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Scientist and professor. This is my personal account, but I take science personally so lines may/will be blurred.
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Like giving chemo to a healthy person. www.reuters.com/world/more-t...

More good news. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Support local farmers. The USDA isn't. #GrazeAgainstTheMachine youtube.com/shorts/iHFo4...

The lives ruined here and around the world by the abrupt and callous lose of funding. www.wral.com/business/rti...

I bet it's the riboflavin

Froot Loops causes is all this? WV: Heart Disease Deaths (19% > US avg) Cancer Deaths (17% > US avg) COPD Deaths (53% > US avg) Injury Deaths (70% > US avg) Stroke Deaths (19% > US avg) Diabetes Deaths (53% > US avg) Years of Life Lost (47% > US avg) MAHA in action

Are we sure all those protests aren't really something like 👇 #ETTD

What did I miss? I was busy filling out a form explaining why the lunch included in my registration at the science conference doesn't mean I'm leaking state secrets.

Walmart is justifying their plastic bag charges by calling them luggage?

I don't know why everyone is making fun of RFK for this take. I think he might be signaling he's part of the resistance. After we do this we'll have no choice but to EAT THE RICH. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...

I want to believe this is good news, but the last 6 weeks has taught me otherwise. Bracing for news that th next CDC director nominee will be Judy Mikovits

Contracts are what business/the economy is built on. At some point everyone needs to realize, making the word of the US govt total 💩 both abroad and at home is the point. myfox8.com/news/north-c...

I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here

Thanks to WRAL for covering yesterday's Stand Up For Science Rally in Raleigh NC www.wral.com/news/state/n...

For the love of GOD! Can the goldfish media learn a f@#$ing lesson for once? Will one reporter ask the question, why? WHY is he doing the tariffs now? Is it to move the Zelensky story off the front page? Can we please demonstrate the ability to hold more than one thought in our heads at once?

Oh $#!t. Just in case you needed another example of how these twits don't even understand the game they are playing and the full consequences of their bullshit.

⛔️NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ALLOWED—RFK Jr. announced plans to strip public participation from business that HHS conducts, despite pledge of “radical transparency” at HHS. The statement said HHS would rescind its longtime practice of giving members of the public a chance to comment on the agency’s plans.

RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore

@calltoactivism.bsky.social

FactChecking RFK Jr.’s First Interview as HHS Secretary: False and Garbled Abortion Drug Claim www.factcheck.org/2025/02/fact... #RFKJr #factcheck

President Trump has selected conservative commentator Dan Bongino to serve as the deputy director of the FBI. We have fact-checked several false or misleading claims that he has amplified about health and politics, dating back to 2020. www.factcheck.org/person/dan-b... #DanBongino #FBI #factcheck

Zoonotic viruses right now, around the world.

Hey, y'all remember "death panels" the GOP warned us about in 2008. They're here. The Milgram experiment made manifest.

Rather than violate their oath or comply with Musk’s illegal requests, 21 civil service employees resigned today from Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (formerly the United States Digital Service), stating they would not use their technical expertise to dismantle critical public services.

States line NC have spent years building their economy around science. Cuts to federal funding for science is shortsighted, will cripple our nations economic engine, and have negative economic impacts for decades. www.axios.com/local/seattl...

www.cnn.com/health

It's with a mix of embarrassment and gratitude I forward this.

BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732. Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.

Who would have thought a group dedicated to "promote scientific excellence and benefit humanity" wouldn't want a red pilled bully dismantling science and education as a memberm www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Not all heroes wear capes. Not surprised he's a teacher.

Wasn't supposed to be a to-do-list ✔️Politicizing Independent Institutions ✔️Spreading Disinformation ✔️Aggrandizing Executive Power ✔️Quashing Dissent (Congress?) ✔️Scapegoating Vulnerable Communities Corrupting Elections (trying) Stoking Violence (all that's left) protectdemocracy.org/work/the-aut...

So it wasn't incompetence, it was DOGE-like cost cutting.

Can anyone imagine how much the GOP would be losing its mind if a gov-not-gov agency of unknown individuals was collecting data on all Americans from every Fed dept? Remember how much they lost their shit when the gov wanted to pay for your meds? Probably worse than that.

At the Federal Bureau of Investigation, anxiety around officials possibly targeting officers and activities perceived as being disloyal to the president has cratered morale, a federal law enforcement source with knowledge of the agents' concerns tells WIRED. The FBI declined to comment.

No notes. youtube.com/watch?v=Jk0n...

40 yrs ago we needed Farm-aid to save family farms across the US from greedy bankers and politicians. History doesn't repeat but it sure can rhyme. www.ozarkakerz.com/blog/usda-fo...

Congrats! Just in time for the dismantling of US scientific enterprise. New Carnegie Classifications Released; 41 Universities Gain R1 Status www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Read the whole 🧵

Gamblers in West Texas are losing to the House of Science. 14 people and counting, who were not vaxed, have come down with measles in Gaines Co. where the incoming kindergarten vax rate is around 80%. www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/h...

Just a matter of time before lead paint is back on shelves.

This is how you quit a job. This guy, and all the others in that office who have said hellno, thank you for standing on principles. Now beat some of that moxie into the article 1 branch.