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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 6h

Proud of my colleagues for speaking out!

There is so much power when people come together.

Trump knows that, and that’s why everything he does aims to divide us.

But we see through that and are growing stronger together!

www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...

Shut down but not silenced: Federal workers find their voice

After months of layoffs and funding cuts by the Trump administration, the government shutdown has given some federal employees hope that their voices are finally being heard.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 1d

You've probably heard how a high percentage of #Nobel laureates are immigrants. The US in particular has benefited from the influx of bright minds.

@jennaahart.bsky.social ran the data for this century's Nobel prizewinners — and shows more than 30% immigrated. 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"...including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole."

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 1d

If the goal is to create doubt in vaccination programs it makes perfect sense. On the other hand, if the goal is to improve public health…

David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! Appreciate the #BethesdaDeclaration shout out.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent article. Advances in science and public health have led to longevity and quality of life improvements. Despite this, science and public health, especially science and public health government agencies, are under attack.

Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 2d

@mattmotta.bsky.social assesses Trump Administration efforts to undermine health agencies’ regulatory authority & how this stems from disdain for those working in civil service roles, rooted in dislike of academic, medical & scientific experts.
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

“We Want to Put Them in Trauma”: Understanding the Trump Administration's Attack on Government Health Agency Regulatory Authority | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 3d

Over the weekend ICE abducted an NIH contractor when he showed up to a courthouse for his green card hearing. He is documented. His wife is a citizen.

He is also member of the skeleton crew of animal care staff that works through a shutdown, to ensure the health and wellbeing of research animals.

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Dr. Allison Betus (she/her) 🌈 @allisonbetus.bsky.social · 2d

Folks, if ICE shot a pastor in the head with a pepper ball on camera, what do you think they do to people behind closed doors?

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 2d

I would add that the plan to get approval for three monovalent shots would be a Potemkin trial. A clinical trial would be unethical and not feasible, but would satisfy the Emperor and his court by adding doubt to the safety and efficacy of vaccines.

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote a thing about how this split the MMR up into monovalents is bullshit that Andrew Wakefield cooked up. It will be used to strip access to the MMR.

The MAHA movement continues to destroy public health.

open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

The Monovalent Mirage

A pretend alternative to the MMR exists, just ask Andrew Wakefield

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Paul Offit @pauloffit.bsky.social · 3d

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In the midst of a measles epidemic that killed 3 people, RFK Jr. reminds us that vaccines don't save lives.

RFK Jr.: “Vaccines Don’t Save Lives”

In a recent post on X, RFK Jr. said that vaccines are overrated.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 3d

But they just want to make vaccines go away.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 3d

Even a non-inferiority trial would be stupid. Each child could get 3 shots per visit - M,M,R vs MMR, placebo, placebo. No company would do this and even if a company did this, recruitment would be impossible - if the trial got past an IRB. RFK=No clue.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote a thing about how this split the MMR up into monovalents is bullshit that Andrew Wakefield cooked up. It will be used to strip access to the MMR.

The MAHA movement continues to destroy public health.

open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

The Monovalent Mirage

A pretend alternative to the MMR exists, just ask Andrew Wakefield

open.substack.com

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 3d

I was so glad to see him address the importance of a diverse workforce. If a couple of old white guys can see this, it should be obvious to those in power.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 3d

This is an important essay about the attacks on efforts to diversify the scientific workforce, and the capitulation by universities to anti-diversity efforts.

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 4d

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

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Brian Ettling @bgreenettling.bsky.social · 4d

For our #democracy, good opinion @davidfrum.bsky.social originally published @theatlantic.com. Donald Trump is losing his race to be a dictator because he is a weak and failing President, plus a total loser. He is desperate to be a tyrant to hide how weak he is. #DemocracyInAction #DemocracyMatters

Opinion: Trump might be losing his race against time

The president is gambling that he can consolidate authority before the public turns too sharply against him.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 4d

Yay! It’s nice to see something positive these days. I keep thinking about how you started this just before the holidays. Took quite a bit of courage!

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 5d

This is embarrassing. We used to be a country that welcomed foreign scholars and that did cutting-edge research into health equity. As a multiracial country with economic inequality, it was even more important that we study reasons for health disparities/

University Affairs | Affaires universitaires @universityaffairs.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 Academic freedom in jeopardy. Yukiko Asada resigned from the NIH and calls on Canada to support at-risk scholars.

➡️ Read her open letter: http://bit.ly/4mG7UMb

#HigherEd #AcademicFreedom #ResearchIntegrity

Help scientists ousted by America’s attack on knowledge - University Affairs

An open letter to leaders of higher education in Canada.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 6d

Who can forget that?

David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 6d

One more study showing the benefit of COVID vaccination.

Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 10d

COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy conferred benefits for mother and baby without increased risk, according to an umbrella review of meta-analyses comprising more than 1.2 million women.
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Mom's COVID Shot Aided Baby, Too, Large Review Confirmed

Vaccination during pregnancy was safe for both mom and baby

www.medpagetoday.com

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 7d

Isn’t there still CK Remembrance Day coming up?

David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 7d

NIH Program staff worked really hard to make sure that the ADSI would fund good science.

Stephanie M. Lee @stephaniemlee.bsky.social · 8d

NEW: What's it like to be an autism scientist funded by the Trump administration? The government is funding respected scholars to study autism's causes, experts say, while also sowing misinformation. In the wake of *that* press conference, I talked to the grantees. www.chronicle.com/article/what...

What It’s Like to Be an Autism Scientist Funded by the Trump Administration

The government is funding respected scholars to study autism’s causes, at a time when experts say it’s also sowing misinformation about the same topic.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 7d

There was so much misinformation during that press conference, including on vaccines, and they just stood there.

Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 8d

Lancet: Offline: Those one should not forgive (Makary and Bhattacharya)

by Richard Horton

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