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Seema Yasmin

@doctoryasmin

MD + Epidemiologist + Journalist + Author of 8 books| Former Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer| Teach: science journalism | Direct: Stanford Health Comm Initiative| Study: infodemics

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Oh my goodness! Thank you πŸ’œ

24.12.2024 19:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Find out how the competition to create a polio vaccine forged Soviet-US collaboration at the height of the Cold War.

Thank you, Dora, for sharing your expertise!

01.12.2024 03:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.

16.11.2024 23:38 πŸ‘ 29236 πŸ” 5351 πŸ’¬ 881 πŸ“Œ 367
A cartoon infographic featuring black and brown kids showing that of 3,600 kids books published in 2012, 3% were about African Americans, 1.5% about Latinos, less than 1% about Native Americans and 2% about Asian Americans

A cartoon infographic featuring black and brown kids showing that of 3,600 kids books published in 2012, 3% were about African Americans, 1.5% about Latinos, less than 1% about Native Americans and 2% about Asian Americans

Uplifting sessions at the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents at NCTE in Boston, but also sobering statistics about the supremacy of whiteness in kids publishing.

23.11.2024 13:35 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Two bookstores owned by Black women have had to close this year because of harassment and threats that made the owners fear for their safety.

22.11.2024 16:48 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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Djinnology An intriguing and spine-tingling guide to the world of djinn.Lurking in the corner of your living room, perhaps reading this sentence over your shoulder right now, is an often invisible creature that ...

Get your copy of DJINNOLOGY, an illuminated story collection about the world of djinn, here: www.chroniclebooks.com/products/dji...

18.11.2024 11:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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And another story from DJINNOLOGY is published in the Indian literary magazine State of Matter: stateofmatter.in/fiction/the-...

18.11.2024 11:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A spooky love story from DJINNOLOGY appears in Kajal Magazine. Read it here: www.kajalmag.com/djinnology-s...

18.11.2024 11:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy anniversary!

16.11.2024 23:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Because everything is legitimately doom and gloom, and because the future of science seems uncertain β€” at best, I’ve started a daily IG series called Science Joy. Each installment showcases a recent scientific advancement to give you (and me) a dopamine boost. A lil antidote to the mess out there πŸ”¬πŸ«€

16.11.2024 21:02 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Djinnology An intriguing and spine-tingling guide to the world of djinn.Lurking in the corner of your living room, perhaps reading this sentence over your shoulder right now, is an often invisible creature that ...

Things are scary so it’s a great time to read a scary book (like listening to sad songs when you’re heartbroken, no?)

Check out Djinnology, the first ever beastiary from the Muslim world.

It’s queer, it’s creepy, and the illustrations are out of this world!

www.chroniclebooks.com/products/dji...

16.11.2024 20:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This AP article details the kinds of pain this man has exacted on families who have fallen for his lies: apnews.com/article/rfk-...

14.11.2024 23:46 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Hi!

01.07.2023 16:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0