Michelle Lacey
@nolastatprof.bsky.social
I'm an academic statistician developing analytical methods to support biomedical research with a focus on epigenetics. I also work with the World Food Programme to assist in the monitoring and assessment of programs to improve food security.
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil
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I love this. It will be interesting to see how the Columbia administration tries to squirm out of this trap it set for itself: sites.google.com/view/columbi...
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Immediately after October 7, 2023, Columbia University’s leadership issued statements, implemented policies, engaged its disciplinary procedures, and took many other actions that made clear that it wo...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “In a short span of time, we transformed the way we thought about health,” Cal Newport writes. “I’ve come to believe that a similarly rapid revolution is possible in how we respond to our diminishing ability to think.”
Opinion | Technology Weakens Our Minds. It’s Time to Resist.
Just as we changed our thinking around physical fitness, we need to change our attitude toward cognitive fitness.
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A quick reminder that Congress not only needs to pass budgets, but also enforce them.
AAU@aau.edu · 4mo agoThe NIH is "considerably far behind" in its funding this fiscal year, said AAU's Lizbet Boroughs. Sustained NIH investments are essential for discovering new treatments and cures on behalf of the American public.
Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck
Since the Enlightenment, we’ve been making our own decisions. But now AI may be about to change that, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute
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"American universities, institutions that sh'ld be bastions of critical thought & democratic values, make the same calculations that S. African universities made under white supremacy: that capitulation is pragmatic & that survival requires accommodation." www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
The triumph over apartheid offers hope to US universities
The parallels between apartheid-era South Africa and contemporary threats to academic freedom from the Trump administration in the United States are n...
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Hemp products that contain THC could be made illegal nationwide - as soon as next week - as Mitch McConnell uses the government shut down as leverage. Please repost this & share it with everyone you know! Link here to contact your reps: hempsupporter.com/bill/stop-he...
Total cancer risk estimates from measured concentrations of volatile organic compounds in industrialized southeastern Louisiana | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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“Any university leader who signs on to this compact would betray everything good and solid about the university and would do deep and permanent harm to the United States and the world,” writes @sivav.bsky.social in this brilliantly belittling essay. newrepublic.com/article/2013...
Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
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UPenn professors have responded forcefully to the Trump administration's that colleges sign a "compact" in order to secure funding: "When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...
Statement by the AAUP-Penn Executive Committee on the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education | AAUP–Penn
October 2, 2025 We have received reports that Penn has been “invited” to sign a so-called “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” by the federal government, and that failing to do so wou...
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Grants are awarded to faculty, not university administrators. The "compact" with universities that Trump is offering would completely dismantle the peer review process by awarding funding based on administrative policies rather than the merits of the research. Just say no.
Howard Lutnick on new H1B visa fees: "If you're going to train somebody, you're going to train one of the recent graduates from one of the great universities across our land." How does that work when you're simultaneously defunding research and training programs at all American universities?
I think we are dangerously underestimating how many jobs we will lose to AI and how deep the spiritual cost will be. The industry tells us strong restrictions on AI will hurt us and help China. I wrote this to explain how they pulling one over on us. www.chrismurphyct.com/p/in-our-scr...
In our scramble to win the AI race against China, we risk losing ourselves
A fraud is being perpetuated on the American people and our pliant, gullible political leaders.
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This is absolutely insane. As faculty face funding cuts, the University of Michigan is spending millions to hire incompetent undercover investigators to surveil student activists.
University of Michigan using undercover investigators to surveil student Gaza protesters
Revealed: security trailing students on and off campus as video shows investigator faking disability when confronted
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ELECTION COVERAGE: Louisiana voters reject 4 constitutional amendments, handing Gov. Jeff Landry a major policy defeat. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social & @greglarose.bsky.social report. lailluminator.com/2025/03/29/l...
Louisiana voters reject 4 constitutional amendments, handing Landry major defeat • Louisiana Illuminator
In a stunning rejection of Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, Louisiana voters turned down all four of his constitutional amendments Saturday.
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And now they're coming for the statisticians... "The longtime head of the American Statistical Association (ASA), Ronald Wasserstein, says these panels also serve an important role as watchdogs. 'Disbanding them eliminates an important check on how well the government is doing its work,' he says."
Panels giving scientific advice to Census Bureau disbanded by Trump administration
New commerce secretary tells advisers to federal statistical agencies that their mission has been “fulfilled”
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