iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Rachel K @xrkulik.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

With @scottlgreer.bsky.social, @hjarman.bsky.social, & @mirandayaver.bsky.social, my fourth (and counting) paper about how awful the Trump administration has been for public health. This time including what unions and union members can do about it www.aft.org/hc/spring202...

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What Donald Trump's Second Presidency Has Meant for Health

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Ben Hermann @benhermann.eu · 03/11/2025

In my seminar last week, the students discussed "Understanding and improving artifact sharing in software engineering research" by Timperley, @laurenherckis.bsky.social, @clegoues.bsky.social, and @michaelhilton.bsky.social. For their presentation they chose the overhead projector ...

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JAMA @jama.com · 01/09/2025

Health care employment growth decreased amid the #COVID19 pandemic but fully recovered by 2024. ja.ma/45JU9qU

The image titled 'Health Care Workforce Recovery After the End of the COVID-19 Emergency' shows predicted vs. actual trends in employment levels from 2016-2024 in healthcare and non-healthcare sectors, hospitals, physician offices, SNFs, and behavioral health facilities.

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The Waterbird Society @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

#Waterbirds in the news! @axios.com just featured Cimino et al.'s new study, "The First GPS Observation of a Western Gull Riding in a Long-Haul Garbage Transfer Truck" bioone.org/journals/wat... ttps://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2025/06/04/hitchhiking-seagulls-san-francisco-climate-change

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This seagull took an 80-mile truck ride twice to find food

Researchers say it's the first recorded case of a seagull using a vehicle for transport while foraging.

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Tim Elfenbein @timelfen.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

For those wondering, I’m fully onboard @nickseaver.website’s STEAMED HAMS educational train.

@npseaver tweet from 2/26/21: “forget STEM, now I’m all about STEAMED HAMS: science, technology, engineering, art, math, humanities, anthropology, music, and such”

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Bradley Busch @handle.invalid · 18/06/2025

New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays. Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn. arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 01/05/2025

Yeah, so the Tuskegee experiment was also a case of doctors pretending to administer treatment for a condition they knew they actually weren’t treating.

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Lauren Herckis @laurenherckis.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I am looking forward to sharing the work 🧪 of my TruMerit (CGFNS) colleagues and I on Saturday at #SfAA2025: "A Global Care Chain Analysis of Recent Trends in Transnational Nurse Migration" Contact me to learn more about the project!

#SfAA2502: "A Global Care Chain Analysis of Recent Trends in Transnational Nurse Migration" Contact me to learn more about the project!

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Carnegie Mellon University Libraries @library.cmu.edu · 18/03/2025

Students across @cmu.edu are invited to register to attend, whether you already build your own #AI, or are simply interested in exploring AI opportunities in the future. AI Literacy Workshop (2-day) Mon. 3/31 + Tues. 4/1 5-8pm ET Join us: bit.ly/ai-lit-reg

AI Literacy Workshop, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries

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Carnegie Mellon University Libraries @library.cmu.edu · 27/02/2025

Congrats to our #STEM Librarian Lauren Herckis @laurenherckis.bsky.social, who was recently elected Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology @appliedanthro.bsky.social! 👏

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Kristian Bernt Karlson @kbkarlson.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

We're hiring a fully funded PhD student in #sociology here in wonderful Copenhagen! Please share! Learn more 👇 employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

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PhD scholarship at the Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen (UCPH)

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Adam Harris @adamhsays.com · 15/02/2025

“There will be students on campus whose classes have no instructors when school resumes Tuesday, sources on campus said Friday. The university’s accreditation could also be at risk, as it cannot support all its students with the reduced staff.” lawrencekstimes.com/2025/02/14/h...

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Haskell Indian Nations University lays off dozens of employees after federal orders

Numerous employees of Haskell Indian Nations University lost their jobs Friday as part of sweeping nationwide cuts ordered by President Donald Trump's administration.

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Rep. Greg Stanton @repgregstanton.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans. Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.

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American Ethnological Society // American Ethnologist (journal) @amethno.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

*️⃣ *️⃣ AE FORUM (52.1): I Was Wrong *️⃣ *️⃣ Featuring articles by Veena Das, Hugh Gusterson, Gil Hizi, Carole McGranahan, Erin Routon, Meredith G. Marten, & Laura A. Meek, w/eds' note by @llwynn.bsky.social, Susanna Trnka, & @kopyor.bsky.social! Find it here!: ⬇️ americanethnologist.org/journal/issu...

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Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

This @washingtonpost.com story is so important that I'm gifting it. These people appear to be operating totally illegally and outside the Constitution -- and they know it. wapo.st/40LVERn

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U.S. government officials privately warn Musk’s blitz appears illegal

The billionaire’s DOGE team has launched an all-out assault on federal agencies, triggering numerous legal objections.

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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Hi, I am @motherjones.com' disability reporter. In the following weeks, I am very interested in hearing how tariff nonsense impacts getting your meds and medical equipment. My email to get in touch is jmetraux@motherjones.com. Reposts appreciated.

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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

@USAID is enduring an unlawful shutdown, purge, and dismantling. It’s thrown its vital work into turmoil—based on spurious, absurd, and willfully slanted attacks. Here's what’s real: the massive and growing harm now being caused. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...

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Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid (Gift Article)

Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.

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NPR @npr.org · 31/01/2025

BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.

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Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies

Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.

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Melissa Kline Struhl @mekline.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Hey if anyone is considering backing up any datasets for some reason today, the Open Science Framework has free storage up to 5G/private repository, and up to 50G/public repository. (The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 31/01/2025

CDC staff have been told to RETRACT all studies submitted to journals (but not yet accepted) if they include the words “gender” or “pregnant people”. #holdtheline #publichealth

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Lauren Herckis @laurenherckis.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Targeting AI Literacy? I really appreciate this great 4-part framework for AI Literacy, developed by a team from @Barnard-College.bsky.social: Understand AI, Use & Apply AI, Analyze & Evaluate AI, Create AI er.educause.edu/articles/202... #EduSky #AILiteracy #LLM #AI #Science 🧪

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A Framework for AI Literacy

Academic and technologies teams at Barnard College developed an AI literacy framework to provide a conceptual foundation for AI education and programm

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Tim Riffe @timriffe1.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I have a 99.8% snapshot of all zipped files from CDC Vital Statistics Online as of today. Documentation pdfs too. The one missing file was cut off part way 🤷‍♂️ will try again from time to time. Anyone needs anything reach out

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Lauren Herckis @laurenherckis.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I'm honored to be elected Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology, a recognition of significant, enduring contributions to the field! I look forward to #SfAA2025 where I'll discuss equity in th age of AI & share an analysis of trends in transnational nurse migration @appliedanthro.bsky.social

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Antoine de Bengy @adebengyp.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Thrilled to see @thelancet.bsky.social publish our viewpoint “Global health partnerships for a post-2030 agenda”, co-written with @profsophieharman.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social and @kstoreng.bsky.social A thread 🧵

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Dorsa Amir @dorsaamir.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Realize this doesn't impact most academics, but i think the NSF just axed one of the mechanisms/solicitations for small schools -- the RUI (research for undergraduates). A long-standing program whose page now says "archived opportunity". Wasn't like that earlier this week

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Esther Choo @choo.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

My NIH study section that was to meet tomorrow was one of those canceled. This represents many months of work by the applicants and by the NIH staff and reviewers. Devastating is the correct word.

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Martin Hebart @martinhebart.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz showing highly fascinating work that preverbal infants at 4-5 months can already pair objects with arbitrary labels within a few trials, and appear to form symbolic representations that they can logically manipulate (e.g. negation). #ABIM2025 #neuroskyence

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Julie J Lee @jjlee.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

NEW! Trump isn’t eager to regulate Big Tech. Worried you’ll get a 404 error next time you look for a Biden-era AI doc? We were too. We saved them, so you don’t have to. data.aclum.org/2025/01/13/b...

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We saved hundreds of Biden-era AI documents, so you don't have to — The Data for Justice Project | ACLU of Massachusetts

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Have you always wanted to be a marine biologist? We are now offering fundraiser charter shark research expeditions! Join me for a day of shark research while supporting the lab's effort's to bring school groups out on future trips. Join as an individual, or charter the whole day for your group!

Flier for our fundraiser charter shark research expeditions!

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

ICYMI a great #scicomm piece from @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social this week. It resonates - perhaps partly because I try to publicly communicate as if I'm talking to my grandma or high school friends. What do you all think?🛟🧪🩺 theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/the-cost-o...

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The Cost of Failed Science Communication: Lessons from Los Angeles

Expertise Without Connection Leaves Us Talking to Ourselves

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

1/12. Lots of engagement with this Walmart research post. I wanted to follow up on one of the themes I noticed in reactions. This will be a longer thread than I usually write, but I want to weave together a few related points on science (and communication about it), public engagement, and policy.

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Lauren Herckis @laurenherckis.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

LitCovid is the most comprehensive resource for tracking up-to-date scientific information about, providing a central access to 442,936+ relevant articles. Articles are updated daily and categorized by topics (eg transmission) and geographic locations. 🧪 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/cor...

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LitCovid

LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus.

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

"Adult learning doesn't appear to become difficult because of a change in neural plasticity. Rather, we see things through the lens of our native language and that 'warps' how see foreign languages. Through training, we can change our 'perceptual warping' to make language learning easier." #LangSky

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Adults Can Be Retrained To Learn Second Languages More Easily, Says UCL Scientist

Our ability to hear and understand a second language becomes more and more difficult with age, but the adult brain can be retrained to pick up foreign sounds more easily again. This finding, reported ...

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Dan Chibnall @bookowl.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Need some good news at the end of 2024? Dr. Katelyn Jetelina @kkjetelina.bsky.social has a good post about some big public health accomplishments from this year. 🧪 yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/22-public-...

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Ask anyone from a Global South country, and they will immediately point out the most visa-hostile countries: USA, UK, Canada, EU (Schengen), and Australia would top the list communities.springernature.com/posts/visa-f...

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Visa-friendly venues for global health meetings

Conference organizers have an obligation to host meetings in locations that are not visa-hostile. Are there ‘visa-friendly’ options that conference organizers should be considering? This crowd-sourced...

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Nicole McNeil @nicolemmcneil.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

“Women leave or consider leaving [faculty positions] because of workplace climate more often than work-life balance.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty

Women faculty are more likely to leave their jobs than men, most often due to workplace climate, rather than work-life balance.

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