Fareed Awan
@fareedawan.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD in Montréal - Faculty @ John Abbott College via McGill, UMN, UW-Seattle, SUNY Upstate and Lehigh. Bioethics, political philosophy, and global health. Lentil aficionado.
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To put this in context, I was offered a teaching track job in 2023 that had a salary of $55,000.
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
To put this in context, I was offered a teaching track job in 2023 that had a salary of $55,000.
Post a movie from where you are from
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Post a movie from where you are from
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It is very clear the gutting of Teen Vogue is about silencing their excellent political coverage. Corporations want you uninformed and shut off from meaningful journalism. And they’re staggeringly successful at it so far.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It is very clear the gutting of Teen Vogue is about silencing their excellent political coverage. Corporations want you uninformed and shut off from meaningful journalism. And they’re staggeringly successful at it so far.
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I got my Covid and flu booster shots recently
The evidence supporting this is extensive 👇🏾
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The evidence supporting this is extensive 👇🏾
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026 | NEJM
Changes in the vaccine advisory process in the United States have disrupted immunization
guidance, which reinforces the need for independent evidence review to inform decisions
regarding immunizati...
www.nejm.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I got my Covid and flu booster shots recently
The evidence supporting this is extensive 👇🏾
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The evidence supporting this is extensive 👇🏾
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
#ASBH25 So many good sessions and conversations, covering topics from brain implants to face transplants to public health law and vaccines.
October 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
#ASBH25 So many good sessions and conversations, covering topics from brain implants to face transplants to public health law and vaccines.
There is no reason for this that isn't nefarious (or incompetent).
The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
There is no reason for this that isn't nefarious (or incompetent).
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The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System is getting attention bc RFK Jr. & his antivaxx goons plan to use VAERS to claim COVID vaccines killed children.
This is an actual VAERS report for a reported death after COVID vaccine. This is what these people count as data showing “death after vaccine:”
This is an actual VAERS report for a reported death after COVID vaccine. This is what these people count as data showing “death after vaccine:”
September 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System is getting attention bc RFK Jr. & his antivaxx goons plan to use VAERS to claim COVID vaccines killed children.
This is an actual VAERS report for a reported death after COVID vaccine. This is what these people count as data showing “death after vaccine:”
This is an actual VAERS report for a reported death after COVID vaccine. This is what these people count as data showing “death after vaccine:”
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R.E.M. “pushed the boundaries” of alternative rock
Herbie Hancock “pushed the boundaries” of jazz
Trump & RFK Jr. are “destroying public health & will be responsible for killing people”
What is journalism, anyway? 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Herbie Hancock “pushed the boundaries” of jazz
Trump & RFK Jr. are “destroying public health & will be responsible for killing people”
What is journalism, anyway? 🤷♂️🤦♂️
You spelled ENDANGERING wrong, @nytimes.com.
“Pushing the boundaries” is a *positive* frame implying unconventional innovations. There are no innovations here. Just medieval anti-science populist attacks on some of best methods of truth seeking we have.
“Pushing the boundaries” is a *positive* frame implying unconventional innovations. There are no innovations here. Just medieval anti-science populist attacks on some of best methods of truth seeking we have.
August 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
R.E.M. “pushed the boundaries” of alternative rock
Herbie Hancock “pushed the boundaries” of jazz
Trump & RFK Jr. are “destroying public health & will be responsible for killing people”
What is journalism, anyway? 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Herbie Hancock “pushed the boundaries” of jazz
Trump & RFK Jr. are “destroying public health & will be responsible for killing people”
What is journalism, anyway? 🤷♂️🤦♂️
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This video from Fairmount Bagels in Montreal from their Instagram is the most impressive thing I've ever seen
August 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This video from Fairmount Bagels in Montreal from their Instagram is the most impressive thing I've ever seen
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This moment is *not* about the question "do you think things have gotten too woke in the last ten years?"
It's about the questions "do you believe in independent research under conditions of academic freedom? Do you believe in civil society and intermediate associations free of political control?
It's about the questions "do you believe in independent research under conditions of academic freedom? Do you believe in civil society and intermediate associations free of political control?
August 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This moment is *not* about the question "do you think things have gotten too woke in the last ten years?"
It's about the questions "do you believe in independent research under conditions of academic freedom? Do you believe in civil society and intermediate associations free of political control?
It's about the questions "do you believe in independent research under conditions of academic freedom? Do you believe in civil society and intermediate associations free of political control?
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your crazy ass stupid post just fucked up the whole world . hope it was worth the likes. hope youre enjoying the clicks
July 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
your crazy ass stupid post just fucked up the whole world . hope it was worth the likes. hope youre enjoying the clicks
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Want to find the US National Climate Assessments, required by law and paid for by your tax dollars? Too bad. All government websites have been deleted. Like Nazi book burning, but without the obvious flames.
#climatechange
#climatechange
June 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Want to find the US National Climate Assessments, required by law and paid for by your tax dollars? Too bad. All government websites have been deleted. Like Nazi book burning, but without the obvious flames.
#climatechange
#climatechange
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Difficult to overstate how much blood RFK and Trump will have on their hands in the coming years.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
A chilling reminder that American science denial does not just affect people in the US, it kills people globally.
June 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Difficult to overstate how much blood RFK and Trump will have on their hands in the coming years.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
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Just horrible. Sickening. Evil.
This decision will kill children.
We all knew RFK Jr was the worst person for this job. He's lived up to the hype. The f*cking worst.
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
This decision will kill children.
We all knew RFK Jr was the worst person for this job. He's lived up to the hype. The f*cking worst.
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Just horrible. Sickening. Evil.
This decision will kill children.
We all knew RFK Jr was the worst person for this job. He's lived up to the hype. The f*cking worst.
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
This decision will kill children.
We all knew RFK Jr was the worst person for this job. He's lived up to the hype. The f*cking worst.
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
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‘America’s left should recall that Martin Luther King’s protests were scrupulously peaceful’ should be amended to include how little that mattered in the public perception of the Civil Rights Movement as a violent mob and a significant majority of Americans hostile to MLK Jr. personally
June 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
‘America’s left should recall that Martin Luther King’s protests were scrupulously peaceful’ should be amended to include how little that mattered in the public perception of the Civil Rights Movement as a violent mob and a significant majority of Americans hostile to MLK Jr. personally
This is absolutely terrible and dangerous. And the only sources Kennedy cites are UPI in 2003 when they were already and outfit of the Moonies/Unification Church.
My main surprise is that this move took this long to do but this is about as grave a situation as you can get when it comes to vaccine regulation in the US:
archive.ph/Y5WCM
archive.ph/Y5WCM
archive.ph
June 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This is absolutely terrible and dangerous. And the only sources Kennedy cites are UPI in 2003 when they were already and outfit of the Moonies/Unification Church.
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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Job alert in Montreal! The McGill Biomedical Ethics Unit is seeking a postdoctoral fellow with background in philosophy, decision sciences, or epidemiology. #philsky #philsci #ethics bioethicstoday.org/jobs/postdoc...
Job - Postdoctoral Fellow - Bioethics Today
McGill Biomedical Ethics Unit / Studies of Translation, Ethics, and Medicine (STREAM) is inviting applications for postdoctoral research fellows (PDF)
bioethicstoday.org
May 31, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Job alert in Montreal! The McGill Biomedical Ethics Unit is seeking a postdoctoral fellow with background in philosophy, decision sciences, or epidemiology. #philsky #philsci #ethics bioethicstoday.org/jobs/postdoc...
Is the spelling bee specifically targeting me today?
May 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Is the spelling bee specifically targeting me today?
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tl;dr — this EO co-opts the language of open science to implement a system of political control wherein presidential appointees are given broad latitude to designate any number of reasonable scientific activities and inferences as scientific misconduct, and to penalize those involved accordingly.
Restoring Gold Standard Science
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
www.whitehouse.gov
May 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
tl;dr — this EO co-opts the language of open science to implement a system of political control wherein presidential appointees are given broad latitude to designate any number of reasonable scientific activities and inferences as scientific misconduct, and to penalize those involved accordingly.
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"Computer intelligence was meant to help make your food, not take your jobs. Didn’t you watch Star Trek? AI should make a mean Earl Grey, not bring about the collapse of civilization."
This Isn’t the Future We at Dippin’ Dots Envisioned
Since 1988, we at Dippin’ Dots have proudly sold the official ice cream of the future. And ever since, we’ve been waiting for the future to arrive ...
buff.ly
May 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"Computer intelligence was meant to help make your food, not take your jobs. Didn’t you watch Star Trek? AI should make a mean Earl Grey, not bring about the collapse of civilization."
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I have written many healthcare stories, but never before have I written about my own health. I decided to do so after learning one of my drugs costs nearly $1,000 a pill and just 25 cents to make. What I found was an incredible story of discovery and exploitation. www.propublica.org/article/revl...
The Price of Remission
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
www.propublica.org
May 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I have written many healthcare stories, but never before have I written about my own health. I decided to do so after learning one of my drugs costs nearly $1,000 a pill and just 25 cents to make. What I found was an incredible story of discovery and exploitation. www.propublica.org/article/revl...
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With NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya dismissing my reporting as "false" and "spreading rumors" hours before releasing a policy that confirmed said "rumors," I feel compelled to respond.
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
May 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
With NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya dismissing my reporting as "false" and "spreading rumors" hours before releasing a policy that confirmed said "rumors," I feel compelled to respond.
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Thrilled to be hosting tomorrow’s #Malaria episode of Getting to Zero produced by @sabinvaccine.bsky.social in honor of #WorldMalariaDay!
Join me as I tap into Sir Brian Greenwood’s decades of expertise in advancing malaria prevention & control.
April 25, 12 noon EST
m.youtube.com/watch?v=tTmI...
Join me as I tap into Sir Brian Greenwood’s decades of expertise in advancing malaria prevention & control.
April 25, 12 noon EST
m.youtube.com/watch?v=tTmI...
Getting to Zero: The Malaria Endgame
YouTube video by Sabin Vaccine Institute
m.youtube.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Thrilled to be hosting tomorrow’s #Malaria episode of Getting to Zero produced by @sabinvaccine.bsky.social in honor of #WorldMalariaDay!
Join me as I tap into Sir Brian Greenwood’s decades of expertise in advancing malaria prevention & control.
April 25, 12 noon EST
m.youtube.com/watch?v=tTmI...
Join me as I tap into Sir Brian Greenwood’s decades of expertise in advancing malaria prevention & control.
April 25, 12 noon EST
m.youtube.com/watch?v=tTmI...