Andrew
@andrewshihnyc.bsky.social
Health communications. Board games.
House Harkonnen is messaging me on LinkedIn. Should I be A) worried about how this reflects on my character; or B) excited about a lucrative off-world employment opportunity?
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
House Harkonnen is messaging me on LinkedIn. Should I be A) worried about how this reflects on my character; or B) excited about a lucrative off-world employment opportunity?
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
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Get on the wire, tell them how to bring those sons of bitches down.
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Get on the wire, tell them how to bring those sons of bitches down.
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Halloween hangover: waking up on Nov 1 to the GOP Congress having canceled SNAP benefits for millions of Americans.
Most SNAP beneficiaries are kids & seniors. Of the rest, most work in crappy private sector jobs that don’t pay enough to feed their families.
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Most SNAP beneficiaries are kids & seniors. Of the rest, most work in crappy private sector jobs that don’t pay enough to feed their families.
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The Handbasket
100% independent journalism by Marisa Kabas
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November 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Halloween hangover: waking up on Nov 1 to the GOP Congress having canceled SNAP benefits for millions of Americans.
Most SNAP beneficiaries are kids & seniors. Of the rest, most work in crappy private sector jobs that don’t pay enough to feed their families.
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Most SNAP beneficiaries are kids & seniors. Of the rest, most work in crappy private sector jobs that don’t pay enough to feed their families.
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Please join us tonight, rain or shine, for a mass mobilization to make clear:
We want ICE out of New York City.
We won’t stop showing up until they stop abducting our neighbors.
We want ICE out of New York City.
We won’t stop showing up until they stop abducting our neighbors.
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Please join us tonight, rain or shine, for a mass mobilization to make clear:
We want ICE out of New York City.
We won’t stop showing up until they stop abducting our neighbors.
We want ICE out of New York City.
We won’t stop showing up until they stop abducting our neighbors.
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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.
R.I.P. to a legend. And thank you to my parents for making sure I grew up with a steady diet of Tom Lehrer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcS3...
Tom Lehrer - The Elements - LIVE FILM From Copenhagen in 1967
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
www.youtube.com
July 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
R.I.P. to a legend. And thank you to my parents for making sure I grew up with a steady diet of Tom Lehrer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcS3...
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Care about #PEPFAR? Get on the phone. All we have to do is delay a vote until after July 18th. #medsky #episky 5calls.org/issue/hr4-re...
Oppose H.R. 4: Trump's Budget Rescissions Package ⭑ 5 Calls
The Trump administration’s rescission package, H.R. 4, has passed in the House and now awaits a vote in the Senate where it will only need 50 votes to …
5calls.org
July 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Care about #PEPFAR? Get on the phone. All we have to do is delay a vote until after July 18th. #medsky #episky 5calls.org/issue/hr4-re...
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Emily Bass has spent decades working on and writing about the extraordinarily successful U.S. effort to combat HIV/AIDS in Africa and elsewhere. Her article on the current crisis in funding is indispensable and eloquent. #PEPFAR @gregggonsalves.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
Opinion | Trump Canceled Their Salaries. These Health Workers in Uganda Showed Up Anyway.
www.nytimes.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Emily Bass has spent decades working on and writing about the extraordinarily successful U.S. effort to combat HIV/AIDS in Africa and elsewhere. Her article on the current crisis in funding is indispensable and eloquent. #PEPFAR @gregggonsalves.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
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Let’s be absolutely clear. This decision, based on fringe conspiracy theories, will kill children.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr. says U.S. will stop funding global vaccine alliance Gavi
Gavi works to expand access to vaccines for children in some of the world’s poorest countries. Health experts say the move could have deadly consequences.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Let’s be absolutely clear. This decision, based on fringe conspiracy theories, will kill children.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
Molly Pitcher had strong opinions about kings. Happy Flag Day.
June 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Molly Pitcher had strong opinions about kings. Happy Flag Day.
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Sneak peak at all of America tomorrow for “No Kings Day” 🍊🦅🇺🇸
June 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Sneak peak at all of America tomorrow for “No Kings Day” 🍊🦅🇺🇸
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This WSJ story about the decline in search traffic because of AI summaries is so grim. Every single outlet spent 15+ years contorting their coverage to cover the same things as everyone else trying to grab SEO, only for Google to rugpull them, just like social networks did.
tinyurl.com/bdpzc399
tinyurl.com/bdpzc399
News Sites Are Getting Crushed by Google’s New AI Tools
Chatbots are replacing Google’s traditional search, devastating traffic for some publishers.
www.wsj.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This WSJ story about the decline in search traffic because of AI summaries is so grim. Every single outlet spent 15+ years contorting their coverage to cover the same things as everyone else trying to grab SEO, only for Google to rugpull them, just like social networks did.
tinyurl.com/bdpzc399
tinyurl.com/bdpzc399
Amazing.
Interview with Harvard's 2025 valedictorian, a Chinese national, while two American men fight over nothing in the background
June 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Amazing.
Food pantries are wonderful and (unfortunately) necessary. I'm very proud to have this one in my neighborhood.
We were proud to present Camp Friendship a citation this morning to celebrate 5 years of their food pantry program!🍎🥦
They feed 500-600 families weekly and have become a trusted source of help for our neighbors. I couldn’t be more proud to support them! A big thank you to the dedicated volunteers!
They feed 500-600 families weekly and have become a trusted source of help for our neighbors. I couldn’t be more proud to support them! A big thank you to the dedicated volunteers!
June 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Food pantries are wonderful and (unfortunately) necessary. I'm very proud to have this one in my neighborhood.
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"We don’t need to rearrange deck chairs. We need political courage. Lives depend on it."
A must-read by our ED, Mitchell Warren.
#HIV #PEPFAR #HIVprevention
@gappdc.bsky.social
A must-read by our ED, Mitchell Warren.
#HIV #PEPFAR #HIVprevention
@gappdc.bsky.social
With PEPFAR facing precarious uncertainty, shifting priorities and dwindling expertise raise alarms. Will the U.S. Congress intervene?
Opinion: The US legacy in HIV is unraveling
Opinion: The US legacy in HIV is unraveling
www.devex.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"We don’t need to rearrange deck chairs. We need political courage. Lives depend on it."
A must-read by our ED, Mitchell Warren.
#HIV #PEPFAR #HIVprevention
@gappdc.bsky.social
A must-read by our ED, Mitchell Warren.
#HIV #PEPFAR #HIVprevention
@gappdc.bsky.social
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How to write about fascism (1939)
April 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
How to write about fascism (1939)
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Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization
Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region.
We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant
survival over the past 50...
www.thelancet.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Weird seeing people talk about the "first they came for" poem in a way that shows they don't understand we're well into the "then they came for" lines at this point
March 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Weird seeing people talk about the "first they came for" poem in a way that shows they don't understand we're well into the "then they came for" lines at this point
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The absolute brutality of this move is stunning. This will kill. Kill lots of people. Trump/Musk/Vought/Rubio are sociopaths who think nothing of pushing millions of people into the maw of death. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The absolute brutality of this move is stunning. This will kill. Kill lots of people. Trump/Musk/Vought/Rubio are sociopaths who think nothing of pushing millions of people into the maw of death. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
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new memo out today from leading law professors.
upshot: DEI remains lawful & universities should protect their DEI policies, knowing law & moral principle is on their side.
LINK: app.box.com/s/2me4mszr6p...
upshot: DEI remains lawful & universities should protect their DEI policies, knowing law & moral principle is on their side.
LINK: app.box.com/s/2me4mszr6p...
February 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
new memo out today from leading law professors.
upshot: DEI remains lawful & universities should protect their DEI policies, knowing law & moral principle is on their side.
LINK: app.box.com/s/2me4mszr6p...
upshot: DEI remains lawful & universities should protect their DEI policies, knowing law & moral principle is on their side.
LINK: app.box.com/s/2me4mszr6p...
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Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades.
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades.
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
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Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.
6. The policy does not just affect funding going forward. All existing NIH grants will have their indirect rates cut to 15% as of today, the date of issuance.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
February 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.
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"Any prolonged pause in funding could disrupt HIV treatment programs, leading to treatment interruptions, rise of drug-resistant HIV. That’s playing with fire, risking progress that we’ve made over decades to control the HIV epidemic”
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Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide (Gift Article)
Pepfar, which is estimated to have delivered lifesaving treatment as many as 25 million people in 54 countries, faces a funding delay of as long as 180 days.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"Any prolonged pause in funding could disrupt HIV treatment programs, leading to treatment interruptions, rise of drug-resistant HIV. That’s playing with fire, risking progress that we’ve made over decades to control the HIV epidemic”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
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