@gavinyamey.bsky.social
Hymowitz Family Professor of Global Health & Professor of Public Policy at Duke University. Director of the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health. DJ at WXDU (Thursdays, 4-6pm ET, wxdu.org). TIME columnist. He/him. Tallest Jew on Earth.
I grew up in London. I was 12 when Talking Heads released “Once In a Lifetime.” Brits had never heard of a shotgun shack!
Um…I thought he was saying “You may find yourself living in a chat en chat” (French for cat on cat).
I thought the house was so tiny the cats were piled on top of each other 🤭
🗣️ I need to shout out to the world, including @abstracttruth.bsky.social, about this album, Leo Chadburn’s Sleep in the Shadow of the Alternator—I believe it’s a pinnacle of musical creation in 2025
It’s a “radiophonic lullaby for a half-forgotten place & time”
Here’s the review I wrote for WXDU
Really loved this one: emotional, warm, floating electronics with luscious vocals
mariboustate.bandcamp.com/album/halluc...
Compiling my top 50 albums of 2025, what a year for music, I might have to make it 100!
21.11.2025 00:28 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 2
If you’ve not heard Antoinette Konan’s self titled 1986 album, which got reissued in 2019 by the label Awesome Tapes From Africa, you’re in for a treat—it’s joyous, buoyant, and pop-tastic, blending the ahoko (wooden idiophone) with ‘80s electronics
antoinettekonan.bandcamp.com/album/antoin...
I’ve heard @loulayorke.bsky.social’s beguiling album Hydrology—out on 21 Nov—made from H₂O & electronics that ebb, flow, drip, trickle, pulse, oscillate, & ripple
She’s a modular synthesist who won awards for her women-centered synth-building workshops Atari Punk Girls
din.org.uk/album/hydrol...
Reissue of 2025
In the late 80s, Bizimungu Dieudonne & his wife Agnes Uwimbabazi made a visionary album with a band of family & friends, released on cassette. The couple & several band mates were murdered by Hutu militias in ‘94.
Astounding music
mississippirecords.bandcamp.com/album/inzovu...
Tacoma Park are a local duo out of Carborro, NC, John Harrison and Ben Felton
I’m loving their latest album of rich instrumental experimental ambience, Glosson Circle Sessions (Glosson Circle is a street of many artists in Carborro)
tacomapark.bandcamp.com/album/glosso...
One of the albums of 2025
I just played track 6 on my radio show
riantreanor.bandcamp.com/album/body-l...
omg i did not know that
20.11.2025 17:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0IKR?
20.11.2025 16:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Oh wow I did not know that!
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Next up, Arcadia
I think they were trying to sound like Japan with a hint of Chic
It was Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, & Roger Taylor of Duran Duran
The Consensus Mix of Election Day is the one!
3/3
youtu.be/lslbMX--thE?...
First off, The Power Station
The singer was Robert Palmer, it featured former Chic drummer Tony Thompson, and it had two Duran Duran members, John Taylor (bass) and Andy Taylor (guitar).
The extended edit of Some Like It Hot is fire
2/3
youtu.be/iY2idxNIUvc?...
Anyway, in the search for some joy while our city is under siege from Trump's thugs, I've been thinking about, and listening back to, Duran Duran spin-off projects (yes, I know, I'm a frivolous person)
But, seriously, the spin-offs, Arcadia and The Power Station, made some TUNES
Let's revisit
1/3
Lack of knowledge seems not to bother some folks here on Bluesky! They just share their "feels"
20.11.2025 03:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yes, it’s a dead end with folks like this.
20.11.2025 03:36 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Oh FFS
20.11.2025 03:04 — 👍 29 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0What a ridiculous portrayal of my stance on Covid & masks!
Why Masks Still Matter: time.com/6232830/why-...
The Omicron Wave Is Receding But the Pandemic Is Far From Over: time.com/6148270/covi...
The CDC’s Abrupt Change to Mask Guidelines Puts People at Risk: time.com/6049612/cdc-...
It would be good, poltheorist, to send us plentiful evidence that these MAHA/MAGA men have regularly/routinely condemned RFK Jr’s dangerous anti-vaxx views. I know of none. And show us these men’s public campaigns that unequivocally reject RFK Jr & support the childhood vaxx schedule. I know of none
20.11.2025 01:01 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0They are bitter MAGA AND MAHA activists, power-hungry political opportunists, and some of the strongest supporters in the nation of RFK Jr’s extreme anti-vaccine activism & conspiracy theories. I have never ever seen them publicly condemn his anti-vaccine views. They act as his henchmen.
20.11.2025 00:47 — 👍 18 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
When is Botox Day 2025 BOTOX Day is held annually on the third Wednesday in November, and in 2025 that falls on November 19.
Wait, WUT? Today is National Botox Day, lol
19.11.2025 21:12 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 5 📌 0This isn’t a fruitful conversation—it is time to draw a line in the sand. These men have regularly talked about the need to “reassess” the childhood schedule. They’re working hand in hand with extreme anti-vaxxer RFK Jr to cast doubt on the schedule. Never have I seen them promote the schedule. END/
19.11.2025 12:42 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The great San Francisco label @darkentries.bsky.social has released another essential Patrick Cowley compilation, "Hard Ware"; Cowley died in '82 of AIDS
The final track, "Ice Age," is so chilling—it feels like a premonition of the impending AIDS pandemic
patrickcowley.bandcamp.com/track/ice-ag...
Global Health After the Breakpoint: Evidence for What Comes Next TUESDAY, DEC. 2 10-11:30 A.M. EST (15:00–16:30 GMT) 2025 has been a breakpoint for global health. Aid donors have slashed billions in funding, triggering catastrophic impacts. Amid these cuts, the global health system faces cascading shocks including geopolitical fragmentation, a retreat from multilateralism, climate-driven crises, massive human displacement from conflicts, and debt crises in many low- and middle-income countries that limit domestic health investments. There’s no going back to the ‘old’ global health. But what should come next? This webinar dives into the evidence: What parts of the current system are delivering real impact—and what’s failing miserably? What should we preserve, overhaul, or abandon altogether? Join us for a timely, evidence-driven discussion on how to rebuild global health for a more resilient, equitable and sustainable future.
Hey, 269 people have registered for our Dec 2 webinar on the future of global health (moderated by me!) but don't worry, you can cure your FOMO by registering now:
duke.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Spark talk by John-Arne Røttingen
Panelists: Ebere Okereke, Nina Schwalbe, Osondu Ogbuoji, Sam McPherson
ICE just hit Durham, community is activating, message me if u wanna help
18.11.2025 18:17 — 👍 381 🔁 188 💬 5 📌 3Drs Faust and Rasmussen: this is a truly extraordinary piece of work, thank you. I will be assigning it to students in many of my courses. You have created a true global public good.
18.11.2025 15:49 — 👍 24 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Many thx to @kiel.institute for commissioning this work, it was a fascinating project—we hope our paper helps guide discussions on the future of health aid
Thanks also to @globalnation.bsky.social for writing a short Policy Brief summarizing key messages: globalnation.world/publications...
The ACIP meetings have been extraordinarily anti-scientific and deeply damaging; Kulldorff, as you know, was a supporter of RFK Jr’s nomination. These men are doing untold harm to US public health, sadly.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
‼️Today ICE comes to the NC Triangle
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