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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · 1d

I sent you an AI dream interpretations but ultimately this comes down to guilt for not submitting more grants.

Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · 2d

🎼 How many deanlets do we have to remove before we are finally free? The answer my friend is blowing in a zoom, the answer is blowing in a zoom.

An approach to answering this question in my latest post.
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The Unscientific Method

I have my hypothesis!

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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · 7d

🧬 Do you know how your immune system works every day?

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Understand how your immune system works with clear, science-backed insights. We empower you to make informed decisions and feel confident about your health.

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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · 10d

I want to go back to living in precedented times.

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The chaotrope in our midst

Caught in a maelstrom of crisis

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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · 17d

With the current state of censorship, I'm really asking "What can I say?"

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What can I say?

I’m really asking.

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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · Sep 8

In my latest post I discuss the problems with mainstream media and how scientists might be useful as trained discriminators of truth and fiction.

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I’m fed up and I’m not going to take it anymore!

Time to eat the press.

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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · Sep 1

Even if time is money, spend a little reading my latest post on efficiency in academia.

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Time is money

And academia seems to be running out of both

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 24

Agreed, but... I wish this sort of coverage had been more timely. We need preventative care or early treatment, not documentation of an autopsy.

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Aug 24

The @NYTimes has done a fantastic job on explaining what the Trump administration’s savage
cuts to biomedical research mean: cures that won’t happen. Please share this widely. This is a catastrophe. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...

Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.

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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · Aug 25

Communication in science is critical. But top down communication in universities has been lacking.

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Communication Breakdown

Getting the word from on high.....or not.

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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · Aug 20

Has University micromanaging gotten out of hand?

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University Policy Update

How much do you use?

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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · Aug 18

The attacks on science are so unbelievable that I often think I'm in an episode of the Twilight Zone, as I describe in my latest post.

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The Obsolete Man

I used to have a purpose

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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · Aug 14

But the White Stripes are ok? What about Jack Black?

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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · Aug 14

There’s been so much resistance to accepted scientific fact, it was inevitable that a group of people would question the benefit of breathing. In this post, I talk to some of these folks, as they hold their breath.
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Breaking News - Oxygen: Is it REALLY good for you??

Following quickly after the recent cancellations of funding for mRNA vaccination technology that, in addition to infectious diseases, might have impacted the treatment of various cancers and autoimmun...

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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · Aug 11

We've been surrounded by so much evil lately that I thought I'd focus on cartoon evil in my latest Substack post.

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Defining an Evil Genius

There’s been so much evil in the news of late, I thought I’d take a break from raving about the evil attacks on science (and scientists) and instead focus on some cartoon evil.

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Aug 7

Cysteinyl leukotrienes are important drivers of the anaphylactic response to ingested food antigens @science.org
Comment: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
on @rmedzhitov.bsky.social @stephanieeisen.bsky.social
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Opening the gateway to food-induced anaphylaxis

Cysteinyl leukotrienes are important drivers of the anaphylactic response to ingested food antigens

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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · Aug 4

A short history of anti-sciencism and where we are in the US.

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Light in the Age of Anti-Sciencism

Maybe there was some good news this week.

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Author Bill Sullivan @authorbillsullivan.com · Jul 29

Science in America is Dying. We Need Your Help to Keep it Alive.

America can’t be great without support for the sciences.

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Science in America is Dying. We Need Your Help to Keep it Alive.

America can’t be great without support for the sciences.

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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · Jul 28

“The once-stable compact between universities and the federal government has foundered.”

No! It was murdered. It was destroyed with a barbaric level of rage and insight. Don’t write ‘foundered’ as if there were a little tiff between parties after one treats the contract like toilet paper.

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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · Jul 28

News reporting, in an effort to be fair and balanced, often distorts the facts. This has become normal and there are social media accounts dedicated to satirizing this trend.

But sometimes I read something that is so blatant I can’t stand it. I read this today….

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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · Jul 28

In my latest post I discuss efforts to take the P out of the EPA by dismantling the research division.

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Breathe deep the gathering gloom

As the attacks on science continue in the country, it’s challenging to keep track of all that has been affected.

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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · Jul 21

A few thoughts about one of my late-night heroes

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Late Night

When a comedic talent is canceled

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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · Jul 14

It’s hard being a scientist these days and I’ve captured that indescribable feeling that we are all facing in a new word!!

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Wissenschaftweltschmerz!

If you're a scientist, it's what you're feeling.

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Jul 13

BLIMP1 controls GC B cell expansion and exit through regulating cell cycle progression and key transcription factors BCL6 and IRF4 @cp-cellreports.bsky.social @luoweicool.bsky.social
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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · Jul 7

What if….Dorothy was a microbiologist and she had to meet with the Dean of Clause. Read the conclusion to the Dean of Clause and get acquainted with Dean-splaining!!

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The Dean of Clause - Conclusion

There's no place like...academia

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Mark Kaplan @statfourwork.bsky.social · Jun 30

What I really wanted to write was “How much did you have to drink before you wrote this sentence?”

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