ScientificallySapphic

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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RFK Jr looks like he belongs on the stage at Chuck E. Cheese’s

*gestures broadly at Facebook* this used to be all farmland

This is not news, but RFK Jr. is a two-faced liar. This is what he does - says one thing, and when it's not convenient for him to say it again, he'll lie and gaslight the person who asks. #FireRFKJr #RFKJrMustGo

🧵RFKJ and one of his ACIP picks, Robert Malone, appear to be getting ready to restrict the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) immunizations (nirsevimab and clesrovimab) saying there is a vast cover up of vaccine safety data.

As a pediatrician and CDC worker I have two questions for RFKJ about that:

Tina Smith (MN): You blamed school shootings on antidepressants.

RFK: you are making that up (mark your card, it’s on camera).

Tina: if you want to talk mental health and gun violence let’s talk. The admin is making it harder to get mental health care.

Join the National Academies Board on Science Education for a one-day hybrid event that will bring together leaders across domains to discuss the key insights and recommendations from the recently released consensus study report, Understanding and Addressing Misinformation about Science, and identify opportunities for multi-sectoral action. This report is a comprehensive assessment of the available evidence on the nature, scope, and impacts of misinformation about science and reflects a systems view of the phenomenon given the broader contexts and challenges that shape people’s lived experiences and their relationships to information. The report also provides guidance on interventions, policies, and future research toward mitigating potential harms from misinformation about science across a diversity of individuals, communities, and societies. DATE Sep 25, 2025 9:15AM - 3:30PM ET LOCATION Keck Center 500 5th St NW Washington DC 20001 USA

Sept 25th marks a free 1-day symposium on "Understanding & Addressing Misinformation About Science," including opportunities for coordinated multi-sector action. In-person + virtual participation available: www.nationalacademies.org/event/45553_...
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Cartoon, Charlie Brown and Snoopy sitting on park bench. Charlie Brown: what do you miss? Snoopy: I miss the way I viewed the world before I knew too much about it.

Hard feels today…✌🏽💜✊

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

Rural communities and people with disabilities will have even more limited access to health care. Families with low incomes who rely most heavily on community clinics and health departments will have fewer resources available to them. Children will lose access to lifesaving vaccines due to cost.

CDC cuts back foodborne illness surveillance program

CDC cut funding for FoodNet, a population-based surveillance program for 8 foodborne pathogens

For any keeping score in this admin, that's zero real improvements on nutrition-related chronic disease risk while increasing nutrition-related infectious disease risk.

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Four CDC buildings shot up. Employees under lockdown and in fear for hours. Public health is physically under attack, and the silence from the administration is deafening.

There is a massive walk out at the CDC by staff unfolding right now. It is NECESSARY. I stand in solidarity with my CDC colleagues. standing up for science and public health. It is a moral imperative.

Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails. The end of an era.

Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

Pay attention. Your family’s safety is on the line.

Putting a 10 year old on tv to talk about his friend being shot at school is a different level of diabolical.

In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on

Excellent reporting from KFF on how RFK the Lesser’s appointment to HHS prevented a ready CDC from helping Texas.

#FireRFKJr

Tow hooded plovers on a beach. A caption tells us: "Avoid methods such as flushing and call playback - especially in nesting season." The photo is by phototrip, Getty Images.

A black-breasted buttonquail shuffles through leaf litter, its plumage camouflaging it almost perfectly against the dried brown leaves. Text asks us to "stick to paths to avoid disturbing or damaging habitat." The photo is by neil bowman, Getty Images.

A western bristlebird perched on a banksia flower. "Do not handle birds." The photo is by Imogen Warren, Getty Images.

A swift parrot perched in a bush. Text advises: "Report rare bird sightings to conservation authorities, but consider the wellbeing of the bird or population before sharing them publicly." The photo is by Sarah Richardson, Getty Images.

#Birdwatching connects us with nature, but it comes with responsibility.

In this extract from their book, the authors of Finding Australian Birds remind us to avoid disturbance, stay on paths, never handle birds & think before sharing rare sightings.

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Do we really have to burn down 250 years of US progress so the functionally illiterate can relive our effed up past because they can’t/wont just read history books.

Reading The Midnight Library, and this line popped out. Explains a lot right now.

“She realised that you could be as honest as possible in life, but people only see the truth if it is close enough to their reality. As Thoreau wrote, ‘It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.’”

Today is the National Park Service’s birthday! 🥳🏞️

You know what would be a great birthday gift? Not firing staff or cutting funds from the agency responsible for keeping our public lands pristine and accessible!

Nice article from @pbs.org debunking RFKJ's bullsh** claim that that pediatricians are recommending vaccines for money.

"Only when the last tree has been cut, the last river has been poisoned & the last fish been caught will they realize that they can't eat money" old Cree proverb

Library receives donations to replace books church leaders targeted for LGBTQ+ themes In a matter of a few days, nearly $1,000 has been donated to the Shelby County Public Library to replace 16 LGBTQ+ books a local church had recommended to check out and never return. “The response to ...

“The response to the missing books has been overwhelming and mostly positive for the library. We will use the donated money to replace the books and buy more like them.”
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📚💙 #UniteAgainstBookBans

This is so important…

Sharon has been tracking license plates on cars driven by ICE agents, and she’s finding they don’t match the vehicles.

In other words, ICE is using secret, illegal tactics—just like we suspected.

REMINDER: the DMV is not a federal agency.
@governor.ca.gov
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Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform...

I am seeing this shit from the inside and holy fucking Christ! This god damn reporting projects.propublica.org/federal-health-worker-cuts-rfk-trump-administration/

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