David Merritt Johns

public health historian | past @YaleSPH @ColumbiaMSPH @datasociety @PRI @KQED Signal: davidmjohns.96

[Paul Novosad @paulnovosad]

So much grief is caused by structuring society around high-stakes bottlenecks—exams in South Korea and India, elite school admissions in the United States.

This is a social choice. It doesn't exist in Canada/Germany/Aus, where top colleges are widely accessible and you distinguish yourself by what you do in/after college, not before.

[Jack Cocchiarella 🌹 @JDCocchiarella]

In honor of Haley Stevens’ birthday today here are some interesting moments from her 40th birthday speech for herself. Yikes.

[David Merritt Johns @davidmjohns]

@Tyler_A_Harper do you really think that the "average academic" in the humanities thinks the public hates them? That is not remotely the case in my experience.

[David Merritt Johns @davidmjohns]

@Tyler_A_Harper this is such a weird and sweeping generalization.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Multiple studies show a mysterious health benefit to ice cream—but scientists don’t want to talk about it, @davidmjohns reported in 2023. https://t.co/Wn3z0tmdYH

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Answer today’s trivia from David Merritt Johns’s article on the track record of alternative meats. Check your response and tackle two other questions: https://t.co/qHcySP8sNs

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

How a panda cleans his house.. 😅

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

The paleo diet has a forgotten origin story that suggests maybe people should eat manatee, among other weird kinds of meat, David Merritt Johns reports: https://t.co/N2oloZe67B

[Barry Svrluga @barrysvrluga]

You failed, mate. You epically, monumentally failed, and showed yourself to be a coward in the process. Hope the Super Bowl is brilliant.

[Federal Reserve @federalreserve]

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: https://t.co/5dfrkByGyX