I wrote a short essay for The Conversation about the U.S. government’s ever more expansive collection of sensitive health care data domestically and abroad AND theconversation.com/us-governmen...

US government is pushing to gain unprecedented access to your medical records – as data protections are weakening

Large datasets can be useful research tools, but current government efforts to gather medical records depend on policy and technology that falls short of protecting people’s privacy.

theconversation.com

✨ I was thrilled to receive an honorable mention for the Distinguished Scholarly Book Award at the American Sociological Association meeting in NYC last week! 🥹

New Yorkers! 🗽🍎 Thinking about going to see The Odyssey tonight? Join me instead for a different kind of Trojan horse story. Details below. Hope to see you there! ✨

✨There is nothing as fun as a good collaboration 🙌 Check out our latest article “Handing Off: Frontline Redistribution of Work“ in the American Sociological Review ✨ @kelleyfong.bsky.social #JoshSeim @washuartsci.bsky.social @bostoncollege.bsky.social @ucisocsci.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social

I love @theatlantic.com, but that article on drug use? Oof.

Illinois will annually honor Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago whose 1955 murder galvanized the Civil Rights Movement and became a glaring example of failures in the justice system, under a new law Gov. JB Pritzker signed Thursday.

Illinois to annually honor Emmett Till, Chicago teen whose 1955 murder galvanized Civil Rights Movement

chicagotribune.com

Bonus: You get to work with the incredible @jennoliva.bsky.social 🙌

Jennifer Oliva@jennoliva.bsky.social · 2mo ago

@iumaurerlaw.bsky.social seeks to hire several TT law professors this academic year & welcomes entry-level & lateral candidates. Our hiring details and the application portal is available here: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/33776. Our committee would love to hear from interested candidates.

@iumaurerlaw.bsky.social seeks to hire several TT law professors this academic year & welcomes entry-level & lateral candidates. Our hiring details and the application portal is available here: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/33776. Our committee would love to hear from interested candidates.

Today is Black Women's Equal Pay Day. And in 2026, Black women are STILL only making 65 cents on the dollar. Pay Black women. Period.

"We found that at least 150 institutions of higher ed... are using Flock’s surveillance network.. many campus police departments have facilitated immigration related investigations, even when they are located in sanctuary states and are legally prohibited from doing so" by @torinmonahan.bsky.social

Flock on campus: university police as appendages of a national policing apparatus

Dangerous new forms of networked surveillance are gaining traction with police departments across the United States. One popular example is Flock Safety’s Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR)...

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What a lovely surprise! If you assign Policing Patients this fall, please let me know. I love zooming into classes to discuss it.

Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Congratulations to @lizchiarello.bsky.social, whose book Policing Patients is the winner of the Independent Publishers Book Awards' Bronze Medal in Health/Medicine! Read a preview here: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

I am increasingly leaning away from calling "AI" generated stuff "slop" towards calling it "corrosion". Because that's what it does. To our information landscape. To the quality of artifacts around us. To our social connections. To our mental health. To our cognitive abilities.

Dissertation awards up to $2500 for the best policy-relevant dissertations about work, employment, unemployment, or related issues. Deadline is July 20!

Upjohn Institute@upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Our annual award recognizing the best PhD dissertation on employment-related issues is still taking submissions! All academic disciplines are welcome, as long as it has a major employment and policy focus. The deadline is July 20th. Learn more: www.upjohn.org/dissertation... #econsky

Note the date

Ryan Marino, MD@ryanmarino.bsky.social · last yr.

CDC is no longer surveilling outbreaks caused by campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and Yersinia. What could go wrong?

I’m pleased to share that Policing Patients is now out in paperback and audiobook and ON SALE!

Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In Policing Patients, @lizchiarello.bsky.social takes you inside the culture of surveillance that pits healthcare providers against their patients. Out now in #paperback. Read a free preview and save 30% with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #Sociology #Healthcare

I am deeply honored to receive this recognition from @asanews.bsky.social!! 🥰

American Sociological Association@asanews.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Elizabeth Chiarello @lizchiarello.bsky.social (Wash U in St. Louis) is a recipient of a 2026 Distinguished Scholarly Book Award Honorable Mention for “Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis.” @princetonupress.bsky.social bit.ly/ASA26Awards

An inside look at the culture of surveillance that pits healthcare providers against their patients The audio edition of @lizchiarello.bsky.social's Policing Patients, read by Danielle Rudes, is now available! Listen today: hubs.ly/Q04hYMvP0

In Policing Patients, @lizchiarello.bsky.social takes you inside the culture of surveillance that pits healthcare providers against their patients. Out now in #paperback. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #Sociology

Alien: And how did you run out of water? Earthling: Machines drank it. Alien: Machines. Earthling: We had to feed machines the water. Aliens: So the machines were holding your planet hostage for water. Earthling: No, we made the thirsty machines. They worked for us. Alien: End communication.

✨If you need a hard copy of Policing Patients in your life, you can get one for half off (!!) with the code SPRING50 on the Princeton University Press website 💃🏻 press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Policing Patients

An inside look at the culture of surveillance that pits healthcare providers against their patients

press.princeton.edu

Loved seeing @kashana.blacksky.app at @kirkwoodlib.bsky.social’s event tonight 🙌 Great job organizing @mellambert.bsky.social!!

Pistachio and I ran to @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social today to get a copy of @ninamcconigley.bsky.social’s hot new book How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder. Love seeing my fellow @rad-institute.bsky.social Fellow killing it out there!! (pun intended) 😁🙌✨

Tomorrow, I am joining Safe States, SAVIR, and other cutting-edge thinkers to discuss overdose prevention. Join us!

Coming up next month! If you haven't registered yet, there's still time. We hope to see you there! #HarmReduction #TobaccoHarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #THR #SmokingCessation #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #Vaping #Tobacco #HolisticCare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #SupportNotStigma #EndTheStigma

National Harm Reduction Coalition@harmreduction.org · 9mo ago

#TobaccoHarmReduction (#THR) is #HarmReduction. Join us starting Friday for our free webinar series focused on breaking down person-centered care & how THR saves lives, improves health, & honors #BodilyAutonomy! Dec. 12: bit.ly/HowTobaccoHarmReductionWorks March 11: bit.ly/PersonCenteredTHR

I love trains…and the zoo…so I loved this piece. Disagree on the water front, thought. Ours is clearly superior 😉

Collin Preciado@collinpreciado.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The second in my series of humorous reviews for St. Louis Magazine, this week I’m covering the St. Louis Zoo train. Plus: why our water probably tastes like water. www.stlmag.com/family/in-pr...

How quaint political scandal was in 2004. I long for the days…

@ryankrull.bsky.social Who is the best person to contact about this nonsense of rerouting traffic from Compton onto Grand?

In case you missed it, Politico's unionized journalists won a key arbitration ruling against management efforts to rush undercooked, error-prone AI systems into journalism without being transparent or competent about it:

PEN Guild wins landmark arbitration on AI protections - Washington-Baltimore News Guild

This decision marks one of the first major labor-arbitration rulings on the impact of AI on journalists' work.

wbng.org

✨ I’m thrilled to be part of the Centennial Celebrations Local Author Book Fair at the Kirkwood Public Library! ✨ Can’t wait to celebrate stories and our library’s 100th anniversary with you! 📚✨ Register at kplmo.org/event/local-... @kirkwoodlib.bsky.social

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.