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As far as I can tell, RFK Jr.'s latest antivax stunt runs counter to the WMA Declaration of Helsinki. Withholding HepB vaccination clearly does not meet any definition of clinical equipoise. Doing it anyway, overseas, is straight up colonialist medicine.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.
December 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
As far as I can tell, RFK Jr.'s latest antivax stunt runs counter to the WMA Declaration of Helsinki. Withholding HepB vaccination clearly does not meet any definition of clinical equipoise. Doing it anyway, overseas, is straight up colonialist medicine.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.
Details in Dr. Jacobs's thread below.
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Sometimes, viruses don't have to be the bad guys...
Sometimes we can use one to treat another!
Chuffed to present excellent work from Dr Samantha Garcia-Cardenas showing how the innate immune system can be "rewired" by a benign Reovirus to eliminate SARS2 infection.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Sometimes we can use one to treat another!
Chuffed to present excellent work from Dr Samantha Garcia-Cardenas showing how the innate immune system can be "rewired" by a benign Reovirus to eliminate SARS2 infection.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Oncolytic Reovirus mediates innate-driven SARS-CoV-2 elimination in the absence of cell toxicity
Interplay between type I interferon (IFN) driven innate responses and viral antagonism strongly influences SARS-CoV-2 transmission and the COVID-19 disease course. Hence, variant adaptation includes d...
www.biorxiv.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Sometimes, viruses don't have to be the bad guys...
Sometimes we can use one to treat another!
Chuffed to present excellent work from Dr Samantha Garcia-Cardenas showing how the innate immune system can be "rewired" by a benign Reovirus to eliminate SARS2 infection.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Sometimes we can use one to treat another!
Chuffed to present excellent work from Dr Samantha Garcia-Cardenas showing how the innate immune system can be "rewired" by a benign Reovirus to eliminate SARS2 infection.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Open science must avoid ‘feeding the machine’ for AI firms.
Academics must set standards for use of artificial intelligence in research, says open science expert.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
Academics must set standards for use of artificial intelligence in research, says open science expert.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
December 19, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Open science must avoid ‘feeding the machine’ for AI firms.
Academics must set standards for use of artificial intelligence in research, says open science expert.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
Academics must set standards for use of artificial intelligence in research, says open science expert.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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The international community has abandoned Palestinian children to face alone the brutality and savagery of the IOF.
Jewish soldiers detained 5 Palestinian kids at the request of illegal “Havat Maon” Jewish settlers.
The kids' crime? Gathering wild vegetables.
Shame on all of us.
Jewish soldiers detained 5 Palestinian kids at the request of illegal “Havat Maon” Jewish settlers.
The kids' crime? Gathering wild vegetables.
Shame on all of us.
December 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The international community has abandoned Palestinian children to face alone the brutality and savagery of the IOF.
Jewish soldiers detained 5 Palestinian kids at the request of illegal “Havat Maon” Jewish settlers.
The kids' crime? Gathering wild vegetables.
Shame on all of us.
Jewish soldiers detained 5 Palestinian kids at the request of illegal “Havat Maon” Jewish settlers.
The kids' crime? Gathering wild vegetables.
Shame on all of us.
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Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
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coca-cola single-handedly created the single-use plastics crisis but they're not done, so they're creating the single-use digital slop crisis
December 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
coca-cola single-handedly created the single-use plastics crisis but they're not done, so they're creating the single-use digital slop crisis
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Coke admitted they had to generate 70,000 video clips for their latest Christmas slopvertising
BY MY CALCS:
- 4x the CO2 impact of a normal ad project
- 1 day of 2-5 medium hospitals
- 1 month of 250 households
- 44 years of continuous Netflix viewing
futurism.com/artificial-i...
BY MY CALCS:
- 4x the CO2 impact of a normal ad project
- 1 day of 2-5 medium hospitals
- 1 month of 250 households
- 44 years of continuous Netflix viewing
futurism.com/artificial-i...
December 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Coke admitted they had to generate 70,000 video clips for their latest Christmas slopvertising
BY MY CALCS:
- 4x the CO2 impact of a normal ad project
- 1 day of 2-5 medium hospitals
- 1 month of 250 households
- 44 years of continuous Netflix viewing
futurism.com/artificial-i...
BY MY CALCS:
- 4x the CO2 impact of a normal ad project
- 1 day of 2-5 medium hospitals
- 1 month of 250 households
- 44 years of continuous Netflix viewing
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Polluters should pay for the damage they have produced.
drilled.media/news/odette-...
drilled.media/news/odette-...
“We Don’t Deserve This”: Survivors of Super Typhoon Odette File Claims Against Shell
Last week the survivors of Super Typhoon Odette that struck the Philippines in 2021 filed what may be the most ambitious climate lawsuit to date against global oil giant Shell.
drilled.media
December 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Polluters should pay for the damage they have produced.
drilled.media/news/odette-...
drilled.media/news/odette-...
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Why does professional always mean conforming to confident masculine culture?
Screw that.
“Professional” is getting your job done. What’s not professional is thinking someone isn’t good at their job because they use emojis! 😤
Communication evolves, and the trajectory is to the less formal.
Screw that.
“Professional” is getting your job done. What’s not professional is thinking someone isn’t good at their job because they use emojis! 😤
Communication evolves, and the trajectory is to the less formal.
December 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Why does professional always mean conforming to confident masculine culture?
Screw that.
“Professional” is getting your job done. What’s not professional is thinking someone isn’t good at their job because they use emojis! 😤
Communication evolves, and the trajectory is to the less formal.
Screw that.
“Professional” is getting your job done. What’s not professional is thinking someone isn’t good at their job because they use emojis! 😤
Communication evolves, and the trajectory is to the less formal.
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I'm a 6 ft cis woman who looks like the back end of a bus. My first experience of being challenged using the women's toilets was aged 16 (I don't remember it because it happens so often, but my friend who was with me does). This was in the late 70s... We have a whole new generation of nastiness now.
December 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I'm a 6 ft cis woman who looks like the back end of a bus. My first experience of being challenged using the women's toilets was aged 16 (I don't remember it because it happens so often, but my friend who was with me does). This was in the late 70s... We have a whole new generation of nastiness now.
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
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His name is Ahmad Al-Ahmad and we can all choose to highlight him instead of the murderers who committed a massacre
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7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
December 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
His name is Ahmad Al-Ahmad and we can all choose to highlight him instead of the murderers who committed a massacre
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The really gross thing about this aside from the fact it’s wrong, is that really fashy obsession with ‘baby making’, white babies
December 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The really gross thing about this aside from the fact it’s wrong, is that really fashy obsession with ‘baby making’, white babies
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Happy 100 Dick Van Dyke
December 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Happy 100 Dick Van Dyke
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This week, I explore B Corps doing good and the toll of seasonal waste. I've also collected a host of ideas on how our choices can reduce waste, support communities, and restore nature — from thrifted treasures to shared experiences, and giving that supports families and ecosystems around the world.
Simple ways to make the holidays more sustainable | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe
Get more from Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe on Patreon
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December 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This week, I explore B Corps doing good and the toll of seasonal waste. I've also collected a host of ideas on how our choices can reduce waste, support communities, and restore nature — from thrifted treasures to shared experiences, and giving that supports families and ecosystems around the world.
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Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
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Great reporting by @emorwee.bsky.social & @greenmirandahere.bsky.social on why celebrity chefs are fighting PFAS bans. It's a great peek into the nefarious world of industry-driven (100% unethical) PR campaigns that Big Oil, Big Tobacco, and Big Opioid CEOs have been exploiting for decades.
Why are famous chefs fighting PFAS bans?
The answer, in retrospect, is obvious—and it’s part of a larger campaign to stop bans on Teflon cookware nationwide.
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Great reporting by @emorwee.bsky.social & @greenmirandahere.bsky.social on why celebrity chefs are fighting PFAS bans. It's a great peek into the nefarious world of industry-driven (100% unethical) PR campaigns that Big Oil, Big Tobacco, and Big Opioid CEOs have been exploiting for decades.
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A horrifying CNN investigation reveals how Israel buried hundreds of starving Palestinians some of them alive using bulldozers and unmarked graves.
Missing in Gaza: CNN investigation points to the Israeli military bulldozing the dead bodies of Palestinians seeking aid | CNN
A CNN investigation into Palestinians who went missing near the Zikim crossing in Gaza this year points to aid seekers being killed and, in some cases, bulldozed into unmarked graves by Israeli forces...
edition.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A horrifying CNN investigation reveals how Israel buried hundreds of starving Palestinians some of them alive using bulldozers and unmarked graves.
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The issue is that a woman working full time on a decent salary cannot afford rent on a one bed flat and the cost of childcare to allow her to work
THAT’S what should be being called out
But the RW media don’t want people questioning THAT
Better to vilify those struggling to make ends meet
8/
THAT’S what should be being called out
But the RW media don’t want people questioning THAT
Better to vilify those struggling to make ends meet
8/
December 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The issue is that a woman working full time on a decent salary cannot afford rent on a one bed flat and the cost of childcare to allow her to work
THAT’S what should be being called out
But the RW media don’t want people questioning THAT
Better to vilify those struggling to make ends meet
8/
THAT’S what should be being called out
But the RW media don’t want people questioning THAT
Better to vilify those struggling to make ends meet
8/
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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This is corporate manslaughter!
Every new well that Shell sinks kills more people.
Recent cutting-edge work by #climate scientists demonstrates how we can now attribute the deaths that will be caused from individual oil & gas projects...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Every new well that Shell sinks kills more people.
Recent cutting-edge work by #climate scientists demonstrates how we can now attribute the deaths that will be caused from individual oil & gas projects...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Shell ready to invest more in Italy if drilling permits unlocked
Shell is ready to invest more in Italy to boost hydrocarbon production, the head of the energy group's Italian unit said on Wednesday, urging the government to allow new drilling.
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This is corporate manslaughter!
Every new well that Shell sinks kills more people.
Recent cutting-edge work by #climate scientists demonstrates how we can now attribute the deaths that will be caused from individual oil & gas projects...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Every new well that Shell sinks kills more people.
Recent cutting-edge work by #climate scientists demonstrates how we can now attribute the deaths that will be caused from individual oil & gas projects...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
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The IDF executed two Palestinian men in Jenin. They verified that they were unarmed, told them to walk back to the building, and then shot them dead.
Observers condemn Israeli army's killing of two Palestinian men in northern West Bank as 'shocking crime'.
Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in Jenin as they try to surrender
Observers condemn Israeli army's killing of two Palestinian men in northern West Bank as 'shocking crime'.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The IDF executed two Palestinian men in Jenin. They verified that they were unarmed, told them to walk back to the building, and then shot them dead.