Wise plan.

Jay Bhattacharya wearing the face tats of a convicted rapist for his “eat more veggies” campaign. V normal.

reminds of that old bible story of how people were hungry and jesus conjured himself a security detail bsky.app/profile/carl...

Friedrich Merz, the chancellor of Germany, said that under President Trump, the U.S.’s claim to global leadership “has been challenged, and possibly squandered.” "The culture war of the MAGA movement is not ours,” he said.

🧪 AI-assisted NIH grant proposals are 4% more likely to be funded, unlike those at the NSF. These applications often resemble previously supported work. AI tools may favor established patterns over high-risk ideas, which has people concerned it will push submissions towards the mean. #AcademicSky

NSF’s flagship fellowship program is rejecting applicants without peer review | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

and even more #StarTrek via @startrekshitposti.ng

CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old. “8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ

For my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com, wrote about FDA's disastrous decision--or, really, it seems Vinay Prasad's singular choice--to turn away Moderna's flu vaccine application without a review. The problem is much bigger than this one vaccine. (🎁 link):

New AP-NORC poll: Only 36% of Americans approve of the job Trump is doing as president. Trump is 20 points underwater on the economy and 22 points underwater on immigration. 69% say the country is on the wrong track. Only 29% say we're on the right track.

In 2025, a survey by Nature revealed that 75% of scientists considered leaving the US. France is awarding funds to 46 scientists. Most are from US institutions. The Choose France for Science Initiative was launched last year. 🧪 go.nature.com/4qMlrUR

"C.B.P. officials thought they were firing on a cartel drone, the people said, but it turned out to be a party balloon." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...

NIH, CDC, HHS, and all of US cancer research and public health needed and still needs protection from Russell Vought and the P2025 White House. The defining feature of 2025 at NIH was not merely grant changes. It was unprecedented levels of presidential interference with NIH decision-making. 1/

Was this supposed to make MN AG Ellison look like a badass patriot? Because that’s what I’m taking from it 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

Pam Bondi didn't listen to or obey these instructions. But that's on brand for someone performing for an audience of one.

Today’s action “is a rejection of the most basic laws of physics”, says #climate scientist Friederike Otto. I report on the EPA revoking its own ruling on the danger of greenhouse gases: www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

I admit it, this got to me. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Your kids can still get the needed vaccines in the US, right now. Just ask your doc to follow the 2024 CDC recommendations. And if they won't, consider getting another doc.

This is the key point - it's not about Moderna's flu vaccine, it's about sending a signal to the rest of the industry that vaccine development isn't viable in the US. It's all part of the larger anti-vaccine agenda.

Smart questions by Sen. Paul; yet ICE seems to be violating these 1st A rights repeatedly, with at times deadly consequences.

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

Breaking news: The EPA rescinded a landmark legal opinion underpinning a wave of federal policies aimed at climate change. In scrapping the policy, the EPA will seek to erase limits on emissions from cars, power plants and other industries.

Missing this important part of the headline ““This rule doesn’t change the reality of climate change — it just denies it,” said one former EPA adviser under President Joe Biden.”

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

Doesn’t seem like he evolved much over time

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Secretary of Health and Human Services for the United States.

The SAVE America Act would impose outrageous voter suppression requirements on American citizens. One example: married women who take their spouse’s name & whose last name may not match their birth certificate. Do they not get to vote? This bill is DOA in the Senate.

AAAS president writes paragraphs about the crisis US science is in but describes the cause only as "actions in Washington, DC," and concludes that "the scientific community must reevaluate its relationship with the federal government."

Not unique, but a striking example of scientific leadership acknowledging—decrying—the problems but not the causes.

3/3 Just in case, to spell out last line: "Si monumentum requiris circumspice." Famous epitaph for Sir Christopher Wren in St. Paul's. 'If you seek his monument, look around you.' Kavanaugh Stops are BK's monument.

NEW: Another NIH institute director hasn't been renewed — the director of NIAMS (arthritis, musculoskeletal and skin diseases institute). That leaves a whopping 15 of 27 institutes and centers without a permanent director.

As per the Articles of Impeachment: "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has imperiled the health and safety of the American people, eroded public confidence in the Nation’s public health institutions, and stalled decades of scientific and medical progress." www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

A great piece from @alibreland.bsky.social on Epstein's race science obsession—one he shares with much of the contemporary right wing elite www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

“They thought they could break us, but a love for our neighbors and a resolve to endure can outlast occupation,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in a statement. “These patriots of Minneapolis are showing that it’s not just about resistance — standing with our neighbors is deeply American.”

That’s over now. He needs to be removed from office. www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/rf...

Hundreds of service members deployed as part of Trump’s federal takeover of American cities—including the 500 to Chicago, 200 to Portland, Oregon, and 100 troops remaining in Los Angeles—were quietly dispatched home by the end of January, according to U.S. Northern Command. trib.al/5qUlghI

Mexico reports more human New World screwworm infections Mexico has now reported 141 human cases of the parasitic infection, which is spread by flies. www.cidrap.umn.edu/n...

Cross reactive antibodies produced by people with rare genetic variants explain the very rare clotting disorders in people receiving adenovirus-based COVID vaccines Gift🔗 www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...

Just days after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was exposed for his complete lie about cutting off contact with sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, yet another Trump official was discovered to be in the Epstein files. trib.al/mjTysXC

This, from @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social, is really perfect. open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...

Walter Kirn is writing a movie about Director Bhattacharya's brave dissent (funded by the Brownstone Institute). This film will hereafter be referred to as "Jaylania" (credit @flapjacq.bsky.social) thepeopleshub.org/news/the-gen...

1. Tim Cook issues first-ever guarded criticism of Trump admin over Minneapolis 2. Apple Music sponsors Bad Bunny halftime show 3. FTC sends stern letter to Apple about supposed bias in Apple News www.ft.com/content/0c25...

4,049 people gone from NIH compared to 2024, an 18% loss in staff. www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

94% of commenters opposed the Career/Policy (aka Schedule F) proposed rule. The administration is proceeding anyway. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

WSJ editorial board hits FDA: It’s hard to recall a regulator who has done as much damage to medical innovation in as little time as Vinay Prasad who rejected Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine without even a cursory review. www.wsj.com/opinion/vina...

Five years after the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines started, it seems the mystery of why the Astra-Zeneca and J&J vaccines led to a rare but deadly side effect of unusual blood clots and bleeding has finally been solved. 
 It's a fascinating case of molecular mimicry that may help make vaccine safer.🧪

this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me

NEW: FDA defends -- and backs off from -- its refusal to review Moderna's application for an mRNA flu vaccine. The company had spent ~$750M on studies, one with 41,000 people. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/h...

Students and faculty have been baffled (and frustrated) as NSF turns back applications for its prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). Those affected seem to mainly be in the life sciences. My latest for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/n...