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One of my pet peeves: When women are praised in hiring/promotion meetings for being “selfless”, “nice”, “helpful”, “humble”, etc. It broadcasts to women that our success depends on us being self-effacing/deferential instead of smart, productive, talented, & excellent at our jobs.

Safeway implemented this back in 2005 and it was soon apparent it made their female cashier unsafe to do. But they kept up the policy for years.

If ever there was a green light for male violence against women, this case is it: Serving soldier who beat woman and BOASTED about it on social media avoids jail. The 'sentence' comes just two days after domestic abuse reports hit record high in Ireland.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

So, these White Mountain Apache girls were expelled from school after non-Native school officials deemed their coming of age ceremonial Sundance as “satanic.” The dance did not align with the school’s Christian beliefs and practices. Should the girls have been expelled?

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#GAZA: 20 aid agencies & 20 medical professionals call urgently for a ceasefire to allow life-saving polio vaccinations to be administered to 640,000 children aged under 10. "Now polio is confirmed, the response needs to be measured in hours, not weeks." savethechildren.net/news/gaza-aid-…

The original selfie stick? 🤔

finally an emoji for me and Anomalic

Two days ago, a lawfirm filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against 6 commercial publishers (incl Elsevier & Wiley) in the federal district court in New York. They allege a 3-part scheme on part of publishers. 🧵 lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/acad…

My brilliant med student asked me to explain correlation, causation, confounding &collider bias. I used the following ex… so sharing here in case anyone finds it helpful! PS -I have learned much from David Nunan CEBM Catalogue of Bias - a great resource for EBM. hopefully he approves😅

A defining moment of this trial: #GisèlePelicot, in her final time on the stand, addressed her decision to keep the surname "Pelicot": "When the trial began, my children were 'ashamed' of the name. I have grandchildren called that. I want them proud. My name is known worldwide

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - The Johnson County Department of Public Health is urging people to get the flu vaccine. Not just to help prevent the seasonal flu, but also to prevent a potential new virus from being created.

Los Angeles 😢😱

I need people to understand how difficult it is to get an NIH grant. You spend months writing a proposal, following strict guidelines that include a detailed multiyear budget, bios of everyone on your team, plans for participant safety & ethical conduct. Then you send it off -1/n

It's time to explain a little more about what 'diversity' and DEI initiatives mean in the context of NIH and NSF grants. One of NIH's funding mechanisms is called a 'diversity supplement.' What this means is that if an investigator already has a funded NIH grant (see my earlier

So is Elon going to admit he was wrong about his claims of massive amounts of dead people on Social Security rolls now or what?

Atheist Girl Mass amnesty for undocumented immigrants likely benefits the U.S. more than deportation. Economically, amnesty could boost GDP by $1.7 trillion over a decade and create jobs, as undocumented immigrants contribute $580 billion in taxes yearly. Deportation might cut GDP by 7.4%,