Chris Warren
@christian-s-warren.bsky.social
Studying the history of health & environment. Walking the dogs. Teaching the classes. Writing the books.* Traveling the world, little by little.
*Brush With Death [Lead Poisoning]
*Starved for Light [Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency]
*Brush With Death [Lead Poisoning]
*Starved for Light [Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency]
Pinned
Starved for Light
A wide-ranging history of rickets tracks the disease’s emergence, evolution, and eventual treatment—and exposes the backstory behind contemporary worries about vitamin D deficiency. Rickets, a child...
press.uchicago.edu
Available now wherever you buy your #history of rickets books, including directly from the U. Chicago Press site! 🗃️https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo236934960.html
Command obeyed! Anyone on your list wanna know how an almost forgotten disease is bound w. histories of nutrition, obstetrics, environmental, ethics, and more? They need “Starved For Light,” and maybe some cod liver oil.
Now 30% off with code HOLIDAY25 from:
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November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Command obeyed! Anyone on your list wanna know how an almost forgotten disease is bound w. histories of nutrition, obstetrics, environmental, ethics, and more? They need “Starved For Light,” and maybe some cod liver oil.
Now 30% off with code HOLIDAY25 from:
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Now 30% off with code HOLIDAY25 from:
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Weapons grade copium. Please, sir, I want more.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Weapons grade copium. Please, sir, I want more.
Daddy loves his little girl.
This is why we #AintBuyingIt. Credit @womensmarch.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Daddy loves his little girl.
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All right, hear me out ... a Bob Moses biopic starring William Jackson Harper.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
All right, hear me out ... a Bob Moses biopic starring William Jackson Harper.
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It’s so funny to see people ANALYZE why Trump fawned over Zohran Mamdani and it’s literally because he’s an old man who watches news TV all day and the man from the TV came to see him which was very exciting
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It’s so funny to see people ANALYZE why Trump fawned over Zohran Mamdani and it’s literally because he’s an old man who watches news TV all day and the man from the TV came to see him which was very exciting
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The Quiet Chemistry of Childhood
When you put all this together, the picture becomes clearer: one side of the ledger—the benefits—is thinner than we’ve long assumed. The other side—the risks—is thicker than many expected.
When you put all this together, the picture becomes clearer: one side of the ledger—the benefits—is thinner than we’ve long assumed. The other side—the risks—is thicker than many expected.
The Quiet Chemistry of Childhood
Every few months, a new fluoride study drops—another twist in a debate that has stretched across generations.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Quiet Chemistry of Childhood
When you put all this together, the picture becomes clearer: one side of the ledger—the benefits—is thinner than we’ve long assumed. The other side—the risks—is thicker than many expected.
When you put all this together, the picture becomes clearer: one side of the ledger—the benefits—is thinner than we’ve long assumed. The other side—the risks—is thicker than many expected.
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I received the reader reports back for my book manuscript. Thank you (you know who you are) for the most generous, supportive, & helpful comments!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I received the reader reports back for my book manuscript. Thank you (you know who you are) for the most generous, supportive, & helpful comments!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
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Thank you, Heather, for the firehose of mentions! I also like to inaugurate the holiday season with this piece from @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social about how the same people who invented Santa Claus distorted the Revolutionary history of NYC: ageofrevolutions.com/2022/12/05/m...
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Thank you, Heather, for the firehose of mentions! I also like to inaugurate the holiday season with this piece from @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social about how the same people who invented Santa Claus distorted the Revolutionary history of NYC: ageofrevolutions.com/2022/12/05/m...
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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CN: cancer.
(Putting the note on for the friends for whom this is a tender topic.)
(Putting the note on for the friends for whom this is a tender topic.)
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
CN: cancer.
(Putting the note on for the friends for whom this is a tender topic.)
(Putting the note on for the friends for whom this is a tender topic.)
Variety doing Rage-baiting just right.
Oddly enough this ranking of the best comedies ever made only made me mad.
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Variety doing Rage-baiting just right.
"...Delivering Almost Nothing"?
DOGE was Project 2025's Kampfgruppe and succeeded admirably in its assaults on the institutions of government. Much of its power stemmed from MSM's willful blindness to its actual mission.
DOGE was Project 2025's Kampfgruppe and succeeded admirably in its assaults on the institutions of government. Much of its power stemmed from MSM's willful blindness to its actual mission.
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"...Delivering Almost Nothing"?
DOGE was Project 2025's Kampfgruppe and succeeded admirably in its assaults on the institutions of government. Much of its power stemmed from MSM's willful blindness to its actual mission.
DOGE was Project 2025's Kampfgruppe and succeeded admirably in its assaults on the institutions of government. Much of its power stemmed from MSM's willful blindness to its actual mission.
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Exactly ⬇️ This 💯......
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Exactly ⬇️ This 💯......
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Just the president of the United States rationalizing that a Washington Post reporter was basically asking to be murdered and cut to pieces with a bone saw because of his reporting.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Just the president of the United States rationalizing that a Washington Post reporter was basically asking to be murdered and cut to pieces with a bone saw because of his reporting.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
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Oh hey, I found the war on christmas
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Oh hey, I found the war on christmas
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i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
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Gift link to NYT article about the corruption of DOJ. One former insider says “I wouldn’t even call it the Justice Department anymore. It’s become Trump’s personal law firm. … [T]he American people should be enraged.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Gift link to NYT article about the corruption of DOJ. One former insider says “I wouldn’t even call it the Justice Department anymore. It’s become Trump’s personal law firm. … [T]he American people should be enraged.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This popped up on my commute this morning. It’s a loving observation from the ‘80s about the relationship between technology, authenticity, music, education, and the loss of humanity. Decades before AI talk, Timbuk 3 were on to something about tech and the erosion of art.
youtu.be/QWC_U9S2gFw?...
youtu.be/QWC_U9S2gFw?...
Sample The Dog
YouTube video by Timbuk 3 - Topic
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This popped up on my commute this morning. It’s a loving observation from the ‘80s about the relationship between technology, authenticity, music, education, and the loss of humanity. Decades before AI talk, Timbuk 3 were on to something about tech and the erosion of art.
youtu.be/QWC_U9S2gFw?...
youtu.be/QWC_U9S2gFw?...
Seems like a safe prediction.
Will the DOJ say that they have started an investigation and nothing can be released till the investigation is complete?:
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Seems like a safe prediction.
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Just three days to go until my book is published! 📚📖
I really cannot wait for "The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP" to be out in the world 🐘🗳️
Order now (with 20% off): uscpress.com/The-Republic... 🗃️
@uscpress.bsky.social
I really cannot wait for "The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP" to be out in the world 🐘🗳️
Order now (with 20% off): uscpress.com/The-Republic... 🗃️
@uscpress.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Just three days to go until my book is published! 📚📖
I really cannot wait for "The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP" to be out in the world 🐘🗳️
Order now (with 20% off): uscpress.com/The-Republic... 🗃️
@uscpress.bsky.social
I really cannot wait for "The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP" to be out in the world 🐘🗳️
Order now (with 20% off): uscpress.com/The-Republic... 🗃️
@uscpress.bsky.social
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Red and Blue Composition, by Ad Reinhardt, 1941 (flipped), 📸 by Andrew Mordzynski
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Red and Blue Composition, by Ad Reinhardt, 1941 (flipped), 📸 by Andrew Mordzynski
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This is your stereotypical Bluesky troll.
He’s not capable of reading the clear text of my post. He’s asserting that I believe the exact opposite of what I said.
He’s doing it because he has no intelligence of his own.
This is what the trolls are: kneejerk dipshits.
He’s not capable of reading the clear text of my post. He’s asserting that I believe the exact opposite of what I said.
He’s doing it because he has no intelligence of his own.
This is what the trolls are: kneejerk dipshits.
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This is your stereotypical Bluesky troll.
He’s not capable of reading the clear text of my post. He’s asserting that I believe the exact opposite of what I said.
He’s doing it because he has no intelligence of his own.
This is what the trolls are: kneejerk dipshits.
He’s not capable of reading the clear text of my post. He’s asserting that I believe the exact opposite of what I said.
He’s doing it because he has no intelligence of his own.
This is what the trolls are: kneejerk dipshits.
George burning KellyAnne is 💋
i regret to inform you that incredible things are still happening on the everything app
November 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
George burning KellyAnne is 💋
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This is nauseating: “As the emails stretch through the years, they show how that protected realm vanished into the mists of time, pulled under by the rising forces of the internet and the #MeToo movement.” A “Gone With the Wind” framing for sexual abuse and harassment.
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This is nauseating: “As the emails stretch through the years, they show how that protected realm vanished into the mists of time, pulled under by the rising forces of the internet and the #MeToo movement.” A “Gone With the Wind” framing for sexual abuse and harassment.