The Monica
@mclemoremr.bsky.social
Nurse|scientist|geek|wino|Editor in Chief - Health Equity #tenured #Dr @mclemoremr everywhere
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The Monica
@mclemoremr.bsky.social
· Jun 12
Health care and economic security of Washingtonians at risk
By Monica R. McLemore, Hiroshi Nakano and John Schapman
www.spokesman.com
My first OpEd as WHBE Board chair. "To be clear, access to health insurance is not a partisan issue – it helps people on all sides of the political spectrum. As bipartisan members of the Washington Health Benefit Exchange Board, we are Republicans and Democrats."
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
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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
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
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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
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
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...
www.thehastingscenter.org/news/hasting...
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
www.thehastingscenter.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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...
www.thehastingscenter.org/news/hasting...
This is sad.
www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025...
www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025...
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.
www.dailycardinal.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is sad.
www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025...
www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025...
Professional photos from @salzburgglobal.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Professional photos from @salzburgglobal.bsky.social
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Cloudflare, a company that helps websites secure and manage their internet traffic, was experiencing issues with its global network, the company said Tuesday, disrupting service for websites and apps like Spotify and OpenAI.
Outage at Cloudflare Disrupts Parts of the Internet
Services from Cloudflare, a software company, underpin thousands of websites.
nyti.ms
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Chyle. The stuff that happens in academia that folx don’t understand pisses me off to no end.
If you are not in academia, you might not know this, but job interviews used to be held at conferences IN HOTEL ROOMS. Women candidates in a hotel room alone with often all-male committees. People sitting on beds! The horror stories I've heard.
I thing I sometimes thing about is that university departments were still doing job interviews in hotel rooms in the mid aughts
November 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Chyle. The stuff that happens in academia that folx don’t understand pisses me off to no end.
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“ 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...
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
Health care and economic security of Washingtonians at risk
By Monica R. McLemore, Hiroshi Nakano and John Schapman
www.spokesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“ 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...
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
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
November 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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
Yup. And some folx here think housing data centers on other planets is a good idea 🙄
You know it’s already *really* bad when even a media outlet that has uncritically & relentlessly cheered on the current A.I.stravaganza starts noticing that maybe aLL tHiS sHInY iNnoVaTiOn comes at a cost… 🙃
The rapid proliferation of services powered by artificial intelligence, ranging from the genuinely useful to the frivolous to the unnecessary, has a common element: the need for vast amounts of electricity and water for the data centers that make them possible.
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Yup. And some folx here think housing data centers on other planets is a good idea 🙄
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
November 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reposted by The Monica
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.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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.
1/2: Y’all. “We are also dealing with a generation of college students that was born after the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act. Critics at the time -- myself included -- predicted that the reorientation toward test-taking would be an educational disaster.
chanda.bearblog.dev/knowledge-is...
chanda.bearblog.dev/knowledge-is...
Knowledge is Worth Your Time
Folks who hang out on Bluesky/Twitter may have caught bits and pieces of the discussions amongst academics about what to do about today's university students...
chanda.bearblog.dev
October 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
1/2: Y’all. “We are also dealing with a generation of college students that was born after the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act. Critics at the time -- myself included -- predicted that the reorientation toward test-taking would be an educational disaster.
chanda.bearblog.dev/knowledge-is...
chanda.bearblog.dev/knowledge-is...
Trash.
EXCLUSIVE: Our friends at @lighthousereports.com obtained a secret data trove.
It revealed a vast global surveillance empire whose tech has been used to target politicians, journalists, tech execs, and Jared Leto.
The story only gets wilder from there.
It revealed a vast global surveillance empire whose tech has been used to target politicians, journalists, tech execs, and Jared Leto.
The story only gets wilder from there.
The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
www.motherjones.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Trash.
Omg. His sister at @birthplacelab.bsky.social is a collaborator. Wow. This is horrible. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Omg. His sister at @birthplacelab.bsky.social is a collaborator. Wow. This is horrible. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
No one should have to deal with this AND those of us who work in repro begged y’all to listen.
NEW: A professor at Rutgers University who wrote a book about “antifa” almost a decade ago is trying—and struggling—to flee the US for Europe after a weeks-long online campaign against him by far-right influencers was followed by death threats. www.wired.com/story/mark-b...
He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US
Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.
www.wired.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
No one should have to deal with this AND those of us who work in repro begged y’all to listen.
Reposted by The Monica
I think what’s most frustrating right now for Black and Indigneous people is waiting for the bulk of white folks to catch up.
At some point the “this isn’t who we are” and “I didn’t have this on my bingo card” has to end and y’all will catch up, right? RIGHT?
WE NEED YOU TO CATCH UP.
At some point the “this isn’t who we are” and “I didn’t have this on my bingo card” has to end and y’all will catch up, right? RIGHT?
WE NEED YOU TO CATCH UP.
October 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I think what’s most frustrating right now for Black and Indigneous people is waiting for the bulk of white folks to catch up.
At some point the “this isn’t who we are” and “I didn’t have this on my bingo card” has to end and y’all will catch up, right? RIGHT?
WE NEED YOU TO CATCH UP.
At some point the “this isn’t who we are” and “I didn’t have this on my bingo card” has to end and y’all will catch up, right? RIGHT?
WE NEED YOU TO CATCH UP.
So good to see her work being covered!
Workers have been told to bring themselves to work, only to be disappointed time and time again, argues author Jodi-Ann Burey in her new book. www.wired.com/story/theres...
There’s Never Been a Worse Time to Be Authentic at Work
Workers have been told to bring themselves to work, only to be disappointed time and time again, argues author Jodi-Ann Burey in her new book.
www.wired.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
So good to see her work being covered!
As someone who has endured active and credible death threats I’m not interested in your opinion about how I choose to protect my safety.
This new column by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social makes me think about when I recently had to talk to the police for yet another safety plan, I tried to “lighten” the mood by saying that we all knew this wasn’t my first rodeo. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
October 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
As someone who has endured active and credible death threats I’m not interested in your opinion about how I choose to protect my safety.
I’m so glad I took today off to see Superfine at the Met. Just got some seriously good work news. Omg! #Vaguebook
September 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I’m so glad I took today off to see Superfine at the Met. Just got some seriously good work news. Omg! #Vaguebook