Shaun Chavis
@shaunchavis.bsky.social
Content manager @ Found Health. Food & health journalist. Award-winning cookbook editor and health blogger.
My uncle is a microbiologist studying predatory bacteria at FAMU. His work could solve the problem of increasing resistance to antibiotics. He doesn’t know if his work will continue to be funded. Just an example of the science we NEED. www.nytimes.com/2020/08/25/s...
How Bacteria-Eating Bacteria Could Help Win the War Against Germs (Published 2020)
While microscopic and little known, predatory bacteria are among the world’s fiercest and most effective hunters.
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March 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
My uncle is a microbiologist studying predatory bacteria at FAMU. His work could solve the problem of increasing resistance to antibiotics. He doesn’t know if his work will continue to be funded. Just an example of the science we NEED. www.nytimes.com/2020/08/25/s...
Waiting for an Uber/Lyft at ATL airport takes forever
I have been waiting longer than the actual ride home
I have been waiting longer than the actual ride home
March 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Waiting for an Uber/Lyft at ATL airport takes forever
I have been waiting longer than the actual ride home
I have been waiting longer than the actual ride home
I’m a lifelong Star Trek fan & love Michelle Yeoh, but I couldn’t get past 16 minutes of Section 31.
January 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I’m a lifelong Star Trek fan & love Michelle Yeoh, but I couldn’t get past 16 minutes of Section 31.
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People are seeking books to teach their kids about diversity & belonging. What I hear: They're looking for books from a plethora of perspectives! Here are a few books, you & your kids may already be reading them ☺️
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January 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
People are seeking books to teach their kids about diversity & belonging. What I hear: They're looking for books from a plethora of perspectives! Here are a few books, you & your kids may already be reading them ☺️
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The USAF removed Tuskegee Airmen & Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII from basic training curriculum. For 30 years I promised these women I would not let them ever be forgotten again. We worked for decades to have them remembered. The Airmen too. Knowledge is power. 🗃️ www.msn.com/en-us/societ...
January 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The USAF removed Tuskegee Airmen & Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII from basic training curriculum. For 30 years I promised these women I would not let them ever be forgotten again. We worked for decades to have them remembered. The Airmen too. Knowledge is power. 🗃️ www.msn.com/en-us/societ...
People who are uneducated, uninformed, sick, poor, disenfranchised, fighting each other, and mentally unwell aren’t as much of a threat.
January 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
People who are uneducated, uninformed, sick, poor, disenfranchised, fighting each other, and mentally unwell aren’t as much of a threat.
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NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Ok journalists, health journalists: what’s next? I’m a bit freaked out about losing access to data that we use to do our jobs. #healthjournalism
January 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Ok journalists, health journalists: what’s next? I’m a bit freaked out about losing access to data that we use to do our jobs. #healthjournalism
Guesting on my girl’s podcast, Melanated Green. Basically: puff, puff, talk about current events. #blacksky youtu.be/gUYBN0VeBHI?...
Melanated Green - S2E4: Too Much Fun w/ Shaun Chavis (Sorry 4 The Wait)!
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January 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Guesting on my girl’s podcast, Melanated Green. Basically: puff, puff, talk about current events. #blacksky youtu.be/gUYBN0VeBHI?...
Friends outside the US: please keep a record of the truth for us.
January 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Friends outside the US: please keep a record of the truth for us.
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ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.
January 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.
Wow - “triumphant”
Language fed from Team Trump?
Language fed from Team Trump?
January 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Wow - “triumphant”
Language fed from Team Trump?
Language fed from Team Trump?
If you are in ATL I highly recommend catching the Giants exhibit at The High Museum today! Last day & extended hours
January 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If you are in ATL I highly recommend catching the Giants exhibit at The High Museum today! Last day & extended hours
It paves the way for defunding public health initiatives. (Notice how Louisiana has banned public health workers from promoting the flu, COVID, and other vaccines.) Look at where the health care deserts are now. It’s harder for sick people to be politically engaged.
a man in a leather jacket is making a funny face while looking at the camera .
ALT: a man in a leather jacket is making a funny face while looking at the camera .
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January 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It paves the way for defunding public health initiatives. (Notice how Louisiana has banned public health workers from promoting the flu, COVID, and other vaccines.) Look at where the health care deserts are now. It’s harder for sick people to be politically engaged.
Newsletter creators: Anyone using Substack + Kit or another platform for landing pages & lead magnets?
Or do you think your growth is better off of Substack?
Or do you think your growth is better off of Substack?
January 17, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Newsletter creators: Anyone using Substack + Kit or another platform for landing pages & lead magnets?
Or do you think your growth is better off of Substack?
Or do you think your growth is better off of Substack?
This entire thread is worth reading but I chose to quote this. If you have elders who worked in the Civil Rights Movement, glean their knowledge. We need their wisdom to endure what’s ahead. We need the strength of community and the foundation of our history.
A lot of that information. One thing that we truly need to do going forward is build community, and I don't just mean pumping out e-content, I mean actual community where we can learn from the elders that we still do have because if you don't know where you came from, then you won't know where
January 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This entire thread is worth reading but I chose to quote this. If you have elders who worked in the Civil Rights Movement, glean their knowledge. We need their wisdom to endure what’s ahead. We need the strength of community and the foundation of our history.
100%
I remember when Jeff Sessions was going through confirmation hearings for AG — a young Black woman posted that she didn’t think Sessions was “that bad.” She had no historical context of how he engineered racist voter suppression tactics in Alabama, didn’t know the letter Coretta King wrote…
I remember when Jeff Sessions was going through confirmation hearings for AG — a young Black woman posted that she didn’t think Sessions was “that bad.” She had no historical context of how he engineered racist voter suppression tactics in Alabama, didn’t know the letter Coretta King wrote…
January 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
100%
I remember when Jeff Sessions was going through confirmation hearings for AG — a young Black woman posted that she didn’t think Sessions was “that bad.” She had no historical context of how he engineered racist voter suppression tactics in Alabama, didn’t know the letter Coretta King wrote…
I remember when Jeff Sessions was going through confirmation hearings for AG — a young Black woman posted that she didn’t think Sessions was “that bad.” She had no historical context of how he engineered racist voter suppression tactics in Alabama, didn’t know the letter Coretta King wrote…
This week I have been so proud of my colleagues at Found Health for putting together this effort to help our members in Los Angeles who need plus size and mid-size clothing.
(This campaign is just for our members; I don’t want to create confusion. I’m just a proud employee.)
(This campaign is just for our members; I don’t want to create confusion. I’m just a proud employee.)
January 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This week I have been so proud of my colleagues at Found Health for putting together this effort to help our members in Los Angeles who need plus size and mid-size clothing.
(This campaign is just for our members; I don’t want to create confusion. I’m just a proud employee.)
(This campaign is just for our members; I don’t want to create confusion. I’m just a proud employee.)
If you are friends or family with journalists covering the fires in LA, please check in on them now and in the months ahead.
Like first responders, they are burying all the trauma they’re seeing up close now to focus on doing journalism as a public service.
This is hard work.
Like first responders, they are burying all the trauma they’re seeing up close now to focus on doing journalism as a public service.
This is hard work.
January 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
If you are friends or family with journalists covering the fires in LA, please check in on them now and in the months ahead.
Like first responders, they are burying all the trauma they’re seeing up close now to focus on doing journalism as a public service.
This is hard work.
Like first responders, they are burying all the trauma they’re seeing up close now to focus on doing journalism as a public service.
This is hard work.
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January 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I can’t wait to see what Kyle does in the next chapter of his career.
January 11, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I can’t wait to see what Kyle does in the next chapter of his career.