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I-75 Scientist

@flscitriguy.bsky.social

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“He’s just this guy, ya know” Former Neuroscientist who traveled along I-75. focused on biomed fellowships & trainee development. Husband, dad x 4,🏊‍♂️ 🚴 🏃‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🍺🥃 Opinions my own, Reposts not endorsments

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Izzy Jayasinghe @ijayas.bsky.social · 56m

Ah, a classic moment of @nature.com recognizing the scientific contributions of both genders: man and machine.

Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 1h

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 1h

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 54m

WIC is a lifeline that helps new parents keep their babies fed.

But thanks to Republicans' government shutdown, WIC funds could run out in a matter of weeks.

Republicans must re-open the government NOW and stop playing with people's lives.
www.npr.org/2025/10/02/n...

The federal shutdown puts nutrition aid for millions of new parents at risk

Nearly seven million pregnant women and young children depend on WIC for healthy foods. Advocates say funding could run out in about two weeks, leaving states to close the gap if their budgets allow.

www.npr.org

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Tim Verstynen @tdverstynen.bsky.social · 2h

Expertise is a joke to this administration.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2h

Casey Means left her surgical residency in 2018. She's frequently suggested Americans should question advice from medical authorities.

Now, she’s HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s pick for surgeon general, one of the nation’s most trusted medical posts. https://wapo.st/3KMq0im

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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, is he advocating for at 14 w/ pain meds, or early w/o?

I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 2h

Congrats Kurt!

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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 2h

It's that time of year where the days keep getting dumber...

I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 2h

Nope not genetic... just passed down through families by willy whacking...

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 3h

"Try that* in a small town."

* getting health care at a hospital.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill

FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 3h

“…and I saw the baby and the baby looked at me!”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 3h

gold standard science baby!!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4h

Hey US scientists, the NY Times wants to hear from you if you've had your funding cut. 🌊🧪

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

www.nytimes.com

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 5h

At several points in this article "affirmative action for conservatives" is mentioned and I wish the people concerned now hadn't ignored people highlighting that this was always where this school would lead. The willful ignorance hurts my brain.

www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...

UNC-Chapel Hill’s Lesson in Civics

The School of Civic Life and Leadership’s public fighting is part of a long-running rupture about the mission of civics schools around the country.

www.theassemblync.com

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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 5h

The struggle is real #password

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 5h

If you don’t think Jim Crow and Apartheid were held together by violence, I don’t know what to tell you.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 5h

Trump says a major US city is a war zone that is burning to the ground and our incurious media are not providing live coverage of this unfolding catastrophe

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 6h

Whooping cough cases in #Florida have increased by 81% in 2025 as pediatricians worry about FL Surgeon General's proposed vaccine rollback www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...

Whooping cough cases soar in Florida as pediatricians worry about vaccine rollback

Whooping cough cases in Florida have soared this year, marking an 81% increase from 2024's number.

www.tallahassee.com

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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 6h

Ok, maybe like around the corner, so I can still be 'on premise' at least. The clinic I'm at used to be in the hospital complex, so you could go to a little coffee shop & cafeteria while waiting. They moved to an outpatient/stand alone AND NOTHING.

I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 6h

Not to be too high maintenance but if the endoscopy center is going to make you wait for the patient, they should have some coffee available or something.