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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 1d

I am proud of MIT, where our branch of AAUP has voted unanimously to endorse this statement urging MIT leadership and the MIT Corporation to reject the Compact wholesale
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Letter Regarding Compact

MIT Chapter of the American Association of University Professors October 6, 2025 Statement on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” MIT has been invited by the federal governmen...

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 14h

It was this by @sarahjohnson.io! gist.github.com/sj-io/3828d6... . Thanks @konradfranco.bsky.social for finding it!

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 14h

Yes! Thank you!

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss and the Free Press published rank covid disinformation and nothing else.

These are the people purging and censoring science today.

She’s not just a fraud, she’s utterly malignant and contemptible, as she lies under the guise of “free thinking.”

• Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: The Government Censored Me and Other Scientists. We Fought Back-and Won
• Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: Free Speech on Trial
• Dr. Marty Makary: Dr. Fauci's Legacy
• Drs. Tracy Hoeg and Marty Makary: U.S.
Public Health Agencies Aren't 'Following the Science,'
• Dr. Marty Makary: Officials Say, Universities' Covid Policies Defy Science and Reason,
• Drs. Vinay Prasad, Stefan Baral, Lucy McBride: Bringing Sanity to the Omicron Chaos, Talking To Three Doctors Who Have Been Islands Of Reason In A Sea Of Confusion.
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: Let Djokovic Play
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: We Have a Tripledemic.
Not of Disease, But of Fear,
• Drs. Vinay Prasad and John Mandrola: The Epidemic of #DiedSuddenly
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: How to Save Science From
Covid Politics
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: What RFK Jr. Gets Right— and What He Gets Wrong,
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: Vinay Prasad: Why Was My Talk at a Medical Conference Canceled?

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 15h

No, it was a very long list of things like, "use !!! for this case, use enquo() for that case..." I don't think it was from anyone at Posit.

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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 1d

I am teaching a course on ancient trees and tree rings at the NY Botanical Garden on Sunday, October 26th and Sunday, November 2nd.

We will learn about past environments, the amazing lives of trees, and what old trees tend to look like.

Sign up at this link: www.enrole.com/nybg/jsp/ses...

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 16h

A month or two ago someone posted a link to their really amazing set of LLM system instructions for writing #rstats code with good tidy/NSE patterns. (They were also good for humans!) Does anyone recall who or where that was?

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 20h

Amelia Knopf, @karmacap.bsky.social and @knelphd.bsky.social write in Pediatrics about how the terminations of clinical trials of children and adolescents represent cracks in the foundation of ethical research, and the moral responsibility to repair them: doi.org/10.1542/peds...

ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF STUDY TERMINATIONS
As of July 2025, the National Institutes of Health has terminated approx-
imately 4700 of the grants it awarded for scientific research, training, and
infrastructure.1 Very little of the public discourse regarding the grant ter-
minations has focused on their implications for research participants who
were or would have been enrolled in the trials the grants supported. The
terminated awards are linked to 200 active registered clinical trials, which
had a total planned enrollment of more than 689 000 human subjects,
approximately 20% of whom are infants, children, and adolescents.1
Nearly all the aﬀected trials that included children and adolescents
focused on stigmatized health issues (eg, HIV, substance use, depression),
and/or persons with marginalized identities (eg, sexual and gender minor-
ity; Black or African American and Latiné). Individuals with marginalized
identities are underrepresented in clinical research,2 even when they are
at greater risk for the illness under study. The issue of underrepresenta-
tion in research is especially relevant for minor adolescents (those youn-
ger than 18 years old) because of ethical and legal barriers to their
participation. Barriers include concerns about minors’ capacity to consent,
confidentiality of sensitive information (sexual behavior, substance use)
when parental consent is required, and researcher and institutional con-
cerns about liability when waivers of parental consent are granted for
minors’ enrollment.3
As adolescent health researchers, we have each invested over a decade
of work to address the complex ethical and legal issues that prevent ado-
lescents from participating in research, especially on sensitive or stigma-
tized health issues. Through meticulous eﬀorts to engage and build trust
with adolescents, parents or guardians, and regulatory personnel, we have
enrolled thousands of adolescents in our studies...

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 4d

Over 1000 Florida doctors have signed a letter challenging their state’s surgeon general, anti-vaxxer Joe Ladapo, and his decision to end school vaccine mandates.

www.importantcontext.news/p/1000-docto...

1,000 Doctors Challenge Florida’s Anti-Vax Surgeon General

Joe Ladapo ended vaccine requirements but not everyone is quietly accepting the dangerous policy change.

www.importantcontext.news

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 1d

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 23h

More are united around a simple message: RFK Jr should not be HHS Sec. His decisions undermine our public health capacity and put lives and health at risk.

As 6 former Surgeon Generals argue:

"He has rejected science, misled the public and compromised the health of Americans."

🎁
wapo.st/3VTALll

Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans

It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 1d

📣ACTION HOUR TOMORROW!!!📣

Feeling overwhelmed by the political attacks on science, education, and civil rights? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to face it alone. Join us tmrw @ 8 PM ET to connect with others, make sense of what’s happening, & move into action.

RSVP ➡️ zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A crowd gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial monument in Washington, DC, holding protest signs that read, "Stop This Madness." Bold text with an invitation to "Action Hour" for scientists and allies.

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 1d

A good paper! One thing I'd note is that your list of focal universities might hide some other effects. Two (Harvard, UCLA) have been subject to institution-wide funding freezes and terminations, and UCSF had the most funding cancelled of a school not specifically targeted in that way.

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Yani Bellini Saibene @yabellini.bsky.social · 1d

Today, @lizhare.bsky.social gave a spectacular talk at the Big Team Science Conf about the peer review software resources developed by @ropensci.org and how she learned about them during the Champions program.

The slide with the unexpected benefits is my favorite part of the entire presentation!

Unexpected Benefits

Learn new packages and functions,
Learn clearer and more efficient approaches you can use in your own work,
Enjoy the puzzle of figuring out and following the authors' work,
Introduction to object-oriented data structures helped in a future project,
Ways of collaborating apply to private consulting project.

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 3d

Each Friday, I summarize what is happening to American science & higher ed. 🧪
This was Week 37:
- 9 universities face loyalty oath (“compact”)
- government shutdown - impact on services & fear of further RIFs
- four NIH directors officially fired

& so much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

Week 37

Sept 27-Oct 2, 2025 - hold the door

buttondown.com

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Yani Bellini Saibene @yabellini.bsky.social · 1d

Join me and @lizhare.bsky.social at the Big Team Science Conference, where I'll be presenting live via Zoom Today from 16:30 UTC.

Register now (for free or pay-what-you-want) at bigteamscience.github.io to catch our Talk: Big Team Collaboration on Data Management and Analysis with @ropensci.org

bigteamscience.github.io

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Michele Manos @michelemanos.bsky.social · 3d

The momentum to remove RFK Jr. is building and broadening. WE NEED YOUR VOICE!
Scientists, docs, healthcare and public health folks: comment or DM me with name, credentials, city, state and ZIP - I'LL SEND A CARD FOR YOU!
Be assured it won't go to HHS; it'll be handled only by Wyden's staff. Thx!

Help Prove RFK Jr. is Wrong | Defend Public Health

When Senator Wyden stated he’d heard from thousands of doctors and scientists concerned by RFK Jr’s policies, Kennedy responded "I'll put my mailbag against your mailbag any day.” Let's prove Kennedy ...

www.defendpublichealth.org

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 3d

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools Trump just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...

STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools Trump just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America...

alumni.controlshift.app

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Brian Soucek @brsoucek.bsky.social · 4d

Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:

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Kyle Walker @kylewalker.bsky.social · 4d

R-Universe by @rOpenSci is an extremely useful project.

My latest R package, {pmtiles}, is not a good fit for CRAN as it bundles a pre-compiled Go library.

With R-Universe, I was able to get installable cross-platform binaries built in hours!

#rstats

walkerke.r-universe....

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 4d

Hear! effing Hear!

[Gift link]

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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Maya Kaufman @mayakaufman.bsky.social · 4d

Help us continue this reporting! We're looking for more information on who else is being deployed to IHS.

Tips are confidential. @altcdc.altgov.info

Maya Kaufman @mayakaufman.bsky.social · 6d

NEWS: The federal govt is sending NYC’s top disease control official to Arizona for a months-long stint at an Indian Health Service facility.

That could complicate local infectious disease response efforts.

“If we have an outbreak, then we’re fucked,” a city health department staffer told me.

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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 5d

Lancet: Offline: Those one should not forgive (Makary and Bhattacharya)

by Richard Horton

bit.ly/3IPC0PD

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 5d

2/ She said: “My termination, unfortunately, shows that the leaders of H.H.S. and the National Institutes of Health do not share my commitment to scientific integrity and public health....Congress must act to protect scientific research from those who would serve political interests first.”

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo had directed the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases. 3 weeks after filing a whistle-blower complaint, RFK fired her. Trump has destroyed the ability to respond w/ retaliation complaints, so Marrazzo is appealing to Congess.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/h...

Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint

www.nytimes.com

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