Political scientist in a public health school. Health policy and politics, especially in Europe. Recent books on EU health policy, federalism and social policy, co-benefits. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Opinions personal. 🚲. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5288-0471https://bsky.app/profile/scottlgreer.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottlgreer.bsky.social/post/3mvusrcklv22lgood article about terrible stuff. the links amount to an archive documenting these guys’ enormous self regard and malfeasance intellectual and sexual [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:pmhgc7dgvtfx47o7harqcy75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvusrcklv22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottlgreer.bsky.social/post/3mvtthiuokc2l“Unctuous” to characterize peanut butter. I wonder if it was used more often in its literal meaning a century ago https://buttondown.com/theswordandthesandwich/archive/notable-sandwiches-148-peanut-butter-and-pickle/19 Sep 2026 04:21 +0000at://did:plc:pmhgc7dgvtfx47o7harqcy75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtthiuokc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottlgreer.bsky.social/post/3mvtt5jy5ms2lReally good on policies that could make the UK less vulnerable to heat, mostly by making passive cooling (like external shutters, Mediterranean style) easier to install. Potentially significant wins for low cost climate adaptation in a country that badly needs it https://www.smf.co.uk/commentary_podcasts/britains-cooling-debate/?__cf_chl_tk=T9a4Tg5zKW1ZKiRAsyKXvNqCAv9pZAnEdba6rcvFWjk-1789791293-1.0.1.1-SO79SRDvMIXPiRuYltHxQqXXQr5PD6Hgwv6imXD7DOc19 Sep 2026 04:16 +0000at://did:plc:pmhgc7dgvtfx47o7harqcy75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtt5jy5ms2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottlgreer.bsky.social/post/3mvtsx442c22w‘Matt Damon revealed that Netflix wants a film’s plot restated “three or four times” because they assume viewers will be distracted by looking at stuff on their phones. This has resulted in a lot of crappy content pandering to people who are only half pay attention.’ Interesting! Fun essay overall. https://biblioracle.substack.com/p/lets-try-to-not-become-huge-dopes?utm_campaign=post19 Sep 2026 04:12 +0000at://did:plc:pmhgc7dgvtfx47o7harqcy75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtsx442c22whttps://bsky.app/profile/scottlgreer.bsky.social/post/3mvtssigoes2w“Introduction of the London ULEZ was associated with improved lung function growth trajectories in children in London compared with children in Luton…This evidence supports wider implementation of clean air zones as a public health intervention.” NB NIH support https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(26)00163-5/fulltext19 Sep 2026 04:10 +0000at://did:plc:pmhgc7dgvtfx47o7harqcy75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtssigoes2whttps://bsky.app/profile/scottlgreer.bsky.social/post/3mvtspv5q2k2w“COVID-19 reporting remained heavily politicized and rooted in ideological debates…with only 40% mentioning unvaccinated health risks to oneself or others. In contrast, measles coverage adopted a more traditional public health lens” Would be interesting to see if it’s the same elsewhere https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21645515.2026.272098319 Sep 2026 04:08 +0000at://did:plc:pmhgc7dgvtfx47o7harqcy75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtspv5q2k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/scottlgreer.bsky.social/post/3mvtsm56uck2w“Using a 2022 US national survey (n = 2001), we find that a third of Americans agree that leaders are replacing white people with people of color. These beliefs are related to anti-social personality traits, various forms of nationalist and authoritarian sentiments, [and xenophobia, racism, sexism]” https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21565503.2024.234283419 Sep 2026 04:06 +0000at://did:plc:pmhgc7dgvtfx47o7harqcy75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtsm56uck2whttps://bsky.app/profile/scottlgreer.bsky.social/post/3mvtsddhack2mI can see reasons to take this particular paper with a grain of salt but… it also tracks with a lot of things I know pretty well. Interesting to think about environmental and political consequences https://www.iflscience.com/has-the-world-already-dropped-below-replacement-fertility-rate-new-analysis-suggests-were-having-fewer-babies-than-ever-even-in-the-places-we-least-expected-8455219 Sep 2026 04:01 +0000at://did:plc:pmhgc7dgvtfx47o7harqcy75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtsddhack2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottlgreer.bsky.social/post/3mvts3darps2mThis distinction (distrust of conventional medicine vs trust in alternatives) seems important. “Vaccine hesitancy is strongly associated with distrust of conventional medicine, and only weakly associated with trust in alternative medicine” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027795362030238019 Sep 2026 03:57 +0000at://did:plc:pmhgc7dgvtfx47o7harqcy75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvts3darps2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottlgreer.bsky.social/post/3mvtrvc4wtk2mSometimes I wonder if tech executives are actually impressive https://www.404media.co/ceo-attempted-to-navigate-anti-lgbt-hate-incident-by-telling-employees-his-mentor-was-a-kkk-member/19 Sep 2026 03:53 +0000at://did:plc:pmhgc7dgvtfx47o7harqcy75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtrvc4wtk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/scottlgreer.bsky.social/post/3mvtrqk4rjc2mSo many things took so much damage in 2025. Good to see this on AHRQ, the agency for research on health care quality, which the Trump administration pretty much shut down despite congressional appropriations for it and a bipartisan agreement that health care should indeed be safer and more efficient https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-26-0349019 Sep 2026 03:51 +0000at://did:plc:pmhgc7dgvtfx47o7harqcy75/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtrqk4rjc2m