The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

This is the antiabortion playbook. Distort the risks, make people confused and afraid, and restrict access.

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This isn't even a slight exaggeration. He is actively working on destroying the US's entire vaccine infrastructure. The HepB vote will be tomorrow, where they will get rid of the birth dose and recommend it at 30 days, dooming a bunch of infants to chronic infection ft. cirrhosis, cancer, and death.

Dear @ukri.org, I think JJ Thomson nailed the perils of having Government agencies use “clear eyes” to decide where to focus research funding to maximise benefit to society. 🧪 (www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...)

it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."

"In the current environment of fear and uncertainty at NASA, it will be more challenging than ever to elicit dissenting views, making it more difficult than ever to prevent the next human spaceflight tragedy."

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Hey, so...Covid rates have gotten real high. Maybe change your behavior to fit this new risk profile? Stop eating indoors at restaurants, mask on mass transit, that kind of thing?

Claiming that routine immunization requirements for school are an issue of parental rights dehumanizes children. Kids have intrinsic rights just as anyone, and parents are obligated to provide the best care possible for them. That includes providing them with indicated medical interventions.

The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System is getting attention bc RFK Jr. & his antivaxx goons plan to use VAERS to claim COVID vaccines killed children. This is an actual VAERS report for a reported death after COVID vaccine. This is what these people count as data showing “death after vaccine:”

this is the GOAT tumblr post and always will be

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Baby was too young to be vaccinated but we don’t just get vaccinated for ourselves but for everyone—especially the most vulnerable—around us.

Biology Department xkcd.com/3140/

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this case was devised in a lab to reveal the hypocrisy of both the “free speech on campus” and the “cancel culture” grifters simultaneously

I realize I post a lot about public health even though my professional expertise is in physics and I definitely don’t want to misrepresent my expertise! It’s just that I am experiencing the world from INSIDE A HUMAN BODY and so are ALL OF MY FRIENDS which is, honestly, more than a little concerning.

"For every 1,000 measles cases, there are between 1 and 3 deaths from breathing complications or brain swelling. If there are a million cases, that’s about 1,000 deaths that doctors consider preventable with the use of vaccines" Also: about 200,000 hospitalized (1 in 5 cases in unvaccinated people)

1. If passengers book a flight from the EU and it is canceled or significantly delayed, they are entitled to cash compensation — $300 to $700. In the US, flyers were supposed to get similar rights soon. But those plans have been scrapped by the Trump administration. Here's how it happened. 🧵

🔭 NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge Image Credit & Copyright: José Rodrigues (IA, OFXB) apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25090...

Vaccines are battle training for your immune system. If you could give it intel on the enemy, why would you withhold that? Give me ALL the vaccines! I want to be prepared for everything!

Here, have some birds perched on appropriate/delightful signage. You're welcome. 🧵 ⤵️ 1. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) by tysmith on iNaturalist

The Moon is in the shadow of the Earth right now -- you can see images at the stream here!

Best glory I’ve ever seen from a plane! It’s an optical phenomenon that occurs when light interacts in and around tiny droplets of water in the clouds, in the direction opposite the sun. More complex than a rainbow. Here’s a link to some more info: www.zmescience.com/science/phys... #optics #physics

Folks in Australia (and of couse other parts of the world where it is night time), there is a lunar eclipse this evening. More info here: www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/luna... If it is cloudy where you are you can watch it live here: www.timeanddate.com/live/eclipse... 🔭🧪

I’m just saying I think that the group text has achieved a level of mutual trust that means I should be able to edit out everyone else’s grammar mistakes

Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results: 1) Does UBI work? (yes) 2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)

Look you can’t tell me this thing is “intelligently designed” — it goes into a five-minute coughing fit if I breathe wrong. Sometimes it accidentally bites itself. It draws blood.

Every once in a while I tell people from other countries about how the health insurance system works in the US and they are aghast. Yesterday a guy straight up didn’t believe me when I said people can die because of not being able to afford medicine. He was sure I meant in the distant past.

If robotaxis are Sputnik, ubiquitous, affordable, accessible public transit is a space elevator.

For 58€ a month I can ride on almost any public transport anywhere in Germany. Within a 15 minute walk from my house I can access 4 S Bahn lines, 3 UBahn lines, regional trains (I honestly don’t even know how many of those), 3 tram lines and at least 4 city bus lines (probably more).

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I know many people who work every day on understanding dark matter, including early-career researchers whose salaries depend on DOE grants that the DOE is several months late in issuing. I guess the Secretary has decided to do it all himself.

Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children

Ossoff: Absolutely RFK JR should resign. He should have never been confirmed to begin with. He is utterly unqualified. This is someone who has embraced every piece of quackery and pseudoscience that he’s come across.

Today I got to pet a corgi puppy so that was good at least

The thing about living in a human society is you either decide that everyone (except those for whom it would be medically dangerous) has to take VACCINES into their bodies or everyone (with no exceptions at all) has to take VIRULENT PATHOGENS in from those around them and, look, the first is better.

Creating a force that can kill people at will almost anywhere on the globe and then giving control over that force to one person with no operable constraints is a way to make very bad things happen. Intentionally killing non-combatants without trial is one of those.

We have policies/laws/regulations to ensure that our food and water are clean and safe. Why not for air, too? Typical amounts taken in per day: food = 4 lb water = 3 lb air = 30 lb

Don't feel like doing a repost that puts the murder video on the timeline yet again but do feel like repeating the point that the president just straight-up assassinated 11 people for supposedly doing something that wouldn't be a death-penalty crime if they were caught and convicted

think about how rotten your soul has to be, how broken your moral compass, to think drag queen story hour is a sign of social decay but snuff films of war crimes is exemplary, stand out, should be shared far and wide. these people are sick

Thinking about that boat scene in 1984

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The bank app is telling me to "tap & pay like a boss😏" and "rally my crew". I am 37 years old and you are the bank. Don't talk to me this way.

Americans Astronomers watching watching US politics Betelgeuse 🤝 “It could happen at any time”

This plane is such a joy to fly #aviation #flying #warbirds