state’s health department said it is “conducting a thorough review.” www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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A sixth measles-related death is reported in Pennsylvania
A local county coroner announced the death. The state’s health department said it is “conducting a thorough review.”
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
[EVENT] Kirubel Mussie will share his recent work exploring the ethical implications of AI for clinical decision-making, particularly for African health systems, and the governance of AI-generated health intelligence. Oct 22, Noon. Join in person or online. Info: publichealth.jhu.edu/events/2026/...
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Well-Being With AI Works in Progress | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Berman Institute at #ASBH26: The annual ASBH conference is this week! Link to check out all the presentations from members of our community & be sure to visit us in the exhibit hall. bioethics.jhu.edu/asbh/the-ber...
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The Berman Institute at ASBH 2026 - Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau. Paul Offit said, “He’s taking advantage of a developing country … Is it because children in Africa are more expendable than children here?” | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Bioethics Seminar, TODAY, Noon - James Colgrove, PhD, MPH, MA, "The Costs of Coercion: Vaccination Mandates in the U.S. After COVID." Open to all, attend in person, lunch provided. @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social room W1030. Link for more info: mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
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Bioethics Seminar, TODAY, The Costs of Coercion: Vaccination Mandates in the U.S. After COVID with James Colgrove, PhD, MPH, MA
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Uncapped: A couple who chose eternal youth must decide whether to grow old again in order to have a child. A short story about love, mortality, and the price of a family by Travis Rieder | Daily Philosophy daily-philosophy.com/rieder-uncap...
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Uncapped
A couple who chose eternal youth must decide whether to grow old again in order to have a child. A short story about love, mortality, and the price of a family.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Legality of Genetic Privacy in Newborn Screening | At ICoNS, Natalie Ram, JD, discussed legal protections surrounding genetic testing and data usage by insurers and law enforcement. www.insideprecisionmedicine.com/topics/patie...
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The Legality of Genetic Privacy in Newborn Screening
At ICoNS, Natalie Ram, JD, discussed legal protections surrounding genetic testing and data usage by insurers and law enforcement.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Surrogate Decision-Making for Older Adults With and Without Dementia: Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Scott Halpern, Kenneth Langa, Mario Macis | JAMA Network Open jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Surrogate Decision-Making for Older Adults With and Without Dementia
This survey study assesses factors associated with respondent recommendations for surrogates to choose life-sustaining treatments vs comfort care for hypothetical older patients with or without dement...
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Enhancing postpartum care for incarcerated people with opioid use disorder: A multi-modal intervention for jail staff - Rosemary Laine, Camille Kramer, Alvina Pan, Mishka Terplan, Kevin Fiscella, Carolyn Sufrin | Journal of Correctional Health Care pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Enhancing postpartum care for incarcerated people with opioid use disorder: A multi-modal intervention for jail staff
Incarcerated postpartum individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) are vulnerable to poor health outcomes, but care provision in custody for this population is variable. Addressing their distinct need...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"The government is legally forbidden by a court order from converting the Roxbury site to a detention facility... But an NPR investigation has found signs that the facility is being used. The state's Office of the Attorney General is looking into similar reports..." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Holy shit FOUR members of the ethics committee in Denmark that gave the green light to allow the widely-condemned RFK Jr-funded trial to proceed in Guinea-Bissau have now resigned in protest This quote is 🔥 Great reporting by @melodyschreiber.com www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Stig Børsen Hansen, a founding member who was one of two reviewers who presented the study to the Danish committee, resigned from the group in protest on Friday, citing major ethical issues with the study.

“You are now enrolling newborns in a lottery to test a hypothesis,” Hansen said. The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage. “They contract hepatitis B in the context of being part of a research project,” Hansen said, which made their infection happen, in effect, “by design”.

Three other members of the committee have also resigned in protest.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Harris County TX. He's hospitalized: "ICE claimed the man ran in front of the agents' vehicle and was struck. However, the surveillance video appears to show the SUV veering left through empty parking spaces before running the man over..." abc7.com/story/ice-ru...
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ICE agent strikes man with car during pursuit in Texas, authorities say: VIDEO
Surveillance video shows the moment an unmarked SUV carrying ICE agents ran over a man during a pursuit at a shopping center in Texas.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The NYPD just released surveillance video of the ICE shooting (which occurred off camera). Two men in civilian clothes run up to a car with guns drawn. One second later, one man begins smashing the butt of his gun into the driver’s side window. The driver appears to panic and hit the gas.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Millions Lose Private Medicare Plans and Face Rising Costs - As enrollment for Medicare Advantage begins this month, older Americans are confronting fewer options because insurers are discontinuing coverage in many areas. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/b...
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Private Medicare Plans Are Raising Costs And Forcing Millions To Find New Insurance
As enrollment for Medicare Advantage begins this month, older Americans are confronting fewer options because insurers are discontinuing coverage in many areas.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump announces plan to prolong the war in Ukraine (and murder of civilians) by importing Russian diesel fuel. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
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Trump Says He Will Import Russian Diesel Fuel Amid High Prices
President Trump said Russia had agreed to ship potentially millions of tons of diesel fuel in the coming months. But Russia has an ongoing ban on exporting diesel.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Julián Curo-Churata died in ICE custody on Sept 29th. His pleas for medical attention in ICE detention were ignored, lawyer says. Baltimore Banner www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
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Laurel man’s pleas for medical attention in ICE detention were ignored, lawyer says
An attorney representing the family says he is investigating the circumstances surrounding Julián Curo-Churata’s death at a Louisiana facility on Sept. 29.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
An Anthropic AI model submitted a false tip about an unsolved murder to the Philadelphia police tip line on July 18, but Anthropic didn’t discover the behavior until September 28. The police had not seen the tip because it was marked as spam. | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2026/10/09/a...
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An Anthropic AI model sent a false homicide tip to Philadelphia police | TechCrunch
Anthropic did not discover this behavior until over two months after its AI submitted the false tip.
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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free.
APA Women’s Leadership Institute event flyer with “keynote speaker” crossed out with a red X
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ChatGPT for Teens has special safeguards. A watchdog group finds most don't work. | NPR www.npr.org/2026/10/09/n...
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ChatGPT for Teens has special safeguards. A watchdog group finds most don't work
A study from Common Sense Media says most safeguards in ChatGPT for Teens failed. The chatbot talks to teens like a friend and doesn't alert parents when users talk about self-harm and suicide.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Before you laugh at leeches: The pioneering Department of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University examines our medical past without judgment. With Department Director and Berman Institute faculty member, Jeremy Greene | Hub hub.jhu.edu/magazine/202...
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Before you laugh at leeches
The pioneering Department of the History of Medicine examines our medical past without judgment
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ethics for lunch: A lunch and learn program gives clinicians at Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Johns Hopkins Hospital the opportunity to learn more about clinical ethics topics. WIth our Mark Hughes. 🧵 | Hub hub.jhu.edu/magazine/202...
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Ethics for lunch
A lunch and learn program gives clinicians at Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Johns Hopkins Hospital the opportunity to learn more about clinical ethics topics
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hunger grips a rural community hit by Trump’s cuts. Those on the front lines of feeding their neighbors in West Virginia’s coal country say they face unprecedented challenges brought on by Republicans in Washington. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Hunger grips a rural community hit by Trump’s cuts
Those on the front lines of feeding their neighbors in West Virginia’s coal country say they face unprecedented challenges brought on by Washington.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Curious details in this plainly corrupt effort. Case is assigned to the DOJ Civil Rights Div., cuz: 'reasons'. Prior efforts to depose Hutchinson were blocked by Mike Johnson, who was concerned it could surface damaging texts of a sexual nature sent to her. | WIRED www.wired.com/story/the-do...
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The DOJ Is Weighing Perjury Charges Against Cassidy Hutchinson
The Justice Department is considering a perjury and obstruction-of-justice case against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide who testified against Donald Trump to the January 6 committee.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Another Shoe Is About To Drop. Trump targets the most vulnerable. | Dan Rather and Team Steady steady.substack.com/p/another-sh...
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Another Shoe Is About To Drop
Trump targets the most vulnerable
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Global #FoodEthics and Policy Program Weekly Roundup | Salmonella Contamination, Farmed Fish Secrets, Raw Milk Ban Call, Tanking Enrollment, Complacency, Food Sovereignty, Refined Crop Modelling, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/we3frp22...
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Global Food Ethics and Policy Program: News Roundup
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Three Republican-led US states label abortion drugs a 'public nuisance' in bid to curb access | Reuters www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US states label abortion drugs a 'public nuisance' in bid to curb access
Three Republican-led US states are testing a novel legal argument as they seek to stem the flow of abortion pills to residents who can still obtain ​them from out-of-state providers despite their abor...
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
[EVENT] MRCT Center 2026 Annual Symposium - The Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard: Oct 21, 8a – Oct 22, 2026, 2p. Panelists include our Joe Ali. Free & open to all, link for info & registration: mrctcenter.org/tribe-events...
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MRCT Center 2026 Annual Symposium
Meeting JOIN US! MRCT Center 2026 Annual Symposium The MRCT Center Annual Symposium returns to Boston for a full day...
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Most of this farm-grown seafood is raised on other seafood taken from the oceans."
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New! Ethics of psychedelics in clinical research: a state-of-the-field review. By Katherine Cheung @katherinecheung.bsky.social, Edward Jacobs, David B Yaden | JME Practical Bioethics jmepb.bmj.com/content/2/4/...
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Ethics of psychedelics in clinical research: a state-of-the-field review
Psychedelics—psychoactive substances that have characteristic effects on perception, cognition and mood—are attracting renewed clinical and policy attention for their potential to treat a range of con...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
UN Warns Against Technology Used to Read Citizens’ Minds. A report by the secretary-general warned that new technologies could be used to access and criminalize people’s innermost thoughts. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...
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U.N. Warns Against Technology Used to Read Citizens’ Minds
A report by the secretary-general warned that new technologies could be used to access and criminalize people’s innermost thoughts.
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