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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 6h

Study: Christian nationalism assoc'ed w/ support for: ⬆️govt spending on crime, law enforcement, & the military ⬇️spending on Blacks, safety nets, sci, environment, & other Democratic issues -unrelated to spending on parks, highways, social sec., & other areas where in-grp distinctions less salient

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7h

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

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'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist ties

Thomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 8h

For now... [cue theremin music] I have no delusions that an air car future will be anywhere near as civil as The Jetsons portrayed it.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 8h

👍 TIL... I'm not huge into pickles, but had no idea that shimmery pickles is a thing. 🤷🤣

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 8h

👇 Yeah, 5 bridges too far for me for a night out at the movies...

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 8h

I'm not judging one bit in asking this, just sincerely curious: why do pickles need to glitter? And why just glitter for pickles (versus, say, more generic 'food glitter' for decorating/elevating various foods)? The market for such edible glitter has to be bigger than just for pickles, no?

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 10h

(cont'd) I can just imagine the chart displaying trends in auto-related fatalities--we're going to need a new meme to show an exponential association.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 10h

Triggering to anyone as frightened as I am about the prospect of flying cars (considering the extent of idiocy and incompetency of people driving cars on a road). Just imagine the horror. And you know the Tesla truck crowd will be first in line to buy one...

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 11h

Sure, it's cancer & related sci, so it's easy to craft feel good ads with pt testimonials. Meyer Luskin's name on the ads which adds cred. Lots of medical orgs named on its site but no one saying how only 1/2 will fund non-inst. researchers. Just bad for ensuring the best sci gets funded.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 19h

In competitive authoritarian countries, regime allies limit and control mainstream media visibility to opposition figures and media. We're not there yet, but this is what it looks like.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 14h

Was shocked to see Prop 38's total (even just the UCLA-tied Inst.'s likely take) compared next to the lower amt in March 2028's Prop to fund a far bigger range of issues & researchers throughout the state. To think how that $50M+ on the campaign cld've been a nice endowment donation vs. this BS.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 14h

Apologies. I should've just reposted your terrific article from back in July: Prop 38 "is written in a way that very likely excludes all but 1 institute in the entire state: the CA Institute for Immunology & Immunotherapy, whose prominent donor & co-founder is the chief backer of the proposition."

calmatters.org

Is this proposition a $4 billion giveaway to a billionaire’s LA research center?

Proposition 38 will award $4 billion to one unnamed research center. Under the very specific criteria, only one center seemingly qualifies.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 14h

Such needless tree waste. And of course, they don't talk abt what the Prop actually is--only why it's great/terrible. Was reading one of several today bf I threw them all out & had to laugh at how I had no idea what the Prop was abt & had to figure it out by reading the flyer's criticisms.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 14h

(cont'd) Considering the huge impacts NIH & NSF $ cuts have had on sci innovation, scientists throughout CA univ's & research institutes, to see one Inst. push for this amt of $ (& protectionism) from taxpayers is shameful imo. Even worse when considering limited transparency this will entail.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 14h

Nice Prop 38 explainer here... An $8.4B cash grab: Criteria for inst. getting 1/2 the $ match UCLA-tied CA Inst. for Immunology & Immunotherapy (cofounder gave $50M+ to campaign). Compare: 3/2028 SB 895 bond to est. CA version of NIH/NSF for CA biomed, behav. hlth, climate & other rsrch is $7.5B.

californiatoday.com

California’s Proposition 38 would borrow $8.4 billion for immunology research and send half to one UCLA-affiliated institute

Proposition 38 would borrow $8.4 billion for immunology research. The measure's seven criteria for the institute that receives half the money match the California Institute for Immunology and Immunoth...

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 15h

California is a great state to live in, but the extent of mail flyers & spam texts for ballot propositions is madness. This year's is especially nuts: 17--highest since 2000 (20). Nice explainer here w/ some input by my UCR colleague Shaun Bowler.

ballotpedia.org

Fact check/Does an increase in the number of propositions on the ballot in California lead to more of those propositions being rejected by voters

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 16h

Insurance snag causing newborns to be vulnerable to RSV. Most ins. co.'s not reimbursing hospitals for RSV shots bc delivery/care often negotiated as a bundled payment. RSV vax is free at dr.'s office but sig. % don't make it to their 1st checkup w/in 1st 7 days when they're supposed to get it. 🛟

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Health insurers balk at paying for newborns' RSV immunization in the hospital

Many infants are leaving the hospital without getting immunized against RSV. Why? Because many insurance companies won't pay for the shots while the newborn is in the hospital.

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 16h

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17h

It is a lot of work for eating a meal. I prefer to keep my eating as a work alternative (like sleeping). 🤣

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17h

I kinda did but didn't know the specifics. Got this helpful explainer as a reply to my OP: bsky.app/profile/scie...

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17h

Forcing me to now think of other foods where the fancier you try to make it, the worse it gets. Just off the top of my head, a hamburger comes to mind.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17/10/2026

Yeah. I feel compelled to either eat the lobster first or move it to the side, just to de-clutter the platter. Like needing to prioritize removing a broken down car to get the traffic flowing.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17/10/2026

100%. As I see it, life is short and I have so many other foods/dishes to try and/or revisit.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17/10/2026

Oh, TIL--yet another poor people's food that became bougie. A few family vacations there as a kid, so I grew up thinking all lobster had large claws.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17/10/2026

Nah. If anything, you probably gained a few followers from Maine.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17/10/2026

True. For me, a lobster roll is one of the few lobster options that holds it own as a strong competitor on a menu or at an event.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17/10/2026

Thanks. Ironically, I rather enjoy "Poor man's lobster": monkfish

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17/10/2026

Yeah, I think I'm now at the point where it would have to be such a particular situation to go for it vs. most other menu items. Probably not helping is that I will try almost anything, so it always has stiff competition from other options when I'm perusing a menu & listening intently wrt specials.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17/10/2026

IMO, crab is not too far behind lobster in terms of all the issues I raised in my OP. Thus in cost-benefit terms (price, consumption ease, taste, etc.), when it comes to an ingredient in a dish (paella, pasta dish a la frutti di mare), I'll take shrimp, scallops, even crawfish any day over lobster.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17/10/2026

Fair. That's about the only lobster dish that grabs my eyes on a menu. But Surf & Turf? BFD--just 86 the lobster tail and give me shrimp instead. Added to paella? Meh. It just creates an obstacle in the middle of the platter to eat around for the better (tasty) stuff.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17/10/2026

Fleming's to open in Downtown Riverside & become 3rd steak place in a 4 block area. Mission Inn Steakhouse & Dapper likely not too happy. Putting aside my pref for an Ethiopian, Spanish, or German place opening instead, this critical mass (& I presume demand) is interesting considering beef prices.

pressenterprise.com

Fleming’s Steakhouse will open Nov. 9 in downtown Riverside

The new restaurant expects to be ready for crowds at the upcoming Festival of Lights as well as Thanksgiving.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17/10/2026

100% on the former, but waaaay too expensive to serve as a delivery device or protein source. Not one of those types that is huge on protein, but I'd just happily opt for shrimp or scallops--or even a steak--instead.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17/10/2026

Crab is another one: never wowed me so I never got the hype. I like crab cakes, but your comment abt necessary lemon & Old Bay got me wondering what crab really adds to those beyond texture & protein. Also, crab & lobster req a bib: I'm both way too old & way not old enough for such an eating aid.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17/10/2026

Once saw a critic refer to it as simply "a butter delivery device." That's not a wrong take, but for such a purpose, I'd happily just sub the lobster for some decent fresh bread.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17/10/2026

Ok, it's a Friday, so I'm casting out a provocative statement: After years of uncritically eating lobster, I now have to call it: it is a hugely over-rated menu item--whether served as a main course or part of some dish (e.g., paella). So overpriced for what it is. Glorified, pricey texture food.

Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 17/10/2026

Valuable new project underway to gauge well-being in CA's Inland Empire region. Conducted out of the @ucriverside.bsky.social School of Public Policy's Center for Community Solutions & funded by the IEHP Foundation, this survey is the start of an expected multiyear effort to track changes in the IE.

news.ucr.edu

Gauging the Inland Empire’s well-being

UC Riverside’s Center for Community Solutions will survey 1,000 adults in Riverside and San Bernardino counties to inform strategies to improve life in the Inland Empire, thanks to a grant from the IE...

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