Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

Don’t think it couldn’t happen here.

#VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...

This is highly unusual. I have received much of my grant funding from NIEHS.

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“A 2023 study in the Journal of Public Economics estimates that direct-to-consumer advertising drove about 31 percent of the rise in U.S. drug spending since 1997, when the F.D.A. relaxed ad restrictions.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...

“Europe bans substances it harbors doubts about, while the United States tends to allow substances unless there is solid evidence of harm. That may have something to do with the millions that companies spend lobbying and donating to political candidates.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

“User complaints about Twitter included a noticeable increase in spam, porn, bots, and promoted posts from users who paid for a verification badge, many spreading extremist content…There were also complaints about the rise in misinformation…"

#SciComm

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With social media site Bluesky growing in popularity among academics, a new study has revealed how it measures up against X when it comes to sharing and promoting scientific research.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

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This happened to me ~15 years ago when I was a junior faculty member. Bitter memories of my research contributions not being acknowledged by co-authorship of the resulting paper.

A small kernel of hope, perhaps.

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After 10 days of increasingly agitated deliberations, what was supposed to be the end of multilateral negotiations to create a global plastics treaty once again ended with no treaty, little progress toward one, and many raised tempers. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪

Our appeal for my terminated NIH grant was unsuccessful.

“Due to the specific focus on culturally responsive education practices for underrepresented minority students, this project supports DEI and does not align with the agency’s priorities. Accordingly, the award will not be reinstated.”

“…many scientists whose work depends on N.I.H. grants described the terminations as harrowing and bewildering. Many felt their research was not evaluated on its merits, but nixed because words like “race” or “gender” were in the project’s title or description.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/h...

I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible

"Humans are porous beings, in ways more fluid than fortress. And though environmental contamination is not new it increasingly plays like a grievous violation..."

#SciComm

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...

Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker

If you are visiting a National Park, consider participating in the “Save Our Signs” initiative.

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Another ignorant and short-sighted decision.
MAHA?

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...