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Scott Myers @smyers20.bsky.social · 21h

Curious about her absence from the warning about RFK Jr issued by the other 6 former Surgeons General. Any insights?

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Alt Health and Human Services @alt-hhs.altgov.info · 1d

6 former Surgeons General all say RFK Jr must go.

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Scott Myers @smyers20.bsky.social · 3d

Antizeppelinite.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 3d

We need more Republicans like Bill Frist:
time.com/collections/...

Bill Frist Says Climate Action Is Not a Partisan Issue

The Former Republican Senator believes working across the aisle requires talking about the human impacts of climate change

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 4d

MAGA hero Jay Bhattacharya says that “political priorities may override the scoring system provided by outside experts appointed to hundreds of review panels”

This is absolutely disgusting & utterly scandalous. If your study doesn’t fit with Trump & Bhattacharya’s right wing ideology, it’s toast 👀

🪾santiago, phd 🐈‍⬛ @santiagokique.bsky.social · 4d

Even though it's crisis #192308 in our current time, I don't think it's sufficiently sunk in with ppl in the academic community that getting federal funding for your research will primarily depend on whether Trump political appointees find you and your work useful
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Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News

The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 5d

A year ago, I warned university leadership to not help Jay Bhattacharya fashion himself a champion of open debate while he actively worked to undermine academic freedom.

Now, as NIH Director, he's waging a campaign of censorship to advance a political agenda.

stanforddaily.com/2024/10/03/f...

From the Community | President Levin’s first order of business: abandoning academic freedom

By standing with tenured faculty and powerful political operatives against contingent researchers and trainees at Stanford, President Jonathan Levin has already betrayed academic freedom, writes Mallo...

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 5d

“It is rich that the NIH and Big Pharma want to take over leucovorin when they and the universities have fought my research for 20 years,” says Richard Frye.

By Brendan Borrell

www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/exc...

Exclusive: Meet Richard Frye, who studies leucovorin for autism

Frye has led two placebo-controlled trials of the folate supplement in autistic people; the first was suspended by regulators, and the other has yet to be published.

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Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 7d

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 8d

I asked Trump's former OMB director Mick Mulvaney to acknowledge it's a lie that undocumented immigrants get ACA subsidies (they don't), and he ended the interview.

"Would you agree that not a single dime of ACA subsidies goes toward undocumented immigrants?"

"I'm not gonna do this anymore."

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Slay Bones @clayjones.bsky.social · 8d

Another excellent article by Tara Haelle. I’ve spoken to her a number of times for previous articles and she is one of the best journalists out there covering pediatric medicine. This is a complex issue and she deftly handles the controversial aspects of abusive head trauma.

Tara Haelle @tarahaelle.bsky.social · 8d

The story I'm referring to that I wrote a few months back is here. www.sciencenews.org/article/shak...

No, shaken baby syndrome has not been discredited

Defense lawyers have called shaken baby syndrome, or abusive head trauma, junk science. But doctors say shaking a baby is dangerous.

www.sciencenews.org

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Scott Myers @smyers20.bsky.social · 8d

I agree. Top notch.

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Scott Myers @smyers20.bsky.social · 9d

The latest (4th) comment on PubPeer is also worth a look.

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Scott Myers @smyers20.bsky.social · 10d

He's like Andy Kauffman doing a bit and pushing it further and further. But it doesn't bother them.

Scott Myers @smyers20.bsky.social · 10d

Hmm. What does he say about the 20% whose molecular diagnosis is identified by exome sequencing with copy number variant calling (or genome sequencing). Or the 0.7-0.9 heritability estimates from twin and family studies?

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Scott Myers @smyers20.bsky.social · 10d

Right up there with War Pigs and Deck the Halls.
Generals gathered in their masses
Fa la la la la, la la la la
Just like witches at black masses
Fa la la la la, la la la la
Etc.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 11d

A follow-up email to Director Bhattacharya

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Dear Director Bhattacharya:

I neglected to include a couple of important points in my earlier email.

First, I am glad that you raised the issues about the liver toxicity of acetaminophen. Acetaminophen is an important drug because it is a useful analgesic and antipyretic without the bleeding risks of NSAIDs such as aspirin and naproxen. However, the liver toxicity effects are quite important. It is one of the leading causes of serious acute liver injury in the United States, particularly when taken at high doses. Moreover, it is unusual for a widely used drug in that its mechanism of action is not well established. It is believed to act by inhibiting cyclooxygenase specifically in the brain, but it has not been possible to demonstrate this conclusively.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 10d

A new email to Director Bhattacharya this morning.

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Dear Director Bhattacharya:

I listened to more of your conversation with Glenn Beck. You made a number of statements that are false and misleading. You have considerable responsibilities in your current position and need to live up to them.

You dismiss critics of President Trump's comments at the press conference by saying:

"I think the key point here is something called "Trump Derangement Syndrome".

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 11d

An important analysis here finds serious data flaws in a study claiming that folinic acid (leucovorin) improves autism symptoms...