Amy from Springfield, Ohio sent me the following message I have permission to share: “Ben, I am writing from Springfield, Ohio, where I was born and raised, and raised my kids. It's a little town in Clark County, Ohio that was named in honor of my ancestor George Rogers Clark, brother of William Clark from the Lewis and Clark Expedition. My little city of 59,000 people, consists mostly of blue-collar workers, day laborers, teachers, nurses, etc. We are the home of the silent film actress Lillian Gish, comedian Jonathon Winters, and of course, the great John Legend. I never imagined seeing our town as the epicenter of so much conversation, discussion, and debate. Seriously, I can't turn on the TV without hearing our city mentioned! The truth is that no one steals our pets, let alone eats them. Our police department has verified this. Our Haitian population is known to be hard workers, business owners, and good neighbors. One friend said his Haitian neighbors always smile and wave, and that you've never heard Brahm's Lullaby until you've heard sung in French to an infant by a Haitian mother. My friend who is a construction worker at the Intel plant in Columbus said that many Haitian employees reside in Springfield (more affordable) and travel to Columbus to work...and that they are good people, hard workers, and always on time. Some are taking the opportunity to get training to further their skill set and employability. What HAS happened in Springfield is an outpouring of xenophobia. There are protests by the Proud Boys on the corners and violent threats to our city hall, colleges, and schools. Our tiny downtown (honestly, if you blink you'll miss it!) has dealt with multiple bomb threats, causing several schools to be evacuated and closed. The college where I teach, Clark State, is going virtual this week (Sept 16-20) out of an abundance of caution. Thumbs up to our college president and other administrators for always making safety a priority. Why? Because of Trump's complete lie about our city (a sarcastic "thank you" also to Loomer and Vance). As you know, Haitians are here under protective status. They are not killing and eating our cats and dogs, along with ducks and geese in Snyder Park. It has now become a running joke with an abundance of memes. But the truth is, it's sad and frightening. Along with teaching college, I have a small Etsy business. A recent customer has been wonderfully patient as I postponed shipment because I hesitate to go downtown to the Post Office (a request of my kids who live in LA, I told them I'd find a different shipping location). The lies from Trump and his allies are being perpetuated in the city. But fortunately, people are coming to Springfield to support our Haitian businesses! I can only hope that this little town, which typically leans red, will wake up and see what is in store without a blue wave.”

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WOW. So, it turns out that story told by Senator Katie Britt, on national TV, as part of the Republican party rebuttal to President Biden, was bullshit. It was an awful story about sex trafficking, which DID happen, but not the way Britt told it. She made it seem like it happened on the border, in the United States and while Biden was President, but it happened between 2004 and 2008, when George W. Bush was President. And it happened IN MEXICO. It is DESPICABLE for a sitting U.S. Senator to weaponize the pain experienced by a real survivor of sex trafficking, just to try to create a false narrative. It's even WORSE that Britt was part of the team negotiating to pass the border security bill before she decided to shit on the very thing that would help prevent awful things like that from happening. SHAME ON YOU, @SenKatieBritt.

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Q&A: Solving astronauts’ health challenges in deep space could have payoffs on Earth statnews.com/2024/02/16/deep… by @SciFleur via @statnews It "completely changes the paradigm of how you do health care and also the actual risks." Go @DoritPhD! 🙏 🚀 cc @emmeslin @NASA @BCMSpaceHealth @VNRahimzadeh @HollyLynchez @HankGreelyLSJU @VarditRavitsky @CohenProf @BCMEthics

International experts call for rules for commercial research in space thegatewayonline.ca/2024/01/… via @The_Gateway Me: "What we want to do is create a norm where transparency is the expectation..." cc @VarditRavitsky @VNRahimzadeh @DoritPhD @emmeslin @HollyLynchez @HankGreelyLSJU

Thanks to our incredible Board members for supporting us through a year of change that ushered in a new governance structure, renewed funding through the #StrategicScienceFund and an upcoming leadership transition as we bid farewell to Eric M. Meslin, President and CEO.

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Read the full report by CCA's Expert Panel on Regulating Gene-Edited Organisms for Pest Control here cca-reports.ca/reports/gene-…

Our latest report from the Expert Panel on the Future of Arctic and Northern Research in Canada will be released on December 4. Get notified when it’s available. #ArcticScience #ArcticResearch #Research #NorthernResearch 🧭🐻‍❄️ bit.ly/3RFdH8Z

Who and What Do We Trust? From @emmeslin and @anita_melnyk for @sciencepolicy. In Canada, there is documented deterioration of trust in institutions, experts, media, and science...⤵️ sciencepolicy.ca/posts/who-a… #CSPC2023

Looking forward to heading “back home” to Indiana for this lecture looking back and forward in #genomics #bioethics #policy #technology #innovation ⁦and to seeing old friends.

Replace the SDGs with the GSDs. Interested? To fool the big bad algorithm, check out the link in my X stream and pls RT.

Very pleased to be participating in PUENTES (“Bridges”) 2023, a meeting involving researchers focused on #globalhealth #research #care by @BUAP @UTAustin @DellMedSchool @IUMedSchool @AMPATH @AdrianGardnerMD here in Puebla, Mexico

Excited to crack open our @cca_reports assessment on #antimicrobial #availability for @GovCanHealth cca-reports.ca/reports/pull-…

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Ethically cleared to launch? Rules are needed for human research in commercial spaceflight. Our new paper, the first international ethics framework: science.org/doi/full/10.1126… via @ScienceMagazine Go team! with @VNRahimzadeh @VarditRavitsky @usairforce @CohenProf @NASA @emmeslin @HollyLynchez @HankGreelyLSJU @PascalBorry @DoritPhD @OrbitalReef @blueorigin @hanlonesq @drlucieinthesky cc @EricTopol @CASC_ACCS @UbakaOgbogu

Very happy to finally announce this! Our Inaugural Speaker will be none other than the wonderful Dr. Eric Meslin @emmeslin! The CGP hopes to see you there! The Prof. Bartha Maria Knoppers Inaugural Lecture 2023 Invitation mcgill.ca/humangenetics/chan… via @Human_Genetics