Ethan A. Smith

The fact that these 2 things can be happening at the same time demonstrates the contempt the ruling class has for the people

Defend Public Health - ANTIGRAVITY Magazine Over the past few months, I’ve thought a lot about the late, great astrophysicist and science communicator Carl Sagan. More specifically, I’ve been thinking about his 1995 book The Demon-Haunted World...

The fight to preserve public health and science is connected to every other issue we face. All our struggles, all our systems are intertwined, and we can't overtake fascism or ensure our survival without embracing this, writes Senior Editor Mary Beth Campbell.
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Very interesting 👀 incredibly important considering the need for a “overamp” reversal and growing popularity of combination opioid / stimulant use

New (v topical) pub with Dr. Fleckman and colleagues! “Getting at the Root: Structural Racism, Policing, and Youth Homicide”.

Increases in police stops failed to show a meaningful impact on youth homicide. Invest in communities!

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A hardcover copy of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America standing upright on a wooden desk, with a stack of additional copies beside it.

I've got some extra copies of There Is No Place for Us, and I'd love to give away 5 signed books.

Just repost, like, or comment to signal your interest. I'll pick names at random on Friday.

Totally optional: feel free to share how the struggle for stable housing shows up in your life or community.

Chronic disease is equally as attributable to systemic factors as 19th century infectious outbreaks: our food and built environments etc. But it’s easier to _individualize_, thus moralize (“just exercise, you slug!”), hence it’s MAHA and, more subtly, eugenicist (“You’ve just got bad genes”) appeal.

Instead of criminalizing youth, @mayorofchicago.bsky.social invested in them.

Don’t expect mainstream media to cover it—it disrupts their fear-driven narrative about crime, our need for increased policing, and how young people of color pose a threat to public safety.

More people in Ohio need protection from violent crime than there are people in D.C. Governors of three states — Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia — are sending members of their state National Guards to D.C. to … well, theoretically to combat crime but, if the past week is any in...

Late last night I mapped crime rates for cities in OH, SC and WV to show how often they exceeded the rate in DC — where those states’ governors are sending National Guard troops to “combat crime.” www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...

Bike Easy pushes for safer bike infrastructure on St. Claude Avenue - Verite News New Orleans The local bicycle safety advocacy group has been calling for protected bike lanes to be installed on St. Claude Avenue, where a cyclist was struck and killed last week, since 2023.

A local bicycle safety advocacy group has felt a renewed sense of urgency in the wake of yet another cyclist death in the area

Crime is way down in Baltimore despite lower police headcount, but WITH more neighborhood based safety programs.

Drug checking sample: Laboratory Detected Substances Fentanyl (10) Xylazine (8) 4-ANPP (4) Lidocaine (4) BTMPS (Tinuvin 770) (3) 6-Monoacetylmorphine (3) Ethyl-4-ANPP (2) Bromazolam (2) Phenethyl-4-ANPP (trace) Papaverine (trace) Medetomidine (trace) Heroin (trace) Caffeine (trace) Cocaine (trace) Methamphetamine (trace) Acetaminophen (trace) Morphine (trace) Type Community Sample Date 05/2025 State / Group Massachusetts Location Lynn

This is from a single sample, sold as fentanyl, from the drug supply in Lynn, MA. This is what it looks like for government to surrender its regulatory power to the market. This is what we are subjecting our friends and family too instead of oxy or heroin. This is a policy CHOICE.

Using Geographic Momentary Assessment to Explore Spatial Environment Influences on Wellbeing in People With HIV - AIDS and Behavior Place-based socio-economic and racial inequities contribute to health disparities among people with HIV (PWH). We used geographic ecological momentary assessment (GEMA) methodologies to explore the in...

New open access science❕❕

People living with HIV in New Orleans (N = 69) contributed 14-day micro-longitudinal data.

Space, place, and their intra-psychic interplay may drive depressive Sx and suppress essential social supports.

Results and implications 🧵1/n

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Hey Dr. Vitale, I would love to obtain a PDF of this. Appreciate your work!

SFPD Drug Seizures "Significantly" Linked to Fatal Overdose, Data Show Researchers found that local overdose deaths increased in the days following a seizure, and recommended SF offer safe supply instead.

Researchers found that local overdose deaths increased in the days following a seizure, and recommended SF offer safe supply instead.

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HHS has ordered CDC to stop its influenza vaccine “Wild to Mild” media campaign. This is an award-winning campaign that effectively explains how influenza vaccine may not prevent infection but does decrease illness severity. We are currently having one of the worst influenza seasons in 15 years.