“In a pair of recent interviews with STAT, Plotkin expressed dismay at seeing the achievements of his career & his field slip away. He knows what lies ahead…
“All I can say is that I’m beginning to regret having lived so long —because we’re going downhill,” Plotkin said” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
Wow.
omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for
gradient.horse
The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Lockdowns are terrible. So are deadly pandemics. @chrischirp.bsky.social tells it straight.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/we-are-lea...
The video of Trump’s deportees arriving in El Salvador is horrific.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Closer to 165,000 excess deaths in Canada in the last 5 years
--AFTER subtracting excess mortality attributable to toxic drugs and overloaded healthcare system (% excess cancer deaths)
-from '22 on it's ~35-45K/yr, similar to (and on top of) annual smoking deaths
-about 10-13X annual flu deaths
Dr @hildabast.bsky.social had warned us about PubMed and suggested alternatives
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
Zelensky will go down in history as a man who gave his all to stop the march of Fascism across Europe. Will he succeed? Not if we scroll past what’s happening.
It’s horrifying that it’s come to this, but as someone with a deep affinity for Europe I feel moved seeing that continent come together to try to save itself in the absence of any meaningful aid from the totalitarian regime that’s in the midst of taking over the United States through an illegal coup
aint no way we cut medicaid and housing assistance so jeff bezos could buy this shirt
In occupied France, people would drop their used matches folded into a V, as a secret sign of resistance. People who opposed the Nazis would see them, knew they weren't alone, & felt emboldened to take action.
Some modern day equivalents here--small but powerful actions you can absolutely do:
It is getting really really really hard not to sound like a Resistance RUSSIAGATE person whenever you’re asked the question: does he act any differently than if he were using the U.S. government to do Putin big favors rn
this is the kind of tech blogging no one does anymore and there should be way more of @willsmith.fun next.content.town/p/unfucking-...
My colleague, global health reporter @stephanienolen.bsky.social , has a request--
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
This is my talk at the 'Evolution Evolving' book launch.
I describe what the book is about, new research in non-genetic inheritance, plasticity led evolution, niche construction, evolvability and how developmental processes affect evolution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sym...
#evolution #philsci
Just listened to this. Excellent. Thank you Doctors Training... credit to both the interviewers and the guest (Dr Baverstock). I found the advice regarding looking at "sweaty palm"conversation s as opportunities for strengthening connections and the reframing from "you did" to "I felt" valuable.
Stand Up for Science rallies will be held in DC and state capitals on March 7th. Share with friends. Sign-up here to get email updates with details: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
Now almost 450 signatories to my open letter calling on the @royalsociety.org to stand up for its values & deal with the widespread concerns raised by Elon Musk's Fellowship. Please consider signing & sharing: forms.gle/miDciq35oxyw...
List of signatories here: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
Musk's censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by about 95% since he bought it.
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