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joffirphd.bsky.social
Ph.D. in social psychology. Former researcher in pandemic behavioral risk reduction (non-pharma intervention). Only here to keep up. @[email protected]
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Drive safe, & move out of the way of Teslas. Accidents are now collateral damage. The NHTSA has < staff now, maybe due to 3 investigations of Tesla, inc. "one examining whether the company’s autonomous driving software is prone to failure when visibility is poor." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/b...

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Psych🧵: Unfortunately, anecdotal evidence is very powerful - generally far more so than statistical info that provides a more accurate picture of things - b/c of the "availability heuristic." This heuristic is a "cognitive shortcut" (making thinking faster & easier), whereby people assess... 1/4

submitted 11 hours ago • 2 comments

☎️ Massachusetts folks! There are state bills in your House & Senate to *protect* medical mask wearing by prohibiting municipal mask bans. Please call your *state* senator & rep to support & co-sponsor HD2968 (house) & SD 245 (senate) bills on the right to wear PPE. (Docket #s may change.)

submitted 11 hours ago • 2 comments

As I've said before, our former presidents, SecDefs, SecStates, etc. (both dem & repub) should also be convening a public forum at which they speak. Where the hell is everyone? (Not an ideal time for Colin Powell to be dead.)

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

Just like a pandemic virus, our ill effects spread out from "patient zero," covering more and more territory over time and eventually causing collateral damage everywhere.

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Staffing at the HUD office that pays for housing and support services across the country is slated to be cut by 84%. Advocates warn such heavy cuts could make record-high homelessness even worse.

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☎️Tonight I've seen multiple posts from FB friends lamenting that telehealth appointments are getting canceled because the telehealth extension expires March 31. Glad they finally noticed; furious it took so long. CALL YOUR MoCs & DEMAND A NEW EXTENSION. If we don't get one, people die. Contact:

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They don't care, folks; it was never about protecting taxpayer money. That was just the cover story to their voters; it doesn't mean we had to buy it, too. "The figures from Elon Musk’s team of outsiders represent billions in government cuts. They are also full... www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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Vance's Hillbilly Elegy was caught up in the DoD school book ban. I'm sure it will pass "review," but at least this is a moment of...requital? (I don't think karma is the exact word) to start your weekend off right. pen.org/julianne-moo...

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"But the court’s brief, unsigned order indicated that it may soon return to the issue, noting that a trial judge’s temporary restraining order shielding the lawyer...is set to expire next week." Supreme Court Rejects, for Now, Trump’s Bid to Fire Government Watchdog www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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The whole thing is beyond terrible, but this is ghastly: "Major animal facilities...will 'have to make very, very hard decisions about the animals.…It could be extreme.' Some...might have to euthanize thousands....At facilities that house primates, “This sort of cut would cause a death spiral...."

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Yes, Steve Bannon gave a very obvious, very deliberate Nazi salute last night. But let's also note that the audience at CPAC cheered for it. That's because COAC is full of neo-Nazis. youtu.be/7E9pXCuJnbc?...

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

"each argument from the lawmaker brought a new round of shouts, groans and boos. 'If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going be an effective town hall,' McCormick said, five minutes into defending Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service." 1/2 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Two more fun facts from the article: 🔹️"the CDC's letter template to school principals, advising unvaccinated children to remain home...for 21 days if they've been exposed to the measles virus, is no longer on the agency's website." 🔹️"The burden of measles outbreaks multiplies as the disease...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Measles: 90 cases in TX plus 9 suspected in NM, so far. Fast facts: 🔹️ Gotta get vaxxed. If you're unvaxxed & exposed (even in an empty room - aerosols), you'll catch it. 🔹️"Local health departments are overstretched, pausing other important work as they race to... 1/3 search.app/V7ea6UyQ7FPH...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Trump is now using the Royal "We" to refer to himself - as when he picked a fight about trans athletes with Maine's governor Janet Mills, during a gathering of governors in the WH State Dining Room. The classless king. Link: apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

🧵A few WaPo charts for you. Check out the Repub. opinions - yikes. One little psych note about the last graph: among dems., 8% had no opinion of Musk or skipped the question; 15% of repubs responded that way. That might suggest that D respondents were better informed than R ones, & so, felt... 1/4

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

See the difference b/t Dem & Repug yet? When people who aren't members of a vulnerable group argue that Biden didn't & Harris wouldn't do anything differently from Trump, their privilege is hanging out in an obscene way. If you're poor &/or disabled... 1/2 www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments