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Sara Conroy, PhD

@episconroy.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics NCH/OSU | #episky #statsky | @OSUpublichealth and @nationwidekids: Ohio Perinatal Research Network, Center for Perinatal Research | 3 kids | she/her

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm afraid the Doomer discourse has persisted for another week (UN "AI" briefing, etc) so in case you missed this when we first put it out earlier in this bananas news cycle, I'm reposting it: buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch... w/ @alexhanna.bsky.social and @deccamuldowney.bsky.social
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What To Read To Stay Grounded Amidst AI Doomerism
Our recommendations for the anxious and perplexed By: Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna and Decca Muldowney There’s a subculture within the “AI” industry that...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care. Congenital measles is a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Tom Resing @tomresing.com · 24/09/2026
If you have concerns about AI, read this The AI Con. @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social know what's going on behind the sparkles and magic wands. #BookSky app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1520...
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Review by resing - The AI Con
If you have concerns about AI, read this book. Emily Bender and Alex Hana know what's going on...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Cost of extending ACA subsidies: $30 billion/year Cost of Trump's Iran War: $43 billion in roughly seven months (and that's a low estimate) It's not a question of what we can afford. It's a question of priorities.
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Neil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Trump Administration says this could save $2.2 billion a year. For context, the Congressional Budget Office recently estimated that US military operations in Iran have cost $38 billion as of August 1, 2026. The Trump Administration doesn’t care about the 💰. This is just about power & cruelty.
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Trump administration removes around 760,000 Obamacare enrollments, alleging fraud
Vice President JD Vance's White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud estimates the action will save roughly $2.2 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And @fractalecho.bsky.social 's 2025 Disabling Intelligences link.springer.com/book/10.1007... >>
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Disabling Intelligences
This book discusses the influences of eugenics on the AI industry and the impacts of AI opportunism on disabled people.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And @karenhao.bsky.social 's 2025 Empire of AI karendhao.com >>
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Karen Hao
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And @merbroussard.bsky.social 's 2023 More than a Glitch direct.mit.edu/books/book/5... >>
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More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech
When technology reinforces inequality, it's not just a glitch—it's a signal that we need to redesign our systems to create a more equitable world.The word
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And @poetofcode.bsky.social 's 2023 Unmasking AI: www.unmasking.ai >>
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Unmasking AI Book | Author Dr. Joy Buolamwini
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
... and much, much more from MANY voices. When the EA claim "no one has been warning you about this stuff" they are doing a double erasure: 1) Of the people doing the warning 2) Of the actual harms they are warning about bsky.app/profile/emil... >>
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And @safiyanoble.bsky.social 's 2018 Algorithms of Oppression: nyupress.org/978147983724... >>
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Algorithms of Oppression
A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms Run a Google search for “Black girls”...
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In making that rhetorical move, they are attempting to erase all of the work that we HAVE BEEN doing to warn the public and policymakers about the real harms being done in the name of "AI". >>
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
ngl I was stunned by this article's cite to a study showing that 5.4 million children & teens in the US have family caregiving responsibilities @jessicacalarco.com has done lotsa interesting work on how the US uses women in lieu of a social safety net but I had no idea how much labor falls on..kids
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est. 1997 @molenaide.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
DO YOU REMEMBER
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20/09/2026
Giving an external committee power to veto research funding because it doesn’t align to a political agenda will not only harm science, it is a threat to democracy.
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White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The White House budget proposal for FY27 slash NSF funding by more than 50% and would drastically reduce support for PhDs, postdocs & investigator-initiated research. Selling something is not the same as doing something. Science is hard. This 'new golden age' won't make it easier.
US NSF announces

"Science: A New Golden Age Summit"

Washington
Discover the frontier
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
In authoritarian states, “law” upholds lawlessness, and its first duty is to keep the leader safe from domestic or outside accountability processes. Judicial capture is the means, and the conversion of the law into what the leader and his enablers need it to be is the end.
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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
UVA alum Carrington Epperson: “I recommend anyone to take an African American studies course because you will never understand how much you weren’t taught about it before.”
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18/09/2026
With just under one month to go until the next No Kings, there are already more than 1,000 events on the map. That means October 17 will be the largest early vote activation in American history. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Louigi Addario-Berry @louigi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I'm proud to announce the creation of the Association for Human Mathematics. We aim to protect mathematics as a human endeavour against the threat of AI and to maintain the independence of the mathematical community from corporate interests. www.ahmath.org
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AHM
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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
On ectopic pregnancies and abortion bans. New from @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/ecto...
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 09/09/2026
If you want PISA scores to go up long term, look at how your nation educates its poorest, most rural, most marginalized students. How many are in school? How close is that education quality to what the richest kids get? Yes I said long term. Take the short term hit of getting to 100% enrollment.👍🏿
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
One of the weirder trends in Big Tech’s AI obsession is the idea that expertise is becoming less valuable. Imagine two arguments: 1. AI enables radiologists to review more scans. 2. AI enables anyone to be a radiologist. “Everyone is a builder” increasingly sounds like Big Tech embraced #2.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Occasional reminder that there is an ICC arrest warrant against Putin for war crimes in connection with the mass abduction of Ukrainian children.
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Sleepless in Seattle @nosleepnseattle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The irony is the multi-billion dollar supplement industry is the most unregulated industry, which is what the wellness and MAHA movement push. Big pharma for sure has its issues, but at least it is regulated.
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American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) @aafp.org · 05/09/2026
To help ensure physicians receive fall respiratory recommendations they can trust, we are working with the Vaccine Integrity Project along with the @ama-assn.org, @ameracadpeds.bsky.social, @acog.org and @idsainfo.bsky.social. Learn more in @apnews-world-rss.bsky.social. bit.ly/4x5TyKk
A graphic with text about AAFP's fall immunization recommendations, emphasizing alignment with medical societies to support physicians in protecting patients' health. AAFP logo is at the bottom.Text discussing a collaborative effort between the AAFP, AMA, Vaccine Integrity Project, ACOG, AAP, and IDSA to ensure coordinated distribution and messaging for fall respiratory recommendations.The image contains text from AAFP stating the importance of vaccines and encouraging family physicians to be reliable sources of vaccine information and recommendations.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 04/09/2026
It is illegal for the Executive to spend money on a purpose unrelated to the one mandated by our Congress, which has sole control over the public purse under our Constitution. Shattering our Constitution, along with our scientific research capacity, will harm all Conservative & Liberal Americans.
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Defense Officials Attempt to Raid NIH Funds to Cover Department of Defense Activities
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) has learned that officials at the Department of Defense (DoD) are working to divert billions of dollars from the National Institute...
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MGB💙 @wtpmary.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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hellabores92.bsky.social @hellabores92.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Congress already appropriated funds to the NIH for specific projects. The defense department cannot divert these funds from the NIH. As taxpayers, we should know what interagency agreements have been made. thehill.com/homenews/hou...
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Pentagon sought to divert NIH funds for defense use, top House Appropriations Democrat says
The Pentagon is attempting to divert billions of dollars from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to bolster the agency’s budget, according to the top Democrat on the House Appropria…
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
from one of the CDC flu vaccine campaigns RFK Jr. has shut down
A FLU VACCINE CAN TAKE FLU FROM
WILD (pic of lion)
To mild (pic of lil kitten)
#FIGHTFLU
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Rachel Widome @rwidome.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Wait what now??
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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NYC has announced a one-year moratorium, the most expansive in the nation, "that eliminates AI use for students in grades 2-K through 8th grade. This includes all software that uses student-facing generative AI. Companion chatbots will be prohibited across all grades."
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Mayor Mamdani and Chancellor Samuels Put Students First with Nation’s Broadest Generative AI Moratorium in Schools
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 03/09/2026
In case you need a visual reminder, we're 2/3 of the way through a year that, at least news-wise, has already felt like at least six. #stitch-the-news
A pie-shaped calendar, with wedges for each month, and tiny icons embroidered to represent a major news story of each day. Filled in through August.
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Kelli van Ginhoven for State Senate @kellivanginhoven.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
There’s a progressive Democrat running in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, working to be the first woman to represent the district. It’s me. Donate today: secure.actblue.com/donate/kvgforsenate2026
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 29/08/2026
I’ve been in aid, am currently unemployed because the sector has essentially collapsed, and know a ton of people who are still clinging on in aid - I really cannot express in words the scale of the human suffering that Musk destroying USAID has unleashed. So yes, I have some strong opinions on that.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 29/08/2026
So sure, USAID was a tool of US soft power and political influence, and also, I sometimes get the sense that people saying this don’t quite comprehend the torrent of death, horror, and pain that is currently unfolding from the genuinely evil decision to suddenly destroy it.
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David Kahle @dkahle.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
🚨 We're hiring! The Department of Statistical Science at Baylor University is searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Come work with me and my brilliant colleagues in a warm, supportive environment! Apply 👉 apply.interfolio.com/186688 #Statistics #AcademicJobs #rstats
Marrs McLean Science Building at Baylor University, home of the Department of Statistical Science
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/08/2026
RFK Jr complains that people in hospice aren't dying quick enough and therefore cost too much money
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Sara Conroy, PhD @episconroy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is the first time I have seen this framing and it’s simple and genius.
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Paul Pharoah @paulpharoah.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The measles and COVID vaccines are amazingly effective vaccines against dying from something else.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The reason the crackdowns of the trump era ICE feels so much like a war on pastors and children et al instead of “deporting the violent criminals” is because a) the latter was never the point and b) there aren’t enough violent criminals,citizen or not, in the country period… bsky.app/profile/john...
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Dr Mircea Zloteanu 🌺🌞🍃 @mzloteanu.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
#statstab #602 Factors associated with: problems of using exploratory multivariable regression to identify causal risk factors Thoughts: You mean I can't just add covariates and hope for the best!? #primer #causalinference #table2 #methods #regression bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/...
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Factors associated with: problems of using exploratory multivariable regression to identify causal risk factors
Many medical and epidemiological studies use multivariable regression to test whether several independent variables (exposures) are causal determinants of a health outcome. Where mutually adjusted reg...
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/08/2026
71 years ago white supremacists kidnapped, tortured, and murdered a 14-year-old Black child named Emmett Till. Some still haven't heard his story. But in the wake of Nolan Wells and Tamir Rice, a reminder that these atrocities continue—& we must not become numb to them. Here's to remembering Emmett.
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Today Is the Anniversary of Emmett Till’s Murder—We Were Just There
71 years later, his accuser died free. The warrant for her arrest was never executed. This is not ancient history.
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Dr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Every single Ohioan should be able to access affordable healthcare no matter their zip code. As governor, I will expand rural healthcare programs and telehealth options, lower insurance premiums, and cut healthcare costs to ensure every Ohioan can get the care they need close to home.
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Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We need to stop this nonsense of insisting on viewing scientific error as a problem to be eliminated. Scientific error is the fuel we need for scientific progress. Without uncertainty, we don't need science. With forced certainty and required faith, we get religion
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Honestly wild that as a society we’ve settled on a “solution” to funding k-12 classroom supplies that is basically “please, for the love of god, send in tissues 🙏🙏🙏 your progeny are a never-ending deluge of unstoppable snot “
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/08/2026
There are CONCENTRATION CAMPS in the United States in the year 2026.
"A concentration camp is a prison or other facility used for the internment of political prisoners or politically targeted demographics, such as members of national or ethnic minority groups, on the grounds of national security, or for exploitation or punishment." — Wikipedia
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