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tl;dr — this EO co-opts the language of open science to implement a system of political control wherein presidential appointees are given broad latitude to designate any number of reasonable scientific activities and inferences as scientific misconduct, and to penalize those involved accordingly.

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1. It's Fustilarian Friday and today's drop is the "Restoring Gold Standard Science" executive order. My read is that this is designed to (1) protect far-fringe figures such as the antvaxxers now heading our health agencies, and (2) kneecap efforts to use scientific evidence in regulatory policy.

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Kick the tires on that ICU bed in which you are prone & paralyzed.

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Maybe it's called a corpse flower because that's a dead ballerina stuffed in a bucket.

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Frog put the cookies in a box. “There,” he said. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.” “But we can open the box,” said Toad. “That is true,” said Frog.

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So glad to see the UK going down the toilet with us.

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Wow. www.npr.org/2025/05/21/n...

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New NIH director really gets basic science: “[Bhattacharya] discussed a new NIH policy that . . . aims to reduce the use of lab animals because ‘what we want is research that improves the health of people, not just the health of mice.’ ”

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Some people seem to be unaware that Dr. Bhattacharya, current head of the National Institutes of Health, thinks that providing health insurance to the uninsured causes obesity. So here it is. He literally wrote the book (chapter) on it.

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Townhall ongoing @ NIH w/ JayBhat. No backpacks, laptops, oversized bags. Are they afraid someone will sneak a mask mandate in?

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Nothing says USA like “. . . huge, fuel-guzzling. . .”

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Love it. www.forbes.com/sites/jeremy...

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This is what RFKj and his minions are destroying.

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RFKj keeps insisting that HHS programs have not been cut. Not sure what you call it when you fire all the HR, comms, admin, procurement and other support staff. Gut?

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Patti Murray: NIH Clinical Center cuts are affecting people in clinical trials. She cites an example. RFKj denies that clinical care has been affected. Really?

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RFKj: “The [HHS] cuts are not cuts, but elimination of waste, fraud and abuse.” Many fired exFEDs scratching their heads wondering if they are Waste, Fraud or Abuse.

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“We haven’t fired any scientists.“ ?????????

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RFKj enjoying Rock Creek Park Tea™️

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RFK Jr. Claims Measles Can Be Cured With A Good Concealer

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REPORTER: You just announced a new nominee for US Surgeon General who never finished her residency, and is not a practicing physician. So can you explain why you picked her to be America's top doctor? TRUMP: Because Bobby thought she was fantastic ... I don't know her

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They really think Medicare and Medicaid represent the US population affected by autism? The only smart thing about this is the watches.

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Rage-posting. The effort to erase everyone not white, male, straight, abled and moronic continues. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...

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Cassocks are red Conclaves are dope Wake up babe we got a

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Here’s everything you need to know about the FDA’s latest appointee. Prasad’s pick-me energy—boosting and defending Kennedy, justifying Trump’s cuts—paid off. Now, the admin has another doctor with a history of casting doubt on COVID mitigations and mRNA vaccines in a critical public health role.

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More infectious diseases, please! Now you can get vaccine-preventable infections & bonus complications once you are in a healthcare setting. Who needs vaccines & annoying recommendations abt. preventing hospital infections when you can just take vitamins!!! www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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Contrarian oncologist and JayBat bud to replace Peter Marks’ vaccine expertise @ FDA. Sorry abt paywall, but sorrier abt him. www.statnews.com/2025/05/06/v...

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In this embarrasing Science interview w/ Jocelyn Kaiser, JayBat manages to shift blame for changes @NIH, dis the reporter and have an underling call him out of the room 20 minutes into an interview that is not going his way. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Crockett: Instead of the President cosplaying as the next pope, he may want to cosplay as an actual President of these United States. That means he may have to do a little bit of research and understand that he swore a an oath to defend and protect the constitution.

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"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

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Pope Francis’ Popemobile, “the very vehicle from which he waved and was close to millions of faithful all around the world, is being transformed into a mobile health unit for the children of Gaza.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

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Inquisition, please.

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Trump spoke at Alabama last night. I wrote a little bit about it. Most importantly, there were protests. In Alabama. joycevance.substack.com/p/law-day-an...

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Imagine being lectured by RFK Jr about how to be healthy and then having Mark Zuckerberg tell you how many friends normal people should have

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Damn those chunks are hard to get through a 23-gauge needle!

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