Kim Bellard
@kimbbellard.bsky.social
Just a curious guy. I write a little, usually on Medium. Health care, tech, the future - those kinds of things.
That is so cool.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
That is so cool.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
Technology has been eroding our privacy faster than our legislation/ regulation has been able to respond, but now we're at the point when our thoughts and feelings may soon not be private. We must draw the line.
H/T Linda Kinstler @hkt52.bsky.social
kimbellard.medium.com/if-you-could...
H/T Linda Kinstler @hkt52.bsky.social
kimbellard.medium.com/if-you-could...
If You Could Read My Mind — Wait, You Can?
Over the years, one area of tech/health tech I have avoided writing about are brain-computer interfaces (B.C.I.). In part, it was because…
kimbellard.medium.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Technology has been eroding our privacy faster than our legislation/ regulation has been able to respond, but now we're at the point when our thoughts and feelings may soon not be private. We must draw the line.
H/T Linda Kinstler @hkt52.bsky.social
kimbellard.medium.com/if-you-could...
H/T Linda Kinstler @hkt52.bsky.social
kimbellard.medium.com/if-you-could...
Thanks to @boltyboy.bsky.social for publishing!
Do we need fewer lawyers and more scientists in Congress? @kimbbellard.bsky.social thinks so
thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2025/11...
thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2025/11...
Support your neighborhood scientist – The Health Care Blog
thehealthcareblog.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Thanks to @boltyboy.bsky.social for publishing!
🤔
Quick analysis of Bezos's Prometheus startup, based on what scant knowledge we have:
Seems like Prometheus and Periodic Labs are betting that RL+real-world = AI that can learn from reality rather than just optimizing in simulation
MuZero for reality, you might say.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
Seems like Prometheus and Periodic Labs are betting that RL+real-world = AI that can learn from reality rather than just optimizing in simulation
MuZero for reality, you might say.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🤔
Say what? 😲
@danielkraft.bsky.social
Tabletop particle accelerator could transform medicine and materials science share.google/8lYqu9Oyktbh...
@danielkraft.bsky.social
Tabletop particle accelerator could transform medicine and materials science share.google/8lYqu9Oyktbh...
Tabletop particle accelerator could transform medicine and materials science
The device could yield intense X-rays which are usually produced in huge facilities.
share.google
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Say what? 😲
@danielkraft.bsky.social
Tabletop particle accelerator could transform medicine and materials science share.google/8lYqu9Oyktbh...
@danielkraft.bsky.social
Tabletop particle accelerator could transform medicine and materials science share.google/8lYqu9Oyktbh...
🤔
Nice charts from @mims.bsky.social on AI build-out. He quotes JPM that every iphone owner globally needs to pay $35 a month to generate enough $ to justify capex. Seems to me that equates to ~$9 a month for every smartphone owner. Still punchy, but I can imagine that.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/when...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/when...
When AI Hype Meets AI Reality: A Reckoning in 6 Charts
Record capital expenditures and data-center planning are running up against the ground truths of physical infrastructure.
www.wsj.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
🤔
😡
Yesterday, the NIH abruptly placed @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social, who has been a vocal critic of the administration’s changes to the NIH, on leave
“It is intended as a threat,” she told me yesterday
www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/n...
“It is intended as a threat,” she told me yesterday
www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/n...
NIH abruptly places outspoken critic of Trump administration on leave
Jenna Norton, a vocal critic of Trump administration actions at the NIH, was abruptly placed on administrative leave this week.
www.statnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
😡
Can't help but noticing the common thread in these 3 stories from 3 major newspapers today.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
China’s new aircraft supercarrier challenges U.S. dominance in Pacific
The Fujian and its strike group represent a strategic game changer that will bring Beijing closer to its goal of eroding U.S. maritime primacy in its backyard.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Can't help but noticing the common thread in these 3 stories from 3 major newspapers today.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Reposted by Kim Bellard
It’s actually WILD that the Vice President made this statement while scientists from the EPA, FEMA, and now the NIH are on administrative leave for signing declarations of dissent against new Trump policies at their agency.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It’s actually WILD that the Vice President made this statement while scientists from the EPA, FEMA, and now the NIH are on administrative leave for signing declarations of dissent against new Trump policies at their agency.
😑
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
😑
If there has ever been a time to support science, and scientists, in America, that time is now.
kimbellard.medium.com/support-your...
kimbellard.medium.com/support-your...
Support Your Neighborhood Scientist
These are, it must be said, grim times for American science. Between the Trump budget cuts, the Trump attacks on leading research…
kimbellard.medium.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If there has ever been a time to support science, and scientists, in America, that time is now.
kimbellard.medium.com/support-your...
kimbellard.medium.com/support-your...
👏
This week we were joined by @pahlkadot.bsky.social & Robert Gordon for a conversation about their new project, Recode America, & how they are working to reimagine our regulatory process so that government at all levels can effectively deliver for Americans. open.substack.com/pub/statesfo...
Making Government Work for the People
A conversation with Jennifer Pahlka and Robert Gordon
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
👏
In a perfect world, scientists could focus on science, and not have to worry about politics, much less get involved in it. Alas: we do not live in that world.
@meganranney.bsky.social @emmabethmcginty.bsky.social @claudia-williams.bsky.social @pahlkadot.bsky.social
medium.com/@kimbellard/...
@meganranney.bsky.social @emmabethmcginty.bsky.social @claudia-williams.bsky.social @pahlkadot.bsky.social
medium.com/@kimbellard/...
Support Your Neighborhood Scientist
These are, it must be said, grim times for American science. Between the Trump budget cuts, the Trump attacks on leading research…
medium.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In a perfect world, scientists could focus on science, and not have to worry about politics, much less get involved in it. Alas: we do not live in that world.
@meganranney.bsky.social @emmabethmcginty.bsky.social @claudia-williams.bsky.social @pahlkadot.bsky.social
medium.com/@kimbellard/...
@meganranney.bsky.social @emmabethmcginty.bsky.social @claudia-williams.bsky.social @pahlkadot.bsky.social
medium.com/@kimbellard/...
Reposted by Kim Bellard
Appreciate this write up from @kimbbellard.bsky.social! Thank you for your continued support of @standupforscience.bsky.social ✊🏼
We've seen what government run by politicians is like. Maybe it's time to see what a government run by scientists would be like.
H/T @cdelawalla.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @314action.bsky.social @shaughnessy2025.bsky.social @katherinejwu.com
kimbellard.medium.com/support-your...
H/T @cdelawalla.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @314action.bsky.social @shaughnessy2025.bsky.social @katherinejwu.com
kimbellard.medium.com/support-your...
Support Your Neighborhood Scientist
These are, it must be said, grim times for American science. Between the Trump budget cuts, the Trump attacks on leading research…
kimbellard.medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Appreciate this write up from @kimbbellard.bsky.social! Thank you for your continued support of @standupforscience.bsky.social ✊🏼
We've seen what government run by politicians is like. Maybe it's time to see what a government run by scientists would be like.
H/T @cdelawalla.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @314action.bsky.social @shaughnessy2025.bsky.social @katherinejwu.com
kimbellard.medium.com/support-your...
H/T @cdelawalla.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @314action.bsky.social @shaughnessy2025.bsky.social @katherinejwu.com
kimbellard.medium.com/support-your...
Support Your Neighborhood Scientist
These are, it must be said, grim times for American science. Between the Trump budget cuts, the Trump attacks on leading research…
kimbellard.medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
We've seen what government run by politicians is like. Maybe it's time to see what a government run by scientists would be like.
H/T @cdelawalla.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @314action.bsky.social @shaughnessy2025.bsky.social @katherinejwu.com
kimbellard.medium.com/support-your...
H/T @cdelawalla.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @314action.bsky.social @shaughnessy2025.bsky.social @katherinejwu.com
kimbellard.medium.com/support-your...
Med school definitely should be rethought and reformed, but making it shorter is one of the smaller changes that need to happen.
I have some thoughts...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
I have some thoughts...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | Make Medical School Three Years
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Med school definitely should be rethought and reformed, but making it shorter is one of the smaller changes that need to happen.
I have some thoughts...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
I have some thoughts...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
😞
Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the USA is losing
go.nature.com/49CE3Bt
go.nature.com/49CE3Bt
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
Nature - From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional...
go.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
😞
@downing.bsky.social - I just read @timbl.bsky.social 's new book and was interested in his thoughts for the future, such as @inrupt.bsky.social and the Solid Project. Curious to see if you are following these and what your thoughts are.
Home share.google/hnhLJ4XLl4Wb...
Home share.google/hnhLJ4XLl4Wb...
Home
Inrupt's wallet infrastructure solutions power Agentic Wallets™ and Data Wallets, enabling AI-driven experiences built on consented customer data.
share.google
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
@downing.bsky.social - I just read @timbl.bsky.social 's new book and was interested in his thoughts for the future, such as @inrupt.bsky.social and the Solid Project. Curious to see if you are following these and what your thoughts are.
Home share.google/hnhLJ4XLl4Wb...
Home share.google/hnhLJ4XLl4Wb...
