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came to connect with medicine and science
stayed to say trans health care is evidence-based care
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stayed to say trans health care is evidence-based care
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The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This is trans rights, too. There is no viable position for the Democrats other than “trans rights are human rights.” Trying to triangulate a position where you throw trans people under the bus “just a little” to woo swing voters only feeds the right’s argument that trans people are a threat 1/x
Tapping the sign
September 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This is trans rights, too. There is no viable position for the Democrats other than “trans rights are human rights.” Trying to triangulate a position where you throw trans people under the bus “just a little” to woo swing voters only feeds the right’s argument that trans people are a threat 1/x
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RFK Jr. went on Fox News today to claim that HHS has had “no successes” in the past 40 years.
I beg to differ.
Figure from Lei et al., NEJM 2020. Link below.
I beg to differ.
Figure from Lei et al., NEJM 2020. Link below.
September 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
RFK Jr. went on Fox News today to claim that HHS has had “no successes” in the past 40 years.
I beg to differ.
Figure from Lei et al., NEJM 2020. Link below.
I beg to differ.
Figure from Lei et al., NEJM 2020. Link below.
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a friend and I went downtown this evening to scream in the streets with thousands of our neighbors.
@theonion.com was also at the protest this evening and they were pulling no punches
@theonion.com was also at the protest this evening and they were pulling no punches
September 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
a friend and I went downtown this evening to scream in the streets with thousands of our neighbors.
@theonion.com was also at the protest this evening and they were pulling no punches
@theonion.com was also at the protest this evening and they were pulling no punches
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My quote of the day
Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get.
William Foege
Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get.
William Foege
September 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
My quote of the day
Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get.
William Foege
Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get.
William Foege
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CTA: Call Your Member of Congress and U.S. Senators
Regardless of which party your Member of Congress and U.S. Senators belong to, please call them (actually call them on the phone if at all possible) and tell them:
www.patreon.com/posts/137525...
Regardless of which party your Member of Congress and U.S. Senators belong to, please call them (actually call them on the phone if at all possible) and tell them:
www.patreon.com/posts/137525...
![Urgent CTA: RFK Jr Moving to Destroy CDC. Call Your Reps
Hello my name is [$NAME]. I am a constituent calling from [$CITY/TOWN, $ZIPCODE]. I'm calling to urge [the Senator / the Representative] to demand the removal of RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary.
RFK Jr. is a clear and present danger not just to the health of the American people but to the entire world. Firing CDC Director Dr. Monarez because she was carrying out her duty to ensure that life-saving, safe, and effective vaccines against COVID, a disease which has killed more than 1.2 million Americans, are available to all Americans is inexcusable. RFK Jr's deliberate, determined campaign to undermine the public health mission of CDC has caused the principled resignations of four other senior CDC leaders, including the expert who heads the national center that combats emerging infectious disease — the top CDC official in charge of preventing bird flu from killing millions of us. RFK Jr. is compromising the biosecurity and national security of the United States and endangering me and my family.
Shouldn't Need To Be A Lawyer Patreon.com/mattbc](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rtsa65yj6j6azdkmatuckxec/bafkreieyr7dzvbywv6egqajygailivvkaifvothb6japh6anopm5jni5qm@jpeg)
August 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
CTA: Call Your Member of Congress and U.S. Senators
Regardless of which party your Member of Congress and U.S. Senators belong to, please call them (actually call them on the phone if at all possible) and tell them:
www.patreon.com/posts/137525...
Regardless of which party your Member of Congress and U.S. Senators belong to, please call them (actually call them on the phone if at all possible) and tell them:
www.patreon.com/posts/137525...
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It fills me with rage that we could've spent the last 5yrs overhauling indoor ventilation and just...didn't. Like, it's good for capitalism! Even if that's allll you care about, healthy people are more productive workers! And people don't have to take as much time off work if their kids are healthy!
August 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It fills me with rage that we could've spent the last 5yrs overhauling indoor ventilation and just...didn't. Like, it's good for capitalism! Even if that's allll you care about, healthy people are more productive workers! And people don't have to take as much time off work if their kids are healthy!
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"but crime is a real issue, people are worried about crime and you have to take that seriously"
No you don't! If people are getting more scared about crime while crime is happening less frequently, it's a made up issue and you should make a point of yelling that all the time
No you don't! If people are getting more scared about crime while crime is happening less frequently, it's a made up issue and you should make a point of yelling that all the time
August 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"but crime is a real issue, people are worried about crime and you have to take that seriously"
No you don't! If people are getting more scared about crime while crime is happening less frequently, it's a made up issue and you should make a point of yelling that all the time
No you don't! If people are getting more scared about crime while crime is happening less frequently, it's a made up issue and you should make a point of yelling that all the time
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Research advocates are expressing alarm over a White House directive on federal grantmaking released yesterday that they say threatens to enhance President Donald Trump’s control over science agency decisions on what to fund. scim.ag/45q6P4J
Trump order aims to politicize decisions on federal science grants
Researchers worried by plan giving political appointees more control over where funding goes
scim.ag
August 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Research advocates are expressing alarm over a White House directive on federal grantmaking released yesterday that they say threatens to enhance President Donald Trump’s control over science agency decisions on what to fund. scim.ag/45q6P4J
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This is a good visualization of when people say that AI saves them time.
August 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This is a good visualization of when people say that AI saves them time.
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"resolve dispute" is a bizarre way to describe extortion.
Harvard Is Said to Be Open to Spending Up To $500 Million to Resolve Trump Dispute
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"resolve dispute" is a bizarre way to describe extortion.
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Imagine if LLMs came out with a "not sure, but here's my best guess? You should verify this information" we would have stopped hearing about them instantly. You know like how we ignore scientists
July 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Imagine if LLMs came out with a "not sure, but here's my best guess? You should verify this information" we would have stopped hearing about them instantly. You know like how we ignore scientists
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Wrote an email inviting someone to a Science Thing which opened with "I hope you're having a good summer in spite of the ..." but couldn't figure out how to briefly and professionally describe the Omnicrisis so I wrote the rest of the email, then fully forgot to solve that problem before I hit send
July 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Wrote an email inviting someone to a Science Thing which opened with "I hope you're having a good summer in spite of the ..." but couldn't figure out how to briefly and professionally describe the Omnicrisis so I wrote the rest of the email, then fully forgot to solve that problem before I hit send
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I do firmly believe that refusing to outsource your basic cognitive functions to LLMs right now - as so many are stumbling over themselves to do right now, like hogs trotting to a pile of slop that’s been set up inside of a butcher’s delivery truck - will very much pay off in a few years.
July 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I do firmly believe that refusing to outsource your basic cognitive functions to LLMs right now - as so many are stumbling over themselves to do right now, like hogs trotting to a pile of slop that’s been set up inside of a butcher’s delivery truck - will very much pay off in a few years.
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There are still people out here trying to do good work that helps vulnerable people and those in need, and I want y’all to remember that when the bad players seem to be winning.
Good people are still spreading their medicine. They just do so with less fanfare, less spotlight. There are MANY.
Good people are still spreading their medicine. They just do so with less fanfare, less spotlight. There are MANY.
July 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
There are still people out here trying to do good work that helps vulnerable people and those in need, and I want y’all to remember that when the bad players seem to be winning.
Good people are still spreading their medicine. They just do so with less fanfare, less spotlight. There are MANY.
Good people are still spreading their medicine. They just do so with less fanfare, less spotlight. There are MANY.
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"a real problem that we have in the scientific community...the word retraction is associated with the notion of wrongdoing or lack of integrity"
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
ScienceAdviser: Infamous ‘arsenic life’ paper ignites a different type of controversy
Today in Science and science: Sticky underwater robots inspired by sea stars, MPAs kind of work, and more
www.science.org
July 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"a real problem that we have in the scientific community...the word retraction is associated with the notion of wrongdoing or lack of integrity"
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Americans:
•Cancel student debt!
•Cancel medical debt!
•Make insulin free!
Most of Developed World:
•What is student debt?
•What is medical debt?
•Insulin is already free!
What GOP calls “socialism”—even conservative parties in most developed nations call a “human right.”
•Cancel student debt!
•Cancel medical debt!
•Make insulin free!
Most of Developed World:
•What is student debt?
•What is medical debt?
•Insulin is already free!
What GOP calls “socialism”—even conservative parties in most developed nations call a “human right.”
July 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Americans:
•Cancel student debt!
•Cancel medical debt!
•Make insulin free!
Most of Developed World:
•What is student debt?
•What is medical debt?
•Insulin is already free!
What GOP calls “socialism”—even conservative parties in most developed nations call a “human right.”
•Cancel student debt!
•Cancel medical debt!
•Make insulin free!
Most of Developed World:
•What is student debt?
•What is medical debt?
•Insulin is already free!
What GOP calls “socialism”—even conservative parties in most developed nations call a “human right.”
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Me, everytime SCOTUS issues a new shadow docket opinion:
July 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Me, everytime SCOTUS issues a new shadow docket opinion:
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Wow—the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide) says plainly:
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
July 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow—the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide) says plainly:
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
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In addition to #AAUPvRubio, we are also in Federal court today in Boston fighting for the restoration of $2.6 billion in crucial lifesaving scientific & medical research funding.
Here is AAUP Senior Counsel Aaron Nisenson outside the courthouse where both cases were heard today.
#TrumpCutsKill
Here is AAUP Senior Counsel Aaron Nisenson outside the courthouse where both cases were heard today.
#TrumpCutsKill
July 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In addition to #AAUPvRubio, we are also in Federal court today in Boston fighting for the restoration of $2.6 billion in crucial lifesaving scientific & medical research funding.
Here is AAUP Senior Counsel Aaron Nisenson outside the courthouse where both cases were heard today.
#TrumpCutsKill
Here is AAUP Senior Counsel Aaron Nisenson outside the courthouse where both cases were heard today.
#TrumpCutsKill
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Beside the more important point about health hypocrisy, the reason American Coke is made with hf corn syrup is a combo of our massive corn subsidies (welfare!) and long-standing (pre-Trump) tariffs on cane (special tariffs in service of the corn industry).
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 2:36 AM
Beside the more important point about health hypocrisy, the reason American Coke is made with hf corn syrup is a combo of our massive corn subsidies (welfare!) and long-standing (pre-Trump) tariffs on cane (special tariffs in service of the corn industry).
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"our soda with 75g of sugar is healthier for you because it has 75g of sugar instead of 75g of sugar (syrup)"
i want to wake up from this nightmare
i want to wake up from this nightmare
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 4:24 AM
"our soda with 75g of sugar is healthier for you because it has 75g of sugar instead of 75g of sugar (syrup)"
i want to wake up from this nightmare
i want to wake up from this nightmare
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A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.
July 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.