I’m just mad because ruining the workplace would have made a banger Halloween costume but it’s not going to be relevant next year (I mean it’s already not relevant).
elinore
@elinorejkaufman.bsky.social
Trauma surgery. Injury prevention. Health services research. Philly. Queer all year. 💔🍉 Doesn’t want to fight Cerberus. she/her
Hey that’s me! Incredible honor to be selected among a huge pool of extraordinary researchers here @pennmedcso.bsky.social
PennMedCSO@pennmedcso.bsky.social · 9mo agoCongratulations to Elinore Kaufman (Surgery), recipient of the Marjorie A. Bowman New Investigator Research Award! Learn more about Dr. Kaufman & her work here➡️ tinyurl.com/sr4jsp92 #PSOMAOE @pennldi.bsky.social
There’s some intense user testing going on out there! Great study to work on with my 2 amazing students, co-1st authors Grayson Graham and Colby Wilson. Look out for them!
PennLDI@pennldi.bsky.social · 10mo agoAnalyzing firearm storage product reviews, researchers found users prioritize devices offering rapid access while remaining resistant to theft/damage. Sturdiness and reliability also emerged as major themes. Details: https://www.journalofsurgicalresearch.com/article/S0022-4804(25)00385-3/fulltext
"One would institute red flag laws... The others would ban devices that convert semi-automatic guns to automatic fire, require background checks for long gun purchases, and ban weapons that can avoid magnetometer detection, like 3D printed “ghost guns.”"
Pa. House Democrats advance a package of bills to toughen state gun laws • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
After a high profile string of deadly shootings, Democratic lawmakers in the state House are moving to tighten Pennsylvania’s firearm laws.
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Help extend essential medical care in Gaza: www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
Rebuild Al-Shifa: Help Us Build a 140-Bed Hospital Extension in the Heart of Gaza City
A Life-Saving Extension at Gaza’s Most Vital Hospital Site Goal: $737,000 USDWhy We’re Rebuilding Al-ShifaAl-Shifa Hospital, once the beating heart of Gaza’s healthcare system, now stands in ruins. Af...
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I remain in awe of my colleagues in Gaza, not only surviving, not only providing care, but also collecting data. Here, a case that would have been a challenge anywhere, managed in a makeshift unit with minimal supplies but maximum skill: tsaco.bmj.com/content/10/2... @tsaco.bsky.social
Managing complex pancreatic and hepatic trauma in Gaza under wartime conditions
A patient presented during a mass casualty event after an airstrike with abdominal injuries from penetrating fragments and the blast wave. The patient was hemodynamically unstable and was transferred ...
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Surprisingly effective things Zohran Mamdani ran on: -free buses -rent freeze -halal cart for $8 instead of $10 -taxing the 1% -no cost childcare -city-owned grocery stores -a Department Of Community Safety for mental health programs and crisis response -building affordable housing -why Cuomo sucks
ICYMI: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...
Trump Cuts to Violence Prevention Programs Likely to Increase Deaths
Sweeping cuts to violence-prevention programs are likely to reverse years of progress in reducing gun violence
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PennLDI@pennldi.bsky.social · last yr.Federal cuts are putting violence prevention programs—and lives—at risk. Join us TOMORROW for the next #DecodingTheMoment event w/ @tradeoffs.org as we unpack what these changes mean for our communities. RSVP: ldi.upenn.edu/events/decod... #GunViolencePrevention #HealthPolicy #HealthEconomics
🚨 ALERTA PHILLY 🚨 Hearing from a very credible local source that there may be ICE action tomorrow (Sunday 6/8) in the following areas: 5th and Washington Ave 7th and Snyder Ave 5th and McKean/Wolf Chinatown Let your neighbors know to stay safe and be vigilant. Be ready. Be water.
The Cure Violence program run by New Kensington Community Development Corporation, is one of 350 groups learning their Justice Department grants would end early.
PA violence prevention programs hit by federal funding cuts
CLARIFICATION: The grant from Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency is helping to keep program staff employed. An earlier version of the story said it was helping to expand the program.…
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Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
"I am getting very sick & tired of having to go onto news programs because journalists aren't allowed in to point out what is happening here... this is a televised slaughter. History will not judge us kindly." I spoke today to Dr Tom Potokar, UK surgeon in Gaza: Full intv: zeteo.com/p/televised-...
“We are only slowly beginning to understand the impact that social media is having on violence. In the 21st century we really need to invest in this space.” @upenn.edu professor and @nam.edu member Desmond Patton shares his perspective while attending #JAMASummit.
Hospitals acquired by PE show a 2.7 pp ↑ in 30D surgical mortality, driven by a 3.9 pp ↑ in failure to rescue. We need enforceable nurse‑staffing minimums, full ownership transparency, and federal review of PE transactions. @andrewmibrahim.bsky.social @um-ihpi.bsky.social bit.ly/432VyWP
HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of protesters have now gathered outside a federal courthouse in downtown Milwaukee to support Judge Hannah Dugan
"Pennsylvania has found a solution — invest in communities to fuel their own solutions. Let those closest to the violence rebuild the structures and resources they need to prevent the next case." Opinion:
Investing in our lives through violence prevention (opinion)
Community violence intervention workers make a big difference in Pennsylvania, and more can be done.
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In February, epidemiologists published a landmark study calculating pregnancy-associated violence by state, and the report suggests a strong connection to firearm legislation and reproductive protocols.
Maternal Homicide Is Very Common — Particularly in These States
When epidemiologist Maeve Wallace first began publishing national data on pregnancy-associated homicide and suicide nine years ago, she knew that more granular numbers would be essential to…
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"Fortunately for our students, Cornell is not a business. We are a university. And universities, despite rapidly escalating political, legal and financial risks, cannot afford to cede the space of public discourse and the free exchange of ideas." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/o...
Opinion | Universities Should Not be Afraid of Contentious Ideas
Higher education cannot cede the space of public discourse and the free exchange of ideas.
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You can read Sarah Roby’s beautiful letter here:
Inside the C.D.C., a Final ‘Love Letter’ Before Mass Layoffs (Gift Article)
The agency’s injury center was among the departments that were largely gutted in Tuesday’s wave of dismissals. Read a staff member’s letter to colleagues while they awaited their fates.
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This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
Do no sleepwalk into autocracy. Keeping your head down will not save you. Instead, your institution—school, nonprofit, church—needs to do what Rutgers is: flocking behaviour. Band together. Be solid. Face reality—together. It does work.And there's no other choice than to sleepwalk into the horror.
Now this, this is the way to defeat an autocrat
So many of us are sleepwalking into autocracy. Here's how to defeat an autocrat—flocking behaviour. It works. It works a lot better than keeping your head down.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿@clancyny.bsky.social · last yr.Sen. Cory Booker's filibuster @booker.senate.gov: "I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis." Watch live on Senate website: www.senate.gov/legislative/...
This is an expansion of methods/infrastructure that have been going on for +-10 years. Not in a "this isn't new!" way, but in a "they are maximizing existing systems" way. Ruha Benjamin and Dorothy Roberts have laid it out well. psmag.com/social-justi...
Gang Databases Are a Life Sentence for Black and Latino Communities
Ending up on a gang database if you're brown or black is easy—you only have to be suspected of association. Getting off a gang database? That's much harder.
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Thanks @theguardian.com for helping us get this piece of the word out.
Jessica Beard, MD, MPH@jessicabeard.bsky.social · last yr."We should be filled with hope, not fear. But here we are, fearing for our patients, our communities and the countless many who will die..." as we face scientific censorship yet again in gun violence research. @altnih4science.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...