In anticipation of Trump's press conference on alleged election interference tomorrow, we're doing an early release of our "Rigged Election" Bingo game. Which worn out tropes will he and his operatives roll out (again) tomorrow? Create your own card to play along. bingo.cip.uw.edu/s/92d3739d-2...

"Rigged Election" Bingo

Spot the tropes before they spread — can you get BINGO?

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I am off to Chicago for a two-day workshop on ophthalmology and AI, Illinois Eye-TEACH (Technology, Education, Artificial Intelligence, and Clinical Informatics in Healthcare. It is taking place at my medical school alma mater, UIC. chicago.medicine.uic.edu/ophthalmolog...

Illinois Eye-TEACH | Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences | University of Illinois College of Medicine

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Each year, I give a lecture to first-year medical students at two universities. Entitled, Information is Different Now that You’re a Doctor, I introduce the field of clinical informatics and describe how the relationship with data and information changes when one becomes a physician.

Nice to get together with 10 of the 50 students completing the January-May 10x10 (“ten by ten”) course and spend an afternoon talking about all things informatics at the @amia.org Amplify meeting in Denver.

I am looking forward to this week’s @amia.org Amplify Conference in Denver, CO, where I will be conducting my usual in-person session for those completing the AMIA 10x10 (“ten by ten”) introductory course in biomedical informatics and AI. amia.org/education-ev...

AMIA 10x10: Introduction to Biomedical Informatics and Artificial Intelligence

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Gosh, it’s almost as if he is, um, a liar He also lied when he said he wasn’t banning certain words; we wasted months and months of time removing “racial disparities” from our grant (endless hours on the phone with the NIH program officer) He lies as frequently as you and I breathe

Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In the #NASEM fireside chat with Jay Bhattacharya, he says there is no political review of grants. 👀 NIH staff being required to censor grants base on a computational text analysis tool beg to differ. www.science.org/pb-assets/PD...

Summary of the NAM workshop especially Director Bhattacharya’s Fireside chat. I will still post my reactions later, but I need some rest first.

Zen Faulkes@doctorzen.net · 3mo ago

Blog post summarizing today's #IntegrityNASEM workshop, focusing on Bhattacharya's "fireside chat." TL;DR - Chat with the NIH director was the WORST part of the entire event. Pretty dire. Includes some choice quotes from @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social. neurodojo.blogspot.com/2026/04/nati...

‼️The 10x10 digital course, Introduction to Biomedical Informatics and AI, begins TOMORROW! Hear from course director William Hersh, MD, on what you'll bring to your work after the course. Register now and get started building your #AI foundation: amia.org/education-ev...

Registration is open for the next offering of the AMIA 10x10 (“ten by ten”) course that begins on April 8, 2026. This course provides a detailed overview of biomedical and health informatics and AI to those who will work at the interface of healthcare and information technology (IT).

AMIA@amia.org · 4mo ago

AI is reshaping how health systems operate, how research is done, and how clinicians deliver care. AMIA's 10x10 course, Introduction to Biomedical Informatics and AI, gives you the foundation you need. ▶️ Secure your spot by April 8th! amia.org/education-ev... #HealthInformatics #AI

Next offering of the course begins next week!

AMIA@amia.org · 4mo ago

AI is reshaping how health systems operate, how research is done, and how clinicians deliver care. AMIA's 10x10 course, Introduction to Biomedical Informatics and AI, gives you the foundation you need. ▶️ Secure your spot by April 8th! amia.org/education-ev... #HealthInformatics #AI

I came for a protest and won a peace prize!

Lovely day for a protest with a cast of tens (hundreds?) of thousands in Portland!

The amazing rainbows we get in Oregon! The pot of gold is likely just inside Nehalem Bay State Park.

I am looking for to attending the @amia.org #Amplify2026 conference in May!

AMIA@amia.org · 6mo ago

At #Amplify2026, you can choose from over 200 sessions and hear presenters from leading informatics organizations. Discover, develop, and demonstrate your informatics impact: amia.org/education-ev... #HealthInformatics #ClinicalInformatics #Healthcare #HealthIT

I enjoyed the opportunity to give my talk "AI in Education and Education in AI" yesterday to the Department of Computational Biomedicine at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. Link to a PDF of my slides and references: assets.zyrosite.com/Aq2WRaVw59SJ...

1/n Listened to a thought provoking lecture by @billhersh.bsky.social on the role of AI in education and the need for education about AI. It seems to me that we need a radical rethink about the many purposes of education and how to deliver education to achieve those purposes. Surely it is time to...

Ok, I am impressed. Flying a United Embraer 175 tonight with Starlink from SFO to PDX. You can get it via wifi as soon as you board the plane, no need to wait until takeoff or 10,000 feet. And it's fast! www.speedtest.net/result/18826...

Applications for this #microbiome #datascience short course are due next week! If you're in biomedical research, interested in building data science skills to study the microbiome and reusing publicly available data, this course is for you!

Lisa Karstens@lisakarstens.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Applications are open for the Human Microbiome Data Discovery short course! This is a 2-week course for postdocs and junior faculty to learn #datascience skills in #microbiome science. Offered May 4 - 15, 2026 in Portland, OR at OHSU Learn more at bit.ly/microbiome-data-course

This is an excellent, if sad, collection.

Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread) 1. Pat Bagley

I genuinely enjoy Bluesky, its content, and the people on it with whom I interact, but the engagement here is nothing like other social media platforms, namely LinkedIn and Facebook. www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...

billhersh.bsky.social's Bluesky Wrapped 2025

Check out billhersh.bsky.social's year on Bluesky!

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Applications are open for our Human Microbiome Data Discovery short course at Oregon Health & Science University!

Lisa Karstens@lisakarstens.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Applications are open for the Human Microbiome Data Discovery short course! This is a 2-week course for postdocs and junior faculty to learn #datascience skills in #microbiome science. Offered May 4 - 15, 2026 in Portland, OR at OHSU Learn more at bit.ly/microbiome-data-course

Happy Holidays!

My whole life, summed up in three words. @amia.org

The @amia.org 10x10 (“ten by ten”) course, Introduction to Biomedical Informatics & Artificial Intelligence, provides a broad and in-depth introduction to biomedical informatics and AI. For more information and registration, visit bit.ly/AMIA10x10

AMIA 10x10: Introduction to Biomedical Informatics and Artificial Intelligence

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Come on Nashville, we are pulling for you!

It was gratifying to be awarded the @amia.org AMIA Academic Forum Health Informatics Educator of The Year Award at the Annual Symposium, but equally gratifying to be called out twice in Jim Cimino’s Year in Review session at the meeting.

This year marks my 40th consecutive #AMIA2025 fall meeting, dating back to SCAMC, and including the virtual meeting during the pandemic in 2020. Extra special this year is my daughter Alyssa attending, along with my grandson, and we will all be decked out in AMIA t-shirts!

There are many worse things the Trump Administration has done but this one hits close to home for me. One of the things that the US government does very well is create high-quality data sets and tools to use them. It is sad to lose these tremendous resources. apnews.com/article/cens...

Data scientists perform last rites for 'dearly departed datasets' in 2nd Trump administration

A group of U.S. data scientists has published a list of federal datasets that have been altered or removed since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

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What a great night! I feel better this morning than I have in a long time. Even though I do not agree with all of his policy positions, I am thrilled for Zohran Mandani. Great news in Virginia, New Jersey, and California! I hope this is the beginning of the end of Trump 2, but much work still to do.

I am a Cubs fan through and through, but enjoyed this World Series immensely. I was rooting for the Canadian team just to be able revel at a non-US team winning in the era of Donald Trump, but I can't complain about the victorious team from a blue state with many immigrants on its roster.