In addition to all the direct negative consequences of the fraudulant claims of Trump, Rfk Jr and Dr. Oz about Tylenol and folic acid, this will also suppress work on trying to find the ACTUAL F*#*!@# CAUSES OF AUTISM

American Academy of Pediatrics statement on the 9/22 WH autism press conference: “Today’s White House event on autism was filled with dangerous claims and misleading information that sends a confusing message to parents and expecting parents and does a disservice to autistic individuals."

So if Tylenol creates autism we’re cool then with vaccines right? RIGHT???? RFK jr is insane, so it POTUS

A picture is worth 1000 words: At what I think was one of the most extreme, kooky, anti-science press conferences in history, you see Trump & RFK Jr’s henchmen—3 medically trained men doing their anti-vaxx bidding, Drs Bhattacharya, Makary, & Oz The damage these MDs are doing is incalculable

This will blue your socks off

Giving a webinar on #BlueSoup this Friday, in case anyone wants to pop in during their lunch!

I have discovered the cause of aging. I have been witholding details in order to have a nice press release and get some supplement companies fully supplied. But here it is - aging is caused by exposure to fungi and oxygen. Please order my natural antifungals and antioxidants to be protected.

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academic sign of the day HT @phylogenomics.bsky.social

I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition. www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...

Done ✅

Conan O’Brien speaks out about the Jimmy Kimmel suspension:

#freespeech #NotThinSkinned #RealMenCanTakeCriticism #Kimmel

Not to mention a tail!

Well, I may be losing my hair a bit but I have gained some fur and a second head ..

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

I might have lost my mind back in March. It's just getting so absurd. Yet we alI still have to find a way to hack a defibrillator made with duck tape and live wires to jumpstart a democracy's heart.

Using the power of the federal government to have a vocal critic of yours removed from the airwaves is a pretty textbook definition of fascism. Further proof conservatives were always full of shit about cancel culture.

For my #birding commty. @ebrrh.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social #birder #pnw #paleo #dinosaurs

Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years. Speaks for itself.

It is truly incredible how blusteringly incompetent these guys are.

I saw orange-crowned warblers and both goldfinches today too! Though I guess the goldfinches are not quite as yellow at the moment.

A yellow day at @ucdavis.bsky.social. Went for a walk at the UC Davis Riparian Preserve this AM before heading to my office. Saw a lot of yellow things including these yellow warbler, Wilson's warbler, Yellow warbler, goldenrod.

On behalf of the AAUP, I am so honored to share that today we joined our sister UC unions in a wall-to-wall lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the use of Title VI as a cudgel to bend the University of California in its ideological vision. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Ensembl Beta 13 is live! Check it out to see if your favourite species made the list-mine did! The Mountain Clouded Yellow was just added (beta.ensembl.org/species/fbf7...) #Genomics #OpenAccessData

White tailed kite (Elanus leucurus) at #YoloBypass this AM. #birds

White tailed kite (Elanus leucurus) at #YoloBypass this AM. #birds

How is it that we have an acting (possibly illegally) U.S. Attorney in NJ who doesn't know the law? The president can only order the flag lowered on federal buildings. Everyone else can do what they want, because this is America, and we are a free people.

Chris Van Hollen. The Senator with tenacity and determination who had the guts to go down to CECOT and see Kilmar Abregu.

Excellent editorial by my friend and colleague @pracheeac.bsky.social: "Academic Publishing Has Become a Racket" www.wsj.com/opinion/acad...

Osprey doing the Osprey Strut - seen near Davis, CA #birds

So he wants to do all that other shit if you haven't broken the law.

American kestrel with a shadow at #YoloBypass today #birds

September 12, 2025. WastewaterSCAN Dashboard #FLU Lots of cases all over the country! Take precautions! 😷💉 {https://data.wastewaterscan.org/}

Fuck yeah @sfgiants.com

'But treatment can be deadly too. Koalas infected with chlamydia are usually given antibiotics, but this destroys the gut bacteria which allow them to digest eucalyptus leaves - their primary food source - and can lead to starvation.' www.bbc.com/news/article...

Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

If it was artistic we could call it performance art, but it is not. If it was theatrical we could call it political theater. But it is not. The best term I can come up with is "hypocritical BS."

Seen somewhere in California. Tesla with as bumper sticker that reads "I identify as a Subaru"

Working with UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and the V Foundation, Buster Posey and the San Francisco Giants raised money at an event that choked up even the famously reserved former catcher.

New Mexico's chief medical officer has provided a COVID-19 vaccine prescription for all residents that the department recommends people bring when they go to get a vaccine just to ensure no problems.

Mike Welsh, Jesus (Tito) Gonzales, and Paul Negulescu, were awarded the Lasker award today for developing a treatment for cystic fibrosis. The fascinating story: www.the-scientist.com/triple-drug-...

My husband is obsessed with the book “Beaverland”. It’s a great read and healthy distraction! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaverl...

Cool! I saw this beaver dam in Alaska last month and was lucky enough to learn about it from a park ranger who was there. Didn’t get to see the beavers responsible though.

News in the history of molecular biology. The Science History Institute in Philadelphia has acquired a huge archive of correspondence and other scientific material from the pioneers of molecular biology (Franklin, Klug, Perutz, Delbrück etc, with items from Crick and Watson, too). 1/n

This is not the message the country needs. We need unifying leadership to take down the temperature, not exploitative blame-seeking that falsely pins all political violence on one side of the spectrum to fit Trump’s narratives. Enough. Americans are tired of the divisiveness.

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

Beaver being busy at @ucdavis.bsky.social in the Riparian Preserve