Reposted by Matthew GrowdonWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 23/07/2025Madam, I have a secret to reveal. 1041955
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonPBS News @pbsnews.org · 11/07/2025A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold." 4263895111257
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonIan Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Yesterday I used this "AI -Free Statement" in a conference talk for the first time. Still trying to figure out the exact language. Feel free to borrow, modify, etc. 792326600
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/06/2025Brilliant. 10/10. No notes. 1003436779906
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 25/06/2025A few months ago, Nature published how-to guide for using ChatGPT to write your peer reviews in 30 minutes. This is, of course, a horrible idea. Here’s my response with @jbakcoleman.bsky.social .nature.comAI, peer review and the human activity of scienceWhen researchers cede their scientific judgement to machines, we lose something important. 15589233
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonSho Hoshino @shophotography.bsky.social · 17/06/2025The season of Renge Tsutsuji has arrived in Japan. Delicate crimson blossoms grace the forest, enchanting all who pass by. Summer is here — and on clear mornings, a gentle mist rises through the trees, softly lit by the warm sunlight. It seems this month will be a busy one. 1240846
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Incredible fail by a smart reporter. Truly. This data has gotten a lot of coverage this week. cc @gregsargent.bsky.social 25819161
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Conservative protests are always treated as an organic cry of anger that manifests the distress of the unjustly ignored American heartland; protests from the center-left are always written off as noise from inside the bubble. 452622630
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonDavid Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 15/06/202510 years of obsession about what Trump supporters think & care about has warped our understanding of their size & popularity: Trump is historically unpopular, pro-democracy supporters far outnumber the object of Corporate Media’s love. Time to hear more from majority of US. 371607353
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 15/06/2025Sign of the day… 442583
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonKrassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Best image of the day: 589351119145
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 14/06/2025The miasma theory is not "outdated," it's fucking nonsense. It thought people got chlamydia from rotten air. The "germ theory" isn't "widely accepted," it's proven scientific fact, and it's the only thing that allowed humanity to advance and cure diseases. Otherwise, great headline. 1250782
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonConrad Benner @streetsdept.bsky.social · 14/06/2025The cost of Trump’s birthday parade put into perspective at Philly’s #NoKings, created with @indivisiblephl.bsky.social. 241453513
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonJournal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Commentary: Older Adults Without Family Caregivers Need Better Access to Medicaid Support Services. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 031
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Put this on a billboard. 98110542811
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonAllie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Out now in @nathumbehav.nature.com: Cuts to NIH funding will impact the economy and employment nationwide. We visualize these losses and advocate for a theory-driven approach to communicating local, self-relevant impact. w/ @joshuasweitz.bsky.social + SCIMaP team: www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comNIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment - Nature Human BehaviourNature Human Behaviour - NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment 518697
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 04/06/2025Possibly the best thing I've read about ChatGPT yet. h/t @melaniemitchell.bsky.social amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...amandaguinzburg.substack.comDiabolus Ex MachinaThis Is Not An Essay 541022378
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 23/05/2025open chart, keep scrolling down www.gelliottmorris.com/p/republican... 3819781017
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 23/05/2025 412143
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonKrista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Delighted to see @lwaltermd.bsky.social receive the Hal Luft Mentoring Award at @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social #HSR Symposia today. She’s describing building a culture of mentoring in @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social, which has certainly made my career possible 093
Reposted by Matthew Growdoneileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 10/04/2025They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. -FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925. 464228204708
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonNicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 31/03/2025I join >1900 members of US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine signing this letter, as individuals, decrying the present thoughtless assault on science, which is against our national interests. docs.google.com/document/d/1... Our health, wealth, and security depend on science.docs.google.comPublic Statement on Supporting Science for the Benefit of All CitizensTO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE We all rely on science. Science gave us the smartphones in our pockets, the navigation systems in our cars, and life-saving medical care. We count on engineers when we drive acr... 0369
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonMiddle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 26/03/2025ABC News: "An unthinkable breach of national security." CBS News: "An unthinkable breach of national security." MSNBC: "An unthinkable breach of national security." CNN: "An unthinkable breach of national security." Fox News: "We've all texted the wrong person before." 793318688892
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonScott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 24/03/2025White House says no one will be fired over the Signal scandal because no one involved was trying to cure cancer. 190142953011
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonBoze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 22/03/2025There are numerous folktales about magicians who seek advice from mechanical heads who possess all the world’s knowledge, but often give the magicians bad advice that leads them to ruin, and if more people read the old stories we wouldn’t keep making the same dumb mistakes. 224543
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/03/2025Trump, Musk, Vance, Vought, etc are systematically destroying: 1. Scientific research in the United States. 2. The talent pipeline for this research. 3. The university system itself. 4. The careers of thousands of people like Dr. Minor For what? Politics? Resentment? Thiel? Putin? Thread: 27516199
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonKrista Harrison, PhD @kristalynharrison.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Great to be part of this project, led by Dr. Meredith Bock (of @remohealth.bsky.social) and Dr. Lauren Hunt! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 1/ 133
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonDonovan Maust @dtmaust.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Only in-person or online? Umm…has anyone with DOGE ever met an older adult? 032
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 15/03/2025 14724247
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Boston Mayor Michelle Wu at the House hearing on sanctuary cities: "If you wanted to make us safe, pass gun reforms. Stop cutting Medicaid. Stop cutting cancer research. Stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our cities safe." Mic drop! 🎤 806148203714
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 05/03/2025I say he lies, And lies, and lies. 111116302
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/03/2025NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL. 57759429340878
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonAlt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 01/03/202518F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org18f.orgWe're not done yet | 18F 697187406805
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 01/03/2025They have no answer for what the oligarchs are doing to America. 604152494531
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonDonovan Maust @dtmaust.bsky.social · 25/02/2025"VA researchers whose contracts are about to expire . . . will not be renewed, even when funding [through extramural grants is] in place to pay them. Should the VA continue this policy . . . over the months to come, the entire VA research workforce could be decimated." 13132
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Colorado's Rep Brittany Pettersen (D) flew cross-country with her one-month-old to vote against the GOP budget tonight. Dems ended up one vote short. Pettersen was part of an unsuccessful bipartisan push to allow new mothers to vote remotely. #copolitics 682304215918
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/02/2025NEW LAWSUIT: An employee of the VA since 2006, who took law classes at night to get a promotion to the general counsel's office in 2024, was fired as a "probationary" employee because of her recent job change. She is asking a court for her job back. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 224146743785
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonTina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 25/02/2025That’s Tammy Baldwin — not me. You can keep track of all the hundreds of white men but it’s the 28 women in the Senate that trips you up, Fox News? 205109601755
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 23/02/2025Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story. 5861865610045
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/02/2025El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency. 9979527020764
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonNancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 22/02/2025💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...reuters.comDutch pension fund ABP sells all Alphabet and Meta shares, CEO tells newspaper FDABP, the Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in tech companies Meta and Alphabet , its CEO told Dutch newspaper FD in an interview published on Monday. 293200384888
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Is it too much to ask to want the government to stop the president from doing the illegal stuff? 472132212205
Matthew Growdon @mgrowdon.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Have never been a huge podcast listener. But thank you @meidastouch.com for your invigorating and much needed coverage of these chilling, cruel, anti democratic, inhumane, and deeply upsetting political times. Feels so good to be part of a BIG opposition movement and not just downcast and fearful! 💪 020
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025This is how it’s done. 27317642010826
Reposted by Matthew GrowdonIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 22/02/2025Thank you to Senate Democrats for unifying in opposition to Republicans’ scheme to punish working families. Democrats played procedural hardball and spent hours on the floor debating overnight, filing close to 100 amendments and forcing votes on 23 of them.apnews.comSenate Republicans approve budget framework, pushing past Democratic objections after all-night voteThe hours-long “vote-a-rama” rambled along in a dreaded but crucial part of the budget process, as senators considered one amendment after another, largely from Democrats trying to halt it. 331589312
Reposted by Matthew Growdondeprescribing.org @deprescribing.bsky.social · 20/02/2025So many #Deprescribing guidelines currently in development worldwide 🌎: ➡️ Diuretic Deprescribing ➡️ Statin Deprescribing ➡️ Antidepressant Deprescribing ➡️ Gabapentinoid Deprescribing Keep your eyes peeled for updates on our Deprescribing Guidelines Repository (DEPOT) page! 👀 buff.ly/3tkhsqHbuff.lyDeprescribing Guidelines Repository (DEPOT) - Deprescribing.org 1109