Welp. This is whats going on. Better dude than me. open.substack.com/pub/dbarkhuf...

BREAKING: Bard College President Leon Botstein’s name appears in the Epstein files more than 2,500 times, including arranging travel to Epstein’s island and hosting a visit with “girls” on campus… As a Bard student parent, I demand Leon Botstein’s immediate removal.

My weekly update on NIH funding. This is for all projects. The breakdown for competing and non-competing awards will follow. 1/4

Soon hiring a lab manager! Looking for someone who is really interested in language neuroscience, who is organised, motivated, a great communicator, and who works well in a research team. Express interest by submitting this form: tinyurl.com/glysn-labman... Reposts appreciated!

Yeah, I just looked at the actual text and this seems to be the case (the language in some articles is misleading).

Assistant Professor in Cognitive Psychology, Tenure-Track Position at Western Washington University. This is an assistant professor position in applied cognitive psychology. Short 🧵 about this position. 1/? Here is the link with details and for applying: hr.wwu.edu/careers-facu...

Selective silencing of the CDC: ~50% of surveillance databases have halted updates —87% of these were vaccine related www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/... editorial www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

No data, no problem? Dozens of CDC databases are not being updated — most related to vaccines, study finds

A step toward leveling the international playing field where many countries’ governments (and their militaries) support their Olympians.

RFK Jr (aka worm-brain) has so poisoned the US marketplace that Moderna is curtailing vaccine development. Imagine the next pandemic…

Governor Abbott halts H-1B visas at all public universities and agencies www.cnbc.com/2026/01/27/t...

The American Medical Association officially endorses the American Academy of Pediatrics' 2026 childhood vaccination schedule. www.aap.org/en/news-room...

"If more people understood more about how fascinating, beautiful, terrifying, and dangerous viruses are, maybe they would understand why it’s so important to keep studying them and learning how to stop them from spreading and causing disease." @angierasmussen.bsky.social

Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social: Measles Isn't the Only Pathogen We Should Eliminate (Again) open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

The Afghan minister of education confirms that access to schools for women in the country is permanently banned

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I have turned off autoplay for my account, and you should too: bsky.app/profile/dran...

Woot! Woot!

Crazy shit

The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization. This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.

Congratulations Matt!!

Looking through Norbert Wiener's 1950 book "The Human Use of Human Beings," just now, this 2-paragraph passage jumped out at me from the first chapter. Extremely relevant to our troubling times.

Shingles vaccine may slow biological aging in older adults www.cidrap.umn.edu/adult-non-fl...

RFKjr and HHS are making it easier to sue pharma for health problems that occur after vaccination. Any vaccination. Will this stop development of new vaccines (because pharma will be sued for anything and stop developing new vaccinations). Or help people with real injuries? What do you think? 🧪

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Considering the impact of Multi-Year Funding at NIH drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/c...

Vaccines are safe and effective. Sometimes more effective than we even anticipate.

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

Catastrophe: Florida's Department of Health is stopping coverage for antivirals to 10,000 low-income people with HIV infection, blaming impending federal cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. 12.5% of Americans with HIV live in Florida.

The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone. The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets. We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.

Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff. Game on.

If you know senior leadership at @naturemedicine.bsky.social call them and write to them. This is really a dereliction of duty and a betrayal of the scientific community.

My latest for @thenation.com. #Trump, #RFKJr, #Vought & their cronies are responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths overseas. Now they want to bring their deadly campaign home and it is children who will suffer the most. They must be held accountable. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Hospitals and doctors are ignoring RFK Jr.’s new vaccine schedule and relying on pediatricians’ guidance instead www.statnews.com/2026/01/15/n...

Sweeping cuts to mental health and addiction programs worth more than $2 billion are being reversed. After a political backlash from Republicans and Democrats, the grant money will be restored. n.pr/3YFoZww

BREAKING: The U.S. will suspend immigrant visa processing from 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to need public assistance.

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Deaf bilinguals show switch costs when switching between two sign languages - this is the first demonstration of unimodal switch costs in deaf bilingual signers by @rejadam.bsky.social & Jill Morford www.frontiersin.org/journals/lan...

There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it. We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics. What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.

Fighting. Winning. This time for our most vulnerable children.

Add another mess to the heap. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Fighting. Winning.

Deathdealers

Costco is co-locating housing above a new store in South LA, 800 units. Unbelievable that we've been building malls & big box stores for, what, sixty years, and never figured this out www.entrepreneur.com/business-new...

Using free, evidence-based risk-assessment tools online to assess likelihood of developing breast cancer within your lifetime. Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool: Online Calculator (The Gail Model) bcrisktool.cancer.gov Use Tyrer-Cuzick Risk Assessment Calculator magview.com/ibis-risk-ca...

Learning scientist, specializing in efficacy research: Duolingo careers.duolingo.com/jobs/8359434...

2. On the day when it was revealed that a record number of children died from #flu last year, in the midst of a flu season that's shaping up to be a real doozy, #HHS announced it will no longer recommend flu vaccine for all children. You read that correctly. www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c...