Kelly Taylor, MS, CGC
@msfopra.bsky.social
Cancer Genetic Counselor/Researcher/Educator
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Screaming "wtf" and waiting for a spontaneous uprising is going to discourage you. There won't be a spontaneous uprising. That's just not where the people are at.
Organize for the long term. Build community. Build resilience. Have a strategy for whatever corner of this thing you're working on.
Organize for the long term. Build community. Build resilience. Have a strategy for whatever corner of this thing you're working on.
January 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Screaming "wtf" and waiting for a spontaneous uprising is going to discourage you. There won't be a spontaneous uprising. That's just not where the people are at.
Organize for the long term. Build community. Build resilience. Have a strategy for whatever corner of this thing you're working on.
Organize for the long term. Build community. Build resilience. Have a strategy for whatever corner of this thing you're working on.
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Given our incredible track record of regime changes e.g. Iran (wtf to fubar), Iraq (Saddam to ISIS), Afghanistan (Taliban to Taliban), I’m sure Venezuelans feel pretty good about their prospects.
January 4, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Given our incredible track record of regime changes e.g. Iran (wtf to fubar), Iraq (Saddam to ISIS), Afghanistan (Taliban to Taliban), I’m sure Venezuelans feel pretty good about their prospects.
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The president unilaterally decided to attack a sovereign nation and kidnap its leader, and now he says he's just going to run that county himself for a while too.
Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.
Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
January 3, 2026 at 4:51 PM
The president unilaterally decided to attack a sovereign nation and kidnap its leader, and now he says he's just going to run that county himself for a while too.
Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.
Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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This is the now deleted teaser for the 60 Minutes report that was supposed to air tonight on the CECOT torture prison in El Salvador that Donald Trump sent hundreds of migrants to. CBS is officially a mouthpiece for the Trump administration thanks to Bari Weiss
December 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is the now deleted teaser for the 60 Minutes report that was supposed to air tonight on the CECOT torture prison in El Salvador that Donald Trump sent hundreds of migrants to. CBS is officially a mouthpiece for the Trump administration thanks to Bari Weiss
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This would be a good time for anybody interested in doing serious news to resign in protest from CBS.
LOL "Bari killed this meticulous story because it was unfavorable to the Trump administration" is literally the story they're giving to their stenographer
December 22, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This would be a good time for anybody interested in doing serious news to resign in protest from CBS.
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I would rather have been wrong about this.
December 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I would rather have been wrong about this.
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I will say, as long as articles of impeachment go sitting unsponsored on the house floor…Dems do, too. Particularly Jeffries.
December 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I will say, as long as articles of impeachment go sitting unsponsored on the house floor…Dems do, too. Particularly Jeffries.
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RFK Jr. is out of control. Republicans own this.
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
RFK Jr. is out of control. Republicans own this.
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It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
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This year has been brutal for science, especially early career researchers and those working with communities further marginalized by this administration. Please read the experiences of these scientists.
And when you’re done reading, find a way to fight back.
theconversation.com/this-year-ne...
And when you’re done reading, find a way to fight back.
theconversation.com/this-year-ne...
‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers reflect on how 2025’s science cuts have changed their lives
US science lost a great deal in 2025, including tens of billions of dollars of federal funding, entire research agencies and programs, and a generation of researchers.
theconversation.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This year has been brutal for science, especially early career researchers and those working with communities further marginalized by this administration. Please read the experiences of these scientists.
And when you’re done reading, find a way to fight back.
theconversation.com/this-year-ne...
And when you’re done reading, find a way to fight back.
theconversation.com/this-year-ne...
The country plans to implement Hep B vaccine in 2027 so the researchers see this as an “opportunity” - randomize to either vaccine or no vaccine. 😡
www.bandim.org/hepatitis-b-...
www.bandim.org/hepatitis-b-...
Hepatitis B vaccine at birth – Bandim Health Project
Thanks to funding from the Pershing Square Foundation, the Bluebell Foundation and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers at the Bandim Health Project are now able to initiate a randomized controlled trial of the hepatitis B vaccine at birth in Guinea-Bissau. There is a unique window of opportunity, because the Guinean Ministry of Health has decided to implement a universal hepatitis B vaccine policy for newborns starting in 2027. Until then, the team will randomize newborns to receive the hepatitis B vaccine at birth (the future policy) or no hepatitis B vaccine at birth (the current policy). All children will receive the recommended BCG and OPV vaccines, irrespective of allocation. The children will be monitored for overall health outcomes. The hepatitis B vaccine at birth has never been tested on a large scale for its overall health effects, so it is unknown whether the vaccine has non-specific health effects. The trial team is extremely grateful to the donors for supporting this evaluation of a widely used vaccine, which will be the first and likely the only one of its kind. The trial was approved by the Guinean National Ethics Committee in November 2025 and will begin in early 2026.
www.bandim.org
December 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The country plans to implement Hep B vaccine in 2027 so the researchers see this as an “opportunity” - randomize to either vaccine or no vaccine. 😡
www.bandim.org/hepatitis-b-...
www.bandim.org/hepatitis-b-...
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This administration specializes in fearmongering, not facts.
The facts: 86% of trans youth report s*cidal ideation and 56% have attempted to end their lives. Anti trans laws increase attempts by ~72%. <1% report regretting GAC.
If they are trying to protect children, science says they are wrong.
The facts: 86% of trans youth report s*cidal ideation and 56% have attempted to end their lives. Anti trans laws increase attempts by ~72%. <1% report regretting GAC.
If they are trying to protect children, science says they are wrong.
December 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This administration specializes in fearmongering, not facts.
The facts: 86% of trans youth report s*cidal ideation and 56% have attempted to end their lives. Anti trans laws increase attempts by ~72%. <1% report regretting GAC.
If they are trying to protect children, science says they are wrong.
The facts: 86% of trans youth report s*cidal ideation and 56% have attempted to end their lives. Anti trans laws increase attempts by ~72%. <1% report regretting GAC.
If they are trying to protect children, science says they are wrong.
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I wish a single journalist or leader would reach out to me
I have the scientific expertise, lived experience of a trans person, and am literally a science communicator for my career
I'm willing to explain this even though I know it will decrease my personal safety!! bsky.app/profile/jeym...
I have the scientific expertise, lived experience of a trans person, and am literally a science communicator for my career
I'm willing to explain this even though I know it will decrease my personal safety!! bsky.app/profile/jeym...
If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
December 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I wish a single journalist or leader would reach out to me
I have the scientific expertise, lived experience of a trans person, and am literally a science communicator for my career
I'm willing to explain this even though I know it will decrease my personal safety!! bsky.app/profile/jeym...
I have the scientific expertise, lived experience of a trans person, and am literally a science communicator for my career
I'm willing to explain this even though I know it will decrease my personal safety!! bsky.app/profile/jeym...
🧵I want to scream and yell and throw things. This study is so unethical. And the racism leaves me speechless. White Europeans and Americans taking advantage of a poor country in Africa. If this study gets done there will be deaths that need not have happened.
Many people have been giving excellent updates about the $1.6 million that RFK Jr. has given to Danish researchers to “study” the HepB birth dose in Guinea-Bissau, and I’m glad this story is spreading.
The first thing that was confirmed is that the researchers are Benn and Aady, as many predicted.
The first thing that was confirmed is that the researchers are Benn and Aady, as many predicted.
Hepatitis B vaccine at birth – Bandim Health Project
Thanks to funding from the Pershing Square Foundation, the Bluebell Foundation and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers at the Bandim Health Project are now able to in...
www.bandim.org
December 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
🧵I want to scream and yell and throw things. This study is so unethical. And the racism leaves me speechless. White Europeans and Americans taking advantage of a poor country in Africa. If this study gets done there will be deaths that need not have happened.
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The US Department of Health and Human Services has terminated several multimillion-dollar grants—including one on early autism IDing—to the American Academy of Pediatrics following the association’s criticisms of the policies of its ghoul of a secretary, RFK Jr.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
American Academy of Pediatrics loses government funding after criticizing RFK Jr
Cuts, which affect projects focused on issues including early identification of autism, made without prior notice to AAP
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The US Department of Health and Human Services has terminated several multimillion-dollar grants—including one on early autism IDing—to the American Academy of Pediatrics following the association’s criticisms of the policies of its ghoul of a secretary, RFK Jr.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.” -Ta-Nehisi Coates
December 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.” -Ta-Nehisi Coates
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The extreme attack on transgender youth we are witnessing from a governmental stage was enabled by The Atlantic and The New York Times.
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The extreme attack on transgender youth we are witnessing from a governmental stage was enabled by The Atlantic and The New York Times.
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Congratulations, those of you who decided to platform fringe voices and create a climate of fear and hate out of ignorance because those voices insisted a non-problem was a problem. They're now on an HHS stage trying to ruin children's lives. You will live with the harm you have done forever.
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Congratulations, those of you who decided to platform fringe voices and create a climate of fear and hate out of ignorance because those voices insisted a non-problem was a problem. They're now on an HHS stage trying to ruin children's lives. You will live with the harm you have done forever.
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Read @boghuma.bsky.social’s piece on RFK Jr’s HBV vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. bktitanji.substack.com/p/how-unethi...
How Unethical Research Seeds Medical Mistrust
The absence of equipoise can turn research into harm
bktitanji.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Read @boghuma.bsky.social’s piece on RFK Jr’s HBV vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. bktitanji.substack.com/p/how-unethi...
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This is outstanding work. If you're only going to read one thing today it needs to be this.
those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is outstanding work. If you're only going to read one thing today it needs to be this.
I have been teaching research ethics for 20 years and if this gets done we will be teaching it like we teach Tuskegee. It would never get approval in the US. I don’t know how the Danish researchers will ever get approval. They should lose their jobs if they do this study.
December 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I have been teaching research ethics for 20 years and if this gets done we will be teaching it like we teach Tuskegee. It would never get approval in the US. I don’t know how the Danish researchers will ever get approval. They should lose their jobs if they do this study.
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This is a wildly unethical study that would be illegal to conduct in the United States. Have you heard of the Tuskegee experiments (crimes against humanity)? This sounds like that.
CDC awards $1.6 million for new hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea-Bissau. Although the award recipients aren't named, the grant seems tailored to Danish researchers whose work is championed by anti-vaxxers but challenged by mainstream scientists.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
CDC awards $1.6 million for hepatitis B vaccine study, likely to controversial Danish researchers
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is a wildly unethical study that would be illegal to conduct in the United States. Have you heard of the Tuskegee experiments (crimes against humanity)? This sounds like that.
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It certainly does! We know the best practices for administering Hepatitis B vaccine - given right after birth - but let's experiment on black babies and see what happens.
F**k that. Just F**k that.
F**k that. Just F**k that.
This is a wildly unethical study that would be illegal to conduct in the United States. Have you heard of the Tuskegee experiments (crimes against humanity)? This sounds like that.
CDC awards $1.6 million for new hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea-Bissau. Although the award recipients aren't named, the grant seems tailored to Danish researchers whose work is championed by anti-vaxxers but challenged by mainstream scientists.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
December 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It certainly does! We know the best practices for administering Hepatitis B vaccine - given right after birth - but let's experiment on black babies and see what happens.
F**k that. Just F**k that.
F**k that. Just F**k that.