Cadhla Firth
@cadhlafirth.bsky.social
Molecular and evolutionary biologist studying zoonotic disease emergence.
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This is excellent & draws out something the rest of the media is ignoring: among other things, the Epstein files have made it super, super clear that the entire "anti-woke" cultural hysteria was engineered by powerful men averse to accountability.
I wrote about the Epstein files (gift link) www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
www.theverge.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
This is excellent & draws out something the rest of the media is ignoring: among other things, the Epstein files have made it super, super clear that the entire "anti-woke" cultural hysteria was engineered by powerful men averse to accountability.
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A landmark study challenges the foundation of blanket bans, “finding that despite larger muscle mass about one to three years after hormone therapy, trans women have physical fitness levels comparable to those of cis women.”
Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds
Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds
Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 10:25 AM
A landmark study challenges the foundation of blanket bans, “finding that despite larger muscle mass about one to three years after hormone therapy, trans women have physical fitness levels comparable to those of cis women.”
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Virologist Nathan Wolfe sought funding from Jeffrey Epstein to study whether sexually transmitted infections increased women’s sex drive.
He planned to conduct this study among female undergraduate students.
He planned to conduct this study among female undergraduate students.
Former Stanford professor Nathan Wolfe ’92 planned sexual behavior research, described interns with Epstein
The Daily investigated correspondence between virologist Nathan Wolfe ’92 and Epstein in which the two men discussed interns’ attractiveness, “female viagra” and sexual research projects.
stanforddaily.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Virologist Nathan Wolfe sought funding from Jeffrey Epstein to study whether sexually transmitted infections increased women’s sex drive.
He planned to conduct this study among female undergraduate students.
He planned to conduct this study among female undergraduate students.
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There’s literally a straight line between Trump, Epstein, and the retaliatory lawsuits against women who came forward with allegations against celebrity men like Amber Heard and Blake Lively. They all even have the same PR folks. And yet people still refuse to see it
February 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
There’s literally a straight line between Trump, Epstein, and the retaliatory lawsuits against women who came forward with allegations against celebrity men like Amber Heard and Blake Lively. They all even have the same PR folks. And yet people still refuse to see it
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Of course there are academics in the Epstein files
Academia is not a natural space for radical politics, knowledge and emancipation as many pretend it is, buoyed by reactionary moral panics
It is primarily built on conservatism, hierarchies and thirst for power so this should not be surprising
Academia is not a natural space for radical politics, knowledge and emancipation as many pretend it is, buoyed by reactionary moral panics
It is primarily built on conservatism, hierarchies and thirst for power so this should not be surprising
February 1, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Of course there are academics in the Epstein files
Academia is not a natural space for radical politics, knowledge and emancipation as many pretend it is, buoyed by reactionary moral panics
It is primarily built on conservatism, hierarchies and thirst for power so this should not be surprising
Academia is not a natural space for radical politics, knowledge and emancipation as many pretend it is, buoyed by reactionary moral panics
It is primarily built on conservatism, hierarchies and thirst for power so this should not be surprising
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It's easy to see these academics as individual bad actors. But I'd argue--they were enabled by "elite" schools' look-the-other-way approach to dealing with big-name abusers, and by the fact that, societially, we treat people associated with "elite" schools as automatically deserving of deference.
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
January 31, 2026 at 10:49 PM
It's easy to see these academics as individual bad actors. But I'd argue--they were enabled by "elite" schools' look-the-other-way approach to dealing with big-name abusers, and by the fact that, societially, we treat people associated with "elite" schools as automatically deserving of deference.
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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admits that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from yesterday’s Epstein files release.
WHAT ELSE ARE THEY HIDING???
WHAT ELSE ARE THEY HIDING???
January 31, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admits that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from yesterday’s Epstein files release.
WHAT ELSE ARE THEY HIDING???
WHAT ELSE ARE THEY HIDING???
😂😂😂
Trump says China will not let Canada play hockey after they sign a trade agreement.
January 30, 2026 at 2:49 AM
😂😂😂
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Meta:
✅ Sexual chat bots for children
❌ Website unmasking ICE gestapo agents who kidnap children
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
✅ Sexual chat bots for children
❌ Website unmasking ICE gestapo agents who kidnap children
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
January 28, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Meta:
✅ Sexual chat bots for children
❌ Website unmasking ICE gestapo agents who kidnap children
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
✅ Sexual chat bots for children
❌ Website unmasking ICE gestapo agents who kidnap children
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
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Science: U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
By Jeffrey Mervis, Monica Hersher @science.org @policyhound.bsky.social @mghersher.bsky.social
bit.ly/3M8yf9B
By Jeffrey Mervis, Monica Hersher @science.org @policyhound.bsky.social @mghersher.bsky.social
bit.ly/3M8yf9B
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
bit.ly
January 26, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Science: U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
By Jeffrey Mervis, Monica Hersher @science.org @policyhound.bsky.social @mghersher.bsky.social
bit.ly/3M8yf9B
By Jeffrey Mervis, Monica Hersher @science.org @policyhound.bsky.social @mghersher.bsky.social
bit.ly/3M8yf9B
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“Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man.”
January 25, 2026 at 1:00 AM
“Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man.”
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insane scenes coming out of Minneapolis
January 24, 2026 at 5:38 PM
insane scenes coming out of Minneapolis
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Amazing work by Erik Karlsson and co - a huge diversity of viruses in animal markets, detected through both sampling of birds, but also environmental surveillance approaches.
👉https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-68245-8
👉https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-68245-8
January 15, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Amazing work by Erik Karlsson and co - a huge diversity of viruses in animal markets, detected through both sampling of birds, but also environmental surveillance approaches.
👉https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-68245-8
👉https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-68245-8
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“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
January 1, 2026 at 11:43 AM
“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
How did I miss that this is somehow real and not the plot of a Despicable Me movie. Shooting dust up into the air to block the sun? Seems cool, why not? Smh the world has gone INSANE
The British government says it opposes efforts to cool the planet by spraying millions of tons of dust into the atmosphere — but isn’t shutting the door on a debate about regulating the technology.
UK ‘not in favor’ of dimming the sun
Government says it opposes the cutting-edge and controversial climate tech, but is willing to debate its regulation.
www.politico.eu
November 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
How did I miss that this is somehow real and not the plot of a Despicable Me movie. Shooting dust up into the air to block the sun? Seems cool, why not? Smh the world has gone INSANE
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I have posted about this before, but...
Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
1/6
Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
1/6
Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines
The number of infected people, measured over 70-some years and across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, generally declined after vaccines were introduced.
graphics.wsj.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I have posted about this before, but...
Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
1/6
Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
1/6
I hope everyone watches this
The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I hope everyone watches this
So many academics are putting in free labor and paying outrageous publishing fees on tight budgets, meanwhile academic publishers are spending their weekends like Scrooge McDuck diving into piles of money
Great business to be in if you are the ones getting paid, though
October 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM
So many academics are putting in free labor and paying outrageous publishing fees on tight budgets, meanwhile academic publishers are spending their weekends like Scrooge McDuck diving into piles of money
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Our paper on the phenomenon of persistence and latency in Ebola virus in an unobserved reservoir is finally out in preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Evidence of latency reshapes our understanding of Ebola virus reservoir dynamics
Ebola virus (EBOV) has caused severe outbreaks of haemorrhagic fever in Central and West Africa since the first observed zoonotic epidemic in the late 1970s. While recent outbreaks have revealed much ...
www.biorxiv.org
October 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Our paper on the phenomenon of persistence and latency in Ebola virus in an unobserved reservoir is finally out in preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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My guess is this was coordinated across the entire executive branch, like a Hands Across the Hatch Act Violation event or something
Breaking: HHS, Commerce, Probably Other Agencies Send Entire Staff Email Blaming Democrats for Shutdown
Please forgive the multiple editions in one day — occasionally I'll send breaking news out such as this.
On Tuesday afternoon, employees at the Department for Health and Human Services and the Depart...
www.gravityisgone.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
My guess is this was coordinated across the entire executive branch, like a Hands Across the Hatch Act Violation event or something
All time classic!
In honor of Eric Adams dropping out, I'm now resharing my all-time favorite bit of Eric Adams content
for years, this thing was like my video from The Ring, where I had to get other people to watch it in order for me to stay alive
enjoy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk2W...
for years, this thing was like my video from The Ring, where I had to get other people to watch it in order for me to stay alive
enjoy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk2W...
Sen. Eric Adams: Combating Gun Violence
YouTube video by New York Daily News
www.youtube.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
All time classic!
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Hard to express to those not in the weeds just how much the current state of the immigration detention system is just utter chaos.
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Hard to express to those not in the weeds just how much the current state of the immigration detention system is just utter chaos.
Just a reminder that Charlie Kirk said the civil rights act was a mistake
September 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Just a reminder that Charlie Kirk said the civil rights act was a mistake
In no way am I in a position to criticize the job Dr. Susan Monarez is doing at this hearing but WHY is it that neither her nor Dr Houry came prepared with numbers/data to support the Hep B or COVID vaccine schedules?? Countering Rand Paul's fake stats with 'it can' is not at all sufficient
September 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In no way am I in a position to criticize the job Dr. Susan Monarez is doing at this hearing but WHY is it that neither her nor Dr Houry came prepared with numbers/data to support the Hep B or COVID vaccine schedules?? Countering Rand Paul's fake stats with 'it can' is not at all sufficient
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"Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know. But the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know. But the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.