Brian Wasik
brianrwasik.bsky.social
Brian Wasik
@brianrwasik.bsky.social
Virologist. Evolutionary biologist.
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That is false. Hundreds of trials were suspended bc of the COVID-19 pandemic, but trials were not terminated en masse due to changes in "agency priorities" — that happened for the first time under the Trump administration and Bhattacharya's watch.
February 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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I’m really glad that Harvard is pushing back against the Trump administration’s lawless demands, but I sure hope their justification is broader than wariness of “backlash from liberal students and faculty.” What about defending higher education from autocrats and standing up for academic freedom?
February 3, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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its sorta funny explaining to someone that yeah, before about 1955 all movies were shot on Literally Gunpowder and when you hear about "lost" movies it's 99% of the time because an entire warehouse spontaneously combusted, something that has happened hundreds of times
February 2, 2026 at 7:48 PM