Dr Susan Johnson

$11.3 billion could cover any of the following for a full year:
-1.4 million people on Medicaid
-19 million kids getting free school lunches
-1.4 million people getting affordable housing
-1.1 million hungry seniors fed
-0.8 million children given free child care

Parenting: checking the work calendar to make sure I can buy the coveted kindergarten play tickets at 12pm on a Tuesday.

If you're looking for the source of academia's leaky pipeline--it's not women's lack of commitment, it's the misogyny of men like this.

To: Jeffrey epstein[jeevacation©gmail.com] From: roger schank Sent: Mon 1/4/2010 12:15:13 PM Subject: there is a simpler explanation about women and intelligence intelligence comes about in part from real focus (goal-directed (this is why you have the absent minded professor caricature) it is a rare woman who is not first and foremost focussed on what thinking and feeling about her hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why hates you or why you dont own a kelly bag roger schank http://www.rogerschank.com/

Relevant to today's conversation about AI's inherent sexism, here's an email from cognitive psychologist and early AI theorist Roger Schank, arguing to Epstein that women can't be truly intelligent, because they care too much about what other people think.

**protects mice**

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.

I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!

🐱😈 Oops... I shared. 😼

Every time you speak up - and every time you don't - there are people watching and learning about you and the world you help create.

Someone hacked into Chicago’s DOT traffic sign who knew the assignment :::

Screenshot of Times 100 people in health

RFK Jnr on the Time 100 people in health for ‘reshaping public health’ is infuriating.

This Is How a Child Dies of Measles When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak

This is a bracing read, and also one to share with anyone you know questioning the severity of this virus:

Let me repeat what Katie says: YOU. CAN'T. REPEAL. A. SCIENTIFIC.FINDING. That's not how it works.

House passes dangerous voter suppression act, calls it the “Save America” Act, which is a lie unless they’re trying to save America from democracy and fair elections.

You don’t have to use fancy tech to steal an election. You just have to suppress the vote that’s more likely to vote against you.

Almost exactly three years ago, this thread on "AI" in healthcare and the kinds of things likely to go wrong in that context:

‘Nearly two-thirds of the funding is unspent money allocated to state and local public health departments in California.’
CA already pays more taxes than it receives in funding. 🤬

If Literature’s “Complicated Men” Were on Tinder Name: Holden Caulfield Age: 19 Occupation: “Jobs” are for phonies who “care” about phony stuff like “bills” and “food” About Holden: Only looking f...

"About Edward: Looking for a younger woman who will mistake my brooding looks and condescending misanthropy for tragic torment, and ideally is into employer-employee roleplay."

Bad Bunny halftime was pure joy. It uplifted our nation’s beautiful tapestry, the entire western hemisphere & the beauty of queerness.

The bizarre white nationalist backlash — platforming a racist guy who advocates pedophilia — said so much about the cult running our government.

I have encountered a little of this.

My brother historically has received more praise than I.

When I visit India it’s awkward for me.

The women talk in the kitchen about cooking while the men sit in the living room talking about global affairs.

There is no space to talk about me or science.

1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

He gave them a tiny podium!

Top of the photo in white text reads: "BREAKING OVER 680 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MEMBERS, INCLUDING 10 NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATES, ENDORSE IMPEACHING RFK JR." Below that in black text is a statement reading: "We, the undersigned Members of the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering, writing in our private capacities, endorse the Articles of Impeachment introduced in the House of Representatives on Dec 10, 2025 by Representative Haley Stevens." Below that is the red "STAND UP FOR SCIENCE " logo. Below that is a link in white text reading: "standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr".

BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
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The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.

The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.

https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3

The war on work from home is in large part a war on women having a career btw

sometimes i think about how taking the moral high ground means you do not get the job. you don't get the rec; you're not spoken of highly; your reputation does not precede you. you end up pushed to the sides of the profession, if you still work in it.