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MD + Epidemiologist + Journalist + Author of 8 books| Former Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer| Teach: science journalism | Direct: Stanford Health Comm Initiative| Study: infodemics
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Find out how the competition to create a polio vaccine forged Soviet-US collaboration at the height of the Cold War. Thank you, Dora, for sharing your expertise!

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Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.

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Uplifting sessions at the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents at NCTE in Boston, but also sobering statistics about the supremacy of whiteness in kids publishing.

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Two bookstores owned by Black women have had to close this year because of harassment and threats that made the owners fear for their safety.

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A spooky love story from DJINNOLOGY appears in Kajal Magazine. Read it here: www.kajalmag.com/djinnology-s...

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Because everything is legitimately doom and gloom, and because the future of science seems uncertain — at best, I’ve started a daily IG series called Science Joy. Each installment showcases a recent scientific advancement to give you (and me) a dopamine boost. A lil antidote to the mess out there 🔬🫀

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Things are scary so it’s a great time to read a scary book (like listening to sad songs when you’re heartbroken, no?) Check out Djinnology, the first ever beastiary from the Muslim world. It’s queer, it’s creepy, and the illustrations are out of this world! www.chroniclebooks.com/products/dji...

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This AP article details the kinds of pain this man has exacted on families who have fallen for his lies: apnews.com/article/rfk-...

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I think it's important not to belittle what Elon is doing to Twitter and the damage he's causing to people and their livelihoods. It isn't seperate from the labor crisis sweeping this country, driven by oligarchs with contempt for working folk and a desire to exploit them.

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