Disabled and senior people constitute the highest number of deaths in climate disasters like wildfires and flooding due to poor planning and lack of investment by the govt. Something I wrote about wildfires in Northern CA: sf.curbed.com/2018/11/13/1... #LAFires #LAFirestorm2025

In California wildfires, disabled people may be left behind

"Our lives are at stake and thoughts and prayers are not enough"

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Alice Wong@sfdirewolf.bsky.social · 2y ago

🔥 Sending solidarity to all the seniors & disabled folks trying to survive #LAFires #LAFirestorm2025 📖Receive a signed copy of Disability Intimacy for every $100 donation to @MaskBlocLA 💰Venmo account.venmo.com/u/MaskBlocLA 📩Email receipt: DisabilityVisibilityProject@gmail.com

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Reinstating masking curbs hospital viral outbreaks, study confirms

Researchers investigate how changes in hospital policies for SARS-CoV-2 testing and masking have influenced hospital-acquired respiratory viral infections.

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We support trans rights as a matter of public health, human dignity, and every person’s right to live their true self on their own terms.🩷

Here we go with the US v. Skrmetti oral arguments. Here's where you can listen in: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen... And @elienyc.bsky.social, @hegemommy.bsky.social, @garnethenderson.com are all live tweeting (skeeting?). I will have some skeets to add too!

As usual, McSweeneys is undefeated www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-f...

A Faculty Member’s Self-Evaluation at the End of the Semester

Dear Committee Members, As part of the faculty review process, I am pleased to report to you on my work. In this letter, I will offer information ...

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I wish we lived in a world where public health policy is made based on the best available evidence. But the empirical evidence that we do not live in such a world is overwhelming…

There's a huge tension building within public health over collaboration: can we work with the Trump Administration, at whatever few points of overlap in mission exist, to make people healthier? What this misses is the visibility and transparency of that play to the public, and its impact on trust

Since I suspect these might come up again... 1️⃣ It's "mass infection", not "focused protection". 2️⃣ It's "conspiracy theorist", not "critic". 3️⃣ It's "denier", not "skeptic". 4️⃣ It's "unevidenced", "misleading", or "false", not "disagreement". Bothsidesism and sanewashing are both widespread and 📈.

Come to me tomorrow (11/22) at 10am to hear @zinzinator.bsky.social!

I just wanna point out that the existence of the NLRB and labor unions is the “moderate compromise” option and prior to that things like “running gun battles in the street” and “burning the boss’s house down with everyone in it” were on the table as negotiating tactics

NPR@npr.org · 2y ago

SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.

Who did this 😂

If you are in the U.S. & are an adult w/ a disability (including LC) or the caretaker of someone w/ a disability, the government wants to hear about barriers to healthcare. This is a great opportunity to talk about masks & clean air, as well as any other concerns gaosurvey.gao.gov/jfe/form/SV_...

Folks, I CANNOT stress enough how important it is to research your school board candidates for tomorrow. Most of them are often listed as non-partisan. You gotta drill down and find out who's for what and then vote out the Moms for Liberty worms that embedded themselves since 2020. It matters.

Data disaggregation in the healthcare workforce is long overdue. This is just a small step. Hope we can have better conversations jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Asian American Diversity and Representation in the Health Care Workforce, 2007 to 2022

This serial cross-sectional study evaluates trends in Asian American diversity among physicians, registered nurses, nursing assistants, and home health aides to characterize subgroup representation wi...

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Just a reminder: the deadline to register to vote in the presidential election is likely coming up in your state. Now is the time to register if you haven’t already done so. Go here: vote.gov/register Also, compilation of voter registration resources from APIAVote: apiavote.org/how-to-vote/...

Register to vote in U.S. elections | Vote.gov

Get the information you need to register to vote, check your registration, or update registration information in your state or territory.

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Given the extreme weather we are seeing, it is worth noting that Project 2025 wants to do away with NOAA, and believes the main problem with climate change is that people are too alarmed about it. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-manda...

It is incredibly hard to estimate the effects of laws on mental health, but this is a well-designed effort in an excellent journal. The findings, that anti-trans law lead to worse mental health and suicide attempts, should be taken seriously. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Here's the most troubling story I've investigated all year. I hope it has an impact. Lower wage health workers faced deadly conditions during covid outbreaks in 2020. Now they're struggling with PTSD & more. Employers & the government have left them hanging. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Nursing Aides Plagued by PTSD After ‘Nightmare’ Covid Conditions, With Little Help - KFF Health News

A KFF Health News investigation reveals that employers and the government have offered nursing aides little assistance for PTSD and other ongoing maladies triggered by hazardous work during the pandem...

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📭🗳️ Hey, disabled folks who care about disability issues and considering voting this November! Check out the #CripTheVote 2024 U.S. Election Disability Issue Survey surveymonkey.com/r/9DSFZ99

In this month's newsletter, I write about my recent pelagic birding experience, and why it's so special to look for birds out at sea. Plus the usual photography + links. buttondown.com/edyong209/ar...

The Ed's Up - 11 Hours on a Boat

Before the puffin appeared, the day was disappointingly quiet. I was off the coast of California with my wife, Liz, on our first pelagic trip—a full-day...

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My review packet is due in two weeks and I *cannot wait* to show you my concept of a plan!

A couple folks at work have said recently that I’m “intimidating” I have not done a good job showing ppl my day-to-day life is a actually clown show in a mini-van 🤡🚌

This is such a grim summary of the state of Medicaid eligibility and enrollment systems kffhealthnews.org/news/article... #healthpolicy

Reframe: Across multiple elite colleges, Black and Hispanic/Latine student enrollment fell dramatically compared to last year. In comparison, White study enrollment increased or remained unchanged. Changes in Asian American enrollment were mixed.

Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · 2y ago

“The share of Black students in the freshman class dropped 40%, while that of Hispanic students dropped 29% compared to last year. The share of domestic Asian freshmen increased 14% compared to last year.“

Princeton's AsianAm numbers dropped too. There've been mixed outcomes for AsianAms post-affirmative action, devastating declines in Black, Latine, & Indigenous students, and increases in white students. AsianAms who said Ed Blum was their hero let their anti-Blackness get the best of them.

OiYan Poon (she/her)@oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 2y ago

Yale’s enrollment numbers are out. 2 immediate thoughts. 1. There remain possible approaches to diversity that Yale should (but won’t) celebrate for fear of being sued. 2. This adds to the mixed Asian American outcomes—SFFA ruling wasn’t an Asian American win. yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/09...

Comment period now open on proposed Federal @OSHA_DOL Heat safety regulations. These rules are critical to protect the health and lives of farm workers and other workers who have no choice but to work during dangerous temperatures. ufw.org/federalheatr... WeFeedYou

In this month’s newsletter, I deconstruct the opening paragraph of an old piece, to show the kind of thinking that goes into even a small bit of writing. Also the usual bird photos and reading recommendations: buttondown.com/edyong209/ar...

The Ed's Up - A Writing Case Study

Behind-the-scenes: On writing and practiced intentionality Every June, since 2022, I’ve spent a week on Catalina Island to support the USC Storymakers...

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UC Davis hiring for assistant prof, quantitative sociology recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06682

Assistant Professor of Quantitative Sociology

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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