Adia Benton
@ethnography911.bsky.social
Quick! Somebody call an anthropologist! Assoc prof @ Northwestern. MedAnthro. African studies. Pop culture. Politics. She/her. book: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9780816692439/hiv-exceptionalism/
It really is something that NZ shows can manage to fit in the random Crowded House reference
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It really is something that NZ shows can manage to fit in the random Crowded House reference
The writing is eerily similar… and I think Taddeo used to be able to write, maybe?
Unhinged to describe the criticism of her journalistic ethics as a "freaksome lynching" when she has not denied any of the allegations and admits to most of them in her book.
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The writing is eerily similar… and I think Taddeo used to be able to write, maybe?
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“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives
www.scientificamerican.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
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The “retired engineer” has absolutely no business making a dataset of autistic faces, but what on God’s green earth are researchers thinking when they *use* a dataset like this? Come on. Use a single brain cell.
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The “retired engineer” has absolutely no business making a dataset of autistic faces, but what on God’s green earth are researchers thinking when they *use* a dataset like this? Come on. Use a single brain cell.
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just received my copy in the mail after seeing a post!
taking to The Love Building (a physical home for social justice in Detroit) as a donation to their library.
TheLoveBuilding.org
taking to The Love Building (a physical home for social justice in Detroit) as a donation to their library.
TheLoveBuilding.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
just received my copy in the mail after seeing a post!
taking to The Love Building (a physical home for social justice in Detroit) as a donation to their library.
TheLoveBuilding.org
taking to The Love Building (a physical home for social justice in Detroit) as a donation to their library.
TheLoveBuilding.org
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I'd pay good money just to see her argument for these biscuits being "biologically male"
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I'd pay good money just to see her argument for these biscuits being "biologically male"
no, none of the five or six editorial manager passwords and usernames work for your publication, it seems
December 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
no, none of the five or six editorial manager passwords and usernames work for your publication, it seems
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1/ ACIP’s meeting last week was disgraceful, unprepared, & chaotic. They voted to roll back the universal #HepB birth dose despite no evidence of harm, and pushed an antibody test that doesn’t reliably guide decisions. This shift will have real consequences—with babies and families paying the price.
December 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
1/ ACIP’s meeting last week was disgraceful, unprepared, & chaotic. They voted to roll back the universal #HepB birth dose despite no evidence of harm, and pushed an antibody test that doesn’t reliably guide decisions. This shift will have real consequences—with babies and families paying the price.
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oh hey look it’s the thing literally everyone said would happen
Two months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order restricting H-1B visas, soaring costs are roiling rural health care facilities that have long struggled to find staff.
Rural America relies on foreign doctors. Trump’s visa fee shuts them out.
The Trump administration’s demand for companies to pay a $100,000 fee to hire an immigrant worker using an H1B visa has created turmoil among rural health providers.
wapo.st
December 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
oh hey look it’s the thing literally everyone said would happen
something I was nattering on about re trust and 'global health'/'public health' appears to have been researched and written up quite nicely in the past couple of years. not by me, of course. I'm happy it's out there, but I also can't help but think I probably should've written something
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
something I was nattering on about re trust and 'global health'/'public health' appears to have been researched and written up quite nicely in the past couple of years. not by me, of course. I'm happy it's out there, but I also can't help but think I probably should've written something
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The depressing part is that Netflix winning would be objectively terrible for viewers and society and yet somehow a successful Paramount bid would be far more terrible
this pretty much guarantees months and months of performative bullshit by Trump and Ellison and right wing media about how Netflix ownership would be a woke antitrust nightmare, but letting Larry and his nepobaby son dominate U.S. media would be a delightful, populist spritzer
It’s a Bidding War: Paramount Attempts Hostile Offer for Warner Bros.
David Ellison calls Netflix's $82.7 billion deal value an "inferior proposal" and tells Warners shareholders that his coalition promises $18 billion more in cash.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The depressing part is that Netflix winning would be objectively terrible for viewers and society and yet somehow a successful Paramount bid would be far more terrible
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Huck’s story of denaturalization helped me understand the context and stakes of the story Vivek Bald tells in In Search of Bengali Harlem, about how C19/early C20 Bengali immigrants found homes within Black communities
The hidden history of Bengali Harlem
MIT professor’s new book details the overlooked waves of South Asian immigrants to the United States.
news.mit.edu
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Huck’s story of denaturalization helped me understand the context and stakes of the story Vivek Bald tells in In Search of Bengali Harlem, about how C19/early C20 Bengali immigrants found homes within Black communities
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I always compile my list of books I am looking forward to in the new year around this time. Here are a few that I have on my list.
1. www.ucpress.edu/books/the-ap...
1. www.ucpress.edu/books/the-ap...
The Apothecary's Wife by Karen Gevirtz - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I always compile my list of books I am looking forward to in the new year around this time. Here are a few that I have on my list.
1. www.ucpress.edu/books/the-ap...
1. www.ucpress.edu/books/the-ap...
So many Skarsgårds
December 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
So many Skarsgårds
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I would also argue there are people who "do" satire who may not actually understand satire, both its possibilities and its limits!
I wrote a piece on this a while back:
When political satire — whoops! — reinforces ideas it means to skewer
Gift 🔗
www.chicagotribune.com/2017/08/23/w...
I wrote a piece on this a while back:
When political satire — whoops! — reinforces ideas it means to skewer
Gift 🔗
www.chicagotribune.com/2017/08/23/w...
December 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I would also argue there are people who "do" satire who may not actually understand satire, both its possibilities and its limits!
I wrote a piece on this a while back:
When political satire — whoops! — reinforces ideas it means to skewer
Gift 🔗
www.chicagotribune.com/2017/08/23/w...
I wrote a piece on this a while back:
When political satire — whoops! — reinforces ideas it means to skewer
Gift 🔗
www.chicagotribune.com/2017/08/23/w...
The thing is, individual screening will likely not give you any structural or social ‘determinants’ … thats kind of the definition, unless I’m missing something.
"The screenings are supposed to flag patients who need extra support, but many people don’t learn about any potential fees until the bill arrives."
Charging people to screen for their economic needs impacting their health is bad. Not disclosing costs is also bad.
Charging people to screen for their economic needs impacting their health is bad. Not disclosing costs is also bad.
"When asked about the charges, a Novant Health spokesperson said in an email that the survey asking about safety, housing and food security became a billable service in 2024."
December 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The thing is, individual screening will likely not give you any structural or social ‘determinants’ … thats kind of the definition, unless I’m missing something.
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“Statistically, pedestrian bridges are demonstrably not safer for pedestrians. Because the bridges give drivers a sense or perception of exclusive and unbridled access to the road, they are less likely to be mindful of pedestrians or cyclists.”
itdp.org/2024/02/29/p...
itdp.org/2024/02/29/p...
December 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“Statistically, pedestrian bridges are demonstrably not safer for pedestrians. Because the bridges give drivers a sense or perception of exclusive and unbridled access to the road, they are less likely to be mindful of pedestrians or cyclists.”
itdp.org/2024/02/29/p...
itdp.org/2024/02/29/p...
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A reminder that EO’s are not laws, and it’s hard to see how this would have any enforcement power whatsoever
BREAKING: Trump says he will sign an executive order this week that will limit states’ ability to regulate AI.
December 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A reminder that EO’s are not laws, and it’s hard to see how this would have any enforcement power whatsoever
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Been thinking lately about Noorul Huck, a naturalized American citizen who was subsequently *denaturalized* in 1923, after a SC case found that SE Asians could not be white (and therefore could not be naturalized citizens). scalar.usc.edu/works/let-me...
LET ME GET THERE: Noorul Huck Akunjee: "a Hindu and not a White person..."
Born 1878 in Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal, India, Noorul Huck Akunjee was already in his early 30s by the time he made the decision to leave his British-controlled homeland. By managing to extricate him...
scalar.usc.edu
December 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Been thinking lately about Noorul Huck, a naturalized American citizen who was subsequently *denaturalized* in 1923, after a SC case found that SE Asians could not be white (and therefore could not be naturalized citizens). scalar.usc.edu/works/let-me...
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Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
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The post thanksgiving travel influenza spike is here. Flu is all the way up in hospitals abd clinics. Later up on protection.
Get your vaccine ASAP
Wear a mask 😷
Ventilate/improve airflow in your indoor spaces.
Stay home from work if you are sick.
Get your vaccine ASAP
Wear a mask 😷
Ventilate/improve airflow in your indoor spaces.
Stay home from work if you are sick.
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The post thanksgiving travel influenza spike is here. Flu is all the way up in hospitals abd clinics. Later up on protection.
Get your vaccine ASAP
Wear a mask 😷
Ventilate/improve airflow in your indoor spaces.
Stay home from work if you are sick.
Get your vaccine ASAP
Wear a mask 😷
Ventilate/improve airflow in your indoor spaces.
Stay home from work if you are sick.
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This man & his regime are EVIL.
Pure. Fucking. Evil.
And the only reason ANYONE treats these Executive Orders as if they are LAWS is if they already WANT to do what Trump’s telling them to do.
They aren’t legally binding.
Not worth the paper he vomited them onto.
prismreports.org/2025/12/04/p...
Pure. Fucking. Evil.
And the only reason ANYONE treats these Executive Orders as if they are LAWS is if they already WANT to do what Trump’s telling them to do.
They aren’t legally binding.
Not worth the paper he vomited them onto.
prismreports.org/2025/12/04/p...
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This man & his regime are EVIL.
Pure. Fucking. Evil.
And the only reason ANYONE treats these Executive Orders as if they are LAWS is if they already WANT to do what Trump’s telling them to do.
They aren’t legally binding.
Not worth the paper he vomited them onto.
prismreports.org/2025/12/04/p...
Pure. Fucking. Evil.
And the only reason ANYONE treats these Executive Orders as if they are LAWS is if they already WANT to do what Trump’s telling them to do.
They aren’t legally binding.
Not worth the paper he vomited them onto.
prismreports.org/2025/12/04/p...
finally watching Eddington. huh.
December 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
finally watching Eddington. huh.
peer reviewing commentary on a piece published some weeks ago. I'm not sure how the original article was even published-- so many unsupported claims, and most of the supported claims are self-citations. sigh.
December 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
peer reviewing commentary on a piece published some weeks ago. I'm not sure how the original article was even published-- so many unsupported claims, and most of the supported claims are self-citations. sigh.
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A disrespect for me as an educator means that a basic piece of sociality and trust has been broken and so I don’t owe anyone generous feedback. But I don’t need to be punitive either. That’s what those who are selling these products want. They want to exhaust us into resignation.
December 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A disrespect for me as an educator means that a basic piece of sociality and trust has been broken and so I don’t owe anyone generous feedback. But I don’t need to be punitive either. That’s what those who are selling these products want. They want to exhaust us into resignation.