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Michelle Ko

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MD-PhD | student for life | racism health & policy | she her | Taiwanese American | 💜

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Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Disabled and senior people constitute the highest number of deaths in climate disasters like wildfires and flooding due to poor planning and lack of investment by the govt. Something I wrote about wildfires in Northern CA: sf.curbed.com/2018/11/13/1... #LAFires #LAFirestorm2025
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In California wildfires, disabled people may be left behind
"Our lives are at stake and thoughts and prayers are not enough"
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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 02/12/2024
🧪 🩺 🛟 😷
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Reinstating masking curbs hospital viral outbreaks, study confirms
Researchers investigate how changes in hospital policies for SARS-CoV-2 testing and masking have influenced hospital-acquired respiratory viral infections.
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National Association of County and City Health Officials @nacchoalerts.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
We support trans rights as a matter of public health, human dignity, and every person’s right to live their true self on their own terms.🩷
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Madison Pauly @msjpauly.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Here we go with the US v. Skrmetti oral arguments. Here's where you can listen in: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen... And @elienyc.bsky.social, @hegemommy.bsky.social, @garnethenderson.com are all live tweeting (skeeting?). I will have some skeets to add too!
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Live Oral Argument Audio Live Oral Argument Audio
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Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
As usual, McSweeneys is undefeated www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-f...
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A Faculty Member’s Self-Evaluation at the End of the Semester
Dear Committee Members, As part of the faculty review process, I am pleased to report to you on my work. In this letter, I will offer information ...
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Daniel S. Goldberg @profgoldberg.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I wish we lived in a world where public health policy is made based on the best available evidence. But the empirical evidence that we do not live in such a world is overwhelming…
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
There's a huge tension building within public health over collaboration: can we work with the Trump Administration, at whatever few points of overlap in mission exist, to make people healthier? What this misses is the visibility and transparency of that play to the public, and its impact on trust
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Since I suspect these might come up again... 1️⃣ It's "mass infection", not "focused protection". 2️⃣ It's "conspiracy theorist", not "critic". 3️⃣ It's "denier", not "skeptic". 4️⃣ It's "unevidenced", "misleading", or "false", not "disagreement". Bothsidesism and sanewashing are both widespread and 📈.
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WBOB @iamwbob.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Come to me tomorrow (11/22) at 10am to hear @zinzinator.bsky.social!
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AN/PRC-148 MBITRsweet Symphony @classywarfare.gobirds.online · 18/11/2024
I just wanna point out that the existence of the NLRB and labor unions is the “moderate compromise” option and prior to that things like “running gun battles in the street” and “burning the boss’s house down with everyone in it” were on the table as negotiating tactics
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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 27/09/2024
Who did this 😂
The Scream by Edvard Munch with the person replaced with Moo Deng the baby Pygmy hippo appearing to scream.
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Moon Gazing Raccoon @banditpaws.com · 05/11/2024
If you are in the U.S. & are an adult w/ a disability (including LC) or the caretaker of someone w/ a disability, the government wants to hear about barriers to healthcare. This is a great opportunity to talk about masks & clean air, as well as any other concerns gaosurvey.gao.gov/jfe/form/SV_...
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GAO Survey on Disabilities and Health Care
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 04/11/2024
Folks, I CANNOT stress enough how important it is to research your school board candidates for tomorrow. Most of them are often listed as non-partisan. You gotta drill down and find out who's for what and then vote out the Moms for Liberty worms that embedded themselves since 2020. It matters.
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Michelle Ko @michelleko2d.bsky.social · 20/10/2024
Data disaggregation in the healthcare workforce is long overdue. This is just a small step. Hope we can have better conversations jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Asian American Diversity and Representation in the Health Care Workforce, 2007 to 2022
This serial cross-sectional study evaluates trends in Asian American diversity among physicians, registered nurses, nursing assistants, and home health aides to characterize subgroup representation wi...
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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 05/10/2024
Just a reminder: the deadline to register to vote in the presidential election is likely coming up in your state. Now is the time to register if you haven’t already done so. Go here: vote.gov/register Also, compilation of voter registration resources from APIAVote: apiavote.org/how-to-vote/...
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Register to vote in U.S. elections | Vote.gov
Get the information you need to register to vote, check your registration, or update registration information in your state or territory.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2024
Given the extreme weather we are seeing, it is worth noting that Project 2025 wants to do away with NOAA, and believes the main problem with climate change is that people are too alarmed about it. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-manda...
Still, it is remarkable to be so open about targeting agencies for producing research. Mandate for Leadership says that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration should be “broken up and downsized” because it is “one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry.”

The “climate change industry”? See, there are some industries that Republicans want to put out of business!

The risks of climate change or credible government response are not accepted in Mandate for Leadership. Indeed, the word “climate” cannot be uttered without an some language to emphasize that its all exaggerated, e.g., “climate extremism,” “radical climate policy,” “extreme climate policies,” or “climate policy fanaticism.” Climate is also presented as akin to DEI or Critical Race Theory “and other woke ideas”— artifacts of liberal brainwashing, where efforts to solve some underlying societal problem is a much greater danger than the problem itself.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/09/2024
It is incredibly hard to estimate the effects of laws on mental health, but this is a well-designed effort in an excellent journal. The findings, that anti-trans law lead to worse mental health and suicide attempts, should be taken seriously. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
Here's the most troubling story I've investigated all year. I hope it has an impact. Lower wage health workers faced deadly conditions during covid outbreaks in 2020. Now they're struggling with PTSD & more. Employers & the government have left them hanging. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Nursing Aides Plagued by PTSD After ‘Nightmare’ Covid Conditions, With Little Help - KFF Health News
A KFF Health News investigation reveals that employers and the government have offered nursing aides little assistance for PTSD and other ongoing maladies triggered by hazardous work during the pandem...
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Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
📭🗳️ Hey, disabled folks who care about disability issues and considering voting this November! Check out the #CripTheVote 2024 U.S. Election Disability Issue Survey surveymonkey.com/r/9DSFZ99
On the right is a photo a hand dropping a ballot in a box. On the left, '#CripTheVote 2024 U.S. Election Disability Issue Survey' and in the center is a QR code. Below text reads, "Share with us the issues that matter to you!"
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Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 23/09/2024
In this month's newsletter, I write about my recent pelagic birding experience, and why it's so special to look for birds out at sea. Plus the usual photography + links. buttondown.com/edyong209/ar...
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The Ed's Up - 11 Hours on a Boat
Before the puffin appeared, the day was disappointingly quiet. I was off the coast of California with my wife, Liz, on our first pelagic trip—a full-day...
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Michelle Ko @michelleko2d.bsky.social · 11/09/2024
My review packet is due in two weeks and I *cannot wait* to show you my concept of a plan!
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Michelle Ko @michelleko2d.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
A couple folks at work have said recently that I’m “intimidating” I have not done a good job showing ppl my day-to-day life is a actually clown show in a mini-van 🤡🚌
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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
This is such a grim summary of the state of Medicaid eligibility and enrollment systems kffhealthnews.org/news/article... #healthpolicy
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Michelle Ko @michelleko2d.bsky.social · 08/09/2024
Reframe: Across multiple elite colleges, Black and Hispanic/Latine student enrollment fell dramatically compared to last year. In comparison, White study enrollment increased or remained unchanged. Changes in Asian American enrollment were mixed.
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OiYan Poon (she/her) @oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
Princeton's AsianAm numbers dropped too. There've been mixed outcomes for AsianAms post-affirmative action, devastating declines in Black, Latine, & Indigenous students, and increases in white students. AsianAms who said Ed Blum was their hero let their anti-Blackness get the best of them.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 04/09/2024
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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
WINDER, GA—In the hours following a violent rampage in Georgia in which a lone attacker killed at least four individuals and injured nine others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of...
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 31/08/2024
Comment period now open on proposed Federal @OSHA_DOL Heat safety regulations. These rules are critical to protect the health and lives of farm workers and other workers who have no choice but to work during dangerous temperatures. ufw.org/federalheatr... WeFeedYou
Comment period now open on proposed Federal @OSHA_DOL Heat safety regulations. These rules are critical to protect the health and lives of farm workers and other workers who have no choice but to work during dangerous temperatures. http://ufw.org/federalheatregcomments #WeFeedYou #HeatJustice
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Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
In this month’s newsletter, I deconstruct the opening paragraph of an old piece, to show the kind of thinking that goes into even a small bit of writing. Also the usual bird photos and reading recommendations: buttondown.com/edyong209/ar...
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The Ed's Up - A Writing Case Study
Behind-the-scenes: On writing and practiced intentionality Every June, since 2022, I’ve spent a week on Catalina Island to support the USC Storymakers...
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Michelle Ko @michelleko2d.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
UC Davis hiring for assistant prof, quantitative sociology recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06682
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Assistant Professor of Quantitative Sociology
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 26/08/2024
Opinion | Do Colleges Have to Go Back to the SAT? Test-optional admissions policies remain a valuable tool for expanding access, even if impacts are modest, Julie J. Park, Kelly Rosinger and Dominique J. Baker write. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4cFmmzd
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Do colleges have to go back to the SAT? (opinion)
Test-optional admissions policies remain a valuable tool for expanding access, even if impacts are modest, Julie J. Park, Kelly Rosinger and Dominique J. Baker write.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 02/03/2024
One thing I try to get across in my work on racialized organizations is that anything the org offers in the name of diversity or inclusion can become a tool eventually used against marginalized groups. Here is an example.
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 31/01/2024
Martin Griffiths, the UN’s emergency relief chief, told CNN the “great majority” of 400,000 Gazans characterized by UN agencies as at risk of starving “are actually in famine.”
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Palestinians are eating grass and drinking polluted water as famine looms across Gaza | CNN
Hanadi Gamal Saed El Jamara, 38, says sleep is all that can distract her children from the aching hunger gnawing at their bellies.
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Michelle Ko @michelleko2d.bsky.social · 25/01/2024
We wrote a thing. TLDR: Asian Americans, we exist. "Without critical inquiry into Asian American positionality, the medical profession will not be able to effectively analyze, challenge, and disrupt racism within our own institutions." www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
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Michelle Ko @michelleko2d.bsky.social · 19/01/2024
“Americans prefer to see our wars as exercises in protecting and expanding freedom and democracy. To suggest that we might be fighting for capitalism is too disturbing for many Americans.”
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The MLK Speech We Need Today Is Not the One We Remember Most
Viet Thanh Nguyen on Dr. King's 1967 speech ‘Beyond Vietnam’
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 14/01/2024
I love how @gracelp.bsky.social calls the Taiwan election process, "high trust, high transparency and joyfully participatory!!!" Twitter URL: twitter.com/GraceLP/stat...
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This is being called out as an “old school, low tech” approach to vote counting when it should really be framed as high trust, high transparency and joyfully participatory!!! #TaiwanElection

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#Taiwan may be a juggernaut when it comes to high tech semiconductors, but how election ballots are counted here is super low-fi. Each vote is called out and tallied by hand at polling centers across the island. When democracy is a workout. @nbcnews @TODAYshow @MSNBC  @NBCNewsNow
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Michelle Ko @michelleko2d.bsky.social · 13/01/2024
Caution news stories calling Lai’s election a “snub” on China-majority of Taiwan voters did not vote for Lai and legislature is split. The snub is that they had an election at all.
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Michelle Ko @michelleko2d.bsky.social · 13/01/2024
As an American, I’m not going to advocate for any particular party. Democracy is hard-won multigenerational struggle. Taiwanese people can and should choose their own leadership.
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Michelle Ko @michelleko2d.bsky.social · 13/01/2024
Congratulations once again to the people of Taiwan for showing the world how to do democracy.
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Michelle Ko @michelleko2d.bsky.social · 13/01/2024
This is generational leadership. Love and respect.
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As she drives research on structural racism in health care, Rachel Hardeman faces a painful reckonin...
As her research has gained prominence, health equity scholar Rachel Hardeman is realizing that antiracism work may not be possible from within academia.
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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
So the whole CSU system—all 23 schools across California—is about to go on strike, in the second week of the semester, supported by the Teamsters. This feels big
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Nyasha Junior @nyashajunior.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
Good morning. COVID is not over. Masks work. Wear a mask. 😷
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Jesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social · 09/01/2024
My letter to the NYT editor. I sent it yesterday; we will see if they run it. I'll put links in this thread.
Letter to the New York Times editor regarding David Leonhardt's "The Misguided War on the SAT." First paragraph: "David Leonhardt's, "The Misguided War on the SAT," argues that eliminating standardized tests from college admissions "harm[s] vulnerable people," denying some "the opportunity to change their lives - and change society - for the better." He offers no evidence for this claim.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 The result: It's now worth 41% less today than in 1968.
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Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 05/01/2024
“In my life, I’ve never seen anything like this in terms of severity, in terms of scale, and then in terms of speed.” - Arif Husain, United Nations World Food Program, on starvation in Gaza.
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Gaza Is Starving
The chief economist of the World Food Program explains how the scarcity of food may tip the territory into famine.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
Thanks for writing this. In case you are interested, here is me on Rufo in 2022, talking about the roots of his strategy in the Discovery Institute. time.com/6202664/crit...
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Critical Race Theory’s Merchants of Doubt
What is more divisive than outlawing basic descriptive facts about American history?
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Michelle Ko @michelleko2d.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
“At tense moments, every one of us must be more skeptical than ever of the loudest and most extreme voices in our culture, however well organized or well connected they might be. Too often they are pursuing self-serving agendas that should be met with more questions and less credulity.”
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