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hildabast.bsky.social
Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. Blogging & Newsletter: Living With Evidence https://hildabastian.wordpress.com/ Mastodon enthusiast: @[email protected]
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Paris Adkins-Jackson is an epidemiologist using mixed methods to study structural racism – with NIH funding. Originally from South Central LA, she's now at Columbia Uni. I created a Wikipedia page for her for #BlackHistoryMonth en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_A... See www.science.org/content/arti...

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Particularly happy today to be on team @plos.org 👏

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

Oh good. @sciencefeedback.bsky.social has a fact check on that measles has longterm benefits nonsense: science.feedback.org/review/no-ev... In fact, it can cause longterm health problems eg hearing loss and neurological damage.

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Sanity prevailed today: Montana did * not * pass the bill to ban mRNA vaccines! www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1... No anti-mRNA theory seemed to be too bizarre for the proponents: nbcmontana.com/newsletter-d... My anti-mRNA debunking compendium absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2024/12/28/g... #Vaccines

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Gorgeous workhorses in the veggie patch! Powering on through a long hot summer. 😍

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A wave of near-identical posts offering “cancer advice,” often alongside a photo of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., recently circulated across Facebook. This pattern reflects a common phenomenon in online misinformation: #copypasta posts

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#CochraneStuff Housekeeping item added: The review on exercise and ME/CFS is not displaying all the comments that have been published for this review. I've submitted a comment titled "All comments on this review are not displayed." hildabastian.wordpress.com/cochrane-stu...

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#CochraneStuff This is getting complicated, so I've started a page to keep track of what I post about the Cochrane Collaboration across platforms: hildabastian.wordpress.com/cochrane-stu... New today: My open letter asking the Cochrane Board questions about transparency of governance and minutes.

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Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w... #medlibs

submitted 8 days ago • 21 comments

Happy National Black Women Physicians’ Day ! We celebrate Dr Rebecca Lee Crumpler today and always. Because of her, I am.

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📣 Important racial equity fellowship opportunity. Via T. O. Molefe: "As the forces of #AntiBlackRacism assert their global influence, it's vital to have space to reflect, imagine and chart a future beyond the colour line...Share, apply, nominate!" sciences.social/@tomolefe/11... #BlackSky

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