Emily Whitney PhD
@ewhitney.bsky.social
Professor of Public Health & Community Health Education. I teach about youth health issues, drugs and society, environmental health, and motivational interviewing. I am not anywhere as funny as I think I am.
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Emily Whitney PhD
@ewhitney.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Top environmental honor
UWL takes home the 2024 State Recycling Excellence Award for its leadership in recycling, waste minimization practices
www.uwlax.edu
Last spring, my students and I, along with other UWL peeps collaborated with Habitat for Humanity & redirected 16 million pounds of furniture & other usable items from the landfill. We won a state award! You can read about it here if you are interested. www.uwlax.edu/news/posts/t...
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Meta explicitly enabled its chat bots to engage in sexually explicit chats with young children.
This company is fundamentally evil.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
This company is fundamentally evil.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
August 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Meta explicitly enabled its chat bots to engage in sexually explicit chats with young children.
This company is fundamentally evil.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
This company is fundamentally evil.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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My God: “An internal Meta Platforms document detailing policies on chatbot behavior has permitted the company’s [AI] creations to ‘engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual,’ generate false medical info & help users argue that Black people are ‘dumber than white people.’” 1/
Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with children
An internal Meta policy document reveals the social-media giant’s rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior on topics including sex and race.
www.reuters.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
My God: “An internal Meta Platforms document detailing policies on chatbot behavior has permitted the company’s [AI] creations to ‘engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual,’ generate false medical info & help users argue that Black people are ‘dumber than white people.’” 1/
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Please share this and help if you can 🙏🏼
Building and supporting community is paramount right now. 💛
Building and supporting community is paramount right now. 💛
July 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Please share this and help if you can 🙏🏼
Building and supporting community is paramount right now. 💛
Building and supporting community is paramount right now. 💛
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Two 19-year-old Mexican counselors, Silvana Garza Valdez and María Paula Zárate, are the reason nearly 20 young girls at Camp Mystic survived the deadly Texas floods.
As water surged before dawn, they led the girls—some as young as 7—to safety through windows and into raging floodwaters.
Two 19-year-old Mexican counselors, Silvana Garza Valdez and María Paula Zárate, are the reason nearly 20 young girls at Camp Mystic survived the deadly Texas floods.
As water surged before dawn, they led the girls—some as young as 7—to safety through windows and into raging floodwaters.
July 7, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Two 19-year-old Mexican counselors, Silvana Garza Valdez and María Paula Zárate, are the reason nearly 20 young girls at Camp Mystic survived the deadly Texas floods.
As water surged before dawn, they led the girls—some as young as 7—to safety through windows and into raging floodwaters.
Two 19-year-old Mexican counselors, Silvana Garza Valdez and María Paula Zárate, are the reason nearly 20 young girls at Camp Mystic survived the deadly Texas floods.
As water surged before dawn, they led the girls—some as young as 7—to safety through windows and into raging floodwaters.
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Reminder that I AM LATINA AND PROUD. I am the product of immigration - my grandmother was undocumented and entered the country from Mexico as a baby. My mother was a fierce, gorgeous Latina woman of Mexican and Spanish descent.
June 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Reminder that I AM LATINA AND PROUD. I am the product of immigration - my grandmother was undocumented and entered the country from Mexico as a baby. My mother was a fierce, gorgeous Latina woman of Mexican and Spanish descent.
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Good morning photography friends!!
#scape Friday
#eastcoastkin
#treescape
#boston
#blackandwhite
#moods
🖤🤍📸
#scape Friday
#eastcoastkin
#treescape
#boston
#blackandwhite
#moods
🖤🤍📸
June 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Good morning photography friends!!
#scape Friday
#eastcoastkin
#treescape
#boston
#blackandwhite
#moods
🖤🤍📸
#scape Friday
#eastcoastkin
#treescape
#boston
#blackandwhite
#moods
🖤🤍📸
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Thinking of a hero I knew and admired.
June 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Thinking of a hero I knew and admired.
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No! Do NOT talk about and laugh about and message around the thing everyone else is talking about. Instead, read the CBO score PDF aloud.
June 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
No! Do NOT talk about and laugh about and message around the thing everyone else is talking about. Instead, read the CBO score PDF aloud.
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You used the wrong fish. You should have used:
June 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
You used the wrong fish. You should have used:
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When you're sick but you're also married to a very gay man.
November 15, 2024 at 4:04 PM
When you're sick but you're also married to a very gay man.
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Hello. All of the actors from Friends are now older than the youngest Golden Girl was in that show’s first season. Have a nice day.
November 15, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Hello. All of the actors from Friends are now older than the youngest Golden Girl was in that show’s first season. Have a nice day.
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Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3
May 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3
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Imagine starting a car that hadn't run in 21 years, that's 15 billion miles away in interstellar space. That's what the NASA team just did with Voyager's thrusters. People are amazing. jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...
May 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Imagine starting a car that hadn't run in 21 years, that's 15 billion miles away in interstellar space. That's what the NASA team just did with Voyager's thrusters. People are amazing. jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...
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A male Eastern Bluebird paroling the field for tasty things to eat.
May 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A male Eastern Bluebird paroling the field for tasty things to eat.
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This is the Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris), and it's just straight up a dinosaur.
Like, I know *all* birds are technically avian dinosaurs, but my first thought looking at this guy is: dinosaur.
(📷: Suzie McCann, eBird)
Like, I know *all* birds are technically avian dinosaurs, but my first thought looking at this guy is: dinosaur.
(📷: Suzie McCann, eBird)
May 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This is the Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris), and it's just straight up a dinosaur.
Like, I know *all* birds are technically avian dinosaurs, but my first thought looking at this guy is: dinosaur.
(📷: Suzie McCann, eBird)
Like, I know *all* birds are technically avian dinosaurs, but my first thought looking at this guy is: dinosaur.
(📷: Suzie McCann, eBird)
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The SAVE Act just hit Ohio. Two GOP senators want to BAN drop boxes & require proof of citizenship just to update your voter registration.
Miss a notice? You could lose your vote and get referred to the attorney general. This is targeted voter suppression. 👇
🔗 tinyurl.com/Ohio-drop-bo...
Miss a notice? You could lose your vote and get referred to the attorney general. This is targeted voter suppression. 👇
🔗 tinyurl.com/Ohio-drop-bo...
Ohio Republican senators propose eliminating drop boxes, requiring proof of citizenship for voting • Ohio Capital Journal
Two Republican Ohio state senators want to eliminate drop boxes for absentee ballots and require Ohioans to show proof of citizenship to vote.
tinyurl.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The SAVE Act just hit Ohio. Two GOP senators want to BAN drop boxes & require proof of citizenship just to update your voter registration.
Miss a notice? You could lose your vote and get referred to the attorney general. This is targeted voter suppression. 👇
🔗 tinyurl.com/Ohio-drop-bo...
Miss a notice? You could lose your vote and get referred to the attorney general. This is targeted voter suppression. 👇
🔗 tinyurl.com/Ohio-drop-bo...
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Goodnight everyone
Jupiter in infrared
Jupiter in infrared
April 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Goodnight everyone
Jupiter in infrared
Jupiter in infrared
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Just a view I liked
April 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just a view I liked
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69M married women could lose their voting rights if the SAVE Act is passed. Transgender individuals too.
Why? Absent a valid passport, you must present a birth certificate *with the same name as your registration* to be registered.
This is insane!
Hands Off Her Vote
Why? Absent a valid passport, you must present a birth certificate *with the same name as your registration* to be registered.
This is insane!
Hands Off Her Vote
April 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
69M married women could lose their voting rights if the SAVE Act is passed. Transgender individuals too.
Why? Absent a valid passport, you must present a birth certificate *with the same name as your registration* to be registered.
This is insane!
Hands Off Her Vote
Why? Absent a valid passport, you must present a birth certificate *with the same name as your registration* to be registered.
This is insane!
Hands Off Her Vote
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💥 "Costco has gained ground. The warehouse chain rejected a shareholder proposal to weaken its diversity programs and stayed firm in its DEI stance... Costco’s shares have outperformed those of Walmart and Target over the same period."
blackpressusa.com/dei-rollback...
blackpressusa.com/dei-rollback...
DEI Rollback Costs Target Billions and Loyalty
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Numerator found that Black and Hispanic households are reducing their visits to Target at the highest rates.
blackpressusa.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
💥 "Costco has gained ground. The warehouse chain rejected a shareholder proposal to weaken its diversity programs and stayed firm in its DEI stance... Costco’s shares have outperformed those of Walmart and Target over the same period."
blackpressusa.com/dei-rollback...
blackpressusa.com/dei-rollback...
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Wisconsin residents are receiving text messages from a (202) D.C. area code, falsely urging them not to vote in the upcoming election. These messages are not legitimate.
March 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Wisconsin residents are receiving text messages from a (202) D.C. area code, falsely urging them not to vote in the upcoming election. These messages are not legitimate.
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🔥Rep. Mikie Sherrill came in swinging:
“You don’t give targeting information. You don’t give time. You put people in danger!”
A Navy Vet and former Russian policy officer, she’s not mincing words—Trump’s team endangered American lives, and they know it.
“You don’t give targeting information. You don’t give time. You put people in danger!”
A Navy Vet and former Russian policy officer, she’s not mincing words—Trump’s team endangered American lives, and they know it.
March 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🔥Rep. Mikie Sherrill came in swinging:
“You don’t give targeting information. You don’t give time. You put people in danger!”
A Navy Vet and former Russian policy officer, she’s not mincing words—Trump’s team endangered American lives, and they know it.
“You don’t give targeting information. You don’t give time. You put people in danger!”
A Navy Vet and former Russian policy officer, she’s not mincing words—Trump’s team endangered American lives, and they know it.
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NALC President Brian Renfroe on USPS's important role as a public service: "We serve everyone, everywhere, no matter where they live, for the same price every day.” 💯
Letter carriers & community members nationwide have sent a clear message — #HELLNO to dismantling USPS!
fortune.com/2025/03/25/e...
Letter carriers & community members nationwide have sent a clear message — #HELLNO to dismantling USPS!
fortune.com/2025/03/25/e...
Elon Musk and Donald Trump want to privatize the U.S. Postal Service after years of billion-dollar losses. Unions say it’s a ‘terrible idea’
The USPS currently employs about 640,000 workers tasked with making deliveries from inner cities to rural areas and even far-flung islands.
fortune.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
NALC President Brian Renfroe on USPS's important role as a public service: "We serve everyone, everywhere, no matter where they live, for the same price every day.” 💯
Letter carriers & community members nationwide have sent a clear message — #HELLNO to dismantling USPS!
fortune.com/2025/03/25/e...
Letter carriers & community members nationwide have sent a clear message — #HELLNO to dismantling USPS!
fortune.com/2025/03/25/e...
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ON THE ALL TIME SECURITY BLUNDER FROM TOP TRUMP TEAM (Part 1 of 3)
March 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
ON THE ALL TIME SECURITY BLUNDER FROM TOP TRUMP TEAM (Part 1 of 3)