Good piece.

This was a light-bulb moment for me! My new post @plos.org comes from learning about the concept of science populists: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/12/19/s... ....

New study from IQWiG: You can do without searching Embase for drug studies – though that could change if something drastic happened to PubMed. (Currently only in German.) #MedLibs

This Was a Strong Way to Respond to Science Criticism A vaccine that can prevent cervical cancer is frankly awesome. Cervical cancer is dreadful, and the lengths we go to in treating lesions that could develop into the disease cause misery to millions. Yet, HPV vaccines have always been a magnet…

Nothing says first day of summer like eating the first perfect cherries from your baby tree! Yum! 😍

More progress internationally on next generation Covid vaccines – with a setback in the US: - More good news on the vaccine for people with immunosuppression - Progress in intranasal vaccine trials in France & the US ....1/2 absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/30/m...

Another chance to help out the OLSPub team, who are aiming to develop an open source PubMed safety net. A 10-minute survey for scientists etc - in German and English: survey.uni-koeln.de/index.php/56...

Surrogate outcomes Screening versus prevention schools of thought And much more in this extremely readable @hildabast.bsky.social post absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t... (Remember Nordic Cochrane aka Gøtzsche went off the rails a few years ago? This is the outcome)

'The weight of the evidence has tipped heavily in favor of HPV vaccination" @hildabast.bsky.social but we now need to deal with growing vaccine hesistancy! absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...

We've had to wait a long time to get to this point! With this new pair of Cochrane systematic reviews, the weight of the evidence has tipped very heavily in favor of HPV vaccination. My new post @plos.org absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t... #Vaccines

OLSPub, the plan for a PubMed safety net, is going to need governance & funding support beyond Germany. DFG, a national German research funder, * might * support some of it, but not enough. @zbmed.bsky.social will now be fast-tracking their plans for a distributed European network. ...1/2

Iris loving the spring sunshine 😍 #BloomScrolling

A Bumper Month for Covid Vaccines and More It's been an eventful few weeks for Covid vaccines – mostly good, some very bad. Let's start with the good news. Novavax has transferred marketing of its protein subunit Covid vaccine in the EU and US to a major pharmaceutical company, Sanofi. Here's…

Arcturus not applying for FDA approval of self-amplifying mRNA Covid vax because of "sudden changes in regulatory requirements by the FDA for COVID-19 vaccines." ir.arcturusrx.com/news-release... It's already approved in Japan & Europe. My explainer on samRNA absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2024/12/31/s...

My latest update on nextgen Covid vaccines is a whopper, in part thanks to catching up with a new vax tracker: - Trial results for 2 vaxes - 3 new clinical trials - 26 preclinical reports Highlights follow....1/2 Now @plos.org: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/06/a... #Covid #Covid19 #Vaccines

My latest update on nextgen Covid vaccines is a whopper, in part thanks to catching up with a new vax tracker: - Trial results for 2 vaxes - 3 new clinical trials - 26 preclinical reports Highlights follow....1/2 Now @plos.org: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/06/a... #Covid #Covid19 #Vaccines

Oh my! I didn't realize the Australian CDC already has a website: cdc.gov.au 🎉 It's technically the interim CDC, as it's only due in January 2026 (if all goes to plan). www.cdc.gov.au/about/about-...

PubMed had some disruption in adding records this week, apparently recovering on Wednesday with over 9,800 records in one day. But if you have a Plan B for critical searches, maybe start using it... 1/2 Chart data: New daily records 2024/25. Some dip on weekends is normal. bit.ly/42MfAFM #MedLibs

Always worth reading @hildabast.bsky.social This time on a possible @bsky.app to Mastodon migration Network effects Fediverse The Academic addiction to @altmetric.bsky.social Much more thoughtful discussion absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/10/30/a... #AcademicSky

Following the recent ominous Bluesky controversies got me thinking about how a Bluesky exodus would play out. So I dug into the studies of the 2022 Mastodon migration from Twitter: I found 14 studies. Here's my new post @plos.org absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/10/30/a... #Mastodon #Fediverse

LinkedIn's default permission for using your data for AI kicks in on November 3. Here's where to switch it off on your account: > Settings & Privacy → Data privacy → Data for Generative AI Improvement tuta.com/blog/linkedi...

First rose of the season! 😍 It's a deeply perfumed hybrid tea rose. Bliss! (It's the Elle rose from Meilland.) #BloomScrolling

Well, that's one good thing! PubMed still tracking as usual. New records each day this year during shutdown compared to last year. (Dips for weekends.) Data for chart: bit.ly/42MfAFM Background including data source: hildabastian.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/t...

"I'm NOT cynical." Stella Marrs, Riot Grrl.

Just back from ...um... Hammerbarn, I guess. 🤣 Australia is Bluey's world now, we're just living in it. 💙

Tracking Shutdown Impact and Changes at PubMed There's been some panic about PubMed again, since a notice on the website warned it could be out of date because of the US government shutdown. Shutdown is dreadful, in so many ways. But that notice doesn't mean PubMed has been de-funded, or that it's…

Jasmine bursting out all over, and it is glorious! 😍 #BloomScrolling

Thread of things I'm learning as I read The Discovery of Insulin by Michael Bliss

Early spring in my garden! This, plus an excess of snow peas in my veggie patches. 😍 #BloomScrolling

A big month for progress on mucosal Covid vaccines! - A 35th mucosal vax in clinical trial - Encouraging preclinical results for intranasal self-amplifying mRNA vax from Spain Nextgen Covid vax update @plos.org absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/09/30/t... ....1/2 #Covid #Covid19 #Vaccines

A big month for progress on mucosal Covid vaccines! - A 35th mucosal vax in clinical trial - Encouraging preclinical results for intranasal self-amplifying mRNA vax from Spain Nextgen Covid vax update @plos.org absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/09/30/t... ....1/2 #Covid #Covid19 #Vaccines

Hard to compete with the glorious elegance of tulips in spring, but hoo boy, the fragrance and lasting power of freesias are overtaking them now! 😍 #BloomScrolling

Time spent scritching animals is not deducted from your lifespan

Editing Wikipedia can be as simple as correcting a comma — these little edits all add up and contribute to openly accessible information. Check out this great intro to 'micro-editing' ⬇️

Want to be able to start micro-editing on Wikipedia in a few minutes – and know why you could be very glad you did? Then my new post @plos.org is just what you need! absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/09/21/w... #Wikipedia

Want to be able to start micro-editing on Wikipedia in a few minutes – and know why you could be very glad you did? Then my new post @plos.org is just what you need! absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/09/21/w... #Wikipedia

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

This hits pretty hard, from the chair of the UN commission on Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...

RIP Drummond Rennie, @jama.com dy editor The @retractionwatch.com has a nice set of quotes from him - worth a read retractionwatch.com/2025/09/15/d...

It's the 4th anniversary of the day I lost my son, Adam. 💔 This is him at a rally in 2010, up high, wearing the black. His example stirred my conscience, making me braver and more vocal. It still does.

The BMJ’s former editor in chief, Fiona Godlee, was arrested this weekend alongside over a dozen other healthcare workers at a demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament in London while holding a sign reading, “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action” www.bmj.com/content/390/...

First tulip! 😍 #BloomScrolling

An Enlightening Study About Conspiracy Theory Culture I found this paper when I was looking for studies on conspiracy literacy [free PDF]. It's from 2024, by Ryan Neville-Shepard and Amy Whiteside. They begin with a summary of the scholarship on the role of mass entertainment in spreading…

My next generation Covid vaccine update this month includes a surprise new phase 1 trial funded by US Project NextGen, & some trial results. Plus 10 new preclinical reports, mostly for mucosal vaccines. Now out @plos.org: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/08/31/m... #Covid #Covid19 #Vaccines

My next generation Covid vaccine update this month includes a surprise new phase 1 trial funded by US Project NextGen, & some trial results. Plus 10 new preclinical reports, mostly for mucosal vaccines. Now out @plos.org: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/08/31/m... #Covid #Covid19 #Vaccines

With federal workers, equity, & government statistics under attack, my latest post @plos.org is a tribute to a transformative First Nations statistician at the US Census Bureau, Edna Paisano (1948-2014): absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/08/28/e... ...1/3 #WomenInSTEM #Statistics #EpiSky

With federal workers, equity, & government statistics under attack, my latest post @plos.org is a tribute to a transformative First Nations statistician at the US Census Bureau, Edna Paisano (1948-2014): absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/08/28/e... ...1/3 #WomenInSTEM #Statistics #EpiSky

Hellebores! 😍 Almost black in person. The out-of-focus plants behind are snow drops. #BloomScrolling

Join the Nationwide March for Palestine wherever you are on August 24. 📢 Rising Tide will see you there! ✊ And we hope to see you in Newcastle at The People's Blockade of the world's largest coal port this November 27 - Dec 3! 🌊 🌊 🌊

Finally catching up on reading this classic – and from Theodore Porter, it is as good as expected. With a new foreword for this edition... #Statistics #HistSci #EpiSky