Anne Simon 🧪🌱🐴🦠🍊🇨🇦🇺🇦
@annealiz1.bsky.social
Professor University of Maryland, co-founder Silvec Biologics finding RNA solutions to plant diseases, love Plant Virology, author Real Science Behind The X-Files, and passionate about dressage!
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"The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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The real danger are people who never once checked a fact but were claiming to "do their own research." 🙄
Vaccinated people had lower mortality, not just from COVID, but from everything. Reality doesn’t lie.
The science is clear: mRNA vaccines save lives. The conspiracy theorists don’t.
Vaccinated people had lower mortality, not just from COVID, but from everything. Reality doesn’t lie.
The science is clear: mRNA vaccines save lives. The conspiracy theorists don’t.
December 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The real danger are people who never once checked a fact but were claiming to "do their own research." 🙄
Vaccinated people had lower mortality, not just from COVID, but from everything. Reality doesn’t lie.
The science is clear: mRNA vaccines save lives. The conspiracy theorists don’t.
Vaccinated people had lower mortality, not just from COVID, but from everything. Reality doesn’t lie.
The science is clear: mRNA vaccines save lives. The conspiracy theorists don’t.
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Stunning footage from earlier today, when the new Kilauea eruption covered the USGS Webcam 3, which is situated in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater near the southern rim of the much larger Kilauea caldera.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
December 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Stunning footage from earlier today, when the new Kilauea eruption covered the USGS Webcam 3, which is situated in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater near the southern rim of the much larger Kilauea caldera.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
Woman profiled in this article will likely suffer severe consequences to her health if ACA subsidies go away, and yet her support of Trump and Republicans is only “wavering”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
‘We Are Looking at a Massive Crisis’
Health-care costs are about to spike in a way that Americans can’t afford.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Woman profiled in this article will likely suffer severe consequences to her health if ACA subsidies go away, and yet her support of Trump and Republicans is only “wavering”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
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Again, since certain people can't wrap their heads around this pretty simple concept:
If you voted for Kamala, you helped Kamala.
If you voted for Trump, you helped Trump.
If you voted 3rd Party, you helped Trump.
If you stayed home, you helped Trump.
If you voted for Kamala, you helped Kamala.
If you voted for Trump, you helped Trump.
If you voted 3rd Party, you helped Trump.
If you stayed home, you helped Trump.
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Again, since certain people can't wrap their heads around this pretty simple concept:
If you voted for Kamala, you helped Kamala.
If you voted for Trump, you helped Trump.
If you voted 3rd Party, you helped Trump.
If you stayed home, you helped Trump.
If you voted for Kamala, you helped Kamala.
If you voted for Trump, you helped Trump.
If you voted 3rd Party, you helped Trump.
If you stayed home, you helped Trump.
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The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Congratulations, America you’ve unlocked the $38 trillion achievement badge. Unfortunately, it does not come with bonus points, free shipping, or even a coupon for 10% off your next fiscal crisis.
U.S. hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic
This rapid debt accumulation is the fastest outside of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the debt having reached $37 trillion in August.
www.pbs.org
December 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Congratulations, America you’ve unlocked the $38 trillion achievement badge. Unfortunately, it does not come with bonus points, free shipping, or even a coupon for 10% off your next fiscal crisis.
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In all honesty, I think the best we can do as individual scientists, given the current situation, is to refuse to participate in peer review panels, unless this policy is reverted.
Only we, as individual scientists, can influence change and it is on us to do so.
If we don't, who will?
Only we, as individual scientists, can influence change and it is on us to do so.
If we don't, who will?
I missed this from a couple of weeks ago, but if you're an NIH-funded investigator, please read.
Peer review will exist to make things look legitimate, but can, and will, be over-ruled. Funding decisions, ultimately, will be done by political appointees.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
Peer review will exist to make things look legitimate, but can, and will, be over-ruled. Funding decisions, ultimately, will be done by political appointees.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
Implementing a Unified NIH Funding Strategy to Guide Consistent and Clearer Award Decisions | Grants & Funding
grants.nih.gov
December 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
In all honesty, I think the best we can do as individual scientists, given the current situation, is to refuse to participate in peer review panels, unless this policy is reverted.
Only we, as individual scientists, can influence change and it is on us to do so.
If we don't, who will?
Only we, as individual scientists, can influence change and it is on us to do so.
If we don't, who will?
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Last time this happened, Trump was in the White House and we ended up with a world-wide pandemic.
Ready to mask up again???
www.reddit.com/r/NoFilterNe...
Ready to mask up again???
www.reddit.com/r/NoFilterNe...
From the NoFilterNews community on Reddit: China hit by mystery virus outbreak as hospitals overwhelmed as children warned
Explore this post and more from the NoFilterNews community
www.reddit.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Last time this happened, Trump was in the White House and we ended up with a world-wide pandemic.
Ready to mask up again???
www.reddit.com/r/NoFilterNe...
Ready to mask up again???
www.reddit.com/r/NoFilterNe...
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She’s right.
He is creepy.
She’s not going anywhere.
She’ll be here longer than Trump.
Trump is just an old man losing his mind.
He is creepy.
She’s not going anywhere.
She’ll be here longer than Trump.
Trump is just an old man losing his mind.
Ilhan Omar: “His obsession with me is creepy, I'm not going anywhere — I'll be here longer than #Trump - He’s an old man losing his mind. I hope he gets the help he desperately needs—”
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
She’s right.
He is creepy.
She’s not going anywhere.
She’ll be here longer than Trump.
Trump is just an old man losing his mind.
He is creepy.
She’s not going anywhere.
She’ll be here longer than Trump.
Trump is just an old man losing his mind.
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Bad framing: ACIP voted to scrap the universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Bad framing: ACIP voted to scrap the universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
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Sabrina Carpenter wins with Trump’s White House! They were forced to officially delete their tweet that featured one of Sabrina Carpenter’s songs after she responded with what I believe is the most viral response on Twitter ever!
December 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Sabrina Carpenter wins with Trump’s White House! They were forced to officially delete their tweet that featured one of Sabrina Carpenter’s songs after she responded with what I believe is the most viral response on Twitter ever!
The sooner this administration is a distant speck in the rear view mirror, the fewer children will die and sanity will be restored to the US
lol the ACIP committee let Aaron Siri speak for some 90 minutes and cut off CDC experts and scientists off after two minutes (sometime yelling at them to shut them up). Incredible stuff.
The country's biggest anti-vaccine lawyer, the guy behind weakened school mandates in Mississippi and West Virginia, who pulls in millions a year harassing the CDC on behalf of Del Bigtree's anti-vaxx org is ... presenting at ACIP. This panel is anti-vaccine theater. It's a cruel joke.
December 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The sooner this administration is a distant speck in the rear view mirror, the fewer children will die and sanity will be restored to the US
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lol the ACIP committee let Aaron Siri speak for some 90 minutes and cut off CDC experts and scientists off after two minutes (sometime yelling at them to shut them up). Incredible stuff.
The country's biggest anti-vaccine lawyer, the guy behind weakened school mandates in Mississippi and West Virginia, who pulls in millions a year harassing the CDC on behalf of Del Bigtree's anti-vaxx org is ... presenting at ACIP. This panel is anti-vaccine theater. It's a cruel joke.
December 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
lol the ACIP committee let Aaron Siri speak for some 90 minutes and cut off CDC experts and scientists off after two minutes (sometime yelling at them to shut them up). Incredible stuff.
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The FBI now consists of “Uber for drunks”.
Keystone Kash, his girlfriend, and her friends having the time of their lives using and abusing taxpayer funded resources and civil servants. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The FBI now consists of “Uber for drunks”.
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An eight-decade partnership between universities and the federal government made U.S. science preeminent.
It took Trump less than a year to shred that crucial alliance.
It took Trump less than a year to shred that crucial alliance.
American Science, Shattered
An eight-decade partnership between universities and the federal government made U.S. science preeminent. It took Trump less than a year to shred that
www.statnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
An eight-decade partnership between universities and the federal government made U.S. science preeminent.
It took Trump less than a year to shred that crucial alliance.
It took Trump less than a year to shred that crucial alliance.
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When Trump fails to fund science and attacks the civil servants who drive discovery and innovation – our brightest minds leave for better opportunities. That means medical cures and breakthrough technologies might never be discovered.
Trump's brain drain hurts us all.
youtube.com/shorts/KSaG4...
Trump's brain drain hurts us all.
youtube.com/shorts/KSaG4...
Trump's Brain Drain Hurts Us All
YouTube video by Congressman Don Beyer
youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
When Trump fails to fund science and attacks the civil servants who drive discovery and innovation – our brightest minds leave for better opportunities. That means medical cures and breakthrough technologies might never be discovered.
Trump's brain drain hurts us all.
youtube.com/shorts/KSaG4...
Trump's brain drain hurts us all.
youtube.com/shorts/KSaG4...
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[Translated from French]
COVID-19 mRNA vaccines do not increase mortality, a study shows
Radio-Canada / Agence France-Presse
December 4, 2025
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/les-...
#health #COVID #vaccines #France #CovidIsNotOver
COVID-19 mRNA vaccines do not increase mortality, a study shows
Radio-Canada / Agence France-Presse
December 4, 2025
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/les-...
#health #COVID #vaccines #France #CovidIsNotOver
COVID-19 mRNA vaccines do not increase mortality, a study shows
stillcoviding.ca
December 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
[Translated from French]
COVID-19 mRNA vaccines do not increase mortality, a study shows
Radio-Canada / Agence France-Presse
December 4, 2025
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/les-...
#health #COVID #vaccines #France #CovidIsNotOver
COVID-19 mRNA vaccines do not increase mortality, a study shows
Radio-Canada / Agence France-Presse
December 4, 2025
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/les-...
#health #COVID #vaccines #France #CovidIsNotOver
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Per Michael Cohen, Trump always wants it play it both ways.
Strongman Commander-in-Chief and clueless Bystander-in-Chief.
Total control and total innocence.
It won’t work with the Venezuelan boat fiasco.
Is he going to take responsibility or pretend he didn’t know it happened and look weak?
Strongman Commander-in-Chief and clueless Bystander-in-Chief.
Total control and total innocence.
It won’t work with the Venezuelan boat fiasco.
Is he going to take responsibility or pretend he didn’t know it happened and look weak?
December 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Per Michael Cohen, Trump always wants it play it both ways.
Strongman Commander-in-Chief and clueless Bystander-in-Chief.
Total control and total innocence.
It won’t work with the Venezuelan boat fiasco.
Is he going to take responsibility or pretend he didn’t know it happened and look weak?
Strongman Commander-in-Chief and clueless Bystander-in-Chief.
Total control and total innocence.
It won’t work with the Venezuelan boat fiasco.
Is he going to take responsibility or pretend he didn’t know it happened and look weak?
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yes, it’s really that bad.
If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
FDA official proposes ‘impossible’ standards for vaccine testing that could curtail access to immunizations
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
yes, it’s really that bad.
Republicans think we are all so stupid, probably because they are used to the stupidity of their base. Yep, individuals can always negotiate a better price than groups and it would be so easy to pick and choose and understand every nuance of your health care policy
www.rawstory.com/republican-h...
www.rawstory.com/republican-h...
Republican says women will shoulder burden for GOP health plan: 'They're great shoppers'
A Republican senator sketched out the contours of President Donald Trump's health care overhaul that would shift the burden for coverage to women.The president has floated a proposal to send federal f...
www.rawstory.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Republicans think we are all so stupid, probably because they are used to the stupidity of their base. Yep, individuals can always negotiate a better price than groups and it would be so easy to pick and choose and understand every nuance of your health care policy
www.rawstory.com/republican-h...
www.rawstory.com/republican-h...