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A group of people

I am showing of my new button that says science is not an alternative fact

Selfie in front of the Denver SUFS rally

What a couple of lovely days !I got invited to give a talk at @cuanschutz.bsky.social by Brian Russo @bcrusso.bsky.social , met lots of amazing scientists, got to hang out with my friend @ruthjeannapier.bsky.social AND attend the Denver @standupforscience.bsky.social rally

Check out the Portland, OR, rally! #Portland #Oregon #StandUpForScience #March7

Exactly. Remember literacy tests? They weren’t administered to all voters. Just black ones. Under SAVE Act, registrars and poll workers will only ask for proof of citizenship from folks they want to disenfranchise…not from everyone. It will be used selectively to weed out Dem-inclined voters.

Poster of the 2026 CSHA meeting on Bacterial Infection & Host Defense.

Please join us for the Cold Spring Harbor Asia @cshlnews.bsky.social meeting on Bacterial Infection & Host Defense this May 11-15 in Suzhou, China! We have a fantastic lineup of speakers. Abstract deadline is March 6. Hope to see you there!

8 DAYS TILL SUFS NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION NATIONWIDE RALLY! TAKE BACK OUR SCIENCE!

The Take Back our Science Rally just 8 days away! Happening in Washington DC and all across the country! Join a local rally, or start your own pop-up rally! Details at standupforscience.net/march7

#standupforscience
#science
#March7

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One of the most tangibly lifesaving efforts of @standupforscience.bsky.social to date was to send an on-the-ground investigator to Guinea Bissau to understand the context of the unethical &CDC funded Hep B infant vaccines study.

We presented to a packed room of horrified House and Senate folks.

I'm constantly trying (/failing) to get this point across.

If you're a trained expert in a field, then it may be worthwhile to question the scientific consensus of your peers.

If you're not, the scientific consensus is absolutely the best you can do and it's arbitrary foolishness to disregard it.

Well deserved!! Congratulations!!

Poster describing time ( march 7 12-2:30) and location ( sw market street sw Columbia) of the standupforscience rally.

Join us to rally for science and reason on March 7 in Portland!

It'll be right next to the PSU farmers market, so you can do your groceries as well 😉

Poster advertising the Portland, Oregon Stand up for Science rally on March 7

It’s happening! Join us for another nationwide rally to #StandupforScience on March 7.
Oregon location coming soon!

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

Didn’t think my appreciation for @weratedogs.com still had room to grow…
watch this video!

(CNN) - The United States has fallen to its worst-ever position in a leading global index that measures perception of corruption in the public sector among independent experts and businesspeople.

@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/b...

Palantir CEO Alex Karp Recorded a Video About ICE for His Employees In a video shared with Palantir employees, Alex Karp did not explain how ICE is utilizing the company's products. Instead, workers were told they can sign NDAs if they want detailed information.

If you work for Palantir and have concerns about its role in US federal immigration enforcement, please reach out. You can remain anonymous.

Signal: makenakelly.32

www.wired.com/story/palant...

Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

Oregon peeps! I will be out of town and joining the March in Denver, anyone want to take over as an organizer for an Oregon March? (I’ll help beforehand)

Yesterday I gave a talk at UC Davis, invited by @antonioserapio.bsky.social ,
a new PI.
We had a great time chatting openly about new projects and possible collaboration.
The future of host pathogen interaction research is bright!
I'm excited to see where his lab will go, you should all follow him!

Get in, dorks. We're ready for round two.

RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🔬🧪✊
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC

Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (link in our bio.)

Leaving @midwinter-immun.bsky.social with a full heart. What a great conference, where we didn't just discuss science but also challenges we face as scientists, mentors, and emphatic humans in times as these. Thanks @brodskyigorlab.bsky.social and Gianna Hammer for organizing!

Since Americans insist on parallels to Nazi-controlled Europe over the American history that inspired the Nazis, now is a good time to remind everyone that Anne Frank didn’t die in the gas chamber or by firing squad. She was kidnapped by the gestapo and died of typhus in a prison camp.

#StandupforScience!

Join our movement @standupforscience.bsky.social

Activism is expensive. For example, we recently leveled up on new software that makes yelling at your members of Congress very easy.

In our small test, ~3500 letter were sent, in less than a day, about saving NCAR!

It’s $50k a year.

HELP US FUND ACTION:
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...

Graphic reading: 7.2k petition signatures, 300 calls to representatives, 1 month of campaigning... tell your representatives: The Quack RFK Jr. Has to Go! Call Your rep: standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr

It's been just one month and we have the momentum. We're fighting to impeach and remove RFK Jr, whose negligence and anti-science is killing Americans. There are articles of impeachment in the house as we speak — we need our reps to act on them!

Take action with us: standupforscience.net/impeac...

We've got ISSUES. Literally.

We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?

arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563

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Mark your calendars for a new round of @globalimmuno.bsky.social !
Honored and excited to be part of the lineup this year!

New graduate student challenging the PI on a hypothesis

Here's a summary of all the data that supports adding more red meat to your diet

Necrosis of extremities.

Necrosis of extremities.

This is purpura fulminans, a severe complication of meningitis (which as of today is no longer on our universal vaccine schedule)

Micro clots & bleeding into the skin cause skin & tissue death. It’s more common in kids & associated with 20-70% mortality.

Those who survive often lose limbs.

Happy New Year, all! Reminder that the deadline for abstract selected talks is Jan 7th for @keystonesymposia.bsky.social meeting "Beyond Antibiotics: Emerging Strategies Combating Bacterial Infection." Register today and join us in Breckenridge!! It is going to be an awesome meeting!

U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.

Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.

This is the military industrial complex on steroids.