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/
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Way to stand up to... *checks notes* 61-year-old recreational players. Good work, USTA. 🙃
December 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Way to stand up to... *checks notes* 61-year-old recreational players. Good work, USTA. 🙃
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To be clear, this entire incident occurred because she was in fact not willing to take a zero on her assignment for the sake of integrity, but instead deliberately produced a media spectacle that will lead to her not getting zero, likely making a buck, and definitely losing all shred of integrity.
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
To be clear, this entire incident occurred because she was in fact not willing to take a zero on her assignment for the sake of integrity, but instead deliberately produced a media spectacle that will lead to her not getting zero, likely making a buck, and definitely losing all shred of integrity.
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Tarek here thinks (or claims to think) that this is going to resolve differences instead of creating perverse financial incentives to actualize unlikely outcomes.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Tarek here thinks (or claims to think) that this is going to resolve differences instead of creating perverse financial incentives to actualize unlikely outcomes.
Obama really broke them
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Obama really broke them
Yeah nobody remind me of who [glanced at notes] Scott [checks notes again] Galloway (?) is
December 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Yeah nobody remind me of who [glanced at notes] Scott [checks notes again] Galloway (?) is
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Just finished going through interview transcripts for this project, and I was struck by a participant's recollection of how their oxygen tank was repossessed when they lost their job and lost their employer-sponsored insurance coverage. Lung cancer, post-op.
Inhumane.
Inhumane.
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Just finished going through interview transcripts for this project, and I was struck by a participant's recollection of how their oxygen tank was repossessed when they lost their job and lost their employer-sponsored insurance coverage. Lung cancer, post-op.
Inhumane.
Inhumane.
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I’m very eagerly anticipating the draw, but there’s no fucking way I’ll watch the official broadcast.
Yes, FIFA is corrupt as shit, but they’re also embarrassing as shit www.espn.com/soccer/story...
December 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I’m very eagerly anticipating the draw, but there’s no fucking way I’ll watch the official broadcast.
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Heartfelt advice:
Never do this. For any reason.
Never do this. For any reason.
Legally, “‘you’re basically waiving any rights that you have with respect to medical privacy,’ leaving only the protections that a given company chooses to offer.”
People Are Uploading Their Medical Records to A.I. Chatbots
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Heartfelt advice:
Never do this. For any reason.
Never do this. For any reason.
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if you work on "AI" and are concerned with social issues, you should apply to be the new director of the Tufts AI Institute: apply.interfolio.com/178311 (Need to be tenureable in one of our engineering departments, but it's explicitly open to people who work on human-oriented stuff.)
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
if you work on "AI" and are concerned with social issues, you should apply to be the new director of the Tufts AI Institute: apply.interfolio.com/178311 (Need to be tenureable in one of our engineering departments, but it's explicitly open to people who work on human-oriented stuff.)
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US measles outbreak tops 1,800 cases as respiratory illness surveillance returns
Current US hot spots are Utah, Arizona, and South Carolina.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Current US hot spots are Utah, Arizona, and South Carolina.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
December 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
US measles outbreak tops 1,800 cases as respiratory illness surveillance returns
Current US hot spots are Utah, Arizona, and South Carolina.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Current US hot spots are Utah, Arizona, and South Carolina.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
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OMG STOP IT WITH THE AI BOOSTERISM!! SO MANY ADMINISTRATORS SO WANT US TO BE SO MID!!!
December 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
OMG STOP IT WITH THE AI BOOSTERISM!! SO MANY ADMINISTRATORS SO WANT US TO BE SO MID!!!
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shania did not sing "that don't impress me much" for men to think having money or smarts makes them attractive if they don't have the touch
December 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
shania did not sing "that don't impress me much" for men to think having money or smarts makes them attractive if they don't have the touch
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BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
i know it’s too late for this screening but I can’t say this enough about Strange Days
If any seats left & you’re lucky enough to get another @judysquirrels.bsky.social intro, can’t recommend getting to see Strange Days on the big screen. A 1995 true cyberpunk masterpiece that predicted GoPro and influencer culture and how it would collide with America’s injustices & police state…
if you missed it last night, it’ll be playing again on tuesday 11/25 at 7pm!
www.bam.org/film/2025/st...
www.bam.org/film/2025/st...
December 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
i know it’s too late for this screening but I can’t say this enough about Strange Days
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If any seats left & you’re lucky enough to get another @judysquirrels.bsky.social intro, can’t recommend getting to see Strange Days on the big screen. A 1995 true cyberpunk masterpiece that predicted GoPro and influencer culture and how it would collide with America’s injustices & police state…
if you missed it last night, it’ll be playing again on tuesday 11/25 at 7pm!
www.bam.org/film/2025/st...
www.bam.org/film/2025/st...
Strange Days
Bassett plays a bodyguard and driver for an ex-cop in Kathryn Bigelow’s cyber-punk thriller.
www.bam.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If any seats left & you’re lucky enough to get another @judysquirrels.bsky.social intro, can’t recommend getting to see Strange Days on the big screen. A 1995 true cyberpunk masterpiece that predicted GoPro and influencer culture and how it would collide with America’s injustices & police state…
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We will be holding @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to his stated commitment and we expect the @council.nyc.gov to deliver. organizingmythoughts.org/you-cant-fig...
December 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We will be holding @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to his stated commitment and we expect the @council.nyc.gov to deliver. organizingmythoughts.org/you-cant-fig...
I looked at the first few pages of the pdf, got to a random aside about jon-benet ramsay (‘it was the first time I realized they killed pretty people’) and deleted it.
Review: “American Canto,” Olivia Nuzzi’s much-anticipated attempt to write her way out of a reputational pit, is what most debut books are: highly uneven and largely forgettable.
Review | Olivia Nuzzi tries and fails to save her reputation in ‘American Canto’
The flashy reporter who lost her job at New York magazine over a relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. returns with a memoir light on gossip — and reckoning
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I looked at the first few pages of the pdf, got to a random aside about jon-benet ramsay (‘it was the first time I realized they killed pretty people’) and deleted it.
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JOURNALIST REQUEST: I'm writing a story about how organizing/joining resistance movements can build community and fight loneliness, particularly in the US.
If you or someone you know has had this experience, I'd love to hear from you! whitney dot bauck @ gmail.
Signal boosts appreciated!
If you or someone you know has had this experience, I'd love to hear from you! whitney dot bauck @ gmail.
Signal boosts appreciated!
December 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
JOURNALIST REQUEST: I'm writing a story about how organizing/joining resistance movements can build community and fight loneliness, particularly in the US.
If you or someone you know has had this experience, I'd love to hear from you! whitney dot bauck @ gmail.
Signal boosts appreciated!
If you or someone you know has had this experience, I'd love to hear from you! whitney dot bauck @ gmail.
Signal boosts appreciated!
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DEADLINE EXTENDED! We're giving you an extra few days to apply for up to $5,000 to cover climate and environmental stories in rural communities. Apply by **Dec. 8** https://grist.org/updates/grist-opens-applications-for-new-rural-reporting-grants-on-climate-and-environmental-justice/
Grist opens applications for new rural reporting grants on climate and environmental justice
Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project.
grist.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
DEADLINE EXTENDED! We're giving you an extra few days to apply for up to $5,000 to cover climate and environmental stories in rural communities. Apply by **Dec. 8** https://grist.org/updates/grist-opens-applications-for-new-rural-reporting-grants-on-climate-and-environmental-justice/
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it's weird and gross to see people debate accommodations. the only way to deal with it is to give *everybody* accommodations so nobody has to ever ask for it! and if you missed one and someone asks for it, you immediately provide and make it so no one has to ask for it again! this is not difficult
December 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
it's weird and gross to see people debate accommodations. the only way to deal with it is to give *everybody* accommodations so nobody has to ever ask for it! and if you missed one and someone asks for it, you immediately provide and make it so no one has to ask for it again! this is not difficult
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I see some folks responding to my piece with "fuck Brandon Johnson" type comments, and I fully understand, but also, he still has time to make this right. We need to demand that he become a champion of our public libraries. We need to demand that of every member of the city council. Now is the time!
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I see some folks responding to my piece with "fuck Brandon Johnson" type comments, and I fully understand, but also, he still has time to make this right. We need to demand that he become a champion of our public libraries. We need to demand that of every member of the city council. Now is the time!
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this should be a much bigger story
ByHeart’s recall of its baby formula products amid a growing nationwide outbreak of infant botulism has shaken the trust of moms and caregivers – not just in ByHeart’s formula, but also in formula made by other brands. #medsky #idsky #publichealth
www.healthbeat.org/2025/12/03/b...
www.healthbeat.org/2025/12/03/b...
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
this should be a much bigger story
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„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“
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i keep wondering what INSURERS are doing, because vaccines and preventative care lower costs considerably. the fact that the GOP doesn’t want to subsidize the ACA is not the only industry threat here.
If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
FDA official proposes ‘impossible’ standards for vaccine testing that could curtail access to immunizations
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
i keep wondering what INSURERS are doing, because vaccines and preventative care lower costs considerably. the fact that the GOP doesn’t want to subsidize the ACA is not the only industry threat here.
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on planet abundance we will do [pauses, checks] rigorous means testing for access to disability provisions and thereby [double checks] ensure that tests, the essence of education, are firmly imposed on all human capital
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
on planet abundance we will do [pauses, checks] rigorous means testing for access to disability provisions and thereby [double checks] ensure that tests, the essence of education, are firmly imposed on all human capital