Dr. Marcus Weinman
@homozygoat.bsky.social
Molecular biology PhD. Expertise in Neuroscience, Cancer Bio, Genetics, Microbio. Child of the internet, adult of the laboratory. Fighting for the right to run experiments. Opinions mine. 🏳️🌈
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Hello bsky friends, my name is Marcus, and I'm a newly minted PhD in molecular bio who is currently looking for work in the PNW!
This account posts about public health, science, and lefty politics. Happy to be on bsky and I look forward to lively discussion and good interactions!
This account posts about public health, science, and lefty politics. Happy to be on bsky and I look forward to lively discussion and good interactions!
Feeding into antivax conspiracies/RFK rhetoric from an activist role also contributes to the violent radicalization. Conspiracy and inaccuracies are invalid critiques and don't improve public health, yet *everyone*just leans into them.
Mostly silence on the shooting from COVID aware folks too.
Mostly silence on the shooting from COVID aware folks too.
Feel like this needs a spotlight: employees were told that the shooting at CDC, which left an officer dead and buildings riddled with bullets, was targeted at agency, @lenasun.bsky.social, @laurenweberhp.bsky.social and @tobiaraji.bsky.social report
Years of anti-CDC rhetoric has consequences
Years of anti-CDC rhetoric has consequences
August 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Feeding into antivax conspiracies/RFK rhetoric from an activist role also contributes to the violent radicalization. Conspiracy and inaccuracies are invalid critiques and don't improve public health, yet *everyone*just leans into them.
Mostly silence on the shooting from COVID aware folks too.
Mostly silence on the shooting from COVID aware folks too.
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"We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted..."
Words really don't mean anything anymore, do they?
The incompetence is staggering, the political motives, clear as day.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...
Words really don't mean anything anymore, do they?
The incompetence is staggering, the political motives, clear as day.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...
August 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted..."
Words really don't mean anything anymore, do they?
The incompetence is staggering, the political motives, clear as day.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...
Words really don't mean anything anymore, do they?
The incompetence is staggering, the political motives, clear as day.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...
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This goes out to all the people who won’t shut up about optimism and what a great opportunity this is to “fix” science by gutting the training pipeline and eliminating peer review
I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels
“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says
www.science.org
July 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This goes out to all the people who won’t shut up about optimism and what a great opportunity this is to “fix” science by gutting the training pipeline and eliminating peer review
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That over budget line is equivalent to 400 5-year biomedical research grants.
ICE Is Already $1 Billion Overbudget And Could Run Out Of Cash Next Month
ICE Is Already $1 Billion Overbudget And Could Run Out Of Cash Next Month
ICE is already $1 billion overbudget and could run out of cash as soon as next month, according to a new report
www.latintimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
That over budget line is equivalent to 400 5-year biomedical research grants.
More to go, but this is a good start. Hopefully the court order is obeyed!
June 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
More to go, but this is a good start. Hopefully the court order is obeyed!
I just spent 15 minutes engaged in mortal battle with a cricket at 1:30 AM. Little shit jumped everywhere, including inside of my shoes and clothes.
June 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I just spent 15 minutes engaged in mortal battle with a cricket at 1:30 AM. Little shit jumped everywhere, including inside of my shoes and clothes.
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I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.
June 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.
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Apparently there’s no money for life saving science, but there’s money for a parade.
June 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Apparently there’s no money for life saving science, but there’s money for a parade.
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No more detailed reporting. No more preventative health. No more research. No more accessibility.
You want to argue eugenics, that’s fucking eugenics.
You want to argue eugenics, that’s fucking eugenics.
June 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
No more detailed reporting. No more preventative health. No more research. No more accessibility.
You want to argue eugenics, that’s fucking eugenics.
You want to argue eugenics, that’s fucking eugenics.
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Everyone…
It doesn’t just stop at ACIP. The strategy is not just approvals but will eventually filter down to how your provider will be able to operate
Every single one of RFK and companies goals is to completely incapacitate the current medical institution and keep everyone in the dark
It doesn’t just stop at ACIP. The strategy is not just approvals but will eventually filter down to how your provider will be able to operate
Every single one of RFK and companies goals is to completely incapacitate the current medical institution and keep everyone in the dark
June 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Everyone…
It doesn’t just stop at ACIP. The strategy is not just approvals but will eventually filter down to how your provider will be able to operate
Every single one of RFK and companies goals is to completely incapacitate the current medical institution and keep everyone in the dark
It doesn’t just stop at ACIP. The strategy is not just approvals but will eventually filter down to how your provider will be able to operate
Every single one of RFK and companies goals is to completely incapacitate the current medical institution and keep everyone in the dark
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Fun fact: in the 1960s, Civil Rights protestors were given literal classes on nonviolent protest; they didn't all just spontaneously know what to do.
So, if you're planning on showing up, this weekend: read this comic. And if you're staying home, signal-boost it/link it around.
So, if you're planning on showing up, this weekend: read this comic. And if you're staying home, signal-boost it/link it around.
I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
June 13, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Fun fact: in the 1960s, Civil Rights protestors were given literal classes on nonviolent protest; they didn't all just spontaneously know what to do.
So, if you're planning on showing up, this weekend: read this comic. And if you're staying home, signal-boost it/link it around.
So, if you're planning on showing up, this weekend: read this comic. And if you're staying home, signal-boost it/link it around.
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Anyways I double checked to make sure this was accurate and the account links to his blog and describes a Rush and UCLA trained EM physician so it appears to be genuine.
It also means I did more fact checking than those fuckers at Alt CDC and Alt NPS.
It also means I did more fact checking than those fuckers at Alt CDC and Alt NPS.
June 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Anyways I double checked to make sure this was accurate and the account links to his blog and describes a Rush and UCLA trained EM physician so it appears to be genuine.
It also means I did more fact checking than those fuckers at Alt CDC and Alt NPS.
It also means I did more fact checking than those fuckers at Alt CDC and Alt NPS.
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NEW: The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission.
ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with…
projects.propublica.org
June 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission.
ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
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just so it’s clear why spokane is protesting and what triggered this in the first place, so it won’t get lost www.krem.com/article/news...
June 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
just so it’s clear why spokane is protesting and what triggered this in the first place, so it won’t get lost www.krem.com/article/news...
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NYC, please don't fuck this up... Over the past week I have received so many Cuomo fliers disparaging Zohran so it's clear the momentum is in his favor. Please make the correct choice. DO NOT RANK CUOMO.
Public Policy Polling
June 6–7, 2025
Survey of 573 likely Democratic primary voters
(Margin of error 4.1%)
Zohran Mamdani 35%
Andrew Cuomo 31%
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
June 6–7, 2025
Survey of 573 likely Democratic primary voters
(Margin of error 4.1%)
Zohran Mamdani 35%
Andrew Cuomo 31%
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
June 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
NYC, please don't fuck this up... Over the past week I have received so many Cuomo fliers disparaging Zohran so it's clear the momentum is in his favor. Please make the correct choice. DO NOT RANK CUOMO.
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BEGGING LIBERALS TO READ THIS
Research from 2022 that every Democrat apologist should chew on:
“We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core
Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties - Volume 11 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
June 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
BEGGING LIBERALS TO READ THIS
Another reason to go get your vaccines/boosters ASAP. Get your titers drawn if you need to. This list is the worst of the worst. No new vaccines seems likely, and we'll see how many of the ones we have get revoked.
If we get H5N1, we're cooked. BAD.
If we get H5N1, we're cooked. BAD.
8 new ACIP members. Malone, Kulldorff, several others I'm not as familiar with. Meissner I believe also went contrarian during COVID?
Secretary Kennedy on X: "On Monday, I took a major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines by reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). I retired the 17 current members of the committee. I’m now repopulating ACIP with the eight new members who will attend ACIP’s" / X
On Monday, I took a major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines by reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). I retired the 17 current members of the committee. I’m now repopulating ACIP with the eight new members who will attend ACIP’s
x.com
June 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Another reason to go get your vaccines/boosters ASAP. Get your titers drawn if you need to. This list is the worst of the worst. No new vaccines seems likely, and we'll see how many of the ones we have get revoked.
If we get H5N1, we're cooked. BAD.
If we get H5N1, we're cooked. BAD.
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The attacks on the civilian population of LA are becoming more violent and more overtly authoritarian, and brutal. These are the tactics of a paramilitary terror force nothing else.
These are rightwing death squads in the making.
America is under attack by fascist governmental forces
These are rightwing death squads in the making.
America is under attack by fascist governmental forces
BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.
June 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The attacks on the civilian population of LA are becoming more violent and more overtly authoritarian, and brutal. These are the tactics of a paramilitary terror force nothing else.
These are rightwing death squads in the making.
America is under attack by fascist governmental forces
These are rightwing death squads in the making.
America is under attack by fascist governmental forces
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I’ll probably never really get over people on the “left” attacking me for warning that Jay Bhattacharya was just a right-wing operative who wanted people back to work for the economy.
Dude was a favorite with business-aligned right-wing dark money groups, but I was the sellout.
Well, now look…
Dude was a favorite with business-aligned right-wing dark money groups, but I was the sellout.
Well, now look…
June 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I’ll probably never really get over people on the “left” attacking me for warning that Jay Bhattacharya was just a right-wing operative who wanted people back to work for the economy.
Dude was a favorite with business-aligned right-wing dark money groups, but I was the sellout.
Well, now look…
Dude was a favorite with business-aligned right-wing dark money groups, but I was the sellout.
Well, now look…
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Removing pepperball residue from clothing and other items. This is based on my (unfortunately extensive) personal experience and experimentiation.
Pepperballs contain powdered PAVA, an oily, synthetic capsaicin analog. The only reliable way to remove it is with a good surfactant soap and water. 1/
Pepperballs contain powdered PAVA, an oily, synthetic capsaicin analog. The only reliable way to remove it is with a good surfactant soap and water. 1/
June 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Removing pepperball residue from clothing and other items. This is based on my (unfortunately extensive) personal experience and experimentiation.
Pepperballs contain powdered PAVA, an oily, synthetic capsaicin analog. The only reliable way to remove it is with a good surfactant soap and water. 1/
Pepperballs contain powdered PAVA, an oily, synthetic capsaicin analog. The only reliable way to remove it is with a good surfactant soap and water. 1/
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Soldiers are being used as a right-wing political prop, and these 20-year-old boys seem eager to play the part. No one should have any faith that the US military will not do horrible things to the US public when asked or even simply given the chance by Trump and his associates.
Trump goads the troops into booing California Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass and attacks them as "incompetent"
June 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Soldiers are being used as a right-wing political prop, and these 20-year-old boys seem eager to play the part. No one should have any faith that the US military will not do horrible things to the US public when asked or even simply given the chance by Trump and his associates.
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this is going around as people finger wag about optics and peaceful protests
and i just want to note that the cop here - john pike - received retirement, 8mos of suspended leave pay, and $38k for the pain and suffering of macing kids
the students received $6k-30k, most at the lower end
and i just want to note that the cop here - john pike - received retirement, 8mos of suspended leave pay, and $38k for the pain and suffering of macing kids
the students received $6k-30k, most at the lower end
June 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
this is going around as people finger wag about optics and peaceful protests
and i just want to note that the cop here - john pike - received retirement, 8mos of suspended leave pay, and $38k for the pain and suffering of macing kids
the students received $6k-30k, most at the lower end
and i just want to note that the cop here - john pike - received retirement, 8mos of suspended leave pay, and $38k for the pain and suffering of macing kids
the students received $6k-30k, most at the lower end
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Stop whining about flags at the protests, if you don’t like what’s being flown go out there yourself with the “right” one
June 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Stop whining about flags at the protests, if you don’t like what’s being flown go out there yourself with the “right” one
Better get vaxxed while you still can. Check your titers if you need to by going to the doctor if unsure.
Might be good for folks to dig out their masks again since vaccines aren't perfect and rates will continue to go down because of RFK.
Might be good for folks to dig out their masks again since vaccines aren't perfect and rates will continue to go down because of RFK.
This evening, a member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices told us they received "formal notice of your immediate termination"
"This is horrifying," a CDC official said of Secy Kennedy's move
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
"This is horrifying," a CDC official said of Secy Kennedy's move
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
June 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Better get vaxxed while you still can. Check your titers if you need to by going to the doctor if unsure.
Might be good for folks to dig out their masks again since vaccines aren't perfect and rates will continue to go down because of RFK.
Might be good for folks to dig out their masks again since vaccines aren't perfect and rates will continue to go down because of RFK.