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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D

@noellesullivan.bsky.social
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Global Health Studies @NorthwesternU, medical #anthropology, #voluntourism, #health policy & healthcare in 🇹🇿🇺🇸, bike commuter, closet hippy, 🇨🇦 raised, restorative justice memoirist. Opinions expressed are my own. noellesullivan.wordpress.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yes this is stupid but it’s also a corrupt transfer of taxpayer money to a political ally www.washingtonsun.com/agencies/fbi...
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FBI Is Angling to Hand the UFC a No-Bid Contract to Train Agents
The contract would expand an existing partnership between the Trump administration and the UFC.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yeah. You’re definitely in good company.
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Unfortunately, there’s just no money.”
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Faculty & staff didn't want it and advocated against it, particularly given waves of austerity, layoffs, etc. & the donor gift didn't cover the full cost. This was a Board of Trustees decision. One, of several, which has caused a lot of resentment on campus.
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Unrevealed: An analysis of Northwestern's Board of Trustees - Evanston RoundTable
Compared with its peers, Northwestern's board is abnormally large, predominately white and male and dominated by the finance industry.
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Jon Shaffer @jonshaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
these people (billionaires) cannot think outside of the will to accumulate, monopolize, and exploit. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.
As A.I. capabilities accelerate, the technologist is shocked by the “complete lack of engagement” with the question of how to manage its risks.
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This was a worthy read and the book just made it into my TBR list (gift link)
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Opinion | Our Forests Are Demanding a Sacrifice (Gift Article)
Wildfire converted me from a tree-hugger to a tree-worshiper.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#MitchMcConnell is recently in the news. He's been pivotal & polarizing in US politics for eons. Yet also dull and drab. #NPR #Embedded podcast did an amazing 5 part season on him that was surprisingly fascinating--a tall feat indeed. Fully worth your time www.dailykos.com/stories/2019...
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A 5-part podcast on Moscow Mitch: “Embedded” is worth a listen
Explore congressional power and politics with ‘Embedded’s’ in-depth portrait of Mitch McConnell—tune in now!
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEWS: My new investigation uncovers the horrific ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter's violent fantasies and plans up to the day of the massacre. Chats about guns, timing of attacks, becoming infamous, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Look how well the health industry is self-regulating. Patients and providers and employers are THRILLED! The benefits just trickle down. 5⭐️ 100% recommend for AI. What could possibly go wrong?
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Amy Guth @amyguth.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I took a book-binding workshop years ago but would like to learn restoration and book making at THIS level bc holy shit and also this feels like a revolutionary act at the moment
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Part two of my post on What I Lost in Chasing Purpose...and what I found.
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What I Lost in Chasing Purpose: Part Two
And here’s what I found instead.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My man looks like a Teddy Ruxpin doll programmed by the Heritage Foundation
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JD Vance Called Out Over Hypocritical Racist Dogwhistle
The vice president’s remarks about America becoming “dirtier” sparked fierce backlash.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 12/09/2026
Cheat like hell is the Trump family motto.
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Amazing road name. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Street sign called “Bloody Gulch Road”
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I know it’s after sundown and you won’t be reading this right away, but Shana Tovah and may this new year bring you peace and all good things. I’m grateful for all you’ve inspired in me!
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Spoiler alert on NYT Spelling Bee game. But “dickhead” should absolutely be a qualifying word
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Kennedy's department cited seven articles, two of which were apparently made up entirely and three of which did not exist in the journals to which they were attributed..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Judge slams HHS for referencing fake studies generated by misuse of AI
The Department of Health and Human Services has suffered more than its share of AI-related humiliations. The list, alas, is still growing.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
However much you hate British media, it is not enough www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09...
How having a disability became cool
Young women, nicknamed ‘sickfluencers’, are turning chronic illness into a lifestyle trend and entrenching a culture of economic inactivity

Young women are also more likely to get caught up in “social contagion” – the spontaneous spread of behaviours or emotions previously observed by sociologists in “outbreaks” of bulimia, self-harm and transgender ideology. What may have otherwise been transitory feelings are seized upon and obsessed over until they form a central pillar of a person’s identity. A chronic-illness influencer won’t want to get “better” any more than a female-bodied transgender person would want to re-identify with their sex.
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I rather admire how often the diagnosis of the problem has some foundation in truth, but every prescription for how to address the problem is batshit crazy.
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
From someone hoping to be able to say something like this in the next few years, a huge, heartfelt congratulations to you!!
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
With this news, I cannot get the last scene from the movie Fight Club out of my head. 😆
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Fight Club Fight Club Ending
Alt: Fight Club Ending scene as all major banking centers crumble to the ground
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Oh NO! However will I be PRODUCTIVE??? How will I be CREATIVE? 😱 (for those who read literally, this is absolutely snark)
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ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and More Are All Down Right Now
The outage has taken down many of the most popular AI platforms, although service is now recovering for some.
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My latest on Substack is a reflection on what I lost in the pursuit of my dreams, and the moment when I realized I'd been so focused on the grind I was missing something important.
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What I Lost in Chasing Purpose
It was my 40th birthday in 2018.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 31/08/2026
The US government is canceling several cyclospora research studies in the midst of the biggest cyclospora outbreak ever which has made tens of thousands sick and killed two people. Make America Healthy Again.
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This new article in @americananthro.bsky.social's flagship journal is a fascinating account of how settlers are using sheepherding as a means to occupy more lands in the West Bank, part of the largest land grab there since 1967. #Israel #WestBank #Ethnography
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<em>American Anthropologist</em> | AAA Anthropology Journal | Wiley Online Library
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, this article explores the recent deployment of sheep and grazing practices by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank. The wave of herding outposts that has swept...
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Majority Black Gary, Indiana lost electricity for 2 weeks. @sarahlazare.bsky.social visited the city, finding buildings reeking of rotten food, elderly residents trapped in their homes, & mass chaos. This is what happens when climate disaster meets institutional neglect: prospect.org/2026/08/28/g...
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Gary, Indiana, Is America’s Latest Climate Victim - The American Prospect
This community has already faced structural racism and disinvestment. A two-week blackout unleashed a humanitarian disaster.
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My wonderful colleague Nicole Berry has written an outstanding new article on the problematic logics and assumptions underpinning #MedicalMissions. For anyone considering missions or wishing to teach students about them, it's a must-read. Please check it out!
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Feel free to DM me if you ever need others; I'm at Northwestern and we have pretty strong access to nearly everything. Thank you for all that you do!
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Never mind Dr. Serano, I just sent them to the email address on your website. Hopefully they come through okay, please reach out if not.
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I have access, do you want me to PM you or send it to you in some other way?
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This right here. We need more of this in the world, now more than ever. Thank-you Dolly, for your words, your strength, for showing so many people what really matters, and helping people stay calm when they're scared or confused.
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Indivisible Georgia Rising @indivisiblegarise.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We honor the life of Dolly Parton, our patron saint of all things good. She was a stellar human with a big heat who loved everybody. May we all follow her example in whatever small and large ways we are able.
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Dolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80
Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My latest on Substack, an excerpt from my fully-drafted memoir about how my life with my troubled brother helped me think about the man who took his life. noellesullivan1.substack.com/p/the-call-t...
Blooming lily pad
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Totally agree!
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
There's a woman walking back and forth outside my office window. She's singing, with a beautiful alto. It's lovely.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Trump's covert surveillance of anti-ICE protesters is much worse than we thought. I dug into this and found that DHS agents secretly spied on over a dozen meetings of left-leaning groups, all protected by First Amendment. The details are unnerving. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2144...
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Trump’s Secret Police Spying on Americans? It’s Darker than We Knew.
Court papers reveal that the Department of Homeland Security’s covert surveillance of anti-ICE groups is much darker than it first appeared. Welcome to Donald Trump’s America.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Yet another GenX/xennial reference! Well done.
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Cute Boy Tips RE2PECT Hat
ALT: Cute Boy Tips RE2PECT Hat
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Totally! I was trying (clearly poorly) to make a responding joke quoting Nirvana 🥴
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
*no way*
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Whatever. Nevermind.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 17/08/2026
This is absolutely bananas. Trump says we’re suspending exercises with South Korea because of his “really good relationship” with Kim Jong-un. North Korea is nuclear-armed, threatens South Korea, and is actively helping Russia wage war against Ukraine.
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I’m sorry Netflix, there is now way that Field of Dreams is a millennial movie. Signed, a Gen X-er who was a kid when she first saw it
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I have little patience for newspaper or opinion videos, but this, by @jamellebouie.net is worth a few minutes of your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=46tp...
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The pundits have completely lost the plot
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The president is refusing to spend taxpayer money assisting Americans suffering from natural disasters solely because their states didn't vote for him. I know there are a thousand scandals at the moment, but this one deserves some more oxygen at every level.
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My spouse served on this ship in the 1990s. Even then the conditions weren't great. Ordinarily, they would have port call every 90 days on deployment, if not more often. These are not reasonable conditions, let alone in service of a war practically no one wants.
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Noelle Sullivan Ph.D @noellesullivan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I did this last year in my small seminars and the effects were amazing, but have yet to figure out how to do it in larger classes. Would love to hear how it goes!
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