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Deena Mousa @deenamousa.com · 3h

A new paper in the Lancet finds that doctors got *worse* at finding precancerous growths during colonoscopies on their own if they had just spent three months using an AI assistive tool

Worrisome sign that deskilling may happen a lot faster than we'd expect.

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 16h

Where am I, Milwaukee?

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Jennifer Jordan @sociologyofplants.bsky.social · 16h

Uhhhhh

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 16h

“Like a smartwatch reminding you to stand up or drink water, Evergreen will notice if a student who normally visits the fitness center hasn’t done so or encourage a student to leave the library after studying for six hours…”

Dartmouth Builds Its Own AI Chatbot for Student Well-Being

The undergrad-assisted research project will draw on students’ data to provide chatbot support and personalized plans for health and wellness.

www.insidehighered.com

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 21h

NEW: A significant gap in weather balloon coverage in western Alaska, caused by Trump admin cuts to NOAA/NWS, may have hurt the forecast accuracy for the deadly storm there over the weekend. www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/w...

Predictions for deadly Alaska storm may have suffered due to DOGE cuts | CNN

The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the Trump administration’...

www.cnn.com

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Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social · 1d

This fellowship changed the trajectory of my career and my time on its committees is the most worthwhile professional service I have ever done. Please apply and help us spread the word

Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 14d

The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) at RBS invites applicants to its 2025 cohort of Junior Fellows.

Applications are due 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟵 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿.

For details about this & other RBS scholarships & fellowships, visit tinyurl.com/Apply-SoFCB-2025

A vertically oriented rectangular graphic is split into an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper half shows a photo of a woman with pulled-back dark brown hair wearing a dark dress jacket and scarf. To her left, bold black text reads “I feel no hesitation saying that joining the SoFCB fully transformed my academic life and research.” Below the woman, smaller text in white reads, “Elizaveta Strakhov, Past President, Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB)”. The lower portion of the graphic has a mostly white background with a couple of horizontal bars in gray and black. Text in white, black, red, and yellow reads, “Apply now! The SoFCB Junior Fellows Program. Application Deadline: Wednesday, 19 November 2025. Learn more & apply at tinyurl.com/Apply-SoFCB-2025.”

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David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 2d

This was such a well-written article on a topic we hadn't seen covered previously, balancing personal experience with solid reporting and actionable guidance. Really proud to have published it.

Matthew Curtis @totalcurtis.bsky.social · 2d

I was thrilled to pick up a first place at last nights @nagbw.bsky.social awards for an essay in Final Gravity about my diagnosis of hearing loss. Huge thanks to @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social for commissioning and careful edits.

Best personal essay, First Place — Curtis, Matthew. “On Deaf Ears—Beer Spaces and the Hard of Hearing.” Final Gravity, April 1, 2025

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Maggie Blackhawk @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social · 6d

New essay in the Atlantic today: How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution by Ned Blackhawk (with many lessons on how we ended up where we are as a nation, and a gift link) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution

The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.

www.theatlantic.com

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 2d

The North American Guild of Beer Writers handed out their awards today, and here are the winners. Congrats!

North American Guild of Beer Writers Announces 2025 Awards Winners, Honoring the Best in Beer Media

The North American Guild of Beer Writers (NAGBW) held its 11th annual awards ceremony October 12, celebrating the best in beer media. This year’s awards were generously sponsored by Athletic Brewin…

reportersnotebook.org

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

This is how a $45 shirt becomes $90 and then $180. This 2x multiplying through the chain is called keystone pricing.

So why can't the brand just sell it to a consumer for $90, cutting out the retail markup? Because if they become a retailer, they will need to raise prices to cover their new costs.

A clothing store with suits on the rack and bags on the shelf.

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder that parents outliving their kids was total thing in the pre-vaccine, pre-antibiotics era, making headstones like these common as dirt. Here are three—out of hundreds and hundreds—in my local cemetery…🧵

Six-year-old Edith:

Headstone of a husband and wife and six year old child, early 20th C.

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Jennifer Jordan @sociologyofplants.bsky.social · 2d

Just incredible. 💫

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Jennifer Jordan @sociologyofplants.bsky.social · 2d

Agreed!

A slightly lumpy round loaf of homemade whole wheat sourdough with a spiral of flour stripes.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 3d

“More than half of the work done by women in the period between the 16th and 18th centuries took place outside of the home, and around half of all housework and three-quarters of care work was conducted professionally for other households” [England]

phys.org/news/2025-10...

A woman's place was not in the home: Challenging the assumptions about women's work in early modern history

New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England's national economy before 1700.

phys.org

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Jennifer Jordan @sociologyofplants.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations!!! Looking forward to reading it!!

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

Writing something about ICE and sweet Jesus it is so incredibly dark what they are doing to these cities. We have all seen the videos, but when you wade into the details of their actions, it is extraordinarily bleak.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 3d

Seeing a lot of celebration of this as a win.

But at NIH we have seen this exact play before.

It looks like it is the Vought strategy -and to stop the lawless firings we have to see the bigger picture.
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Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 3d

Next week, on October 18th at 3:00 pm EDT, please join @politicsprose.bsky.social in welcoming @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social, who will be in conversation with Judy Richardson regarding his new book, Police Against the Movement.

Learn more about this free, in-person event here: buff.ly/u0EEqZr

Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back by Joshua Clark Davis

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 3d

"the American people continue to be reliant on little more than insurers’ promises that they are not taking potential life-and-death decisions away from doctors and giving them to machines.”

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 3d

Top Democrat demands more detail from Medicare insurers about their use of AI www.statnews.com/2025/10/09/b... via @statnews.com

Top Democrat demands more detail from Medicare insurers about their use of AI

A key Democrat is asking top Medicare Advantage insurers about how they use artificial intelligence in decisions about medical care and coverage.

www.statnews.com

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Jennifer Jordan @sociologyofplants.bsky.social · 4d

Sorry had to include two…

A hand holding a can of Earth Rider beer with a barbecue in the background.

A hand holding a can of Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest with a gray and yellow quilt in the background.

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 4d

The CDC official who was leading the measles response and was RIFd has more than 28 yrs experience as the senior USG official leading outbreaks on Ebola, Marburg virus, and mpox. 2/4

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Jennifer Jordan @sociologyofplants.bsky.social · 4d

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Jennifer Jordan @sociologyofplants.bsky.social · 4d

Absolutely not our fault, to the best of my knowledge.

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 4d

Beware of AI videos like the one below.

And, AI sucks for many reasons, but among the worst is that it destabilizes our shared reality.

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