Peter Prevelige
@pprevlg.bsky.social
Semi-retired structural virologist and novice mass spectroscopist
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The full ruling explaining why NIH grant cuts are illegal came out today.
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
After ruling the NIH grant cuts were illegal yesterday, Judge Young, a Reagan appointee on the bench since 1985, ended the hearing with a blistering 15-minute speech.
I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵
I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵
July 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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The current administration’s narrative that Harvard (and all universities) feel “entitled” to federal dollars misleads the public. Nor are these funds a “privilege” 1/n
Harvard may have a lot of issues, but none of the accusations in this acid-tripping letter are it. Don't know whether to laugh or cry as I watch monkeys tear up pearl strings.
🚨🚨 Deranged letter from Education Secretary Linda McMahon to Harvard’s president, cutting off federal funding for any new grants.
Worth reading in full. It is NUTS.
Worth reading in full. It is NUTS.
May 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The current administration’s narrative that Harvard (and all universities) feel “entitled” to federal dollars misleads the public. Nor are these funds a “privilege” 1/n
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Sovereignty defeated Journalism, and American Promise was left in the dust
...no no that's not 2025 that's the Kentucky Derby results
...no no that's not 2025 that's the Kentucky Derby results
May 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Sovereignty defeated Journalism, and American Promise was left in the dust
...no no that's not 2025 that's the Kentucky Derby results
...no no that's not 2025 that's the Kentucky Derby results
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I’ve been seething and grieving since yesterday’s Friday Night Massacre of NIH overheads, a seeming bit of bureaucratic trivial that will in fact destroy the US university system if unchecked. But I want to get away from budgets and rate breakdowns and F&A percentages for a moment.
Humor me?
Humor me?
February 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I’ve been seething and grieving since yesterday’s Friday Night Massacre of NIH overheads, a seeming bit of bureaucratic trivial that will in fact destroy the US university system if unchecked. But I want to get away from budgets and rate breakdowns and F&A percentages for a moment.
Humor me?
Humor me?
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"Chemistry undergraduate degree course numbers have dropped 26 per cent since 2020, according to OfS figures".
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Fall in UK university core science courses stokes fears for industrial strategy
Chemistry courses have dropped a quarter and biosciences by 15% in past 5 years
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January 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Chemistry undergraduate degree course numbers have dropped 26 per cent since 2020, according to OfS figures".
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These studies are so important. Well done to the authors and the journal for publishing it. This certainly applies to so many antibodies. Companies selling antibodies should do and provide the right controls before commercialisation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Why Bax detection in >1400 publications might be flawed - Cell Death & Disease
Cell Death & Disease - Why Bax detection in >1400 publications might be flawed
www.nature.com
December 25, 2024 at 5:39 PM
These studies are so important. Well done to the authors and the journal for publishing it. This certainly applies to so many antibodies. Companies selling antibodies should do and provide the right controls before commercialisation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"from copious data in both the United States and abroad, that heightened autism prevalence does not correspond to childhood immunizations"
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/h...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/h...
Research Finds Vaccines Are Not Behind the Rise in Autism. So What Is? (Gift Article)
There is no one factor that causes autism — or explains its growing prevalence. Researchers are seeking explanations for the surge. Here are some possibilities.
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2024 at 11:08 PM
"from copious data in both the United States and abroad, that heightened autism prevalence does not correspond to childhood immunizations"
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/h...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/h...
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Relinking the below thread for those who need to know!
In the 19th century, genteel Britons began wishing each other "Happy Christmas" rather than "Merry Christmas" because "merry" was understood to mean "drunk off your face."
December 24, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Relinking the below thread for those who need to know!
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“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher
Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.
www.thepinknews.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:04 PM
“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
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🎁 Early Xmas present from your friends at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research @cvrinfo.bsky.social
We're thrilled to unwrap Viro3D - a comprehensive database of virus protein structures: >85,000 predicted structures from 4,400 human & animal viruses! 🦠
viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk
We're thrilled to unwrap Viro3D - a comprehensive database of virus protein structures: >85,000 predicted structures from 4,400 human & animal viruses! 🦠
viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk
Viro3D
viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk
December 20, 2024 at 5:51 PM
🎁 Early Xmas present from your friends at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research @cvrinfo.bsky.social
We're thrilled to unwrap Viro3D - a comprehensive database of virus protein structures: >85,000 predicted structures from 4,400 human & animal viruses! 🦠
viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk
We're thrilled to unwrap Viro3D - a comprehensive database of virus protein structures: >85,000 predicted structures from 4,400 human & animal viruses! 🦠
viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk
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I think this should be kind of a big deal: Elon Musk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
December 20, 2024 at 11:25 AM
I think this should be kind of a big deal: Elon Musk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
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ABC’s abject capitulation in Trump’s extremely weak defamation suit encouraged him to file his utterly baseless suit against the Des Moines Register, its pollster, and Gannett. Each surrender begets more blatant attacks on freedom of the press. Each attack ups the ante for us all. Courage is needed.
December 18, 2024 at 1:43 PM
ABC’s abject capitulation in Trump’s extremely weak defamation suit encouraged him to file his utterly baseless suit against the Des Moines Register, its pollster, and Gannett. Each surrender begets more blatant attacks on freedom of the press. Each attack ups the ante for us all. Courage is needed.
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Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
🧪 #IDsky
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Here's the visual proof of why vaccines do more good than harm
See year by year how vaccines beat back nine dangerous infectious diseases
www.science.org
December 14, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
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I’ve cared for infants who stopped breathing w/ pertussis.
School aged kids who died of flu or COVID.
And many of my patients can’t be vaccinated because they’re on chemotherapy or are immune compromised.
Vaccinations save lives of those who get them & those who cannot.
It’s that simple.
School aged kids who died of flu or COVID.
And many of my patients can’t be vaccinated because they’re on chemotherapy or are immune compromised.
Vaccinations save lives of those who get them & those who cannot.
It’s that simple.
December 14, 2024 at 2:50 AM
I’ve cared for infants who stopped breathing w/ pertussis.
School aged kids who died of flu or COVID.
And many of my patients can’t be vaccinated because they’re on chemotherapy or are immune compromised.
Vaccinations save lives of those who get them & those who cannot.
It’s that simple.
School aged kids who died of flu or COVID.
And many of my patients can’t be vaccinated because they’re on chemotherapy or are immune compromised.
Vaccinations save lives of those who get them & those who cannot.
It’s that simple.
Ouch
December 14, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Ouch
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"Dr. Jay Bhattacharya made his name by claiming he was censored during the Covid pandemic. But it never happened." Great piece by @mmasnick.bsky.social. Also worth noting...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna183120
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna183120
Opinion | No, Jay Bhattacharya wasn't 'censored' by the government
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya made his name by claiming he was censored during the Covid pandemic. But it never happened.
www.google.com
December 9, 2024 at 12:17 PM
"Dr. Jay Bhattacharya made his name by claiming he was censored during the Covid pandemic. But it never happened." Great piece by @mmasnick.bsky.social. Also worth noting...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna183120
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna183120
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Cryo-electron tomography: en route to the molecular anatomy of organisms and tissues pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39641594/
December 8, 2024 at 5:15 AM
Cryo-electron tomography: en route to the molecular anatomy of organisms and tissues pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39641594/
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the tune. Within a few years, it had become the second best-selling Christmas song ever, right behind “White Christmas.” Since then, Rudolph has come to life in TV specials, cartoons, movies, toys, games, coloring books, greeting cards and even a Ringling Bros. circus act. The little, red-nosed
December 7, 2024 at 3:07 PM
the tune. Within a few years, it had become the second best-selling Christmas song ever, right behind “White Christmas.” Since then, Rudolph has come to life in TV specials, cartoons, movies, toys, games, coloring books, greeting cards and even a Ringling Bros. circus act. The little, red-nosed
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When they talk about privatizing Veterans’ care and Medicare, they mean allowing companies to provide healthcare for a profit.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
December 8, 2024 at 1:47 AM
When they talk about privatizing Veterans’ care and Medicare, they mean allowing companies to provide healthcare for a profit.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it.
Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.
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I’m trying to imagine the bubble of amoral corporate douchery you have to live in to think that saying “we guard against unnecessary care” is better than just shutting the fuck up.
December 7, 2024 at 3:38 AM
I’m trying to imagine the bubble of amoral corporate douchery you have to live in to think that saying “we guard against unnecessary care” is better than just shutting the fuck up.
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My story is here, do read it (writing that is my day job 😅): www.science.org/content/arti...
Why hasn’t the bird flu pandemic started?
Some scientists examining mutations found in H5N1 viruses fear major outbreak is imminent but others says pathogen remains unpredictable
www.science.org
December 6, 2024 at 2:06 PM
My story is here, do read it (writing that is my day job 😅): www.science.org/content/arti...
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And now, bird flu in the time of Trump and RFK Jr www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/o...
Opinion | I Ran Operation Warp Speed. I’m Concerned About Bird Flu. (Gift Article)
Avian influenza might mutate to enable human-to-human transmission.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:30 PM
And now, bird flu in the time of Trump and RFK Jr www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/o...
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Tried to warn them they weren’t gonna stop at abortion
December 3, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Tried to warn them they weren’t gonna stop at abortion