Joan Stephenson

🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨

Health and science reporters should lead the coverage of all these health-related conspiracy theories & newsroom leaders should keep their both-sides political reporters out of their way.

Simon Maechling & @simonmaechling Follow RFK Jr is set to announce Tylenol causes autism. And then he'll push the "cure": leucovorin (folinic acid). Who sells folinic acid? Dr. Oz's supplement company, iHerb. The same Dr. Oz who is now the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in Trump's administration. Think about that: A government health official tied to the very supplement company that benefits from RFK Jr's bogus "cure." This isn't public health. It's corruption dressed up as wellness.

Oh dear. It seems Dr. Oz’s company sells Trump‘s big autism cure. What a crazy happenstance.

Exclusive: Publisher investigating DNA contamination paper that authors say CDC vaccine committee will consider The publisher Taylor & Francis is investigating concerns raised on PubPeer about a paper claiming to find DNA contamination in COVID-19 vaccines beyond regulators’ recommended amounts.  Th…

Exclusive: Publisher investigating DNA contamination paper that authors say CDC vaccine committee will consider retractionwatch.com/2025/09/18/c... via @retractionwatch.com

Likewise. Terrific show and a genuine respect for Diné traditions and language.

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‘Journalologists' use scientific methods to study academic publishing. Is their work improving science? Decades spent studying peer review, publication bias, and more have challenged the status quo, but journalologists say they have a long way to go

Saddened to learn about the death of Drummond Rennie, a giant in the field of medical publishing and evidence-based medicine. A brilliant, kind man. Here's an interview with Rennie from 2018.
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Agree with everything but the typewriters (though I miss the sound of typewriters).

Mirror image pictures labeled “Samuel L Jackson” and “Samuel D Jackson”

NEW study from the nonpartisan Center for American Progress, by 2027, Trump’s tariffs and policies under his Big, Beautiful Bill will have decreased the incomes of all *but* the top 1% of American households—which will be $5,000 richer.

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Incredible. Trump drags the reputation of a highly regarded economist, first Black woman to be a Fed gov, thru the mud claiming she committed mortgage fraud. But the documents his appointee to run Fannie & Freddie got for him & that he said showed fraud don’t actually say that.

Trump Truth social post: “I love the smell of deportations in the morning…” Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR 🚁🚁🚁

Take off that Cavalry hat, you draft dodger.

You didn’t earn the right to wear it.

Stolen valor at its worst.

The flexibility of a hybrid at this point in time is why I own one. I assume it won't be terribly long until improvements in battery charge duration and in charging infrastructure make the flexibility of a hybrid less attractive.

Margaret W. Rossiter, 81, Dies; Wrote Women Scientists Into History

"It took her nearly two decades to find a permanent academic position. She found occasional work as a visiting professor, filling in for someone on leave for a year or two. She earned grants to fund her research... but she was often living on unemployment benefits"

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s...

YouTube video by Brian Sierzega I’m Not Dead Yet ::: Monty Python

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Your grandfather is awesome!

RFK Jr., the one-man "death panel"

Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.

In a Hotter World, Some People Age Faster, Researchers Find

The same people who are pushing their MAHA agenda are largely the same people who are denying that certain human activities are tied to the heating of the planet. Not surprising: Ignoring science in one realm is consistent with ignoring science in another.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...

Just to say this plainly: what you're looking at here is a federal police force accountable only to the president rolling up to intimidate the governor of California as he announces his plan to counter a federal legislative coup out of Texas which will ensure their permanent presence in our streets

Thanks, John. Well worth repeating.

Who wouldn't adore that face! Love his bow tie.

I'm grateful that he's governor of my state. I didn't know what to expect when he took office, but he won my respect in how he handled COVID, and that respect has continued to grow.

What a beautiful life. I imagine he was very proud of you. I'm so sorry for your loss, and hope you find comfort in your memories.

This is clearly a time where we could use science-based recommendations for vaccine use, and I don't think we're going to see it from this HHS.

E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm

Inflicting generational harm on US citizens, including dedicated researchers who may have to abandon their field or move abroad, if that's an option. There are no deserving winners in this action, zero.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...

Good man! I thought there was a good chance you did. I endorse your sentiment.

Please don’t forget NPR, too.

Good man.

What a lovely story!