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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 1d

I hear you. I wonder how much is what I post, and how much is what the platform itself surfaces. I don't think what I share is as different from what I see

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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, I do think it’s an important story! But regardless of what I think, the disparity in my feeds is in itself something.

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 1d

We talk about the fragmentation of social media, but I’ve never seen it quite like today

Threads is a scroll of freed hostages united with their overjoyed families. Here, I scrolled a couple min and only saw one ref to this event, a think piece on the political use of the hostages. Wild.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 2d

Argh I can’t! But thank you

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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 2d

What do I have to do to keep my feeds Diane Keaton content all the time?!

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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s the curriculum, Volume 1

www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...?

Hidden Voices: Jewish Americans in United States History Volume 1 | WeTeachNYC

The Hidden Voices project was initiated in 2018 by the Department of Social Studies to help students learn about and honor the innumerable people, often “hidden” from the traditional historical record...

www.weteachnyc.org

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 2d

Great time talking with teachers and professors at Montclair State U re Jewish American Hidden Voices

This was part of a fantastic program on fighting antisemitism in the classroom, and in remembrance of the Tree of Life shooting

Thank you for inviting me

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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 2d

This is crazy and scary. Chitchat at the flu shot line at CVS today was, “least we can do is get our flu shot, now that the CDC is disappearing”

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2d

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 3d

Leave it to some gross men to take the popularity of women’s sports in the most 🤮 direction

www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

Men Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual Cycles

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."

www.wired.com

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 5d

Haven't been able to read the article, but I love this.

High school in Maine offers hikes instead of detention. Teachers are seeing results. - The Boston Globe

The kids were skeptical. They would rather serve school detention in school than walk in the woods. But then they tried it.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 8d

Just over here updating my slides for a book talk on FIT NATION. Wild in many ways that when I started this research, Michelle Obama felt like the future of fitness policy and culture... here we are

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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 9d

Can't wait to talk FIT NATION at Pepperdine! Join us IRL in Malibu on Tuesday for my public talk!

Jonathan D. Riddle @jonathandriddle.bsky.social · 10d

I'm so excited to welcome @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social to campus next week to help launch our new minor!

The lecture is open to the public, so feel free to join if you're in the area! You can buy her book while here, too.

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 13d

I am so excited to be heading to 🌴 Malibu 🌴 next week to spend time with students + faculty @ Pepperdine U and to give a public talk about my book, FIT NATION, as part of the launch of the new Health Humanities minor. If you’re in SoCal, I hope you’ll join us!
library.pepperdine.edu/events/?trum...

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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 10d

I remember not too long ago when I’d be annoyed if someone said, “Happy Yom Kippur” or I saw some Passover graphic w a menorah…

Yesterday I got a very earnest “I hope you had a happy YK” from a woman I barely know, and was genuinely touched

Amazing what 2 yrs of resurgent antisemitism will do’

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Jonathan D. Riddle @jonathandriddle.bsky.social · 10d

I'm so excited to welcome @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social to campus next week to help launch our new minor!

The lecture is open to the public, so feel free to join if you're in the area! You can buy her book while here, too.

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 13d

I am so excited to be heading to 🌴 Malibu 🌴 next week to spend time with students + faculty @ Pepperdine U and to give a public talk about my book, FIT NATION, as part of the launch of the new Health Humanities minor. If you’re in SoCal, I hope you’ll join us!
library.pepperdine.edu/events/?trum...

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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 11d

Twisted

Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 11d

It’s cool I’m reading a Reddit forum about the Chicago Marathon and people are asking if they should carry their passports in case ICE tries to detain them during the race

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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 11d

I hope you’re ok. I am so scared of exactly this, bc I’m always going up and down the stairs laden with too much. Be careful and feel better!

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 11d

Walmart is so committed to making America healthy they won’t provide health insurance or a living wage to their employees but they will remove some food coloring from some of their products. Mission accomplished!

Marketplace @marketplace.org · 11d

Walmart says it will remove synthetic food dyes and several other additives from all of its store brands by 2027. That includes private labels like Bettergoods and Great Value, the most popular in-store brand in America.

Walmart's removal of synthetic dyes could ripple through the food supply chain

Walmart says 90% of products from in-store brands are already free of these additives. But even a 10% change for a retailer as massive as Walmart can have a big effect on the industry

mktplc.org

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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 12d

Heart-breaking to come home from standing-room-only services — which felt like a haven — and read about the brutal Yom Kippur attack in Manchester. Love and safety to all observing today.

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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you so much to @outsidemag.bsky.social for asking me to weigh in on this new study about whether your personality type influences your workouts...

www.outsideonline.com/health/train...

What Your Personality Says About Your Workout Habits

Your workout vibe may be wired in your brain

www.outsideonline.com

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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 13d

I am so excited to be heading to 🌴 Malibu 🌴 next week to spend time with students + faculty @ Pepperdine U and to give a public talk about my book, FIT NATION, as part of the launch of the new Health Humanities minor. If you’re in SoCal, I hope you’ll join us!
library.pepperdine.edu/events/?trum...

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Micah @rincewind.run · 13d

there's this assumption by the admin that there is an infinite supply of buff KKK members ready to fill the ranks of the military and ICE and I have bad news for them both about the overall number of KKK members and their general fitness level

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 14d

Something our glorious Secretary of War does not seem to have considered is that the reason military PT and grooming standards, plus policies for EEO and abuse reporting, are the way they are is because they're necessary for recruitment and retention

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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 13d

Such a treat to see my PhD mentor Estelle Freedman tonight! I got to moderate a panel at a screening of her new documentary about folk singer Faith Petric. Check it out! singingforjustice.com

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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 14d

People are going to be drawing parallels between this and JFK’s “Soft American” comments on the military

This is much worse, bc it’s all about “the look”… JFK at least had commitment to figurative ideals re intellectual and civic discipline

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Hegseth: "It all starts with physical fitness and appearance. If the secretary of war can do regular hard PT, so can every member of our joint force. Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations and see fat troops. Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals."

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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 14d

People are going to be drawing parallels between this and JFK’s “Soft American” comments on the military

This is much worse, bc it’s all about “the look”… JFK at least had commitment to figurative ideals re intellectual and civic discipline

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Hegseth: "It all starts with physical fitness and appearance. If the secretary of war can do regular hard PT, so can every member of our joint force. Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations and see fat troops. Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals."

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