Brynn Paulsen

This is my Roman Empire 🙇

Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had thought – new research By cranking up the difficulty on the test task, researchers found that children are capable of finding systematic solutions to complex problems far earlier than psychologists had believed.

Young children are capable of finding systematic solutions to complex problems without any instruction, contradicting long-held assumptions about cognitive development, according to a psychologist
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Page which has the handwritten red text: “This guy is the worst, most useless and unqualified HHS Secretary I have ever met. DO NOT TRUST HIM. He is an incompetent QUACK!” A picture of RFK Jr. with “Robert F Kennedy Jr.” written underneath it.

Today is October 3rd, another day where we are calling to #ImpeachtheQuack!

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

Loyalty oaths for universities. The thing of the Third Reich. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Some schools will be starved of resources. Other schools will be offered bribes. The end goal is the same. To make the universities an extension of the Trump administration. Shame on any of these institutions willing to take the bribes.

❤️❤️❤️ yay!!

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.

I NEVER knew that context!! That’s incredible, this has been my favorite cognitive quote for a long time… thank you for sharing

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…

RFK Jr. Announces FDA Will Approve Leucovorin, a New Treatment for Autism. What Is It? The folinic acid supplement will be prescribed for a subset of children with autism who have “cerebral folate deficiency,” but experts caution, “it’s not a cure."

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

Trump upbraids U.N. in speech, claiming ‘your countries are going to hell’ Trump blasted the U.N. for its focus on migration and climate change, calling global warming a “con job.”

that's...embarrassing

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Feeling overwhelmed by the political attacks on science? You're not alone, and you don’t have to face it alone!

Join Stand Up for Science's Action Hour to learn how to join our rapid-response effort to protect science and democracy. All scientists and allies welcome.

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YouTube video by Stand Up for Science! Impeach Bobby "The Quack" Jr! Stand Up For Science Delivers Quack-O-Grams to Congress.

🚨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!

Send your house representative a message: impeach and remove the quack! $3 = 1 rubber ducky hand delivered to your rep by a man in a duck costume! A sea of yellow rubber ducks flooding the US capitol.

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/...

H’s chart of plant distribution, featuring an image of Mount Chimborazo

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

‘Americans should be alarmed’: Experts say loss of expertise at CDC will harm US health Top officials exited agency under RFK Jr’s leadership, and his anti-vax beliefs have dismayed medical community

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

Analysis | Charlie Kirk’s murder and its aftermath are symptoms of a fragile democracy Rising politically motivated violence is an ‘attack on the American experiment,’ cautions Utah Gov. Spencer Cox.

“The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting”

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

EPA says companies shouldn’t have to report planet-warming emissions The announcement amounts to a major rollback that would eliminate the primary means of tracking climate goals. The EPA framed it as a cost-cutting measure.

“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

Amid Florida’s push against vaccine mandates, fears grow of increased risks State officials believe patients should be able to make medical decisions based on advice from a doctor and without the influence of a government mandate.

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...

Measles in the Brain Can Kill Years after Infection, Child’s Death Shows A child in Los Angeles County has died from a rare but always fatal brain disorder that develops years after a measles infection. Experts underscore the need for vaccination to protect the most vulner...

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.