Eric Schrimshaw
@ericschrimshaw.bsky.social
Psychologist, dept Chair Population health sciences at UCF MED; research focused on LGBTQ+ health, mental health, and HIV prevention. 🏳️🌈
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my job mostly involves googling science things all day, and it's been terrible to see how much worse that's become over the last few years. but not being able to trust government websites for basic science information really takes things to a new low
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
my job mostly involves googling science things all day, and it's been terrible to see how much worse that's become over the last few years. but not being able to trust government websites for basic science information really takes things to a new low
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@Riley_Gaines_ is not doing this to protect people.
She is endangering women, she is endangering girls of all kinds. & everybody should reject her transphobia. It's gross.
youtu.be/iKUl8lkuGOc?...
She is endangering women, she is endangering girls of all kinds. & everybody should reject her transphobia. It's gross.
youtu.be/iKUl8lkuGOc?...
What Is Riley Gaines Hiding? We Investigated | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
@Riley_Gaines_ is not doing this to protect people.
She is endangering women, she is endangering girls of all kinds. & everybody should reject her transphobia. It's gross.
youtu.be/iKUl8lkuGOc?...
She is endangering women, she is endangering girls of all kinds. & everybody should reject her transphobia. It's gross.
youtu.be/iKUl8lkuGOc?...
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The biggest danger of taking your child to a drag show is that a Christian could show up with a gun.
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The biggest danger of taking your child to a drag show is that a Christian could show up with a gun.
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Weaponization of the premier public health agency in the country for personal clout and gain. The CDC website should not be trusted given the fact that it is controlled by people who will profit from spurious and false attempts to link vaccines to autism.
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
Autism and Vaccines
Answers to common questions about vaccine safety and autism.
www.cdc.gov
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Weaponization of the premier public health agency in the country for personal clout and gain. The CDC website should not be trusted given the fact that it is controlled by people who will profit from spurious and false attempts to link vaccines to autism.
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
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“Fairness in Sports" = The Primary claim being "trans women have unfair advantages over cys women in sports"
This amazing video on the subject, with 60+ academic citations compiled by someone with a master’s degree in biomechanics and ten years of experience in the field:
youtu.be/6VtjgZF9RE8
This amazing video on the subject, with 60+ academic citations compiled by someone with a master’s degree in biomechanics and ten years of experience in the field:
youtu.be/6VtjgZF9RE8
The Science of Trans Women in Sport
YouTube video by Jangles ScienceLad
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
“Fairness in Sports" = The Primary claim being "trans women have unfair advantages over cys women in sports"
This amazing video on the subject, with 60+ academic citations compiled by someone with a master’s degree in biomechanics and ten years of experience in the field:
youtu.be/6VtjgZF9RE8
This amazing video on the subject, with 60+ academic citations compiled by someone with a master’s degree in biomechanics and ten years of experience in the field:
youtu.be/6VtjgZF9RE8
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Would really like to know how Sen Bill Cassidy is sleeping through the night these days. And yes, I hold him responsible for RFK Jr’s destruction of the CDC. He could have stopped it with his vote. None of what RFK Jr is doing is a surprise. Cassidy explicitly chose this.
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Would really like to know how Sen Bill Cassidy is sleeping through the night these days. And yes, I hold him responsible for RFK Jr’s destruction of the CDC. He could have stopped it with his vote. None of what RFK Jr is doing is a surprise. Cassidy explicitly chose this.
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the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism
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This is very exciting. Pfizer’s mRNA flu vaccine substantially outperformed the traditional/control vaccine. This cumulative incidence graph is remarkable. Again, they’re comparing the mRNA flu vaccine to an existing flu vaccine, not to a placebo @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This is very exciting. Pfizer’s mRNA flu vaccine substantially outperformed the traditional/control vaccine. This cumulative incidence graph is remarkable. Again, they’re comparing the mRNA flu vaccine to an existing flu vaccine, not to a placebo @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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"This is somewhat unprecedented, to see an innovation in global health move this fast to low- and middle-income countries," says Mitchell Warren, the executive director of AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC), a global HIV prevention organization.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
A 'breakthrough' drug to prevent HIV, an 'unprecedented' rollout
The drug lenacapavir will be distributed to Eswatini and Zambia — the first step toward providing at least 2 million doses to the countries with the highest HIV burden, largely in Africa, by 2028.
www.npr.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
"This is somewhat unprecedented, to see an innovation in global health move this fast to low- and middle-income countries," says Mitchell Warren, the executive director of AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC), a global HIV prevention organization.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
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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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CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
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The amazing @BlairH_PhD has just advised
This amazing systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
has just been accepted in international journal of transgender health.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
This amazing systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
has just been accepted in international journal of transgender health.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
The Effects of Gender Affirming Hormone Treatment on Transgender Women’s Musculoskeletal Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Background: Gender-affirming hormone treatment (GAHT) aligns transgender women’s hormone profiles with their gender identity, alleviating gender dysphoria by inducing feminising changes. However, the ...
www.medrxiv.org
November 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The amazing @BlairH_PhD has just advised
This amazing systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
has just been accepted in international journal of transgender health.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
This amazing systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
has just been accepted in international journal of transgender health.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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BREAKING: I GOT MY SNAP BENEFITS. (NYC HERE)
CHECK YOUR EBT CARDS AND PLEASE REPORT BACK!!!!!
CHECK YOUR EBT CARDS AND PLEASE REPORT BACK!!!!!
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
BREAKING: I GOT MY SNAP BENEFITS. (NYC HERE)
CHECK YOUR EBT CARDS AND PLEASE REPORT BACK!!!!!
CHECK YOUR EBT CARDS AND PLEASE REPORT BACK!!!!!
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i hope one thing we take away from all these political prosecutions (and the deference given to government during them) is how easily people of color and low income folks can be wrongly incarcerated. so maybe we should do something about that
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
i hope one thing we take away from all these political prosecutions (and the deference given to government during them) is how easily people of color and low income folks can be wrongly incarcerated. so maybe we should do something about that
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Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."
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Republicans will wreak havoc on air travel if it means not lowering healthcare costs.
THANK A MAGAT!
THANK A MAGAT!
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Republicans will wreak havoc on air travel if it means not lowering healthcare costs.
THANK A MAGAT!
THANK A MAGAT!
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Before her (too early) death, the amazing Sharon Begley wrote this piece on double helix co-discoverer James Watson and the racist and sexist pronouncements he seemed to revel in making in later life. Fascinating read about a troubling individual.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Before her (too early) death, the amazing Sharon Begley wrote this piece on double helix co-discoverer James Watson and the racist and sexist pronouncements he seemed to revel in making in later life. Fascinating read about a troubling individual.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
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“Modeled after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), this board would investigate outbreaks across all food categories, free from agency silos and political pressure… The status quo is simply too dangerous to continue. Investigations can lack coordination and timeliness in response”
Listeria tied to pasta shows why we need a national foodborne outbreak investigation board
“Too many Americans fall ill from contaminated food every year — and too many families experiencing tragic, preventable loss.”
www.statnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“Modeled after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), this board would investigate outbreaks across all food categories, free from agency silos and political pressure… The status quo is simply too dangerous to continue. Investigations can lack coordination and timeliness in response”
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So, NIH seems to have opened some high-level, director-of-institute type positions today, with a window of only two weeks. During a shutdown. Hm.
hr.nih.gov
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
So, NIH seems to have opened some high-level, director-of-institute type positions today, with a window of only two weeks. During a shutdown. Hm.
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This blood is on your hands, Elon.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This blood is on your hands, Elon.
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Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
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Debates over Medicaid and affordable healthcare are at the center of the ongoing government shutdown. Our research shows that 1.8 million LGBT adults rely on Medicaid as their primary health insurance.
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Debates over Medicaid and affordable healthcare are at the center of the ongoing government shutdown. Our research shows that 1.8 million LGBT adults rely on Medicaid as their primary health insurance.
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New study sheds light on women’s attraction to aggression in pornography
New study sheds light on women’s attraction to aggression in pornography
Aggression in pornography is often seen as a product of male desire. A new study challenges this idea, finding that many viewers, especially women, are drawn to scenes that mix dominance, pleasure, and pain.
www.psypost.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
New study sheds light on women’s attraction to aggression in pornography
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Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.