Brandon Barba

Put this in the dictionary under “Mossed”

I like Layne’s content as well, but yeah we got to be careful endorsing anyone on here 😅.

I still feel like there is something to be learned about his sci/comm style. His ability to reach a huge audience on the RP channel, while still calling out a lot of BS is impressive. Somehow he reaches the bro’s, the nerds, the newbies, etc. But I don’t endorse the non-exercise stuff.

I agree. Avoiding his other channel left me blind to his most problematic views. There are better sources for depth in exercise science (B Schonfeld, E Helms). I’ve only found value in the more superficial health topics he covers, and he has gotten pushback several times.

I haven’t watched that video but I imagine not. I explicitly avoid his other page because I knew I would disagree. I should have clarified that I was referring to his exercise science stuff.

I think we probably are not on the same page. My experience has been that 95% of the time his information is good, just not super deep. I think his irreverent style breaks through in environment full of nonsense. Just my opinion.

I’m a bit biased, I like Dr. Mike, as an aspiring scientist myself I don’t find him particularly deep in the “science” part of his commentary, but I do find him to be an effective science communicator. I have sent his videos to family and friends because they cover the basics in a compelling way.

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

I’ll take a look at it, thank you.

This makes a lot of sense to me. I work a lot with gynecological surgeons, and we had a paper looking at surgical complications and how they different by SES status. The dataset had SES quartiles from an index. We just reported associations, but we hoped to dig deeper.

I would like to learn more about this discussion, the clinicians I work with are really interested in using these large administrative datasets that have a vulnerability index, which is being used as a proxy for SES.

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As I was saying…

I’ve been pretty happy with my Keychron, they have a bunch of options.

Reminds me of the other day I swear I heard RFK Jr. say co-founders and not confounders.

The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.

I feel like they should call it Lisa Lopes because it’s a like an I formation on the left side, “Left I” 😂. Sorry bad joke.

Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work

❗️RFK Jr. wants to link Tylenol use during pregnancy with autism, despite the best evidence saying otherwise.

Here’s why this is a dangerous claim...🧵

So close to looking like a textbook “Da Bomb”

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

Acetaminophen/Tylenol use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analysis. This suggests associations observed in other, less rigorous analyses may have been attributable to familial confounding (aka erroneous finding):

This was a really enlightening listen. I think Dr. Hall’s mixture of humility and curiosity are hallmarks of a great scientist.

RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check.

In 1965:

-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.

-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.

-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.

Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban Covid-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’ A close associate of the HHS secretary claims the U.S. government will soon pull COVID-19 mRNA jabs from the market.

Soon Americans will be going abroad to get abortions and COVID vaccines.

I saw someone genuinely irritated that Taylor Swift fans are having some moments of joy these last couple of days despite the horrors of the world, I want to reassure that person that when the Taylor Swift fans are done having their joy the horrors will still be there, don't worry, they can catch up

Science isn’t propaganda. It’s humility. And when public health officials stopped communicating with humility, we lost much of the public, an absolute necessity for any vaccine platform.

We will move forward with scientific rigor, transparency and humility. At the NIH, we will fund promising research based not on hype, but on evidence. And I will continue to use my platform to communicate candidly in public conversations where debate and disagreement are welcomed.

Honestly I think the most important characteristic of Trumpworld figures is the willingness to just say shit that reflects the opposite of reality with a straight face, and believe it

RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’ HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."

It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.

I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.

Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

1. Federal funding for research promotes tech, biomedical, and scientific discovery in the US, and provides training for the sci/tech workforce that has brought immeasurable wealth to the US over the past 75 years.

Today's executive order includes a provision that will obliterate both functions.

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

Obstetrician and Gynecologist Practice Locations Before and After Dobbs Decision This cohort study examines changes in obstetrician and gynecologist practice locations before vs after the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization US Supreme Court decision.

They had 2 levels of severity and a 3rd category for protected. I only skimmed the findings, so I can’t attest to how detailed it is.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I am curious if this is the case nationwide. I know in one of the JAMAs there was a report that didn’t see much change, which surprised me. I’ll never forget the conversation I had with one OB/GYN in Texas who was leaving. You could see the despair in her face.