The Monica
@mclemoremr.bsky.social
Nurse|scientist|geek|wino|Editor in Chief - Health Equity #tenured #Dr @mclemoremr everywhere
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The Monica
@mclemoremr.bsky.social
· Jun 12
Health care and economic security of Washingtonians at risk
By Monica R. McLemore, Hiroshi Nakano and John Schapman
www.spokesman.com
My first OpEd as WHBE Board chair. "To be clear, access to health insurance is not a partisan issue – it helps people on all sides of the political spectrum. As bipartisan members of the Washington Health Benefit Exchange Board, we are Republicans and Democrats."
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“The guidance specifically cites “health equity” and “structural racism” as terms that should be replaced with “well-defined, scientific concepts that have objective and measurable variables.” 🤡
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NIH Pauses New Funding for Grants That Include ‘Health Equity,’ ‘Structural Racism,’ Pending Review
New guidance to the agency dictates staff must use a “text analysis tool” to identify programs deemed “misaligned” with the administration.
www.notus.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“The guidance specifically cites “health equity” and “structural racism” as terms that should be replaced with “well-defined, scientific concepts that have objective and measurable variables.” 🤡
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12/14/2010. Happy 15 year anniversary. Dr. Monica Rose McLemore PhD, MPH, BSN, RN, FADLN, FNYAM.
December 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
12/14/2010. Happy 15 year anniversary. Dr. Monica Rose McLemore PhD, MPH, BSN, RN, FADLN, FNYAM.
My phone is blowing up. I'm going LIVE later on this & why folx who can, should be gearing up to sue. Cause this is straight out of the Project 2025 playbook. More Black women leaders being disappeared & scapegoated and no (once again) being an MD isn't protective
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Dismisses Director of FXB Center for Health and Human Rights | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard forced out the director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights — another shakeup at a center whose programming on the Israel-Palestine conflict has been a flashpoint...
www.thecrimson.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
My phone is blowing up. I'm going LIVE later on this & why folx who can, should be gearing up to sue. Cause this is straight out of the Project 2025 playbook. More Black women leaders being disappeared & scapegoated and no (once again) being an MD isn't protective
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
That game was TRASH 😩😭🙄🙃🦅
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 AM
That game was TRASH 😩😭🙄🙃🦅
This Eagles game will have you drinking on a Monday night 🙄🦅
December 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This Eagles game will have you drinking on a Monday night 🙄🦅
Led this one in 2019. #Receipts
No Deal: Providers Sound Off on Trump's Domestic Gag Rule msmagazine.com/2019/02/26/n...
No Deal: Providers Sound Off on Trump's Domestic Gag Rule msmagazine.com/2019/02/26/n...
No Deal: Providers Sound Off on Trump's Domestic Gag Rule
As midwives, nurses, physicians and public health practitioners, and as patients ourselves, we cannot accept the president's domestic gag rule—which inserts politics into the patient-provider relation...
msmagazine.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Led this one in 2019. #Receipts
No Deal: Providers Sound Off on Trump's Domestic Gag Rule msmagazine.com/2019/02/26/n...
No Deal: Providers Sound Off on Trump's Domestic Gag Rule msmagazine.com/2019/02/26/n...
Publication post #5: New work out today…
4 peer reviewed papers published
4 papers under review
3 Invited Commentaries accepted
1st EVER Health Equity Editorial published
2 Letters to the Editor published (one pending)
2 podcasts recorded
Writing 11 papers with others
#ProfLife #WriteEveryDAY
4 peer reviewed papers published
4 papers under review
3 Invited Commentaries accepted
1st EVER Health Equity Editorial published
2 Letters to the Editor published (one pending)
2 podcasts recorded
Writing 11 papers with others
#ProfLife #WriteEveryDAY
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Publication post #5: New work out today…
4 peer reviewed papers published
4 papers under review
3 Invited Commentaries accepted
1st EVER Health Equity Editorial published
2 Letters to the Editor published (one pending)
2 podcasts recorded
Writing 11 papers with others
#ProfLife #WriteEveryDAY
4 peer reviewed papers published
4 papers under review
3 Invited Commentaries accepted
1st EVER Health Equity Editorial published
2 Letters to the Editor published (one pending)
2 podcasts recorded
Writing 11 papers with others
#ProfLife #WriteEveryDAY
This is going to be interesting and I have a lot of work planned with these folx given the AMA decision to close the AMA Ethics journal...
www.thehastingscenter.org/news/hasting...
www.thehastingscenter.org/news/hasting...
Hastings Center Welcomes 2025 Fellows
The Hastings Center for Bioethics is pleased to announce the election of the 2025 Fellows. Hastings Center Fellows are a group of about 300
www.thehastingscenter.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is going to be interesting and I have a lot of work planned with these folx given the AMA decision to close the AMA Ethics journal...
www.thehastingscenter.org/news/hasting...
www.thehastingscenter.org/news/hasting...
This is sad.
www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025...
www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025...
Dean Emerit of Nursing Linda D. Scott passes away at 69
Scott, the first Black dean of the Nursing school, stepped down just six days ago due to health reasons.
www.dailycardinal.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is sad.
www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025...
www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025...
Professional photos from @salzburgglobal.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Professional photos from @salzburgglobal.bsky.social
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Cloudflare, a company that helps websites secure and manage their internet traffic, was experiencing issues with its global network, the company said Tuesday, disrupting service for websites and apps like Spotify and OpenAI.
Outage at Cloudflare Disrupts Parts of the Internet
Services from Cloudflare, a software company, underpin thousands of websites.
nyti.ms
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Chyle. The stuff that happens in academia that folx don’t understand pisses me off to no end.
November 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Chyle. The stuff that happens in academia that folx don’t understand pisses me off to no end.
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“ If enacted, it is estimated that up to one-third of people with coverage under ACA plans could lose their health insurance.
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
Health care and economic security of Washingtonians at risk
By Monica R. McLemore, Hiroshi Nakano and John Schapman
www.spokesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“ If enacted, it is estimated that up to one-third of people with coverage under ACA plans could lose their health insurance.
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
So. I spent the week with @salzburgglobal.bsky.social & @rwjf.org to examine the knowledge production ecosystem. I met some of the coolest people from around the world. Formal photos coming but you may recognize some of these folx. #SalzburgFellow
November 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
So. I spent the week with @salzburgglobal.bsky.social & @rwjf.org to examine the knowledge production ecosystem. I met some of the coolest people from around the world. Formal photos coming but you may recognize some of these folx. #SalzburgFellow
Yup. And some folx here think housing data centers on other planets is a good idea 🙄
You know it’s already *really* bad when even a media outlet that has uncritically & relentlessly cheered on the current A.I.stravaganza starts noticing that maybe aLL tHiS sHInY iNnoVaTiOn comes at a cost… 🙃
The rapid proliferation of services powered by artificial intelligence, ranging from the genuinely useful to the frivolous to the unnecessary, has a common element: the need for vast amounts of electricity and water for the data centers that make them possible.
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Yup. And some folx here think housing data centers on other planets is a good idea 🙄
Y’all. #JasmineBurnett said something so profound to me last week that I need to share it: AI will burn itself out if EVERYONE is using it and NO ONE is thinking up anything new 👌🏿#LoveHer #Brilliant #AIhater #GaveMeWordsforMyDiscomfort #TruthTellers
November 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Y’all. #JasmineBurnett said something so profound to me last week that I need to share it: AI will burn itself out if EVERYONE is using it and NO ONE is thinking up anything new 👌🏿#LoveHer #Brilliant #AIhater #GaveMeWordsforMyDiscomfort #TruthTellers
Trump Administration Live Updates: Government Ordered to Pay Food Stamp Benefits During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reposted by The Monica
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
