J. Offir, PhD
Ph.D. in social psychology. Former researcher in pandemic behavioral risk reduction (non-pharma intervention). Only here to keep up. @joffir@med-mastodon.com
- I just saw a good television PSA from my state DoT that said, if you don't use seat belts in the car, "You're not a passenger; you're a projectile." This was followed by a graphic reminding people to buckle up. Fear campaigns work.
- An Ohio man checked out 100 library books & burned them. "The books were reportedly on Jewish history, African American history, and LGBTQ+ education." Librarians, pls consider NOT letting patrons take out more than 5-10 books at once. These are dangerous times. www.cleveland19.com/2025/05/12/m...
- This about sums it up.
- You probably heard that Newark, NJ Mayor Ras Baraka, a Dem candidate for NJ governor, was arrested at a Newark ICE facility yesterday - outside an area he was invited into & then asked to leave. But now the DHS is threatening to arrest three MoCs also there. 1/3 www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
- He does not care about your kids. "A decades-long campaign to prevent infants from dying in their sleep [is] a casualty of [Trump's] federal workforce cuts, and doctors fear it could contribute to more infant deaths at a time when mortalities [are] rising." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
