@jgs51.bsky.social
Retired educator and forever student, reader, amateur foodie, (proud) introvert.
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In 1922, insulin co-discoverer Frederick Banting refused to profit from the discovery and offered it to the world as a global public good.
Today, many people with diabetes still don't have access to affordable and quality treatment and care.
Today, many people with diabetes still don't have access to affordable and quality treatment and care.
January 28, 2026 at 8:00 AM
In 1922, insulin co-discoverer Frederick Banting refused to profit from the discovery and offered it to the world as a global public good.
Today, many people with diabetes still don't have access to affordable and quality treatment and care.
Today, many people with diabetes still don't have access to affordable and quality treatment and care.
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This is the dumbest, most idiotic policy an administration could push. No further evidence of incompetence in the West Wing is needed.
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 21, 2026 at 11:55 AM
This is the dumbest, most idiotic policy an administration could push. No further evidence of incompetence in the West Wing is needed.
Happy Squirrel Appreciation Day to all who celebrate.
January 21, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Happy Squirrel Appreciation Day to all who celebrate.
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Ossoff: "There's a wickedness to the program. I don't know, pastor, where it is in scripture that it says deny care to the sick, take from those with the least to give to those with the most, violate the house of worship to hunt down the refugee. Where in the scripture are those lessons taught?"
January 20, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Ossoff: "There's a wickedness to the program. I don't know, pastor, where it is in scripture that it says deny care to the sick, take from those with the least to give to those with the most, violate the house of worship to hunt down the refugee. Where in the scripture are those lessons taught?"
I wish people had taken this workshop before I retired.
Did you know that unnecessary meetings cost businesses $37 billion a year? 37% of meetings add no value.
Stop the madness. Spend a couple hours learning how to cut back on meetings and run meetings effectively and efficiently, so you can stop wasting your time.
Stop the madness. Spend a couple hours learning how to cut back on meetings and run meetings effectively and efficiently, so you can stop wasting your time.
December 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I wish people had taken this workshop before I retired.
"[N]ew reviews of scientific evidence found no link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder, reaffirming conclusions reached more than two decades ago."
December 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"[N]ew reviews of scientific evidence found no link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder, reaffirming conclusions reached more than two decades ago."
"Is it possible that by taking Tylenol or ibuprofen for a viral infection, that I might be actually making it tougher for my body to get rid of the infection? That's as yet an unanswered question."
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"Is it possible that by taking Tylenol or ibuprofen for a viral infection, that I might be actually making it tougher for my body to get rid of the infection? That's as yet an unanswered question."
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Around the world, growing quantities of unmetabolized drugs are excreted by human bodies and slip, along with wastewater, into lakes and rivers. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪
How human medicines are disrupting aquatic ecosystems
Researchers are exploring the far-flung effects of pharmaceutical pollution on fish
cen.acs.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Around the world, growing quantities of unmetabolized drugs are excreted by human bodies and slip, along with wastewater, into lakes and rivers. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪
This is an excellent choice and great news for the University.
Mercer University names Penny Elkins as new president
Mercer University names Penny Elkins as new president - 41NBC News | WMGT-DT
Mercer University has named Penny L. Elkins as its next president, making her the first woman to lead the institution. She will take office in January 2026.
www.41nbc.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is an excellent choice and great news for the University.
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I assume it was the pending lawsuits and not a crisis of conscience that prompted the pivot.
November 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I assume it was the pending lawsuits and not a crisis of conscience that prompted the pivot.
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On The Move | Michael Crouch, FASHP, has been appointed dean of the College of Pharmacy at Mercer University, effective Jan. 6, 2026. bit.ly/4oGKF6g
October 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
On The Move | Michael Crouch, FASHP, has been appointed dean of the College of Pharmacy at Mercer University, effective Jan. 6, 2026. bit.ly/4oGKF6g
"Extensive research has been undertaken over the past decade, including large-scale studies, looking into links between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism. At this time, no consistent association has been established."
WHO statement on autism-related issues
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy
Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy
Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"Extensive research has been undertaken over the past decade, including large-scale studies, looking into links between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism. At this time, no consistent association has been established."
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Ways to contact me ranked:
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2. Email
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99. Smoke signal
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July 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Ways to contact me ranked:
1. Text
2. Email
3. DM
98. Skywriting
99. Smoke signal
100. Call
1. Text
2. Email
3. DM
98. Skywriting
99. Smoke signal
100. Call
Made me want to dance along.
June 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Made me want to dance along.
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Ending social injustice requires determined action from everyone. Here are 3 things you can do:
📢 Speak up against discrimination
🤝 Support community organizations that provide essential services like food, supportive housing & job training
🌍 Engage in climate action
📢 Speak up against discrimination
🤝 Support community organizations that provide essential services like food, supportive housing & job training
🌍 Engage in climate action
May 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Ending social injustice requires determined action from everyone. Here are 3 things you can do:
📢 Speak up against discrimination
🤝 Support community organizations that provide essential services like food, supportive housing & job training
🌍 Engage in climate action
📢 Speak up against discrimination
🤝 Support community organizations that provide essential services like food, supportive housing & job training
🌍 Engage in climate action
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It’s a mistake to outsource most writing to AI.
Even if the output is accurate and engaging, something valuable is lost in the process. Jotting down intuitions and spelling out hunches is how we develop and refine our ideas.
Writing is where we do our best thinking.
Even if the output is accurate and engaging, something valuable is lost in the process. Jotting down intuitions and spelling out hunches is how we develop and refine our ideas.
Writing is where we do our best thinking.
May 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It’s a mistake to outsource most writing to AI.
Even if the output is accurate and engaging, something valuable is lost in the process. Jotting down intuitions and spelling out hunches is how we develop and refine our ideas.
Writing is where we do our best thinking.
Even if the output is accurate and engaging, something valuable is lost in the process. Jotting down intuitions and spelling out hunches is how we develop and refine our ideas.
Writing is where we do our best thinking.
A new study published in JAMA that estimates what may happen in the U.S. if vaccination coverage continues to decline, and it is not good.
🧵1/N New study published in @jama.com on re-emergence of vaccine-eliminated infectious diseases under declining vaccination in the US. We model long-term risk and conditions for return to endemicity for measles, rubella, polio, & diphtheria. Collab w/ @Mathewkiang.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
April 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A new study published in JAMA that estimates what may happen in the U.S. if vaccination coverage continues to decline, and it is not good.
Preach!!
April 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Preach!!
As a scientist (and American). this is disgusting. We have been fighting for equality and diversity for years.
Of course they were. Apparently, only white men are allowed to be in charge again.
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
April 17, 2025 at 6:14 AM
As a scientist (and American). this is disgusting. We have been fighting for equality and diversity for years.
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Millions tune in for three-week live stream of Sweden’s moose migration
Millions tune in for three-week live stream of Sweden’s moose migration
Slow TV is attracting viewers with hits such as a knitting marathon, burning firewood and swimming salmon
Most of the time, nothing much happens. A wide Nordic river, melting snow still lining its banks, meanders peacefully through a pristine forest of spruce and pine. But this spring, as every spring for the past six years, a lot of people will be glued to it.
When Den stora älgvandringen – variously translated as The Great Moose Migration or The Great Elk Trek – first aired on the public broadcaster SVT’s on-demand platform in 2019, nearly a million people tuned in. Last year, it was 9 million. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Millions tune in for three-week live stream of Sweden’s moose migration
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
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Justice Sotomayor, writing in today's deportation case. How many times must she write, "With fear for our democracy, I dissent," before Republicans get the point? Perhaps only when, as the poem goes, they come for them.
April 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Justice Sotomayor, writing in today's deportation case. How many times must she write, "With fear for our democracy, I dissent," before Republicans get the point? Perhaps only when, as the poem goes, they come for them.
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In hard times, people don't want to be told to look on the bright side. They want to know you're on their side.
Even if you can't help them feel better, you can always help them feel seen.
The best way to support others is not to cheer them up. It's to show up.
Even if you can't help them feel better, you can always help them feel seen.
The best way to support others is not to cheer them up. It's to show up.
March 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In hard times, people don't want to be told to look on the bright side. They want to know you're on their side.
Even if you can't help them feel better, you can always help them feel seen.
The best way to support others is not to cheer them up. It's to show up.
Even if you can't help them feel better, you can always help them feel seen.
The best way to support others is not to cheer them up. It's to show up.