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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · Sep 7

RFK Jr. claimed that there have been no successes coming from HHS in the past 40 years.

I beg to differ.

He and his HHS lackeys, Makary, Bhattacharya, and Prasad, who spread misinformation, will be personally responsible for the resurgence of vaccine preventable disease in the U.S.

Screenshot of a graphic from the CDC showing the massive drop in measles cases in the USA from 1963-2023, particularly after the rollout of the measles vaccine in 1963.

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Trey Bateman @renegadesynapse.bsky.social · Sep 7

/soapbox on

Emoji’s should be accepted paralinguistic communication in textual transmission. When we speak, our affective prosody communicates so much we miss in text

/soapbox off

Love it!

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · Sep 7

I think the RFK Jr-Jay Bhattacharya anti-vaccine partnership is extraordinarily dangerous; together, running HHS & NIH, hand in hand, they’re doing enormous damage to public health & health research. Seeing Jay Bhattacharya *praise* what RFK Jr has done to the CDC is deeply, deeply disturbing.

Post by Aaron Ruper:
Jay Bhattacharya claims that RFK Jr is “devoted to the scientific method” 🙃

Jay Bhattacharya speaking at an RFK Jr for President rally

Jay Bhattacharya and Kevin Bardosh editorial:
“RFK Jr will disrupt the medical establishment”

Tweet by Jay Bhattacharya: “At least 2 of the authors of this piece [a piece in the NYT by former CDC directors] were in charge of the CDC when it embraced politicized school closures and COVID vaccine mandates. For them to criticize Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr for his efforts to restore gold standard science to the CDC harms public health.”

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David Jones @davidjonesbrain.bsky.social · Aug 22

This was so much fun to do with @renegadesynapse.bsky.social #neurology @greenjournal.bsky.social #endalz #fdgforall youtu.be/GTOzwUALePM

FDG-PET-Based Machine Learning Framework to Support Neurologic Decision-Making

YouTube video by Neurology Journal

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Trey Bateman @renegadesynapse.bsky.social · Aug 21

Absolutely! In some diagnoses it can occur early on and it’s an incredibly socially distressing experience. Treatment and palliation of these symptoms matters so much, I am often frustrated by the nihilistic attitude towards attempted treatment.

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Trey Bateman @renegadesynapse.bsky.social · Aug 21

But especially in more advanced dementia it’s very difficult to distinguish. I’m not sure a perfect distinction matters, if it were necessary to treat I would mostly approach the same way anyway. The localization and literature on the symptom is fascinating

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Trey Bateman @renegadesynapse.bsky.social · Aug 21

I do distinguish between them but I think there is a continuum. I tend to use the term pathological laughing and crying (PLC) for pedantic reasons, but there are definitely cases where there is congruence of emotion and display but maybe way out of proportion on the display

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Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social · Aug 21

Are there any treatments for pseudobulbar affect (PBA) in the UK? I see there's a drug available in the US called Nuedexta (dextromethorphan hydrobromide/quinidine sulphate) which has something of a chequered history but I can't find a UK licence. How is PBA normally managed in advanced AD?

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Trey Bateman @renegadesynapse.bsky.social · Aug 21

Even here, most of us start with serotonergic agents first. SSRIs can be effective, the onset is quicker than for depression — days instead of weeks, and probably because it’s more driven by direct modulation of serotonin neurotransmission

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Trey Bateman @renegadesynapse.bsky.social · Aug 14

I spent an embarrassingly long time trying to figure out what sorts of manuscripts were constructed with cardboard

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Trey Bateman @renegadesynapse.bsky.social · Aug 8

Some people who think care is going to be easier to navigate and quicker outside of the VA are in for a painfully rude awakening. The VA does a fantastic job on so many things and has excellent reviews by their patients at rates higher than most health systems.

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Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. @reptroycarter.bsky.social · Jul 19

Trump’s EPA just eliminated its entire research arm—the “heart and brain” of the agency—and is laying off 3,700 workers.

That’s 1,155 scientists, chemists, and biologists gone.
Less science. More pollution.

This isn’t reform. It’s sabotage.

#ProtectOurPlanet

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Trey Bateman @renegadesynapse.bsky.social · Jul 15

My phrenology head suffered a head injury in the move — alas, he will forever have a skull fracture, but nothing a bit of ceramic glue will not resolve

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Trey Bateman @renegadesynapse.bsky.social · Jul 8

Disclaimer: not legal advice

a man wearing a sombrero sits in a classroom with his feet up and says i 'll allow it .

ALT: a man wearing a sombrero sits in a classroom with his feet up and says i 'll allow it .

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Trey Bateman @renegadesynapse.bsky.social · Jul 7

Goodness. Hope you’re safe, Jeff. The videos look really bad

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Jeff Browndyke @jeffbrowndyke.bsky.social · Jul 7

Flash flooding in Chapel Hill.
East Franklin St.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · Jun 25

Today's ACIP meeting is usually a time where experts come together to inform the future of vaccines. That is not what today will be. That is not what we can stand behind. The AAP will continue to recommend its own childhood vaccine schedule -- just as we have since the 1930s

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Trey Bateman @renegadesynapse.bsky.social · May 27

We moved tables one time and the treasurer can’t speak of tablegate without a content warning first

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Trey Bateman @renegadesynapse.bsky.social · May 27

This is a very good thread. There are a lot of opinions about how conferences should work written by people who have no practical experience organizing a large scientific conference.

The AV/contract issue is such a big thing. I can’t plug in a damn extension cord without being charged at some!

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · May 27

We're having a "scientific conferences need to become more accessible" conversation again, this time in terms of the Trump administration making it unsafe for some international colleagues to join us in the US.

I'm on the Board of multiple orgs that plan conferences. Here are some thoughts.

🧵🧪🦑🌎

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · May 24

I spent many years on a menswear forum with Michael Anton, director of policy planning in Trump's administration. My editors asked if I'd be interested in writing something on him. I have so many stories to tell; this is only a small bit of our shared menswear world

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Michael Anton Was a Menswear Writer — And He Hated Trump’s Fashion

A dive into the weird world of StyleForum reveals the secrets of “conservative business dress.”

www.politico.com

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Trey Bateman @renegadesynapse.bsky.social · May 26

Lmfao.

Good lord JP is an embarrassment but this was shockingly bad even for his brand of vapid pedantry

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · May 25

During a debate titled "One Christian vs. Twenty Atheists," Jordan Peterson loses by forgetting what side he’s on

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · May 20

If you are a real social scientist, it is very hard to maintain the claim that all evidence of systemic racism is not real science. Much of it is published in top-ranked peer-reviewed journals in Bhattacharya's field of economics. He can either do MAGA, or science, but not both.

Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · May 19

The NIH Director continues to misunderstand (or mischaracterize) the extent to which research is being gutted. I appreciate this program officer for speaking up.

At the town hall, Bhattacharya told staffers that they ought not to worry about the anti-DEI push, explaining that studies of the impacts of specific policies like redlining affecting minority populations would not be cut. However, this remark was met with pushback from the audience.

”As the program officer who oversees this research, I will tell you my studies have been terminated,” an individual interrupted.

Bhattacharya clarified that studies into the effects of structural racism would be cut, to which the individual responded, “What do you think redlining is?”

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Alzheimer's Association @alzassociation.bsky.social · May 15

❌ FALSE: “For 20 years…we were directing Alzheimer’s research to one hypothesis. And any other hypotheses were shut down.” - Sec. Kennedy

Over the last decade, less than 14% of new National Institutes of Health (NIH) Alzheimer’s projects focused on amyloid beta as the therapeutic target. 🧵(1/4)

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Trey Bateman @renegadesynapse.bsky.social · May 15

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Trey Bateman @renegadesynapse.bsky.social · May 14

Sending me

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