Dr. Ricky
@dr-ricky.bsky.social
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The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
December 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
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Pauline Copes Johnson, a descendant of Harriet Tubman, has died at 98.
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
December 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Pauline Copes Johnson, a descendant of Harriet Tubman, has died at 98.
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
Folks: stop amplifying the White House bully pulpit. They don't need the help.
December 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Folks: stop amplifying the White House bully pulpit. They don't need the help.
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Minor pet peeve: when people send you a cell phone picture of their computer screen because they can't grasp the concept of a screenshot.
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Minor pet peeve: when people send you a cell phone picture of their computer screen because they can't grasp the concept of a screenshot.
You should worry that an overly effusive message on a social media posting is likely an LLM trapping you into an attention abyss.
December 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
You should worry that an overly effusive message on a social media posting is likely an LLM trapping you into an attention abyss.
Election Day in Texas. Please go vote
December 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Election Day in Texas. Please go vote
The HHS agencies took generations of work to build up. And less than a year to lose credibility. All for what?
December 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The HHS agencies took generations of work to build up. And less than a year to lose credibility. All for what?
Given how frequently humans get accidentally impregnated on Star Trek, you'd think they'd have better biohazard procedures. #firstcontact
December 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Given how frequently humans get accidentally impregnated on Star Trek, you'd think they'd have better biohazard procedures. #firstcontact
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Well this ain’t good.
“Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will allow the AI platform to use its characters and properties to generate short, user-prompted social videos.”
www.wsj.com/business/med...
“Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will allow the AI platform to use its characters and properties to generate short, user-prompted social videos.”
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in Sora
The three-year licensing deal will let users generate videos of more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Well this ain’t good.
“Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will allow the AI platform to use its characters and properties to generate short, user-prompted social videos.”
www.wsj.com/business/med...
“Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will allow the AI platform to use its characters and properties to generate short, user-prompted social videos.”
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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We are in Medieval times.
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
The outbreaks are threatening to cost the country its measles elimination status, which was earned in 2000 after vaccination efforts stopped the virus from spreading continuously. 🧪
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
The outbreaks are threatening to cost the country its measles elimination status, which was earned in 2000 after vaccination efforts stopped the virus from spreading continuously. 🧪
Over 250 people quarantined in South Carolina as measles outbreak rages
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
arstechnica.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We are in Medieval times.
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
The outbreaks are threatening to cost the country its measles elimination status, which was earned in 2000 after vaccination efforts stopped the virus from spreading continuously. 🧪
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
The outbreaks are threatening to cost the country its measles elimination status, which was earned in 2000 after vaccination efforts stopped the virus from spreading continuously. 🧪
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NEW: Christopher Dawson won hundreds of millions in federal contracts, promising to help Native Hawaiians.
Documents suggest he pocketed the profits to invest in a beachfront horse farm and luxury homes.
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
Documents suggest he pocketed the profits to invest in a beachfront horse farm and luxury homes.
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
He Spent Funds Meant for Native Hawaiians on Polo and Porsches. The Federal Government Failed to Stop Him.
A small business program allowed Christopher Dawson to win big contracts if he promised to uplift Native Hawaiians. Instead, federal prosecutors allege, he used the money to line his own pockets.
www.propublica.org
December 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Christopher Dawson won hundreds of millions in federal contracts, promising to help Native Hawaiians.
Documents suggest he pocketed the profits to invest in a beachfront horse farm and luxury homes.
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
Documents suggest he pocketed the profits to invest in a beachfront horse farm and luxury homes.
With @civilbeat.bsky.social
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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Across the country, Indivisible groups are organizing in solidarity with immigrant communities and against ICE, Border Patrol, and the regime's brutal deportation policies — in many cases, hitting the ground running within hours or even minutes of reports of ICE activity or court proceedings.
Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Across the country, Indivisible groups are organizing in solidarity with immigrant communities and against ICE, Border Patrol, and the regime's brutal deportation policies — in many cases, hitting the ground running within hours or even minutes of reports of ICE activity or court proceedings.
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Obituary: David Baltimore (1938–2025) go.nature.com/4959dRm
David Baltimore (1938–2025) - Nature Biotechnology
Nature Biotechnology - David Baltimore (1938–2025)
go.nature.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Obituary: David Baltimore (1938–2025) go.nature.com/4959dRm
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Sarah Tabrizi first saw the data her team had been chasing for decades: evidence that gene-targeted therapy could slow the progression of Huntington's disease
She is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/4oSrmGN
She is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/4oSrmGN
‘Giant step forward’ for Huntington’s — the scientist behind the first gene therapy
Sarah Tabrizi is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
go.nature.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Sarah Tabrizi first saw the data her team had been chasing for decades: evidence that gene-targeted therapy could slow the progression of Huntington's disease
She is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/4oSrmGN
She is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/4oSrmGN
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It’s officially happening folks! The Microbial Population Biology Gordon Research Conference is back in Andover, New Hampshire starting June 27th of 2027!
See you there!!
@wcratcliff.bsky.social @ksbakes.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social
#microsky #mevosky
See you there!!
@wcratcliff.bsky.social @ksbakes.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social
#microsky #mevosky
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It’s officially happening folks! The Microbial Population Biology Gordon Research Conference is back in Andover, New Hampshire starting June 27th of 2027!
See you there!!
@wcratcliff.bsky.social @ksbakes.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social
#microsky #mevosky
See you there!!
@wcratcliff.bsky.social @ksbakes.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social
#microsky #mevosky
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Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
The Pig Is in the White House
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
You realize that most of the flavors you associate with pumpkin are the spices used to cover up the actual taste of pumpkin.
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
You realize that most of the flavors you associate with pumpkin are the spices used to cover up the actual taste of pumpkin.
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Sign up for our AMR in Focus webinar series before 11:00 GMT on 8 December to attend our next webinar, ‘Irish National Action Plan (iNAP3) on AMR Panel Discussion'. Find out details of the event: microb.io/486F0kl
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Sign up for our AMR in Focus webinar series before 11:00 GMT on 8 December to attend our next webinar, ‘Irish National Action Plan (iNAP3) on AMR Panel Discussion'. Find out details of the event: microb.io/486F0kl
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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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Think about the cooking skill it takes to overcook a chicken thigh to the point of chalkiness- and the chutzpah to still serve it
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Think about the cooking skill it takes to overcook a chicken thigh to the point of chalkiness- and the chutzpah to still serve it