Michelle Broaddus
@michellebroaddus.bsky.social
"Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk.” -- Doug Larson
Wisconsinite, cat-lover, social media lurker. Trying to remain endlessly curious. Health, equity, data, community, policy. Stories.
Wisconsinite, cat-lover, social media lurker. Trying to remain endlessly curious. Health, equity, data, community, policy. Stories.
This question is not a "purity test." This answer is the only acceptable answer.
CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This question is not a "purity test." This answer is the only acceptable answer.
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Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
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🧪Farm workers in California are falling sick with H5N1 symptoms. RFK Jr. has ordered to not test or report cases, to keep it under wraps.
Shady actions like this, to keep the public in the dark is why NEJM & CIDRAP are launching weekly public health alerts, free for the public.
Shady actions like this, to keep the public in the dark is why NEJM & CIDRAP are launching weekly public health alerts, free for the public.
NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication
Two institutions are coming together to create an alternative to the CDC’s vaunted Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
www.statnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
🧪Farm workers in California are falling sick with H5N1 symptoms. RFK Jr. has ordered to not test or report cases, to keep it under wraps.
Shady actions like this, to keep the public in the dark is why NEJM & CIDRAP are launching weekly public health alerts, free for the public.
Shady actions like this, to keep the public in the dark is why NEJM & CIDRAP are launching weekly public health alerts, free for the public.
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"No IRB in the world would approve it." That's what every researcher has told me about saline placebo trials to test vaccines we already have.
The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Instability and whiplash’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while former top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"No IRB in the world would approve it." That's what every researcher has told me about saline placebo trials to test vaccines we already have.
The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
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Anyway. I've partnered with @decolonialatlas.bsky.social to distribute their incredible map of North America from an Indigenous perspective with all placenames in the native language. Paper ones sold at cost. www.mapcenter.com/store/p/turt...
Turtle Island Decolonized — The Map Center
Every map instantly creates two types of people: those who make the maps and those that are mapped. Every map represents a world view and a perspective and I’m so delighted to offer this piece that sh...
www.mapcenter.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Anyway. I've partnered with @decolonialatlas.bsky.social to distribute their incredible map of North America from an Indigenous perspective with all placenames in the native language. Paper ones sold at cost. www.mapcenter.com/store/p/turt...
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Freya Emerson, 35, reportedly failed to respond to your casual request for a coffee as she didn’t know how to explain to you that she was overwhelmed and unavailable without making it sound like she didn’t like you – and has felt terrible about it ever since.
AuDHD woman who forgot to text you back a decade ago wondering if it’s too late
An AuDHD woman who forgot to reply to your message ten years ago has spent the subsequent decade deliberating over how to re-instigate contact, sources have claimed. Freya Emerson, 35, reportedly…
thedailytism.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Freya Emerson, 35, reportedly failed to respond to your casual request for a coffee as she didn’t know how to explain to you that she was overwhelmed and unavailable without making it sound like she didn’t like you – and has felt terrible about it ever since.
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🧪Excited to co-present this @standupforscience.bsky.social event next week with UW's Dr. Ryan Kelly
We'll cover how to effectively engage in public comments, to help shape public policy at all levels, federal to local. Attend in person or virtually!
RSVP: act.standupforscience.net/events/power...
We'll cover how to effectively engage in public comments, to help shape public policy at all levels, federal to local. Attend in person or virtually!
RSVP: act.standupforscience.net/events/power...
October 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🧪Excited to co-present this @standupforscience.bsky.social event next week with UW's Dr. Ryan Kelly
We'll cover how to effectively engage in public comments, to help shape public policy at all levels, federal to local. Attend in person or virtually!
RSVP: act.standupforscience.net/events/power...
We'll cover how to effectively engage in public comments, to help shape public policy at all levels, federal to local. Attend in person or virtually!
RSVP: act.standupforscience.net/events/power...
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There are some very strange things going on at the Library of Congress. I’m doing searches for news articles from the Civil Rights Era. Political cartoons. That sort of thing. They used to be easily found.
That stuff is VERY hard to find now. Things are missing, people.
That stuff is VERY hard to find now. Things are missing, people.
October 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
There are some very strange things going on at the Library of Congress. I’m doing searches for news articles from the Civil Rights Era. Political cartoons. That sort of thing. They used to be easily found.
That stuff is VERY hard to find now. Things are missing, people.
That stuff is VERY hard to find now. Things are missing, people.
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Okay fantastic.
Now I want you to read these replies and think to yourself hot damn, I might feel like shit is going really awry but that's a lot of people out there just all invested in adding to the well being of anyone who needs to be helped, or held, or comforted, or protected.
We got this.
Now I want you to read these replies and think to yourself hot damn, I might feel like shit is going really awry but that's a lot of people out there just all invested in adding to the well being of anyone who needs to be helped, or held, or comforted, or protected.
We got this.
Hi hello.
I need a favor.
Someone I have helped is feeling kind of a way about it.
If you have ever given me money for someone else, could you please reply here with exactly why you did it and what you hope someone got from it? I want them to know how absolutely much it means to yall, too.
I need a favor.
Someone I have helped is feeling kind of a way about it.
If you have ever given me money for someone else, could you please reply here with exactly why you did it and what you hope someone got from it? I want them to know how absolutely much it means to yall, too.
October 2, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Okay fantastic.
Now I want you to read these replies and think to yourself hot damn, I might feel like shit is going really awry but that's a lot of people out there just all invested in adding to the well being of anyone who needs to be helped, or held, or comforted, or protected.
We got this.
Now I want you to read these replies and think to yourself hot damn, I might feel like shit is going really awry but that's a lot of people out there just all invested in adding to the well being of anyone who needs to be helped, or held, or comforted, or protected.
We got this.
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They found 38 unmarked graves of Indigenous children at Immaculate Conception Mission in South Dakota and it didn't make the news outside of Indian Country.
September 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
They found 38 unmarked graves of Indigenous children at Immaculate Conception Mission in South Dakota and it didn't make the news outside of Indian Country.
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It’s really hard to find a therapist who can counsel people with actual real threat scenarios, like this one.
For example, I don’t think I have “haters”. I have actual coordinated attacks on my safety and wellbeing, sir or ma’am.
Same with political conflicts like these.
For example, I don’t think I have “haters”. I have actual coordinated attacks on my safety and wellbeing, sir or ma’am.
Same with political conflicts like these.
was going through the covid/blm era with my therapist, mostly about how many friendships ended during that time, and she said "I'm sensing a pattern here" and I'm just like...ma'am, a bunch of people in my life openly said they hated Black people and didn't care about spreading a deadly disease.
September 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It’s really hard to find a therapist who can counsel people with actual real threat scenarios, like this one.
For example, I don’t think I have “haters”. I have actual coordinated attacks on my safety and wellbeing, sir or ma’am.
Same with political conflicts like these.
For example, I don’t think I have “haters”. I have actual coordinated attacks on my safety and wellbeing, sir or ma’am.
Same with political conflicts like these.
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We need new professional models that don’t assume stable salaries, institutional subsidies, or invisible labor.
If we want history to thrive, we need to rethink how we value and pay for its work. 10/
If we want history to thrive, we need to rethink how we value and pay for its work. 10/
September 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We need new professional models that don’t assume stable salaries, institutional subsidies, or invisible labor.
If we want history to thrive, we need to rethink how we value and pay for its work. 10/
If we want history to thrive, we need to rethink how we value and pay for its work. 10/
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I wanted to remind everyone about the "Save AIDS Research" livestream that will go live on YouTube this Tuesday (9/16) at 11:00am EDT. We have an amazing program of 70+ speakers who will be sharing their latest research. Get all the details at www.saveaidsresearch.org.
24 Hours to Save AIDS Research
www.saveaidsresearch.org
September 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I wanted to remind everyone about the "Save AIDS Research" livestream that will go live on YouTube this Tuesday (9/16) at 11:00am EDT. We have an amazing program of 70+ speakers who will be sharing their latest research. Get all the details at www.saveaidsresearch.org.
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IRP is seeking an Administrative Assistant III to join our friendly, supportive, and dynamic team and provide administration support to faculty, staff, and students. Apply by 9/28/25. Visit the link for more information and to apply:
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/adminis...
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/adminis...
Administrative Assistant III - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:University StaffEmployment…
jobs.wisc.edu
September 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
IRP is seeking an Administrative Assistant III to join our friendly, supportive, and dynamic team and provide administration support to faculty, staff, and students. Apply by 9/28/25. Visit the link for more information and to apply:
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/adminis...
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/adminis...
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Academics and activists have tried to help people see that social problems are structural--that people's struggles often stem from the way systems of power and privilege prevent them from getting by or getting ahead. That kind of structural thinking is inoculation against authoritarianism.
August 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Academics and activists have tried to help people see that social problems are structural--that people's struggles often stem from the way systems of power and privilege prevent them from getting by or getting ahead. That kind of structural thinking is inoculation against authoritarianism.
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most industries have failed to communicate, especially in light of the USA eviscerating funding, is that science and engineering is not something you can just “discover” and “learn” once but, instead, they require steady application and continuous support over time or else you risk losing it.
I know “rocket science” is literally shorthand for “very difficult task,” but are they trying to rediscover rocketry from first principles or something? how is it this bad?
NEWS 🚨: Australia's historic first-ever orbital rocket crashes after attempting to take off
It lasted about 14 seconds
It lasted about 14 seconds
July 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
most industries have failed to communicate, especially in light of the USA eviscerating funding, is that science and engineering is not something you can just “discover” and “learn” once but, instead, they require steady application and continuous support over time or else you risk losing it.
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Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., wants the USDA to revoke high-level access granted to DOGE to a database that controls payments and loans to farmers and ranchers.
U.S. senator wants DOGE out of sensitive payment system for farmers
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., wants the USDA to revoke high-level access granted to the Department of Government Efficiency to a database that controls payments and loans to farmers and ranchers.
n.pr
July 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., wants the USDA to revoke high-level access granted to DOGE to a database that controls payments and loans to farmers and ranchers.
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Its been a week since this ruling.
So... have any of you actually had terminated "DEI-Related" grant funding restored?
#Academicsky #NIH #psychscisky
So... have any of you actually had terminated "DEI-Related" grant funding restored?
#Academicsky #NIH #psychscisky
Federal District Court Judge William G. Young delivered a win for science today, ruling that many recent NIH grant cancellations are "void and illegal".
“This represents racial discrimination and discrimination against America’s L.G.B.T.Q. community,” he said. “That’s what this is.”
#Academicsky
“This represents racial discrimination and discrimination against America’s L.G.B.T.Q. community,” he said. “That’s what this is.”
#Academicsky
Trump’s Cuts to N.I.H. Grants Focused on Minority Groups Are Illegal, Judge Rules
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Its been a week since this ruling.
So... have any of you actually had terminated "DEI-Related" grant funding restored?
#Academicsky #NIH #psychscisky
So... have any of you actually had terminated "DEI-Related" grant funding restored?
#Academicsky #NIH #psychscisky
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What explicates this choice and justifies it as ethical?
Despite being considered an absolute, inviolate identity, patients are not viewed as a source of ✨knowledge✨; instead, inclusion is seen as a hoop to jump through to receive funding; and as a virtue signal rather than engaging ethically. 🧵
Despite being considered an absolute, inviolate identity, patients are not viewed as a source of ✨knowledge✨; instead, inclusion is seen as a hoop to jump through to receive funding; and as a virtue signal rather than engaging ethically. 🧵
May 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
What explicates this choice and justifies it as ethical?
Despite being considered an absolute, inviolate identity, patients are not viewed as a source of ✨knowledge✨; instead, inclusion is seen as a hoop to jump through to receive funding; and as a virtue signal rather than engaging ethically. 🧵
Despite being considered an absolute, inviolate identity, patients are not viewed as a source of ✨knowledge✨; instead, inclusion is seen as a hoop to jump through to receive funding; and as a virtue signal rather than engaging ethically. 🧵
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Phones and social media often gets blamed for the youth mental health crisis. But if we're going to let correlation be a proxy for causation, then why aren't we making the same case about how the rise of high-stakes academics has crowded out music and art?
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
Art Activities Help Med Students Unwind
Duke School of Medicine provides art-based interventions to combat anxiety and promote well-being and relaxation.
www.insidehighered.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Phones and social media often gets blamed for the youth mental health crisis. But if we're going to let correlation be a proxy for causation, then why aren't we making the same case about how the rise of high-stakes academics has crowded out music and art?
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
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“Indigenous data sovereignty ultimately goes deeper than servers and technology” Loved this story from @yessfun.com 🧪
www.theverge.com/features/664...
www.theverge.com/features/664...
Indigenous scientists are fighting to protect their data — and their culture
They’re worried about the loss of their research.
www.theverge.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“Indigenous data sovereignty ultimately goes deeper than servers and technology” Loved this story from @yessfun.com 🧪
www.theverge.com/features/664...
www.theverge.com/features/664...
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Another article on Indigenous knowledge perspectives. Oh! this is what DIVERSITY means. "We discuss how Two-Eyed Seeing can bring breadth of knowledge and humility to the development of research and clinical practices for brain health. "
#science #philsci
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#science #philsci
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Two-Eyed Seeing and other Indigenous perspectives for neuroscience - Nature
Combining Indigenous insights with neuroscience methods through Two-Eyed Seeing can broaden the understanding of brain function and mental wellbeing by merging reductionist and holistic perspectives a...
www.nature.com
May 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Another article on Indigenous knowledge perspectives. Oh! this is what DIVERSITY means. "We discuss how Two-Eyed Seeing can bring breadth of knowledge and humility to the development of research and clinical practices for brain health. "
#science #philsci
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#science #philsci
www.nature.com/articles/s41...