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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks for this. I watched the first few minutes and I'm skeptical that JP and JPJ did this on purpose. I think they just did what sounded good and it happened to emulate Bach. Maybe I'm wrong. I'll watch the whole thing when I retire.

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 4d

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta: Targeting RNA with Therapeutics - Dr. Matthew Disney. Have a listen:

Targeting RNA with Therapeutics - Dr. Matthew Disney

SummaryIn this episode of the Talking Biotech Podcast, Dr. Matthew...

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 7d

Is the donor Microsoft?

All of this is a pefect example of not playing to the audience. You use the most visually correct, effect presentation style, not what some dork in branding wants.

Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 8d

Shingles is the only infectious disease that shares a name with a roofing substrate.

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 10d

What you do with a chicken in the privacy is your home is none of our business.

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 10d

Go find a famers market or local farmer that sells Freedom Rangers. We raise them, much better than store chicken or other Cornish Cross chickens. Looks great, but try another meat chicken just to see the difference.

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 12d

SCREWWORM. This week's Talking Biotech Podcast gets into the horrific world of the screwworm, as it advances toward the USA. Dr. Max Scott from @ncstate.bsky.social talks about previous strategies and the next wave of biotech solutions that may be deployed. share.transistor.fm/s/c57fbb0c

Biotech Takes On the Screw Worm - Dr. Max Scott | Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta | Episode 477

In this episode of the Talking Biotech podcast, Dr. Max Scott discusses the significant threat posed by screw worms, a parasitic insect that lays eggs in live animals, leading to severe economic and h...

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 12d

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta: Biotech Takes On the Screw Worm - Dr. Max Scott. Have a listen:

Biotech Takes On the Screw Worm - Dr. Max Scott

In this episode of the Talking Biotech podcast, Dr. Max Scott discusses...

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 12d

SCREWWORM. This week's Talking Biotech Podcast gets into the horrific world of the screwworm, as it advances toward the USA. Dr. Max Scott from @ncstate.bsky.social talks about previous strategies and the next wave of biotech solutions that may be deployed. share.transistor.fm/s/c57fbb0c

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 12d

SCREWWORM. This week's Talking Biotech Podcast gets into the horrific world of the screwworm, as it advances toward the USA. Dr. Max Scott from @ncstate.bsky.social talks about previous strategies and the next wave of biotech solutions that may be deployed. share.transistor.fm/s/c57fbb0c

Biotech Takes On the Screw Worm - Dr. Max Scott | Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta | Episode 477

In this episode of the Talking Biotech podcast, Dr. Max Scott discusses the significant threat posed by screw worms, a parasitic insect that lays eggs in live animals, leading to severe economic and h...

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 12d

Agreed. I got to contribute to a volume on Vavilov, mostly about his genetic findings. It was coordinated by Dr. Jules Janick from Purdue, and I"m grateful to have had the chance o record him back in 2015 or so on the Talking Biotech Podcast podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/t...

The Tragic Story of Nikolai Vavilov / Science Moms Documentary

Puntata podcast · Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta · 16/12/2017 · 43 min

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Stuart McDaniel @stuartmcdaniel.bsky.social · 12d

Nice essay on the perils of politicizing science

Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 12d

Stalin appointed a pseudoscientist to a post with profound influence on public science policy. Under Lysenko, millions died.

Trump appointed a pseudoscientist to a post with profound influence on public science policy. That outcome might be the same. skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/th...

The Parallels between RFK Jr and Tofrim Lysenko: When Pseudoscience Infects National Leadership | Skeptical Inquirer

His nation’s leadership placed him in a position of profound influence that would impact the health of a nation. Once installed, he offered rapid solutions ...

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 12d

Absolutely. Vavilov was one of the greatest scientists of the time and Lysenko was his student at one point. I can't judge intent at this point, but my guess is that there was some political expedience in Lysenko's decisions.

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Skeptical Inquirer @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social · 12d

. @kevinfolta.bsky.social: "Both men advanced to positions overseeing a vital national interest ... And by understanding the history of an unqualified person driving nonscientific decisions in scientific public policy, perhaps we can avoid another disaster."

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The Parallels between RFK Jr and Tofrim Lysenko: When Pseudoscience Infects National Leadership | Skeptical Inquirer

His nation’s leadership placed him in a position of profound influence that would impact the health of a nation. Once installed, he offered rapid solutions ...

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 12d

Stalin appointed a pseudoscientist to a post with profound influence on public science policy. Under Lysenko, millions died.

Trump appointed a pseudoscientist to a post with profound influence on public science policy. That outcome might be the same. skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/th...

The Parallels between RFK Jr and Tofrim Lysenko: When Pseudoscience Infects National Leadership | Skeptical Inquirer

His nation’s leadership placed him in a position of profound influence that would impact the health of a nation. Once installed, he offered rapid solutions ...

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 12d

It is always projection. The folks reliant on financial support from invested interests are the ones that scream "shill" about independent voices that simply want to help the public get it right.

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 12d

He ran on that platform, but voters assumed that his ideas would be forwarded with a Constitution and Congressional checks and balances. If the Senate and HoR planned on not tempering bad/illegal policy, that should have been stated before 1/3 /all of them were re-elected.

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 13d

Today someone referred to me as "A shill for Tylenol".

With over 25 years of alleged high-paying shil jobs you'd think I'd be retired on my private island.

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 13d

And Miller is the pot calling the kettle "violence provoking".

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 14d

Yes!

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 14d

Spellchecker hell. Thought my doctor signed me up for an appointment with phlebotomy. I get there and they try to pull my brain out of my nose. Careful out there

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 15d

Sometimes you gotta take two old dead thermalcyclers and make one good one. Yep, those Big Ag Shill bucks just keep rolling in!! #science2025

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Kevin Folta @kevinfolta.bsky.social · 16d

Now that RFKj has concluded that acetominophen causes autism, what will the anti-vaxers do? That sound you hear is a goalpost moving.

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Thomas Nilsen @thomasnilsen.bsky.social · 18d

The Pentagon demands journalists to sign a pledge not to obtain or report any information - even if unclassified - unless it has been expressly authorized by the government.

To be clear, as a reporter who is also covering different aspects of 🇺🇸 military, I will never sign such restrictions.

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 17d

@simonmaechling.bsky.social
#medsky
Physicians is past time to speak.

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