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Jennifer Reich @jenniferreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don’t study AI per se, but having studied risk, trust, and community for my whole career, I have things to say that AI enthusiasts aren’t. I appreciate being part of this episode and in dialogue with others who are thinking about this moment. open.spotify.com/episode/6xLL...
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Experts Say AI Could Kill Us. Why Should We Trust Them? A Conversation w Jennifer Reich, Stephen Witt & Rachael Bedard
Why Should I Trust You? · Episode
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The @wsj.com story below would be just the most recent reason you should follow @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social if you call yourself an FDA Nerd. On the substance, allow me to indulge in self-promotion with my inaugural Substack: joegitchell.substack.com/p/setting-go...
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Setting goals for nicotine regulation and policy
Using Regulatory Stances to move forward
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If people have been trying to tug you off for four days without success, consider speaking to your GP about trying a different antidepressant
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
👇 💪👍🙏
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
👇 Maybe too optimistic, but @jonrauch.bsky.social has a solid track record on insights.
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Not a pre-registered or proper analysis, but convenience sample at #Dulles indicates that my choice of @raygunshirts.bsky.social to travel internationally is top notch. Allons-y, #SRNTE !
Joe in "Not an Asshole Just American" Raygun t-shirt
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Unbiased Science @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
PA has reported its 4th measles death. Two babies, a 40-year-old woman, and an 18-year-old. All were unvaccinated. The babies were too young for a first dose.
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If you've not watched Julia Galef's TED talk, "Why You Think You're Right -- Even If You're Wrong", or it has been a bit, now o'clock is the right time to devote <12 minutes to do so. Let's get less wrong and get our scout mindsets on! youtu.be/w4RLfVxTGH4?...
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Why you think you're right -- even if you're wrong | Julia Galef
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#MakeNewMistakes
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Unbiased Science @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I knew every relevant statistic as I walked into that building. I could have recited the complication rate. Yet none of it stopped my tears. We can know all the right things and still have our emotions take over, and I think that matters for how we communicate about health.
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In Propofol Veritas
The day my science brain checked out
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Please read this short editorial, led by Lynn Kozlowski, and reflect on how well it has aged since it first appeared in @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social in 9/2001 (not a typo). Applying the risk/use equilibrium: use medicinal nicotine now for harm reduction Link in ALT.
https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/10/3/201
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I wear my allegiances to sources of knowledge generation and curation on my sleeve...or, more accurately, my whole torso!! Looks from the post two days. h/t @raygunsite.com @motherjones.com @npr.org
JGG in Mother Jones 50th anniversary Raygun t-shirtJGG in Raygun "NPR AF" t-shirt
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 02/09/2026
I *did* enjoy this article about trash, but I am afraid this is the type of take that gets you expelled in polite company. Nevertheless www.worksinprogress.news/p/just-bury-...
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Just bury your trash
What if everything we know about recycling is wrong?
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Unbiased Science @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This school year will be messy and it will bring its challenges, and we’ll get through it. Every phase they enter is one I am entering right alongside them, and we are all just doing our very best.
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Back to School (and the List in My Head)
A non-exhaustive list of ways we keep our kids safe(r), from a public health mom
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Only #FridayFollow @clairezagorski.bsky.social if you have a substantial tolerance for #BrutalTruths.
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Apropos of absolutely nothing, Martha Wash is bloody brilliant, yes?
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Todd Terry - Something Goin' On - TOTP - 11 07 1997
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
If you'd benefit from a reminder of how fortunate we are in a material sense, hit this interactive essay. ordinaryabundance.com
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Ordinary Abundance
A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.
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aaronecarroll.bsky.social @aaronecarroll.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A teenager with a heart defect saw specialist after specialist. None of them was in charge of his flu shot. He caught influenza & died. The trial testing how to fix that failure was canceled by the federal government in July. My essay in @nytopinion www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/o...
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Opinion | Medical Breakthroughs Are a Thrill. Then Comes the Hard Part. (Gift Article)
The Trump administration has dismantled the agency that ensures that research makes its way into medical practice.
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
#MakeNewMistakes
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Unbiased Science @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Thanks to Medpage for covering our new 'What's The Risk?' Tool. Please send us any feedback at vaccines@unbiasedscience.com! www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi... @cidrap.bsky.social
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Tool Brings Vax vs Disease Risk Into Stark Contrast
'What's the Risk?' aims to bolster understanding of vaccine safety
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
#DiscomfortOfThought, if you'll have it.
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Unbiased Science @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Are we burnt out on Fauci talk yet, or can I weigh in?
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The Fauci Hearing: Based on What Measure?
Empowering everyone to understand health science through patient, evidence-based explanations that respect both skepticism and nuance.
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"This is what 'getting less wrong' looks like!" #respect
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Very good episode and includes a shout-out to @aaronecarroll.bsky.social's recent WaPo op-ed on SSRIs.
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The nerd post you may not have even known you needed.
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
#DiscomfortOfThought, full prescription strength.
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Jamie Tam @jamietam.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We developed the simulation model jointly with an interactive website --the coolest part of the project IMO 🤓 Explore the TCP Tool to see what impact a #nicotine standard could have on #tobacco use, major depression & economic costs ➡️https://www.tobaccopolicyeffects.org/#nicotine
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TCP Tool
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Minds can change? 🤔 Say more, @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy. substack.com/@joegitchell...
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#PickOnGitch (@joegitchell)
Love this so much. Highly recommend to @Alan Gor & @Skip Murray. And love the shout out to @David McRaney and his How Minds Change!
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The problem with RFK Jr.’s crusade against antidepressants - from @aaronecarroll.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | The problem with RFK Jr.’s crusade against antidepressants
Millions of Americans rely on these medications. This is the wrong way to change policy on them.
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Folks with interest in harm reduction broadly and nicotine issues specifically should find this webinar on Thursday at 1pm ET of interest. Please consider boosting @clairezagorski.bsky.social @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social @snapcoalition.org @cdelawalla.bsky.social @itaibavli.bsky.social 1/5
https://www.rstreet.org/events/whats-holding-public-health-back-from-embracing-tobacco-harm-reduction/
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Can confirm: this @snapcoalition.org webinar on using simulation models to inform policymakers was Tony the Tiger grrrreat! Wearing a @raygunsite.com shirt honoring the @amesnatlab.bsky.social seemed "fitting". #DayJob
OP in this shirt: https://www.raygunsite.com/products/ames-lab-for-that?srsltid=AfmBOorBhw_IqhWqKCAFD5pykamX1jzlYUOWSg74BlehC0IZ7Nyuse_i
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
#WednesdayWisdom, full prescription strength.
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
#WednesdayWisdom Three things Australia must do to end the tobacco wars theconversation.com/three-things...
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Three things Australia must do to end the tobacco wars
Right now, based on market share, organised crime effectively is Big Tobacco in Australia.
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Cliff Douglas @cdoug-bsky.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I was pleased to contribute to @marcgunther.bsky.social's thoughtful look into one of public health's most consequential controversies. My hope is not to win an argument, but to advance a conversation grounded in the best available science. marcgunther.substack.com/p/the-new-me... @lung.org @fda.gov
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The new merchants of doubt
The American Lung Association and its tobacco-control allies confuse and mislead
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Looks cool!
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Folks with interest in harm reduction broadly and nicotine issues specifically should find this webinar on Thursday at 1pm ET of interest. Please consider boosting @clairezagorski.bsky.social @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social @snapcoalition.org @cdelawalla.bsky.social @itaibavli.bsky.social 1/5
https://www.rstreet.org/events/whats-holding-public-health-back-from-embracing-tobacco-harm-reduction/
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
If you have interest in youth risk behavior, please read on. #StayCurious substack.com/@joegitchell...
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#PickOnGitch (@joegitchell)
Colleague and friend @Arielle Selya PhD has packed a lot in to this post, weighing in to underage use of nicotine products and trends over time. It will be warmly welcomed by some, but those who have...
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Big #CanStopWontStop Energy.
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
#StayCurious
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
How does this Iowan prepare for @shikhadalmia.bsky.social and friends’ #LibCon2026 and the hot and steamy DC weather? ✅ @raygunsite.com #LocalMenace shirt ✅ Iowa Golf Association towel to mop up sweatiness. #winning
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Jessica Goldstein @jessicagolds.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Reported on the return of social smoking for the @washingtonpost.com! It’s about nostalgia, nihilism, being “bad” without feeling bad, how big tobacco is still doing what they do best (making people think smoking is cool) & choosing the devil you know in a world of dangers unknown. wapo.st/4wAfSvM
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Cigarettes are back in vogue. How did this happen?
Celebrities like Dua Lipa and Gracie Abrams have been photographed with cigs, as have social media influencers who like the retro vibes.
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Unbiased Science @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A viral claim has been resuscitated. You may have seen it early in the COVID vaccine days: the claim that the vaccine is linked to the big C. There's even a new study being used to support it. Look closely, though, and it falls apart.
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No, COVID vaccines still aren’t giving people cancer
The "turbo cancer" scare is back, this time with oncologists attached. The evidence hasn't budged.
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Jon Rauch @jonrauch.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
We're now at war with Iran over control of the Strait of Hormuz...something that was not even in question in January. I'm tired of so much winning. apnews.com/article/iran...
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Trump says US will blockade Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and will charge ships for safe passage
U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and will charge other ships for safe passage.
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Unbiased Science @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My maternal instinct knew something was wrong. That instinct is biology doing what it evolved to do. But biology can cut both ways...and that same instinct that made me a mother would, years later, nearly talk me out of the very thing my son needed. ow.ly/AmX650Zl3L5
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Mama Bear Meets the Evidence
My maternal instinct knew something was wrong. It just didn’t know what to do.
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate
Charge of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top
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Isako Di Tomassi @isakoditomassi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Yessss, new #Stance2026 starter pack just dropped! Stance on Science is a @snapcoalition.org initiative where early career researchers ask midterm candidates science policy related questions, and then publicize their answers. They are also hosting town halls! #scipol #midterms go.bsky.app/Qzcc5Kx
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
"poop adjacent" 😁
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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Carry naloxone! Everyone! You too! pinpenmerger.etsy.com/listing/4528...
A hot pink t shirt on a mannequin head. A gold chain necklace is laying over the shirt. It has two words on the chain: “carry” and “naloxone”.
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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Let’s do this! Did you have something that kept you going as an angsty teen? A set of drawing pens that let you escape, a journal, a good set of earbuds, etc? It would’ve really sucked to not have that, right? Send a little bit of love and comfort to a teen who *really* needs love and comfort.
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
#StayCurious Go go go, @mbsiegel.bsky.social & blewski-resistor Jeff Willett!
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