Phillip Kirschberg

Bringing together science fiction and science fact, Arielle Selya expertly sums up the systemic issues facing researchers in the modern era in her #GFN25 Michael Russell Oration.

This is interesting.

"Ban on vapes a great big bust: More youngsters smoking (in Australia)"

Check out the rest of the story on page nine. Link:
todayspaper.adelaidenow.com.au/html5/reader/p…

Presentation for CDC advisers appears to cite nonexistent study to support claims about risk of vaccine preservative | CNN A presentation slated to be shared at this week’s meeting of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claimed that a study in animals suggested that use of the vaccine pre...

Somehow missed this: A presentation to advisers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cited study in animals suggested that use of the vaccine preservative thimerosal can have “long-term consequences in the brain.” But it looks like that study does not exist.
www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/h...

There should be a seventh season of "Peaky Blinders" where everyone still thinks Tommy Shelby is dead and Winston Churchill sends him on secret missions that shape the outcomes of crucial Allied victories during WWII.

I'd settle for a two-part limited series as long as it didn't suck.

Jacob Grier stands on stage at a speaker podium, smiling while delivering his keynote address at the 2025 Global Forum on Nicotine in Warsaw.

Loved seeing @jacobgrier.bsky.social give a keynote address this morning on outdated media narratives on nicotine and tips for bettering science journalism @gfn.events

World famous magician Penn Jillette’s semi-autobiographical novel about criminal carnies We’re fortunate that Penn Jillette's real-life trajectory led to the brilliance of Penn and Teller. That his new work of autofiction leads into a fun crime novel instead is just a bonus.

Penn Jillette's new novel Felony Juggler, recommended by me today:
www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3434...

A friendly reminder that you can strongly disagree with Israel’s military action in Iranian territory, strongly disagree with Trump, and still not praise or elevate a murderous, destructive, theocratic authoritarian regime: the Islamic Republic of Iran!

YouTube video by Global Forum on Nicotine NEW PROHIBITION | Jacob Grier on Tobacco Control’s Dangerous Turn

Brent Stafford:
“So what do you see as the key blind spots, the distortions underlying the assumptions that shape the mainstream narrative around nicotine?”

Jacob @jacobgrier.bsky.social:
[Contemplative Blinking] “How much time do we have, Brent?”

@gfn.events
Must click:
youtu.be/Z-ZOX51lhGU?si…

To Bring Tobacco Harm Reduction to Prisons, We Need Outside Allies Prisoners need THR, and anti-vape policies are ripe for change. But we can't do this alone. I'm asking the rest of the community to step up.

Great article from @filtermag.bsky.social, featuring the astute observations of notable author, harm reduction advocate, and all around fun guy, Jacob Grier. @jacobgrier.bsky.social

Dig in.
filtermag.org/tobacco-harm...

I am so very, very tired...

I just can't talk about it.

This fine woman continues putting up with my foolishness year after year, and for that she deserves medals, parades, and luxury travel accommodations.
Happy Mother's Day.

Final #GFN25 keynote announcement!!

@jacobgrier.bsky.social's #GFN25 keynote will look at the current state of tobacco control and THR messaging and the difficulties facing advocates in the battle to control the narrative

Find out more in our latest newsletter👇 share.sender.net/campaigns/aO...

Me holding a Hands Off sign with hand-written text "Due process is patriotic"

Usually more of write blog posts than march in a protest kind of guy, so you know things are bad when this happens. Greetings from Denver!

There was this 5mth old stray at county shelter: didn't bark, didn't move, didn't look up. Turns out she had 26 breaks from 3mth old crush injuries. Told it was nuts to adopt her. Couldnt walk up steps at house. Surgeries & femoral head removed. Lots of love.

3 years later w/2" too short leg...

It is pretty wild that the Founders put this series of things back-to-back-to-back-to-back all those years ago...

Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.

This is a deplorable statement that not only mischaracterizes the nature of autism, but is an astonishing insult to those who live with, and bravely manage this condition — many of whom appear to be functioning at a much higher level than the HHS Secretary himself.

Repeat after me: There. Is. No. Plan.

Sell flavored tobacco in Massachusetts, go to jail Massachusetts outlawed flavored tobacco. Now, just as criminal justice groups warned, a vape shop owner is serving time.

For the past few years I've been writing about how bans on flavored tobacco and e-cigs create crimes out of consensual exchanges among adults. A new case in Massachusetts shows how they can even lead to jail time. My latest in Reason: reason.com/2025/02/14/s...

Imagine trusting any politician...

Best tweet ever

No notes.

Trump's tariff threats can't win the unwinnable war on drugs After promising to stop the flow of drugs during his first term, the president blames foreign officials for his failure.

"I'm gonna create borders," Trump promised during his 2016 campaign. "No drugs are coming in. We're gonna build a wall. You know what I'm talking about. Believe me, I will solve the problem."

“Trump did not, in fact, solve the problem:” [Jacob Sullum via @reason.com]
reason.com/2025/02/05/t...

People ‘much more likely’ to quit smoking via vapes than cold turkey or traditional NRT therapies.

@lenoret.bsky.social any chance for republication in @australia.theguardian.com? Might usefully inform debate around Australia’s dysfunctional and overly restrictive nicotine control policies.

"In 2022, a majority of US adults who smoked cigarettes or who had quit smoking (and used an ecig) used a variety of flavors and devices that go beyond the choices that FDA currently has authorized for sale." pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Can confirm. HNY, Jake! *

* The abbreviated handle sounds weird tbh

Abstaining from political discussion on Facebook is one of the best personal decisions I made about social media a few years ago, and few things would ruin Instagram more for me than making it more saturated with politics.

“we saw you from across the bar…”

Of Course, You Postpone the Sugar Bowl Postponing the Sugar Bowl for 24 hours is more than reasonable. That doesn't make anyone "soft", it makes them prudent

From me @ordinarytimes.bsky.social "In this world there be monsters, and one of those monsters got loose in New Orleans, costing 15 people their lives. We can do the big celebration of life and moments of silence and all the rest when the Sugar Bowl finally does kick off. It can wait"

ASU v Texas. First overtime

That was a proper playoff game. Bravo on a spectacular season. Sincerely, ASU class of 1997 🌹

Cam Scattaboo 🔱

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