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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 7h

I got to be a guest on this podcast about concussions. “I'm concerned that there are companies that are preying upon or exploiting that very understandable public concern by promoting products that are completely implausible and are going to just give people a false sense of security at best.”

NFL, Helmets, Concussion and No Game for Boys to Play: The History of Youth Football and the Origins of a Public Health Crisis with Dr Kathleen Bachynski

Podcast Episode · Headfirst: A Concussion Podcast · 10/21/2025 · 48m

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Alan J. Card @alanjcard.bsky.social · 6h

I attribute so much of my teenage misery to chronic sleep deprivation.

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Rebecca (Rebexagliflozin)🌤️ @rdrpharmacist.bsky.social · 8h

School as a whole needs to be revamped - it’s still designed to require one parent available all day and that doesn’t fly anymore

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Alan J. Card @alanjcard.bsky.social · 7h

So true!

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Alan J. Card @alanjcard.bsky.social · 11h

It’s unethical to start the school day for teenagers before 10:00–maybe 11:00. Yeah, I’m aware of the logistical challenges, thanks, but no one has kids for the convenience factor. Early start times literally kill teenagers—seriously, look it up—AND hurt academic performance. We can do better.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 5d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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M. Gordon @dimespin.bsky.social · 4d

Sleep is a biological necessity, and sleep deprivation has real physical, psychological, and social consequences that need to be taken seriously. The way our society treats it as slothful to sleep according to natural rhythms (including midday naps and variant chronotypes like night owls) is evil.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 5d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Alan J. Card @alanjcard.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations!! That’s fantastic. 👏🏻

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Alan J. Card @alanjcard.bsky.social · 8d

Peppercorn was but, yeah, that’s a different plant. Peppers—now a key part of so many “authentic” regional cuisines—all came from the Americas.

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Alan J. Card @alanjcard.bsky.social · 8d

Peppers! 🌶️ 🫑

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 10d

Well done Shafaq Aftab. When a reviewer stole her work and published it under his own name, she fought for a YEAR to get the journal to retract the paper. Just wondering why it took Wiley a YEAR to do this. 🧪 #academicsky

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Wiley retracts study stolen by reviewer, following Retraction Watch coverage

A Wiley journal has retracted a paper more than a year after a researcher reported the work was hers and had been stolen by a reviewer for another journal. As we reported in July, Shafaq Aftab, now…

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Alan J. Card @alanjcard.bsky.social · 11d

We’ve all been there. 😆

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Alan J. Card @alanjcard.bsky.social · 11d

Ruin a browser by adding two letters:

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 11d

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Alan J. Card @alanjcard.bsky.social · 11d

Ours is innocuous, thankfully, but also a little boring. We should probably change it to something truly inspirational—ideally in Google Translate Latin—like:

“Discendo et Glacie Cremor.”

That would be much better branding imho.

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Alan J. Card @alanjcard.bsky.social · 13d

You watch the first tech bubble crash the economy and ruin the lives of ordinary people while the rich get richer. Then you watch the securitized real estate bubble do the same thing. By the time the LLM bubble starts building, it holds no mysteries for you.

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Alan J. Card @alanjcard.bsky.social · 13d

I’m no macroeconomics expert but this has been obvious to me for a long time now, just because it’s the third time I’ve seen this same stupid show.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13d

The consensus of macroeconomists globally is that the techbros and Trump are driving the markets towards a Crédit Mobilier-type meltdown in which they will profit massively, but the financial system will be devastated. www.ft.com/content/fe47...

IMF and BoE warn AI boom risks ‘abrupt’ stock market correction

Kristalina Georgieva and UK financial stability watchdog say valuations are closing in on dotcom bubble levels

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🎃 Iva Cheung 🍗 @ivacheung.com · 13d

Hey, anyone in media want to chat about #AfterTheFeast [*waggles eyebrows*]??

(Yes, of COURSE I will come on your podcast with 12 listeners.)

🎃 Iva Cheung 🍗 @ivacheung.com · 21d

I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.

The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.

Please spread the word! 🍗

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After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung

After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...

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Alan J. Card @alanjcard.bsky.social · 14d

Well, I just had to label a FedEx truck as a bus to make it through a captcha verification.

Superstore Amy Sosa GIF

Alt: A store manager speaking to gathered employees, two of whom are in the shot. She gestures broadly, pastes a false smile on her face, and says: “Doesn’t matter. Good job, everyone!”

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🎃 Iva Cheung 🍗 @ivacheung.com · 21d

I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.

The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.

Please spread the word! 🍗

ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...

After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung

After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...

ivacheung.com

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Alan J. Card @alanjcard.bsky.social · 14d

You would think! But no, they just *have* to step all over the little guy.

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Alan J. Card @alanjcard.bsky.social · 15d

GTK

Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 15d

The new Wiley journal review system is an absolute nightmare. Editorial assistants have been replaced by a clunky, AI-enabled website that makes it harder to find and invite reviewers. Associate editor workloads have increased. I'm not convinced the invitations to reviewers are even going through.