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Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 2d

This is fascinating! Sima Qian is surely making a comeback! People wrote Shiji-style biographies of Li Wenliang during Wuhan lockdown - my piece on this is just out, open-access journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Genre borrowing in Chinese digital culture: Narrative imagination and grassroots storytelling on social media - Guobin Yang, 2025

A notable feature in Chinese digital culture is its playful style. Memes, jokes, parodies, and coded language of all sorts abound on social media. While researc...

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Joshua Budhu @jbudhu.bsky.social · 2d

Emergency Medicaid accounts for <1% of Medicaid spending — yet saves lives & money.
Restricting it ignores evidence, burdens states, and harms communities.

Our latest via @nejm.org
Emergency Medicaid at Risk - Preserving State Authority and Access to Care

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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Emergency Medicaid at Risk — Preserving State Authority and Access to Care | NEJM

States that use federal dollars to provide health care to unauthorized immigrants, beyond narrowly defined emergency services, will now face enforcement actions and potential recoupment of funds.

www.nejm.org

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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 4d

Our new NEJM commentary argues on the need to preserve state autonomy for Emergency Medicaid, and the critical role EM plays in supporting undocumented immigrants and safety net hospitals

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Emergency Medicaid at Risk — Preserving State Authority and Access to Care | NEJM

States that use federal dollars to provide health care to unauthorized immigrants, beyond narrowly defined emergency services, will now face enforcement actions and potential recoupment of funds.

www.nejm.org

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Dr. Xiaogao Zhou @xgzhou.bsky.social · 28d

Bryn Mawr College is hiring an Assistant Professor in Sociology with a specialization in social movements! The applications are due on September 19th. It is a fantastic place to be a scholar and educator—please spread the word! I'm happy to answer questions to the best of my ability!

Assistant Professor of Sociology

www.brynmawr.edu

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Chuncheng Liu @cliu.bsky.social · 26d

Next week, @fuzheng.bsky.social and I will workshop our paper on public perception of AI evaluation in China based on a national survey. If you are at NYC - come and say hi!

Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 28d

🗞️ NYC-area researchers, come join us for the TASKS (Theory and Analysis in Science, Knowledge, and Society) Workshop this Fall. Papers on AI governance, self-tracking devices, air pollution and climate change, and Chinese investment capital in the US.

🔗 More info: tasks.commons.gc.cuny.edu

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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 28d

🗞️ NYC-area researchers, come join us for the TASKS (Theory and Analysis in Science, Knowledge, and Society) Workshop this Fall. Papers on AI governance, self-tracking devices, air pollution and climate change, and Chinese investment capital in the US.

🔗 More info: tasks.commons.gc.cuny.edu

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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · Sep 7

Weekend lecture prep on the history of medicine, condensing this book into 2.5 hours of class time

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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · Sep 4

Kicked off our Fall seminar series at the China at CUNY Initiative last week with talks from faculty affiliates on Chinese immigrant tech workers, public opinion in China, and stratified citizenship and labor protests.

Exciting semester ahead: chinacuny.org

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · Aug 30

The Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the area of “Science, Technology, and Governance.” #HPS #STS #PhilJobs
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30301

Cornell University, Society for the Humanities

Job #AJO30301, WDR-00046364 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Science and Technology Studies, AY 2026-2028, Society for the Humanities, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US

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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · Aug 28

Required reading for this semester’s class 📖

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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · Aug 22

📝 Our #LongCovid in Brazil paper is out in Sociology of Health & Illness: "Contested Illness and Alternative Expertise Networks in Global Health: Post-COVID Syndrome in Brazil"

(w/ Renan Gonçalves Leonel da Silva, Amanda Curi, Cristian Capotescu, Gil Eyal)

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · Aug 15

@cuny.edu is providing consultation with an attorney for all current students and employees who need help with immigration issues!

This is an amazing resource and other colleges should do the same. Good for CUNY for stepping up to the plate in this way.

cuny.edu/CIAP

CUNY Immigration Assistance Project (CIAP) – The City University of New York

25 Colleges. One University.

cuny.edu

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James M. Zumel Dumlao @jamesmzd.bsky.social · Aug 14

Now published at PNAS ‼️ w/ @innovation.bsky.social

How does peer reviewer diversity affect fairness in peer review and the direction of published science? We find a "geographical representation bias" in 60 STEM journals published by @ioppublishing.bsky.social.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Title and author info of PNAS paper linked

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anthrofuentes.bsky.social @anthrofuentes.bsky.social · Aug 14

2/2 These proposed rules are anti-science, hateful, and harmful. All researchers regardless of their views on how to define, study or engage with sex biology and human lives should speak out now. www.chronicle.com/article/gend...

Gender Data Would Be Off-Limits Under Proposed NIH Policy

A draft rule would bar scientists funded by the agency from collecting data about gender identity, following other steps the administration has taken to restrict research on LGBT topics.

www.chronicle.com

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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · Aug 13

#ASA2025 regular sessions on Knowledge were fantastic! Wonderful mix of undergraduate (!) and graduate students, junior and senior faculty.

Kudos to @runzach.bsky.social @peterore.bsky.social serving as discussants and putting the papers in conversation.

No more regular sessions at ASA next year!

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Stephanie M. Lee @stephaniemlee.bsky.social · Aug 12

SCOOP: The NIH is moving to prohibit funded scientists, inside and outside the agency, from collecting data about gender, according to a draft policy I obtained. It’s part of the NIH’s aggressive crackdown on gender-identity research. www.chronicle.com/article/gend...

Gender Data Would Be Off-Limits Under Proposed NIH Policy

A draft rule would bar scientists funded by the agency from collecting data about gender identity, following other steps the administration has taken to restrict research on LGBT topics.

www.chronicle.com

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Aug 12

“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”

AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study

Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.

www.bloomberg.com

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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · Aug 12

Come join me @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social new BRES Program (hiring 2 senior profs) - cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
#ASA2025

Jobs | City University of New York

cuny.jobs

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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · Aug 12

🏆 SKAT #ASA2025 Awards! Congratulations to the following recipients:

Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award

Xiaogao Zhou: “Care in transition: Global norms, transnational adaptation, and family-centered gender-affirming care in China”

🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · Aug 4

Knowledge #2: Scientific and Social Scientific Knowledge

Mon, Aug 11, 2-3:30pm, East Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Ballroom Level/Gold, Grand Hall H

Link 🔗: tinyurl.com/26qc98oa

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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · Aug 10

Tomorrow, Monday night! #ASA2025

ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · Aug 10

🍷 Come join us Monday (Aug 11) night at the Emerald Loop Bar and Grill for the SKAT Section Reception from 7 to 9 pm!

There will be drinks for the first 50 attendees (cash bar also available) and food!

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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · Aug 10

Come by today! #ASA2025

Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · Aug 4

🔊 Organizing two regular sessions at #ASA2025 this year on Knowledge. Come by!

Knowledge #1: Data, Risk, and Knowledge in Health Policy

Sun, Aug 10, 12-1:30pm, West Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Ballroom Level/Gold, Atlanta

Link 🔗: tinyurl.com/242ch2h9

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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · Aug 7

🚨 SKAT Sessions at #ASA2025 on Aug 11 Monday

🧠 4 to 5:30 pm: Sociology of Neuroscience & Neurotechnology
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, New Orleans)

☕ 6 to 7 pm: Mentoring Event
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, Hong Kong)

🍸 7 to 9 pm: Reception
(Emerald Loop Bar & Grill)

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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · Aug 6

👋 Meet nine of our SKAT Section student members, and learn more about their research. Remember to say hi to them in Chicago at #ASA2025!

asaskat.com/2025/08/06/m...

Meet our SKAT student members

Every year we publish profiles of some of our SKAT section student members to highlight some of the important work that they are doing. Below, see the bios of nine of our student members. If you se…

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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · Aug 5

I have a new article out: "Do artifacts have political economy?" It's a riff on an old argument by Langdon Winner about the embedding of politics in technology

#STS #sociology #technoscience #technology #innovation

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Do Artifacts Have Political Economy? - Kean Birch, 2025

Harking back to Langdon Winner's now classic essay “Do artifacts have politics?,” my aim in this article is to ask a very similar question—namely, do artif...

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