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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 4h

Proposed changes to long-running Nat'l Health Interview Survey "The proposed changes, & its expected impact, runs counter to health sec. (RFK)Jr.’s stated goals of reducing the burden of chronic disease. Adults w/ intellectual & dev. disabilities face sig. higher rates of chronic conditions..." 🛟😷

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Love this non-toxic & pro-vaccine masculinity!

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 02/10/2026

Darn: had hoped my OP wld start a run of replies for Friday fun. Perhaps the Cruise review distracted. Adding a few more in hoping to hear others' picks: Mark Wahlberg (you can see him thinking abt his lines) Miles Teller Ryan Reynolds (tired schtick for age 49) Jennifer Lawrence Ryan Gosling

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 02/10/2026

Is there a major actor (any gender) for which you see as a lead and can't bring yourself to watch the film (or at least not w/o kicking and screaming)? I have a list but Tom Cruise reigns on top. This film could've been awesome and I still wouldn't go, even if he wasn't a weirdo in real life.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 02/10/2026

Unsupportive Parents Eat Crow After Son Makes It As Beetlejuice Impersonator theonion.com/unsupportive-parents-e…

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

seems bad

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 02/10/2026

Any Italian Americans on here who, like me, find it so frustrating how many of our co-ethnics like Rufo seem to have forgotten their own family history? Wasn't that long ago that we weren't really seen as fully "white" and then there's the whole Catholic thing to boot. How quickly some forget.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

New: Jasmine Crockett was offering government relations & lobbying services on a campaign-funded website. It was taken down after Zeteo reached out. Experts say they’d never seen something like this before. Rules bar members from lobbying and from using campaign funds for non-campaign purposes.

zeteo.com

Jasmine Crockett Offered Lobbying Services on Her Campaign-Funded Website – While in Office

The offering was removed after Zeteo contacted the Texas Democratic congresswoman’s office.

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When Musk AND Rubio said “not a single person” died as a result of shutting down USAID, I wanted to vomit An estimated 700,000 people died (500,000 were kids) within a year of USAID being “put in the wood-chipper” Studies by Brooke Nichols at BU and by CGD researchers estimated a similar number

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Luckey is treated by many in the defense industry as a technology prophet & futurist who often holds forth on what he believes to be the true nature of warfare. For example... that future wars will be fought in a 'subterranean domain', under the earth’s crust, in underground conflicts." 🤦

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The level of detail in this kombucha description 🫡 @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social "A protester wearing a ribbon skirt threw a turmeric raspberry-flavoured kombucha drink at Hergott and his camera and pushed him several times before she was restrained by others." www.timescolonist.com/local-news/e...

timescolonist.com

Ex-prof arrested as UVic hosts Orange Shirt Day activities

Frances Widdowson, a critic of what she calls the “residential school narrative,” wore a wig and hat to conceal her identity but was quickly located by protesters.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 30/09/2026

This 2016 reboot of Patton completely stinks...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026

Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 30/09/2026

"For yrs, Kennedy has accused fed. health agencies of being captured by corp.'s they are tasked w/ regulating. That same charge is now being aimed at the health sec. by his disillusioned supporters." So much here to discuss. For one: what legit conference has Russell Brand as a panel moderator? 🛟

ms.now

At MAHA Summit, RFK Jr.’s base asks if its champion is selling out

The second annual conference features Trump officials, tech titans, corporate sponsors and fading celebrities — but very little MAHA.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026

This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 29/09/2026

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 29/09/2026

Beautifully articulated (and I say that as one who doesn't mind the Chicken and Waffles version)...

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 27/09/2026

Happy 81st birthday to Bryan Ferry! The suave voice of Roxy Music and a solo icon, his elegant croon and impeccable style helped reshape pop culture. An art-school original, a rock legend and still as smooth as ever.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 27/09/2026

Guessed that one right... "...when we got back together [in 2010], it's like, 'Guys I cannot close w/ [song]. It's gotta be in the top 5 or else we're not doing it'..." Like Neil Peart's comment circa Cameron's age: "I can play Charlie Watts parts at 70, but I can’t play Neil Peart’s parts at 70."

loudwire.com

Matt Cameron Names the Hardest Soundgarden Song to Play Live

They had to adjust it in their setlist later on.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 25/09/2026

Swedish children who had TORCH infections (975 of ~3.7M) 3x's more likely to develop autism & 7x's more likely to develop intellectual disabilities. That wld account for 0.034% of the pop's diagnosed autism cases, but ~20% of infants exposed to a TORCH infection cld be expected to develop autism 😷🧪

medpagetoday.com

Rare Congenital TORCH Infections Tied to Greater Autism Risk in Kids

Roughly one in five exposed infants may develop autism

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“When I was in kindergarten in 1961, I survived a near-fatal case of measles… my clearest memory of that period is my father carrying me to our station wagon & rushing me to the hospital. I stayed for a month, part of it in a coma, my blood pressure dangerously unstable” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

statnews.com

Measles almost killed me. Now I’m a doctor — and I'm scared of what's happening

Jewel Mullen was in kindergarten in 1961 when she almost died from measles. Now a physician, measles’ return frightens her.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 25/09/2026

Bianco loses double-header: “(Bianco’s) arguments all boil down to the unsustainable view that the state’s chief law enforcement officer...must remain a mere bystander to an unprecedented sheriff’s investigation of undeniable statewide significance... As we have explained, that is not the case.”

capradio.org

California sheriff broke election law by seizing ballots, state Supreme Court rules

The California Supreme Court ruled Sheriff Chad Bianco violated the state’s election law when his office seized ballots from the Riverside County registrar.

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Daniel Payne @danielpayne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Cassidy and Sanders press Overton on vaccines right from the start, asking if she will stand up to Trump. Follow along: www.statnews.com/2026/09/24/h...

statnews.com

Heidi Overton, Trump's pick for FDA head, faces questions at Senate hearing

Heidi Overton, Trump's pick for FDA head, will face questions at a Senate hearing. Follow along with our live blog.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 24/09/2026

~$12M moved from Office of Minority Hlth (OMH) to help cover $7M increase in RFKJr.'s security--despite available $. In Aug. HHS canceled 16 org's OMH grants citing limited $ & new focus on "root causes of infertility & repro. hlth conditions" (e.g., low sperm count & ED) & promoting phys. activity

wsj.com

Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office

The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 21/09/2026

For any sociologist, this is unsurprising given the prior research (a focus of Am. Soc Assoc's 1st Gen initiative). But I found reading the study motivating the article (link in story) to be more thought-provoking in its treatment of mechanisms, limitations, competing explanations, etc. sociology

nytimes.com

The Working Class Face a ‘Class Ceiling’ in Elite Occupations (Gift Article)

Being female or a person of color has long been seen as a disadvantage in hiring and promotion. A new study of college professors shows that class may loom as large.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ever wonder what a William Shatner cover of "Ace of Spades" might be like? Well, now you don't have to. When you think about it, it is an ideal song for Shatner's emotive, spoken word style. Too bad the music here drowns him out here.

consequence.net

William Shatner Performs Ozzy, Metallica, Motörhead Classics at Debut Metal Show

William Shatner played his first metal show ever Saturday evening, September 19th, at Park West in Chicago, joined by his backing band The *uckers.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Strong "I don't need the money, but I do prefer the money to integrity" vibes.

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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 20/09/2026

ALMOST EVERY PEER REVIEWED PAPER HAS A SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS RIGHT BELOW ITS TITLE

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 20/09/2026

UCLA Chancellor mired in acad. freedom controversy for his Law School event comments. Acad. Senate Chair: “Senate leadership continues to be concerned abt the implications of admin's selectively commenting on faculty activities & has asked UCLA’s Committee on Acad. Freedom to consider the issue.”

latimes.com

UCLA chancellor faces faculty outcry over 9/11 statement, a test of academic freedom

Over 50 UCLA law faculty and 250 professors nationwide urge Chancellor Julio Frenk to retract his statement about a campus 9/11 symposium amid a growing academic freedom debate.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 20/09/2026

A federal judge has temporarily barred the UC system from enforcing parts of its misgendering policy against members of a campus conservative group, finding likely 1st Amendment violations. The injunction shields members who use pronouns or names assigned at birth when referring to transgender ppl.

latimes.com

UC temporarily blocked from enforcing transgender name and pronoun rules

A judge barred UC from enforcing part of its anti-harassment policy against members of a conservative education group whose member may use names and pronouns for transgender people that do not match t...

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 20/09/2026

This isn't good publicity for FIU... “It was a betrayal to the future of our young people,” said Mike Fernandez, a Cuban American billionaire philanthropist and fmr Republican donor who had sent his son to FIU and pledged money to the school." Per the story, FIU Prez seems like sell-out careerist.

wapo.st

Hispanics flock to this university. It let campus police double as ICE agents.

Leaders of Florida International University signed an agreement to deputize its school police as immigration agents. Some wish they had put up more of a fight.

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California Department of Public Health @capublichealth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

CDPH is urging Californians to get vaccinated against measles after an unvaccinated passenger with measles traveled through six California counties by Amtrak train and thruway bus Sept. 10–14. Learn more, including affected routes and stations: www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA... 1/4

Three individuals walking in an airport, one pulling a suitcase, on a white background with red dots. "Don't let Measles be your souvenir"

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

NICU babies are the most vulnerable a human can be, and it seems almost quaint to say it now, but we are supposed to build societies where the most vulnerable can count on others to not let this happen

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Dept. of Health employee group chats must be wild. "You'll never guess what I had to write today..."

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 19/09/2026

Say what...? 🛟idsky Reminder: the antivax movement has long tried to play up (with overcounting) how children get too many needle sticks for vaccinations.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 19/09/2026

"RFK Jr. doubled down on much of his disproven craziness Thursday (9/17/2026), in front of his discredited organization, Children’s Health Defense. He shared a stage and an audience with the disgraced gastroenterologist Andrew Wakefield..." 🛟idsky 😷

maggiefox.substack.com

Shameless or Clueless?

Or both?

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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

All the old diseases are making comebacks.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Toxicologist here. If you have a working liver and kidneys then you are already “detoxing.” Supplement use is one of the leading causes of liver and kidney failure. The only thing you’re getting rid of when you fall for these predatory wellness grifts is your money.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17/09/2026

I guess it goes to show that the applause here is all you need to know about the audience... It's like shorthand for all the other anti-vaccine and broadly antiscience/science denialism bunk that CHD has embraced and pushed dating back to when RFK Jr. was its Chair and profited handsomely from it.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17/09/2026

Well, after reading this, I'm sympathetic of Aimee Osborne... Kelly publicly dishing on her sister and why she is estranged from her is telling and really only provides further validation of Aimee's refusal to be on camera when her parents and sibs embraced reality tv.

latimes.com

Kelly Osbourne on cutting ties with her older sister, Aimee: 'She was embarrassed of us'

Kelly Osbourne didn't hold back when discussing the fractured relationship she has with her big sister, Aimee Osbourne, telling 'We Need To Talk' podcast that the two will never reconcile.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 16/09/2026

Scientist here: It is widely known inside science that this—top-down imposition of a research agenda—leads to mostly rote, boring, non-innovative work. Building an institute to do discovery science is hard: you hire young people, put them together, hope synergies arise and ideas fall out.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Turns out I've been hammering on this exact points for months in a row now. Here's my attempt: bsky.app/profile/just...

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thoughtful points by @doritreiss.bsky.social about fixing the current US vaccine governance system. "...we had a great system that turned out to be incredibly vulnerable the moment someone who isn’t sci-based takes charge... If we want to keep the system, we need to shore it up." 🛟😷 health policy

communityimmunity.substack.com

The System was Always Fragile

The Next Era of Vaccine Governance with Dorit Reiss, Part 1

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The family of a 37-year-old woman who died while pregnant filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and others, alleging state law prevented her from getting a potentially life-saving abortion.

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Family of Texas woman who died after being denied an abortion sues Paxton, medical providers

“The basic principle here is you cannot take away someone’s life, as a state, and not be held liable for doing so,” a lawyer for the family said.

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