Anne McDermott

Celebrating the end of Black History Month by honoring these great people who changed the way we deal with health emergencies so profoundly that most of us cannot remember a time without ambulance services!

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How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.

Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”

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Yet you vote yes on nominees.

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻

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The truth matters. If you act and react based on lies and manipulation, you’re vulnerable. Read Heather Cox Roach. Remember that history will be watching.

January 29, 2025 In a conversation with Greg Sargent of the New Republic published today, writer Amanda Marcotte called out an important moment in White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s first press conference ...

January 29, 2025

We missed you at GJWW this year! I expect you’re up to more important things.

Good to see you here, my fellow bonkers person 😊

January 25, 2025 We have all earned a break for this week, but as some of you have heard me say, I write these letters with an eye to what a graduate student will need to know in 150 years.

January 25, 2025

This one is from my garden this summer. Double bloom knock out roses naturally cross pollinated with neighboring pink.

I’m tired of reading articles about the resistance against the current regime disappearing compared to 2016. It’s not gone, it’s changed because it needs to. And every day it gets bigger.

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Learning new languages makes my brain twinkle. It sounds weird but that’s the sensation I get. Currently in a place where I get to use a different language every day. 😊

While we’re banning books…

Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.

Be. Like. Finland.

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My most recent! Bottoms Up Bitches at GJWW6!!!!

Missing GJWW vibes!