@grumpyoldscientist.bsky.social
Recovering federal regulator, molecular biologist, serious dog person
Gunboat diplomacy won us so many fans the last time. Come on guys, we all know this is about oil.
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Trump Escalates Pressure on Venezuela, but Endgame Is Unclear
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November 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Gunboat diplomacy won us so many fans the last time. Come on guys, we all know this is about oil.
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Yup
They rounded a bunch of random Venezuelans with tats and pretended they were in tren de aragua, then started blowing up random Venezuelan boats they claim “carried drugs,” in order to slowly groom their base into supporting a full ground war on Venezuela that was always about oil
Whole bunch of stuff beginning to make a lot of sense.
November 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Yup
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‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
WASHINGTON—Responding to recent revelations suggesting the prominent economist was a close associate of the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a devastated nation reportedly joined together to...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
Federal workers ( those of you who are left) and hopefully everyone, should take note.
In a video, Norton confirms the news and says: "I strongly suspect it is because I have been speaking up in my personal capacity about the harms I have been witnessing inside the NIH.
Putting me on admin leave was designed to scare and silence me. I will not stop speaking out," she says.
Putting me on admin leave was designed to scare and silence me. I will not stop speaking out," she says.
I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
TikTok video by Jenna
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November 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Federal workers ( those of you who are left) and hopefully everyone, should take note.
When you demonize federal public health agencies, it emboldens folks.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/b...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/b...
ByHeart’s ‘bizarre’ response to infant botulism outbreak worries food safety experts
ByHeart’s ‘bizarre’ response to infant botulism outbreak worries food safety experts.
www.statnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
When you demonize federal public health agencies, it emboldens folks.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/b...
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When the AMOC is a frequent journalism topic, you know things are past bad. The is from a northern perspective but there are southern US/Caribbean repercussions too.
"The science is evolving quite rapidly and time is running out to do anything about it because the tipping point may well be quite close," says PIK's @rahmstorf.bsky.social in this piece on Iceland declaring the potential collapse of #AMOC a national security risk. 👇
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Iceland on alert amid Atlantic Ocean current's possible collapse | REUTERS
YouTube video by Reuters
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November 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
When the AMOC is a frequent journalism topic, you know things are past bad. The is from a northern perspective but there are southern US/Caribbean repercussions too.
Why don’t we just ban science. It would have about the same effect. And of course, this is while US companies are shopping in China for new technology.
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www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Why don’t we just ban science. It would have about the same effect. And of course, this is while US companies are shopping in China for new technology.
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At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
CBER/OVRR has an amazing density of infectious disease experts. Prasad and Hoeg have no such expertise. Note Dept. Director of OVRR appears to have left suddenly, and CBER is still leaking like a sieve, indicative of very unhappy staff.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/f...
How two top FDA officials are quietly upending vaccine regulations
Vinay Prasad and Tracy Beth Høeg mix skepticism with new ways to define risk in pursuing sweeping changes to vaccine policy at the FDA.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
CBER/OVRR has an amazing density of infectious disease experts. Prasad and Hoeg have no such expertise. Note Dept. Director of OVRR appears to have left suddenly, and CBER is still leaking like a sieve, indicative of very unhappy staff.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/f...
Seems like a prudent idea.
"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal" edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Seems like a prudent idea.
If you tried, you couldn’t make a parody sillier than this. And all these folks looking to make a buck or increase their brand.
There's an exclusive, closed-to-media MAHA summit tomorrow. Here's the full agenda I was leaked
In attendance will be JD Vance, RFK Jr, Bhattacharya, Makary, actor Russell Brand (who is facing rape and sexual assault charges), and dozens of other MAHA influencers and people in Trump's orbit
In attendance will be JD Vance, RFK Jr, Bhattacharya, Makary, actor Russell Brand (who is facing rape and sexual assault charges), and dozens of other MAHA influencers and people in Trump's orbit
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
If you tried, you couldn’t make a parody sillier than this. And all these folks looking to make a buck or increase their brand.
Wonder what they promised him to take on this onerous task? CAR-T?
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F.D.A. Names Agency Veteran to Run Drug Division
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November 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Wonder what they promised him to take on this onerous task? CAR-T?
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times.
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Brendan Loper, New Yorker.
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Brendan Loper, New Yorker.
We will be next. Modern medicine will now be able to track secondary morbidity and mortality sequelae to measles infection. Good for the study of immunology, bad for children.
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/10/m...
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/10/m...
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after more than 25 years
The Public Health Agency of Canada says the country has officially lost its measles elimination status that it had held since 1998.
toronto.citynews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We will be next. Modern medicine will now be able to track secondary morbidity and mortality sequelae to measles infection. Good for the study of immunology, bad for children.
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/10/m...
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/10/m...
Team Cave. That should be their brand now. Folks who are retiring get to decide the future of young people who have to live with this decision.
Durbin is trash. Yes, lots of great stuff in the past. Sure he’s a decent guy. But he’s pure trash now. Important to see that the bulk of Team Cave is made up of people who are retiring.
Durbin is a YES on this deal: “At Democrats’ urging, today’s bill is not the same one we’ve voted down 14 times. Republicans finally woke up and realized their Groundhog Day needed to end. This bill is not perfect, but it takes important steps to reduce their shutdown’s hurt.”
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Team Cave. That should be their brand now. Folks who are retiring get to decide the future of young people who have to live with this decision.
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When the chickens come home to roost carrying H5N1.
Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response.
www.vpm.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
When the chickens come home to roost carrying H5N1.
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A visual metaphor for the moment.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A visual metaphor for the moment.
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🎵 I threw the sandwich
... but I did not catch the felony 🎶
... but I did not catch the felony 🎶
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
🎵 I threw the sandwich
... but I did not catch the felony 🎶
... but I did not catch the felony 🎶
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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These people are so Manichean in their viewpoint. Like there is a unitary feminine and a unitary masculine. Instead of a continuum with significant overlap. Just like they view biological gender. Which anyone who knows biology sees as silly. Tl/dr, plus infuriating.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
Opinion | Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?
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November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
These people are so Manichean in their viewpoint. Like there is a unitary feminine and a unitary masculine. Instead of a continuum with significant overlap. Just like they view biological gender. Which anyone who knows biology sees as silly. Tl/dr, plus infuriating.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
Lizzy Lawrence must not be getting much sleep, covering all the leak/ grousing. But the issue is real: this is a regulatory agency, not high school. And see Fernandez Lynch’s point about legal precedent. Don’t get out over your regs, not legally defensible.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/f...
Experts worry FDA’s credibility is being shredded by scandal and 'soap opera'
Experts worry that the FDA’s credibility is being shredded by scandal and "soap opera."
www.statnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Lizzy Lawrence must not be getting much sleep, covering all the leak/ grousing. But the issue is real: this is a regulatory agency, not high school. And see Fernandez Lynch’s point about legal precedent. Don’t get out over your regs, not legally defensible.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/f...
Moving goalposts. The new Prasad regime.
FDA submission for UniQure Huntington's drug thrown into question
The company said the agency had changed its position on what level of data were sufficient for it to apply for approval for its gene therapy.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/h...
FDA submission for UniQure Huntington's drug thrown into question
The company said the agency had changed its position on what level of data were sufficient for it to apply for approval for its gene therapy.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/h...
UniQure's FDA submission for its Huntington's disease therapy thrown into question
In a major setback, Uniqure said that the timing of when it can file its Huntington's treatment for FDA approval "is now unclear."
www.statnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Moving goalposts. The new Prasad regime.
FDA submission for UniQure Huntington's drug thrown into question
The company said the agency had changed its position on what level of data were sufficient for it to apply for approval for its gene therapy.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/h...
FDA submission for UniQure Huntington's drug thrown into question
The company said the agency had changed its position on what level of data were sufficient for it to apply for approval for its gene therapy.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/h...
The US resorts to the Al Capone method of diplomacy. And apparently got their way. So we will see more of this.
European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The US resorts to the Al Capone method of diplomacy. And apparently got their way. So we will see more of this.
What is it about Sunday night at the FDA? Really this is head spinning.
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F.D.A. Drug Unit Chief Resigns, Citing a ‘Toxic’ Environment
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November 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
What is it about Sunday night at the FDA? Really this is head spinning.
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Maybe she played/watched too much Tomb Raider?
November 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Maybe she played/watched too much Tomb Raider?