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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 5d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 11d

marrazzo is one of the most respected and accomplished physician scientists/public health experts in the world

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 11d

“In her complaint, the scientist, Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who had directed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, objected to Trump administration actions, alleging that they had endangered research subjects, defied court orders and undermined vaccine research.”

Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint

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Chelsea Polis @cbpolis.bsky.social · 14d

I'm worried about this too, including given where our world appears to be headed with (over)reliance on AI (picture me: a frustrated old, yelling at the sky in futility), and what that means about what kinds of information gets sucked up into AI output vs. what gets excluded/ignored.

Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 15d

In general I think it's hard to combat scientific misinformation when some of the best research is locked behind an academic paywall, while lots of nonsense gets published free for everyone to read in predatory journals.

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Chelsea Polis @cbpolis.bsky.social · 14d

Perhaps you missed it; there are several people in there who do global work. Inclusion was constrained by who'd joined Bluesky & esp when.

There are many other starter packs out there. If none suit you, you can make one yourself. They're lots of work, but sometimes folks appreciate the free labor.

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Chelsea Polis @cbpolis.bsky.social · 15d

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Chelsea Polis @cbpolis.bsky.social · 15d

On #InternationalSafeAbortionDay, and as attacks escalate and mis/dis-information spreads, a reminder: this starter pack can help get you started in finding some excellent Bluesky accounts sharing data & information on sexual and reproductive health.

go.bsky.app/6WuJVjj

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Chelsea Polis @cbpolis.bsky.social · 16d

"As medical care evaporates, it is moms who die in childbirth. As food disappears and babies cry from hunger, some overwhelmed husbands abandon their wives and children. As social order unravels, it is mostly girls who are raped, & then scorned for having been raped."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/o...

Opinion | The Tax on Being a Girl

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Chelsea Polis @cbpolis.bsky.social · 17d

Or a Signal group chat…

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Chelsea Polis @cbpolis.bsky.social · 17d

Misleading info seems rampant, including about sexual & reproductive health. I’ve seen it up close: www.theguardian.com/science/2023...

Many of us have devoted our lives to sharing evidence-based info about contraception & more - because we respect you.

We won't stop.

Happy #WorldContraceptionDay

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 21d

Another reminder that people around the world risk their lives for liberties that many Americans seem ready to surrender without a fight or even a lawsuit. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/b...

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Chelsea Polis @cbpolis.bsky.social · 23d

Rest in peace, Dr. Rennie. Thank you for responding so generously, kindly, & wisely when I was an over-eager, ECR who cold emailed you a tome expressing frustration at some aspects of scientific publishing. Your open, collaborative, encouraging response & our exchanges left such a warm impression.

JAMA @jama.com · 23d

Editorial: "Remembering Drummond Rennie—Champion of Integrity in Science and Scientific Publication."

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A tribute to Drummond Rennie, a champion of integrity in science. The image features Rennie at his desk, talking on the phone with a laptop and papers. Article mentions his work as a physician, scientist, editor, climber, and mentor.

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Katy Stephenson @kstephensonmd.bsky.social · 24d

Listening to ACIP meeting which is a catastrophe, as predicted. I’d like emphasize in all this that the CDC subject matter experts and leads have been tremendous and continue to represent good science on our behalf. I am very grateful for their dedication, despite internal and external pressure.

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 25d

Astounding.

LaQuan McDonald
Mike Brown
Eric Garner
John Crawford III
Walter Scott
Philando Castile

All were shot on video. They looped the videos on social media. We saw their bodies on camera.

What about the emotional toll on Black folks repeatedly seeing us killed? No concerns?

NPR @npr.org · 25d

Graphic videos of the Charlie Kirk shooting spread widely online, raising concerns over the emotional and political toll of exposure to violent imagery.

Kirk shooting videos spread online, even to viewers who didn't want to see them

Graphic videos of the Charlie Kirk shooting spread widely online, raising concerns over the emotional and political toll of exposure to violent imagery.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 26d

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

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Guttmacher @guttmacher.org · Sep 12

The Trump admin is determined to destroy nearly $10M in contraceptives. We join 77 orgs calling on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to stop this harmful plan.

The IUDs, pills, injectables & implants could help more than 1.5M women & couples. The US must reverse this order immediately.

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Chelsea Polis @cbpolis.bsky.social · Sep 12

Incompetence leads to chaos and confusion.

Let's hope these life-saving contraceptive supplies have not been incinerated.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 12

Update: After the spokeswoman for USAID said on Thursday that millions of dollars’ worth of birth control pills and other contraceptives had been destroyed under orders from the Trump administration, the authorities in Belgium said they had checked the stockpile on Friday and it was still in place.

Belgian Authorities Say $10 Million Supply of Birth Control Has Not Yet Been Destroyed

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Chelsea Polis @cbpolis.bsky.social · Sep 12

Hey buddy? This is an excellent example of a wildly ineffective approach to engaging in any kind good faith conversation with me.

Go eat a Snickers and try again another day.

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Chelsea Polis @cbpolis.bsky.social · Sep 12

Deeply cruel and enormously wasteful. About 1.5 million women & couples could have used these supplies to avoid unintended pregnancy.

Instead, at taxpayer expense, the Trump administration incinerated nearly $10M worth of contraceptive supplies, despite offers from multiple orgs to distribute.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 11

Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives destined for low-income countries were destroyed at the direction of the Trump administration.

$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials

The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its foreign aid.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is the guy the Supreme Court continues to grant an ever-expanding set of powers to.

Just today that included: Firing an FTC commissioner in violation of federal law (preemptively overruling Humphrey's Executor)

& racial profiling in immigration raids.

(Before there was immunity & more....)

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · Sep 8

They published it, and it's even worse than I thought www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · Sep 8

For our scientists.

By @ellecordova.bsky.social

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · Sep 8

Everyone has their own sense of when things went completely off the rails, but my mind returns again and again to the founding of Fox News in the late 90s. Naked RW propaganda plopped itself down alongside legitimate journalism and everyone just accepted it. Everything else has followed from that.

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Chelsea Polis @cbpolis.bsky.social · Sep 8

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

Belgium asks US not to destroy millions in contraceptives bound for Africa

Trump administration has confirmed it plans to destroy already purchased supplies, preventing their distribution.

www.aljazeera.com

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Chelsea Polis @cbpolis.bsky.social · Sep 7

I finally own a JB shirt but can’t do laundry quickly enough to enable wearing it every single day, so must obtain at least six more.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 6

As your Governor, I won’t stop fighting to defend your reproductive freedom.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 6

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.

This is not a joke. This is not normal.

Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

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JAMES HEATHERS @jamesheathers.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hello.

The MEP is hiring an intern (a paid one, not an 'ooh ooh think of the experience' one)

retractionwatch.com/job-opportun...

Feel free to direct this to anyone interested. I think it will fill quickly so pitter patter.

Job opportunities at Retraction Watch

Here are our current open positions: Intern, Medical Evidence Project Editor, Medical Evidence Project Staff reporter, Retraction Watch Learn more about The Center for Scientific Integrity, and abo…

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