sfnelson.bsky.social
@sfnelson.bsky.social
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Next gen research is slowing.

Post docs and PhD students are the main drivers of discoveries.

Undergraduate research is the starting point for many researchers, including me.

Fewer new early-career grants for PhD students & post docs were funded this year.

🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...
NIH shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs
Special Report: The NIH has shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs.
www.statnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Allegedly Prasad is now going to put limits on how many vaccines can be given simultaneously, re assess annual flu-shot policies, change the process for vax approval to be longer and demand tight restrictions on pregnant women being able to have any vaccines 🧪🧵#PublicHealth
Experts say strict new FDA protocol for vaccine approval is ‘dangerous and irresponsible’
Lead FDA vaccine regulator announced new approval process after claiming Covid vaccine had killed 10 children
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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The “ties” included financial donations. “His interests aligned with the genetic basis of human behavior, wrote science historian Naomi Oreskes in 2020, a eugenics-influenced view that is seeing a revival today among some Silicon Valley voices.”

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www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff...
Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Reveal Depth of Ties to High-Profile Scientists
A trove of e-mails from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released by a congressional committee on Wednesday
www.scientificamerican.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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1. There are autisms, rather than just autism.

2. The diversity in symptoms & the range of biological contributors are too large.

3. The neurobiology is also too complex.

4. “If you had 100 kids with autism, you could have 100 different genetic causes.”

🧪🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
Opinion | Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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We all have a choice after every act of political violence. Inflame and divide, or de-escalate and heal. @seanhannity, like Trump, chooses to inflame and divide.
September 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Americans voted for affordable prices & a better country.

Instead-

Kennedy fired the panel of the real ACIP experts that make vaccine recommendations. Cancer & other research grants are cut. FDA has restricted Covid shots. We have measles & whooping cough outbreaks.

🧪 www.ft.com/content/9af0...
Americans face biggest increase in health insurance costs in 15 years
Rising premiums add to pressure on households already feeling the pinch from the high price of goods
www.ft.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers stood outside the US Capitol on Wednesday alongside nearly a dozen women who said they’d been abused by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein with a poignant message: This is not a hoax. https://cnn.it/3JLjacD
Epstein files push hits a ‘boiling point’ in Congress as Trump dismisses it as a hoax | CNN Politics
A bipartisan group of lawmakers stood outside the US Capitol on Wednesday alongside nearly a dozen women who said they’d been abused by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein with a poignant ...
www.cnn.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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The ad campaign criticizing the use of masks by federal agents working in Washington, D.C. has expanded to 115 bus stops, per organizers
September 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Following Ashley Rubright's introduction to Epstein sometime after turning 15, she recounted, "The next yearbook that came out … all the comments were different: 'I'm really worried about you,' 'Don't do anything stupid this summer.'"
September 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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If you have a big following and know folks in Chicago, make sure they know they can send you stuff to reshare on your socials
September 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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But electric charge has so much potential! 😹
The U.S. Secretary of Energy does not know that electricity is energy.

I'm glad we've gotten rid of DEI programs and are now giving America the leadership it deserves.
September 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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From a Twitter research project to an independent rival — Bluesky’s journey under CEO Jay Graber shows how a decentralized, user-first platform gained millions users by prioritizing control & openness in social media. A true alternative in a billionaire-dominated space. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/29/b...
Bluesky CEO: I turned a Twitter research project into a rival company—'we've achieved what a lot of people said was impossible'
Under CEO Jay Graber, social media company Bluesky has grown to 38 million registered users while weathering large-scale challenges over the past few years.
www.cnbc.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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What happened to Nory Sontay Ramos should make every American vote Democrat in 2026.👇 www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...
The deportation of Nory Ramos to Guatemala undermines Trump's rhetoric as noncriminal arrests surge
Nory and her mother were following the rules. But as MSNBC reports from L.A. and Guatemala, U.S. officials deported them anyway — throwing their futures into jeopardy.
www.msnbc.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Yesterday the president demanded that evidence about Covid vaccines be shown to the public. Today @apoorvanyt.bsky.social & I run through some of the studies made public over the past 4+ years that show that the vaccines work. Gift link: nyti.ms/46k17Tq
nyti.ms
September 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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I hadn’t really considered the role grand juries might play in the resistance

apnews.com/article/trum...
More rebukes for prosecutors: Grand jurors refuse to indict 2 people accused of threatening Trump
Federal grand jurors in the nation’s capital have refused to indict two people who were charged separately with threatening to kill President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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My fellow Democrats must get on the damn offensive & stay on the damn offensive when it comes to the issue of crime and Trump putting the military on our streets. Hey Dems, don’t listen to your consultants. FIGHT Trump on the issue of crime. Today’s show.👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Public Corruption Like We’ve Never Ever Seen Before. Right In Our Faces
Podcast Episode · The Social Contract with Joe Walsh · 09/02/2025 · 37m
podcasts.apple.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Wasting food is fueling climate change... 🥘

If food waste were a country, it would be the third-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions after the U.S. and China. 🌍

The good news? Cutting food waste could slash global emissions by up to 10%—a simple step with a huge impact. 🧪
August 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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There are 432 days until the Midterms, 1167 days until the next theoretical Presidential Election, and 1241 days until the next optional Inauguration Day.

Midterms progress:
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Presidency/Regime progress:
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Until Next Inauguration :
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August 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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My mom is a pharmacist at a big box store. Pharmacists cannot access their customers’ medical history because of HIPAA. If you get a prick who pretends they have more info than they do, try a different pharmacy.
If you have ever smoked a cigarette or a joint, you are a former smoker.

You have previously been a smoker. Even if it was for just five minutes.

And former smokers are at higher risk for COVID, according to the FDA guidance
August 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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i know the world is on fire right now but please, please, please, please still contact your lawmaker and demand they take action and hold these credit agencies (and others) accountable. it's entirely the fault of our federal lawmakers that we don't have any privacy or data protection laws.
August 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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“How many more Americans must die before lawmakers ban these weapons of war?” - John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety

We’ve had a federal assault weapons ban before, it’s past time for Congress to do it again: Text BAN to 644-33.
How many lives have been lost in school shootings in the US this year?
Two children were killed and 17 others were injured in a shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in South Minneapolis on Wednesday.
abcnews.go.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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About a dozen current/former *pro-enforcement* ICE agents tell Reuters the Trump Admin's arrest quotas are leading to detention of thousands of non-criminals, green card holders, and even citizens. Share this. Every Republican should lose in 2026 bcuz of this.👇 www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Inside ICE, Trump's migrant crackdown is taking a toll on officers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Under President Donald Trump, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has become the driving force of his sweeping crackdown on migrants, bolstered by record funding and n...
www.yahoo.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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By cutting nearly all federal funding for mRNA vaccine research, RFK Jr. has destroyed perhaps the best defense against future pandemics. From @ryanlcooper.com:
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Robert Kennedy Has Gutted Our Best Defense Against Future Pandemics
mRNA technology saved America’s bacon in 2020. Now RFK Jr. is defunding it.
trib.al
August 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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This is what America looks like without a legislative branch. This is what America looks like with only two branches of government.👇
July 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM