Sophie Lazar, MPH
@sel-lzr.bsky.social
epidemiologist & citizen of 🌏
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Guy Ben-Aharon asks: Where should I go as an Israeli pacifist? “If both home and abroad demand allegiance over inquiry, and purity over complexity, what space is left for someone who stands for the right of both Palestinians and Israelis to live on the land?”
Notes From an Israeli Pacifist
Too Israeli to be a victim and too resistant to be a patriot—I’m in exile, even when I’m at home.
bit.ly
July 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Guy Ben-Aharon asks: Where should I go as an Israeli pacifist? “If both home and abroad demand allegiance over inquiry, and purity over complexity, what space is left for someone who stands for the right of both Palestinians and Israelis to live on the land?”
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Whether a specific ceasefire will hold can be very hard to tell. But data on masses of them, researchers told me, reveal some factors that tend to be correlated with success. I had a look at 2,203 declared since 1989: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
How often do ceasefires in the Middle East work?
Donald Trump says he expects the Iran-Israel truce to last forever. Our analysis of more than 2,000 truces suggests that’s optimistic
www.economist.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Whether a specific ceasefire will hold can be very hard to tell. But data on masses of them, researchers told me, reveal some factors that tend to be correlated with success. I had a look at 2,203 declared since 1989: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
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bold of them to directly attack their base like this
Scalise: "The 35-year-old who's sitting in his mom's basement playing video games is gonna have to go get a job again."
July 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
bold of them to directly attack their base like this
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Liberals say that Trump is threatening to end our democracy and bring back feudalism. They're wrong—he's threatening to end our republic and bring back feudalism.
July 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Liberals say that Trump is threatening to end our democracy and bring back feudalism. They're wrong—he's threatening to end our republic and bring back feudalism.
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The Black Death wiped out 40% of the population of Europe, but it also led to significantly higher wages within a generation. Could Trump's megabill have the same effect here in America?
July 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The Black Death wiped out 40% of the population of Europe, but it also led to significantly higher wages within a generation. Could Trump's megabill have the same effect here in America?
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Today's the 2nd day of our symposium "Demographic & Health Consequences of Violence & Armed Conflict" where international scholars present research on the impact of armed conflict & violence on mortality, migration, fertility, the environment, & population health.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
July 2, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Today's the 2nd day of our symposium "Demographic & Health Consequences of Violence & Armed Conflict" where international scholars present research on the impact of armed conflict & violence on mortality, migration, fertility, the environment, & population health.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
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The April issue has posted—5 research notes and 13 articles—research on a deportation boomerang, length of widowhood, schooling & old-age cognition, contraceptive use & discontinuation, social fathering & childlessness, self-assessed health & fertility … and more. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/i...
Volume 62 Issue 2 | Demography | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
April 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The April issue has posted—5 research notes and 13 articles—research on a deportation boomerang, length of widowhood, schooling & old-age cognition, contraceptive use & discontinuation, social fathering & childlessness, self-assessed health & fertility … and more. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/i...
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great to see the president using respectful terminology
Trump seems unable to come up with the word "criminal" and instead calls them "people of crime"
March 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
great to see the president using respectful terminology
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gender studies dissertation
REPORTER: What is a woman?
TRUMP: Well it's sort of easy to answer for me because a woman is someone who can have a baby under certain circumstances ... a woman is a person that in many cases has been treated very badly
TRUMP: Well it's sort of easy to answer for me because a woman is someone who can have a baby under certain circumstances ... a woman is a person that in many cases has been treated very badly
March 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
gender studies dissertation
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Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog
March 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog
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The Ismaili mediators of Qadmus
How the small minority community is leveraging its new relationship with Damascus to engage Alawites
— By Gregory Waters
www.syriarevisited.com/p/the-ismail...
How the small minority community is leveraging its new relationship with Damascus to engage Alawites
— By Gregory Waters
www.syriarevisited.com/p/the-ismail...
The Ismaili Mediators of Qadmus
How the small minority community is leveraging its new relationship with Damascus to engage Alawites
www.syriarevisited.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The Ismaili mediators of Qadmus
How the small minority community is leveraging its new relationship with Damascus to engage Alawites
— By Gregory Waters
www.syriarevisited.com/p/the-ismail...
How the small minority community is leveraging its new relationship with Damascus to engage Alawites
— By Gregory Waters
www.syriarevisited.com/p/the-ismail...
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All the “vaccines cause autism” stuff and I’m like, nope, there’s a long, strong genetic tradition in my family, definitely dating back to before the measles vaccine was invented.
March 19, 2025 at 5:14 AM
All the “vaccines cause autism” stuff and I’m like, nope, there’s a long, strong genetic tradition in my family, definitely dating back to before the measles vaccine was invented.
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“When measles vaccine rates plummeted in Samoa, health experts saw a looming crisis.
But RFK Jr. saw an opportunity to study the health of unvaccinated children.
“I can’t imagine anything less ethical or more cruel,” one expert said.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
But RFK Jr. saw an opportunity to study the health of unvaccinated children.
“I can’t imagine anything less ethical or more cruel,” one expert said.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Experts saw Samoa's plunging vaccination rates as a crisis. RFK Jr. saw an opportunity.
New details show how Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then chair of an anti-vaccine group and now Trump’s pick for health secretary, sought to exploit a deadly vaccine accident.
www.nbcnews.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“When measles vaccine rates plummeted in Samoa, health experts saw a looming crisis.
But RFK Jr. saw an opportunity to study the health of unvaccinated children.
“I can’t imagine anything less ethical or more cruel,” one expert said.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
But RFK Jr. saw an opportunity to study the health of unvaccinated children.
“I can’t imagine anything less ethical or more cruel,” one expert said.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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NEW: Dr. Heidi Larson joins The CommonHealth to discuss why there has been a juristic escalation of vaccine skepticism and resistance in the past four years, especially among Gen Z.
Listen here:
Listen here:
Dr. Heidi Larson, LSHTM: "Public health cannot rest on its laurels." | The CommonHealth | CSIS Podcasts
The renowned expert on vaccine confidence, Dr. Heidi Larson, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, explains why there has been a precipitous escalation in the past four years, especially…
www.csis.org
January 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
NEW: Dr. Heidi Larson joins The CommonHealth to discuss why there has been a juristic escalation of vaccine skepticism and resistance in the past four years, especially among Gen Z.
Listen here:
Listen here:
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In the mirror of fear
he is pretty.
— Julia Lázár, tr. Gábor G. Gyukics and Belinda Subraman
he is pretty.
— Julia Lázár, tr. Gábor G. Gyukics and Belinda Subraman
January 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In the mirror of fear
he is pretty.
— Julia Lázár, tr. Gábor G. Gyukics and Belinda Subraman
he is pretty.
— Julia Lázár, tr. Gábor G. Gyukics and Belinda Subraman
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Here are some nice mushrooms
January 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Here are some nice mushrooms
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Thierry Mugler, 1999.
November 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Thierry Mugler, 1999.
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June 1625. Brandenburger colonel Wallraven von Gent, apparently employed by the Dutch Republic, takes the Westphalian town of Bielefeld from the Spanish by infiltrating the town gates with soldiers disguised as peasant women.
This was a common ruse during the Thirty Years War.
This was a common ruse during the Thirty Years War.
January 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
June 1625. Brandenburger colonel Wallraven von Gent, apparently employed by the Dutch Republic, takes the Westphalian town of Bielefeld from the Spanish by infiltrating the town gates with soldiers disguised as peasant women.
This was a common ruse during the Thirty Years War.
This was a common ruse during the Thirty Years War.
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an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm
a group of men are standing in front of a large map of the world .
ALT: a group of men are standing in front of a large map of the world .
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm
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A novel about #antisemitism in 1940s America almost didn't get written. How a friend's letter gave Laura Z. Hobson the push she needed to pen "Gentleman's Agreement," which became a bestseller and award-winning film.
The power of friendship: How a letter helped create an American bestseller about antisemitism
‘Gentleman’s Agreement,’ a novel by Laura Z. Hobson, was considered groundbreaking for its depiction of everyday prejudice.
buff.ly
January 20, 2025 at 4:48 AM
A novel about #antisemitism in 1940s America almost didn't get written. How a friend's letter gave Laura Z. Hobson the push she needed to pen "Gentleman's Agreement," which became a bestseller and award-winning film.
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So honored to be the valedictorian of my anger management class.
January 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
So honored to be the valedictorian of my anger management class.
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please stop suggesting I solve my problem by changing my behavior. I do not want to do that
January 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
please stop suggesting I solve my problem by changing my behavior. I do not want to do that
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■ Embroidered Cloths, Towels and Covers Made by Ottoman Women, 19-20th Century #embroidery #handcrafted
January 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
■ Embroidered Cloths, Towels and Covers Made by Ottoman Women, 19-20th Century #embroidery #handcrafted