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Devon Greyson

@greyson.bsky.social

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Academic & writer. 🇨🇦Applied Public Health Chair. I study health information practices & interventions, often pertaining to vaccination and/or gender. I also bicycle & drink coffee a lot, and write fiction a little. Recovering classical bassist.

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Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · Mar 5

2025 update because I'm not seeking to hire anyone or sponsor any new students right now. Possible exceptions for people who are *really* allied with my funded work (e.g., on mpox vax, vax misinfo) and/or have access to external funding (e.g., fellowship, home nation). Lab is at capacity for now.

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · Feb 11

Prospective students: Here's what you need to know if you think you might want to work with me (a thread):

1. I'm not looking to recruit new students at the moment. (There could be some exceptions, especially for research-oriented Master's students in my school or interdisciplinary studies.)

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 23h

CNN is using a photo from the 1992 L.A. Riots to illustrate the "insurrection" in Portland OR better portrayed by puppets and bike lanes than fire.
This is complex malinformation; technically the caption identifies this actual photo, it but it is being used out of context to mislead people.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 1d

Super interesting. I look forward to learning more about this type of approach.

CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 1d

Cidara announces funding for non-vaccine flu preventive, CD388

The money will fund work on CD388, a non-vaccine preventive for both pandemic and seasonal flu.

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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 1d

While workers are largely following mandates to embrace genAI, it seems few companies are seeing it create real value. One possible reason: AI tools are being used to produce content that looks polished but lacks substance, "offloading cognitive labor onto coworkers." hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity

Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

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Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 1d

(But glad all these low-profile consequences are getting some attention!)

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 1d

I am surprised the invoice for a US government tariff came from Canada!

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 1d

Who else is talking about conceptual framings of ignorance and silencing? I want to dig into the nuances, differences, overlaps, advantages and disadvantages, methodological suitability, etc. of #Disinformation, #Epistemicide, #Agnotology, etc. in applied research contexts! Talk to me if you do too?

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 1d

#agnotology

WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 2d

The project exposed intense industry lobbying to prevent a ban on PFAS forever chemicals on a scale, "far bigger than anything the tobacco industry have been able to pull together".
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Industry using ‘tobacco playbook’ to fend off ‘forever chemicals’ regulation

Industry-funded research and exaggerated claims litter arguments made by fluoropolymer industry against stricter regulation

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Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 1d

I don't blame patients who get confusing results and seek to sensemake; this is normal.
I also don't think restricting test result access is the answer; I don't think it's possible to walk back & pt access has IDed a lot of missed dx.
We need to figure out how to improve the system (not users).

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 1d

I am honestly horrified at how common it seems to be to feed medical test results into ChatGPT for interpretation. We need to find ways to provide better patient-facing interpretation in a timely manner. People are making decisions about their health, diet, etc. based on a babble generator.

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 3d

MAGA hero Jay Bhattacharya says that “political priorities may override the scoring system provided by outside experts appointed to hundreds of review panels”

This is absolutely disgusting & utterly scandalous. If your study doesn’t fit with Trump & Bhattacharya’s right wing ideology, it’s toast 👀

🪾santiago, phd 🐈‍⬛ @santiagokique.bsky.social · 3d

Even though it's crisis #192308 in our current time, I don't think it's sufficiently sunk in with ppl in the academic community that getting federal funding for your research will primarily depend on whether Trump political appointees find you and your work useful
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Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News

The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...

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Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 3d

💔 “Measles during pregnancy can lead to serious complications, including miscarriage, preterm labour, stillbirth and congenital infection”

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Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta outbreak's 1st death | CBC News

Alberta is reporting its first measles death since outbreaks of the highly contagious illness began in March. The province says a baby, who was born prematurely after the mother became sick, died shor...

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Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 4d

How much do we think was done by genAI? Obviously the cover, but how much of the writing...

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 5d

This is an excellent piece from @georgianndavis.bsky.social on the wave of anti-scientific censorship sweeping the country and what it means to teach honestly in the moment.

Contributor: I'm an intersex professor. Am I supposed to lie by teaching 'only male and female'?

A campaign against teachers who acknowledge realities of human biology forces a choice: Teach truth and risk your job, or lie and maybe keep it.

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Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 5d

I am not seeing much coverage of this but since Aug US colleges/universities have seen an unusually high # of swatting incidents & bomb threats. HBCUs have been disproportionately targeted. If one wanted to look at wasted resources & domestic terror this would be a prime example.

Hoax threats disrupt more than a dozen colleges this week

Hoax calls on Tuesday morning to 11 schools is estimated to have affected over one million students and cost $60 million to campus operations.

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Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 5d

“Science is bad for tyrants, and always has been. A populace that has a better understanding of the world Around them is a populace that is much harder to rule by fear.” @edyong209.bsky.social

Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 6d

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 6d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Global academic freedom group warns Trump is dismantling US higher education

Report from Scholars at Risk counts some 40 attacks against academic freedom in the US in the first half of 2025

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Dean Giustini @giustini.bsky.social · 6d

"Why physicians need the counsel of a skilled medical librarian in the era of artificial intelligence (AI)". Oct2025. British Columbia Medical Journal

By implementing interim measures, the CPSBC can mitigate Library’s closure & make a commitment to evidence-based care. bcmj.org/letters/why-...

Why physicians need the counsel of a skilled medical librarian in the era of artificial intelligence

As a biomedical librarian with over 30 years of experience supporting British Columbian physicians, I want to highlight the critical role of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC Library and ad...

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Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 6d

I recognize there are also problematic aspects to her work, including the very fact that it took a white lady going to Africa to humanize these primates to Western audiences. But for the moment, appreciating what she gave me, my mum, and others.
We contain multitudes. #AllYourFavesAreProblematic

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 6d

Oh. Jane Goodall. Thank you for all you gave us.

She was a role model for child-me. I remember dressing up as her to give a book report at age ~11.

(Thanks also to my mum who admired Goodall, might have been a biologist in another life, & let me read adult-aimed books at a young age!)

Jane Goodall, chimpanzee expert and animal rights campaigner, dies age 91 - follow live

The campaigner, a

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 6d

As @tressiemcphd.bsky.social knows, I almost didn’t write my book because of years of threats against me and my family. I wrote the book and I’m happy about it, but this kind of harassment takes a toll.

Emily Farris @emayfarris.bsky.social · 6d

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...

For at least the past 15 years, my colleagues in academia have grappled with angry letters to university officials for doing their jobs. They have weathered campaigns for their firing. They have contended with an internet army obsessed with doxxing them, their parents, their kids. I’ve been contacted by the F.B.I. more than once in my career. Not because I hold any important state secrets or know a biker gang but because one of my colleagues has lived with so much sustained harassment from right-wing “activists” that it has become a matter of federal concern. Watch lists (one of which was constructed by Kirk’s organization) do not distinguish between public intellectuals at wealthy enclaves and hoi polloi who teach popular classes at cash-strapped schools. In either case, an army of trained provocateurs stands ready to destroy their lives to prove their bona fides as conservative activists.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 7d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 8d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

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Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 7d

IRSSS is also a great organization and I would encourage all settlers in Canada to consider what you can give to help heal some of the harms our colonial government has caused: www.irsss.ca If you can, building a monthly auto-donation into your budget is a nice way to provide stable support.

IRSSS | Indian Residential School Survivors Society

The Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS) is a non-profit organization and registered Canadian charity dedicated to helping Survivors and their families heal from the lasting impacts of ...

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Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 7d

I particularly value these “active” surveillance systems that reach out and ask us to report symptoms, even if we have none or didn’t just get a vaccine. People sometimes don’t realize how important the underlying rates of illness & health events are to understanding vaccine effects!

Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 7d

I really appreciate living somewhere that has multiple, overlapping vaccine safety systems so I can trust they will detect quickly if anything goes wrong. I wish more people knew about the vaccine safety surveillance in Canada & globally—the workers I have met are so dedicated to our vaccine safety!

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Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 7d

Just took 2m to participate as a control (someone who hasn’t recently been vaccinated) for an annual flu shot safety study. It’s quick & easy to report my current health & helps scientists know if health issues reported locally by ppl who did just get their flu shot may be due to vaccination!

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