TURNS OUT data analysis skills are transferable. Shout out to our staff entomologist-turned-resistance-fighter @lovettbr.bsky.social for this one... ALSO, MY DISTRICT IS WINNING AND IT ISN'T BECAUSE I BOUGHT ANY QOG! @repnikema.bsky.social buckle up! You've got ducks headed your way.

Please if you have ever read this paper go look at the second post in this thread to learn my new favorite fun fact.

As a cognitive psychologist currently working in the business of fighting fascism and defending science, this makes me so emotional. Here’s to you, Kohler

🎶 Tylenol, pregnancy, autism, vaccines🎶

FACT CHECK: Acetaminophen (Tylenol) has no credible link with autism. Tylenol is the leading option to combat dangerous fevers during pregnancy — fearmongering around tried and tested medicine puts pregnant people and children at risk. #impeachthequack

One thing they don’t tell you about writing a dissertation is the absolute agony your shoulders are suddenly in 24/7 from slouching over a computer for nearly 100 hours a week. I am… pain…

1. demonizes Tylenol 2. blames moms for causing autism by taking a pain killer for a fever or pain (nevermind risks of a high fever to a fetus) 3. recommends leucovorin, which is sold by Dr.Oz's iHerb 4. makes autism out to be worst thing a child could have, but cut kids' cancer research, etc

that's...embarrassing www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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🚨We’ve got the Quack-O-Gram video up on YouTube!🚨 Please share widely—Bobby “The Quack” Jr has to go. He’s unqualified, corrupt, and going to get people killed. 🐥It’s not to late to send a QOG or bundle of Quacks to Congress: www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-grams youtu.be/wjET_T15qBk?...

Whew. 15 min break. Let's recap: > CDC officials learned of Covid vaccine recommendation change via X post > RFK Jr. can't show scientific evidence for changing childhood vax schedule > RFK Jr. gets no briefing from agency public health experts > CDC officials "very nervous" about new ACIP

@nytimes.com reports on the state of our vaccine policy – with the addition of five NEW advisors to the ACIP, 8 out of 12 appointees on the ACIP are openly vaccine-skeptic.

It's a beautiful day to stand with federal employees and concerned citizens fighting to fund NASA! 🌟🌏🔭 Our space program shouldn't face cuts that compromise expert knowledge, scientific advancement, and human safety. Sign the letter of support for our colleagues at NASA 🔗 linked in bio!

DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO QUACK BACK 🐥‼️ Duck deliveries are incoming, but you still can put $3 to letting your Congressional representative know via. duck messenger to #ImpeachRFK and remove the Quack! act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...

Alexander von Humboldt was born OTD in 1769. “[My] principal impulse … was the earnest endeavor to comprehend the phenomena of physical objects in their general connection, and to represent nature as one great whole, moved and animated by internal forces.” 🦋🦫🐋🌱🧪#HistSTM #PhilSci

With the recent loss of experts at CDC, others are already sounding the alarm. This may worsen in the coming months, with proposed budget cuts ~42% to usher in new waves of expertise loss at HHS. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #rfkjr #hhs #impeachthequack

Make America Healthy Again except those with or who will go on to develop cancer It’s time to kick the anti-science quacks of this admin to the curb. Let’s start with RFK - www.standupforscience.net/rfk-impeachm...

QUACK RACKET fig. 3: Dr Oz, administrator for Medicaid & Medicare. He's flip-flopped on everything, from supporting universal healthcare (really!) to now pitching job requirements for Medicaid that will gut healthcare for thousands. Now, he's overseeing Medicaid cut by billions by Trump and the GOP

“The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

“Some industries want to keep this secret so that the public can’t know who’s responsible and hold them to account,” said David Doniger, a senior attorney at @nrdc.org www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... #climatechange #epa #zeldin

I’m sure encouraging a culture of vaccine skepticism in a state that is effectively America’s retirement home is going to bode well for Floridians. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

This is horrifying. Measles vaccinations are so important www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...

GOOD NEWS: Despite RFK Jr saying he would cancel $500 million in mRNA research, the House Committee on Appropriations has passed a spending package, that includes $1.1 billion for “advanced research and development” at BARDA, which includes research on mRNA vaccines.

While Jay Bhattacharaya will be delivering the keynote at the National Health Research Forum, we will be handing the mic to the patients most impacted by Trump, RFK Jr., and Jay’s policies. JOIN US AS WE FIGHT FOR SCIENCE! #standupforscience @standupforscience.bsky.social

JOIN THE FIGHT! As HHS Secretary RFK Jr. and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya are trying to legitimize a vision for American science and health research that bulldozes lives and livelihoods, we are putting people impacted by their quackery FRONT AND CENTER. HEALTH AND SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE ‼️

FIGHT FOR SCIENCE RALLY ‼️🧬💪 ⏰WHEN: Weds, Sept. 17th at 8am ET 📍WHERE: 1200 New York Ave NW, Washington DC 🔗📲JOIN US at the LINK in BIO, or in the REPLIES BELOW ⬇️

“If a new pandemic began today, mRNA vaccines are currently the only type of vaccine that could be developed quickly enough to disrupt its spread” www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/h...

Florida's SG chooses to ignore the data about vaccine rollback, but it tells a damning story. Just a 15% decline in vaccinations against measles over 25 years would lead to 1 MILLION measles cases in Florida. We deserve leaders who prioritize science over political posturing.

FEMA employees who spoke out were unlawfully punished. Sign your support for these brave employees here: www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina...

"History shows us that vaccines have eradicated diseases that were disabling and deadly in the past, and we can keep it that way, if we continue to vaccinate." www.reuters.com/business/hea...

RFK Jr. should’ve never been confirmed, & he’s proven that every day since. Children are literally dying from measles because of his lies & reckless anti-vax agenda. He is a threat to our health & our democracy. Public office has no place for deadly, deranged delusion. It’s time for him to resign.

Trump's firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook challenges century-old norms of Federal Reserve independence. A scholar of the American courts explains that what might be more significant is Trump’s expansive rejection of courts’ ability to decide what the law means: buff.ly/mSiwWPQ

MAHA report on US children's health targets food and drug marketing reut.rs/4nnNZm6

The children’s health report unsurprisingly covers autism, chronic disease, critically re-assessing vaccine schedules, environmental factors, and processed foods. apnews.com/article/rfk-... #standupforscience #RFKjr #maha

lol, lmao even

20 years after Katrina, the science is clear: climate change makes hurricanes deadlier. Yet Trump’s FEMA is gutting safeguards when we need them most. Read our blog 👉 bit.ly/467NZQc Sign your support for the #FEMA36 unlawfully targeted for speaking out 👉 bit.ly/4pfQ4Cd #standupforscience

This Barbie is personally responsible for the devastation of THOUSANDS of American lives! ✨💅

RFK-core:

TL:DR - fusiform gyrus proposed to generate a “reality signal”, which the anterior insula evaluates - if the signal rises above a threshold, the brain labels the experience as real. www.scientificamerican.com/article/newf... #psychology

Sec. brainworms made a big stink yesterday that there’s not good/enough data on vaccines. Utter bullshit by a chronic liar. We have PLENTY of data - but implying there isn’t helps undermine public trust in vaccines - a huge part of RFK’s goals. www.statnews.com/2025/09/05/m... #standupforscience

RFK is secretary of Hazards and Human Suffering. His testimony today shows his staggering incompetency and his complete indifference to the truth — indifference that is costing lives. He must be impeached before he harms more people. #ImpeachRFK

God I love this place

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RFK: "It's the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural healthcare in American history." Sen. Bernie Sanders: "You know why? Because you're cutting $150 billion for rural hospitals and putting $50 billion back. That's not an infusion — that's a loss of $100 billion."

In honor of #silksong release day here are some more photos that feel slightly spooky to me I cannot wait to start playing in a couple hours 😍 #hollowknight #photography

RFK has heard nothing, and also knows nothing about anything, and also is doing everything, but can’t give you any specifics on any of it - my summary of today’s hearing

A small collection of photos I think would make for good shots in a #spooky movie Happy #Halloween szn for those that partake 👻 #photography

"a bit"?!

A US military "advance team" arrived in Chicago yesterday, per leaked memo I obtained:

I do believe at least one of RFK Jr's brainworms knows that vaccines don't cause autism. The issue was never the evidence, the issue is that he and his buddies benefit from people falling for health marketing shams and false claims of vaccine injuries. #RFKJr #quack