Christopher Pepper (He/Him)
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Award-winning educator and writer, with bylines in the NY Times, SF Chronicle, and Edutopia. New book, "TALK TO YOUR BOYS," due out in 2025 from Workman Publishing.
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
Wild that this story does not mention “Ferris Bueller” at all. That version of “Twist and Shout” was what prompted me (and lots of my Gen X peers) to start checking out The Beatles.
How the Beatles Got Their Hooks Into Gen X and Never Let Go www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
How the Beatles Got Their Hooks Into Gen X and Never Let Go www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
How the Beatles Got Their Hooks Into Gen X and Never Let Go
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Wild that this story does not mention “Ferris Bueller” at all. That version of “Twist and Shout” was what prompted me (and lots of my Gen X peers) to start checking out The Beatles.
How the Beatles Got Their Hooks Into Gen X and Never Let Go www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
How the Beatles Got Their Hooks Into Gen X and Never Let Go www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
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New second in command and top MD at CDC:
“In February, after the two infants died, Louisiana's surgeon general, Dr. Ralph Abraham, banned the health department from holding any vaccine events and recommending vaccines generally.“
“In February, after the two infants died, Louisiana's surgeon general, Dr. Ralph Abraham, banned the health department from holding any vaccine events and recommending vaccines generally.“
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
New second in command and top MD at CDC:
“In February, after the two infants died, Louisiana's surgeon general, Dr. Ralph Abraham, banned the health department from holding any vaccine events and recommending vaccines generally.“
“In February, after the two infants died, Louisiana's surgeon general, Dr. Ralph Abraham, banned the health department from holding any vaccine events and recommending vaccines generally.“
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1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
Saw David Byrne in San Francisco earlier this week and this version of this song had me in tears. This is the best version I can find online. youtu.be/PCrE0QbuwTA
David Byrne - This Must Be The Place (Toronto N2 2025)
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November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Saw David Byrne in San Francisco earlier this week and this version of this song had me in tears. This is the best version I can find online. youtu.be/PCrE0QbuwTA
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November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Check out the latest Teen Health Today news round up - It will give you plenty to talk about this week. Link to read: open.substack.com/pub/teenheal...
November 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Check out the latest Teen Health Today news round up - It will give you plenty to talk about this week. Link to read: open.substack.com/pub/teenheal...
I am a patient boy
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait
My time, water down a drain
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving
Please don't leave me to remain
In the waiting room
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait
My time, water down a drain
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving
Please don't leave me to remain
In the waiting room
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I am a patient boy
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait
My time, water down a drain
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving
Please don't leave me to remain
In the waiting room
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait
My time, water down a drain
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving
Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving
Please don't leave me to remain
In the waiting room
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
Parenting a Trans Kid in Trump’s America
An interview with two parents who are scrambling to support their daughter under the government’s efforts to ban transgender care. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
An interview with two parents who are scrambling to support their daughter under the government’s efforts to ban transgender care. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
Parenting a Trans Kid in Trump’s America
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Parenting a Trans Kid in Trump’s America
An interview with two parents who are scrambling to support their daughter under the government’s efforts to ban transgender care. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
An interview with two parents who are scrambling to support their daughter under the government’s efforts to ban transgender care. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
The online clip factory that’s radicalizing teen boys
How a wildly popular YouTube “dating” show heaps mockery on women to create "so many more incels” www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
How a wildly popular YouTube “dating” show heaps mockery on women to create "so many more incels” www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
The online clip factory that's radicalizing teen boys - Salon.com
How a wildly popular YouTube “dating” show heaps mockery on women to create "so many more incels”
www.salon.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The online clip factory that’s radicalizing teen boys
How a wildly popular YouTube “dating” show heaps mockery on women to create "so many more incels” www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
How a wildly popular YouTube “dating” show heaps mockery on women to create "so many more incels” www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
Learning With AI Falls Short Compared to Old-Fashioned Web Search
In virtually all the ways that matter, getting summarized information from AI models was less educational than doing the work of search. gizmodo.com/learning-wit...
In virtually all the ways that matter, getting summarized information from AI models was less educational than doing the work of search. gizmodo.com/learning-wit...
Learning With AI Falls Short Compared to Old-Fashioned Web Search
In virtually all the ways that matter, getting summarized information from AI models was less educational than doing the work of search.
gizmodo.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Learning With AI Falls Short Compared to Old-Fashioned Web Search
In virtually all the ways that matter, getting summarized information from AI models was less educational than doing the work of search. gizmodo.com/learning-wit...
In virtually all the ways that matter, getting summarized information from AI models was less educational than doing the work of search. gizmodo.com/learning-wit...
Young Children Are Capable of Extreme Bravery—Here’s Why
Researchers have examined the personality traits, the brain circuits, and the learnings that lead to children's heroic acts of courage.
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Researchers have examined the personality traits, the brain circuits, and the learnings that lead to children's heroic acts of courage.
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Young Children Are Capable of Extreme Bravery—Here’s Why
Researchers have examined the personality traits, the brain circuits, and the learnings that lead to children's heroic acts of courage.
berkeley.us14.list-manage.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Young Children Are Capable of Extreme Bravery—Here’s Why
Researchers have examined the personality traits, the brain circuits, and the learnings that lead to children's heroic acts of courage.
berkeley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?...
Researchers have examined the personality traits, the brain circuits, and the learnings that lead to children's heroic acts of courage.
berkeley.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?...
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Massive Study Debunks One of RFK Jr’s Biggest Claims about Fluoride in Tap Water www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass...
Massive Study Finds No Link Between Fluoride in Tap Water and Lower Child IQ
Researchers tracked thousands of Americans for decades, finding no links between ingesting recommended levels of fluoride and lower cognitive skills
www.scientificamerican.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Massive Study Debunks One of RFK Jr’s Biggest Claims about Fluoride in Tap Water www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass...
Study shows Texas abortion ban had greatest effect on minors seeking care
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
Study shows Texas abortion ban had greatest effect on minors seeking care | Houston Public Media
The study looks at abortions received by Texans both in state and out-of-state in the months after Senate Bill 8, a roughly six-week abortion ban, became law in 2021.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Study shows Texas abortion ban had greatest effect on minors seeking care
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
“He is not a sin”: Here’s what parents wish folks knew about their trans kids www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/he-i...
"He is not a sin": Here's what parents wish folks knew about their trans kids - LGBTQ Nation
We asked parents of trans youth to share what the world doesn't understand about their kids. They had a lot to say.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“He is not a sin”: Here’s what parents wish folks knew about their trans kids www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/he-i...
AI-Powered Teddy Bear Caught Talking About Sexual Fetishes and Instructing Kids How to Find Knives gizmodo.com/ai-powered-t...
AI-Powered Teddy Bear Caught Talking About Sexual Fetishes and Instructing Kids How to Find Knives
OpenAI blocked access for the toymaker following the incidents.
gizmodo.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
AI-Powered Teddy Bear Caught Talking About Sexual Fetishes and Instructing Kids How to Find Knives gizmodo.com/ai-powered-t...
Nearly half of sexually active young people in UK have experienced strangulation, study shows
Survey reveals crisis of distress, consent issues and physical harm caused by strangulation during sex
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Survey reveals crisis of distress, consent issues and physical harm caused by strangulation during sex
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Nearly half of sexually active young people in UK have experienced strangulation, study shows
Survey reveals crisis of distress, consent issues and physical harm caused by strangulation during sex
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Nearly half of sexually active young people in UK have experienced strangulation, study shows
Survey reveals crisis of distress, consent issues and physical harm caused by strangulation during sex
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Survey reveals crisis of distress, consent issues and physical harm caused by strangulation during sex
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
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Wild Cherry, the BBC’s new primetime show, depicts girls making nude video content. Helen Rumbelow asks what we should think about its ‘toxic femininity’
Is this glossy British drama Adolescence but for girls?
Wild Cherry, the BBC’s new primetime show, depicts girls making nude video content. Helen Rumbelow asks what we should think about its ‘toxic femininity’
www.thetimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Wild Cherry, the BBC’s new primetime show, depicts girls making nude video content. Helen Rumbelow asks what we should think about its ‘toxic femininity’
Roblox accused of enabling 'systemic sexual exploitation' of children in new lawsuit
The site has been reforming its safety policies following a series of legal battles. mashable.com/article/robl...
The site has been reforming its safety policies following a series of legal battles. mashable.com/article/robl...
Louisiana attorney general sues Roblox for exposing children to sexual predators
The latest in a series of child safety lawsuits, the case accuses the youth platform of 'knowingly' endangering children and not effectively warning parents.
mashable.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Roblox accused of enabling 'systemic sexual exploitation' of children in new lawsuit
The site has been reforming its safety policies following a series of legal battles. mashable.com/article/robl...
The site has been reforming its safety policies following a series of legal battles. mashable.com/article/robl...
Social media’s beauty filters may look harmless – but they’re quietly affecting Black youths’ mental health www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Social media’s beauty filters may look harmless – but they’re quietly affecting Black youths’ mental health
For Black adolescents, a recent study found negative experiences around race in online spaces outweighed the good
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Social media’s beauty filters may look harmless – but they’re quietly affecting Black youths’ mental health www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...