Daniel Ucko

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Nothing yet, but I'm bookmarking this page: pubpeer.com/publications...

And I should say it’s by @edouardmachery.bsky.social. I have read it now. I’m interested in how it seems to do away with the ”expectation of good will” of Anette Baier and Karen Jones, but am wondering if there is not still an affective dimension even to reliance.

For those of us for whom this is paywalled, you can find the preprint here philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24681/

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

Pfizer Covid vaccine for young children may not be renewed by FDA Email obtained by Guardian says Pfizer was told approval may not be granted, meaning Moderna may have to fill gap

NEW: The FDA may yank Pfizer's under-5 Covid vaccine this fall. Pfizer has the only pediatric vaccines for all kids over six months, not just those with health conditions. My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

First off, a sincere thank you for actually reading the PNAS article.

For those interested:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Män i kjol – fackets sista stridsåtgärd i hettan Andreas Nyman: Det blev en del skämt om skottar och något enstaka ”madame”

Swedish transport unions have advocated for shorts in uniforms during hot weather, but the option keeps disappearing with new contractors.

An effective tactic has been for male employees to wear skirts instead, which has led to the reinstatement of shorts thrice: in 2002, 2013, and now again.

No, mRNA vaccines do not cause “transcriptomic chaos” A review of a recent anti-vaccine preprint

Folks, the situation with the latest anti-vaccine preprint making the rounds is way worse than initially assessed. There's even a dash of plagiarism!

reeserichardson.blog/2025/07/28/n...

I have lots of things on my to-do list today, so naturally I have been distracted by the latest anti-vax bullshit.

The regular crowd is abuzz with the news of a new study (preprinted on preprints.org by @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social). The lead author posted this illustrative video on Twitter.

The real surprise came after the experiment. Fred Lambert, who writes for the blog Electrek, pointed out the same autopilot disengagement that the NHTSA had documented. “Autopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before the impact as the crash becomes inevitable,” Lambert noted.

In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."

DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship Denaturalization is a tactic heavily used during the McCarthy era and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. It's a tool usually us...

It's happening. As some of us predicted. Dark times:

Human Health and the Environment Administrator Zeldin, at your Senate confirmation hearing, you committed to leading EPA in its "simple but essential" mission. You expressed gratitude that President-elect Trump had given you the opportunity to "do everything in our power to harness the greatness of American innovation with the greatness of American conservation nd environmental stewardship." You acknowledged the realities of climate change, the benefits of clean energy, the economic need for environmental justice, and the importance of protecting human health through smart regulation. Like you, EPA employees are committed to these principles. We call on you to reaffirm your testimony, honor your oath to the Constitution, and renew your commitment to become the environmental steward the public entrusted you to be. Our Five Primary Concerns Under your leadership, Administrator Zeldin, this administration is recklessly undermining the EPA mission in at least

programs is not cutting waste; it is failing to serve the American people. 4. Dismantling the Office of Research and Development. EPA's research provides the scientific basis for its rulemaking, stakeholder needs, and other key decisions. U.S. Law (42 U.S.C. § 4363) states that the EPA Administrator shall "establish a separately identified program of continuing, long-term environmental research and development," which is currently led by the Office of Research and Development, or ORD. Your administration has proposed a reorganization that moves EPA's foundational research to the Administrator's Office and reassigns ORD's research staff to the program offices. A move that places ORD

Promoting a culture of fear, forcing staff to choose between their livelihood and well-being. OMB Director Russell Vought has stated that he wants EPA employees to be in a constant state of trauma and unable to do their jobs: "When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. Yre want their funding to be shut down so that the EPA can't do all of the rules against our energy industry […..] We want to put them in trauma. Administrator Zeldin, you have done your best to ensure that employees have no recourse against these assaults by nullifying

It’s a very good letter from these brave EPA employees.

They highlight how Zeldin flipflopped between his Senate hearing and now.
And they squarely connect President Russell Vought to what’s happening at EPA.

Image: Faux-newspaper front page with headline “BREAKING NEWS: Workers Unite to Expose Political Interference, Censorship, and Rollbacks at Environmental Protection Agency.” Below, smoke billows from a power plant as a photo of EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin appears beside a tilted EPA sign. Subhead reads: “One bad day at the EPA – Zeldin gets a wake-up call.”

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨

At 7:59am, Zeldin - Trump crony and head of EPA - received the Declaration of Dissent from EPA workers.

Workers are uniting against political interference, censorship & rollbacks at EPA under Zeldin’s leadership.

Someone’s week is off to a bad start. (1/5)

For parents, for physicians, for everyone -

The American Academy of Pediatrics will continue to publish *evidence-based* vaccine guidelines for children.

Quote from a parent of a child involved in pediatric Covid vaccine trials: My kids contributed literal blood and tears to help demonstrate the safety of these vaccines.

The parents of kids in the original pediatric Covid vaccine trials care more about scientific integrity than the people leading our scientific agencies.
Unbelievable. And maddening.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“Moderna was trying… to invent a vaccine platform it could deploy rapidly against several types of influenza, including the H5N1 bird flu… it’s not the price of eggs keeping infectious-disease doctors up at night. It’s the possibility that a strain mutates, jumps species, and ends up in humans...”

Dr. Who is a terrifying premise. Don't like the idea of an alien that can go any where any time but still chooses to mostly hang out with the British.

Exclusive: US veterans agency orders scientists not to publish in journals without clearance Move that seeks political control of doctors’ and scientists’ published research fits a pattern of censorship by the Trump administration, veterans advocates say

This is a blatant example of political censorship of science and a violation of the principles of academic freedom. The autocratic dismantling of US science continues.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

MPS budget

Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...

Today, the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from @CDCgov recommended immunization schedule. Bottom line: it’s common sense and it’s good science. We are now one step closer to realizing @POTUS ’s promise to Make America Healthy Again.

Last week / this week

Gen X sees through this shameless pandering.

”Unexpected” is doing a lot of hard work there, existing as it does in the same sentence as ”esophageal cancer.”

I was alarmed by this: "In making the case for their new policy, Makary and Prasad pointed out the declining public trust in vaccines.” Because public health policy should be determined by vox populi. And they’re acting like they and their cronies have done nothing to undermine faith in vaccines.

Does Kristi Noem even know what habeas corpus is? The Homeland Security secretary's word salad raised even more questions about the administration's assault on fundamental rights.

“Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires the government to provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people. If not for that protection, the government could simply arrest people, including American citizens, and hold them indefinitely for no reason.”

DURBIN: How can we give hope to people across the country who are suffering from so many diseases when our government is cutting back on that research?

RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research

D: I just read them to you!

R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

AI is a plagiarism engine built on stolen data, exploited labour, and enviro harm. Marketed as “intelligent,” it erodes critical thinking, empathy, and causes psychological harm. Run by authoritarian billionaires, it’s used for surveillance, profiling, and genocide—whether it works or makes up shit.

1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️