This is your must read of the day. "The neurogeneticist Stanley Nelson once said, 'If you had 100 kids with autism, you could have 100 different genetic causes.' Researchers increasingly believe the search for a cause of a singular 'autism' is misguided. There are autisms, rather than just autism."

Really good article. “There are autisms, rather than just autism.” While it can be challenging, let’s try and celebrate diversity; let’s face it: it’s the thing that not only makes human culture fertile but is the root of all life on earth.

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I spoke extensively with the Crimson reporter. She understood the strength of the evidence, and it shows. Odds ratios can be eye-glazing, but let's just say that when 2.5 million kids are studied, and it's still not possible to detect added risk from taking acetaminophen...there's no added risk.

She really does believe that she’s just a farm cat. Even though this farmhouse is no longer part of a farm.

They've lost the 9yos

This is a list appreciation post.

What could go wrong? Que Jeff Goldblum and his chaos theory speech www.nature.com/articles/d41... #virology

“Many women … will now be burdened with unsubstantiated concerns about how their choices might endanger their pregnancy. Whatever they choose, there is a pathway for them to be blamed.” I’m thankful the ever insightful @katewomersley.com has weighed in on this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Today in my "Age of Hamilton & Jefferson" course we discussed Jefferson's belief that Americans need to be educated because only by understanding their nation & its history can they recognize threats & defend it An educated public was a tool against tyranny. Yup. Thus current attacks on knowledge.

I am a historian of medicine and I can never for the life of me remember how to pronounce "ague." I always have to look it up.

“The history books on anti-queer military policy represent a story of missed chances, of people who elected not to speak up and systems of discrimination that persisted when not enough people pushed back against them.” www.hnn.us/article/comi...

Silly me not anticipating that students would want to talk *at length* about the whole Tylenol thing in my course called, *checks notes* "The Birds & the Bees" Lesson plan out the window.

A few friendly reminders about autism: - Autism is not inherently a bad thing. - Autism is not a death sentence. - Autism is not a pejorative term. - Autism is not a moral failing. - Autism is not something to shame or ridicule. - Autism is not something to hide. - Autism is not a crime.

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Very excited for this book! Congratulations @mbarcia24.bsky.social !!!

mRNA medicine is a miracle. We should be investing in it HARD as a country, not cutting it.

Slides on rabies have been updated for today to discuss this 2009 CDC case report, credit to @zoonotic1.bsky.social

This is amazing news for such a terrifying disease. Science is cool.

I find this super interesting considering De Niro's past friendship with RFK jr. and his flirtation with the anti-vaccination movement. I also know he has an autistic son and that maybe he's changed his mind a bit since the pandemic.

From Muppet History.

you cannot sit motionless in the heart of these perils

BREAKING — Notices for the Disney+ price increase went out at noon ET today, confirming my scoop from last night. Details: www.vulture.com/article/disn...

Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women. Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children. Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...

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In times of economic insecurity, young adults usually opt for college (or grad school), but with all of the cuts across the country, especially grad programs, paired with student loan cuts, I think we are creating an unusual storm of uncertainty for the next generation.

Not a good time to be looking for entry-level work. finance.yahoo.com/news/top-eco...

Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

“The doubts the president is fostering about childhood immunizations, as well as potential changes to the schedule, could have monumental consequences for infectious disease control in the United States, public health experts and pediatricians have warned.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.

“The question of whether it is safe to take the pain-relieving & antipyretic drug paracetamol (sometimes called acetaminophen) during pregnancy flares up from time to time.” This sentence was written before the latest flare up orchestrated by a pair of crackpots. #IllnessPolitics

Setting aside the bad science, the message here is that pregnant women should suffer--and risk harming their fetus with untreated fever--to reduce their chance of having a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Which makes clear his disdain for women *and* people with ASD. www.bbc.com/news/article...

In case it’s not a reminder but new info, or one needs the reminder with more info: www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...

In Tylenol's new FAQ, they are already anticipating something I hadn't considered. That parents might not give acetaminophen to their children when feverish. Just a reminder: do NOT give your child aspirin as a substitute. www.tylenol.com/frequently-a...

A pop up box on Tylenol dot com

My college kid just got an A on her first college paper. The subject: Barney Miller and 1970s crime sitcoms?

I really hate retroactive diagnosis as a rule, but if I were the kind of person who retroactively diagnosed historical figures, one screamingly obvious example of an autistic person from centuries ago was Immanuel Kant. Dude turned black-and-white thinking into a whole-ass theory of ethics.

I took Tylenol as needed throughout my pregnancy. I am a doctor. I order Tylenol for pregnant women regularly. Tylenol is safe in pregnancy. RFK Jr is ignoring a huge recent well-done study because he doesn't like the answer it gives. There is no causality between Tylenol and autism.

This is such a fundamental misunderstanding of History. Autism has always existed. And even the first landmark study of autism was in the 1940s. The math isn’t mathing.

Awwwww. Quintard was good people. He was a pioneer in researching and illuminating the history of Black folk in the western states. Check out The BlackPast.org for some of his work blackpast.org

I'm currently teaching a class for new graduate students. We were talking about vaccines & pandemics today. One of the students mentioned that when COVID started they were a junior in high school. I thought "that can't right, you're a grad student!" Then I did the math and died a little inside

In order to suddenly claim Tylenol leads to autism, we would need better data.……data we do not currently have. Declaring that tylenol use in pregnant people can lead to autism, with the available evidence we have now, is scientifically irresponsible.

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Kimmel's opening joke will be that he was away for a week trying to get the Disney+ cancellation page to load

Just got word from WHA that the great historian Quintard Taylor has passed away. His book, In Search of the Racial Frontier: African Americans in the American West was such a huge inspiration in my own work on the region. Also first Black president of WHA. A legend who will be missed.

Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate. I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man. Never change your last name.

tfw i come on here to tell everyone i have a new, obscure soccer history deep dive coming soon

The answer may not surprise you! Because it’s yes

#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.