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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things

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Academic Chatter @academic-chatter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

We should probably stop treating the number of things someone has produced as a proxy for how much thinking they have done.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Very thankful for this letter to Becky Pepper-Jackson (the 16 year-old trans girl SCOTUS ruled against yesterday) from James Dale, a gay man whose expulsion from the Boy Scouts was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2000.

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To the Trans Girl Who Just Lost at the Supreme Court: So Did I 26 Years Ago

A letter to Becky Pepper Jackson about her trans sports case defeat at SCOTUS yesterday

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Kate Smith, PharmD @katesmithpharmd.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

This is a long shot #booksky #emmamlion #london I’m visiting London and looking for a brick and mortar store that might sell Emma M. Lion fan merch (shirts, bags, etc). Any suggestions?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/05/2026

"So you agree RFK Jr should resign?. You're a pharmacist, Buddy. You know better than this." -- damn -- Auchincloss is not playing around with Rep. Carter

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Alex Smith @apsmith2.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

My book From Gridlock to Governance is now available for pre-order in hardcover! If you are interested in how and why policy change occurs or the strategies legislators use in negotiations, you’ll enjoy this book! Use code PALAUT for 20% off. link.springer.com/book/9783032...

Orange book cover for From Gridlock to Governance by Alex P. Smith

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

My quote of the day When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable. Madeleine L'Engle

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Kate Smith, PharmD @katesmithpharmd.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Dolly Parton is an amazing human 🥹 If you’ve got kiddos under age 5 in your life, make sure to check out her Imagination Library- they send one book a month 🤩📕📗📘📙

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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/02/2026

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 13/02/2026

In clinical practice, medicine rarely follows a script. Join your peers for Judgment Calls: Navigating Uncertainty in Clinical Practice, a panel discussion on real-world decision-making in medicine’s gray zones hosted by NEJM Clinician. 🗓️ March 10, 2026 | 12–1 PM ET Save your spot: nej.md/4jM2Vdm

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Emmaeli @emmaelie.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Portrait of Michelle and Barack Obama former First Lady and President of the US 📷 Pete Souza

smiling, good looking couple seated on a porch (soft focus garden behind them) elegantly dressed, the lady in a sleeveless dress, patterned top, banded at the waist with a softly pleated long white skirt, the man wearing a light colored suit with white shirt and striped tie - body language relaxed and intimate

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Anders @derzquist.net · 25/01/2026

One of the best organizers I know in the Twin Cities has a great line, "We can't always take away the hurt, but we can take away the alone."

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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

The U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization is a shortsighted and misguided abandonment of our global health commitments. Our statement: bit.ly/4jWGJgy

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 23/10/2025

To the kids with disabilities deprived of a teacher's aide—Trump thinks it's not a problem. To the parents fighting for their kid to be treated equally in the classroom—Trump thinks it's not a problem. To the teachers in need of resources—Trump thinks it's not a problem.

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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

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Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

'August Farm' by contemporary UK painter Kate-Evans #WomensArt

Painting featuring a grey building with reddish roof next to a tree on orange brown grasslands

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ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

Colorful quilt of a nighttime scene with Harriet Tubman in an orange jacket and purple dress carrying a rifle. She is leading other figures who walk behind her.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Colleen Parker, contemporary artist and illustrator #womensart

Painting of stylised pink poppies and seedheads on stems

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Bonni Stachowiak @bonni208.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

“Contrary to what we may think, simply giving feedback doesn't initiate change. It has to be accepted as valid and actionable by the learner. He then has to commit to using that information to do something different.” Zaretta Hammond

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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The line that keeps running through my head this morning is from The Good Place: “The real question is what do we owe to each other?”

Chidi saying, “Why choose to be good every day if there is no guaranteed reward we can count on, now or in the afterlife? l argue that we choose to be good because of our bonds with other people and our innate desire to treat them with dignity. Simply put, we are not in this alone.”

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 25/04/2025

Friends, a bit of good news! 🎉 (We take it whenever we can!) The Trump admin reversed their decision to cut funding for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), a landmark study that’s essential in advancing our understanding of women’s health. 🙌

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In a reversal, the Trump administration restores funding for women's health study

The unexpected elimination of funding for the decades-long research project focused on women's health shocked scientists. They were heartened by the quick restoration of support.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

The first posy in a thimble I made, to lift my mood during the pandemic. The flowers are all real. When humans look at plants (even on a screen as here) we recover from stress 60% more quickly & the relaxation response is triggered in our brains. Zoom in if you're strung out🌿

A very small (real) flower arrangement in a thimble including forget me nots , lily of the valley, buttercup, geum, chive flower bud, snowberry, green alkanet…

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Olivia When @oliviawhen.com · 10/04/2025

It was national library workers day yesterday! Thank you for your work!! 📚 #art #nationallibraryweek

An adult dachshund wearing glasses helps grab a book from a "tall" shelf for a dachshund puppy in a library. The are two big arched windows in the bg, and big wood bookshelves framing the scene.

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Kate Smith, PharmD @katesmithpharmd.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

"Doing work in meaningful ways here is a recipe for burnout." #academia #PharmEd I'm feeling the burn these days!

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 12/03/2025

Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses. Let’s not make it harder to learn.

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Ryan Feldman PharmD DABAT @empoisonpharmd.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Thrilled to help get #Pharmacists recognized in @jama.com! 🎉 A recent JAMA algorithm on prescription cost management overlooked pharmacists. We spoke up, highlighting our essential role. Our letter proudly advocating our value, published today in JAMA! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #PharmSKy

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Kate Smith, PharmD @katesmithpharmd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

This Pharmacy Fika episode highlights the need for curricular leadership- the ability to see beyond traditional topics, disciplines, and silos in Pharmacy Education- to infuse our curricula with high-impact educational practices. pharmacyfika.podbean.com/e/high-impac...

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Creating Space for High-Impact Educational Practices: It Requires Leadership and Commitment | Pharmacy Fika

The Fika Crew talk about rusk bites and the AAC&U (American Association of Colleges and Universities) high-impact educational practices — learning experiences that have disproportionate long-ter...

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The Iowa GOP advanced a bill making it a misdemeanor for a healthcare provider to administer a Covid vaccine. Even when a person has requested a Covid vaccine.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

mRNA vaccines are the biggest recent/current medical breakthrough/moonshot for ALL diseases, not just viral infections. There could very well be (more) vaccines to prevent & treat cancer (eg pancreatic & melanoma!), malaria, HIV, genetic conditions, & things like CMV that cause untold disease burden

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention? www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Every single vaccine in the childhood schedule has been subjected to the highest level of scrutiny for any medical product. Because vaccines are given to an otherwise healthy population, safety and effectiveness are essential.

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JAMA @jama.com · 19/02/2025

"It is time for our profession to avail itself of the full range of talents represented by neurodiversity." This Viewpoint discusses the importance of embracing neurodiversity in medicine to build a more inclusive physician workforce. ja.ma/4b6566W #MedSky

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Kate Smith, PharmD @katesmithpharmd.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I had a great time in Houston for #PharmEd #Interim25 @aacpharmacy.bsky.social Presented with co-chairs of the COD/COF Academic Affairs Committee and received very valuable feedback from attendees. Grateful to reconnect with mentors and friends from across the country!

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Kate Smith, PharmD @katesmithpharmd.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

“…we need pharmacists to be able to apply not just the content covered during their education but also the content that has not yet been invented, thought of, or discovered.”https://www.ajpe.org/article/S0002-9459(23)04355-3/fulltext @aacpharmacy.bsky.social #INterim25

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 16/02/2025

"When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it." - John Lewis. It's not enough to simply recognize something is wrong; we have a moral duty to act.

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John Lewis Never Stopped Bending the Arc Toward Justice

In the last days of his life, the civil rights icon hailed Black Lives Matter protesters: “They’re going to help redeem the soul of America.”

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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

******I will say this again and again****** MAKING CUTS TO THE BUDGET IS EASY IF YOU DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES. Ending funding for road repair saves money right away…the regrets come later. That is what is happening here…except with diseases. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

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News: Half of CDC "disease detectives" terminated. DOGE takes aim at US disease surveillance.

Entire first-year class of the Epidemic Intelligence Service must be out by 5 p.m., sources say. Also: a major CDC contractor "just let go," and others may follow.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 14/02/2025

This was one of RFK Jr.’s first orders after being sworn in. Just an astonishing denial of science and will cause so much pain to the 45 million Americans facing mental health challenges.

The White House: (iii) assess the prevalence of and threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs;

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Every University has a stable of lawyers and together they will form a thundering herd. The indirect cost cap, if left in place, could take down entire university towns. Every dollar of NIH funding returns $2.46 in economic activity. www.nih.gov/about-nih/wh...

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Direct Economic Contributions

NIH directly supports the economy through investments in research institutions and job formation.

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Erin Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Iowa: In 2024, 2 schools received more than $10 million in NIH grants, for a total of $209 million. Of that, $136 million went directly to research and $73 million went to facilities and administration. The new rate would bring that to $20 million, a loss of about $53 million.

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Matt Barber @biobarber.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings. But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.

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Direct Economic Contributions

NIH directly supports the economy through investments in research institutions and job formation.

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Derek Bruff @derekbruff.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

St. Jude Children’s Resesrch Hospital in Memphis has a published indirect rate of 85%. They will lose out on tens of millions of dollars in funding.

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