Joe Gitchell
@jgitchell.bsky.social
Consult to Juul Labs on nicotine vapor for tobacco harm minimization.
Happy Thanksgiving, Stan!
Let me know if you'd be game to hop on a zoom and we could talk about these and other things.
I recognize the asymmetry (on many levels!) but I'm a big fan of @tamarhaspel.bsky.social's guidance, below.
Let me know if you'd be game to hop on a zoom and we could talk about these and other things.
I recognize the asymmetry (on many levels!) but I'm a big fan of @tamarhaspel.bsky.social's guidance, below.
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Happy Thanksgiving, Stan!
Let me know if you'd be game to hop on a zoom and we could talk about these and other things.
I recognize the asymmetry (on many levels!) but I'm a big fan of @tamarhaspel.bsky.social's guidance, below.
Let me know if you'd be game to hop on a zoom and we could talk about these and other things.
I recognize the asymmetry (on many levels!) but I'm a big fan of @tamarhaspel.bsky.social's guidance, below.
Reminder that I bigly love (if struggle to always implement) this guidance from @tamarhaspel.bsky.social about how to communicate better.
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Reminder that I bigly love (if struggle to always implement) this guidance from @tamarhaspel.bsky.social about how to communicate better.
Indeed!
But we're still going to end up needing to see the opthalmologist and the dentist before we're through.
See excerpt from Haidt's The Righteous Mind:
But we're still going to end up needing to see the opthalmologist and the dentist before we're through.
See excerpt from Haidt's The Righteous Mind:
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Indeed!
But we're still going to end up needing to see the opthalmologist and the dentist before we're through.
See excerpt from Haidt's The Righteous Mind:
But we're still going to end up needing to see the opthalmologist and the dentist before we're through.
See excerpt from Haidt's The Righteous Mind:
Big @alicedreger.bsky.social #GMF Energy.
September 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Big @alicedreger.bsky.social #GMF Energy.
#ButtSnorkeling is a term I don't know that I want, but it is a term that I need.
H/T @thebulwark.com.
H/T @thebulwark.com.
August 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
#ButtSnorkeling is a term I don't know that I want, but it is a term that I need.
H/T @thebulwark.com.
H/T @thebulwark.com.
#DiscomfortOfThought required to #RethinkNicotine.
Props to Adam Cifu of Sensible Medicine for sharing Brad Rodu's post, along with context about Dr Cifu's priors about the oral cancer risks from smokeless tobacco.
Link follows.
#TobRegSky
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Props to Adam Cifu of Sensible Medicine for sharing Brad Rodu's post, along with context about Dr Cifu's priors about the oral cancer risks from smokeless tobacco.
Link follows.
#TobRegSky
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May 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
#DiscomfortOfThought required to #RethinkNicotine.
Props to Adam Cifu of Sensible Medicine for sharing Brad Rodu's post, along with context about Dr Cifu's priors about the oral cancer risks from smokeless tobacco.
Link follows.
#TobRegSky
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Props to Adam Cifu of Sensible Medicine for sharing Brad Rodu's post, along with context about Dr Cifu's priors about the oral cancer risks from smokeless tobacco.
Link follows.
#TobRegSky
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April 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I couldn't resist adding a comment to @jeffmightbwrong.bsky.social's funny af commentary about groupthink (essentially)--link in second note.
And in the spirit of a picture being worth a thousand words, you can skip my blather and just check out this gem from @grimmgreen.bsky.social.
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And in the spirit of a picture being worth a thousand words, you can skip my blather and just check out this gem from @grimmgreen.bsky.social.
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April 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I couldn't resist adding a comment to @jeffmightbwrong.bsky.social's funny af commentary about groupthink (essentially)--link in second note.
And in the spirit of a picture being worth a thousand words, you can skip my blather and just check out this gem from @grimmgreen.bsky.social.
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And in the spirit of a picture being worth a thousand words, you can skip my blather and just check out this gem from @grimmgreen.bsky.social.
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Tagging @yalesph.bsky.social and Dean @meganranney.bsky.social , too.
And now I fear instead of just being a fascinating read, the book below book could become a how-to guide!
Bonus points if you recognize the journal in the background.
And now I fear instead of just being a fascinating read, the book below book could become a how-to guide!
Bonus points if you recognize the journal in the background.
April 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Tagging @yalesph.bsky.social and Dean @meganranney.bsky.social , too.
And now I fear instead of just being a fascinating read, the book below book could become a how-to guide!
Bonus points if you recognize the journal in the background.
And now I fear instead of just being a fascinating read, the book below book could become a how-to guide!
Bonus points if you recognize the journal in the background.
I really think we need to pull lessons from this paper, led by Cory Clark.
Health should NOT be partisan, and those who are committed to the health of all should read and heed.
Think of what a powerful messenger SecHHS could be with the people most in need?
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Health should NOT be partisan, and those who are committed to the health of all should read and heed.
Think of what a powerful messenger SecHHS could be with the people most in need?
osf.io/preprints/ps...
April 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I really think we need to pull lessons from this paper, led by Cory Clark.
Health should NOT be partisan, and those who are committed to the health of all should read and heed.
Think of what a powerful messenger SecHHS could be with the people most in need?
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Health should NOT be partisan, and those who are committed to the health of all should read and heed.
Think of what a powerful messenger SecHHS could be with the people most in need?
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Bonus NSFW poster about measles.
April 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Bonus NSFW poster about measles.
Nouns vs Verbs.
Would you rather be criticized for something you did (didn't pick up your dog's 💩) or something you are (a Yankees fan-nb: no judgment! Just examples!)
Reminds me of this para in @alicedreger.bsky.social's 2015 Galileo's Middle Finger:
Would you rather be criticized for something you did (didn't pick up your dog's 💩) or something you are (a Yankees fan-nb: no judgment! Just examples!)
Reminds me of this para in @alicedreger.bsky.social's 2015 Galileo's Middle Finger:
March 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Nouns vs Verbs.
Would you rather be criticized for something you did (didn't pick up your dog's 💩) or something you are (a Yankees fan-nb: no judgment! Just examples!)
Reminds me of this para in @alicedreger.bsky.social's 2015 Galileo's Middle Finger:
Would you rather be criticized for something you did (didn't pick up your dog's 💩) or something you are (a Yankees fan-nb: no judgment! Just examples!)
Reminds me of this para in @alicedreger.bsky.social's 2015 Galileo's Middle Finger:
OpenAI's ChatGPT would steadfastly not create an image with Uncle Sam on both knees AND facing the PLA tank, and it kept trying to make the image more bilateral (sneaking in a US flag with PRC flags).
Our $#*+uation may be worse than I had feared.
#NIHobbling
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Our $#*+uation may be worse than I had feared.
#NIHobbling
4/4
March 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
OpenAI's ChatGPT would steadfastly not create an image with Uncle Sam on both knees AND facing the PLA tank, and it kept trying to make the image more bilateral (sneaking in a US flag with PRC flags).
Our $#*+uation may be worse than I had feared.
#NIHobbling
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Our $#*+uation may be worse than I had feared.
#NIHobbling
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March 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
THIS is why I always read to the end of the @raygunsite.com newsletter.
And here I thought that Scope or Listerine was for gargling!
And here I thought that Scope or Listerine was for gargling!
March 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
THIS is why I always read to the end of the @raygunsite.com newsletter.
And here I thought that Scope or Listerine was for gargling!
And here I thought that Scope or Listerine was for gargling!
@drmjuneauicm.bsky.social hello!
You might be scared away from me by my first bsky bleet on my profile (screenshot below--announcing my first retraction of a paper), but if not, please follow me back as I would like to send you a private note.
🙏
You might be scared away from me by my first bsky bleet on my profile (screenshot below--announcing my first retraction of a paper), but if not, please follow me back as I would like to send you a private note.
🙏
February 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
@drmjuneauicm.bsky.social hello!
You might be scared away from me by my first bsky bleet on my profile (screenshot below--announcing my first retraction of a paper), but if not, please follow me back as I would like to send you a private note.
🙏
You might be scared away from me by my first bsky bleet on my profile (screenshot below--announcing my first retraction of a paper), but if not, please follow me back as I would like to send you a private note.
🙏
Hey hey hey, look at me with donation 121 at NIH Dept of Transfusion Medicine..
#DonateNIH
#SupportNotStigma
"I feel the need. The need to bleed."
#DonateNIH
#SupportNotStigma
"I feel the need. The need to bleed."
January 31, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Hey hey hey, look at me with donation 121 at NIH Dept of Transfusion Medicine..
#DonateNIH
#SupportNotStigma
"I feel the need. The need to bleed."
#DonateNIH
#SupportNotStigma
"I feel the need. The need to bleed."
Please devote 45 seconds to hear @robsandia.bsky.social's diagnosis of what ails our country and our politics.
I suspect you will then follow his account.
#BigLincolnEnergy
#AHouseDivided
I suspect you will then follow his account.
#BigLincolnEnergy
#AHouseDivided
January 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Please devote 45 seconds to hear @robsandia.bsky.social's diagnosis of what ails our country and our politics.
I suspect you will then follow his account.
#BigLincolnEnergy
#AHouseDivided
I suspect you will then follow his account.
#BigLincolnEnergy
#AHouseDivided
Unfortunately I am still getting 404'd, too.
Have you reached out directly to Bruce or anyone on staff/leadership?
Have you reached out directly to Bruce or anyone on staff/leadership?
January 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Unfortunately I am still getting 404'd, too.
Have you reached out directly to Bruce or anyone on staff/leadership?
Have you reached out directly to Bruce or anyone on staff/leadership?
Seems like The Flip Side hasn't entered these bluer skies yet, but DAYUM are they worth the free subscription if you want to understand your world just a bit better.
#StayCurious
sparklp.co/feecaf1b/
#StayCurious
sparklp.co/feecaf1b/
January 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Seems like The Flip Side hasn't entered these bluer skies yet, but DAYUM are they worth the free subscription if you want to understand your world just a bit better.
#StayCurious
sparklp.co/feecaf1b/
#StayCurious
sparklp.co/feecaf1b/
Thanks, Lion, for sharing this, and I encourage folks to dig in to the proposed rule itself (link in the presser you shared).
Here's one snippet I pulled that speaks to the potential impact.
"annualized"
Here's one snippet I pulled that speaks to the potential impact.
"annualized"
January 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Thanks, Lion, for sharing this, and I encourage folks to dig in to the proposed rule itself (link in the presser you shared).
Here's one snippet I pulled that speaks to the potential impact.
"annualized"
Here's one snippet I pulled that speaks to the potential impact.
"annualized"
#TobRegSky
Hey, policy and science nerds ( @mikepesko.bsky.social @goolsbee.bsky.social @dkthomp.bsky.social @jamesheathers.bsky.social @jadler1969.bsky.social et al).
Had to read this more than twice.
"annualized"
Go go go, @FDATobacco. #VLNRule
Hey, policy and science nerds ( @mikepesko.bsky.social @goolsbee.bsky.social @dkthomp.bsky.social @jamesheathers.bsky.social @jadler1969.bsky.social et al).
Had to read this more than twice.
"annualized"
Go go go, @FDATobacco. #VLNRule
January 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
#TobRegSky
Hey, policy and science nerds ( @mikepesko.bsky.social @goolsbee.bsky.social @dkthomp.bsky.social @jamesheathers.bsky.social @jadler1969.bsky.social et al).
Had to read this more than twice.
"annualized"
Go go go, @FDATobacco. #VLNRule
Hey, policy and science nerds ( @mikepesko.bsky.social @goolsbee.bsky.social @dkthomp.bsky.social @jamesheathers.bsky.social @jadler1969.bsky.social et al).
Had to read this more than twice.
"annualized"
Go go go, @FDATobacco. #VLNRule
A very gracious (Hanukkah?) gift from BioMedCentral on the former bird site where they tweeted our updated publication of this retracted analysis from BMC Public Health.
🙏
harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
🙏
harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
December 25, 2024 at 11:15 AM
A very gracious (Hanukkah?) gift from BioMedCentral on the former bird site where they tweeted our updated publication of this retracted analysis from BMC Public Health.
🙏
harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
🙏
harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Yes, younger child is back from college!
The baked treats (in this case, a log roll cake) are flowing!
The baked treats (in this case, a log roll cake) are flowing!
December 23, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Yes, younger child is back from college!
The baked treats (in this case, a log roll cake) are flowing!
The baked treats (in this case, a log roll cake) are flowing!
Never the wrong time to post this gem from @tamarhaspel.bsky.social and recommit to *trying* to do at least some of them most of the time!
December 17, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Never the wrong time to post this gem from @tamarhaspel.bsky.social and recommit to *trying* to do at least some of them most of the time!