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Erika ZD

@ezd.bsky.social
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Professor, Parent, POTsie, baker. Minnesotan forever. Assoc Professor in the humanities. Taking things slow thanks to long Covid. Sharing Covid science and public health. Always speaking for myself, not my employer.

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betsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
NEW from the PolyBio Symposium: UCSF is launching a combination trial for Long COVID, called COMBAT-LC. It will include Paxlovid (antiviral) and Pemgarda (monoclonal antibody). thesicktimes.org/2025/11/14/l...
Next, Peluso announced another new trial, called COMBAT-LC, which will test Paxlovid and the monoclonal antibody Pemgarda in combination. A recent preprint shared that Pemgarda improved Long COVID symptoms in a case series, adding to anecdotal reports from people who have tried the drug. This is also the first Long COVID clinical trial to stratify participants based on antigen positivity in their blood, Peluso said, and it may include a crossover option allowing people who initially receive a placebo to try Pemgarda later.

We don’t know how SARS-CoV-2 persists in the body, Peluso said during his talk; just at today’s symposium, researchers presented evidence that it might be inactive genetic material, active genetic material, or even active viral replication. The COMBAT-LC trial will be a significant step toward understanding viral persistence.Slide from Peluso's presentation showing the design for COMBAT-LC. After screening and assessments, 50 participants will receive either Pemgarda (Pemivibart) or a placebo along with Paxlovid for 15 days. The trial may include an open-label extension in which participants who got the placebo are able to try Pemgarda.
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Lt. Governor Ghazala Hashmi @ltgovhashmi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today, I released the Energy Costs Listening Tour Report, documenting those discussions and the research that followed. My conclusion: the proposed takeover of Dominion Energy by NextEra is not in the best interest of Virginians. Read the Energy Costs Listening Tour Report at vaenergytour.com.
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Lieutenant Governor Ghazala Hashmi's Energy Costs Listening Tour
Join Lieutenant Governor Ghazala Hashmi in Community Conversations on the Dominion–NextEra Takeover and Your Utility Bills.
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Seth Trueger @mdaware.org · 06/10/2026
SCOTUS’ Dobb’s decision means states are going to revisit birth control access adolescents especially are at high risk for poor access, unintended pregnancy and reproductive-related health risks #ACEP26
>19 MILLION women live in contraception deserts
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1972
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Griswold v. Connecticut
Contraception protected for use by married couples.
Elsenstadt v. Baird
Contraception protected for
unmarried Individuals.
Dobbs
Effect on contraception access, especially emergency contraception, in more restrictive states
Power to Decide. Contraceptive deserts. Accessed Nly 13, 2026.httes://someholecide./what we do/stresthesets
Qato DM, Myerson R, ShooshtariA, Guadamuz IS, Alexander GC. Use of oral and emergency contraceptives afer the US Supreme Court's Dobbs decision. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(5)x2418620. dol:10.1001/Jamanetworkopen.2024.18620
AR SEAdolescent Challenges
Inadequate sexual health education
Inconsistent confidentiality and consent protocols
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Healthcare provider
(un) conscious bias
Lack of access to physical & mental health resources
contraception
• STI testing
• gender affirming care
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Seth Trueger @mdaware.org · 06/10/2026
consensus framing works set up for success with banality #ACEP26
12:00 TO 14:30 • THE BEDSIDE TOOLKIT
Move one: frame presumptively prevent pushback
"She is due for three vaccines today." → More Effective at outset
"How do you feel about vaccines?" → Use only AFTER resistance
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Seth Trueger @mdaware.org · 06/10/2026
work with patients & their values #ACEP26 on #misinformation
THE BEDSIDE TOOLKIT, CONTINUED
Move three: find the narrowest ask
Do not ask someone to abandon their value.
Ask for the version of the plan that keeps their value and removes the risk.
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Seth Trueger @mdaware.org · 05/10/2026
ensiltrivir (antiviral) PEP for COVID decreased household contact infections @jeremyfaust.bsky.social at #ACEP26
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Seth Trueger @mdaware.org · 05/10/2026
as states banned non medical vaccine exemptions, medical exemptions went up except in Mississippi where exemptions are (were) limited (previously to own the crunchy libs) @jeremyfaust.bsky.social at #ACEP26
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Seth Trueger @mdaware.org · 06/10/2026
“if I do/don’t do this, will I be able to sleep at night?” @drdebhoury.bsky.social #ACEP26
Your sleep-at-night test is a leadership tool
Can I explain the decision?
Did 1 use the evidence honestly?
Did I protect the people I serve?
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Dr. Kira Jones, Halloween edition 🎃🦇👻 @flaviansophist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Lolsob
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We used to have a federal agency devoted to investigating and prosecuting abuses by law enforcement, but Americans voted for the "let cops do crimes" candidate instead bsky.app/profile/kevi...
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Listen To and Vote Like Black Women @bullet1982.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Measles cases under Biden (Source - CDC): 2020: 1 confirmed case; 2021, 2022: 121 total cases; 2023: 58 total cases; 2024: 151 total cases by mid-2024. Under Trump/MAHA/RFK Jr. there are, right now, 3,887 cases of measles; Pennsylvania alone has over 700. #VoteBlue www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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Pa. Measles Outbreak Met With Both Defiance and a Rush to Vaccinate (Gift Article)
As the outbreak grows to more than 700 confirmed cases, the largest in the country, some people remain opposed to vaccines and others are rushing to get the shots.
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Bettina Struff #Woke #FBPE #FBPR #NHS #RejoinEU @bettinastruff.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Here in Europe, where every country has universal government funded healthcare, it's a constant source of incredulity that the USA, with all its resources and wealth, lets up to 650,000 people go bankrupt and up to 68,000 die each year because they can't afford healthcare. But hey, profits!
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Everyone should be fighting for Universal Healthcare and disability rights. Health is fragile. You can become disabled or chronically ill in an instant. It’s not a moral failing. It can wipe out your savings and leave you destitute. Healthcare is a basic human right.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I increasingly think Ai is has a purpose and it’s to empower a handful of very weird, possibly psychotic, men to have total control over the masses.
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
CNN making this sound more mysterious than it is. It was Yersinia pestis, the plague, the researcher died because she inhaled it into her lungs and developed pneumonic plague, there is no danger but to those directly exposed in the lab. Fear-mongering in the time of global terror is a sick choice.
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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Quarantining every single person who had contact with that woman is a very smart thing. And Public health works when we let it.
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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Not a medical doctor, but a historian of medicine. Pneumonic plague is much more serious than bubonic plague. It's also much rarer. BUT, both are treatable with antibiotics if caught early. So, it's a scary story, but let's slow our roll a bit.
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Sikfan Kitchen @sikfankitchen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you ever need a reference to what’s in season for Asian recipes, check out this chart! 😊 and stay tuned for more ✨ Which fall produce are you excited about? #asianproduce #seasonalproduce #fallproduce #fallharvest #asianfallproduce #foodsky #cookingsky #homecooking
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you want an action item to change campus sexual violence in a big way, start emailing campus administrators and asking them about ATIXA.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
And in my interviews for On the Wrong Side, school administrators often brought up ATIXA as a shield to justify illegal institutional activity. They acted as if ATIXA guidelines superseded the law. Obviously, that isn’t true. But people uninformed about the law can be pacified that way.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
But the ATIXA materials I’ve seen are overwhelmingly focused on impunity for perpetrators and many explicitly violate victims’ rights and specific state laws (like affirmative consent laws).
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My genuine best advice for anyone who wants a window into a specific school’s sexual violence response is to ask if they have an ATIXA membership. ATIXA is a consulting group that sells a lot of schools their sexual violence materials.
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Haunted Jane Dryden 👻 @janedryden.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
New Brunswick pals! this year’s COVID & flu shots available as of Oct. 13! just booked mine with local pharmacy and friend just booked hers through govt website. go team vax!
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 04/10/2026
Come on
Hegseth cosplaying a NaziJudgement scene from Wolfeinstein.
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Erika ZD @ezd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In Italy, the birthplace of espresso, coffee prices are often mandated at a max, according to a set-price, to prevent price gauging and to prevent one bar from under-cutting others' prices. Shops still turn a huge profit on coffee at much lower costs. perfectdailygrind.com/2020/10/why-...
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Why Does Espresso Still Cost 1 Euro In Italy?
According to some reports, espresso – after water – is the second most consumed beverage in Italy. Millions of cups of espresso are drunk daily across the country. In early 2020, The Consortium for the Safeguarding of Traditional Italian Espresso Coffee even filed a UNESCO application to preserve espresso’s Italian roots and identity.
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Erika ZD @ezd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I learned this past week that a national corporate chain charges 50% as much for the exact same drink in MA as they charge in VA. What is going on? Do we have worse customer protections in VA? Are we allowing price gauging b/c we don't regulate? (3 of 3)
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The next day I hear about what happened later, the wild experiences, strengthened bonds or odd opportunities all of which I would have loved to have been part of! But I left, bc for me, leaving was the smart choice, the safe one. But saying why I left makes the men roll their eyes; nothing happened!
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It happens so often it can be hard to even see. Men having the same experience I am, but I hit a place where the attention becomes unpleasant. Inuendos start. I have to wiggle out of something I did not start (cautiously! trying not to upset any dangerous egos!) so I leave, while the men get to stay
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Erika ZD @ezd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
2 of 3. Like, a small cup of coffee from a press pot shouldn't cost over $3. Using an espresso machine? Requires some skills at machine operating, esp. if milk's also involved. Brewing a giant presspot? Handing over a cup shouldn't be added into customer prices.
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Erika ZD @ezd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I've purchased coffee out twice this past week, and both times, a new employee was learning how to do things. In each case, it seems like I've been upcharged. Or coffee shops all decided to raise their prices last week. The question is: how do I gently ask "you sure that's the cost"? (1/)
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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cornell’s new era of transparency should begin with this guy admitting he hit Gaza protestors with his car on purpose and then lied about it. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/n...
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Cornell President Calls Rape Inquiry ‘Defining Moment’ for Campus
Michael I. Kotlikoff said in a video the university would be more transparent, hold Greek groups accountable and improve sexual assault prevention.
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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.gofundme.com/f/help-singl... "Bri writes, "A mom recently asked for help with diapers and groceries. While we were talking, she mentioned that she’s struggling to pay her bills and rent. She’s been living paycheck to paycheck ever since her brother and sister were deported in March."
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Donate to Help Single Moms in Twin Cities stay Housed #ICEOUTMN, organized by B M
Hello, My name is Bri, and I am reaching out to share the work I am doin… B M needs your support for Help Single Moms in Twin Cities stay Housed #ICEOUTMN
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Erika ZD @ezd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Quite! It's exhoosting reading how many times "brilliant scholars" read just against an entire papyrological family to develop a new reading. I really am afraid it would just be more, for me, of a machine trying to force Propertius to look like Ovid, which just can't be the right principle.
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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
10. So until we get new tools that are more imaginative and associative and which are not bound by the predictive patterns of a limited and already leveled corpora, AI tools for textual editing will create polished but dull veneers that seem fixed but are distorted on multiple layers
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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
8. LLMs and models that restore ancient texts are largely trained on the flat digital texts that have been "leveled" by the manuscript and editorial traditions and re-leveled by modern editors 9. This means that they are LESS LIKELY and less capable of restoring texts that are non canonical
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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
4. Add to this the "TLG problem". When we work on ancient texts, we use critical editions that show the manuscript variants so we can make judgments about the interpretation without relying entirely on one editor's decisions 5. Even these editions are flawed: some editors don't show all varients
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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
a more complex issue than people think 1. lectio difficilior is a basic, if not somewhat flawed, principle that when there are manuscript variants, the more difficult or strange option is to be preferred because it is unlikely that copying error or scribal intervention would produce something weird
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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
the fundamental question I have had for these applications is how can LLM or statistical based methods support the "lectio difficilior?
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Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Looks like this would interest lots of @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social and #wccwiki people!
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Erika ZD @ezd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've been doing so incredibly well since beginning Pemgarda. I got my second infusion two and a half weeks ago, and it's like it's unlocked another whole layer of good. Here's to 15 minutes of actual exercise daily on top of walks! And here's to standing up and around for 30 minutes! #LC #POTs
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 01/10/2026
you should be able to call in "suffering under the weight of another round of campus rape discourse" to work
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I mean yeah, a decade of no one holding Trump accountable for his much more obvious crimes, combined with both Nazi and Confederate rehabilitation projects on the right, was always going to lead to “actually we’ve never done ANYTHING wrong and you guys owe us apologies for every check on our power”
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The point is that as a society, somewhat intentionally because the people who built the post-World War II public university system created this infrastructure on purpose, we house countless vital functions in our modern public universities.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Austerity doesn’t work. Instead, it creates a death spiral, where reduction in services leads to reductions in revenue, which lead to reductions in services, which leads to reduction in revenue, which leads … you get the idea. H/t UKHE
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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today is #NationalPoetryDay. It’s also #BlackHistoryMonth This reminds us that poetry is not an abstract art form - but something lived, overheard, dug up, carried, and spoken. Poetry belongs to everyone It is community, witness, survival. It is interest in one another. #poetry #poemoftheday
Poem - 'Ars Poetica #100: I Believe' by Elizabeth Alexander
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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
AI will never be able to make art. Thanks.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda.
44. At all relevant times, Defendants Ross, Miller, Noem, Lyons, Homan,
Bovino, and the John Doe Federal Agents acted under color of federal law and within the
scope of a joint enterprise with the private actors described below. Defendant
Lewandowski acted in part under color of federal law and in part, as alleged below, as a
private person, his federal status having been limited to a temporary part-time designation
that his conduct exceeded. Shirley, Rufo, and Ben Bergquam, and the other non-party
private actors described below, agreed to and in fact participated in the conspiracy alleged
here: each acted in concert with, and with the knowledge and encouragement of, federal
officials.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sorry: Here's a link to the Klan Act. It effectively says they targeted Somalis and Latinos and Good got (literally) caught in crossfire. I got distracted in a long section on far right propagandists like Nick Shirley. legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
legacy.www.documentcloud.org
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Erika ZD @ezd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I really miss fall, especially fall and winter in the Midwest :) Minnesotans, are the leaves starting to turn? Are they already glorious?
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