Sum: Anti-science, antivaxx, political BS. Absolutely NO evidence to support this move. COVID vaccines among most studied interventions in human history. Scary. Maddening. But no surprise. Dark Age 2.0. FDA intends to put its most serious warning on Covid vaccines www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/h...

Prasad, Makary and others who claim that COVID19 vaccines killed 10 children are not telling the truth. According to @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, the committee that worked on this question reported that there were ZERO deaths that they were certain were caused by the vaccines. Well worth reading.

⚠️The top 0.001% - less than 60,000 multi-millionaires - owns three times more wealth than the entire bottom half of humanity combined. Explore more findings in this third edition of the World Inequality report 👇 wir2026.wid.world

🚨Yet MORE evidence of benefit... Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h... "The vaccines were found to decrease the risk of needing medical care in the first six months after vaccination by 76%..."

RFK Jr is NOT a "vaccine skeptic." He is an antivaxx grifter & zealot, as his actions in government now prove. He is a menace. Dark sh*t...👇 Under RFK Jr., CDC reverses course on stance that vaccines don’t cause autism www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/c... via @helenbranswell.bsky.social et al.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Writing a piece on how PROTEIN latest nutrition fad "health halo." Search trends demos increasing interest, especially in January (we humans hilariously predictable). Reality: most already get enough (yes, some pops need more), excess not better, mostly just marketing...

I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.

Solidly researched. Evidence based. Incontrovertible. "An astounding 90% of autistic children consumed either breast milk or formula...ignoring potential confounders, control groups and statistical significance." Hats off to @integralanswers.bsky.social for the fine work.

Being exposed to ADHD awareness increases false self-diagnosis. Nocebo powerful phenomenon, especially in current chaotic media environment. Education helps! Study: Nocebo education reduces false self-diagnosis caused by mental health awareness

🧠 Why some people defend obvious falsehoods New research finds that some endorse disproven claims as a show of “symbolic strength,” valuing independence over truth, and making fact-checks seem weak. 🔗 doi.org/10.64628/AAI... #FakeNews #SciComm 🧪

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery. @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Vaccines are safe and effective. Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support. When you want information, ask your doctor. It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

📱 Screen time and school performance A study of over 3,000 Canadian children found that more daily screen use at a young age was linked to lower reading and maths scores in later school years. 🔗 doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.37092 #SciComm #Education #ChildHealth 🧪

To our U.S. Colleagues, Condolences on the loss of the CDC’s MMWR. 3 resources that may help 🇨🇦

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People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

Facebook data reveal the devastating real-world harms caused by the spread of #misinformation theconversation.com/facebook-dat... by @acarson.bsky.social et al. Misinformation’s real-world impact: "linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm."

Vital to stand up AGAINST health misinformation and FOR science. Counter the lies, eg: - Vaccines don't cause autism - COVID vaccines don't cause cancer / sudden death Story about our recent Joint Statement: www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/202... via ‪@scienceupfirst.bsky.social @cmadocs.bsky.social

🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

MAHA = supplement BS + wellness woo + fearmongering nonsense. Surgeon general nominee Casey Means discloses financial ties to supplement industry www.statnews.com/2025/09/16/c... via @statnews

Don't believe the political spin, the support for mandatory vaccination is very strong (but should be even stronger)...👇 Most Americans Favor MMR Vaccine Requirement for Public School www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/most-america...

Radical right accommodation really does not work. New paper out with this exceptionally talented team @katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk doi.org/10.31235/osf...

#bookban #UCP

New paper! Across two experiments we find prebunking against *failure* to engage in Actively-Open Minded Thinking (AOT) lowers susceptibility to misinformation & conspiracy thinking via enhanced AOT. Led by the brilliant @mikeybiddlestone.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Since I'm deep in course prep & mulling how to best engage my 1st year class in the foundations of #HealthPromotion, this was a timely read on teaching priniciples of economics through fairy tales (although I'd draw the line at Disney) via @ca.theconversation.com theconversation.com/how-disney-c...

The "unitary executive theory" is a fancy name for a strategy used by authoritarians worldwide, rebranded for the US. It’s a legal blueprint for a power grab, and my new article explains how it turns the law itself into a tool for undermining democracy:

Powerful secretive alliances comprised of fossil fuel companies, political parties, governments and sham "thinktanks" are the “primary agents” behind climate disinformation, finds major new global study... theklaxon.com.au/5qor

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If you don’t get your child vaccinated against #measles, it can put them at a high risk of this serious infection, which can lead to severe complications or even death. Make sure your child’s measles vaccination is up to date.

Scientists - its time to be brave! We must stand firm in our commitment to rigor, to push back against further politicization of our work, to call out pseudoscience, and to ensure science is truly serving the public good. 500womenscientists.org/updates/2025...

The number of unhoused has doubled since last count. The reasons should not surprise anyone- lack of income (including b/c of jobs that do not pay enough) to afford housing available in the market. People can't choose, if they have no options. #nspoli www.ahans.ca

“Crucial decisions—like rules around Covid vaccinations—are being made by a cabal of ill-equipped bros.” By our own @gregggonsalves.bsky.social

Thank you to @michellegoldberg.bsky.social for just telling the truth about #ElonMusk. The rest of the media should hang their heads in shame with the fawning, irrelevant pieces they ran yesterday. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

Key!👇 The post-truth era and how science education keeps ignoring it www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... by @sibel-erduran.bsky.social We can't ignore "the political dynamics that engulf science as well as the antiscience campaign that is deliberately carried out & amplified in the public domain."

”Germany's spy agency BfV has labeled the entirety of the far-right AfD party as an extremist entity. The BfV domestic intelligence agency, which is in charge of safeguarding Germany's constitutional order, said the announcement comes after an ’intense and comprehensive’ examination”.

More harmful lies, lies, lies. RFK Jr as monumentally horrible & destructive as predicted. Complicit in this deadly authoritarian anti-science sh*t storm: Bhattacharya, Makary, et al. RFK Jr falsely claim MMR vaccine includes ‘aborted fetus debris’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Good piece in Science by @kakape.bsky.social on the massive censorship of scientific work by the U.S. government - all in the name of free speech, presumably: www.science.org/content/arti...

Congratulations to @mark-carney.bluesky.social and the Liberals on their minority government. Please work with the other parties to implement Proportional Representation! #CdnPoli @fairvote.ca @liberalca.bsky.social @canadiangreens.bsky.social @ndp.ca #BlocQuébécois #CPCCanada #ItsOurVote

Scientists mobilize to counter vaccine misinformation www.axios.com/2025/04/29/p... via @axios.com "A group of public health experts and scientists is mobilizing to counter vaccine misinformation from federal agencies..." Needed! Alas... #VaccinesWork

The "more crime" lie so frustrating. Plays to stereotypes & racism. Reality: "....growing evidence that immigrants – both documented & undocumented – are less likely to commit crimes than native-born citizens." Misinformation & immigration blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20... @lseimpactblog.bsky.social

1. There has been a major effort by that old combination – big business and the far right – to diss foods derived from plants. The meat lobby invests big time in misinformation. And the far right hates “soyboys”, while associating itself with red meat-eating. It's a match made in hell. 🧵

"How American Influencers Built a World Wide Web of Vaccine Disinformation" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics https://go.nature.com/42Zryw1

At this juncture I’d like to point out: * we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing * there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world * a united approach could stop the climate crisis But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.

Fascinating. How competition shows influence US politics & shape views about economic inequality www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/the-... with @eunjikim.bsky.social Reality TV watching = > belief in (the myth of) American Dream. Yep, pop culture elevates the myths that fuel tolerance for inequality.

People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative. A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.

The Wealthy In This Country Would Poison Us For The Sake Of Profit!!!