Sign in

Nadia

@nadiabey.bsky.social
189 followers 193 following 177 posts

writer, public health enthusiast, Duke + GWSPH alum. opinions do not reflect the views of any organization I am affiliated with. about me: nadiabey.com

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Nadia
Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
292026391 2K
Reposted by Nadia
Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 15/10/2026
I think we need to be clear that he biggest issue with this situation is not its timing. It’s that it’s happening at all. The mainstream outlets and Democrats framing this as an “elections issue” are missing the point entirely.
112444 124
Reposted by Nadia
STAT @statnews.com · 13/10/2026
The veteran journalist’s coverage was marked by clarity and nuance at times of crisis. Read her story: www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/helen-b…
A person with light hair is sitting, wearing a dark jacket and glasses on top of their head. They appear to be speaking or gesturing. Text on the image memorializes Helen Branswell, mentioning their work in reporting on infectious diseases and public health, and noting their passing at age 69.
87428 74
Reposted by Nadia
Mylo Minderbinder @duffomatic.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
WaPo published my letter, but first they censored it. Here’s the story . . 1/
8646353 646
Reposted by Nadia
ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/10/2026
ProPublica designed a reporting experiment to demonstrate how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. We succeeded in opening two schools. No credentials or background checks required.
propublica.org
How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours
The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.
161569658 1.6K
Reposted by Nadia
Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
New Fed estimates of wealth by age are out. Under-35 wealth dropped 23% over these three years www.wsj.com/economy/affl...
wsj.com
Affluent and Older Americans Got Much Richer in Postpandemic Years
A Federal Reserve study found overall median net worth rose 2% between 2022 and 2025.
13478184 478
Nadia @nadiabey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Anyone know of any research on how social media users react to AI-generated content in the science/health space specifically? Just had a disagreement where I was told people would watch videos of an AI-generated scientist and I said the type of person interested in science content prob wouldn’t.
000 0
Reposted by Nadia
Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Current and Historical Public Opinion on Medicare-for-All and Other National Health Plan Proposals www.kff.org/public-opini...
kff.org
Current and Historical Public Opinion on Medicare-for-All and Other National Health Plan Proposals | KFF
This chart pack summarizes KFF polling data on public opinion on Medicare-for-all and other national health plan proposals. The latest update finds that two-thirds of the public supports Medicare-for-...
032 3
Reposted by Nadia
Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026
A new IWPR report confirms that college-educated Black women are more likely to lead in government than in companies. Which is why the DOGE cuts that slashed federal jobs have been particularly devastating for college-educated Black women. #blacksky
Figure 3. College-Educated Black Women Are More Likely to Be Hired for Management Positions in the Public Sector than the Private Sector
All women and Black women (bachelor's degree or higher) as a share of total managers in the public and private sectors, 2024

PublicPrivate
5.0%
15.0%
25.0%
35.0%
Women's share of all managers
41.3%
24.3%
Black women as a share of all college-educated women
15.9%
10.8%
Black women as a share of women managers
19.8%
9.2%
Black women as a share of all managers
8.2%
2.2%
Get the dataDownload image
Source: Author's analysis of Current Population Survey microdata, EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 2026.7.8, https://microdata.epi.org
Note: Race and ethnicity are mutually exclusive; Black women are all non-Hispanic.
3345128 345
Reposted by Nadia
Cole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
But collectively, the narrow focus on grants to universities is misguided, especially when one accounts for the balance of where the money actually goes (source: NCSES). A plurality of federal R&D funding goes to businesses, followed by internal R&D expenditure, followed by higher education.
Chart outlining the flow of federal R&D obligations to performers. Business received over 69 billion dollars, followed by federal internal at 51 billion, followed by higher education at 44.4 billion. Federally funded research and development centers received 16.3 billion, nonprofits 10.6 billion, and foreign performers 1.1 billion. State and local governments received 795 million.
53813 38
Reposted by Nadia
Dani Sandler @dismalscientist86.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New Census Working Paper: "Gender Differences in the Returns to Double Majoring: A Case of Signaling?" by Andrew Smith, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, and Maria Zhu www.census.gov/library/work...
census.gov
Gender Differences in the Returns to Double Majoring: A Case of Signaling?
Women earn about 5% more for double majoring in college, while men see no return, consistent with double majors serving as a signal in the labor market.
174 7
Reposted by Nadia
Jen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Important story from @lisalsong.bsky.social out today. An idea that the White House Office of Management and Budget has quietly proposed will have far-reaching implications on voter registration drives www.propublica.org/article/disa...
propublica.org
This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
01512 15
Reposted by Nadia
Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
05822 58
Reposted by Nadia
jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Are You A Librarian: The Untold Story of Black Librarians follows the librarians who kept the doors open when the law said they shouldn't-from segregated reading rooms to freedom libraries to the branches serving our communities now" Rentable/streamable 📚 www.historysplayground.com/are-you-a-li...
historysplayground.com
Watch Are You a Librarian | History's Playground
Rent the Are You a Librarian documentary for $3.99 and stream it for 72 hours on History's Playground.
218774 187
Reposted by Nadia
Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fake. USDA. Seals. Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports. We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no? www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...
scrippsnews.com
Interactive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labels
Pork, beef and goat products are being recalled after a company allegedly used fake USDA inspection labels. Explore our interactive guide to see which products are affected and what to look for.
11527471294 2.7K
Reposted by Nadia
Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23/09/2026
ICE snatched up a Senegalese college basketball player with an ACL injury in a Kentucky airport. She’s “in so much pain” and needs surgery, but is being transferred from camp to camp with little more than ibuprofen. www.kentucky.com/news/state/k...
A picture of Amina Seck in her Kentucky State jersey on a basketball court.
61066666 1.1K
Nadia @nadiabey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
two articles on the exact same subject with different headlines back to back on the feed is proving my point lol
000 0
Nadia @nadiabey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The thing is, this IS an article that could plausibly be written by the N&O but I just know it’s one of the random celebrity articles McClatchy pushes onto their website
100 1
Reposted by Nadia
Mark Abraham @markabraham.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
USNews rankings of some women’s colleges plummeted to a historic low point after the news and media website added a new “earnings by major” factor to its college rankings. (The factor is probably not adjusted by gender or hours worked) @usnews.com @wellesley.edu
Image from Instagram
064 6
Reposted by Nadia
Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good morning, it’s the 21st day of September
youtu.be
Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO
16806365 806
Reposted by Nadia
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New from Lauren Supplee at Can We Still Govern? The US government had gradually become better at producing and using evidence. This evidence-based infrastructure is largely invisible, important, and one more thing gutted by Trump. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-system...
donmoynihan.substack.com
The System for Using Evidence to Improve Federal Programs Has Been Gutted
Here’s How We Fix It
3467180 467
Reposted by Nadia
Stephanie Baker @stephabaker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Covid in 98% of airport air samples. A reminder that you can wear an n95 when you travel, even if you don’t wear one all the time, and why wouldn’t you want to avoid getting sick while you’re on a trip?
1384264 384
Reposted by Nadia
gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I asked AT&T Stadium about the Rolling Stone report about how they objected to Macklemore coming to Arlington next month. They didn't comment, but as I've noted they're still hosting Kanye West in November: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
chron.com
AT&T Stadium, which will host Ye this fall, objected to Macklemore
The Seattle rapper was dropped from Ed Sheeran's stadium tour bill.
573022820 3K
Nadia @nadiabey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
video cutting off before the greatest hayley song ever (true believer)
010 1
Reposted by Nadia
Uplifting News @upliftingnews.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A $50 million gift will fund Native student scholarships for the next five years and create a permanent endowment to support Indigenous students for generations.
nativenewsonline.net
A $50 million gift from MacKenzie Scott is being dedicated entirely to Native students, with $10 million funding scholarships over the next five years and $40 million placed in a permanent endowment to support Native students for generations to come.
A $50 million gift from MacKenzie Scott is being dedicated entirely to Native students, with $10 million funding scholarships over the next five years and $40 million placed in a permanent endowment to support Native students for generations to come.
372344541 2.3K
Reposted by Nadia
onion person @junlper.beer · 10/09/2026
trying to get people to understand that the trans women in sports debate isn’t really about sports but a meta narrative pushed by the right all about slowly getting all trans people out of public life is truly impossible
9482412002 8.2K
Reposted by Nadia
Caitlin McGlade @caitmcglade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I, the only data reporter at the Charlotte Observer, am among the McClatchy layoffs in the bloodbath today. The HR person asked me not to talk about it! AMA. Anyway, here’s a link to one of my most important stories this year. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
charlotteobserver.com
A Black teen found hanged near Charlotte church was a suicide, police say. Questions remain
In May, 16-year-old Juliana Nzita was found dead in a Charlotte churchyard. CMPD called it a suicide. Her family isn’t so sure.
612154849 2.2K
Reposted by Nadia
Isabel, booonyavirus wonk @isabelott.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This has been in place in Georgia for over a decade, fwiw - it’s part of why the org I volunteered with supported so many underdocumented students’ apps/etc to out-of-state/private colleges, including in FL. Damn shame.
072 7
Reposted by Nadia
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New: a secretive DHS predictive policing unit is analyzing Americans' financial activity, feeding those names to police, then having cops pull them over. Not suspected of any particular crime We're revealing the unit name too: Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team www.404media.co/a-secretive-...
404media.co
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
461283795 1.3K
Nadia @nadiabey.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
dukechronicle.com/article/2fb3... this is from the past academic year
dukechronicle.com
Duke's financial aid has nearly doubled in size. The share of students receiving it has barely changed
As tuition rises, financial aid has expanded, but without significantly altering who benefits. The Chronicle took a closer look at federal and institutional data to see how that trend has played out.
020 2
Reposted by Nadia
Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"Can Private Markets Fill the Gap? Graduate Student Lending After the Elimination of GradPLUS" www.nber.org/papers/w3568...
3258 25
Reposted by Nadia
Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 31/08/2026
Late last week, the HHS released a report claiming to show a link between "transgender ideology" and political violence. Among other bizarre features of this unpublished, non-peer reviewed paper it included a grand total of 13 transgender people. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
assignedmedia.org
HHS Touts Online Survey of 13 Trans People as Evidence Trans Acceptance May Cause Violence - Assigned Media
Digging into the latest propaganda from our nation’s health experts.
421371 213
Nadia @nadiabey.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I know these posts are a small fraction of all flights but seeing how frequently people are getting sick on flights is stressing me out
000 0
Reposted by Nadia
Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
In the 1780s and 90s George Washington kept his Philadelphia-based household staff enslaved despite Pennsylvania’s gradual abolition laws by trafficking them out of the state and back into the state to reset the clock every 6 months despite the fact that he had publicly supported the laws.
81237495 1.2K
Reposted by Nadia
Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
As a health journalist, I always look to see who funded any study I write about. I was pretty shocked in 2020 when I read a Vanderbilt paper about monoclonal antibodies for COVID that was funded by a gift from Dolly Parton, who also funded COVID vaccine research. people.com/dolly-parton...
people.com
Dolly Parton, Country Music Legend, Dies at 80, Just 4 Days After Saying, ‘I Still Have so Many Things I Want to Achieve’
Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. The country music legend was known for songs including “Jolene,” “I Will Always Love You” and “9 to 5.” She also starred in movies like ‘Steel Magnolias’ and ‘T...
04318 43
Nadia @nadiabey.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Season 8 was literally my first season… people come back EVERY YEAR?
000 0
Nadia @nadiabey.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“I don’t know if I have it in me to watch Love Island USA next season. It’s too heavy, disturbing, and uncomfortable to engage with on a near-nightly basis for six weeks.” ok so I’m not the only one who felt a sense of dread tuning in 😭
171 7
Reposted by Nadia
Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
See also: www.linkedin.com/posts/susan-...
44115 41
Reposted by Nadia
public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
this is lying with statistics in 3+ ways. 1. y-axis crime 2. we have more recalls at this point in the year than we’ve had in recent years 3. recall counts aren’t very helpful measures because they don’t tell you anything about things like scale or health outcomes and severity.
1331490 314
Reposted by Nadia
Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
BREAKING: In unusual 9PM Friday Federal Register filing, Postal Service finalizes regulation to deny delivery of mail-in ballots not matching addresses in database BUT says won't implement 'til court orders are lifted. #SCOTUS still quiet. Doc: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17238.pdf
14623381407 2.3K
Nadia @nadiabey.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
in eighth grade a guy in my class got scolded by the teacher because he was reading fanfiction dot net in the computer lab with the zoom to like 200% and “fuck” was legible to anyone in the room
030 3
Reposted by Nadia
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 21/08/2026
According to the complaint: “Oura did not just claim to measure a heartbeat or a temperature, but the exact stage of sleep the wearer is in—which in reality requires electrodes in the scalp and sensors on the eyes, as only a hospital or other clinical setting can do.”
techcrunch.com
Oura faces lawsuit accusing it of misleading consumers about sleep-tracking accuracy | TechCrunch
The lawsuit alleges that Oura rings are unable to measure any of the physiological signals needed to assess sleep quality or determine sleep stages.
87128 71
Nadia @nadiabey.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
wouldn’t this tank most people’s average view time? Interesting to roll out alongside the increased watch hour threshold for monetization
000 0
Nadia @nadiabey.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I also vaguely recall people receiving letters saying their neighbors would be notified of their voting records or something?
011 1
Nadia @nadiabey.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This article reminded me of the texts I received during the 2024 election containing my address saying “records suggest you haven’t voted yet,” which I found creepy. They came from MaxVote/AllVote, which are linked to Movement Labs, which is linked to… one of the PACs named in this article.
111 1
Reposted by Nadia
Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If we focus on new faculty hires in the "DEI era", a trend emerges: general hiring dropped due to pandemic hiring freezes, but minority hiring remained stable or slightly increased. The outcome: ~160 minority faculty/year over the counterfactual. So about 1 person per campus.
1289 28
Reposted by Nadia
Washingtonian @washingtonian.com · 15/08/2026
Are AI companies buying books just to destroy them? DC area booksellers say they're seeing mysterious bulk orders that point to AI training.
washingtonian.com
Are AI Companies Buying Books From DC Stores to Destroy Them? - Washingtonian
The mysterious bulk orders—up to 100 books at a time—arriving at DC booksellers.
074 7
Reposted by Nadia
jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 15/08/2026
Just thinking back on the role of overt white supremacists in fueling mainstream news stories about higher education scandals.
211846 118
Reposted by Nadia
Amanda Becker @amandabecker.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
National park signs on women and LGBTQ+ history are disappearing. Librarians are preserving the record 19thnews.org/2026/08/nati... via @19thnews.org
19thnews.org
National park signs on women and LGBTQ+ history are disappearing. Librarians are preserving the record
The revisions have scrubbed or softened accounts of violence, slavery, activism and lived experiences, raising questions about whose stories the government considers worth telling.
13419 34
Reposted by Nadia
The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Internships Are More Important Than Ever. N.C. Universities Are Working To Keep Up Many students are finding there aren’t enough internship opportunities for everyone.
theassemblync.com
Internships Are More Important Than Ever. N.C. Universities Are Working To Keep Up
Many students are finding there aren’t enough internship opportunities for everyone. North Carolina colleges are trying to help.
032 3