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Under RFK Jr., the CDC provides a megaphone to the anti-vaccine movement Common anti-vaccine talking points were on display as the CDC’s immunization advisers repealed a hepatitis B birth vaccine recommendation and scrutinized the childhood schedule.

The hard truth is that right now, our Secretary of Health is one of our nation’s biggest health threats and largest sources of health disinformation.

Realistically, we need RFK Jr. to be FIRED. At a minimum, he needs to answer to Congress for his attacks on public health.

Thinking back to undergrad, mandatory physics courses were 100% disconnected from biology. This gap (IMO) impedes the quantitative training of bio students. So papers like Zim et al that connect microbial physiology to electric circuits have great pedagogical value
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.

A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...

“This irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance will lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.” Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly:
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“I’m tired of being constantly confronted by the consequences of my (in)actions.”

HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.

This is just some petty and cruel shit. I was very proud to serve alongside Rachel Levine. She has more leadership, integrity, and expertise in her little finger than the entire RFK HHS crew does all together. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

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Yet more suffering and disease inflicted on Americans by this ship of fools.

Politics & Poetry Poetry Out Loud: My Overview of the Last Twenty Years

My dad coaches the Poetry Out Loud contestants from Montana (high school students) for the national recitation contest in D.C.

The Trump administration has gutted the catalogue that students have access to.

Another terrible thing in a long list. Learn more here: open.substack.com/pub/markgibb...

Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order

BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.

They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.

WALZ: “.. Donald Trump’s calling our Somali neighbors ‘garbage’ and calling the state of Minnesota a ‘hellhole’. I’m assuming it’s unprecedented for a United States President. .. We’ve got little children going to school today, their president called them ‘garbage’.”

The academics who stuck by financier to the end – and those who didn’t | The Observer

Don't forget all these repulsive men who helped boost Jeffrey Epstein's reputation even after his horrific deeds were well known.

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People like Martin Nowak, Steven Pinker, Alan Dershowitz, Larry Summers, Lawrence Krauss, et al

Excited to share our new @natecoevo.nature.com
paper. We identified microbes found across nearly all ruminants that act as the functional backbone of both the rumen ecosystem and the host, with major implications for food security and climate change mitigation. (1/8)
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A host-centric view of the microbiota metabolome Our current understanding of microbial-host communication is largely based on context-dependent examples and anecdotes. Yamada and Palm present a teleological framework that organizes microbial metabo...

Looks interesting: “A host-centric view of the microbiota metabolome” www.cell.com/immunity/abs...

A Drunk Raccoon Passed Out in the Bathroom of a Virginia Liquor Store Don’t worry, it’s OK.

A raccoon entered a liquor store the other day and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then he passed out on the floor of the bathroom. Don’t worry, he’s OK, and was safely released back into the wild.

"She can be heard screaming as agents attempt to handcuff her. 'I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,' she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. 'This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'”

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Gut microbiome-mediated transformation of dietary phytonutrients is associated with health outcomes - Nature Microbiology Systematic analysis and machine learning coupled with in vitro and in vivo validation link gut microbiome-mediated transformation of dietary phytonutrients to health outcomes.

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Systematic analyses and machine learning coupled with in vitro and in vivo validation link gut microbiome-mediated transformation of dietary phytonutrients to health outcomes

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CDC’s vaccine advisory panel faces a crisis of its own making “ACIP has drifted toward inflating speculative risks while downplaying well-established vaccine benefits,” write former CDC officials Demetre Daskalakis, Daniel Jernigan, and Debra Houry.

The health of Americans is at risk as those in power abandon evidence and process, and elevate anecdote and rhetoric in their place. Excellent article (if sad to read) www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/a...

@isbscience.org's Dr. Mary Brunkow gave a "practice talk" for her Nobel Lecture, and it was riveting! Mapping the Foxp3 locus was an arduous task in the late 90s, and this recognition is a fitting tribute. Thrilled for you, Mary! Your humility and grace are a wonderful example for all of us.

2025 ISB Virtual Microbiome Symposium - Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) The gut’s microbial ecosystem produces diverse metabolites that actively shape neural, immune, and endocrine function. Join leading researchers on December 12 as they share new discoveries into these ...

Please join us on Dec 12th for the 2025 @isbscience.org Virtual Microbiome Symposium, focused on "Gut Microbial Metabolites and Their Impact on Host Systems".

Co-organized by @gibbological.bsky.social

Registration is free & we have a fantastic line-up of experts!

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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

Fewer shots on goal means fewer breakthroughs in technology and medicine www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

this is definitely the weirdest timeline...

Read through the quoted posts to read the essay and the TAs comments. This does not bode well for academia and is further evidence that professors are being attacked for doing their jobs, in this case requiring empirical evidence in an essay.

I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...

And that’s how Calvin got a degree in physics at OU

Our economic system doesn’t work if 37% of people on food assistance are working full time. These companies are exploiting and stealing from their workers.

Behold what happens when you fix Roger Pielke Jr's serial errors: