Joe Gitchell

@jgitchell.bsky.social

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Consult to Juul Labs on nicotine vapor for tobacco harm minimization.

OP in this shirt: https://www.raygunsite.com/products/ames-lab-for-that?srsltid=AfmBOorBhw_IqhWqKCAFD5pykamX1jzlYUOWSg74BlehC0IZ7Nyuse_i
https://www.rstreet.org/events/whats-holding-public-health-back-from-embracing-tobacco-harm-reduction/
Cover of podcast
Cover for podcast
"Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care" - Theodore Roosevelt
Screenshot of rejected comment to Kesselheim and Avorn commentary in Health Affairs: https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/healing-our-de-commissioned-fda
Timestamps for https://www.youtube.com/live/9nMpK6buhI4?si=Yv5vDnt570KMLsWt
Closing 3 paras from https://source.washu.edu/2003/06/nicotine-inhalers-may-reduce-smokingrelated-illnesses/
Bomb with chalk writing "The dildo of consequences rarely arrives lubed"
Lincoln Memorial with text "Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"
Hajek quote from SMC link
University of Iowa letter jacket; black with gold I.
10 ways to communicate better.
Figure 1 from https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/10/3/201
10 eats to communicate better
10 ways to communicate better
3 Paras from The Righteous Mind beginning with "Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason.'
Para starting "The problem here is an old one" from Dreger's GMF p. 176
Para from Bulwark newsletter. Search Butt-snorkeling"
Promo poster for webinar
Joshua Hammer's The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu sitting on top of the December 2024 issue of inquisitive, the quarterly periodical of Heterodox Academy.
Absttract from referenced paper
Funny but NSFW measles vaccine promo poster
Excerpt from p 176 "The problem here is an old one...."
Uncle Sam kneeling in front of a PLA tank
Poster promoting measles vaccine
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OP's pinned tweet
JGG donating blood to the NIH vampires
Lincoln quote (with image of Lincoln Memorial) "Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"
Error page from SRNT when trying to access the website and journal.
Today's Flip Side post on presidential pardons https://mailchi.mp/14e6874b0d3a/tfs-wednesday-report-preemptive-pardons-bright-side-lego?e=33d78705f3
Para from FDA's Very Low Nicotine Rule starting with "The annualized monetized benefits..." https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-00397/tobacco-product-standard-for-nicotine-yield-of-cigarettes-and-certain-other-combusted-tobacco
Para from FDA's Very Low Nicotine Rule starting with "The annualized monetized benefits..." https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-00397/tobacco-product-standard-for-nicotine-yield-of-cigarettes-and-certain-other-combusted-tobacco
OP on Twitter: https://x.com/jgitchell/status/1871827475669622915?t=F2KAydudGKnqaNlgiv2cYg&s=19
Log roll cake (chocolate) with SRNT logo in background
10 recommendations to communicate better, such as 1. Believe in your own bias and 5. Identify the other side's strongest points
Two cats occupying a dog bed
Ames Tribune brief story from September 1983 reporting that Bob Gitchell had won his 4th club championship in a row with help from son, Joe (the OP).
Abraham Lincoln: "I don't like that man. I must get to know him better."
Expand for more of this 2015 thread where Clive Bates kindly defends me.
“The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies.”
Two bullets starting with "As individuals move further from the political center.."
Poster with lots of swear words about measles and the benefits of vaccination.
Para starting with "One of the most powerful ways...."
Back of a Highlander with a sticker of five headless figures and the sixth holding a sword
JGG in the donation chair and wearing his handsome Raygun "No health without mental health" t-shirt
I was number 1254346.
Bethesda sunset, 2 August 2019
Close up of a full 24oz bottle of Mtn. Dew Code Red
10 recommendations to communicate better
Two paras from Rosenfield commentary starting with "This is the thing about...."
Meme: TRUTH does not mind being questioned. A LIE does not like being challenged.
Fern pinching through asphalt
I had asked the google machine "can I export a twitter thread to bluesky?" and the response was: "Importing tweets to Bluesky is a bit more complicated, but still possible if you're using Linux or are comfortable with the macOS Terminal." Ah-ha.
"Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat."