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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Isn't this just "gain of function research" without limits and control? "It is time to make them stop!" -- Ezra Klein www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjZ9...

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Why Are We Sprinting Off the A.I. Cliff? | The Ezra Klein Show

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show

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Tao Neuendorffer @taonf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The OMB Proposal will stop scientists from fighting against Trump's policies that fuel the climate crisis. We need the proposal permanently revoked. Visit the link to contact your MoC's and tell them to #RevoketheRule: tr.ee/QyLCZm #AmericanPolitics

Russell Vought’s OMB Rule Will Effectively Ban Climate Research
and anything that doesn't "demonstrably advance the President's policy priorities."

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"In a world flooded with information, we make choices about what information to believe. Human limitations and biases can make it easy to fool ourselves. That is why we have worked with a team of experts to create Scientific Thinking for All: A Toolkit." scientificthinking.lawrencehallofscience.org

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Are you down with #Markdown? Future-proof text files for your personal notes, management files, and AI instructions. I cover: 1 Productivity & Knowledge Management 2 Universal document conversion 3 Skills for AI agents 4 Reproducible dynamic documents teampublichealth.substack.com/p/are-you-do...

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Are you down with Markdown?

Future-proof text files for your personal notes, management files, and AI instructions

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I read Jonathan Haidt's "Anxious Generation" book when it was first published. I loved it! He took a public health precautionary principle approach to social media and youth mental health. This article highlights his contributions! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/s...

lnkd.in

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Value-Focused Decisive Leadership (VFDL) is - leading with values, - ensuring decision quality, and - getting results in a way that inspires trust. teampublichealth.substack.com/t/decisive

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A decision is an irrevocable allocation of resources - time, energy, assets, money, people, & opportunity costs. Nothing is more important! Decisive leaders master awareness of complexity in content, context, & analysis. And start w cognitive biases & DQ check list teampublichealth.substack.com

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Leader Standard Work - Managing for daily improvement: Inspirations from Dr. Susan Ehrlich, CEO, San Francisco General Hospital teampublichealth.substack.com/p/leader-sta...

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Leader Standard Work - Managing for daily improvement

Inspirations from Dr. Susan Ehrlich, CEO, San Francisco General Hospital

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

So true ... "Fauci’s diaries show he changed his mind often. That’s what scientists are supposed to do. Public health experts need to be allowed to admit when they’re wrong — and share with the public what they are learning." www.ms.now/opinion/fauc...

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Opinion | Fauci’s diaries show he changed his mind often. That’s what scientists are supposed to do.

Ann Keller: Public health experts need to be allowed to admit when they’re wrong — and share with the public what they are learning.

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"Seeking to Prosecute Fauci Is Disgraceful — The Senate committee's actions are legally flawed and set a dangerous precedent" www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/the-...

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Opinion | Seeking to Prosecute Fauci Is Disgraceful

The Senate committee's actions are legally flawed and set a dangerous precedent

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Brilliant interview of decision expert @annieduke.com. - Luck vs. decision quality - Decisions under uncertainty - Resulting and present vs. future self - Loss aversion, status quo bias, quitting - Making implicit models explicit - Decision volume and game selection www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rttp...

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How to Get Lucky, Solved

YouTube video by Mark Manson

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

If you read my Substack blog (#TEAMpublichealth) you know I promote Stoic philosophy for leadership character development. If you are curious about Stoicism, Oprah Winfrey just posted a great interview on this topic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fiua...

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Is Stoicism the Secret to a Good Life?

YouTube video by Oprah

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The science and practice of Stoic Philosophy (#Stoicism) in one infographic. To learn more visit teampublichealth.substack.com/p/public-hea...

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The 2026 Tanner Lecture on Human Value at Oxford University. From Yuval Noah Harari, "AI bureaucrats, AI religions, and AI boyfriends: What happens when a non-human intelligence hack the operating system of civilization" Absolutely worth watching! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBtV...

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AI has hacked the code of human civilization | Yuval Noah Harari

YouTube video by Yuval Noah Harari

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I was inspired by Cohort 6 of the ASTHO Leadership Institute. I had the privilege to conduct a workshop on Value-Focused Decisive Leadership (VFDL) on June 25, 2026, in Washington DC. My slides are handouts are available at teampublichealth.substack.com/p/decision-i...

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Decision Intelligence 4 Health (di4h)

fyi … See TEAM Public Health articles on being decisive.

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

"The Heart of Access was made possible by the crucial partnerships formed between the San Francisco Department of Public Health, community organizations, and academic institutions during the pandemic. " heartofaccessfilm.org

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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 10/06/2026

Congratulations to Xavier Becerra. I am excited to offer him all the support I can as he sets out to become our state’s next governor, and I look forward to standing with him as California makes history by electing our first Latino governor in 150 years.

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

"Moderate drinking increases the risk of early death and diseases such as cancer, heart disease and liver disease, and provides no net positive health benefit, according to the study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs." www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

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What a study at odds with Trump officials’ health guidance found on alcohol limits

The federally commissioned report was published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Scott Pelley: What Has Happened to ‘60 Minutes’ Is a Tragedy | The Interview --- Very moving. CBS staff were traumatized. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePqd...

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Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ‘60 Minutes’ | The Interview

YouTube video by The Interview

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NPR @npr.org · 06/06/2026

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has clinched the top spot on California's ballot for governor. With millions of ballots still to be counted, his November challenger is unknown. n.pr/4x2DMB8

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Democrat Xavier Becerra wins the top spot in November's race for California governor

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Classic hindsight bias: Excerpt: In retrospect she wishes her husband hadn’t run for a second term. “As I look back,” ... “would I want to put Joe through the hurt and the pain that we felt during that time? Never. Never. I mean, it was so hurtful.” www.wsj.com/opinion/jill...

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Opinion | Now Jill Biden Tells Us

She wanted Joe to run again in 2024 no matter his growing infirmities.

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Get webinar slides for "Using AI to Strengthen (not replace) Public Health Thinking: 'Effort is the Algorithm' to improve human capabilities" #ailiteracy #teampublichealth teampublichealth.substack.com/p/using-ai-t...

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Using AI to Strengthen (not replace) Public Health Thinking

“Effort is the Algorithm” to improve human capabilities

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

When you hear a SIREN you pause to think. The SIREN Checklist helps you detect opportunities to improve Decision Quality (DQ). Remember, "Life is a sum of all your choices." — Albert Camus To learn more visit: teampublichealth.substack.com/p/the-groan-...

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Research priorities for improved pandemic and epidemic intelligence (The Lancet Global Health): "to strengthen pandemic and epidemic intelligence globally through Better Data, Better Analytics, and Better Decisions." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Research priorities for improved pandemic and epidemic intelligence

Pandemic and epidemic intelligence integrates surveillance data with contextual knowledge to assess health risks and inform public health decisions. Although investments in surveillance and public hea...

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Guidance for using modeling for immunization decision-making 2026, Decision-making, English, Global/multi-country, Methodological guidance/tool, Modelling, Prioritization & optimization, World Health Organization immunizationeconomics.org/recent-activ...

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Guidance for using modelling for immunization decision-making

Visit the post for more.

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

"Life is a sum of all your choices." —Albert Camus Decision Intelligence 4 Health (di4h) - Updated infographic (below) and 4-page cheatsheet here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

What is a Decision? Lecture 1 opens with the decision-making literature, from rational choice theory, game theory and decision theory to cognitive bias, the impact of neuroscience and the appraisal of emotional factors in rational decision-making. tannerlectures.berkeley.edu/christopher-...

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Christopher Clark - Tanner Lectures

Regius Professor of History University of Cambridge About these lectures The Moment of Decision Lecture I – What is a decision? Monday, May 4, 2026 4:10 pm – 6:15 pm Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai H...

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Forgiveness - a deliberate decision - "may be more than a moral ideal. ... researchers are asking whether forgiveness can be taught at scale ... as a public health strategy that could improve the emotional lives of communities or even populations." www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

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How to let go of grudges — and why it could be good for your health

Some scientists say training people to practice forgiveness could be a powerful public health tool.

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Value-Focused Thinking and Decision-Making: A superpower for decisive, values-based leadership teampublichealth.substack.com/p/value-focu...

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Value-Focused Thinking and Decision-Making

A superpower for decisive, values-based leadership

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

"To be truly radical is to make hope possible, rather than despair convincing." --- Raymond Williams, Keywords. Inspiring quote that was shared today by Sir Michael Marmot at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health Faculty meeting.

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

"Mientras uno está vivo uno debe amar lo más que pueda". ... "No, no te puedo olvidar. No, no te puedo borrar. Tú me enseñaste a querer. Me enseñaste a bailar." www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Fe...

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BAD BUNNY - BAILE INoLVIDABLE (Video Oficial) | DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

YouTube video by Bad Bunny

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The surprising ways cannabis may affect the aging brain. As more states legalize recreational marijuana use, here’s what the research says about what cannabis is really doing to your brain. www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

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The surprising ways cannabis may affect the aging brain

As more states legalize recreational marijuana use, here’s what the research says about what cannabis is really doing to your brain.

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Ryan Briggs @ryancbriggs.net · 01/04/2026

You guys @carlislerainey.bsky.social has a free textbook online and it seems really useful pos5747.github.io/notes/

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Introduction

These are notes for my class on probability models. In these notes, I walk through the concepts and computation that support modern probability modeling in political science using both maximum likelihood and Bayesian approaches.

The Goal

There are many excellent books on probability models. But I felt the need to write my own. Why? I saw three problems.

First, some classes assign a huge textbook. It might be possible for the strongest and most motivated students to become familiar with the range of topics covered in these textbook, but impossible to master. Instead, these textbooks seem like references, something you’re supposed to constantly be referring back to throughout your career. I know this because many of these books have instructors’ guides that suggest what should be covered in a single semester, what should be skipped, and how one might jump around. Instead, I want a book that students can work through beginning to end and master each idea.
Second, some classes assign a variety of sections from several books and a collection of articles. But then the story told in the readings isn’t coherent. The styles are changing, the author’s tastes are changing, and the notation is changing. Switching among authors can feel like whiplash when learning a difficult subject. Instead, I want a book that tells a continuous story with consistent style, tastes, and notation.
Third, some classes assign readings that support the lecture material, without exact alignment between the two. For better or worse, the content covered by the instructor in class feels like the most important material. Thus, I want a book that exactly aligns with the material I cover in class.

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

From #YourLocalEpidemiologistCA leader --- Dr. Matt Willis : Pandemic anniversary reality check --- Why we shut down the Bay Area six years ago-- and why revising that history puts us at risk yourlocalepidemiologistca.substack.com/p/pandemic-a...

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Pandemic anniversary reality check

Watch now | Why we shut down the Bay Area six years ago-- and why revising that history puts us at risk

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Are you Heat Ready, California? Heat is deadlier than any other weather hazard. Be prepared for extreme heat events and find resources to help you stay safe. heatready.ca.gov

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Home | HeatReadyCA.com

Extreme Heat is a big risk for your health.Learn how to stay safe when extreme heat events happen.

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

"Kids don’t need to learn prompt engineering ... They need a holistic understanding of AI — ... how it works and how it affects learning. ... [how] AI supercharges their learning and when it stunts it. None of this requires more time on screens." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Opinion | Schools are teaching AI — and making a massive mistake

They should teach kids to have agency over the technology, not just how to use it.

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Tomás Aragón (托马斯·阿拉贡) @tomasaragon.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

"Teenagers Have Easy Access to Cannabis. Science Says It’s Bad for Them." New research shows even infrequent marijuana use during adolescence is linked to increased risk of mental-health disorders and poor performance in school www.wsj.com/health/welln...

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Teenagers Have Easy Access to Cannabis. Science Says It’s Bad for Them.

New research shows even infrequent cannabis use during adolescence is linked to increased risk of mental-health disorders and poor academic performance.

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