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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Mark your calendars: Tonight at 5pm PT, the first episode in our pregnancy series premieres on YouTube! Erin and I will be logged in on YouTube as it debuts so we can chat with you all in real time! @tpwky.bsky.social Check out the link here: youtu.be/Dx0ewmmMjnQ

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This Podcast Will Kill You - Pregnancy: First Trimester

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Sarah Senese @ssenese.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

My proudest accomplishment to date. The work continues! @jpvelotta.bsky.social @erinwelsh.bsky.social @aweiss.bsky.social @calvarezaranyos.bsky.social @bradleyallf.bsky.social @neuronickole.bsky.social, CO Senator Lisa Cutter, Meteorologist Mike Nelson, Scientist/Comedian Jessie Hanson

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Stand up for science. Stand up for public health. Stand up for vaccines.

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

This is my new goal in life

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

It was so much fun to finally get to nerd out about this adorable parasite and the importance of parasite conservation in this episode! I've been thinking about this isopod for YEARS 🐟

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

So excited to announce my new hosting role on the Advances in Care podcast! Tune in for fascinating conversations with the physicians at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital who are on the cutting edge of medical research. Check out the first episode in the newest season: go.pddr.app/aic-smith-erin

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Advancing Cardiology and Heart Surgery Through a History of Collaboration

Podcast Episode · Advances in Care · 02/06/2025 · 20m

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Turns out the Velveteen Rabbit still packs an emotional wallop even after all this time. Tune in to hear me unsuccessfully fighting back tears in our latest ep #scarletfever #tpwky #podcast

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

You might be onto something there. Keeping the fibers flexible and whatnot

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Debbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

New nonfiction science book releases for November, 2024! What books did I miss? Which of these books are on your tbr? I am hoping to read THE SERVICEBERRY this month. I have heard it is a more distilled version of Wall Kimmerer's masterpiece BRAIDING SWEETGRASS.

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LOST WONDERS by Tom Lathan
WHAT THE CHICKEN KNOWS by Sy Montgomery
VANISHING TREASURES by Katherine Rundell
THE SERVICEBERRY by Robin Wall Kimmerer
POWER METAL by Vince Beiser
THE LOST WORLD OF THE DINOSAURS by Armin Schmitt
TREEKEEPERS by Lauren E Oakes
CHAIN REACTIONS: The Hopeful History of Uranium
TIME EXPANSION EXPERIENCES by Steve Taylor
INTO THE THAW by Jon Waterman

In the bottom right-hand of the slide is a hand drawing of the molecule morphine.

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I just came across a description of rope factories (or ropewalks) as being really prone to fire. So maybe working with them during the heat of the sun increased the chance of fire?

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Oooo that's an interesting thought!

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Does anyone know why you wouldn't be able to make rope while the sun was shining in 18th century England? This is not the setup to a punchline, I'm truly curious 😅 #history #britishhistory From London Life In The Eighteenth Century by M. Dorothy George

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Shoutout to 'sensitive plant' (Mimosa pudica) for setting us on the path to understand circadian rhythms

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I had such a great time chatting with @emonosson.bsky.social about her fascinating book Blight! It was a great reminder that I don't appreciate fungi as much as I should 🍄

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

1) I'm definitely judging this book by its cover and 2) it's making me want to read it Found on Public Domain Review

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Who's part of the club? Gotta love those old WPA posters

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Health officials in California have confirmed the first case of mpox clade I in the US. Patient is a returning traveller's who traveled to eastern Africa. This is not unexpected because the world is interconnected and there are ongoing outbreaks of clade I mpox in Africa. apnews.com/article/mpox...

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US health officials report 1st case of new form of mpox in a traveler

Health officials say they have confirmed the first U.S. case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo.

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

From Rats, Lice, and History by Hans Zinsser. Measles could easily be on that list too

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

"Typhus, with its brothers and sisters - plague, cholera, typhoid, dysentery - has decided more campaigns than Caesar, Hannibal, Napoleon, and all the inspector generals of history. The epidemics get the blame for defeat, the generals get the credit for victory. It ought to be the other way around."

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

This just unlocked a memory where my Amelia Earhart-obsessed 12-year-old self won a round of Balderdash because I was the only one who knew who Fred Noonan was

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction Graphic from Edward Tufte More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪

Graphic shows dramatic reduction in polio, rubella, mumps, measles, and hepatitis A cases after the introduction of vaccines for each disease.

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This Podcast Will Kill You @tpwky.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

We've been hinting at it and now it's finally time... we are prepping a FOUR PART SERIES on pregnancy. And we need your help!

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Medical historian here to remind you of the benefits of #vaccines! This is the final stage of tetanus when nerves fire continuously & body contorts into agonizing posture known as opisthotonus. The mastication muscles clamp down to form the hallmark lockjaw. A vaccine didn't appear until 1924. .

A painting depicting a nude man, his back is arched and his fists are clenched. He stares up at the ceiling.

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

A podcast for your science ethics class, esp on why we have IRBs. There are many you can use from This @tpwky.bsky.social episode puts human experiments in perspective. TW: describes experiments on incarcerated Black people to test various skin creams. #WomenInSTEM 🧪 megaphone.link/ERM5606501901

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Ep 157 Retinoids Part 2: …how it’s going by This Podcast Will Kill You

That same little bottle of retinol serum sitting on your bathroom counter - how does it work? Does it actually work? Those are the questions we’re taking on in part two of our retinoids two-parter. Th...

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

We just released a two-parter on #retinoids on @tpwky.bsky.social, which gives me a chance to shout out the excellent book Acres of Skin by Allen Hornblum, which exposes the unethical experiments conducted at Holmesburg Prison. Any similar books you'd recommend?

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Don't forget my #starterpack on STEM writers and medical/science historians! It's not quite full, so if you'd like to be added to this one, give me a shout. Let's find our people over here on #BlueSky! go.bsky.app/3DuVT6Z

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Our signoff "wash your hands, ya filthy animals" has never been more appropriate 🦠

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Making room for this on my bookshelf

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Hello #Bluesky! Let's talk diseases, medicine, history, biology, and whatever else is on your mind/bookshelf.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

More good news for #Bluesky! @tpwky.bsky.social (THIS PODCAST WILL KILL YOU) & host @erinwelsh.bsky.social have joined us! This is one of my favorite science podcasts about epidemics and weird medical mysteries. Follow swiftly - you won't regret it. And let's continue building our geeky community!

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Nerds unite! So happy to be part of this community!

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