@robalbano.bsky.social
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The importance of mRNA technology for medicine goes way beyond vaccines, but we won't realise its immense potential if funding is cut, as I wrote back in March 🧪
www.newscientist.com/article/2473...
www.newscientist.com/article/2473...
Why it would be utter madness to stop funding mRNA vaccine technology
It's not a just a revolutionary and safe vaccine technology – mRNA could help make the best and most expensive drugs in the world affordable for everyone
www.newscientist.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The importance of mRNA technology for medicine goes way beyond vaccines, but we won't realise its immense potential if funding is cut, as I wrote back in March 🧪
www.newscientist.com/article/2473...
www.newscientist.com/article/2473...
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Happy to confirm that yes, Clicks is coming to the new Motorola Razr Ultra! Pre-orders open now at clicks.tech for $139 – shipping in early May!
Clicks for Razr & Razr+ will ship by May 31st.
discover.clicks.tech/clicks-keybo...
(Sorry, no Surge color option as shown here – but Onyx is sleek!)
Clicks for Razr & Razr+ will ship by May 31st.
discover.clicks.tech/clicks-keybo...
(Sorry, no Surge color option as shown here – but Onyx is sleek!)
April 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Happy to confirm that yes, Clicks is coming to the new Motorola Razr Ultra! Pre-orders open now at clicks.tech for $139 – shipping in early May!
Clicks for Razr & Razr+ will ship by May 31st.
discover.clicks.tech/clicks-keybo...
(Sorry, no Surge color option as shown here – but Onyx is sleek!)
Clicks for Razr & Razr+ will ship by May 31st.
discover.clicks.tech/clicks-keybo...
(Sorry, no Surge color option as shown here – but Onyx is sleek!)
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Important Public Health Update on Bird Flu (H5N1).
February 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Important Public Health Update on Bird Flu (H5N1).
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I’m going on record: Life first happened when an RNA fucked a metabolism.
February 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I’m going on record: Life first happened when an RNA fucked a metabolism.
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Dear manager: This week I'm
1. Never gonna give you up
2. Never gonna let you down
3. Never gonna run around and desert you
4. Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
5. Never gonna tell a lie, and hurt you
1. Never gonna give you up
2. Never gonna let you down
3. Never gonna run around and desert you
4. Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
5. Never gonna tell a lie, and hurt you
Dear manager: This week
1. I get knocked down
2. But I get up again
3. You're never gonna keep me down
4. I get knocked down
5. But I get up again
1. I get knocked down
2. But I get up again
3. You're never gonna keep me down
4. I get knocked down
5. But I get up again
Dear manager:
1. i will raise me up
2. i will help you down
3. i will get you right out of this godforsaken town
4. i will make it all a little less cold
5. but i won’t do that
1. i will raise me up
2. i will help you down
3. i will get you right out of this godforsaken town
4. i will make it all a little less cold
5. but i won’t do that
February 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Dear manager: This week I'm
1. Never gonna give you up
2. Never gonna let you down
3. Never gonna run around and desert you
4. Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
5. Never gonna tell a lie, and hurt you
1. Never gonna give you up
2. Never gonna let you down
3. Never gonna run around and desert you
4. Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
5. Never gonna tell a lie, and hurt you
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#medsky#pedsky#idsky#immunosky 🧪
In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach!
Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵
In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach!
Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵
A Single-Dose Breakthrough: PfSPZ-LARC Vaccines Offer Transformative Protection Against Malaria – Sanaria
sanaria.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#medsky#pedsky#idsky#immunosky 🧪
In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach!
Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵
In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach!
Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵
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The policy lead for CDC's H5N1 response has abruptly resigned.
Sources tell me CDC's response to the bird flu pandemic has been severely hobbled by the chaos of the past two weeks.
Sources tell me CDC's response to the bird flu pandemic has been severely hobbled by the chaos of the past two weeks.
February 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The policy lead for CDC's H5N1 response has abruptly resigned.
Sources tell me CDC's response to the bird flu pandemic has been severely hobbled by the chaos of the past two weeks.
Sources tell me CDC's response to the bird flu pandemic has been severely hobbled by the chaos of the past two weeks.
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If they wanted to take over the country, they only had to wait like three weeks until every technocratic nerd was unreachably distracted.
They fundamentally do not understand us, and that is why they will lose.
They fundamentally do not understand us, and that is why they will lose.
February 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
If they wanted to take over the country, they only had to wait like three weeks until every technocratic nerd was unreachably distracted.
They fundamentally do not understand us, and that is why they will lose.
They fundamentally do not understand us, and that is why they will lose.
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The H5N1 risk continues to increase. New spillovers, more infections. The agencies running response are being dismantled & it seems like maybe some info about bird flu is in order.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social asked me to write an explainer piece for @zeteo.com, so I did.
zeteo.com/p/how-to-pre...
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social asked me to write an explainer piece for @zeteo.com, so I did.
zeteo.com/p/how-to-pre...
How to Prevent a Bird Flu Pandemic
Leading virologist Angela Rasmussen breaks down everything you should know about the latest bird flu outbreak, including how worried Americans should be.
zeteo.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The H5N1 risk continues to increase. New spillovers, more infections. The agencies running response are being dismantled & it seems like maybe some info about bird flu is in order.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social asked me to write an explainer piece for @zeteo.com, so I did.
zeteo.com/p/how-to-pre...
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social asked me to write an explainer piece for @zeteo.com, so I did.
zeteo.com/p/how-to-pre...
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Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
January 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home
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With the RFK Jr. confirmation hearing this week Weakened Update interviews a special guest...measles.
Measles on RFK Jr.'s Senate Hearings - Weakened Update
YouTube video by Weakened Update
youtu.be
January 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
With the RFK Jr. confirmation hearing this week Weakened Update interviews a special guest...measles.
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LIVE: Roundtable on Vaccines and Public Health
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Still my favorite format
January 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Still my favorite format
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We still talk about you
January 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We still talk about you
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China appears set to become the world's first clean tech hegemon, their global influence & domestic economy secured through a network of minerals, batteries, EVs, solar, wind & nuclear production & exports. Meanwhile, the US under Trump tries to hang on to its role as 20th century petro-hegemon. 🔌💡
January 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
China appears set to become the world's first clean tech hegemon, their global influence & domestic economy secured through a network of minerals, batteries, EVs, solar, wind & nuclear production & exports. Meanwhile, the US under Trump tries to hang on to its role as 20th century petro-hegemon. 🔌💡
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You won't believe this. My team and I make this show called SciShow that works hard to be rigorous and accurate while also being appealing and entertaining.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.
January 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
You won't believe this. My team and I make this show called SciShow that works hard to be rigorous and accurate while also being appealing and entertaining.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.
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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford Medicine have devised an influenza vaccine that prompts immunity to ALL four major flu subtypes AND shows potential against bird flu, indicating a significant advancement in flu prevention and a potential increase in vaccine efficacy. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
January 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford Medicine have devised an influenza vaccine that prompts immunity to ALL four major flu subtypes AND shows potential against bird flu, indicating a significant advancement in flu prevention and a potential increase in vaccine efficacy. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
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Human H5N1 bird flu cases by year and country, according to the CDC.
After eight years of almost no cases, 2024 is set to be one of the years with the most reported cases. The US stands for the vast majority of cases.
After eight years of almost no cases, 2024 is set to be one of the years with the most reported cases. The US stands for the vast majority of cases.
December 28, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Human H5N1 bird flu cases by year and country, according to the CDC.
After eight years of almost no cases, 2024 is set to be one of the years with the most reported cases. The US stands for the vast majority of cases.
After eight years of almost no cases, 2024 is set to be one of the years with the most reported cases. The US stands for the vast majority of cases.
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I’m always looking for things that explain a lot but that people have a hard time remembering.
Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.
Any others you know?
Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.
Any others you know?
December 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM
I’m always looking for things that explain a lot but that people have a hard time remembering.
Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.
Any others you know?
Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.
Any others you know?
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⚠️ BREAKING:
Los Angeles County confirmed two cats infected with H5N1 bird flu, with three more cats suspected of being infected.
The confirmed cases drank raw milk that had been recalled, while the new suspected cases are being investigated for eating raw meat.
Los Angeles County confirmed two cats infected with H5N1 bird flu, with three more cats suspected of being infected.
The confirmed cases drank raw milk that had been recalled, while the new suspected cases are being investigated for eating raw meat.
December 19, 2024 at 4:21 PM
⚠️ BREAKING:
Los Angeles County confirmed two cats infected with H5N1 bird flu, with three more cats suspected of being infected.
The confirmed cases drank raw milk that had been recalled, while the new suspected cases are being investigated for eating raw meat.
Los Angeles County confirmed two cats infected with H5N1 bird flu, with three more cats suspected of being infected.
The confirmed cases drank raw milk that had been recalled, while the new suspected cases are being investigated for eating raw meat.
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The FAA has issued a monthlong ban on drone flights over a large swath of New Jersey, the first broad prohibition of its kind since the authorities began investigating a spate of sightings last month that set off fear and speculation.
F.A.A. Bans Drone Flights Near ‘Critical Infrastructure’ in New Jersey
The ban runs through Jan. 17 and precludes most drone flights in airspace near 22 communities, including the cities of Camden, Elizabeth and Jersey City.
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2024 at 4:28 PM
The FAA has issued a monthlong ban on drone flights over a large swath of New Jersey, the first broad prohibition of its kind since the authorities began investigating a spate of sightings last month that set off fear and speculation.
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You used to be able to type out a banal, self-congratulatory tweet and have people keep thinking about it forty years later…
December 19, 2024 at 1:52 PM
You used to be able to type out a banal, self-congratulatory tweet and have people keep thinking about it forty years later…