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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 7h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 6h

Chicago. Pretty cool town

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 6h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 6h

New study in @thelancet.com

“After nearly 2 years of war and severe restrictions in humanitarian aid, tens of thousands of preschool-aged children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from preventable acute malnutrition and facing an increased risk of mortality”

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Assessment of malnutrition in preschool-aged children by mid-upper arm circumference in the Gaza Strip (January, 2024–August, 2025): a longitudinal, cross-sectional, surveillance study

After nearly 2 years of war and severe restrictions in humanitarian aid, tens of thousands of preschool-aged children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from preventable acute malnutrition and facing an ...

www.thelancet.com

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Daniel Malmer @malmer.com · 5h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia with her hair up, wearing a white poofy coat.

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Thomas [redacted] DO @tom.medsky.social · 5h

The United States gives approximately 6.6 million doses of MMR per year. Each single dose vial contains 1.76 grams of glass, rubber, and aluminum. Add another 3 grams each for the syringe and needle.

This one change will add 62.8 metric tons of SHARPS BIOHAZARD WASTE per year.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 5h

The MMR shot is safe and effective, and there is no credible evidence otherwise.

Breaking MMR into three shots means 3x more copays at the doctor’s office, 3x more hours of missed work, 3x more bummed out kiddos, and probably more than 3x as many kids who aren’t fully vaccinated.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 8h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 8h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Alice (SHE/HER) Sato, MD PhD @asato4kids.bsky.social · 8h

I need preorder info 😘😘😘

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 9h

A study of nearly 300,000 people published today in the New England Journal of Medicine found “that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent.”

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Alice (SHE/HER) Sato, MD PhD @asato4kids.bsky.social · 8h

Send Rita’s and Samos to Omaha please

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 9h

I have taken
the freedom of speech
that was in
the Constitution

and which
you were probably
using
for peaceful protest

Forgive me
the courts said they were
so agitating
and so irritating

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Dr. David Boulware, MD MPH @drboulware.bsky.social · 13h

Predictive value of C-reactive protein for hospitalization and mortality among people with advanced HIV disease in Uganda receiving the WHO-recommended package of care

Nice paper by U of MN MD/PhD student Eli Schwartz on behalf of the ENCORE Team.
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Predictive value of C-reactive protein for hospitalization and mortality among people with advanced HIV disease in Uganda receiving the WHO-recommended package of care

Among Ugandan outpatients with advanced HIV, elevated serum CRP (≥10 mg/L) predicted 30-day risk of opportunistic infection, hospitalization, and death. Ea

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 12h

the answer to the trolley problem is not to pick who to sacrifice, it’s to dismantle the system that led to an unsafe trolley crossing.

if any part of your morality strategy involves picking a group to let die on a hill, throw the entire strategy out. it’s wrong.

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 12h

"REMEMBER: WE NOT BREAK NEWS. WE POUND NEWS LIKE BONGOS UNTIL NEWS BREAK ITSELF." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/aaa...

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

www.mcsweeneys.net

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 13h

“The Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) shows signs of containment, with no new confirmed or probable cases reported since our last update”
Some cautious good news from @who.int
#IDSky

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanhneville.medsky.social · 1d

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Alice (SHE/HER) Sato, MD PhD @asato4kids.bsky.social · 1d

Well, if he still worked at FDA this wouldn’t be a problem

STAT @statnews.com · 1d

Peter Marks, the former top vaccine regulator at the FDA, has joined Eli Lilly — a move likely to rile up critics of the revolving door between FDA and industry
www.statnews.com/2025/10/07/p...

Peter Marks, FDA vaccine regulator ousted by RFK Jr., joins Eli Lilly

Peter Marks, the former top vaccine regulator at the FDA, has joined Eli Lilly — a move likely to rile up critics of the revolving door between FDA and industry

www.statnews.com

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 1d

And this is why six former US surgeon generals just written an Op Ed in the Washington Post warning that RFK Jr is a danger to our nation

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 1d

The CDC now officially recommends the updated Covid vaccines. Yet the delays, and the announcement itself, compound misinformation and persistent access issues. My latest:
theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

CDC backs updated Covid vaccines as access issues persist: ‘We still don’t have doses in hand’

Delays in recommending the shots and misinformation have created obstacles for vaccine access

theguardian.com

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University of Nebraska Medical Center @unmc.bsky.social · 1d

The innovative partnership between UNMC and the University of Anahuac in Veracruz, Mexico, marked its ninth year with a major milestone.

The two universities launched the International Academic Observership in Family Medicine.

Read more:
www.unmc.edu/newsroom/202...

International family medicine partnership marks ninth year

UNMC and the University of Anahuac expanded their collaboration to launch an academic observership in family medicine.

www.unmc.edu

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 1d

No reputable medical or psychological association supports conversion therapy. Being LGBTQ+ is not an illness, and we don’t need to be cured.

We have been working to ban conversion therapy in Nebraska since 2019. With my LB 367, we could be next to ban this inhumane practice.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

The Supreme Court is poised to overturn 32 state bans on conversion therapy and explicitly legalize the abusive and torturous process.

They don't care how many LGBTQ people this traumatizes and kills.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

Supreme Court to decide if states may ban attempts to ‘convert’ gay and transgender youth | CNN Politics

Matt Salmon remembers getting into a circle with the other teenagers in his group therapy session and shouting obscenities at a gay boy forced to stand in the middle.

www.cnn.com

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

Here are the 10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits if Republicans refuse to act.

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%

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Alice (SHE/HER) Sato, MD PhD @asato4kids.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of ID docs are also birders I believe

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 1d

Plague is a high-consequence infectious disease with epidemic potential.

The latest video in our partnership with @glaucomflecken.bsky.social summarizes new research evaluating ciprofloxacin versus aminoglycoside–ciprofloxacin for bubonic plague in Madagascar. 👉 nej.md/DrG27

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 1d

Nobody needs the abusive and debunked “treatment” known as conversion therapy—and LGBTQ+ youth need to know they are loved and accepted as they are. As long as I’m in the legislature I’ll be working to ban it in Nebraska.

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