Nailah | Remote work strategist
@remotework4humans.bsky.social
Public sector friendly remote work best practices that create the space for your best work.
Learn more from the blog ⬇️
https://remoteworkforhumans.com
Learn more from the blog ⬇️
https://remoteworkforhumans.com
Mood
should I start doing little video things talking about science or should I disconnect from the internet forever and melt down my phone and invest in fountain pens and fancy writing paper
December 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Mood
Reposted by Nailah | Remote work strategist
Grim reporting from @propublica.org about starvation in one of the world's largest refugee camps and how newly-appointed U.S. officials discussed it uninterestedly over fancy dinner in Nairobi after cutting off aid. www.propublica.org/article/keny...
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Grim reporting from @propublica.org about starvation in one of the world's largest refugee camps and how newly-appointed U.S. officials discussed it uninterestedly over fancy dinner in Nairobi after cutting off aid. www.propublica.org/article/keny...
Reposted by Nailah | Remote work strategist
Really interesting research showing that while ultra-specialization in a single discipline might lead to better results early in one’s career, multi-discipline training and practice pays off big time in the long run. This applies to a range of professions from scientists to athletes and more
Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance
Scientists have long debated the origins of exceptional human achievements. This literature review summarizes recent evidence from multiple domains on the acquisition of world-class performance. We re...
www.science.org
December 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Really interesting research showing that while ultra-specialization in a single discipline might lead to better results early in one’s career, multi-discipline training and practice pays off big time in the long run. This applies to a range of professions from scientists to athletes and more
Reposted by Nailah | Remote work strategist
I've been telling people for almost 20 years to never, ever, ever give a third party total control over your content. It should always reside primarily on your own domain and served via self-hosted third party open source software (like WordPress, for example). And stop using Wix & shit!
December 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I've been telling people for almost 20 years to never, ever, ever give a third party total control over your content. It should always reside primarily on your own domain and served via self-hosted third party open source software (like WordPress, for example). And stop using Wix & shit!
If you’re wondering why I started an old fashioned blog rather than a substack…this is why.
Substack leadership needs to publicly address its promotion and its profiting from antiscience health disinformation content and creators.
We outline actions that Substack, larger audience creators, and individual subscribers can take.
Including stop calling blogs “Substacks”.
We outline actions that Substack, larger audience creators, and individual subscribers can take.
Including stop calling blogs “Substacks”.
December 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
If you’re wondering why I started an old fashioned blog rather than a substack…this is why.
Having an existential crisis because it’s my dog’s 5th birthday today. She is a larger breed and we will be lucky to have 10 years with her 🥹 Where did the time go?
December 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Having an existential crisis because it’s my dog’s 5th birthday today. She is a larger breed and we will be lucky to have 10 years with her 🥹 Where did the time go?
Reposted by Nailah | Remote work strategist
Reposted by Nailah | Remote work strategist
I'd like to note that none of these cost $$$
Would it be terribly annoying if I posted about things that have made my academic work more... efficient?
I love past me for developing the habit of simultaneously drafting presentation slides when I write papers and/or grant proposals. It makes things sooooo much easier when people ask me to give a talk.
December 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I'd like to note that none of these cost $$$
Reposted by Nailah | Remote work strategist
This is the best piece I’ve read so far on why the Guinea-Bissau RCT, in which a proven life-saving vaccine will be deliberately WITHHELD, is unethical
“When benefit is established, withholding an intervention is no longer neutral experimentation it becomes premeditated harm”
“When benefit is established, withholding an intervention is no longer neutral experimentation it becomes premeditated harm”
The planned hepatitis B birth-dose trial in Guinea-Bissau raises serious ethical concerns. Withholding a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborns to answer speculative questions is an absence of equipoise with real downstream harms for trust in vaccines.
bktitanji.substack.com/p/how-unethi...
bktitanji.substack.com/p/how-unethi...
How Unethical Research Seeds Medical Mistrust
The absence of equipoise can turn research into harm
bktitanji.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This is the best piece I’ve read so far on why the Guinea-Bissau RCT, in which a proven life-saving vaccine will be deliberately WITHHELD, is unethical
“When benefit is established, withholding an intervention is no longer neutral experimentation it becomes premeditated harm”
“When benefit is established, withholding an intervention is no longer neutral experimentation it becomes premeditated harm”
10/10. No notes.
Man answering his phone on the train: Yes? Correct, I’m not at work (pause) I’m not going to answer that because I am not at work today. No, you’re going to have to ask someone who is. Goodbye.
December 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
10/10. No notes.
Add to this the thousands of fed workers caught in admin leave purgatory 🤠
Federal government employment is down more than 270k since the start of the year amidst DOGE cuts—that's nearly 9% of the Fed workforce
The large drops in recent months are caused by many workers who've been on deferred resignation becoming officially unemployed
The large drops in recent months are caused by many workers who've been on deferred resignation becoming officially unemployed
December 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Add to this the thousands of fed workers caught in admin leave purgatory 🤠
Reposted by Nailah | Remote work strategist
The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
December 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
Reposted by Nailah | Remote work strategist
I choose to take this as a positive omen.
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
December 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I choose to take this as a positive omen.
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
Reposted by Nailah | Remote work strategist
Reposted by Nailah | Remote work strategist
Antisemitism is vile and should be condemned and rejected ALWAYS. No one should be targeted for their religious beliefs or because the belong to a particular ethnic group.
What a horrible tragedy.
apnews.com/photo-galler...
What a horrible tragedy.
apnews.com/photo-galler...
Photos show the scene of a deadly attack on Sydney's Bondi Beach
SYDNEY (AP) — Two gunmen shot dead at least 11 people on Sunday during a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, Australian authorities said, declaring it a terrorist attack.
apnews.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Antisemitism is vile and should be condemned and rejected ALWAYS. No one should be targeted for their religious beliefs or because the belong to a particular ethnic group.
What a horrible tragedy.
apnews.com/photo-galler...
What a horrible tragedy.
apnews.com/photo-galler...
Reposted by Nailah | Remote work strategist
I rarely ask for things, but I will make an exception for my colleague and friend, Augustine Goba, who dedicated his life to saving others.
Augustine was Director of the hemorrhagic fever lab in Kenema, Salone, and is struggling with PSP.
Please consider donating.
www.gofundme.com/f/augustine-...
Augustine was Director of the hemorrhagic fever lab in Kenema, Salone, and is struggling with PSP.
Please consider donating.
www.gofundme.com/f/augustine-...
Donate to Help Augustine Goba battle Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, organized by Michelle McGraw
Mr. Augustine Goba is the Emeritus Director of the Kenema Gov… Michelle McGraw needs your support for Help Augustine Goba battle Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
www.gofundme.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I rarely ask for things, but I will make an exception for my colleague and friend, Augustine Goba, who dedicated his life to saving others.
Augustine was Director of the hemorrhagic fever lab in Kenema, Salone, and is struggling with PSP.
Please consider donating.
www.gofundme.com/f/augustine-...
Augustine was Director of the hemorrhagic fever lab in Kenema, Salone, and is struggling with PSP.
Please consider donating.
www.gofundme.com/f/augustine-...
Reposted by Nailah | Remote work strategist
I know about the dark web and all of that but I’m still pretty sure that LinkedIn is the most unhinged place online.
December 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I know about the dark web and all of that but I’m still pretty sure that LinkedIn is the most unhinged place online.
Some good context for why I say everything is not urgent.
When I was in EIS, I had a friend and trained ER doc say “I’ve seen people die. This is not an emergency” re: people overworking themselves on important but not life/death public health tasks.
Reduce urgency. Work like a human.
When I was in EIS, I had a friend and trained ER doc say “I’ve seen people die. This is not an emergency” re: people overworking themselves on important but not life/death public health tasks.
Reduce urgency. Work like a human.
ICU tonight we've done compressions, placed an arterial line, placed a central line, did an emergency needle thoracostomy, placed a pigtail catheter, and used methylene blue as a last ditch pressor. More ICU action tonight than I've had in the last 6 months, and the night is only halfway done 🫠
December 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Some good context for why I say everything is not urgent.
When I was in EIS, I had a friend and trained ER doc say “I’ve seen people die. This is not an emergency” re: people overworking themselves on important but not life/death public health tasks.
Reduce urgency. Work like a human.
When I was in EIS, I had a friend and trained ER doc say “I’ve seen people die. This is not an emergency” re: people overworking themselves on important but not life/death public health tasks.
Reduce urgency. Work like a human.
A snoot for you to boop this Friday
December 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A snoot for you to boop this Friday
Reposted by Nailah | Remote work strategist
When this "AI" bubble pops, the men pretending they weren't pushing the hype, like "critics" whose position is "AGI is real but LLMs aren't the way," who were in eugenicist and "AI existential risk"🙄 circles, will get specials discussing what they saw coming, when its the women who told you so.
December 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
When this "AI" bubble pops, the men pretending they weren't pushing the hype, like "critics" whose position is "AGI is real but LLMs aren't the way," who were in eugenicist and "AI existential risk"🙄 circles, will get specials discussing what they saw coming, when its the women who told you so.
Reposted by Nailah | Remote work strategist
What's ominous is all of the trusted women of color who know a lot about AI are saying that a crash is on the way and the white guys are pretending they are taking it to the moon. This means that a crash is definitely on its way.
December 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
What's ominous is all of the trusted women of color who know a lot about AI are saying that a crash is on the way and the white guys are pretending they are taking it to the moon. This means that a crash is definitely on its way.
I don’t use ChatGPT. This slop is directly from my brain 🙂↕️
December 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I don’t use ChatGPT. This slop is directly from my brain 🙂↕️
Today, I got to work in a way that made me feel human.
Working from home, weaving pockets of work between family time and chores. Not worrying about if my Teams icon was green. Bliss.
Unfortunately this was only possible due to working on my day off
Working from home, weaving pockets of work between family time and chores. Not worrying about if my Teams icon was green. Bliss.
Unfortunately this was only possible due to working on my day off
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Today, I got to work in a way that made me feel human.
Working from home, weaving pockets of work between family time and chores. Not worrying about if my Teams icon was green. Bliss.
Unfortunately this was only possible due to working on my day off
Working from home, weaving pockets of work between family time and chores. Not worrying about if my Teams icon was green. Bliss.
Unfortunately this was only possible due to working on my day off
Reposted by Nailah | Remote work strategist
I've known a lot of people who work in very real, life threatening, acute crises. I've occasionally tagged along on MUCH less severe deployments. I've always been struck by how important active disengagement is. Time off is sacrosanct. It is mission critical to prevent burnout & operational failure
December 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I've known a lot of people who work in very real, life threatening, acute crises. I've occasionally tagged along on MUCH less severe deployments. I've always been struck by how important active disengagement is. Time off is sacrosanct. It is mission critical to prevent burnout & operational failure