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Jon Shaffer @jonshaffer.bsky.social · 9h

Let the poors get AI slop medicine.

The rich though, can be seen by a physician, say AI boosters.

Emily Moin @emilymoin.com · 9h

I have expertise in both the technical and ethical aspects of clinical AI, so one of my most frequent refrains is that we need to separately address questions of "can we?" and "should we?"

Anyway, absolutely not.

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Partners In Health @pih.org · 1d

As global health funding faces renewed threats in Washington D.C., join PIH for an urgent virtual discussion.

Follow the 🧵 to learn more 👇

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Jon Shaffer @jonshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

probably won't be a problem at all for anybody.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 1d

JPMorgan Chase reports that $1.2T of debt is now tied to AI-related companies, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market (Caleb Mutua/Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 1d

An 8 year-old blog post on causal thinking in epidemiology that I'm sharing for no particular reason (ICYMI).

darrendahly.github.io/post/2017-02...

Cause vs. Consequence |

Principal Statistician | Senior Lecturer

darrendahly.github.io

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Jon Shaffer @jonshaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Well, this sucks a lot. vtdigger.org/2025/10/06/i...

ICE plans to boost its surveillance on social media using contractors in Vermont - VTDigger

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement wants to hire a dozen contracted workers who would track down leads for potential deportations, among other efforts, at an office in Williston.

vtdigger.org

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 3d

I’m telling you: ridicule works. These guys are supposed to intimidate the citizenry and it’s very hard to do that when a guy in a frog suit is just staring you down and daring you to do something that makes it look like you’re afraid of a cartoon

dan sinker @dansinker.com · 3d

Portland never stops being Portland.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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Jon Shaffer @jonshaffer.bsky.social · 3d

I just ran the PDX half marathon and I can attest that it is not, in fact, burning to the ground.

It’s actually been a beautiful weekend in the Rose City!

Picture of me and Sarah and Conor after the Portland half marathon!

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3d

primary anybody who doesn't talk like this

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 7d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3d

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Jon Shaffer @jonshaffer.bsky.social · 5d

How can the justice-oriented public health community build power to fight back & fight for health equity in an era of oligarchy & fascism?

I'm not sure, but here are some podcast reflections on how we at @defendpublichealth.bsky.social are trying our best:

www.infectiousdose.com/post/from-ev...

From Evidence to Power: Organizing for Public Health with Jon Shaffer, PhD

Sociologist–organizer Jon Shaffer, PhD, joins Infectious Dose to explain why organizing—not just evidence—wins public-health protections, how DPH is building state teams, and what you can do next.

www.infectiousdose.com

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 5d

This is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman.

Amplify amplify amplify please.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social tells these cops about themselves.

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Carlos Moffat @carlosmoffat.com · 5d

"Should Universities work together to fend off the administration's attacks on academic freedom and free speech?" is a key question that rank-and-file faculty (i.e., @aaup.org) are answering in the affirmative and University administrators are mostly shrugging off. Time is running out.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Trump’s proposed “compact” with nine major universities “is extortion, plain and simple,” Erwin Chemerinsky writes in a guest essay. “It is not hyperbole to say that the future of higher education in America requires that every university reject it.”

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

There seems to be no limit to the president’s odious attempts to control higher education.

nyti.ms

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 5d

My latest for @msnbc.com, on the recently announced policy of TrumpRx. While reducing prescription drug costs is vital, it's hard to square with other Trump policies that cut against that goal, on top of which the drugs they mentioned would still be too expensive. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | ‘TrumpRx’ may disappoint Americans hoping to save money on prescriptions

For many Americans, a trip to the pharmacy means the stresses of figuring out which drugs are covered or how to afford those drugs at all.

www.msnbc.com

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Ian M Hartshorn @ianmhartshorn.com · 6d

Olúfẹ́mi is right. It'd be cool if we had a concept for coming up with what class you are based on like how you interact with the stuff that makes all the other stuff, and whether you own it or not.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 6d

I know people on here are scandalized that someone might classify a public school teacher as "working class" because she might have a masters or even PhD in education but can we agree it's at least as weird to call the guy who owns the local Wendy's franchise "working class" because he has a GED?

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Jon Shaffer @jonshaffer.bsky.social · 6d

I really despise everything to do with generative AI.

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 6d

I spoke to parents who are letting their young kids play with generative AI and tried to sort through some of the questions they have about it.

"I don’t know what this is doing to their brains," one dad told me.

Meanwhile, Sam Altman says, "Kids love ChatGPT on voicemode."

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity

www.theguardian.com

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 6d

I spoke to parents who are letting their young kids play with generative AI and tried to sort through some of the questions they have about it.

"I don’t know what this is doing to their brains," one dad told me.

Meanwhile, Sam Altman says, "Kids love ChatGPT on voicemode."

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity

www.theguardian.com

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 7d

This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.

He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks

Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.

www.rollingstone.com

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 6d

Memorizing this

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Jon Shaffer @jonshaffer.bsky.social · 6d

YES!!!!

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Elizabeth Lanphier @ethicselizabeth.bsky.social · 6d

Folks in Ohio: there is a @defendpublichealth.bsky.social action on October 15th in Columbus to hand deliver notes to Sen. Jon Husted to *thank him* (derogatory) for all he is doing for Ohioan’s healthcare.

PLEASE fill out this form with your message to be printed on a pretty card & delivered!

Write a Letter to Senator Jon Husted to Defend Public Health in Ohio

On October 15th the Ohio chapter of Defend Public Health will convene in Columbus to deliver as many cards from constituents as possible to Senator Jon Husted to "thank" him for threatening the health...

docs.google.com

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Donn @bluewa1961.bsky.social · 7d

This is called class/culture warfare. We need to do away with our capitalist experiment and move to democratic socialism so that we ALL benefit from the fruits of our hard earned labor and not just billionaires.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 7d

Fascism: assigning blame for all the problems caused by capitalism to minorities in order to defend the interests of the capitalist class.

Et voila.

Vance: "If you're an American citizen and you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed that wait times are especially large and very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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Snitty 🎃👻 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 7d

If you read through the article what you'll learn is that these two locations were never licensed to perform abortions. What women are losing is STI testing, cancer screenings, and contraception.

The GOP is targeting every single one of those things.

ladydelnumber1.bsky.social @ladydelnumber1.bsky.social · 7d

Planned Parenthood shuts down all operations in Louisiana after 40 years www.kplctv.com/2025/09/30/p...

Planned Parenthood shuts down all operations in Louisiana after 40 years

Planned Parenthood has closed its two Louisiana clinics in Baton Rouge and New Orleans after 40 years, citing relentless political pressure.

www.kplctv.com

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 8d

“You can’t see what you’ve never had to live”—Cultivating imagination and solution spaces in global health and development

Please read our new paper in @plosglobalpublichealth.org

journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

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Steve Cicala @stevecicala.bsky.social · 8d

What justified the security risk of bringing the entire military leadership in one room? To receive the following orders:

- Promotions will be based on Jim Crow-era criteria.
- Do not hesitate to kill, there are no rules of engagement.
- You will execute these orders in US cities against Americans.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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