Brent Orr
@baoflex.bsky.social
Neuropathologist. Director of Anatomic Pathology and Neuropathology at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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Terrible news for pediatric brain tumor research and incredible amount of hard work wasted. This very likely will result in some active trials prematurely closing without sufficient accrual to answer their aims.
Devastating news. The Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium has lost its ability to apply for federal funding upon which it is structured. Without this, it cant exist. This threatens access to clinical trials for children.
These children need MORE funding and MORE trials, not less.
They deserve better
These children need MORE funding and MORE trials, not less.
They deserve better
August 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Terrible news for pediatric brain tumor research and incredible amount of hard work wasted. This very likely will result in some active trials prematurely closing without sufficient accrual to answer their aims.
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Important update about local impacts of funding cuts.
Depressing but compelling...
Thanks to @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and his team for putting this together.
scienceimpacts.org
Depressing but compelling...
Thanks to @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and his team for putting this together.
scienceimpacts.org
SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
scienceimpacts.org
June 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Important update about local impacts of funding cuts.
Depressing but compelling...
Thanks to @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and his team for putting this together.
scienceimpacts.org
Depressing but compelling...
Thanks to @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and his team for putting this together.
scienceimpacts.org
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Don't really have a question, just came across this the other day and it sounded about right. I can't even believe this is America right now. We're not well.
May 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Don't really have a question, just came across this the other day and it sounded about right. I can't even believe this is America right now. We're not well.
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Learning from the Luddites.
The critical challenge of the age of AI: designing an economic system which incentivises the augmentation of human expertise rather than the automation that replaces it.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The critical challenge of the age of AI: designing an economic system which incentivises the augmentation of human expertise rather than the automation that replaces it.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How to Survive the A.I. Revolution
The Luddites lost the fight to save their livelihoods. As the threat of artificial intelligence looms, can we do any better?
www.newyorker.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Learning from the Luddites.
The critical challenge of the age of AI: designing an economic system which incentivises the augmentation of human expertise rather than the automation that replaces it.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The critical challenge of the age of AI: designing an economic system which incentivises the augmentation of human expertise rather than the automation that replaces it.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Pediatric research. When grants are pulled, the infrastructure suffers
www.wcvb.com/article/bost...
www.wcvb.com/article/bost...
March 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Pediatric research. When grants are pulled, the infrastructure suffers
www.wcvb.com/article/bost...
www.wcvb.com/article/bost...
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The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
restoredcdc.org
March 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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March 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
February 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
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The US gained its international leadership in science (& economic benefits of that leadership) starting in the 1930s when Nazi germany drove away its leading scientists.
The US can lose that leadership in much the same way, which will take many years to recover from.
Oppose RFK
Save NIH/NSF/CDC
The US can lose that leadership in much the same way, which will take many years to recover from.
Oppose RFK
Save NIH/NSF/CDC
February 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The US gained its international leadership in science (& economic benefits of that leadership) starting in the 1930s when Nazi germany drove away its leading scientists.
The US can lose that leadership in much the same way, which will take many years to recover from.
Oppose RFK
Save NIH/NSF/CDC
The US can lose that leadership in much the same way, which will take many years to recover from.
Oppose RFK
Save NIH/NSF/CDC
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Since CDC websites and datasets are being taken down by the Administration…
The ENTIRE archive of ALL CDC datasets uploaded BEFORE January 28th, 2025 can be found here: archive.org/details/2025...
Since CDC websites and datasets are being taken down by the Administration…
The ENTIRE archive of ALL CDC datasets uploaded BEFORE January 28th, 2025 can be found here: archive.org/details/2025...
February 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Since CDC websites and datasets are being taken down by the Administration…
The ENTIRE archive of ALL CDC datasets uploaded BEFORE January 28th, 2025 can be found here: archive.org/details/2025...
Since CDC websites and datasets are being taken down by the Administration…
The ENTIRE archive of ALL CDC datasets uploaded BEFORE January 28th, 2025 can be found here: archive.org/details/2025...
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Great tip sheet for journalists reporting on RFK Jr., by @tarahaelle.bsky.social
🧪 science communication 🛟 medsky
🧪 science communication 🛟 medsky
What to know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s anti-vaccine advocacy
Audiences need ongoing, accurate information about Kennedy's beliefs on vaccines and health policy — and what he could do as HHS Secretary.
healthjournalism.org
December 7, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Great tip sheet for journalists reporting on RFK Jr., by @tarahaelle.bsky.social
🧪 science communication 🛟 medsky
🧪 science communication 🛟 medsky