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kristjana.bsky.social
Epidemiologist, feminist, lottery immigrant 🇮🇸🇺🇸, nerd. Assoc Prof at University of Iceland via University of Washington. She/her. Goddamnit, you've got to be kind.
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hello cis friends this is what people mean by trans genocide if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist

submitted 5 days ago • 152 comments

“We went to the AAAS meeting to see what practicing scientists think about gutting the nation’s science and technology infrastructure, and here’s what Trump’s acting NSF director and head of OSTP told us” is some fine motherfucking reporting, NYTimes.

submitted 6 days ago • 12 comments

Just backed this. I love a cooperative game and some of my favorite games have come from backing kickstarter campaigns!

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

So petty. And you know what, it’s fine. Everyone knows how this administration feels, and if people have to scroll past this little tantrum to get to the information they need, so be it.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Iceland has a large and growing number of geothermal spas, which are luxurious and beautiful*. But if you visit, don’t sleep on the public pools. I’m convinced they’re the only reason many of us live here winter after winter. *And only one is currently at risk of being swallowed by a volcano

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Really hoping this holds up. Indirect costs pay for maintenance of lab equipment, janitorial services, grants management staff and gas and electricity for research buildings. This isn’t “targeting” DEI, it’s destroying research infrastructure and eliminating people’s jobs.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

saying "go birds" but just rooting for birds in general, hope they're having fun and not catching that flu

submitted 14 days ago • 30 comments

The 51st state thing is embarrassing. Very “That’s why Zendaya should be my girlfriend” energy.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

submitted 16 days ago • 271 comments

Do older Americans know that Elon Musk now controls access to their Social Security and health insurance?

submitted 22 days ago • 506 comments

The article also mentions the halt in publication of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the first in 60 years. The first administration in all that time to decide they’d like to directly interfere in what scientists can and can’t say. Did voters expect this? Is this what they wanted?

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

🧵 THREAD: Trump and Rubio have arrested the international humanitarian aid system and forced lifesaving aid programs to completely halt operations — despite an announcement earlier in the week claiming they had changed course. 1/

submitted 23 days ago • 91 comments

PEPFAR has saved millions of lives. Prevented tens of millions of children from being orphaned. The impact of it is hard to adequately describe to people outside the global HIV space. I can’t fathom destroying it with a swipe of a sharpie. I can’t fathom wanting to.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

We get data *from* the WHO. Without this, we're flying blind with data regarding evolution of infectious agents globally, putting us behind if we need to develop vaccines & treatments, just for one aspect. This puts the whole country at risk.

submitted 27 days ago • 37 comments

Reminder that underlying medical conditions include hypertension, diabetes, and asthma.

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

Happy Solstice! We’ve made it through the darkest day and gain 11 seconds of daylight tomorrow. Don’t forget your sunscreen.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

It wasn’t that long ago. Living in a time and place where we can prevent this kind of trauma is a gift and a privilege. Don’t let RFK Jr tell you different.

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Shameful. Remember Irish women having to travel to London for abortion care and how antiquated and dystopian that seemed? I give it five years before this is that.

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

🎵 ooh baby do you know what that's worth

submitted 79 days ago • 18 comments

We as scientist urgently need to become better at communicating our science to non-scientists. The vast majority of people don’t work in our fields and we do ourselves and our work a disservice if we only know how to communicate with those few who do!

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

Are you kidding me with this? It’s is not AI’s job to “translate my work accurately”. Also it is terrible at it.

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Opening my 45 or older advent calendar--ooo, Advil! Every day is Advil. The Calendar is on my wall. It's a medicine cabinet.

submitted 83 days ago • 7 comments

Atoms are binary. They are either intended to be hydrogen or helium. We can't just scrap this worldview just because of a handful of exceptions

submitted 87 days ago • 125 comments