Jennifer Potash

The Beguiling, Misunderstood Theremin

I am so intrigued by the theremin. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/a...

Stephen Miller’s great-replacement claims about immigrants replacing Republicans are an effort to leverage partisanship to boost support for throwing immigrants out of the country. But immigrants aren’t particularly Democratic — or even anti-Trump.
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The view through my front window. There are ten mugs scattered on the gound outside.

my GOSH is it muggy out there today!!

A thread about ongoing erasing and ignoring science... 🧵

Bystander CPR can make a difference!

Donate to Struggling First Gen Black Medical Student, organized by Jonathan Brisbon Dear Beloved Friends and Supporters, With heartfelt sincerity, I share… Jonathan Brisbon needs your support for Struggling First Gen Black Medical Student

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The perfect birthday gift would be a donation to make sure I finish medical school and have a smooth transition to residency as I pay for medical bills & face housing and food insecurities #medsky #mdsky #dosky #urosky #birthday

‘A first-class reporter and an even better person.’ N.J. mourns political reporter Matt Arco. Following the death of Matt Arco, many expressed their sadness and admiration for the 39-year-old reporter

Following the death of Matt Arco, many expressed their sadness and admiration for the 39-year-old reporter

I’m going to try to explain why, while I understand anger toward the parents whose unvaccinated children died of measles, I don’t share it. IMO it is a tragedy. My reasons for this hinge on 2 main points:

1. Public health requires the public

2. We can’t ignore the social determinants of health

You want to see an octopus riding a shark.

🎥: University of Auckland

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My favorite movie of the year.

Watch Flow | Max Watch Flow on Max. Plans start at $9.99/month. Left homeless by a flood, a kitty begins an unlikely adventure with a wide array of very different animals in this "utterly mesmerizing" (Sight & Sound) ...

If the world is too much, this movie is a balm.

Stream Flow on Max play.max.com/movie/83df1c...

Looking to talk with federal employees with disabilities who were terminated this weekend, especially folks hired through Schedule A or disabled veterans. Please boost! #disability #journorequest

Both left Politico in 2016.

If you need an example, here is one from the BMJ.

Policy is explicit, clear, and that's all there is to it.

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President is stealing what you paid for.

Indie Bookstores Will Soon Be Able to Sell E-Books (Gift Article) Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the sales of e-books, too.

VERY good news from @bookshop-org.bsky.social!!

Read the first sentence of the second image.

Nice update on this. Smart people here with mad skills were generous with their time and tracked down the owner of the docs — a third generation descendent. Turned out my friend, whose yard it below into, knows them - they are more than a mile away. Owners reunited with heirloom docs. Thanks all.

It's good that there's a 25% tarriff on imported coffee now. This will incentivize people to purchase American coffee, grown in the New Jersey coffee forests

we're hiring an associate editor to help with our advice columns! an incredibly fun position! jobs.lever.co/slate/4e9386...

Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern A flurry of scientific gatherings and panels across federal science agencies were canceled on Wednesday, at a time of heightened sensitivity about how the

If your work has been impacted by the Trump administration's freeze on scientific meetings/comms or its executive actions targeting DEI programs, STAT wants to know more:

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How to write great alt text — And why it matters

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This is a “read past your bedtime” book.
So good!

I haven’t been to DC in ages and am super excited for this! It’s on January 23rd, come hang :)

Match for Urology is early February. I am hopeful for him. However, Rutgers is doing very little to help him; I even asked the foundation and got crickets.

The LA Times photo desk, which is doing incredible work covering these brutal fires, has set up a Bluesky account that is among the newest ones we have verified. They are well worth following right now. @latimesphotos.bsky.social

Surgeon Dorothy Lavinia Brown was born 111 years ago today. After a youth in the New York orphanage system, she rose to become head surgeon at Riverside Hospital from 1957 to 1983, and a Tennessee legislator who worked to expand women's access to abortion in the 1960s.

#WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistSci

Santa Claus sits next to a Westie at Petsmart holiday display.

Naughty dog tries to plead his case with Santa.

Tweet from @Els_Vaccine: welcoming our incoming Vaccine Editors-in-Chief: @IvanHung2 (Ivan Hung), @angie_rasmussen (Angie Rasmussen), & @florian_krammer (Florian Krammer). Looking forward to work with them on establishing the journal further as a platform for evidence-based vaccination policies and critical vaccine research and development! Pictures of (L to R) Ivan Hung (good looking dude with black hair wearing a purple tie and a dark suit and with a wry clever expression), Angie Rasmussen (tired looking blonde woman in a lab coat who looks like she’s about to make some snide comment), Florian Krammer (also good looking dude with brown hair and a goatee who is wearing sunglasses and smiling so also looks cool)

Vaccines are under attack like never before and pathogens just don’t stop emerging, so in related news...

I’m honored to lead Vaccine & face these challenges w/ my co-Editors-in-Chief Florian & Ivan. I’m ready to elevate vaccine research, defend evidence-based policy, & stand up for public health!

Opinion | Running Spies Is Not a Game for Amateurs (Gift Article) Will Trump be satisfied with servile leadership, or is he seeking to dismantle the system and make agencies responsive to his demands?

In case the link doesn’t work: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...