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Listened to this yesterday. It was almost unbearable to hear how intentional yet avoidable all of this was/is. And still no compensation for victims and families who will be paying for these avoidable medical errors for the rest of their lives. Shame.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

submitted 2 days ago • 877 comments

I remember @mrjamesob.bsky.social calling out a brexiter about this before we'd even left. Their response was that this would be a good thing for UK businesses as they could step up to fill the void. <Stares into the void>

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

🔴 For four years officials refused to release names of all companies linked to Conservative donors and party figures put in the 'VIP' lane for bumper Covid contracts Now a judge has ordered them to. Huge win for @jennacorderoy.bsky.social (and DfS) democracyforsale.substack.com/p/government...

submitted 2 days ago • 62 comments

Recent chat with @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social about his latest book #EverythingIsTuberculosis. As we withdraw USAID efforts to fight this disease (that already kills >1mm every year) there’s a higher chance of more drug resistant strains developing. youtu.be/4cVd0p9ACuc?...

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Great scoop from ⁦@peter.andringa⁩.me The Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador and dumped in prison thought they were going to Venezuela. They had signed paperwork to go home. via @FT www.ft.com/content/dbfa...

submitted 2 days ago • 25 comments

I’ve emailed to see if they’re repping UK authors.

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

Thousands of hours of my work pirated without my permission. And that's just one book.

submitted 3 days ago • 21 comments

Its a tragedy that an unvaccinated child died of measles but disgusting this being used for anti-vaccination propaganda. Vax is safe- measles is not & far from measles boosting your immune system it can wipe your immune memory making you more vulnerable to infxns

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

Anyone met a scientist who isn’t critical of the huge cuts to US science? “French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers… searched his phone and found messages in which he had expressed criticism of the Trump administration.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 4 days ago • 9 comments

"Ex-MP Owen Paterson’s involvement with a company awarded a contract to supply millions of Covid tests was not a conflict of interest, a former minister told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry." Hmmm. careappointments.com...

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

🚨 Conservative Peer Helped Firm He Held Shares in Land £58 Million Covid PPE Contract Newly-released documents reveal the peer also helped a “generous and loyal supporter” of the Conservative party secure another £93 million PPE contract bylinetimes.com/2025/03/19/c...

submitted 4 days ago • 27 comments

With everything happening in the US right now, how safe are scientific conferences for foreign participants in the US? I think this is something we have to discuss as a scientific community. I am hesitating to register for US meetings due to the unpredictable situation. Others who feel the same?

submitted 5 days ago • 1152 comments

Good to see the FT editorial draw attention to this less well known casualty of the US regime - official statistics on.ft.com/43Tejhn

submitted 5 days ago • 17 comments

Incredible that Democrats hold both houses of the Washington State legislature and the governor's office and still, in the face of massive federal layoffs are creating an austerity budget that furloughs employees and fails to raise revenue www.knkx.org/government/2...

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

A US-born citizen was walking near Chicago in January. ICE snatched him off the street, handcuffed him, threw into a van. His wallet, which contained his ID, was confiscated. He was detained for 10 hours before being released without a record of what occurred. immigrantjustice.org/sites/defaul...

submitted 6 days ago • 1356 comments

Germany issues warning for transgender & nonbinary people traveling to the U.S. www.advocate.com/news/germany...

submitted 7 days ago • 328 comments

This is a very, very stupid way of writing that when statistical models are put into a context associated with stress and worry, and asked to predict "the next word", they are more likely to pick words associated with stress and worry.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

It’s been a while since we’ve published a report on @independentsage.bsky.social but the issue of DEI in science is hugely important. We cannot let the political and ideological motivations of the Trump administration undermine robust, rigorous and inclusive science. Please share.

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse By retracting foreign aid, Trump could make tuberculosis untreatable again. And make it the world’s deadliest infectious disease & maybe a top 5 disease again. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

submitted 7 days ago • 38 comments

Take a moment today to read about a few of the young children whom Trump and Musk killed by shutting down USAID. The blame for these deaths falls on them. There will be hundreds of thousands more dead kids before their lethal crusade against foreign aid ends. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 8 days ago • 237 comments

Trump has rescinded a proclamation that established the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla National Monument in California.

submitted 8 days ago • 196 comments

BBC World at One just described DOGE as the "newly created and controversial Department of Government Efficiency" It didn't mention that DOGE is not an actual fkn government "department". It has no statutory powers and has not been sanctioned by Congress. FFS. #bbcwato #wato

submitted 10 days ago • 5 comments

Do you know there's a tell-all book about Meta behind closed doors & the author is not allowed to promote it? However, since it's already published & can't be killed, & since whoever didn't sign the NDA can promote it all they want, here it is. https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/careless-people-8

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Is the message in re moving this wonderful mural that black lives don’t matter? Every day a new outrage 😱😡

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

the irony of one of the most prestigious law schools in the country doing this… whew. just like Columbia, they complied first and asked questions later. and still, they’ll get screwed.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

I see Chris Philp is now repeating Matt Goodwin's deliberate lie. The correct figure is 17%, and most of those are long-standing residents (and in many cases will have British spouses/children).

submitted 13 days ago • 44 comments

Five years on and we’re still going round and round with whether Covid is airborne. There’s no scientific doubt. Denial broke us. healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi...

submitted 13 days ago • 38 comments

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️

submitted 14 days ago • 598 comments

Hopeless interviewing by Amol Rajan of Chris Philip on Today just now. Neither Philp not Rajan seem to know that much of the "working age benefit bill" goes to people who work.

submitted 14 days ago • 23 comments

A UK citizen has been detained by ICE at the Canadian border. Her possessions confiscated, she’s being held in a cell with limited access to the outside world and no idea when she will be allowed to return home. Stop traveling to the U.S. Vote with your dollar & protect yourself.

submitted 14 days ago • 19 comments

We sent NHS staff into a deadly pandemic wearing bin liners. Hundreds of them died. Separated from their families for months, they worked unimaginable hours, and saw thousands drown in their bed. And these worms DARE judge them for doing something silly for 5mins to boost morale and keep sane? WTAF

submitted 14 days ago • 52 comments

Important to reflect, but also be aware of an ongoing pandemic. ~10K cert COVID deaths in 2024, majority underlying. Millions suffer #LongCovid . Yet, IPC cell denies airborne transmission. HCW & patients unprotected. Kids exposed to repeat infections. Living with ≠ ignore 💔 x.com/covidinquiry...

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

As a former Fulbright Scholar (in Chile), I personally understand how terrifying this is. U.S. citizens around the world & foreign nationals in the U.S. — all Fulbright Scholars — have now had their incomes eliminated & are stranded. DOGE is an illegal, criminal operation that must be shut down.

submitted 16 days ago • 66 comments

This just gets stranger and stranger!

submitted 16 days ago • 5 comments

Structural discrimination: race or class? Answer (obviously): Both. Important new analysis by @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social shows the barriers to entry in professional occupations by those from lower socio-economic backgrounds and ethnic minorities.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

@standupforscience.bsky.social folks attending any of the rallies Friday. Be sure to #standupforscience SAFELY. Refer to the security recs on the site: standupforscience2025.org/protest-safe... #bringAFriend #BringFoodWater #KnowYourRights #TellAFriend #ChargeYourPhone #TurnOffBiometrics

submitted 19 days ago • 4 comments

It shouldn’t really have to be said, but don’t have a measles party! globalnews.ca/news/1...

submitted 20 days ago • 7 comments

Statement: the American Meteorological Organization: "Recent terminations within the government workforce for science are likely to cause irreparable harm & have far-reaching consequences for public safety, economic well-being, & the United States’ global leadership." www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

Today the Royal Society will meet to discuss “Fellows’ behaviour”. Without doubt the fellow they will primarily be discussing is Elon Musk. The behaviour may range from his public dissemination of unfounded conspiracy theories to his attacks on the science 🧵 1/38

submitted 21 days ago • 26 comments

@secondmentions.bsky.social metro.co.uk/2025/03/01/g... "pincered creatures"

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

submitted 21 days ago • 2020 comments

It’s not safe to visit the US.

submitted 22 days ago • 14 comments

It's one of the most profound consequences of false equivalency in media coverage: in playing to "objectivity" or "balance," lies and liars aren't discredited or ignored, they're given equal or often greater coverage. Laissez-faire journalism is as bad as, or maybe even worse than, propaganda.

submitted 22 days ago • 3 comments

“You won’t get any more American help until you wear a suit.”

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments