Archaeologist. Boat Person. PhD. Happy CC Prof. Sewn boats rock.
Staci Willis
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I hope someone does the math on the magnitude and impact of the fine Streisand Effect these bad actors at the diabetes society and the NIH are creating. 🤦 How many people who otherwise wouldn't even know the journal existed (like me) will now read and share the fiery April 2026 editorial?
5/ For five straight days, she laid in a hospital bed, waiting for her situation to get dire enough that doctors — and the hospital's lawyers — would act.
I saw the headlines and read the brief stories that were very short on details. Her name was Persia and she deserves justice. Moved to hear the words from her loving family about her life.
“We asked the state a simple question: How dead did we have to be to receive healthcare that could save our viable babies and our own lives? Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called us ‘woke.’”
thebarbedwire.com/2026/05/29/k...
"My emotional response to all this is hard to describe, something between disgust and despair. Was it always the case that half of our students would cheat if it were easy enough? If they knew that it would be hard to prove? It’s hard to consider that and not despair."
Her case shows how abortion bans have left hospital lawyers, not doctors, deciding who gets care — and how lawmakers and regulators have failed to change that.
1/ At 17 weeks pregnant, Emily Waldorf was suddenly faced with a life-threatening situation: Her baby’s foot was dipping out of her cervix.
Doctors told her the longer her cervix stayed open, the higher her risk of infection.
They knew how to treat her. There was one issue … 🧵
NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice.
Give it a read:
Jess Morrissette
Today is the last day to comment to the FCC that LGBTQIA2S+ names, stories, identities don't need a warning label. This new potential rulemaking is an attempt at criminalizing the mere fact of being trans or otherwise queer, in the name of discrimination, bigotry, and persecution. Tell them no, now.
Dr. Maria at Natural Math
ProPublica
LinkedIn may be awash with boosters, but shunning AI is the human choice.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous...
