teldon james turner
@t-james-turner.bsky.social
science geek. democracy fan.
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"You know the difference between a real science and a pseudoscience? A real science recognizes and accepts its own history without feeling attacked." - Foucault
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"You know the difference between a real science and a pseudoscience? A real science recognizes and accepts its own history without feeling attacked." - Foucault
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"'One trouble with living beyond your deserved number of years is that there's always some reason to live another year. And I'd like to live another year so that Nixon won't be President. If he's re-elected I'll have to live another four years.' -Rex Stout (1886-1975)" wordsmith.org/words/quidam...
quidam
noun: 1. An unknown person. 2. An unimportant person.
wordsmith.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"'One trouble with living beyond your deserved number of years is that there's always some reason to live another year. And I'd like to live another year so that Nixon won't be President. If he's re-elected I'll have to live another four years.' -Rex Stout (1886-1975)" wordsmith.org/words/quidam...
using gene drive to fight viruses is brilliant in it's simplicity. it can pull integrated retroviruses out of latency, and you don't need to worry about overwhelming immune response to your virus vector since that would be also be a functional cure.
www.fredhutch.org/en/news/cent...
www.fredhutch.org/en/news/cent...
Engineered HSV can trigger genetic chain reaction, rejigger HSV genes during co-infection
New work from Fred Hutch Cancer Center virologists shows that gene drive, which pushes a trait through a population, occurs during HSV infection. The findings are a first step toward a possible futur...
www.fredhutch.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
using gene drive to fight viruses is brilliant in it's simplicity. it can pull integrated retroviruses out of latency, and you don't need to worry about overwhelming immune response to your virus vector since that would be also be a functional cure.
www.fredhutch.org/en/news/cent...
www.fredhutch.org/en/news/cent...
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
another sobering data point from the romanticized past
And in the above PDF, there's the answer to @faineg.bsky.social question:
Data from Chicago show that in 1916 there were 16.9 horse-related fatalities for each 10,000 horse-drawn vehicles; this is nearly seven times the city’s fatality rate per auto in 1997.
Data from Chicago show that in 1916 there were 16.9 horse-related fatalities for each 10,000 horse-drawn vehicles; this is nearly seven times the city’s fatality rate per auto in 1997.
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
another sobering data point from the romanticized past
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Developed initially to target and kill tumors, they are now being engineered to target cells that are contributing to autoimmune diseases, like antibody-producing B cells.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results.
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Developed initially to target and kill tumors, they are now being engineered to target cells that are contributing to autoimmune diseases, like antibody-producing B cells.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
another hsv (and alzheimer's?) vaccine bites the dust. 😞 it's odd that they setup the phase 2 trial as a therapeutic vaccine rather than prophylactic. i also wonder if the current usa administration's stance on mrna technology played a role in this decision 🤔
www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/mode...
www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/mode...
Moderna's reshaping rolls on with 3 more pipeline purges
Moderna, an mRNA specialist known for its COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax, is winding down development of three clinical mRNA programs, including two investigational vaccines for infectious diseases.&nbs | ...
www.fiercebiotech.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
another hsv (and alzheimer's?) vaccine bites the dust. 😞 it's odd that they setup the phase 2 trial as a therapeutic vaccine rather than prophylactic. i also wonder if the current usa administration's stance on mrna technology played a role in this decision 🤔
www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/mode...
www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/mode...
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On November 19 russian missile strike on a residential building in Ternopil killed Marichka Palahniuk, pharmacist, her 1.5‑year‑old son, Nazar, and her 5‑year‑old daughter, Kamila.
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
On November 19 russian missile strike on a residential building in Ternopil killed Marichka Palahniuk, pharmacist, her 1.5‑year‑old son, Nazar, and her 5‑year‑old daughter, Kamila.
it's orwellian to see the cdc officially making such blatantly false claims
Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
it's orwellian to see the cdc officially making such blatantly false claims
good news: there's now life saving treatment for Huntington disease.
unfortunately the trump regime has moved to revoke the study design approval needed to make it legal in the usa, so you may need to travel to get treatment.
unfortunately the trump regime has moved to revoke the study design approval needed to make it legal in the usa, so you may need to travel to get treatment.
GOOD NEWS! For the first time ever, Huntington's disease has been successfully treated. A groundbreaking new miRNA treatment, AMT-130, slowed the progression of the disease by 75%. These results are likely to support the first approval of a genetic treatment for the rare neurodegenerative condition.
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
good news: there's now life saving treatment for Huntington disease.
unfortunately the trump regime has moved to revoke the study design approval needed to make it legal in the usa, so you may need to travel to get treatment.
unfortunately the trump regime has moved to revoke the study design approval needed to make it legal in the usa, so you may need to travel to get treatment.
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Big news! 🚨 People at high risk of lung cancer will soon be able to receive the first ever experimental vaccine designed to prevent the disease, in a world-first clinical trial. Read more: cruk.ink/4r4KXG2
@ox.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk
@ox.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Big news! 🚨 People at high risk of lung cancer will soon be able to receive the first ever experimental vaccine designed to prevent the disease, in a world-first clinical trial. Read more: cruk.ink/4r4KXG2
@ox.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk
@ox.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk
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Scientists can't afford to stay silent now. In response to the chaos brought on by RF Quack. Some are running for office to take matters in their own hands.
🧪 www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
🧪 www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
The Epidemiologists Are Running for Office
Instead of trying to depoliticize their field, a swell of scientists want to become politicians.
www.theatlantic.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Scientists can't afford to stay silent now. In response to the chaos brought on by RF Quack. Some are running for office to take matters in their own hands.
🧪 www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
🧪 www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
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Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
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#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
Kristi Noem has told everyone that there are no U.S citizens being detained or deported & that’s a Blatant Lie like most of what comes out of her mouth. This is just a very short list of U.S. citizens that have been detained since January.
Kristi Noem has told everyone that there are no U.S citizens being detained or deported & that’s a Blatant Lie like most of what comes out of her mouth. This is just a very short list of U.S. citizens that have been detained since January.
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
Kristi Noem has told everyone that there are no U.S citizens being detained or deported & that’s a Blatant Lie like most of what comes out of her mouth. This is just a very short list of U.S. citizens that have been detained since January.
Kristi Noem has told everyone that there are no U.S citizens being detained or deported & that’s a Blatant Lie like most of what comes out of her mouth. This is just a very short list of U.S. citizens that have been detained since January.
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The case for a HepB vaccine dose at birth:
1️⃣ Newborns are uniquely vulnerable If exposed to HepB at or around birth (often from mom), up to 90% of infected babies develop chronic HepB infection That means lifelong risk of cirrhosis + liver cancer 😨
1️⃣ Newborns are uniquely vulnerable If exposed to HepB at or around birth (often from mom), up to 90% of infected babies develop chronic HepB infection That means lifelong risk of cirrhosis + liver cancer 😨
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The case for a HepB vaccine dose at birth:
1️⃣ Newborns are uniquely vulnerable If exposed to HepB at or around birth (often from mom), up to 90% of infected babies develop chronic HepB infection That means lifelong risk of cirrhosis + liver cancer 😨
1️⃣ Newborns are uniquely vulnerable If exposed to HepB at or around birth (often from mom), up to 90% of infected babies develop chronic HepB infection That means lifelong risk of cirrhosis + liver cancer 😨
fyi: flu rates just went exponential in the usa. it's go time for flu shots. go today, no appointment needed at cvs or walgreens. data.wastewaterscan.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
fyi: flu rates just went exponential in the usa. it's go time for flu shots. go today, no appointment needed at cvs or walgreens. data.wastewaterscan.org
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Promising results from a new malaria drug offer hope against emerging drug resistance in Africa. In a clinical trial, ganaplacide–lumefantrine (GanLum) cured 97.4% of participants, outperforming an existing treatment, which cured 94%.
go.nature.com/3WTGxnx
go.nature.com/3WTGxnx
First new type of malaria treatment in decades shows promise against drug resistance
If approved, GanLum could be available within a year and a half, according to maker.
go.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Promising results from a new malaria drug offer hope against emerging drug resistance in Africa. In a clinical trial, ganaplacide–lumefantrine (GanLum) cured 97.4% of participants, outperforming an existing treatment, which cured 94%.
go.nature.com/3WTGxnx
go.nature.com/3WTGxnx
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In the light of this, it's important to establish the relationship between reactivation of EBV (which, of course, can be triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection) and the development of new-onset lupus.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Virus That Causes Mono May Also Cause Lupus
Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus
www.scientificamerican.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
In the light of this, it's important to establish the relationship between reactivation of EBV (which, of course, can be triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection) and the development of new-onset lupus.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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not sure how to help fight hunger during the snap shutdown? the easy answer is to give money to these folks: www.feedingamerica.org
U.S. Hunger Relief Organization | Feeding America
Feeding America is a nonprofit network of 200 food banks leading the fight against hunger in the United States. Learn how you can help end hunger in America.
www.feedingamerica.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
not sure how to help fight hunger during the snap shutdown? the easy answer is to give money to these folks: www.feedingamerica.org
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It’s okay to be glad that restaurants are doing stuff like this AND absolutely furious about the utter failure of the United States government.
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It’s okay to be glad that restaurants are doing stuff like this AND absolutely furious about the utter failure of the United States government.
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A furloughed IRS lawyer get his dream. A hot dog cart as performance art. We love it.
What other stories have you seen of people finding joy and connection during these ridiculous times?
What other stories have you seen of people finding joy and connection during these ridiculous times?
Washington lawyer on furlough lives out dream of running a hot dog cart
Isaac Stein makes his living as an attorney for the Internal Revenue Service, working mostly on his own, writing retirement plan regulations in a Washington office building.
www.reuters.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A furloughed IRS lawyer get his dream. A hot dog cart as performance art. We love it.
What other stories have you seen of people finding joy and connection during these ridiculous times?
What other stories have you seen of people finding joy and connection during these ridiculous times?
i just got results for my first at-home self-draw bloodwork. the process was cheaper, faster, and more convenient than traditional bloodwork. my only complaint were the hidden fees at checkout. even then, at 100$, it's still cheaper than traditional bloodwork.
rythmhealth.com
rythmhealth.com
Rythm Health
Rythm is the world's easiest blood test.
rythmhealth.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
i just got results for my first at-home self-draw bloodwork. the process was cheaper, faster, and more convenient than traditional bloodwork. my only complaint were the hidden fees at checkout. even then, at 100$, it's still cheaper than traditional bloodwork.
rythmhealth.com
rythmhealth.com
more progress on infectious disease 👏
October 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
more progress on infectious disease 👏
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Permanent Standard Time would let us sleep naturally past dawn. Daylight Saving Time makes us wake by alarm in darkness. Tell lawmakers to ditch DST! 🔗👇
October 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Permanent Standard Time would let us sleep naturally past dawn. Daylight Saving Time makes us wake by alarm in darkness. Tell lawmakers to ditch DST! 🔗👇