Wow. NHANES js incredibly for population health surveillance, and is nationally representative as well. What a loss.

my emotional support video game is dropping a new game this week and i gotta make an amendment to my IRB instead of ripping through it 😢

AMEN

California just banned employers from forcing workers to pay a debt, fee, or penalty to leave their job.

Bosses have increasingly been trapping workers with debts incurred in training and other exploitative fees.

Now that's illegal in the nation's biggest state.

Very sad to have published this obituary tonight, but tried to do her legacy justice

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Stonewall Veteran and Legendary Trans Activist, Has Died at 78

www.them.us/story/miss-m...

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controlled demolition of your society is a great time to go to grad school

The first Pregnancy Loss Support Policy for staff in an Irish university has been launched by UCC, marking a significant step forward in workplace wellbeing and inclusion.

www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...

for what will be the fifth time, a project i contributed to will not be submitted for publication and i cannot stress how much this sucks as i am going on to the job market :)

“Among those wrongly dismissed were the top 2 leaders of the federal measles response team, those working to contain Ebola in DRC, members of the EIS, &…the MMWR [team].

After NYT reported the dismissals, 2 federal health officials said on Sat that many of those workers were being brought back.”🧪🛟

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

This Day in Labor History: October 10, 1917. The red light district of New Orleans, known as Storyville, closed due to the efforts of reformers seeking to eliminate vice from the city. Let's talk about sex work and how banning red light districts just made workers unsafe!

It would be incredible if folks coming into consciousness around the ICE raids were also able to make the connection the family policing. I highly recommend Dorothy Roberts book “Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World“

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i remember when a big repro researcher blocked me because i said people should stop sending stuff to APHA and start living their values lol

i used to work with her on the AJPH editorial board as the student rep and i remember how nasty they were to her when she pointed out the hypocrisy; dr. hagopian is courageous and deserves better than this

Wow. My University of Washington colleague Amy Hagopian was expelled from APHA for her pro-Palestinan advocacy. 🧵

academeblog.org/2025/10/07/w...

Since we last shared an update on bargaining, we’ve received additional information about management salaries at Rewire.

The TLDR: The pay discrepancy between management and union members is deeply unsettling.

@bookshop.org is offering free shipping through today to support indie bookstores, so evergreen note: If you order either of my books, All the Gold Stars or An Ordinary Age, through Bookshop or an indie bookstore, DM me an address and I'll send whoever you ordered for a thank you note. 💛

this isn’t new but i do think a lot of faculty who work with graduate students would do well to remember we are not capable of seeing inside of your head and it would benefit you immensely to take the time and be clear about what it is you want and what you have in mind

Fantastic report by the SHIFT Project team + @profsheenalives.bsky.social and @juliesulabor.bsky.social

It has been shown time, and time again, that when you are able to provide basic support for folks, such as UBI, not only are they able to thrive, but there are significant increases in measurable indicators of economic health, such as purchasing power.