Franjo Ivankovic, PhD
@franjo.us
Into: #psychiatry, #genetics, #statistics, #epidemiology, #anthropology, #synthology, #epistemology, #sciencefiction, and #fantasy.
Research fellow at the Broad Institute, MGH, and Harvard Med.
Hobbies: reading, writing, exploring US National Parks
Research fellow at the Broad Institute, MGH, and Harvard Med.
Hobbies: reading, writing, exploring US National Parks
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Depressingly there is more talk in many places about race and ethnicity, and how certain visible characteristics - most obviously skin colour - define people. This is squarely in the identity discussion; ie, people defining their own identity via these visible characteristics
October 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Depressingly there is more talk in many places about race and ethnicity, and how certain visible characteristics - most obviously skin colour - define people. This is squarely in the identity discussion; ie, people defining their own identity via these visible characteristics
As far as plots go, this one is harrowing...
From: Greenspoon, L., Ramot, N., Moran, U. et al. The global biomass of mammals since 1850. Nat Commun 16, 8338 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s414...
From: Greenspoon, L., Ramot, N., Moran, U. et al. The global biomass of mammals since 1850. Nat Commun 16, 8338 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s414...
October 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
As far as plots go, this one is harrowing...
From: Greenspoon, L., Ramot, N., Moran, U. et al. The global biomass of mammals since 1850. Nat Commun 16, 8338 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s414...
From: Greenspoon, L., Ramot, N., Moran, U. et al. The global biomass of mammals since 1850. Nat Commun 16, 8338 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Recent funding cuts have affected all levels of science, but as we learned from the effects of the pandemic, early career researchers are likely to be the most vulnerable.
October 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Recent funding cuts have affected all levels of science, but as we learned from the effects of the pandemic, early career researchers are likely to be the most vulnerable.
Stock prices 📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈
Honestly, when the financial press starts printing diagrams like this, isn't it time for a regulator to step in?
October 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Stock prices 📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈
Listening to Kamala read her book, The Truths We Hold, and I really the content and her narration. Two funny (?) observations -- she reads 911 (emergency) as "nine eleven," and she pronounces "Latinx" like Hailee in Overcompensating.
October 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Listening to Kamala read her book, The Truths We Hold, and I really the content and her narration. Two funny (?) observations -- she reads 911 (emergency) as "nine eleven," and she pronounces "Latinx" like Hailee in Overcompensating.
If you told me a year ago that I'd be listening to a conman and a 14 year heroin addict who had brain worms come out with a claim of solving both etiology and treatment for autism in one month, something armies of scientists and clinicians couldn't do in a hundred years, I'd laugh in your face.
September 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If you told me a year ago that I'd be listening to a conman and a 14 year heroin addict who had brain worms come out with a claim of solving both etiology and treatment for autism in one month, something armies of scientists and clinicians couldn't do in a hundred years, I'd laugh in your face.
In other news, our teeth are indeed a part of our bodies. 🤯
Gum disease treatment slows the thickening of arteries, clinical trial shows
New trial results show that intense gum disease treatment reduces how much the carotid artery narrows in otherwise healthy individuals. This suggests oral health should be taken seriously as a contrib...
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August 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
In other news, our teeth are indeed a part of our bodies. 🤯
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The mental health benefits of not knowing any history right now must be massive. Moving through your day with total equanimity. What happens next? Who knows? Maybe something good
August 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The mental health benefits of not knowing any history right now must be massive. Moving through your day with total equanimity. What happens next? Who knows? Maybe something good
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The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
August 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
The university will define "male" and "female".... designated for *women*... WHO WROTE THIS?!
Hearing in groupchats that the language here on gender is much worse than the Columbia settlement
July 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The university will define "male" and "female".... designated for *women*... WHO WROTE THIS?!
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Sad but all is not lost.
"... science itself, in the global sense, will be fine. The deep human curiosities that drive it do not belong to any nation-state..." www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
"... science itself, in the global sense, will be fine. The deep human curiosities that drive it do not belong to any nation-state..." www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
July 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Sad but all is not lost.
"... science itself, in the global sense, will be fine. The deep human curiosities that drive it do not belong to any nation-state..." www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
"... science itself, in the global sense, will be fine. The deep human curiosities that drive it do not belong to any nation-state..." www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Eugenics never died, it just went dormant, waiting for the right time to re-emerge.
New snake oil just dropped
And proudly boosting the nazi approval, bold business strategy!
And proudly boosting the nazi approval, bold business strategy!
July 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Eugenics never died, it just went dormant, waiting for the right time to re-emerge.
Universities are throwing all the minorities they so proudly exploited for their brochures and ads under the fascist clown bus, and hopping on to maintain their comfort. Much like the Nazis in 30s, Christofascist Americans are destroying institutions of knowledge and, with them, the minorities.
Just read the Brown University agreement and this really jumped out.
"The University will not perform gender reassignment surgery or prescribe puberty blockers or hormones to any minor child for the purpose of aligning the child's appearance with an identity that differs from his or her sex."
"The University will not perform gender reassignment surgery or prescribe puberty blockers or hormones to any minor child for the purpose of aligning the child's appearance with an identity that differs from his or her sex."
July 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Universities are throwing all the minorities they so proudly exploited for their brochures and ads under the fascist clown bus, and hopping on to maintain their comfort. Much like the Nazis in 30s, Christofascist Americans are destroying institutions of knowledge and, with them, the minorities.
#CPConf2025 was a blast, so many cool talks and posters. Shout-out to the organizers for selecting our EHR symposium and to the EHR team for helping me put it together! Special thanks to Greta, Itunu, Lea*, and Julia* (*who could not make it to Tübingen) for making this symposium a reality.
July 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
#CPConf2025 was a blast, so many cool talks and posters. Shout-out to the organizers for selecting our EHR symposium and to the EHR team for helping me put it together! Special thanks to Greta, Itunu, Lea*, and Julia* (*who could not make it to Tübingen) for making this symposium a reality.
Come see our symposium on EHR data and computational psychiatry at 3:30 CEST! #CPConf2025
July 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Come see our symposium on EHR data and computational psychiatry at 3:30 CEST! #CPConf2025
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Since WWII, America has led the world -- economically and in so many other ways -- in no small part because of its willingness to spend on basic research and its ability to attract the world's best and brightest.
That is changing -- fast. My deep dive on the topic:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
That is changing -- fast. My deep dive on the topic:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
America’s Brain Drain Could Become the World’s Brain Gain
Research-funding cuts and immigration changes threaten some of America’s economic advantages.
www.wsj.com
July 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Since WWII, America has led the world -- economically and in so many other ways -- in no small part because of its willingness to spend on basic research and its ability to attract the world's best and brightest.
That is changing -- fast. My deep dive on the topic:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
That is changing -- fast. My deep dive on the topic:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Harvard has also, in Columbia's footsteps, decided to try to placate Trump by bending over backwards to make itself into something it is not and it cannot become. But to accommodate present-day American conservatives, Harvard must first give up its motto and replace it with its antonym.
Exclusive: Harvard leaders have discussed creating a center for conservative scholarship as the school fights the Trump administration’s accusations that it is too liberal.
Harvard Explores New Center for Conservative Scholarship Amid Trump Attacks
The Ivy League school has discussed an effort to ‘support viewpoint diversity’ with potential donors. Harvard says the initiative ‘will not be partisan.’
on.wsj.com
July 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Harvard has also, in Columbia's footsteps, decided to try to placate Trump by bending over backwards to make itself into something it is not and it cannot become. But to accommodate present-day American conservatives, Harvard must first give up its motto and replace it with its antonym.
The United States has abdicated its role of an economic and intellectual leader for conspiracies and fascism. This, as a consequence, will result in the rest of the West, which has willingly played a second fiddle to the US in these domains for decades, to deteriorate similarly.
Photos: The Scale of China’s Solar-Power Projects
As the Trump administration's “big, beautiful bill” eliminates many clean-energy incentives in the U.S., China continues huge investments in wind and solar power, reportedly accounting for 74 percent ...
www.theatlantic.com
July 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The United States has abdicated its role of an economic and intellectual leader for conspiracies and fascism. This, as a consequence, will result in the rest of the West, which has willingly played a second fiddle to the US in these domains for decades, to deteriorate similarly.
You. Cannot. Play. Bureaucracy. With. Fascists.
Trump Administration Threatens Harvard’s Accreditation, Subpoenas Student Records | Harvard Magazine
The federal government mounts pressure amid negotiations with Harvard.
www.harvardmagazine.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
You. Cannot. Play. Bureaucracy. With. Fascists.
Conservatives are successful because they generally follow a positive selection methodology -- are you endorsing the core conservative platform? Yes? We will support you.
July 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Conservatives are successful because they generally follow a positive selection methodology -- are you endorsing the core conservative platform? Yes? We will support you.
The abuse of ICE detainees has reached catastrophic levels. We need to address this, now!
www.latintimes.com/alligator-al...
www.latintimes.com/alligator-al...
'Alligator Alcatraz' Detainees Decry Lack Of Water To Bathe, Food With Maggots And 'Mosquitoes As Big As Elephants'
A detainee at "Alligator Alcatraz" described harsh conditions, including lack of water to bathe and food with maggots
www.latintimes.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The abuse of ICE detainees has reached catastrophic levels. We need to address this, now!
www.latintimes.com/alligator-al...
www.latintimes.com/alligator-al...
What's happening in TX is a direct consequence of DOGE, Trump, & Republicans continuously undercutting, underfunding, & destroying systems & infrastructures that are needed for maintaining a civilized & safe society. No amounts of billions in military and paramilitary funding can compensate for it.
July 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
What's happening in TX is a direct consequence of DOGE, Trump, & Republicans continuously undercutting, underfunding, & destroying systems & infrastructures that are needed for maintaining a civilized & safe society. No amounts of billions in military and paramilitary funding can compensate for it.
I wish I could hold y'all's hands when I tell you this, but it doesn't matter. 99% of Americans could be rabid for increasing funding for medical research, as long as that 1% that makes decisions doesn't care for it, it's not happening.
A reminder of what Americans support via #CHIP50:
84% say we should invest the *same or more funding* for science research next year
90% say we should invest the *same or more funding* for medical research next year
Survey: www.chip50.org/reports/amer...
The WH disagrees
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
84% say we should invest the *same or more funding* for science research next year
90% say we should invest the *same or more funding* for medical research next year
Survey: www.chip50.org/reports/amer...
The WH disagrees
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
View Projected Impact of the FY2026 Budget Cuts to the NIH
scienceimpacts.org
July 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I wish I could hold y'all's hands when I tell you this, but it doesn't matter. 99% of Americans could be rabid for increasing funding for medical research, as long as that 1% that makes decisions doesn't care for it, it's not happening.
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Cremieux’s real name is Jordan Lasker. I put his name in the newspaper. He’s a scientific racist www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
July 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Cremieux’s real name is Jordan Lasker. I put his name in the newspaper. He’s a scientific racist www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.