I was in row 8, which is first row after first class. When we pulled up to the gate here in Burlington, Vermont, there was a total rush of people from the back of the plane. I had a bag basically above me that I couldn’t get to. I am so sick of most people right now.

The fanbase surrounding CC includes an awful lot of people who are not fans of women’s basketball and the WNBA… they are fans of her whiteness.

I just want any team except OKC to win. Any one of the other three left.

just absolutely insane that this is what Trump accused Biden of doing, and now he's done it himself.

Some basic facts about international students, who they are and who they are not Please pass on the message @shashikalb.bsky.social

If you want to know how well most people do their own research, go on a group message board on social media and look at the questions asked. People can’t even use Google proficiently nor the search bar on social media to answer they own questions.

Diversity in the academic workforce objectively increases novelty#, impact* and technical innovation$. References for each claim in 🧵. So, some of you may be thinking "this doesn't affect me". It 💯 does if you want medical breakthroughs, or if, as a scientist, you want to do your best work. 🧪

"Virtually all NIH-funded training programs aimed at attracting underrepresented groups to science are now gone. 'I’m concerned that these events are very likely to affect who decides to stay in science and we will lose important and necessary scientific talent'" www.science.org/content/arti...

I wonder how Sen. Bill Cassidy is doing today. www.voicesforvaccines.org/jtf_topics/w...

Thank you, Grizzlies players and the staff behind the scenes. The rest of yall are trash and robbed us this season. Fire the coaches now. And get some damn players to help the good ones.

Dear Social Scientists, Just a reminder: Amidst attacks on the social sciences & higher ed, now is a very good time to be posting here &/or elsewhere abt your latest research, topics in the news that hit on your expertise, or both. If you believe your field has public value, show it. sociology

Does the Memphis Grizzlies coach know English? That is at least the fifth foul/call he should have challenged in this game. And what are the assistant coaches doing? Scrolling social media? Like y’all, we are in this game and you’re acting like you’ve never seen a basketball game.

I don’t even know how his name, but the Grizzlies head coach is the worst basketball coach in the playoffs by orders of magnitude and it isn’t close. He doesn’t challenge bad calls. He doesn’t call timeouts. And he can’t seem to address Caruso guarding JJJ.

The level of ineptitude by the Memphis Grizzlies front office and coaches is why the FedEx Forum is 60% full (or less) for this PLAYOFF game. What happened on Thursday night isn’t on the players but is on the front office and coaches. And here we are at this game today and same sh*t. Poor.

Ph.D. in HPEB alumna Venice Haynes is the senior director for @usofcare.bsky.social, where she leads all research and community engagement efforts for the Washington D.C.-based nonprofit. ow.ly/SANg50VHTj2 #50CareersFor50Years #ForeverToThee @blondescientist.bsky.social @uofscalumni.bsky.social

Dude how bad is it that Clarence Thomas said you were wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...

The American Academy of Pediatrics is working to fight misinformation with this helpful resource: www.aap.org/en/news-room...

RFK Jr. is a major threat the health of Americans right now. He peddles misinformation for profit. He misrepresents federal safety processes. He lies about piles and piles of evidence. It’s absolutely unacceptable. But eggs.

Kennedy’s comments on the Novavax covid vaccine approval delay aren’t scientifically accurate and don’t conform with FDA law, experts said.

I don’t know what will happen in the women’s basketball natty tomorrow. But I know this. Both teams are exceptionally well coached and talented. Both teams have the ability to win. And alllllll the money is on UConn.

Congratulations to Texas on a great season. If you want to be the champs, you have to beat the champs. It was a bold move to show up wearing A’ja’s shoes to play against A’ja’s team.

When I was on the academic calendar, this time of year was always “just hold on for one more month.” I’m no longer on the academic calendar and feel the same right now. But worse.

I keep seeing all these super cute OOTD from Walmart. What Walmarts are yall shopping at? Not the same ones as me.

Re vaccines and autism- “It wastes valuable resources to revisit the same question…” Dr Higgins told Axios. “Reexamining settled questions that have already been repeated, replicated, and tested many times is not healthy skepticism; it’s cynicism and science denial.” www.axios.com/2025/03/24/m...

Destroying everything. That’s the goal.

Seriously though… what’s Congress doing?

Do you oppose government waste like I do? Here’s your chance to stop it. Vaccines don’t cause autism. Hiring a discredited scientist to lead such a study is a colossal waste. Shout out to Bill Cassidy wink wink. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Gamecocks.

Call your Senators and House members. Call your other elected officials. Write letters. It’s all a massive waste of my time. I am here to tell you most of them representing me do not care. They’re cowards. They lack the courage to lead. They’re only interested in remaining in office.

Pentagon has been ordering the removal of web site references to General Colin Powell and the Tuskegee Airmen and one of the flag-raisers at Iwo Jima as part of a crackdown on DEI. Have you no shame Pete Hegseth?(hat tip to Task and Purpose, WaPo for reporting) youtube.com/shorts/0HJpe...

Viewpoint: Recent disruptions and funding cuts at the NIH undermine the infrastructure and stability of US scientific research, threatening the nation's global leadership and scientific productivity. https://ja.ma/3FLvqHS

“It’s easy to have a moral center when times are calm. It’s difficult as people and as a country to have a moral center when things are so fearful.” — Lori Clune, Author

Murphy: "If we continue to observe norms, if we continue to engage in business as usual, this democracy could be gone. I don't think we have a year to save American democracy. I think the way the president is acting ... puts out democracy at immediate risk."

If you’re tired of @schumer.senate.gov constantly falling for the okey-doke and you want bold winning leadership that is willing to go on offense, then #TheReformers is for you. We are calling for Sen Schumer (D-NY) to step down from his leadership role and let someone else take over the reigns.

This ⬇️⬇️⬇️ There’s no fairness, integrity, cooperation, and the like any more.

via Bono and U2.

Dr. Ruanne Barnabas presented data showing high efficacy of HPV vax, with single dose. And moved right into the importance of #impsci to address gaps in implementation of HPV vax and cxca screening. #EUROGIN25 #EUROGIN2025

Dr. Marc Brisson shared the results of modeling studies projecting elimination timelines. The maps show 1) HPV vax coverage and 2) where cxca burden is high. Mismatched. Elimination depends on vax, screen, timely follow-up care and treatment. #EUROGIN25 #EUROGIN2025

Dr. Singh presented on global cxca incidence and mortality. So much potential to ELIMINATE cervical cancer as a public health concern, yet we struggle to get people who have a cervix treated in a timely manner due to limited screening. #EUROGIN25 #EUROGIN2025

Dr. Laura Bruni presented on how we are doing related to HPV vax and Cxca screening around the world. HPV vax remains low worldwide and highest in countries with low disease burden. Cxca screening is unavailable in highest burden areas. TL;dr Not well enough. #EUROGIN25 #EUROGIN2025

"Hospital staff are scrambling with damage control efforts implementing emergency masking policies and giving babies as young as 3 days old injections of immunoglobulin, an antibody that helps their fragile immune system try to fight off #measles." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Proposed federal funding cuts could have a drastic impact in rural areas, with NRHA Chief Policy Officer Carrie Cochran-McClain saying that already strapped rural clinics will feel these proposed cuts deeply. Read more: www.marketplace.org/2025/03/10/f... #ruralhealth

I’m struck by how close we’re getting to finally curing some of the world’s worst diseases—sickle cell, Alzheimers, pancreatic cancer, etc.—at the same time that the world’s worst people are destroying medical research and care around the world.

I am heading to EUROGIN, and I hope to get inspired by good HPV vax science and feel some joy even if short lived. The attacks on science and promotion of non-evidenced based recommendations and information in the United States is overwhelming.

Drink your Diet Coke now, friends. RFK Jr. is coming for allllllll of the research and products inconsistent with his pseudoscience and anti-science beliefs (for which there is ZERO high-quality evidence in existence to support his cockamamie ideas). www.science.org/content/arti...

Some people talk trash about how many McD All Americans on the Gamecocks women’s basketball team. Kenny Brooks is the latest but not the first nor the last. Tell me about how good of a coach and culture THEE Dawn Staley is. I’ll wait.

A former editor of JAMA suggests we let unpersuadable antivaxxers hijack the research agenda. He may get his wish. Dishonest antivaccine propagandists are eager to “investigate” for the 100th time if vaccines cause autism. My latest. sciencebasedmedicine.org/settledscien...

It’s trophy season and the Gamecocks WBB team is hunting. Good luck to the rest of y’all.

Today is International Women’s Day. There are a lot of posts out there from various companies, organizations, and people celebrating women today. Maybe they make people feel good for a day or two. Yay women.