Be kind to those concerned about the state of the USA. Anyone who has ever been bullied in their life is now reliving that trauma. Every damn day.

On Monday, RFK posted a rambling video on the HHS X account showing a series of graphs and directly stating that vaccines have had minimal impact on human health and saving lives. Today, in response, we brought our own graphs. We will not let his dangerous nonsense go unanswered.

Among older adults receiving home-delivered meals, survey participants reported reduced hunger, improved nutrition, positive social interactions, and benefits to #caregiver health and finances. ja.ma/3ILghbq

I have never seen such a blistering rebuke of a President by a federal judge. He is telling us clearly to stand up for our liberty against a dictator. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Could your urine predict your dementia risk? theconversation.com/could-your-u... via @uk.theconversation.com #Alzheimers #dementia #geriatrics #nephrology #health

When I was at NIH and shutdowns loomed, it was discovered that the administration was planning to shut down PubMed. The head of NCBI called the powers that be and pointed out that this would threaten patient safety Who knows what will happen now Just in case, remember Euruope-PMC (europepmc.org )

Ty Cobb: "The simple theme is rewriting history. Trump wants to rewrite history so the next generation may not know that he incited a violent insurrection... America needs to learn from the mistakes that we've had. And one of the biggest mistakes that America ever had was reelecting President Trump"

"He does not want to bring about a social order which would make personal happiness possible for every individual; he wants to exploit the very poverty of the masses in order to make them believe in the evangelism of self-annihilation." - Erich Fromm (1940) from the chapter 'Psychology of Nazism'

Where our peace of mind now resides. Remote, not easily accessible, desirous, yet seemingly beyond reach. But, do NOT despair. We will see it return once cruelty has run its course and left hollow all those who have adopted the hate and misery of tyrants.

If the gunman rightly thought he had CTE, why not get that properly assessed and treated, instead of shooting people? CTE does not necessarily render incompetence. Poor impulse control, yes, but that doesn't mean the person doesn't know what they are doing is wrong. abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=...

Kimmel’s writing staff doesn’t seem cowed by the events of the past week. @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social

When Art is not allowed to imitate Life. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Making real gains in war on Alzheimer’s news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor... #Alzheimers #dementia #science #neuroscience #NeuroSkyence

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

“The announcement of health insurance companies that they’ll continue covering routine vaccinations is a huge vote of no confidence in ACIP's recommendations. It reflects a desire by insurers to avoid the cost of illnesses by having their customers vaccinated.”

People whose health team tracked their symptoms remotely wound up recovering more quickly from surgery. "The first two weeks after discharge are critical. Remote care helps bridge the gap between hospital and home, catching issues early and supporting recovery." www.upi.com/Health_News/...

Truth

The king watching over his kingdom! 👀 #cat #catday #bluesky #animals

Here is a plot in terms of PROJECTS rather than dollars. I am using projects rather than awards so that projects that received supplements do not get double-counted. While the FY25 curve is improving, it seems that the number of funded projects will drop by 3000-4000 compared with FY24.

Murderous sociopaths are people too, I guess? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Advocates are on Capitol Hill today at the Rally for Medical Research, urging policymakers to make NIH funding a national priority and raising awareness about the need for increased investment in the promise of biomedical research.

Nope. Not acting at all a dictator. www.cnbc.com/2025/09/18/t...

Thought I'd leave this here.

Man, a lot of crazy shit has happened since Epstein’s birthday letter was released a week ago Monday.

You’re the FBI... You CAN subpoena the estate of Jeffrey Epstein.

The US fed govt attacks on science occur on another front: The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. I guess it was just a matter of time. Seems like more of the same playbook (with a climate science report at the heart of it).

Dr. Susan Monarez: “I could have stayed silent, agreed to the demands, and no one would have known. What the public would have seen were scientists dismissed without cause and vaccine protections quietly eroded…I would have lost the one thing that cannot be replaced: My integrity.”

SPECIAL REPORT: A large swath of the U.S. currently does not have the basic, ground-level immunity necessary to stop the spread of viruses that had once receded into the past, a six-month NBC News investigation in collaboration with scientists at Stanford University finds.

So, fascists are being even more fascist about being called fascists? Am I understanding correctly?

Here is a plot of 4-year multi-year funded new R01s for 2015-2025. NIH has made some 4-year R01s late in the fiscal year to invest the last of the appropriation, but what is happening this year is quite different. I estimate that these new R01s are ~25% of the multi-year funding since July 1.

semper idem

"UND calculated the potential loss at $15 million per year; NDSU’s estimate was $9 million per year."

"We added the requested experiments and thank the reviewers for their helpful suggestions"

Structure of clusterin decoded: New insights into the function of a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease biochem.mpg.de/structure-of... #Alzheimers #dementia #biochemistry #neuroscience

Any handwriting experts out there? Oh wait, we don’t need one because we have eyes…

📽️ : 'The Brain' (1988) #nw #filmsky

Notice that even his personal notes to friendly pedophiles are inherently narcissistic. The next to the last line has Trump writing Epstein as agreeing with his wisdom regarding "enigmas." Tell me again he didn't write this. <smh>

Updating my analysis now that August data should be relatively complete. Not great news... The rate of investment of the appropriation is not increasing and it seems unlikely that the entire appropriation will be committed this year. 1/2

Scientists will go where they can do their work. Most don't care what flag is flown where they are. Once the U.S. loses its lead(which it is doing under the rule of the Orange buffoon), it will be very difficult, if not impossible to retake the lead.

By Stephen Greenblat: We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

Establishing permission structures for more violence, while simultaneously degrading the memories & honor of those who formed our Union. It’s all so Christian & Christ-like, right? Right?

Anti-intellectualism has been rebranded as patriotism.

Army basic training appears to reshape how the brain processes reward

Everybody feeling 'great again,' already? thehill.com/business/548...

The bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act is a necessary step to ban Members of Congress and their families from engaging in insider trading. It is time to pass this bill and make it clear to the American people that their elected officials put them first.

Massie: "The Speaker of the House just offered a fig leaf to my colleagues. They're gonna vote on a non-binding resolution today that does absolutely nothing ... they're allowing the DOJ to curate all of the information that the DOJ is giving them ... the perpetrators are being protected"

Writing for my first promotion case where the CV includes multiple NIH grants labeled "Terminated by the Trump Administration." Unprecedented doesn't even come close to describing this destruction.

Remember, when a cult leader dies, the cult doesn't disappear. It fragments. The high-ranking members under the leader will have their own supporters, but none have the majority, and without majority rule, the smaller factions can not retain control. Even a child of the og leader is never the same.

The House bill, as currently written, would codify the withholding of funds to Harvard, Northwestern, and other institutions on grounds related to antisemitism, critical race theory, and DEI programs.