Justin Hart
@justhart.bsky.social
Microbiologist Michigander. If it’s in a toilet, I want to know more about it. 🏳️🌈
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To explain:
At the start of his opinion, Judge Young includes an anonymous note received by his chambers, which reads “Trump has pardons and tanks..what do you have?”
Responding to the note, Young says we have our “magnificent Constitution” and “here’s how that works out in a specific case —“
At the start of his opinion, Judge Young includes an anonymous note received by his chambers, which reads “Trump has pardons and tanks..what do you have?”
Responding to the note, Young says we have our “magnificent Constitution” and “here’s how that works out in a specific case —“
Omg. I’ve never seen anything like this in a judicial opinion:
September 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
To explain:
At the start of his opinion, Judge Young includes an anonymous note received by his chambers, which reads “Trump has pardons and tanks..what do you have?”
Responding to the note, Young says we have our “magnificent Constitution” and “here’s how that works out in a specific case —“
At the start of his opinion, Judge Young includes an anonymous note received by his chambers, which reads “Trump has pardons and tanks..what do you have?”
Responding to the note, Young says we have our “magnificent Constitution” and “here’s how that works out in a specific case —“
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Transforming TB detection through tongue swab-based molecular testing
Exciting session at the upcoming @theunion.org conference in Copenhagen!
unionconf2025.abstractserver.com/planner/#/pr...
Exciting session at the upcoming @theunion.org conference in Copenhagen!
unionconf2025.abstractserver.com/planner/#/pr...
September 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Transforming TB detection through tongue swab-based molecular testing
Exciting session at the upcoming @theunion.org conference in Copenhagen!
unionconf2025.abstractserver.com/planner/#/pr...
Exciting session at the upcoming @theunion.org conference in Copenhagen!
unionconf2025.abstractserver.com/planner/#/pr...
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Blistering op-ed by fired CDC director Susan Monarez: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC and Me
Opinion | Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC and Me
I was fired after 29 days because I held the line and insisted on rigorous scientific review.
www.wsj.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Blistering op-ed by fired CDC director Susan Monarez: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC and Me
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Don’t trust the experts”? That’s not democracy, that’s recklessness.
On a plane, I want a pilot.
In a hospital, I want doctors and scientists who understand the evidence.
Expertise isn’t religion or authoritarianism — it’s training, accountability, and data.
Ignore it and we all pay the price.
On a plane, I want a pilot.
In a hospital, I want doctors and scientists who understand the evidence.
Expertise isn’t religion or authoritarianism — it’s training, accountability, and data.
Ignore it and we all pay the price.
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
August 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Don’t trust the experts”? That’s not democracy, that’s recklessness.
On a plane, I want a pilot.
In a hospital, I want doctors and scientists who understand the evidence.
Expertise isn’t religion or authoritarianism — it’s training, accountability, and data.
Ignore it and we all pay the price.
On a plane, I want a pilot.
In a hospital, I want doctors and scientists who understand the evidence.
Expertise isn’t religion or authoritarianism — it’s training, accountability, and data.
Ignore it and we all pay the price.
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Right now, your ability to get access to a COVID vaccine this fall is in jeopardy, whether or not you fit the new, restricted eligiblity criteria. Please send a letter to your member of Congress here. And spread the word. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
Write members of Congress - Will COVID-19 vaccines be available this fall?
It is clear that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is on a dangerous and fast-moving path to make COVID-19 vaccines totally unavailable here in the U.S. With COVID-19 cases on the rise in many parts of the US an...
actionnetwork.org
August 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Right now, your ability to get access to a COVID vaccine this fall is in jeopardy, whether or not you fit the new, restricted eligiblity criteria. Please send a letter to your member of Congress here. And spread the word. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
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“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group.”
This is on Trump.
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
This is on Trump.
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group.”
This is on Trump.
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
This is on Trump.
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
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The 'bubble' is definitely the wrong metaphor for this whole thing. Even if the stock values slide, the hype dissipates and the headlines vanish, there will still be a massive energy hunger locked in, along with a swathe of new fossil infrastructure projects that'll stick around for decades
U.S. tech stocks slide after Altman warns of AI bubble and MIT study casts doubt on the hype
Investors’ long-running enthusiasm for artificial intelligence showed signs of faltering on Tuesday as tech stocks tumbled.
fortune.com
August 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The 'bubble' is definitely the wrong metaphor for this whole thing. Even if the stock values slide, the hype dissipates and the headlines vanish, there will still be a massive energy hunger locked in, along with a swathe of new fossil infrastructure projects that'll stick around for decades
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all of this is basically a trojan horse for my sinking feeling right now that generative AI will be 'good enough' and that's...potentially a very bad outcome!
August 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
all of this is basically a trojan horse for my sinking feeling right now that generative AI will be 'good enough' and that's...potentially a very bad outcome!
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It is pretty noticeable that even as mainstream opinion on Israel and Gaza finally shifts, you don’t hear the Responsible Adults apologizing for punishing all the college kids protesting the atrocities. Quite the opposite in fact!
July 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It is pretty noticeable that even as mainstream opinion on Israel and Gaza finally shifts, you don’t hear the Responsible Adults apologizing for punishing all the college kids protesting the atrocities. Quite the opposite in fact!
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NEW: Many of the world’s vital sources of underground fresh water took millions of years to form and could require thousands of years to refill, as water mined from them largely ends up in the rising oceans.
Researchers warn: This drying is now nearly impossible to reverse “on human timescales.”
Researchers warn: This drying is now nearly impossible to reverse “on human timescales.”
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
July 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
NEW: Many of the world’s vital sources of underground fresh water took millions of years to form and could require thousands of years to refill, as water mined from them largely ends up in the rising oceans.
Researchers warn: This drying is now nearly impossible to reverse “on human timescales.”
Researchers warn: This drying is now nearly impossible to reverse “on human timescales.”
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Trying to explain health to an American: picture a sugary soda with fries and a burger
16 million people are losing their healthcare and hospitals are already closing because of it but it’s a win because one of the bottom tier fast food restaurants is going to start selling the same Mexican Cokes that you can already get at literally every store
July 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Trying to explain health to an American: picture a sugary soda with fries and a burger
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US EPA science shutdown endangers health of people and planet 🌎 🌐 theconversation.com/the-us-envir...
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s retreat from science endangers the health of people and the planet
From detecting pollutants to assessing health risks, the US EPA’s Office of Research and Development has long ensured that environmental decisions are grounded in credible, cutting-edge science.
theconversation.com
July 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
US EPA science shutdown endangers health of people and planet 🌎 🌐 theconversation.com/the-us-envir...
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Some people get into journalism because they’re skeptical of power, and others do so because they’re impressed by it. Moments like this are clarifying with respect to who’s who.
June 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Some people get into journalism because they’re skeptical of power, and others do so because they’re impressed by it. Moments like this are clarifying with respect to who’s who.
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New research from my colleagues out today looking at the environmental and social impacts of food crop-based biofuels in the US, where we now use >30% of the corn supply and >40% of the soybean oil supply (on tens of millions of acres of prime cropland) to produce only ~6% of US transport fuel. 🧪
Increased Biofuel Production in the US Midwest May Harm Farmers and the Climate
The expansion of biofuel production as an alternative fuel source not only raises questions about sustainability, but about economic inequities among Midwestern small farmers.
www.wri.org
June 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
New research from my colleagues out today looking at the environmental and social impacts of food crop-based biofuels in the US, where we now use >30% of the corn supply and >40% of the soybean oil supply (on tens of millions of acres of prime cropland) to produce only ~6% of US transport fuel. 🧪
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Earlier this year, we reported on chemical industry lobbying to prevent regulation of PFAS forever chemicals on a scale "far bigger than anything the tobacco industry have been able to pull together." Today, we report on the latest tactic in this deadly strategy:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
June 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Earlier this year, we reported on chemical industry lobbying to prevent regulation of PFAS forever chemicals on a scale "far bigger than anything the tobacco industry have been able to pull together." Today, we report on the latest tactic in this deadly strategy:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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ChatGPT we will forgive you for taking all the content from our website for a one-time donation of 48 billion English pounds
June 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
ChatGPT we will forgive you for taking all the content from our website for a one-time donation of 48 billion English pounds
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New from 404 Media: Delta, United, American etc don't want you to know they sold your flight data to DHS. The country's airlines sell bulk names and flight itineraries to DHS to be searched without a warrant. Contract tells DHS to not reveal where this data came from www.404media.co/airlines-don...
Airlines Don't Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS
A contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data.
www.404media.co
June 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
New from 404 Media: Delta, United, American etc don't want you to know they sold your flight data to DHS. The country's airlines sell bulk names and flight itineraries to DHS to be searched without a warrant. Contract tells DHS to not reveal where this data came from www.404media.co/airlines-don...
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“I don’t think there’s any way to put this, other than saying that this is an unmitigated public health disaster" www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
“I don’t think there’s any way to put this, other than saying that this is an unmitigated public health disaster" www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
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Interesting development- UK will begin vaccination against gonorrhea using the 4C MenB vaccine:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘World-first’ gonorrhoea vaccine to be rolled out in England and Wales
Jab hailed as ‘landmark moment for sexual health’ and comes amid record cases of infection
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Interesting development- UK will begin vaccination against gonorrhea using the 4C MenB vaccine:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Some of it is displacement of their own anger, grief about the pandemic on to "scientific insiders," the field of "public health," rather than a virus that has killed over a million people in this country. 34/
May 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Some of it is displacement of their own anger, grief about the pandemic on to "scientific insiders," the field of "public health," rather than a virus that has killed over a million people in this country. 34/
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I subscribe to the @newyorker.com, I was part of ACT UP, I knew Larry Kramer well and know Tony Fauci too. Daniel Immerwahr's piece on RFKJr, features this and other passages that need a reponse. 1/
May 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I subscribe to the @newyorker.com, I was part of ACT UP, I knew Larry Kramer well and know Tony Fauci too. Daniel Immerwahr's piece on RFKJr, features this and other passages that need a reponse. 1/
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At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts.
www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-wa...
www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-wa...
Tornado warnings delayed because of DOGE cuts
At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts.
www.mesoscalenews.com
May 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts.
www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-wa...
www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-wa...
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Wastewater testing which is a key tool for tracking viruses like seasonal flu, #birdflu, & #covid may disappear this summer.
In her full interview with @thebulletin.org, @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social discusses why wastewater surveillance remains essential beyond 2020's COVID pandemic.
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In her full interview with @thebulletin.org, @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social discusses why wastewater surveillance remains essential beyond 2020's COVID pandemic.
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Will America be “flying blind” on bird flu? A key wastewater-tracking program may soon end
Wastewater disease surveillance has become central to public health officials’ ability to track the H5N1 bird flu that's now spread from wild birds, to poultry, to cattle, and, worryingly, to other ma...
thebulletin.org
May 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Wastewater testing which is a key tool for tracking viruses like seasonal flu, #birdflu, & #covid may disappear this summer.
In her full interview with @thebulletin.org, @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social discusses why wastewater surveillance remains essential beyond 2020's COVID pandemic.
Read more ⤵️
In her full interview with @thebulletin.org, @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social discusses why wastewater surveillance remains essential beyond 2020's COVID pandemic.
Read more ⤵️
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...