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I have posted about this before, but...

Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.

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Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines
The number of infected people, measured over 70-some years and across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, generally declined after vaccines were introduced.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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atrupar.com
RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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chicago.suntimes.com
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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milesroberts.bsky.social
Got this email today that NSF is canceling the annual meeting for plant genome research (PGRP) awardees. I’m really sad that I’ll miss out on this amazing networking opportunity :(
Screenshot of an email saying that NSF’s PGRP awardee meeting is canceled
July 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
WOW. A lawyer told @miamiherald.com that a Florida Highway Patrol agent told her that they are calling Border Patrol to investigate anyone who "appears Hispanic" that they pull over.

That is direct evidence of racial profiling — said over the phone to a lawyer! They aren't even hiding it!
Magdalena Cuprys says she has three clients at the state facility. In the case of one of her clients – a Honduran man with a pending asylum application as a victim of human trafficking — Cuprys said she was able to land a bond hearing. But she remains puzzled by his detention. She said her client was originally held at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection building in Dania Beach for about a week after he was stopped at a truck weigh station by Florida Highway Patrol officers on June 25. He has a valid drivers’ license, Cuprys said. She still doesn’t know why he was detained that day. The Honduran man called her when he was stopped and an FHP officer took the phone and told her that anyone who “appears Hispanic” needs to be sent to CBP to have their license verified, she said. Cuprys didn’t name her client publicly, but the Herald/Times was able to independently confirm he is a detainee at the facility.
July 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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greatdismal.bsky.social
I imagined the Chatsubo in 1984. 41 years later I opened its door. Neuromancer is in production.
July 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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alexr.bsky.social
Lyft driver picked me up from UNC, turned out he was a medicinal chemistry post-doc in a building near mine, until his grant got cut last month.

Worked on novel antivirals.
June 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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hillarymonahan.bsky.social
Maybe it's called a corpse flower because that's a dead ballerina stuffed in a bucket.
San Diego's enormous corpse flower looking like aN upside down ballerina.
May 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Per Jose Olivares on X, here is a likely quid for the CECOT pro quo. Trump is dropping criminal charges against multiple serious MS-13 leaders we are currently trying to prosecute.

Many of them are “inconvenient” to Bukele, as they previously admitted to working with him before the truce broke.
Jose Olivares @jloscg NEW The Trump admin is trying to dismiss charges against top MS-13 leader Vladimir Antonio Arevalo-Chavez, to deport him to El Salvador, according to records unsealed today. Arevalo-Chavez was a key negotiator with Bukele's govt—he knows a lot about Bukele's pact with MS-13. Dear Judge Azrack: The government respectfully submits this motion requesting that the Court dismiss the above-captioned indictment against the defendant Vladimir Antonio Arevalo-Chavez (the "defendant" and "Arevalo-Chavez") without prejudice, pursuant to Rule 48(a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, because, as set forth below, the United States has determined that sensitive and important foreign policy considerations outweigh the government's interest in pursuing the prosecution of the defendant, under the totality of the circumstances, and therefore require dismissal of the case. A proposed order of dismissal is attached hereto.
May 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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leakey77.bsky.social
please share - 2 postdoc positions available - molecular physiology of stomata and plant water use of efficiency
lab.igb.illinois.edu/leakey/post-... @ripeproject.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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samwang.bsky.social
SCIENTISTS: The proposed Schedule F is out. It has potential to undermine or destroy merit-based science.

Rules/regulations have the force of law. This rule may put peer review in the hands of political appointees.

Make your public comment here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...
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April 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Now there's a protest sign you don't see often.
Person holding a cardboard sign which reads "Hand off working COBOL code"
April 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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science.org
With its UFO-like display, the cuttlefish may look like it’s trying to get attention—but its intent is anything but.

The undulating black stripes confuse prey, making the creatures all but invisible to crabs and other victims: scim.ag/3FVL43z
April 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Our latest comparative genomics effort to further fundamental research and biotechnological applications of duckweeds is now in press @currentbiology.bsky.social (open access):

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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emilymullin.bsky.social
WIRED is interested in what jobs are being cut at HHS. If you're one of the 10,000 HHS staffers affected by the layoffs, feel free to reach out. You can find me on Signal at emullin.06 or email me at [email protected].
March 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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maxkozlov.bsky.social
And there it is: NIH has officially begun terminating Long COVID funding.

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March 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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deniswirtz.bsky.social
ICYMI, NIH will be asking soon for each NIH-funded researcher to justify every draw they make (often several times a week) on their grants and every NIH officer and their boss will have to justify their agreeing on these draws.

This is the death of US biomedical research by a thousand cuts
March 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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cshlnews.bsky.social
The future of farming is written in the genome. 🌽🔬Scientists at CSHL are using MaizeCODE, to unlock ways that could allow crops to survive drought, resist disease, and feed more people.
Corn’s ancient ancestors are calling | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
The domestication of maize is one of the greatest examples of humankind’s impact on evolution. Early farmers’ pre-industrial plant breeding choices turned corn from a nearly inedible crop into the maj...
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February 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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BREAKING: A draft executive order set for release tomorrow calls for the closure of the Department of Education. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Draft executive order set for Thursday calls for closing Education Dept.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said that congressional approval is needed to close the agency. Deep cuts to the workforce are expected in the short term.
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March 6, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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nbcnews.com
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy argues that his newfound push to oppose President Donald Trump is imperative for Democrats during an interview with NBC News.
March 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
One of the USAID lawsuit declarations I added to my page today is this one, from a person who did cybersecurity at USAID. It provides best technical description I know of what the DOGE boys did after they arrived. They lost access on Feb 4, a month ago.

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4. On January 30, 2025, I was working from the USAID office when I was told to provide systems access to individuals from DOGE. 5. I conducted research and determined that the individuals from DOGE who were trying to get access to these crucial systems have a history of issues with data misuse. I was alarmed and raised this issue with my supervisors, indicating that the DOGE personnel should not obtain access. 6. However, I thereafter discovered that the DOGE personnel had already been given access. Furthermore, the DOGE personnel were given root access to USAID systems, the highest level of access one can obtain and which allows a person to take over a system. This includes the ability to modify, add, delete data, and create user accounts. 7. On Feb 1, 2025, DOGE personnel who did not have a security clearance, used their administrative rights to grant themselves access to restricted areas requiring security clearance. It is unclear what the DOGE personnel did with that access. 8. DOGE personnel have also taken over delegate rights to every USAID mailbox. With this they have the ability to see every email, delete, and send email on behalf of every user within USAID. I am also aware that there is rapid preparation to tear down the USAID network to create a condition where USAID employees will not have access to any facilities nor computing environment.
March 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Seems like a pretty important detail
March 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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joffirphd.bsky.social
First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year.

“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"

Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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kfile.bsky.social
Deleted tweet from incoming FBI deputy Director Dan Bongino on January 6th

www.cnn.com/2025/03/01/p...
March 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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astrokatie.com
I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.
CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel
It’s just the latest “Orwellian” crackdown on government scientists.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM