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Neil Lewis, Jr.

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Behavioral Scientist & Science Communicator. Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences and Associate Professor of Communication, Medicine, and Public Policy at Cornell University. More here: neillewisjr.com Personal account

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · May 2

2/6. In a set of experiments just published in Social Science & Medicine, we found that Asian, Black, and Hispanic Americans were consistently more willing to engage in individual and collective efforts to address health disparities than their White counterparts. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Those most willing to address health disparities tend to be overlooked | Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers found that by prioritizing the perspectives of white Americans instead of those from underrepresented groups, studies of pandemic disparities likely missed important insights from ...

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 2d

Words to live by.

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 2d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Greg Linden @glinden.bsky.social · 2d

Yep: "Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst"
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee

www.theguardian.com

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 2d

I think about this old article periodically:

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | Twitter Made Us Better (Published 2019)

These days, everyone thinks it’s a cesspit. But it’s changed whose voices we hear. That’s a good thing.

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 2d

I know it's a dumpster fire now, but in its earlier era, the other site was helpful for learning from other people, sharing knowledge, meeting collaborators, etc. A lot of great things happened in my career because of it. That's part of why it was sad to watch it get destroyed.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 2d

this was simply fantastic. from @neillewisjr.bsky.social

Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 2d

@neillewisjr.bsky.social looks at the ways that public health is under seige in its ability to address health equity. While some may seek to abandon equity-based research in these times, Lewis argues for the continued pursuit of equitable and healthy futures. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

The Importance of Dreaming About (and Mobilizing to Create) Equitable Futures | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! 😊

Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a microphone in a courtroom .

Alt: a man starts to talk then decides to keep quiet.

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 2d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing! Congratulations!!!

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Ishmail Abdus-Saboor @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social · 2d

I’m extremely honored to be a recipient of the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award!

Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social on receiving the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, celebrating “scientists with outstanding records of creativity.” His lab will explore how the sense of touch can help build relationships. 🫶🧠💡

See zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/zuckerman-in...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 3d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 3d

KBJ’s blunt question today about the Supreme Court’s culture war hypocrisy kind of floored me, because it’s the kind of meta-criticism that we aren’t used to hearing from the justices.

It’s the second day of the term, and things are that dire already. slate.com/news-and-pol...

With One Damning Question, Ketanji Brown Jackson Defined the Supreme Court’s New Term

The justice stripped the veneer of constitutional principle from the court’s latest blatant culture war.

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 3d

"Controllers are considered essential workers, so they must work during the shutdown, but are not being paid"

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"The number of controllers calling out sick has increased since the start of the shutdown, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a news conference"

www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/u...

Government shutdown hits air travel, closing a control tower and causing delays across the country | CNN

The impact of the government shutdown hit travelers across the United States Monday, as air traffic controllers called out sick, closing a control tower and leading to delays at major airports.

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 4d

they just slapped a surgeons general warning on RFK like he’s a pack of cigarettes

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 4d

“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.”

Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.

Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans

It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 4d

"The reason it is important to correct the record here is that misperceptions about support for violence could actually raise support for violence...political violence is a psychological arms race...No side wants to be caught flat-footed against an opponent [they perceive] wants to murder them."

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 4d

Why most polls overstate support for political violence
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/most-polls...

Why most polls overstate support for political violence

Misperceptions about the popularity of violence increase public support for it — but you can help change that.

www.gelliottmorris.com

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 4d

at this point you have to acknowledge that there is no way that these guys don't try to mess with the 2026 midterms. there is absolutely no respect for the legitimacy of the opposition

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 4d

Stephen Miller: "Eventually elections don’t carry the day because violence beats votes… When we see a muscular response from the federal government, it’s because we’re not going to let violence beat votes."

Is he implying federal intervention determines political legitimacy, not ballots or courts?

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 4d

“Trump tells sailors not to ‘worry about’ paychecks as shutdown continues”

There isn’t a failsafe for military pay this time

1 in 3 “military families has less than $3,000 in savings,
[and]… nearly 1 in 4 service members has trouble putting food on the table.”

www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...

Trump tells sailors not to ‘worry about’ paychecks as shutdown continues

All troops will miss a paycheck if Congress does not agree on a deal to reopen the government before Oct. 15, the next pay date for the military.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 4d

My new op-ed with @lkfazio.bsky.social:

Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 5d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d

Fascism occurs twice: first as the tragedy of a Second World War started by men who fought the First and knowingly chose slaughter, then as the farce of an ignorant draft dodger trying to provoke a war against his own people.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5d

I'm too tired to keep up.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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