The Monica

Publication post #5: New work out today…

4 peer reviewed papers published
4 papers under review
3 Invited Commentaries accepted
1st EVER Health Equity Editorial published
2 Letters to the Editor published (one pending)
2 podcasts recorded
Writing 11 papers with others
#ProfLife #WriteEveryDAY

Why the Targeting of Black Federal Workers Is Racist to its Core The attack on Black workers is no accident.

wordinblack.com/2025/11/why-...

All of insurance is a scam

Hastings Center Welcomes 2025 Fellows The Hastings Center for Bioethics is pleased to announce the election of the 2025 Fellows. Hastings Center Fellows are a group of about 300

This is going to be interesting and I have a lot of work planned with these folx given the AMA decision to close the AMA Ethics journal...

www.thehastingscenter.org/news/hasting...

Dean Emerit of Nursing Linda D. Scott passes away at 69 Scott, the first Black dean of the Nursing school, stepped down just six days ago due to health reasons. 

This is sad.
www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025...

Professional photos from @salzburgglobal.bsky.social

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Uhm. Yeah. And some of us tried to tell folx. Just like with Stanley Goldfarb, Jeffery Flier… and other Deans at Ivy League schools who are problematic…

*shit not shut

Oh he is cringe and perfect manifestation of white folx inability and unwillingness to improve each other and why stupid shut continues to perpetuate itself in culture regardless of proximity. #Annoyed

Chyle. The stuff that happens in academia that folx don’t understand pisses me off to no end.

So sad. Dee condolences.

RIP @sfdirewolf.bsky.social

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Chyle…

It like thee worst group project. So annoyed.

Totally. Hope to see them this pm

And fear shouldn’t be the motivating factor but since white supremacy functions on fear, here we are #Annoyed

Lies. I’ve never strayed from using that term…

Health care and economic security of Washingtonians at risk By Monica R. McLemore, Hiroshi Nakano and John Schapman

“ If enacted, it is estimated that up to one-third of people with coverage under ACA plans could lose their health insurance.
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

The World Knows Her as ‘Disaster Girl.’ She Just Made $500,000 Off the Meme. (Published 2021)

Is it me or does she look like a grown up version of the burning house meme girl?

www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/a...

Omg. 🙄

So. I spent the week with @salzburgglobal.bsky.social & @rwjf.org to examine the knowledge production ecosystem. I met some of the coolest people from around the world. Formal photos coming but you may recognize some of these folx. #SalzburgFellow

🙄 and I get why and 🙄

Yup. And some folx here think housing data centers on other planets is a good idea 🙄

I have folx here talking about housing data centers on other planets 🙄

Why I’m an AI hater - A few reasons My Top 10 list of why I’m an AI HATER (despite being an early adopter to technology and I have many more): My brain works and I use it. AI makes already lazy folx more lazy. The environmental …

mclemoremr.medium.com/why-im-an-ai...

Y’all. #JasmineBurnett said something so profound to me last week that I need to share it: AI will burn itself out if EVERYONE is using it and NO ONE is thinking up anything new 👌🏿#LoveHer #Brilliant #AIhater #GaveMeWordsforMyDiscomfort #TruthTellers

Trump Administration Live Updates: Government Ordered to Pay Food Stamp Benefits During Shutdown

Thank you @democracyforward.org www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.