iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 9h

rainbow capitalism is important not as a statement of any corporation’s values (for that, look where they donate money and talk to LGBTQ employees!), but because they have access to consumer data we don’t have and they’re conservative by nature. a pendulum swing right now is useful data

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

UPDATE: After hearing from friends in the DMs, we’re gonna make this a cohosted gathering. So after my censored remarks, we’ll hear about people actually doing the work that so many of our institutions pretend to. If your org wants to cohost, DM me.

Black & white photo of “Black Community Survival Conference: Serve the People Body & Sold” —a banner hanging above a group of people standing on a platform. This is a photo depicting the work of the Black Panther Party.

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

So let me know if you want to come to a virtual talk next wk on “Reimagining Leadership.“ Time tbd. The focus is on cultivating critical, creative, and caring capacities in medicine, but I think it applies beyond that. I’m pretty sure we can do this without any leaders.

Ruha’s title slide for “Reimagining Leadership” with a quote by Saidiya Hartman: “Care is the antidote to violence.”

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Instead of the talk I spent hours preparing, they urged me to switch to a fireside chat and talk about my professional “journey.” But… this is the journey. And walking away is also movement.

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

So they asked me to delete half the deck: •screenshots of scientific articles •George Floyd’s autopsy report •med students holding signs for “White Coats for Black Lives” •a cartoonish image of Musk lest we offend the trillionaire •Butler quote: “choose your leaders with wisdom & forethought” ETC

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The concern is that people take photos of slides and circulate content that puts orgs in the crosshairs of this repressive administration.

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free.

APA Women’s Leadership Institute event flyer with “keynote speaker” crossed out with a red X

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Emily Moin @emilymoin.com · 11/10/2026

forget don't meet your heroes, don't live long enough to see your heroes try to engage with your area of expertise

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

In that scenario, the only ethical thing to do is to use the $1.6M from RFK Jr to give the birth dose to all newborns in Guinea-Bissau. I’ve seen one estimate that this amount of funding would cover all newborns for 10 years. From next year, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, will Fund the birth dose.

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

A trial is only ethical if there’s equipoise: we do not know which “arm” of the trial is superior The proposed trial by Danes, funded by RFK Jr, lacks equipoise: we know that withholding the birth dose is harmful Now, the Danes might say, “Guinea-Bissau is too poor to buy the birth dose”

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

We know—from robust evidence—that the hep B vax birth dose protects against infection, liver disease, liver cancer, & early death We also know that in a country with a very high prevalence of hep B, you’re consigning a high proportion of the babies in the “no birth dose” group to these outcomes

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I’ve seen a few folks comment that “Guinea-Bissau is a low income country and cannot afford the hep B vaccine birth dose, so why is this study unethical?” It’s a good question. Let me have a go at answering it. In a nutshell, researchers cannot ethically exploit poverty & scarcity to do a trial

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Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I don't understand. This is something that your paper explicitly states - that 10 minutes of AI use results in significant impairments in "independent performance and persistence" and then speculation that the cumulative effects may be "profound and difficult to reverse".

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Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This you? In your *pinned post*? bsky.app/profile/rach...

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Kelly Hills, MPH @rocza.bsky.social · 18h

Good thread. Worth a read. I would add: if you’re an academic lucky enough to 1) be employed by the top-ranked public uni in America; and 2) still have federal funding; you not throw the press office of the (presumed) corresponding author under the bus. They WILL remember. You WILL regret it.

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Kelly Hills, MPH @rocza.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The idea is FEWER bioethics case studies, folks, not more. (This is the trial Guinea-Bissau canceled after uproar earlier this year. They KNOW it’s unethical. So do the Danes — and when did Denmark suddenly become open racist researchers? That is some legacy to yell with your full chest, Denmark.)

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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This isn’t a “controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr,” this is “playing with the lives of vulnerable infants in a developing nation, which is being pushed by malicious grifters who couldn’t care less about the innocent lives they hurt.”

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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

“Guinea-Bissau has some of the highest rates of hepatitis B in the world, with about 18% of adults carrying the virus. While it may be transmitted from mother to child during birth, it could also be transmitted from another parent, relatives, siblings or caregivers.”

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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

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Kelly Hills, MPH @rocza.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

“The Danish research ethics committee at the University of Southern Denmark had never considered medical studies before but changed the rules to vote on this one. While committee members with expertise argued against approving it, the majority ruled to move forward.” Alarm bells, anyone? #bioethics

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Kelly Hills, MPH @rocza.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The Iceland eclipse was clouded & rainy, & it was awe-inducing. Imagine living 600 years ago, having 18hrs of sunlight a day & then at the TOTALLY wrong time, the lights go OUT—for more than they have in months—but only for minutes. How could you not think of gods & magic?

Looking out towards Breiðafjörður from Innri Látravīk and Lárvaðall, across Grundarfjörður, a few minutes before totality. This was when it started to get cold and the very loud seabirds (gulls and arctic tern) became quiet.

About peak totality and a false sunset some 4hrs and 15 minutes earlier than it “should” be. Looking at Innri Látravīk and Lárvaðall, across Grundarfjörður towards Breiðafjörður.

After false sunset and sunrise, when the wildlife was still extremely confused. I was smacked by a dozen very confused moths right in the face. 😂 Looking at Innri Látravīk and Lárvaðall, across Grundarfjörður towards Breiðafjörður.

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Kelly Hills, MPH @rocza.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Iceland is so beautiful, I sometimes forget to breathe.

Kelly holding an Icelandic dandelion out on the Snæfellsnes peninsula, atop Selvallafoss.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/07/2026

The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.

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Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica

The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.

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Kelly Hills, MPH @rocza.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Ugh, who am I? "Oh, that's a really simple but elegant regression analysis" is LITERALLY a sentence I just thought.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

This thread is shoe leather journalism

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Kelly Hills, MPH @rocza.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

And while I have this open, a really hopeful piece by @kakape.bsky.social about the start of a clinical trial for Ebola Bundibugyo virus. It’s good to see protocols like PARTNERS still exist; it’s not my preferred trial design, but planning for rapid response? A+. Fingers crossed for good news.

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First-ever treatment trial for Ebola Bundibugyo kicks off in the Congo

Scientists will test an antiviral drug and an antibody cocktail designed to tame the burgeoning outbreak

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Kelly Hills, MPH @rocza.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

@who.int declares the Andes hantavirus outbreak over today (h/t @kakape.bsky.social); no one beyond the original 13 tested positive and no other deaths aside from the first 3 occurred. Which is surprising to exactly zero experts but man, if you listened to social media influencers in May…

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WHO declares hantavirus outbreak linked to cruise ship over

The outbreak infected 13 people and ‌killed three

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Lydia Moland @lydiamoland.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I posted this a year ago to honor Melissa Hortman, who was murdered #OTD last year for her political principles. Like her, I was a #BostonUniversity #philosophy grad from Minnesota. I hope, like her, to use my philosophy to fight for justice. Thinking of her all day. #philsky #womeninphilosophy

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NOH8 Campaign @noh8campaign.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore slavery-related exhibits and historical materials that were removed or altered at National Park Service sites following a legal challenge over changes to historical content #NOH8

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Lissa Harris 🌈🗑️🔥⚔️🐀 @lissaharris.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

as a climate advocate in the Northeast US who used to shit on a/c as being bad for the planet: THIS. ENDORSED I was wrong, a/c is essential to human flourishing. giving people heat pumps that can heat and cool efficiently is climate action

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NOH8 Campaign @noh8campaign.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The San Francisco Giants participated in the traveling Pride Ball project, featuring a baseball hand-stitched with rainbow thread. Created by a Seattle Mariners staff member, the ball has traveled to ballparks across the country as a symbol of inclusion and community through baseball #NOH8

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Lauren Tackle @unlox.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

[covering receiver with hand while giggling] alright how do I tell him all the stolen ballots are up his butt? …that’s incredible, dude, I’m trying it

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Kelly Hills, MPH @rocza.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Happy belated book birthday, @tomlevenson.bsky.social! For the rest of y’all, go buy it. You either already know Tom is a sublime, witty and engaging author, or you are about to have the most amazing discovery (with a fascinating back catalog to read thru). Wins either way.

Book cover for Tom Levenson’s new book, “A Pox on Fools: The True Believers, Grifters, and Cynics Who Convinced Us to Reject Vaccines.” The title is in white on a black circular background that is being injected with an old vaccine needle by a set of hands. The entire cover is in black and white.

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Kelly Hills, MPH @rocza.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Oh good. We haven’t had a GOP politician touting stem cells in a hot minute. …are we really just repeating the early 2010s? If people start talking about immortal jellyfish, I’m gonna scream. (IYKYK. @stemcells.bsky.social @leighturner.bsky.social) youtu.be/9zFoiAxbEMY

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Speaks Out About Undergoing Stem Cell Treatment To Reverse Aging

YouTube video by Inside Edition

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Kelly Hills, MPH @rocza.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I’m curious how many folks had some part of this furniture set when they were little? My sister & I had twin beds with canopies, dresser & mirror, & nightstands. I was surprised to learn there was more to the set; I’ve never figured out how many pieces there are or what the collection is named.

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Kelly Hills, MPH @rocza.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Welp. For the first time in my …22 years as a chronic pain patient, a pharmacy shorted me a scheduled Rx. Not a partial fill, a telling me I had the full amount but if you counted, I was 25% shy. And Walgreens’ response? Basically “too bad, sucks to be you.” They screwed up, I get to suffer.

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beka valentine @bekavalentine.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

this is not merely about abortion, this is a blank check for right wingers to murder anyone they dislike

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Kelly Hills, MPH @rocza.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Then there’s North Carolina: “Advocates warn the [bill’s] language implies that anyone could use lethal force against a woman seeking an abortion or a physician involved in performing one. Concerns also extend to families who use in vitro fertilization and women with IUDs.” Party of life, eh? 🙄🙄🙄

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'Extremely extreme': NC bill would authorize deadly force against women seeking abortions

Concerns also extend to families who use in vitro fertilization and women with IUDs.

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Kelly Hills, MPH @rocza.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Their eugenic project continues. 😐 (TLDR: HUD will no longer defend the ESA part of the Fair Housing Act.) 1/4 dredf.org/huds-esa-pol...

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An Enforcement Agency That Won't Enforce: HUD's Policy Reversal On Emotional Support Animals - DREDF

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

We just learned last week that Kat was never truly indicted. The grand jury in Chicago returned a no true bill. Prosecutors then had to tell anyone who didn't want an indictment to leave and cajole someone in the hallway until they returned an indictment. Please, go to jury duty and raise hell.

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Kelly Hills, MPH @rocza.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

🤦🏼‍♀️ Repatriating people with ebolavirus disease is not going to cause outbreaks in America. The streets will not run red with blood, no matter how many times people look in a mirror & quote a Richard Preston novel. Please see 2014-16, where the only person who died in the USA was a noncitizen visitor.

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Kelly Hills, MPH @rocza.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

“Marco Rubio said the CDC and the World Health Organization (WHO) were leading the response to Ebola, adding the WHO had been "a little late to identify" the outbreak.” The. Fucking. Gall. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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American who contracted Ebola in DR Congo being treated in Germany

A medical group says an American doctor tested positive after being exposed while treating patients.

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Kelly Hills, MPH @rocza.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Can YOU name the director of a bioethics center I’m thinking of right now? 😂 IYKYK

A very flamboyant pair of men’s loafers, embroidered with a peacock and chrysanthemum motif.

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Kelly Hills, MPH @rocza.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

“New Hampshire’s premier crematorium” is an odd thing to see advertised on a highway billboard. And now I have SO many questions. 🤔

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Kelly Hills, MPH @rocza.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Gostin should know better. Hope Perrymsn gets a lawyer & sues, even if it’s after she’s released. The legal precedent (Ebola, Kaci Hickox) already exists. Also hope that lawyer knows the fed govt has to financially compensate her for every forced day. #hantavirus www.npr.org/2026/05/21/n...

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American passenger feels 'betrayed' by federal order to stay in hantavirus quarantine

Two passengers from the cruise ship that had a hantavirus outbreak were blocked by the federal government from leaving the quarantine unit. One says she is being detained against her will.

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