Samuel G
@sammygmdphd.bsky.social
Medical Student, cat enthusiast, Vaccination Advocate and hype man for HBV and HPV vaccines
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"the guy pooping in the reservoir is criticized by both sides, therefore he must be doing something right" please use your fucking brain
January 17, 2026 at 10:05 PM
"the guy pooping in the reservoir is criticized by both sides, therefore he must be doing something right" please use your fucking brain
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Wonder if El-Deiry will blame Leonid for this too?
January 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Wonder if El-Deiry will blame Leonid for this too?
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There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
Words cannot describe how much this theoretical technology cannot exist for several lifetimes at least. How much more research we would need to accomplish to make it possible and how expensive it would be. Think about the costs of ECMO but more expensive and complex and then for 9 months
January 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Words cannot describe how much this theoretical technology cannot exist for several lifetimes at least. How much more research we would need to accomplish to make it possible and how expensive it would be. Think about the costs of ECMO but more expensive and complex and then for 9 months
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Also, the guy who killed someone dropped an F bomb. So the only difference between him and Frey is killing someone.
WELKER: Do you bear any responsibility to bring down the temperature?
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
January 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Also, the guy who killed someone dropped an F bomb. So the only difference between him and Frey is killing someone.
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ALERT: Congress may flat-fund science, but Vought, Bhattacharya, Memoli & RFK still have a bag of dirty tricks: impoundment, multi-year funding, termination of programs, appointment of cronies to leadership, changes in scientific review to ratfuck research in America. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...
Congress Is Reversing Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:50 AM
ALERT: Congress may flat-fund science, but Vought, Bhattacharya, Memoli & RFK still have a bag of dirty tricks: impoundment, multi-year funding, termination of programs, appointment of cronies to leadership, changes in scientific review to ratfuck research in America. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/s...
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It's really worth taking a second to ask what it means about your views if the idea of preventing neural tube defects registers to you as "government overreach."
They’re opposed to preventative healthcare policy because they believe they’re an intervention in the natural eugenic hierarchy, framing this as an issue of “government overreach” while they’re literally banning healthcare for disfavored groups assists in that effort.
California now requires corn masa flour to contain folic acid to reduce birth defects among Latinos. Public health officials have lauded these efforts, but some conservatives say it’s another form of government overreach.
January 11, 2026 at 1:46 PM
It's really worth taking a second to ask what it means about your views if the idea of preventing neural tube defects registers to you as "government overreach."
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"Secretary Kennedy has vowed to ‘end the war on vitamins,’ surrounding himself with advocates for pills, powders, tinctures & IV drips that aren’t subject to FDA approval"
Yup, RFK Jr is lying when he says he's pursuing "gold-standard science"–he's pushing unproven pills/powders/tinctures/IV drips😔
Yup, RFK Jr is lying when he says he's pursuing "gold-standard science"–he's pushing unproven pills/powders/tinctures/IV drips😔
The $70 Billion supplement, peptide, and other unregulated stuff business and RFK Jr
Gift link
www.wsj.com/health/rfk-j...
Gift link
www.wsj.com/health/rfk-j...
Supplements Are a $70 Billion Industry. RFK Jr. Is Good for Business.
Secretary Kennedy has vowed to ‘end the war on vitamins,’ surrounding himself with advocates for pills, powders, tinctures and IV drips that aren’t subject to FDA approval.
www.wsj.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:02 PM
"Secretary Kennedy has vowed to ‘end the war on vitamins,’ surrounding himself with advocates for pills, powders, tinctures & IV drips that aren’t subject to FDA approval"
Yup, RFK Jr is lying when he says he's pursuing "gold-standard science"–he's pushing unproven pills/powders/tinctures/IV drips😔
Yup, RFK Jr is lying when he says he's pursuing "gold-standard science"–he's pushing unproven pills/powders/tinctures/IV drips😔
They are steamrolling the best teams in the country, they aren’t even making it look close
January 10, 2026 at 3:06 AM
They are steamrolling the best teams in the country, they aren’t even making it look close
I think the new discussion should be wtf Indiana is a monster
January 10, 2026 at 3:03 AM
I think the new discussion should be wtf Indiana is a monster
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DHS in general was a bad re-org.
Give TSA and the air marshals to DOT, customs and civil immigration to state, criminal immigration enforcement to justice, the natsec shit to Justice/DoD, etc.
Only border patrol is the one that doesn’t neatly fit into any already existing cabinet portfolio.
Give TSA and the air marshals to DOT, customs and civil immigration to state, criminal immigration enforcement to justice, the natsec shit to Justice/DoD, etc.
Only border patrol is the one that doesn’t neatly fit into any already existing cabinet portfolio.
January 8, 2026 at 12:24 AM
DHS in general was a bad re-org.
Give TSA and the air marshals to DOT, customs and civil immigration to state, criminal immigration enforcement to justice, the natsec shit to Justice/DoD, etc.
Only border patrol is the one that doesn’t neatly fit into any already existing cabinet portfolio.
Give TSA and the air marshals to DOT, customs and civil immigration to state, criminal immigration enforcement to justice, the natsec shit to Justice/DoD, etc.
Only border patrol is the one that doesn’t neatly fit into any already existing cabinet portfolio.
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Vladimir Putin’s insistence on pseudoscience is more than just propaganda | Slava Amanatski
Putin's pseudoscience is not an aberration, but a way of understanding the world in which science becomes yet another field of geopolitical confrontation.
Putin's pseudoscience is not an aberration, but a way of understanding the world in which science becomes yet another field of geopolitical confrontation.
January 9, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Vladimir Putin’s insistence on pseudoscience is more than just propaganda | Slava Amanatski
Putin's pseudoscience is not an aberration, but a way of understanding the world in which science becomes yet another field of geopolitical confrontation.
Putin's pseudoscience is not an aberration, but a way of understanding the world in which science becomes yet another field of geopolitical confrontation.
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Remarkably good thread about a bad tendency on here
It's totally understandable if you're dooming about any facet of the American experiment right now. So your feelings are "valid" in the sense that they represent real anxiety, and I get that. But to vent that anxiety in other people's spaces is wrong for three reasons.
January 9, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Remarkably good thread about a bad tendency on here
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The first patient I ever cared for when I was on my peds rotation in nursing school was a tiny dude ≈2 years old who had RSV. He had a history of lung problems from being 4 months premature and spending time on a vent in the NICU.
When he would start coughing, his oxygen level would plummet…
When he would start coughing, his oxygen level would plummet…
The CDC changed the universal vaccine schedule & no longer recommends
Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV
I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.
We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.
In our already overflowing hospitals
Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV
I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.
We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.
In our already overflowing hospitals
January 9, 2026 at 2:36 AM
The first patient I ever cared for when I was on my peds rotation in nursing school was a tiny dude ≈2 years old who had RSV. He had a history of lung problems from being 4 months premature and spending time on a vent in the NICU.
When he would start coughing, his oxygen level would plummet…
When he would start coughing, his oxygen level would plummet…
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Nothing good can happen. It can only bad happen.
January 5, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Nothing good can happen. It can only bad happen.
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we were sitting on top of the most powerful hegemonic structure in human history that allowed us to rule most of the world with only a fraction of the resources required to actually rule the world and they're burning it down because they want to kill people for fun
January 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
we were sitting on top of the most powerful hegemonic structure in human history that allowed us to rule most of the world with only a fraction of the resources required to actually rule the world and they're burning it down because they want to kill people for fun
I believe the colloquial term is patriot
January 9, 2026 at 1:21 AM
I believe the colloquial term is patriot
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don't normalize a mass murderer of children.
January 8, 2026 at 6:49 PM
don't normalize a mass murderer of children.
I always liked the part where the out-of-date swordfish sortie crippled her steering and and jammed her rudders, so she was stuck helplessly going in circles
December 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I always liked the part where the out-of-date swordfish sortie crippled her steering and and jammed her rudders, so she was stuck helplessly going in circles
A significant portion of that magic is called Ben Johnson
December 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A significant portion of that magic is called Ben Johnson
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This is John Roberts' America.
The blatant selling of pardons is perhaps the clearest instance of criminal conduct authorized by SCOTUS. Pardons are a quintessential "official act." So, even when Trump takes a bribe to issue one, he is presumably above the criminal law.
The president’s own chief of staff was reportedly stunned by his pardon of a former Honduran president.
December 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This is John Roberts' America.
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I maintain that a pardon issued with corrupt intent to aid or abet a crime or criminal conspiracy in which the President is a participant or beneficiary is void ab nihilo
The blatant selling of pardons is perhaps the clearest instance of criminal conduct authorized by SCOTUS. Pardons are a quintessential "official act." So, even when Trump takes a bribe to issue one, he is presumably above the criminal law.
The president’s own chief of staff was reportedly stunned by his pardon of a former Honduran president.
December 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I maintain that a pardon issued with corrupt intent to aid or abet a crime or criminal conspiracy in which the President is a participant or beneficiary is void ab nihilo
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Yeah so this is what Prigozhin did before he fell from Putin's good graces via surface to air missile
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
December 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Yeah so this is what Prigozhin did before he fell from Putin's good graces via surface to air missile
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Former head of trust and safety at Twitter, Yoel Roth, demonstrating the intellectual dishonesty of “In Covid’s Wake” by showing how they distorted his own words to make them say the opposite of what he was arguing.
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Former head of trust and safety at Twitter, Yoel Roth, demonstrating the intellectual dishonesty of “In Covid’s Wake” by showing how they distorted his own words to make them say the opposite of what he was arguing.
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Please be aware of possible scams! My client, Mel Curth, is not seeking any donations at this time. She is grateful for your support and instead requests folks that want to help to donate to the local organizations of your choice!
December 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Please be aware of possible scams! My client, Mel Curth, is not seeking any donations at this time. She is grateful for your support and instead requests folks that want to help to donate to the local organizations of your choice!