Joseph Savage
theoretickal.bsky.social
Joseph Savage
@theoretickal.bsky.social
PhD student
they/them

Everything I say represents my institution 100%

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Always impressed (terrified) by my institution's ability to scrape the web for any mention of anything done by it or anyone affiliated with it and slap it down into the weekly newsletter.

Even if it's a completely plagiarized article copied from Dartmouth's own press release from 2024.
October 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Reposted by Joseph Savage
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Reposted by Joseph Savage
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.

NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
June 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Moments like these make me remember when someone once told me disease ecology and epidemiology were "just a fad" that would become irrelevant in a few years after COVID-19 🧪
March 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM