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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 14d

Absolutely fantastic HBR piece on "workslop" (love the term). If only someone could have predicted this, maybe in an HBR article 2 years ago? 🤔 hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity

Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · 1d

Can also attest to the short commutes, beautiful neighborhoods cost of living, strong arts scene, and good food! #STL

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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · 1d

#HealthLaw people: Come work with me (& other folks much more exciting than me) at @slulaw.bsky.social, home of USNWR's top-ranked health law program! I can attest to the lovely colleagues, thoughtful students, and deep sense of mission.

More info/apply: slu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...

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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · 5d

The More You Know ... 🌈
#shutdown #healthlaw

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Factchecking Claims about Medicaid and Marketplace Health Coverage for Immigrants – Government Shutdown Edition

We are getting a lot of questions about the U.S. government shutdown that began on October 1, 2025, after a bipartisan failure to reach a deal to fund the government. The main point reporters are t…

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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · 5d

O my goodness.

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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · 5d

We have a theory that Paul is generally a source of misinformation. 😜

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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · 23d

Thrilled to be welcoming #healthjustice shero @daynamatthew.bsky.social -- especially because applications are due this week for our newest experiential offering: the Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic. Apply now, #SLULaw!

@slulaw.bsky.social #medleg #healthlaw

SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · Sep 2

We are pleased to host Dean @daynamatthew.bsky.social
of @gwu1821.bsky.social Law School as our first speaker of the '25-26 year. Evidence That A Healthy Democracy Is Good For The Nation's Health, will be held at noon, Tues., 9/23. Register online; hope to see you there! forms.gle/Ccm2u2m1oBmW...

A flyer announcing the event with our blue Center for Health Law Studies header, a photo of Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew, and the following text information: Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, 12 p.m., Scott Hall Room 1166Evidence That A Healthy Democracy Is Good For The Nation's HealthDayna Bowen Matthew, JD, PhD, is the Dean and Harold H. Greene Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School. A leader in public health and civil rights law who focuses on disparities in health, health care, and the social determinants of health, Dean Matthew joined GW Law in 2020. She is the author of the bestselling book Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care and the newly released Just Health: Treating Structural Racism to Heal America. In 2013, she co-founded the Colorado Health Equity Project, a medical-legal partnership incubator aimed at removing barriers to good health for low-income clients by providing legal representation, research, and policy advocacy.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Sep 8

I’m out of words.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 8

Breaking News: The Supreme Court lifted restrictions on ICE agents in Los Angeles, allowing them to make indiscriminate stops based on factors like ethnicity.

Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops

A federal judge had ordered agents not to make indiscriminate stops relying on factors like a person’s ethnicity or that they speak Spanish.

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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · Sep 5

I’m shocked, shocked.

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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · Sep 5

I know we’re all numb, but no.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...

Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers

www.nytimes.com

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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · Aug 30

Los Angeles Is Contaminated Now www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o... #healthlaw

Opinion | Los Angeles Is Contaminated Now

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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · Aug 17

😡 Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...

Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying

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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thank you, @slulaw.bsky.social Dean Twinette Johnson, for nominating me for the New Scholars Workshop!

Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · Jul 29

Failed utterly to get pix at #SEALS2025, so pls enjoy this photo of the same ocean 1026 miles north…in the winter.

BUT I did get to meet @linniss.bsky.social, @profmelaniebjacobs.bsky.social IRL & lots of other wonderful people! We missed you, @eweeksy.bsky.social!

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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · Jul 23

Missouri's $100M tornado aid for St. Louis awaits federal reimbursement details

www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news...

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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · Jul 23

Mary Shannon @marymshannon.bsky.social · Jul 23

New @stlpublicradio.bsky.social reporting highlights our research on how St. Louis's largest physician groups sued nearly 1,000 patients over medical debt—disproportionately in Black and low-income ZIP codes.

Huge thanks to Sarah Fentem for telling this story.

#MedicalDebt #HealthEquity #STL

St. Louis Public Radio @stlpublicradio.bsky.social · Jul 23

Physician groups at SLU and Wash U are suing patients over small medical bills — and disproportionately targeting people from ZIP codes with lower incomes and higher Black populations.

Here's why these universities say their approach is justified:

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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · Jul 10

More info here: d2mxsxvdlyuhqy.cloudfront.net/mailing/7t4b...

Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · Jul 9

That seems like an appropriate facial expression for the occasion!

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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · Jul 9

Very happy to see that significant money is going to InvestSTL and to organizations that made immediate tornado relief happen, including ActionSTL and 4theVille. #STL

JSMF Commits Nearly $3 Million to Support Tornado Recovery in St. Louis www.jsmf.org/tornado-reco...

JSMF Commits Nearly $3 Million to Support Tornado Recovery in St. Louis — JSMF

JSMF announced a nearly $3 million investment to support recovery and rebuilding efforts following the deadly May 16 tornado that struck the St. Louis region.

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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · Jun 20

Not sure where they’re coming from, but the 1979 #NYRB issues I’m finding around @slulaw.bsky.social today are giving me good vibes.

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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · Jun 20

#Missouri ranks 43rd in health overall, including:
- 31st on racial health equity
- 36th access & affordability
- 40th prevention & treatment
- 47th income health equity
- 50th avoidable hospital use & cost
@commonwealthfund.org

Let's do better, Missouri.

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Valena Beety @valenabeety.bsky.social · Jun 20

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How artificial intelligence controls your health insurance coverage

Health insurance companies use AI to decide which health care treatment to cover. State laws and federal agencies are now moving toward regulating these algorithms.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · Jun 18

It is impossible not to read this in conjunction with the Supreme Court's heartrbreaking, awful decision in Skrmetti allowing states to deny transgender teens the health care they need.

Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · Jun 18

Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · Jun 9

Opinion: Support your #STL neighbors; oppose Medicaid, SNAP cuts #FQHCs
www.stltoday.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: Support your St. Louis neighbors; oppose Medicaid, SNAP cuts

Every day, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in St. Louis serve hundreds of community members who rely on Medicaid, SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) or both. These are familie...

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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · Jun 6

What an amazing set of colleagues! Thank you #HLPC25!

SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · Jun 6

Prof Danielle Pelfrey Duryea, along with Rebecca Feinberg, Laura Hermer, Liz Kukura & Seema Mohapatra in the morning panel of this last day of #HLPC25 discussing: Law, Health, and Power: The Fight for Reproductive and Gender Justice in a Changing America

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Pelfrey Duryea sitting and speaking with Prof Laura Hermer listening on her left.

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