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Susan Lin, ScD, OT/L, FACRM, FAOTA

@susanlinot.bsky.social
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Occupational therapist, Former Professor & Research Director, Patient Advocate, #PCORI Ambassador/Reviewer, #PinkSocks

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Susan Lin, ScD, OT/L, FACRM, FAOTA @susanlinot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Rehabilitation professionals: If you're attending American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine's Conf. in DC soon, check out the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System Track and Business Meeting (see conf program) #RTSS #ACRM2026 acrm2026.eventscribe.net/agenda.asp?p...
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
ProPublica analyzed the genetic code of America’s measles outbreaks and here’s what we found: The measles virus still spreading in Utah as of this May is very closely related to the one that sickened Texans over a year ago. @natlash.bsky.social @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
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What ProPublica Found in the Genetic Code of America’s Measles Outbreaks — ProPublica
The U.S. eliminated measles a quarter century ago, but to keep its “measles-free” designation, officials will have to make a strong case that measles is not continuously spreading within its borders. ...
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"Trees are poems that Earth writes upon the sky." Khalil Gibran Ralph Emerson art
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The World Press Freedom Index dropped this week and America did NOT get a good score.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
A federal judge in Massachusetts blocked RFK Jr.’s overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule. The American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical groups sued the Department of Health and Human Services arguing Kennedy’s changes violated federal law. The judge agreed.
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Federal judge blocks RFK Jr.'s changes to childhood vaccine schedule
The ruling stems from a lawsuit brought by major medical organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Doing, a simple but powerful message #WFOT2026
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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Ooh - neat app. Shared #WFOT2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/02/2026
under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
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Thailand Medical News @thailandmedical.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
MicroRNAs Linked to Long COVID Damage www.thailandmedical.news/news/microrn...
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MicroRNAs Linked to Long COVID Damage - Thailand Medical News
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Susan Lin, ScD, OT/L, FACRM, FAOTA @susanlinot.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Laura Rice described the co-design of #mHealth app to support fall prevention program for wheelchair users. Findings: people wanted meaningful icons, intuitive navigation, training, search option & help desk, & accessibility. #WFOT2026 @participatorymed.bsky.social
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Susan Lin, ScD, OT/L, FACRM, FAOTA @susanlinot.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Co-designing a lifestyle-oriented intervention for people with chronic pain: rapid analysis | 1 theme: need for flexible, personalized, hands-on intervention. - Julie Masse #WFOT2026 @participatorymed.bsky.social
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Susan Lin, ScD, OT/L, FACRM, FAOTA @susanlinot.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Absolutely! #WFOT2026
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Susan Lin, ScD, OT/L, FACRM, FAOTA @susanlinot.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Free app, 3DADAPT, connects people with disabilities & clinicians/students to find and order small 3D devices. Sara Benham #WFOT2026 #AssistiveTech
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Susan Lin, ScD, OT/L, FACRM, FAOTA @susanlinot.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
“Partnerships start by doing. Start by doing something small. Genuinely co-ownership involves open and honest communication and problem-solving.”-Samantha Shann, WFOT President #WFOT2026 @participatorymed.bsky.social
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Susan Lin, ScD, OT/L, FACRM, FAOTA @susanlinot.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Grateful to the Society for Participatory Medicine (S4PM) for a travel award to an international occupational therapy conference. S4PM promotes patients' role in collaborative relationships with health professionals to achieve better health and well-being. @s4pm.bsky.social participatorymedicine.org
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Society for Participatory Medicine
The Society of Participatory Medicine (SPM) promotes, educates & advocates patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals about participatory medicine.
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Susan Lin, ScD, OT/L, FACRM, FAOTA @susanlinot.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
“If it is not right, do not do it: if it is not true, do not say it.” - Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor and philosopher
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four statue of a man sitting on a rock
ALT: four statue of a man sitting on a rock
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Susan Lin, ScD, OT/L, FACRM, FAOTA @susanlinot.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
AHRQ Webinar: Prepping for the Future: Digital Solutions for Aging Populations Date: Dec. 17, 2025 | 1:30 – 3:00pm ET Register (free) at digital.ahrq.gov/national-web...
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Prepping for the Future: Digital Solutions for Aging Populations | Digital Healthcare Research
As the population of older adults continues to grow, there is an increasing need for healthcare solutions that can support healthy aging, improve quality of life, and address the unique challenges fac...
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Susan Lin, ScD, OT/L, FACRM, FAOTA @susanlinot.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
AAHD 2026 Scholarship Program, Frederick J. Krause #Scholarship on Health and Disability, is awarded to students with a disability who are pursuing undergraduate or graduate studies related to health & disability. deadline: Mar. 6, 2026. aahd.us/initiatives/...
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Andys Theory 🦋⚡️💎 @andystheory.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
There has to be more to this. Maybe they are trying avoid the medical costs of the coming purges?
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
On Monday, RFK posted a rambling video on the HHS X account showing a series of graphs and directly stating that vaccines have had minimal impact on human health and saving lives. Today, in response, we brought our own graphs. We will not let his dangerous nonsense go unanswered.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 02/10/2025
This is so indefensibly insane: Speaker Johnson is refusing to seat Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva because she'll be the 218th vote to release the Epstein files. Johnson swore in Rep Walkinshaw (VA) w/in 24 hours. Johnson is abandoning his job to instead protect a convicted child sex predator
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Susan Lin, ScD, OT/L, FACRM, FAOTA @susanlinot.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Join @NASEM Health & Medicine Div. for a 2-day virtual workshop, Sept. 29-30, addressing personal protective equipment (PPE) to safeguard workers in U.S. farm settings against Influenza A (H5N1) and practices to prevent transmission between livestock & humans. Register: mailchi.mp/nationalacad...
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New workshop: Personal Protective Equipment for Influenza A (H5N1) in High-Risk Farm Settings
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Susan Lin, ScD, OT/L, FACRM, FAOTA @susanlinot.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
AHRQ National Webinar on Prepping for the Future: Digital Solutions for Aging Populations (free) Wed., Oct. 8, 2025, 2:30 - 4:00 PM (UTC-04:00) ET (US & Canada) ahrqwebinar.webex.com/webappng/sit...
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Meet virtually with Cisco Webex. Anytime, anywhere, on any device.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Thanks @atrupar.com for the video clips from today's hearing. Here is one to consider bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Susan Lin, ScD, OT/L, FACRM, FAOTA @susanlinot.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Research funded by NIH: repeated head impacts from contact sports can cause early and lasting changes in the brains of young- to middle-aged athletes, & these changes may occur years before chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) develops its disease features. www.nih.gov/news-events/...
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Repeated head impacts cause early neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes
NIH-funded study reveals brain changes long before chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) develops.
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David Morales @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Rhode Island Energy, our state’s utility monopoly, was just caught overcharging state agencies by millions of dollars! I am calling for a complete and thorough audit of RI Energy’s residential and commercial accounts to make sure these kinds of mistakes never cost us again.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Republicans Who Voted Against 9/11 Families Tweeted "Never Forget" Today 3 of them are now running for governor of their state meidasnews.com/news/republi...
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Republicans Who Voted Against 9/11 Families Tweeted "Never Forget" Today
3 of them are now running for governor of their state
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/09/2025
The CDC has quietly and drastically scaled back the country’s most comprehensive system for tracking the food-borne illnesses estimated to sicken millions of Americans each year.
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The CDC’s Cuts to FoodNet Could Threaten Americans’ Health
Public health experts worry that downsizing the sprawling FoodNet surveillance system could make it harder to prevent food-borne illnesses.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/09/2025
Breaking News: Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election. He could face decades in prison. nyti.ms/4pyzL3Q
Jair Bolsonaro, wearing a yellow and green shirt, is speaking into a microphone. A headline reads: "Jair Bolsonaro Convicted of Attempting a Coup in Brazil." Photo by Dado Galdieri for The New York Times
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
HAPPENING NOW: The Trump administration withdraws its claim that parents of the Guatemalan children it tried to send back last month had requested their return. DOJ says it has no basis for that claim now in light of contradictory info provided by the Guatemalan government.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2025
NEW: Senate Republicans have BLOCKED Schumer's effort to release the Epstein files. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Senate Republicans Vote Down Democrats’ Push on Epstein Files
Democratic leader Chuck Schumer decries “coverups,” while GOP leader John Thune calls the measure a political stunt.
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Susan Lin, ScD, OT/L, FACRM, FAOTA @susanlinot.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
An SLP, 2 OTs, & 1 physiatrist walk into the Hilton Chicago & .... present: "Clinical Implementation of Cognitive Rehabilitation Best Practices Using the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System" on 10/29/25, 1:15-2:15 pm. Presenters: K. O'Brien, K. Watters, N. Corro, & J. Whyte. #ACRM2025
Clinical Implementation of Cognitive Rehabilitation Best Practices Using the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System - Wed. 10/29/25, 1:15-2:15 pm
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
I hope people realize how absolutely fucked this situation is. This isn’t normal. People are resigning all over the place because the government is mishandling our data, ruining our public health services, and generally making Americans less safe.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Israel killed baby Jouri when they dropped a missile on their home in Khan Younis. Her name was Jouri Lafi, means the rose in Arabic. Jouri was only (4) 💔😪🤬
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Politico @politico.com · 28/08/2025
RFK Jr. will testify before a Senate panel next week. The Finance Committee hearing was in the works before Wednesday’s CDC shakeup.
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RFK Jr. will testify before Senate panel next week
The Finance Committee hearing was in the works before Wednesday’s CDC shakeup.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/08/2025
NEW: More than two decades after victims and families of the 9/11 attacks began trying to hold the Saudi government responsible for aiding the Qaida terrorists who carried out the plot, a judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the kingdom can go to trial.
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Sept. 11 Victims’ Lawsuit Against Saudi Government Can Go to Trial, Judge Rules
Information uncovered by plaintiffs has already undermined the FBI’s conclusion that two U.S.-based Saudi officials “unwittingly” helped al-Qaida hijackers after they arrived in America.
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Politico @politico.com · 28/08/2025
The newly ousted director of the CDC refused to fire top agency leaders or approve changes to vaccines from RFK Jr.’s hand-picked panel of advisers.
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Monarez refused to fire top CDC leaders, ‘rubber-stamp’ vaccine changes, confidante says
The former CDC director was ousted late Wednesday after refusing to resign despite pressure from Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Susan Lin, ScD, OT/L, FACRM, FAOTA @susanlinot.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Source: STAT Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut $783 million of research funding in anti-DEI push www.statnews.com/2025/08/21/s...
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Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut $783 million of research funding in anti-DEI push
The Trump administration can slash $783 million of research funding in its push to cut federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, the Supreme Court decided Thursday.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/08/2025
President Trump said he would work to get rid of mail-in ballots and sign an executive order “to help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections.” The Constitution makes it unlikely he can change voting rules unilaterally.
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Trump says he will ‘lead a movement’ to eliminate mail-in voting
The Constitution gives states the authority to regulate how elections are run, making it unlikely Trump can change voting rules unilaterally.
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Thailand Medical News @thailandmedical.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
New Study Uncovers How a Little-Known SARS-CoV-2 Protein Hijacks Human Cells www.thailandmedical.news/news/new-stu...
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New Study Uncovers How a Little-Known SARS-CoV-2 Protein Hijacks Human Cells - Thailand Medical News
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet. The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year. Something has gone terribly wrong.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
James Madison was elected in 1812 during the War of 1812. Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1864 during the Civil War. FDR was elected in 1944 during WWII. JBJ & Nixon were elected in 1964 & 1972 during the Vietnam War. George W. Bush was elected in 2004 during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
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Jay @pescado70.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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Forbes @forbes.com · 18/08/2025
The multimillion-dollar settlement came as President Donald Trump continued to make false claims about voting machine fraud.
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Newsmax Settles With Dominion Voting Systems—Owes $67 Million For Claiming 2020 Election Fraud
The multimillion-dollar settlement came as President Donald Trump continued to make false claims about voting machine fraud.
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Politico @politico.com · 18/08/2025
The decisions made by the White House can have unexpected knock-on effects. In the past week, OpenTable reported that restaurant bookings have plunged by 27 percent since Trump began his push to federalize DC’s police. We dig deeper on #playbookpod: ow.ly/1i4850WHwFE
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Texas in 2025.
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