Caryn Rogers 🦫
@carynjrogers.bsky.social
volunteer senior science writer for the Preeclampsia Foundation, some philsci/social epi. Epistemic beaver. The best way to judge is to get a boat, and fill the boat with tacos. #NAFO 🇺🇸
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_fXdD70AAAAJ&hl=en
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_fXdD70AAAAJ&hl=en
Pinned
The physical world still exists and eventually ideas formed in the mass hallucination chamber of social media will collide with it, even for the people in the grips of the hallucinations. And when that happens a lot of people will die.
This is also what happens to pregnant women and their babies when they fall for snake-oil treatments for preeclampsia.
Nature bats last.
Nature bats last.
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But modern influence campaigns use a whole spectrum of operations — subtle, layered, and designed to shape how you think before you even notice.
We'll look at 12 tactics which you’ll start seeing everywhere ⬇️
We'll look at 12 tactics which you’ll start seeing everywhere ⬇️
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
But modern influence campaigns use a whole spectrum of operations — subtle, layered, and designed to shape how you think before you even notice.
We'll look at 12 tactics which you’ll start seeing everywhere ⬇️
We'll look at 12 tactics which you’ll start seeing everywhere ⬇️
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A beautiful paper on the role of Piezos in uterine biology. I have known first author Yunxiao Zhang since 2012. Yunxiao is rare talent (and a wonderfully kind human being) now on the job market!
And here is the story after peer review. This work highlights our current approach, which is to use Piezo channels to uncover new areas of biology that are shaped by mechanical forces: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A beautiful paper on the role of Piezos in uterine biology. I have known first author Yunxiao Zhang since 2012. Yunxiao is rare talent (and a wonderfully kind human being) now on the job market!
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Del Bigtree’s organization is taking credit for getting the CDC webpage published that falsely claims that vaccines cause autism.
Every major media organization should be covering this story and the implications for the United States and the world.
Every major media organization should be covering this story and the implications for the United States and the world.
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Del Bigtree’s organization is taking credit for getting the CDC webpage published that falsely claims that vaccines cause autism.
Every major media organization should be covering this story and the implications for the United States and the world.
Every major media organization should be covering this story and the implications for the United States and the world.
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She drove a hundred miles to give birth. New California laws are bringing maternity care closer to home.
This story was originally published by @calmatters.org
This story was originally published by @calmatters.org
She drove a hundred miles to give birth. New California laws are bringing maternity care closer to home
Three years after closing its maternity ward, a new state law will help a rural Northern California hospital bring birth services back to the community.
buff.ly
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
She drove a hundred miles to give birth. New California laws are bringing maternity care closer to home.
This story was originally published by @calmatters.org
This story was originally published by @calmatters.org
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Any President who calls for the opposition party to be hanged should be immediately impeached and removed from office.
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Any President who calls for the opposition party to be hanged should be immediately impeached and removed from office.
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Here are some professional organizations you can rely on for solid, evidence-based vaccine guidance:
American Acad of Pediatrics
American College of Ob/Gyn
American Acad of Family Physicians
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is Canada's version of ACIP.
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
American Acad of Pediatrics
American College of Ob/Gyn
American Acad of Family Physicians
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is Canada's version of ACIP.
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI): Statements and publications - Canada.ca
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) makes recommendations for the use of vaccines currently or newly approved for use in humans in Canada, including the identification of groups at ...
www.canada.ca
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Here are some professional organizations you can rely on for solid, evidence-based vaccine guidance:
American Acad of Pediatrics
American College of Ob/Gyn
American Acad of Family Physicians
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is Canada's version of ACIP.
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
American Acad of Pediatrics
American College of Ob/Gyn
American Acad of Family Physicians
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is Canada's version of ACIP.
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
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The CDC website is peddling false information about autism.
👉 Do not trust CDC for vaccine info or guidance
👉 Look to professional orgs or Public Health Canada (NACI) for unbiased, evidence-based guidance
Gift link:
wapo.st/4idz3Wn
👉 Do not trust CDC for vaccine info or guidance
👉 Look to professional orgs or Public Health Canada (NACI) for unbiased, evidence-based guidance
Gift link:
wapo.st/4idz3Wn
CDC in turmoil after agency backpedals on debunking vaccines-autism link
The CDC’s website now says health authorities ignored evidence of a potential connection between vaccines and autism, despite dozens of studies showing no link.
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The CDC website is peddling false information about autism.
👉 Do not trust CDC for vaccine info or guidance
👉 Look to professional orgs or Public Health Canada (NACI) for unbiased, evidence-based guidance
Gift link:
wapo.st/4idz3Wn
👉 Do not trust CDC for vaccine info or guidance
👉 Look to professional orgs or Public Health Canada (NACI) for unbiased, evidence-based guidance
Gift link:
wapo.st/4idz3Wn
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FUN FACT: In 2016, Republicans controlled 31 governorships and 68 legislative chambers, but by January, the GOP will control only 26 governorships and 57 legislative chambers.
November 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
FUN FACT: In 2016, Republicans controlled 31 governorships and 68 legislative chambers, but by January, the GOP will control only 26 governorships and 57 legislative chambers.
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We are hiring: #PhD fellow in Ecosystem-based management and marine connectivity🐋🧪🛰️
Want to work with tracking data from migratory species to identify ecological corridors and help inform biodiversity conservation priorities?
Apply by Dec 7th!
@bioprotectproject.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ytfmfhfc
Want to work with tracking data from migratory species to identify ecological corridors and help inform biodiversity conservation priorities?
Apply by Dec 7th!
@bioprotectproject.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ytfmfhfc
PhD Fellow in Ecology/Ecosystem-Based Management (289259) | UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Job title: PhD Fellow in Ecology/Ecosystem-Based Management (289259), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Sunday, December 7, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
We are hiring: #PhD fellow in Ecosystem-based management and marine connectivity🐋🧪🛰️
Want to work with tracking data from migratory species to identify ecological corridors and help inform biodiversity conservation priorities?
Apply by Dec 7th!
@bioprotectproject.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ytfmfhfc
Want to work with tracking data from migratory species to identify ecological corridors and help inform biodiversity conservation priorities?
Apply by Dec 7th!
@bioprotectproject.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ytfmfhfc
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Always, always, ALWAYS FOLLOW THE MONEY!
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Always, always, ALWAYS FOLLOW THE MONEY!
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He claims the public can’t govern because people are fragmented and easily steered by media. The symptoms are real, but the cause is the collapse of shared verification. In a disordered information environment, this is inevitable.
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
He claims the public can’t govern because people are fragmented and easily steered by media. The symptoms are real, but the cause is the collapse of shared verification. In a disordered information environment, this is inevitable.
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
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“This move is neither streamlining nor reform–it’s an abdication and abandonment of America’s future. Rather than show leadership in helping all students seize their potential, it walks away from that responsibility.” — @rweingarten.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/p...
Trump administration accelerates push to dismantle Education Department as it offloads work to other agencies | CNN Politics
The Department of Education on Tuesday announced a further dismantling of the agency by transferring much of its remaining workload to other federal agencies in a bid to convince Congress the departme...
www.cnn.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“This move is neither streamlining nor reform–it’s an abdication and abandonment of America’s future. Rather than show leadership in helping all students seize their potential, it walks away from that responsibility.” — @rweingarten.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/p...
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As we and others have repeatedly reported, credible researchers have said there is no link between vaccines and autism.
CDC plans study on vaccines and autism despite research showing no link
President Donald Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have repeatedly raised the idea that autism could be linked to vaccines.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
As we and others have repeatedly reported, credible researchers have said there is no link between vaccines and autism.
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A new NEJM paper just dropped evaluating a quadrivalent modified mRNA (modRNA) influenza vaccine in a phase 3 trial. This is the largest test yet of whether the mRNA platform that transformed COVID-19 vaccination can improve our fight against flu.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Efficacy, Immunogenicity, and Safety of Modified mRNA Influenza Vaccine | NEJM
Influenza remains a major health burden despite the use of licensed vaccines. Nucleoside-modified
messenger RNA (modRNA) influenza vaccines have shown promising immunogenicity against
influenza and...
www.nejm.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A new NEJM paper just dropped evaluating a quadrivalent modified mRNA (modRNA) influenza vaccine in a phase 3 trial. This is the largest test yet of whether the mRNA platform that transformed COVID-19 vaccination can improve our fight against flu.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.’
George Orwell, Animal Farm
George Orwell, Animal Farm
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.’
George Orwell, Animal Farm
George Orwell, Animal Farm
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The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
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Again, Trump talks about climate change all the time. He lies about clean energy all the time.
BECAUSE HE KNOWS PEOPLE CARE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND LIKE CLEAN ENERGY
Trump always tries to shape people’s ideas about things to justify his own doings.
#EndClimateSilence
BECAUSE HE KNOWS PEOPLE CARE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND LIKE CLEAN ENERGY
Trump always tries to shape people’s ideas about things to justify his own doings.
#EndClimateSilence
Trump: "I don't think Saudi Arabia would like me too much if we decided to kill oil and natural gas. There's nothing like it. It works. Windmills don't work. Other things -- I don't want to get it into too much -- but they don't work. What does work is natural gas, oil, nuclear, and other things."
November 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Again, Trump talks about climate change all the time. He lies about clean energy all the time.
BECAUSE HE KNOWS PEOPLE CARE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND LIKE CLEAN ENERGY
Trump always tries to shape people’s ideas about things to justify his own doings.
#EndClimateSilence
BECAUSE HE KNOWS PEOPLE CARE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND LIKE CLEAN ENERGY
Trump always tries to shape people’s ideas about things to justify his own doings.
#EndClimateSilence
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and i think we could often do a better job of making the pro-business case for bike and transit upgrades. the data is there but we forget to lead with it, only to find our projects so often get roadblocked or scaled back at the last minute by "business interests"
A complete, connected, comfortable network of protected bike-lanes is a climate mitigation strategy. It’s a healthy cities strategy. It’s a social equity strategy. It’s an affordability strategy. It’s an economic devt strategy. It’s a smart mobility & space saving strategy.
Etc. Etc. Etc.
Etc.
Etc. Etc. Etc.
Etc.
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
and i think we could often do a better job of making the pro-business case for bike and transit upgrades. the data is there but we forget to lead with it, only to find our projects so often get roadblocked or scaled back at the last minute by "business interests"
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The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Job posting alert! Open Science Specialist at the University of Calgary (in Canada!) #job #OpenScience careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1704502...
Specialist, Open Science, Research Services in
Calgary,
AB,
...
Specialist, Open Science, Research Services in
Calgary,
AB,
...
careers.ucalgary.ca
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Job posting alert! Open Science Specialist at the University of Calgary (in Canada!) #job #OpenScience careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1704502...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy