Robin Stevens
@robinstevens.bsky.social
Assoc. professor-Public Health + Health Comm + media for health equity. Banana pudding expert.
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Robin Stevens
@robinstevens.bsky.social
· Nov 22
USC – IG Codesign Scholars hopes to inspire future innovators
Program focus: improving social media’s mental health impacts on youths.
today.usc.edu
Hey Folks- Can I brag on my Youth Codesigners a little? today.usc.edu/usc-ig-codes...
#commsky and #academicsky
#commsky and #academicsky
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Your reminder that cops in LA maje $20 to $30k more than starting tenure track faculty in the CSU system. In case you’re curious about priorities.
January 24, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Your reminder that cops in LA maje $20 to $30k more than starting tenure track faculty in the CSU system. In case you’re curious about priorities.
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Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
January 22, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
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Delete your #TikTok accounts and uninstall IMMEDIATELY
DO IT NOW
His friends are officially in the driver seat now
They will absolutely use this for TRACKING and other stuff
DO IT NOW
His friends are officially in the driver seat now
They will absolutely use this for TRACKING and other stuff
January 23, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Delete your #TikTok accounts and uninstall IMMEDIATELY
DO IT NOW
His friends are officially in the driver seat now
They will absolutely use this for TRACKING and other stuff
DO IT NOW
His friends are officially in the driver seat now
They will absolutely use this for TRACKING and other stuff
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I’ve been talking about this for YEARS!!
📽️ WATCH: After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, which led to 18 million hens being killed and a spike in egg prices, the Department of Agriculture didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne.
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
December 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I’ve been talking about this for YEARS!!
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Mounting debt crisis means global South governments are spending on average 15% of their revenue servicing external debt. This figure has doubled since 2010.
More than 3.4 billion people now live in countries that spend more on interest payments than on health or education.
More than 3.4 billion people now live in countries that spend more on interest payments than on health or education.
December 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Mounting debt crisis means global South governments are spending on average 15% of their revenue servicing external debt. This figure has doubled since 2010.
More than 3.4 billion people now live in countries that spend more on interest payments than on health or education.
More than 3.4 billion people now live in countries that spend more on interest payments than on health or education.
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🔈 My first op-ed as a Public Voices Fellow on Technology in the Public Interest with The OpEd Project, out today, encourages health organizations to remember that AI is not the solution to every problem; instead, community priorities, not technology, should come first. 🔈
Opinion | AI Isn't the Solution for Every Problem
Health organizations should step back and understand what communities want
www.medpagetoday.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🔈 My first op-ed as a Public Voices Fellow on Technology in the Public Interest with The OpEd Project, out today, encourages health organizations to remember that AI is not the solution to every problem; instead, community priorities, not technology, should come first. 🔈
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@drariahalliday.bsky.social joins us to share her new book Black Girls and How We Fail Them, pub by @uncpress.bsky.social.
#BookSky #AcademicSky
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @americanstudier.bsky.social
@womenknowhistory.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#BookSky #AcademicSky
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @americanstudier.bsky.social
@womenknowhistory.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
@drariahalliday.bsky.social joins us to share her new book Black Girls and How We Fail Them, pub by @uncpress.bsky.social.
#BookSky #AcademicSky
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @americanstudier.bsky.social
@womenknowhistory.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#BookSky #AcademicSky
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @americanstudier.bsky.social
@womenknowhistory.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Excited to release my project from my year as a visiting scholar at BKC Harvard! This report and the accompanying podcast asks: how can communities come together on social media platforms, and what barriers stand in the way of solidarity?
www.madelab.org/programs/soc...
www.madelab.org/programs/soc...
Social Media & Tech Solidarity Workshop at Harvard University — Media and Data Equity (MADE) Lab
www.madelab.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Excited to release my project from my year as a visiting scholar at BKC Harvard! This report and the accompanying podcast asks: how can communities come together on social media platforms, and what barriers stand in the way of solidarity?
www.madelab.org/programs/soc...
www.madelab.org/programs/soc...
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"AHH! OOH! Get outta there." 😭
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"AHH! OOH! Get outta there." 😭
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Fulbright students at our university got only a few days notice that their stipends would be affected by a pause at Dept of State. Then they received only 25% of their regular stipend. Cruel treatment of young scholars and we are scrambling to help. #AcademicSky
March 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Fulbright students at our university got only a few days notice that their stipends would be affected by a pause at Dept of State. Then they received only 25% of their regular stipend. Cruel treatment of young scholars and we are scrambling to help. #AcademicSky
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#NIH is still being stalled.
please keep contacting your elected representatives to let them know the #economic impacts to their regions.
#academicsky
please keep contacting your elected representatives to let them know the #economic impacts to their regions.
#academicsky
NIH funding is frozen. @annikabarber.bsky.social is keeping score: 50%+ of study sections planned for this year (77/148) have been cancelled.
I talked to Dr. Barber about why these delays are disastrous, and why scientists should be pooling info and speaking up: www.chronicle.com/article/nih-...
I talked to Dr. Barber about why these delays are disastrous, and why scientists should be pooling info and speaking up: www.chronicle.com/article/nih-...
NIH Funding Is at a Standstill. This Professor Is Tracking the Delays.
More than half of the NIH grant-review meetings that were supposed to take place this year have been cancelled, she says. “Without these meetings happening, nothing can get funded.”
www.chronicle.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
#NIH is still being stalled.
please keep contacting your elected representatives to let them know the #economic impacts to their regions.
#academicsky
please keep contacting your elected representatives to let them know the #economic impacts to their regions.
#academicsky
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#Erasure
If you are silent I'm the face of this, it will not save or spare you. Whether we count them or not trans people have always existed and will always exist.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/25/c...
If you are silent I'm the face of this, it will not save or spare you. Whether we count them or not trans people have always existed and will always exist.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/25/c...
CDC will no longer process transgender data
The agency's decision will likely affect a number of federal health surveillance systems that serve as critical resources for researchers.
www.statnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
#Erasure
If you are silent I'm the face of this, it will not save or spare you. Whether we count them or not trans people have always existed and will always exist.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/25/c...
If you are silent I'm the face of this, it will not save or spare you. Whether we count them or not trans people have always existed and will always exist.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/25/c...
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is still blocking most ongoing scientific funding over concerns about “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI).
The freeze has continued even after top NIH officials acknowledged that continuing to block the funding would violate a federal court order.
The freeze has continued even after top NIH officials acknowledged that continuing to block the funding would violate a federal court order.
NIH is again throttling research funding in defiance of a federal court order
A freeze on "new and continuation awards" will "remain in place" pending DEI review, states a new internal memo.
www.motherjones.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is still blocking most ongoing scientific funding over concerns about “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI).
The freeze has continued even after top NIH officials acknowledged that continuing to block the funding would violate a federal court order.
The freeze has continued even after top NIH officials acknowledged that continuing to block the funding would violate a federal court order.
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Y’all. Kai Ryssdal (Marjetplace, NPR) said a WORD in his final thoughts tonight. @kairyssdal.bsky.social “This final note on the way out today. About what’s happening in, and to, this economy right now. An economy that I’m obliged to remind you affects everyone.
February 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Y’all. Kai Ryssdal (Marjetplace, NPR) said a WORD in his final thoughts tonight. @kairyssdal.bsky.social “This final note on the way out today. About what’s happening in, and to, this economy right now. An economy that I’m obliged to remind you affects everyone.
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Here are 2 other sites for safeguarding databases/research: Wayback machine web.archive.org, Data Liberation Project www.data-liberation-project.org
February 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Here are 2 other sites for safeguarding databases/research: Wayback machine web.archive.org, Data Liberation Project www.data-liberation-project.org
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Happening TODAY at 3 pm Eastern
Federal dataset are disappearing. Join the Internet Archive and the Library Innovation Lab working to rescue them and learn how you can help.
www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
#gischat #geosky 🌊 ⚒️
Federal dataset are disappearing. Join the Internet Archive and the Library Innovation Lab working to rescue them and learn how you can help.
www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
#gischat #geosky 🌊 ⚒️
Federal data is disappearing. On Thursday, meet the teams working to rescue it and learn how you can help.
Since the start of the new Trump administration, hundreds of federal data sets and government websites have gone offline without warning, sometimes returning with major changes and sometimes not retur...
www.muckrock.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Happening TODAY at 3 pm Eastern
Federal dataset are disappearing. Join the Internet Archive and the Library Innovation Lab working to rescue them and learn how you can help.
www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
#gischat #geosky 🌊 ⚒️
Federal dataset are disappearing. Join the Internet Archive and the Library Innovation Lab working to rescue them and learn how you can help.
www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
#gischat #geosky 🌊 ⚒️
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Dr Bill Jenkins had a long career in epidemiology, contributing through research & education. He created an anti-discrimination newsletter (The Drum), publicizing the Tuskegee experiment atrocities. Read about his achievements in epidemiology & public health here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Je...
Bill Jenkins (epidemiologist) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Dr Bill Jenkins had a long career in epidemiology, contributing through research & education. He created an anti-discrimination newsletter (The Drum), publicizing the Tuskegee experiment atrocities. Read about his achievements in epidemiology & public health here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Je...
Thank you for this Only in Philly thread. 💚💚💚
funniest highlights of the philly police scanner, a thread
February 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Thank you for this Only in Philly thread. 💚💚💚
😂😂😂😂😂
February 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
😂😂😂😂😂
YALL CANT TELL ME NOTHING. 💚🖤💚🖤
February 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
YALL CANT TELL ME NOTHING. 💚🖤💚🖤
Keep the foot
On the gas
On the gas
February 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Keep the foot
On the gas
On the gas
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THERE'S GENUINELY TEARS IN MY EYES.
ZERO TO THIRTY FOUR
ZERO TO THIRTY-FUCKING-FOUR
ZERO TO THIRTY FOUR
ZERO TO THIRTY-FUCKING-FOUR
a man with a beard and mustache is laughing with his mouth open
Alt: a man with a beard and mustache is laughing with his mouth open
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
THERE'S GENUINELY TEARS IN MY EYES.
ZERO TO THIRTY FOUR
ZERO TO THIRTY-FUCKING-FOUR
ZERO TO THIRTY FOUR
ZERO TO THIRTY-FUCKING-FOUR
