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Used to be on twitter, had to come to greener pastures. Science & general nonsense; opinions are my own
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anyone remember what it was like before this? I do. More HBV means more patients with **preventable** end-stage liver failure and low odds of survival to transplant (if a match can be found at all).
As a reminder, today's meeting is all about hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination, specifically the dose of vaccine given within 24 hours of birth universally. This is a critically important policy intervention that enabled us to drastically reduce the incidence of hepatitis B:
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
December 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
anyone remember what it was like before this? I do. More HBV means more patients with **preventable** end-stage liver failure and low odds of survival to transplant (if a match can be found at all).
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The foreign-born fraction of the US population was 15% in 1890, and in 1910. America thrived.
That fraction is 16% now.
The difference is that in 1890/1910, >96% of immigrants were from Europe or Canada. Today that's less than 10%.
It's best to be honest about one one is actually afraid of.
That fraction is 16% now.
The difference is that in 1890/1910, >96% of immigrants were from Europe or Canada. Today that's less than 10%.
It's best to be honest about one one is actually afraid of.
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The foreign-born fraction of the US population was 15% in 1890, and in 1910. America thrived.
That fraction is 16% now.
The difference is that in 1890/1910, >96% of immigrants were from Europe or Canada. Today that's less than 10%.
It's best to be honest about one one is actually afraid of.
That fraction is 16% now.
The difference is that in 1890/1910, >96% of immigrants were from Europe or Canada. Today that's less than 10%.
It's best to be honest about one one is actually afraid of.
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You're the guy running the vomit machine on acclaimed television series Mad Men, I'm the guy providing emotional support for the guy running the vomit machine on acclaimed television series Mad Men via a gentle hand on the shoulder, we are not the same (I'm your rock)
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
You're the guy running the vomit machine on acclaimed television series Mad Men, I'm the guy providing emotional support for the guy running the vomit machine on acclaimed television series Mad Men via a gentle hand on the shoulder, we are not the same (I'm your rock)
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wow. so many options to cry in on fb marketplace today!
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
wow. so many options to cry in on fb marketplace today!
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This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
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The perfect demonstration of the fallacy that “international students take seats from US students.” Nope, international students’ tuition subsidizes domestic students
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The perfect demonstration of the fallacy that “international students take seats from US students.” Nope, international students’ tuition subsidizes domestic students
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Corporations are people and pollution is freedom of speech.
Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Corporations are people and pollution is freedom of speech.
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No surprise the Trump NIH director doesn’t understand how science works—doesn’t get NIH has been *the* world-historic leader in innovation.
After all, he’s never actually done any science.
Even before his rightwing pundit career 2020-25, he spent his time with economists, not scientists.
After all, he’s never actually done any science.
Even before his rightwing pundit career 2020-25, he spent his time with economists, not scientists.
The NIH director told attendees the NIH doesn't do enough innovative research.
“What puts lives at risk is doing research that’s incremental,” Bhattacharya said. “All it does is advance the careers of the researchers that do it. It results in publications that don’t get used and aren’t replicable.”
“What puts lives at risk is doing research that’s incremental,” Bhattacharya said. “All it does is advance the careers of the researchers that do it. It results in publications that don’t get used and aren’t replicable.”
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
No surprise the Trump NIH director doesn’t understand how science works—doesn’t get NIH has been *the* world-historic leader in innovation.
After all, he’s never actually done any science.
Even before his rightwing pundit career 2020-25, he spent his time with economists, not scientists.
After all, he’s never actually done any science.
Even before his rightwing pundit career 2020-25, he spent his time with economists, not scientists.
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
David Dutchovny
all dutch ovens should be named stewart
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 AM
David Dutchovny
Every day we wake up in a 30 rock storyline
A man in Pennsylvania had been cleaning a shotgun and placed it on the bed. Officers were informed that “a dog had jumped up onto the bed, causing the shotgun to go off, which openly struck the male.”
Dog Accidentally Shoots and Injures a Pennsylvania Man, Police Say
The man had been cleaning a shotgun and placed it on the bed shortly before it was fired. He received treatment at an area hospital.
nyti.ms
November 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Every day we wake up in a 30 rock storyline
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I'd guess that 85-90% of American scientists would be ineligible for future funding under this law, maybe close to 100% in the R1 universities. So much for funding proposals based on scientific merit.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
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 11:31 AM
I'd guess that 85-90% of American scientists would be ineligible for future funding under this law, maybe close to 100% in the R1 universities. So much for funding proposals based on scientific merit.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
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Going short skirt long jacket mode tonight
November 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Going short skirt long jacket mode tonight
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Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
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My biological pronoun?
Ok I guess, but you better get comfortable, this is going to take a while.
GATACGCATGATTGACATGTAGCGTAGCTAGATCCATGTCGATGCAGATTACAGCACTGGATGGCTACTAGTCACTGCGTACAGGACTAGCTACAGTCACGTATGACTTAGCTAGC….
Ok I guess, but you better get comfortable, this is going to take a while.
GATACGCATGATTGACATGTAGCGTAGCTAGATCCATGTCGATGCAGATTACAGCACTGGATGGCTACTAGTCACTGCGTACAGGACTAGCTACAGTCACGTATGACTTAGCTAGC….
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
My biological pronoun?
Ok I guess, but you better get comfortable, this is going to take a while.
GATACGCATGATTGACATGTAGCGTAGCTAGATCCATGTCGATGCAGATTACAGCACTGGATGGCTACTAGTCACTGCGTACAGGACTAGCTACAGTCACGTATGACTTAGCTAGC….
Ok I guess, but you better get comfortable, this is going to take a while.
GATACGCATGATTGACATGTAGCGTAGCTAGATCCATGTCGATGCAGATTACAGCACTGGATGGCTACTAGTCACTGCGTACAGGACTAGCTACAGTCACGTATGACTTAGCTAGC….
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I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right, I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along
I am wrong
I am right, I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along
This Is What a Vindicated Iguana Looks Like
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right, I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along
I am wrong
I am right, I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along
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Praising a medical breakthrough originally funded by (now-gutted) NIH funding. 🤡
$LLY $NVO
$LLY $NVO
November 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Praising a medical breakthrough originally funded by (now-gutted) NIH funding. 🤡
$LLY $NVO
$LLY $NVO
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2/n Scientific heroes from the past had v different experiences / opportunities. His wife "..ran their households, hosted exuberant parties and raised their children. In short, she provided an environment in which Crick had the luxury of devoting all of his energy to his intellectual life."
and..
and..
November 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
2/n Scientific heroes from the past had v different experiences / opportunities. His wife "..ran their households, hosted exuberant parties and raised their children. In short, she provided an environment in which Crick had the luxury of devoting all of his energy to his intellectual life."
and..
and..
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Gray-Lipped RFK Jr. Touts Body’s Natural Ability To Transmute Lead Into Gold
Gray-Lipped RFK Jr. Touts Body’s Natural Ability To Transmute Lead Into Gold
WASHINGTON—Praising the process as yet another miracle of biology that modern medicine chooses to ignore, a gray-lipped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke at a press conference Wednesday during which he tout...
theonion.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Gray-Lipped RFK Jr. Touts Body’s Natural Ability To Transmute Lead Into Gold
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the thing you have to understand about JD Vance is that he is a ghoul haunting the earth
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
the thing you have to understand about JD Vance is that he is a ghoul haunting the earth
If I’m getting rolled into the ICU and see this, I’ll pull the plug myself
October 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
If I’m getting rolled into the ICU and see this, I’ll pull the plug myself