Mark Kaplan

What have we lost in the last year Loss from a science perspective

In my last post of 2025, I review some of what science, and humanity, have lost in the last year

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Love the detail. You can see Robby the Robot and Starbuck inside.

The CDC pages have now been hijacked for state sponsored disinformation. It is terrible to see this happening. This is ideology, unscientific, over facts, data and the scientific method.

It’s review season Make sure you submit your materials

Tis the season where the joy of faculty review permeates all of academia.

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If you think that’s the most depressing part of science, you haven’t had enough grant apps rejected yet.

Thats looks chilly

Anniversary Post It's been quite a year

In my latest post I share a look back on my Substacking for the last year.
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I heard you have the best and the biggest questions ever. No one could believe how insightful your questions are.

Have you no decency? It's time to start asking questions

My latest raving on leadership, decency and academia.

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Interview with The President The Two-Stadium Solution

In this weeks post, my (faux) interview with a new university president who share an interesting vision for the university's future.

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This is a great ending to a terrible story #Indiana #IU #Purdue #fascism

I sent you an AI dream interpretations but ultimately this comes down to guilt for not submitting more grants.

The Unscientific Method I have my hypothesis!

🎼 How many deanlets do we have to remove before we are finally free? The answer my friend is blowing in a zoom, the answer is blowing in a zoom.

An approach to answering this question in my latest post.
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🧬 Do you know how your immune system works every day?

Immunology Explained, a new initiative from the @aai.org, makes it simple to understand how it impacts everyday health with clear, science-backed info.

Check it out: immunologyexplained.aai.org
#ImmunologyExplained #ImmuneSystem #Science

The chaotrope in our midst Caught in a maelstrom of crisis

I want to go back to living in precedented times.

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What can I say? I’m really asking.

With the current state of censorship, I'm really asking "What can I say?"

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I’m fed up and I’m not going to take it anymore! Time to eat the press.

In my latest post I discuss the problems with mainstream media and how scientists might be useful as trained discriminators of truth and fiction.

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Time is money And academia seems to be running out of both

Even if time is money, spend a little reading my latest post on efficiency in academia.

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Agreed, but... I wish this sort of coverage had been more timely. We need preventative care or early treatment, not documentation of an autopsy.

Communication Breakdown Getting the word from on high.....or not.

Communication in science is critical. But top down communication in universities has been lacking.

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University Policy Update How much do you use?

Has University micromanaging gotten out of hand?

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The Obsolete Man I used to have a purpose

The attacks on science are so unbelievable that I often think I'm in an episode of the Twilight Zone, as I describe in my latest post.

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But the White Stripes are ok? What about Jack Black?

Breaking News - Oxygen: Is it REALLY good for you?? Following quickly after the recent cancellations of funding for mRNA vaccination technology that, in addition to infectious diseases, might have impacted the treatment of various cancers and autoimmun...

There’s been so much resistance to accepted scientific fact, it was inevitable that a group of people would question the benefit of breathing. In this post, I talk to some of these folks, as they hold their breath.
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Defining an Evil Genius There’s been so much evil in the news of late, I thought I’d take a break from raving about the evil attacks on science (and scientists) and instead focus on some cartoon evil.

We've been surrounded by so much evil lately that I thought I'd focus on cartoon evil in my latest Substack post.

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Opening the gateway to food-induced anaphylaxis Cysteinyl leukotrienes are important drivers of the anaphylactic response to ingested food antigens

Cysteinyl leukotrienes are important drivers of the anaphylactic response to ingested food antigens @science.org
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Light in the Age of Anti-Sciencism Maybe there was some good news this week.

A short history of anti-sciencism and where we are in the US.

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Science in America is Dying. We Need Your Help to Keep it Alive. America can’t be great without support for the sciences.

Science in America is Dying. We Need Your Help to Keep it Alive.

America can’t be great without support for the sciences.

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“The once-stable compact between universities and the federal government has foundered.”

No! It was murdered. It was destroyed with a barbaric level of rage and insight. Don’t write ‘foundered’ as if there were a little tiff between parties after one treats the contract like toilet paper.

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News reporting, in an effort to be fair and balanced, often distorts the facts. This has become normal and there are social media accounts dedicated to satirizing this trend.

But sometimes I read something that is so blatant I can’t stand it. I read this today….

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