Tim Thomson
@bcnthomson.bsky.social
Physician-scientist, lover of nature, human beings and human society, avid history reader, passionate traveler, Director of INDICASAT Panama, multimodal characterization of ecosystems, study & treatment of cancer, parasitic diseases, aging
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Certains élus veulent limoger l'idiot du village RFK Jr.
C'était passé sous le radar. Témoignage glaçant. La directrice limogée du CDC, la Dr Susan Monarez, s'exprime sur les pressions exercées par RFK Jr.
Quand la pseudo science fait la loi à la vraie science. 🤢😣
C'était passé sous le radar. Témoignage glaçant. La directrice limogée du CDC, la Dr Susan Monarez, s'exprime sur les pressions exercées par RFK Jr.
Quand la pseudo science fait la loi à la vraie science. 🤢😣
December 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Certains élus veulent limoger l'idiot du village RFK Jr.
C'était passé sous le radar. Témoignage glaçant. La directrice limogée du CDC, la Dr Susan Monarez, s'exprime sur les pressions exercées par RFK Jr.
Quand la pseudo science fait la loi à la vraie science. 🤢😣
C'était passé sous le radar. Témoignage glaçant. La directrice limogée du CDC, la Dr Susan Monarez, s'exprime sur les pressions exercées par RFK Jr.
Quand la pseudo science fait la loi à la vraie science. 🤢😣
Spain: 48.5 million inhabitants, 331 homicides in 2023 (0.68 per 100,000).
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Spain: 48.5 million inhabitants, 331 homicides in 2023 (0.68 per 100,000).
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Un periodista italiano, despedido por preguntar en Bruselas si Israel debía hacerse cargo de la reconstrucción de Gaza
www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Un periodista italiano, despedido por preguntar en Bruselas si Israel debía hacerse cargo de la reconstrucción de Gaza
www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
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For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.
Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
October 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.
Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
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🚨 After hitting 1000 authoritarian actions last week on the TrumpActionTracker, we are now at almost *1050*.
No rest for the wicked it seems.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?start=2025-0...
No rest for the wicked it seems.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?start=2025-0...
August 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🚨 After hitting 1000 authoritarian actions last week on the TrumpActionTracker, we are now at almost *1050*.
No rest for the wicked it seems.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?start=2025-0...
No rest for the wicked it seems.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?start=2025-0...
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As scholars of genocide, we demand an end to Israel’s atrocities | Open letter
As scholars of genocide, we demand an end to Israel’s atrocities | Open letter
Within weeks, 400 colleagues joined our organization. We say: it is not too late to save lives. End the genocide now
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
As scholars of genocide, we demand an end to Israel’s atrocities | Open letter
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#drosophila @flybase.bsky.social request emergency funding:
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
#drosophila @flybase.bsky.social request emergency funding:
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
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Las imágenes más impactantes de los 50 años de fotografía de Sebastião Salgado www.eldiario.es/cultura/imag...
May 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Las imágenes más impactantes de los 50 años de fotografía de Sebastião Salgado www.eldiario.es/cultura/imag...
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yikes
Ironically, "for more than 50 years, the journal has received funding from the National Institutes of Health to review studies on the health effects of environmental toxins—from 'forever chemicals' to air pollution—and publish the research free of charge," which are two of RFK's priorities.
Ironically, "for more than 50 years, the journal has received funding from the National Institutes of Health to review studies on the health effects of environmental toxins—from 'forever chemicals' to air pollution—and publish the research free of charge," which are two of RFK's priorities.
Citing N.I.H. Cuts, a Top Science Journal Stops Accepting Submissions
With federal support, Environmental Health Perspectives has long published peer-reviewed studies without fees to readers or scientists.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
yikes
Ironically, "for more than 50 years, the journal has received funding from the National Institutes of Health to review studies on the health effects of environmental toxins—from 'forever chemicals' to air pollution—and publish the research free of charge," which are two of RFK's priorities.
Ironically, "for more than 50 years, the journal has received funding from the National Institutes of Health to review studies on the health effects of environmental toxins—from 'forever chemicals' to air pollution—and publish the research free of charge," which are two of RFK's priorities.
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How I will remember April Fools' Day 2025.
Reckless.
My heart is out for these dedicated folks at NIH, FDA and CDC
www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...
Reckless.
My heart is out for these dedicated folks at NIH, FDA and CDC
www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...
HHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agencies
Layoff notices began arriving early Tuesday for thousands of employees of HHS and its subsidiary agencies, with as many 10,000 workers potentially expected to be hit by the cuts.
www.statnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
How I will remember April Fools' Day 2025.
Reckless.
My heart is out for these dedicated folks at NIH, FDA and CDC
www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...
Reckless.
My heart is out for these dedicated folks at NIH, FDA and CDC
www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...
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A slide about the death toll in Gaza “could be perceived as antisemitic.”
March 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A slide about the death toll in Gaza “could be perceived as antisemitic.”
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This doesn't look good, folks
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This doesn't look good, folks
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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This speaks volumes:
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
Stanley from Yale to Toronto
Jason Stanley (philosophy of language, epistemology, political philosophy), Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, has accepted a senior offer from the University of Toronto, where he will be thr...
leiterreports.typepad.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This speaks volumes:
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.
leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
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Israel just committed *the largest child massacre in its history*, according to Haaretz. Two hundred Palestinian children murdered in a single day, with direct support from the US and UK, and zero outrage from Western media. What stage of barbarism is this...
March 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Israel just committed *the largest child massacre in its history*, according to Haaretz. Two hundred Palestinian children murdered in a single day, with direct support from the US and UK, and zero outrage from Western media. What stage of barbarism is this...
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“I got DOGEd” will go down in American history. Perhaps the most ignominious in the country’s near 250-years.
March 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
“I got DOGEd” will go down in American history. Perhaps the most ignominious in the country’s near 250-years.
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See list of grants recently terminated. What great crime did these people commit to get their grants canceled? Was their work hurting or helping make America healthier, kinder, smarter? Where are we if science funding is not by peer review but by political affiliation?
taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
taggs.hhs.gov
March 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
See list of grants recently terminated. What great crime did these people commit to get their grants canceled? Was their work hurting or helping make America healthier, kinder, smarter? Where are we if science funding is not by peer review but by political affiliation?
taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
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The European Commission has just made it clear that the rigid constraints they had placed on public finance were totally artificial. They have now lifted them to enable massive military production.
March 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The European Commission has just made it clear that the rigid constraints they had placed on public finance were totally artificial. They have now lifted them to enable massive military production.
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Not enough to cut funding. Now a list of over 20 health and life science topics that cannot be published by National Cancer Institute scientists without "oversight" (i.e. censorship).
NEW: Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism.
Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
National Cancer Institute Employees Can’t Publish Information on These Topics Without Special Approval
Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism. Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
propub.li
March 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Not enough to cut funding. Now a list of over 20 health and life science topics that cannot be published by National Cancer Institute scientists without "oversight" (i.e. censorship).
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NEW: Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism.
Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
National Cancer Institute Employees Can’t Publish Information on These Topics Without Special Approval
Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism. Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
propub.li
March 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
NEW: Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism.
Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
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La motosierra de Milei dispara las renuncias colectivas de médicos
El desmantelamiento de programas esenciales de VIH, tuberculosis y sarampión provocó masivas renuncias de profesionales en el área de vacunas del Ministerio de Salud en pleno brote de sarampión
El desmantelamiento de programas esenciales de VIH, tuberculosis y sarampión provocó masivas renuncias de profesionales en el área de vacunas del Ministerio de Salud en pleno brote de sarampión
La motosierra de Milei dispara las renuncias colectivas de médicos
El desmantelamiento de programas esenciales de VIH, tuberculosis y sarampión provocó masivas renuncias de profesionales en el área de vacunas del Ministerio de Salud en pleno brote de sarampión
www.eldiario.es
March 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
La motosierra de Milei dispara las renuncias colectivas de médicos
El desmantelamiento de programas esenciales de VIH, tuberculosis y sarampión provocó masivas renuncias de profesionales en el área de vacunas del Ministerio de Salud en pleno brote de sarampión
El desmantelamiento de programas esenciales de VIH, tuberculosis y sarampión provocó masivas renuncias de profesionales en el área de vacunas del Ministerio de Salud en pleno brote de sarampión
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#Communiqué 🗞️ Le CNRS exprime sa solidarité avec les scientifiques exerçant aux États-Unis, où la liberté académique est aujourd'hui mise à l’épreuve.
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
March 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
#Communiqué 🗞️ Le CNRS exprime sa solidarité avec les scientifiques exerçant aux États-Unis, où la liberté académique est aujourd'hui mise à l’épreuve.
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
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Are tropical forests in the Americas changing as adaptation to ongoing climate change? Yes, they are!
Are these changes enough to track their suitable climate?
Not quite! Check out our paper in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... to see more of what our network has been working on!
Are these changes enough to track their suitable climate?
Not quite! Check out our paper in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... to see more of what our network has been working on!
Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change
Understanding the capacity of forests to adapt to climate change is of pivotal importance for conservation science, yet this is still widely unknown. This knowledge gap is particularly acute in high-b...
www.science.org
March 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Are tropical forests in the Americas changing as adaptation to ongoing climate change? Yes, they are!
Are these changes enough to track their suitable climate?
Not quite! Check out our paper in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... to see more of what our network has been working on!
Are these changes enough to track their suitable climate?
Not quite! Check out our paper in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... to see more of what our network has been working on!
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"… it is the words and actions of all members of the scientific community … that form the collective voice of science …," writes @holdenthorp.bsky.social in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4hR6ux0
February 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"… it is the words and actions of all members of the scientific community … that form the collective voice of science …," writes @holdenthorp.bsky.social in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4hR6ux0
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Important editorial: the "existential moment requiring careful and consistent action to preserve the values and ambitions of science."
"The weeks ahead may be the greatest test that the US scientific community has ever faced"
By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"The weeks ahead may be the greatest test that the US scientific community has ever faced"
By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
February 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Important editorial: the "existential moment requiring careful and consistent action to preserve the values and ambitions of science."
"The weeks ahead may be the greatest test that the US scientific community has ever faced"
By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"The weeks ahead may be the greatest test that the US scientific community has ever faced"
By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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this is how it's done
PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity.
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
PLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity - The Official PLOS Blog
Since its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to…
plos.io
February 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
this is how it's done