Whitney Robinson
@whitneyepi.bsky.social
Epidemiologist *
Bringing light to gynecologic health and health care * I also love TV
Views expressed are personal
Bringing light to gynecologic health and health care * I also love TV
Views expressed are personal
This @nytimes.com video totally hits how an endlessly sycophantic voice can seduce you in a way that scrambles your sense of reality
Reading how Ryan Lizza’s ex-gf became obsessively, self-destructively devoted to RFK, Jr., I had an Aha!
RFK Jr’s magic is the same as a powerful chatbot…
his family say he’s a stunningly fluid liar—just like an LLM sensing exactly what you want to hear (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
RFK Jr’s magic is the same as a powerful chatbot…
his family say he’s a stunningly fluid liar—just like an LLM sensing exactly what you want to hear (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This @nytimes.com video totally hits how an endlessly sycophantic voice can seduce you in a way that scrambles your sense of reality
Reading how Ryan Lizza’s ex-gf became obsessively, self-destructively devoted to RFK, Jr., I had an Aha!
RFK Jr’s magic is the same as a powerful chatbot…
his family say he’s a stunningly fluid liar—just like an LLM sensing exactly what you want to hear (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
RFK Jr’s magic is the same as a powerful chatbot…
his family say he’s a stunningly fluid liar—just like an LLM sensing exactly what you want to hear (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Reading how Ryan Lizza’s ex-gf became obsessively, self-destructively devoted to RFK, Jr., I had an Aha!
RFK Jr’s magic is the same as a powerful chatbot…
his family say he’s a stunningly fluid liar—just like an LLM sensing exactly what you want to hear (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
RFK Jr’s magic is the same as a powerful chatbot…
his family say he’s a stunningly fluid liar—just like an LLM sensing exactly what you want to hear (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
Reposted by Whitney Robinson
Hearing news that Carl Dieffenbach, the Director of the Division of AIDS at #NIH (NIAID), has been removed from his position because he was "not aligned with HHS/OMB."
Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Hearing news that Carl Dieffenbach, the Director of the Division of AIDS at #NIH (NIAID), has been removed from his position because he was "not aligned with HHS/OMB."
Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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I never got why the US populist Right grouped so many different types of people into the “elite” bucket
This @anandwrites.bsky.social essay (plus all the other recent Epstein revelations) clicked some things into place for me
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
This @anandwrites.bsky.social essay (plus all the other recent Epstein revelations) clicked some things into place for me
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I never got why the US populist Right grouped so many different types of people into the “elite” bucket
This @anandwrites.bsky.social essay (plus all the other recent Epstein revelations) clicked some things into place for me
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
This @anandwrites.bsky.social essay (plus all the other recent Epstein revelations) clicked some things into place for me
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
I followed the #MurdaughDeathInTheFamily case closely in real-time. So far, in 3 episodes, #Hulu’s mini-series is hitting all the 🤯 notes
Super-special unexpected pleasure: every scene between Patricia Arquette and @jsmithcameron.bsky.social! 🤩
#MasterClass
Super-special unexpected pleasure: every scene between Patricia Arquette and @jsmithcameron.bsky.social! 🤩
#MasterClass
'Murdaugh: Death in the Family' is now streaming on Hulu and with Hulu on Disney+.
Starring Jason Clarke, Patricia Arquette, Johnny Berchtold, Will Harrison, Brittany Snow, and J. Smith-Cameron.
#MurdaughDeathInTheFamily #MurdaughonHulu
Starring Jason Clarke, Patricia Arquette, Johnny Berchtold, Will Harrison, Brittany Snow, and J. Smith-Cameron.
#MurdaughDeathInTheFamily #MurdaughonHulu
November 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I followed the #MurdaughDeathInTheFamily case closely in real-time. So far, in 3 episodes, #Hulu’s mini-series is hitting all the 🤯 notes
Super-special unexpected pleasure: every scene between Patricia Arquette and @jsmithcameron.bsky.social! 🤩
#MasterClass
Super-special unexpected pleasure: every scene between Patricia Arquette and @jsmithcameron.bsky.social! 🤩
#MasterClass
Watching the US make many of the same bad decisions from Brexit has been so maddening
‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
'GDP reduced by 8%' - Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
Can't help but feel those responsible for Brexit should not, for example, be riding high in the polls with a new party...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Watching the US make many of the same bad decisions from Brexit has been so maddening
Where is good literature on use of menstrual products among US adults?
Like how Gen Z and Millennials make choices about using pads, tampons, menstrual cups, period panties, etc… @kateclancy.bsky.social @andreabeckerphd.bsky.social
Like how Gen Z and Millennials make choices about using pads, tampons, menstrual cups, period panties, etc… @kateclancy.bsky.social @andreabeckerphd.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Where is good literature on use of menstrual products among US adults?
Like how Gen Z and Millennials make choices about using pads, tampons, menstrual cups, period panties, etc… @kateclancy.bsky.social @andreabeckerphd.bsky.social
Like how Gen Z and Millennials make choices about using pads, tampons, menstrual cups, period panties, etc… @kateclancy.bsky.social @andreabeckerphd.bsky.social
Old dogs, New tricks?
Communicating in the new media environment feels kind of overwhelming for this Elder Millennial academic. But better to face how times have changed
@kmpanthagani.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/youcankn...
Communicating in the new media environment feels kind of overwhelming for this Elder Millennial academic. But better to face how times have changed
@kmpanthagani.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/youcankn...
Health institutions need to empower online creators, or risk getting left behind
A quick breakdown of the best article I've read all year
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Old dogs, New tricks?
Communicating in the new media environment feels kind of overwhelming for this Elder Millennial academic. But better to face how times have changed
@kmpanthagani.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/youcankn...
Communicating in the new media environment feels kind of overwhelming for this Elder Millennial academic. But better to face how times have changed
@kmpanthagani.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/youcankn...
Informative first-person account about endometrial cancer, a cancer of the uterus people.com/alex-kingsto...
Alex Kingston ‘Hemorrhaged' on Stage — but Continued Performing. She Later Learned She Had Cancer
'ER' alum Alex Kingston shared that “my body was telling me there was something very seriously wrong,” but it took bleeding through her costume to seek medical care.
people.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Informative first-person account about endometrial cancer, a cancer of the uterus people.com/alex-kingsto...
Reposted by Whitney Robinson
The Black Feminists Who Saw the Alt-Right Threat Coming
Before Gamergate, before the 2016 election, they launched a campaign against Twitter trolls masquerading as women of color. If only more people had paid attention.
(Context for #EndFathersDay)
Before Gamergate, before the 2016 election, they launched a campaign against Twitter trolls masquerading as women of color. If only more people had paid attention.
(Context for #EndFathersDay)
Years Ago, Black Feminists Worked Together to Unmask Twitter Trolls Posing as Women of Color. If Only More People Paid Attention.
The fake accounts had handles like @NayNayCantStop, @LatrineWatts, and @CisHate, and bios like “Queer + black + angry.”
slate.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The Black Feminists Who Saw the Alt-Right Threat Coming
Before Gamergate, before the 2016 election, they launched a campaign against Twitter trolls masquerading as women of color. If only more people had paid attention.
(Context for #EndFathersDay)
Before Gamergate, before the 2016 election, they launched a campaign against Twitter trolls masquerading as women of color. If only more people had paid attention.
(Context for #EndFathersDay)
Not sure what to do about this, but it’s an important reality to face about the US in 2025
#polarization
#SocialMedia
www.facebook.com/share/p/17R7...
#polarization
#SocialMedia
www.facebook.com/share/p/17R7...
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
September 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Not sure what to do about this, but it’s an important reality to face about the US in 2025
#polarization
#SocialMedia
www.facebook.com/share/p/17R7...
#polarization
#SocialMedia
www.facebook.com/share/p/17R7...
For obvious reasons, I’m very interested in this admin’s attacks on Black women
The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters.
Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.
These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.
These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show
A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
September 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
For obvious reasons, I’m very interested in this admin’s attacks on Black women
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I feel awful for the Utah Valley University students who had to experience a shooting on their campus. My university is still feeling the effects of its own shooting, and I know personally what it’s like to have your sense of security shattered in a place you always felt at home. The US needs reform
September 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I feel awful for the Utah Valley University students who had to experience a shooting on their campus. My university is still feeling the effects of its own shooting, and I know personally what it’s like to have your sense of security shattered in a place you always felt at home. The US needs reform
Reposted by Whitney Robinson
We don’t have to live like this
I have a list of things we can do to change this tempo of tragedy
The proposals are based on real data
They have had signals of efficacy
It may feel hopeless today but:
I refuse to give up.
Because - Our babies & our communities deserve better than a rolling litany of horrors.
The proposals are based on real data
They have had signals of efficacy
It may feel hopeless today but:
I refuse to give up.
Because - Our babies & our communities deserve better than a rolling litany of horrors.
BREAKING: Two children were killed and 17 people injured in a shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school, police said. The shooter is also dead.
August 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
We don’t have to live like this
With RFK, Jr so in the news rn, I have 2 recommendations for anyone wanting to do a deep-dive into the #MAHA political movement:
1. This podcast episode from @whyshoulditrustyou.bsky.social
2. This video collaboration of @nytimes.com & @derekberes.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
1. This podcast episode from @whyshoulditrustyou.bsky.social
2. This video collaboration of @nytimes.com & @derekberes.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
September 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
With RFK, Jr so in the news rn, I have 2 recommendations for anyone wanting to do a deep-dive into the #MAHA political movement:
1. This podcast episode from @whyshoulditrustyou.bsky.social
2. This video collaboration of @nytimes.com & @derekberes.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
1. This podcast episode from @whyshoulditrustyou.bsky.social
2. This video collaboration of @nytimes.com & @derekberes.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
🧵 I’m a public health researcher who wants to build bridges
This podcast ep with #MAHA folks from May has been taking up brain space all summer
the convo was illuminating & discouraging
@meganranney.bsky.social
@kkjetelina.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
This podcast ep with #MAHA folks from May has been taking up brain space all summer
the convo was illuminating & discouraging
@meganranney.bsky.social
@kkjetelina.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Special: MAHA Meets w Public Health, the 2nd Conversation: On RFK Jr., Vaccines, Corporate Influence, & More
Podcast Episode · Why Should I Trust You? · 05/20/2025 · 1h 34m
podcasts.apple.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🧵 I’m a public health researcher who wants to build bridges
This podcast ep with #MAHA folks from May has been taking up brain space all summer
the convo was illuminating & discouraging
@meganranney.bsky.social
@kkjetelina.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
This podcast ep with #MAHA folks from May has been taking up brain space all summer
the convo was illuminating & discouraging
@meganranney.bsky.social
@kkjetelina.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Good interactive feature about what we lost when DOGE gutted govt watchdogs, Inspector Generals (free article)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | They Saved Taxpayers Billions. Trump Fired Them Anyway. (Gift Article)
President Trump promised to investigate waste and fraud in the government, but he’s fired the watchdogs who did exactly that.
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Good interactive feature about what we lost when DOGE gutted govt watchdogs, Inspector Generals (free article)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Such cool science!
Connections btw deep biology & social stuff (when we intro foods to 👶, downside of BigFood adding novel ingredients, sunburn culture)
Anti-science folks mock #NIH for work like this (Put mice under UV lights?! 🐭☢️🔦), but science is cool!!!
#ScienceImmunology
#DermSky #MedSky
Connections btw deep biology & social stuff (when we intro foods to 👶, downside of BigFood adding novel ingredients, sunburn culture)
Anti-science folks mock #NIH for work like this (Put mice under UV lights?! 🐭☢️🔦), but science is cool!!!
#ScienceImmunology
#DermSky #MedSky
Skin Injury May Bring on Food Allergies
A Yale lab links skin inflammation to the development of food allergies via a skin-gut connection, suggesting clues to a little-understood immune reaction.
medicine.yale.edu
September 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Such cool science!
Connections btw deep biology & social stuff (when we intro foods to 👶, downside of BigFood adding novel ingredients, sunburn culture)
Anti-science folks mock #NIH for work like this (Put mice under UV lights?! 🐭☢️🔦), but science is cool!!!
#ScienceImmunology
#DermSky #MedSky
Connections btw deep biology & social stuff (when we intro foods to 👶, downside of BigFood adding novel ingredients, sunburn culture)
Anti-science folks mock #NIH for work like this (Put mice under UV lights?! 🐭☢️🔦), but science is cool!!!
#ScienceImmunology
#DermSky #MedSky
I’m really into histories where societies get cause & effect, villains & victims really wrong, even backwards
If this sounds good to you, read this essay on the arson epidemic in the South Bronx in the 70s @newyorker.com
#BornInFlames @benchansfield.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
If this sounds good to you, read this essay on the arson epidemic in the South Bronx in the 70s @newyorker.com
#BornInFlames @benchansfield.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Did Racial Capitalism Set the Bronx on Fire?
To some, the fires lit in New York in the late seventies signalled rampant criminality; to others, rebellion. But maybe they were signs of something else entirely.
www.newyorker.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I’m really into histories where societies get cause & effect, villains & victims really wrong, even backwards
If this sounds good to you, read this essay on the arson epidemic in the South Bronx in the 70s @newyorker.com
#BornInFlames @benchansfield.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
If this sounds good to you, read this essay on the arson epidemic in the South Bronx in the 70s @newyorker.com
#BornInFlames @benchansfield.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
A Labor Day podcast recommend
The biggest changes I’ve made in 2025 all flow back to Robert Putnam’s ideas here:
thick, layered social groups —> functional local governments & better personal well-being & healthy national politics
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
The biggest changes I’ve made in 2025 all flow back to Robert Putnam’s ideas here:
thick, layered social groups —> functional local governments & better personal well-being & healthy national politics
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Join or Die with Robert Putnam
Podcast Episode · What Now? with Trevor Noah · 01/23/2025 · 1h 6m
podcasts.apple.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A Labor Day podcast recommend
The biggest changes I’ve made in 2025 all flow back to Robert Putnam’s ideas here:
thick, layered social groups —> functional local governments & better personal well-being & healthy national politics
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
The biggest changes I’ve made in 2025 all flow back to Robert Putnam’s ideas here:
thick, layered social groups —> functional local governments & better personal well-being & healthy national politics
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
“Black women are the canaries in the coal mine, the exclusion happens to them first. And if any other cohort thinks it’s not coming for them, they’re wrong. This is a warning, and it’s a stark one.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“Black women are the canaries in the coal mine, the exclusion happens to them first. And if any other cohort thinks it’s not coming for them, they’re wrong. This is a warning, and it’s a stark one.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
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Please help me welcome to Bluesky @drdebhoury.bsky.social - brave, brilliant, and principled.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/vid...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/vid...
Video Chief CDC scientist resigns amid the firing of director over vaccine policy
Dr. Debra Houry stepped down as chief medical officer and deputy director for programs after Trump fired CDC Director Susan Monarez.
abcnews.go.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Please help me welcome to Bluesky @drdebhoury.bsky.social - brave, brilliant, and principled.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/vid...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/vid...
North Carolina legislative shenanigans are limitless!
August 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
North Carolina legislative shenanigans are limitless!
We don’t have to live like this
I have a list of things we can do to change this tempo of tragedy
The proposals are based on real data
They have had signals of efficacy
It may feel hopeless today but:
I refuse to give up.
Because - Our babies & our communities deserve better than a rolling litany of horrors.
The proposals are based on real data
They have had signals of efficacy
It may feel hopeless today but:
I refuse to give up.
Because - Our babies & our communities deserve better than a rolling litany of horrors.
BREAKING: Two children were killed and 17 people injured in a shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school, police said. The shooter is also dead.
August 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
We don’t have to live like this