@tricia-starks
Historian of Russian/Soviet Health and Med. Pushkin House Prize nominee for Cigarettes and Soviets. Shortlisted for Smoking under the Tsars. Now researching Russian male health. Opinions my own/not my employers.
World map highlighting countries where polio has been detected in the last 12 months
CDC issued a Global Polio Level 2 Travel Health Notice advising enhanced precautions
Tragic. We had polio almost eradicated, but disruption to vaccination campaigns due to COVID, global instability, defunding & vaccine hesitancy have led us here
#VaccinesWork
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According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs 2025, the fastest‑rising core skills in the global marketplace include analytical thinking, creative thinking, resilience and leadership; all of which continue to be the bedrock of an arts education.”
Something started happening in 2020 and is continuing to happen, which causes premature death and chronic illness, huh?
Workshop on genetics, eugenics and scientific racism next week! #Philsci #Philosophy #Ethics #HPS #Sociology #AcademicSky
We will be conducting hybrid sessions, you can find the zoom link at www.imseam.uni-heidelberg.de/en/heinzelma...
Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Russian injured estimated between 1.1-1.4m and dead around 230-430K. Altogether — “That’s one in 25 Russian men between the ages of 18 and 49 who’ve probably been killed or seriously wounded since the war began.”
Gift link
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Citing data that more Russians are dying in Ukraine than the country is able to recruit, NATO Secretary General warns “I would say, ‘Do everything you can to stop this, because it is killing Russia. It is so bad for Russia’.”
I had the same reaction!
DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g.
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The writers have gotten too literal. Give the reader some credit.
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
“are you scared of a fucking whistle dawg” has been knocking around my head all day
As far as I know, Tom Suozzi here still does not have a primary challenger in his district (NY-3 on Long Island).
The filing deadline is April 6 for the primary on June 23, and if there's a remotely progressive town council member or PTA president in that district, this is the time to make a move.
Plus, “level funding” last year didn’t stop state councils from being gutted and Wilson Center being shuttered. Without guarantees that funding will actually be given to agencies and that they will be staffed and free of political interference in allotting funds, I’m not reassured.
I never caught someone at @ASEEES for a report on what was up with Wilson (and Kennan) - you have any links?
National Humanities Alliance reports budget bills expected to be signed by Trump will include level funding for NEH, and continued, but cut, funding for NARA and NHPRC. Wilson Center gets funding - 5m down from 15m in FY25. Check link for more on different funding levels:
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
A chart of incidence of diphtheria, measles, whooping cough, polio, parotitis, and scarlet fever that shows uniform declines from 1951-1990 with particularly impressive drops after the introduction of vaccinations for said diseases.
It's been a heck of a week to look at the near miraculous effects of vaccination campaigns in post-war Russia (figures specifically for RSFSR).
Yep, I've got a History degree and the lessons from it are far less predictive of what will happen in contemporary society than Gender Studies and Critical Race Theory, which are like that sports almanac in Back to the Future II.
“Supplying cannon fodder for the war is now considered the main indicator of effectiveness for Russian governors...”
Expert on Russian military recruitment expects more coercion, deception, and exploitation of economic situation in the provinces in 2026.
Turns out studying philosophy is actually valuable. Philosophy majors don’t just argue well, they actually become better thinkers and do better on tests.
Data from 600k students shows they outscore every other major on reasoning, curiosity and open-mindedness.
Telegram project tracking Russian war dead lists 4000 in just Saratov with 40-50 dying every week. MIA not included. (English dubbing on clip)
this is precisely it. also why i couldn't use it much at work. created more work than time it saved. gemini's new models still get about 1 in 3 knowledge requests wrong, according to google's *public* data. probably worse when you look at internal data.
This is no Hallmark Christmas story …
Thought for the Day
Putin emptied the prisons for the front lines - now those freed prisoners are returning and killing or injuring people at home - mostly family members.
Child deaths under 5 believed to be rising for first time in decades
Cuts to development aid from several countries is a key factor, researchers said.
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