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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 13h

Reduction in force. Basically firings.

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Not enough news outlets are making it absolutely clear that last night’s RIFs are unlawful

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Tbh same

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like I’ve aged 5 decades over the last 5 years

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

RIFed:
Office of Science (OS) - MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

MMWR is crucial to quickly disseminate info about infectious disease.

Like the famous MMWR in 1981 about an outbreak of pneumocystis pneumonia among gay men in LA. That was the first mention of what is now known as AIDS

June 5, 1981—The First Report of AIDS in the U.S.

By Erika Mills ~ In the June 5, 1981 edition of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the CDC described a rare lung infection among a group of gay men in Los Angeles. This article, titl…

circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov

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Dr. David Boulware, MD MPH @drboulware.bsky.social · 1d

No longer... CDC EIS RIF'ed.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 2d

HHS confirms to @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social that it will be impacted by the RIFS promised earlier today by Russel Vought

If you or your colleagues have been impacted, please reach out

www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/h...

HHS employees to be fired as White House enacts mass terminations it blames on shutdown

Federal health employees are being fired as the White House makes good on a promise to terminate federal employees en masse because of the shutdown.

www.statnews.com

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 2d

"In North Carolina and other states, low-income families who normally get no-cost Covid-19 vaccines for their kids have been told those shots aren’t available because states have been unable to order Covid-19 vaccines through the VFC program."

www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/h...

Low-income families are still waiting on Covid-19 vaccines for kids, but states say they’re coming | CNN

Many low-income families who normally get no-cost Covid-19 vaccines for their kids through the Vaccines for Children program have been told those shots aren’t available because states have been unable...

www.cnn.com

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 2d

A DNA repair function in a cytosolic sensor demonstrates a potential role in naked mole-rat longevity
@science.org
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Longevity steps on the cGAS

A DNA repair function in a cytosolic sensor demonstrates a potential role in naked mole-rat longevity

science.org

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 2d

I personally prefer it when babies don't get lumbar punctures for the sake of defensive medicine, but maybe I'm weird for that.

(also, to be clear, the reason much of Europe does this but the US doesn't is because the epidemiology of N. meningitidis capsule group B differs by geography)

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 2d

It's funny how the antivaxxers in charge of our vaccination policy claim to want to have our vaccine schedule to look like those of Europe, but then don't think about the fact that much of Europe does 4CMenB vaccination at 2-3 months, which often triggers fever and then forces a sepsis workup.

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 2d

RFK Jr, arguably the world’s most extreme & dangerous anti-vaxx activist & conspiracy theorist, has a history of antisemitic & racist conspiracy theories

www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...

www.reuters.com

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 2d

This is called policy-based evidence making (the antipode of evidence-based policymaking, a thing we should all want)

A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 2d

This perfectly encapsulates how right-wing politics works and why it is so dangerous.

Rather than observing the world as it is and proposing changes, right-wing politics start with an idealized conception of the world and go about reshaping reality to confirm to that vision.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 2d

It’s worth it. But it’s a lot.

Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 3d

*in a zoom meeting*
You look well!

Me: Thanks. I allnightered for the third time this week. I guess it's given me a kind of ennervated glow.

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 5d

@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social Tertiary lymphoid structures support the development of allergen-specific progenitor CD4+ T cells @marionpepper.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 3d

Gee, I'm starting to think that maybe it's a bad idea to provide these services with identity documents...

404 Media @404media.co · 3d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 3d

Today I learned www.google.com/advanced_sea... exists and I have never been so annoyed to have gone without knowing something for so long

Google Advanced Search

www.google.com

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 3d

I think that trying to memorize the cytokines for the vast majority of people is not necessarily a good use of time. I certainly don't know all of them. I like to think I know the important ones (but if I start listing them every immunologist will want to fight me for not including their favorite)

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 3d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

nyti.ms

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 3d

I cannot provide you with further insight. You know exactly as much as I do on this matter.

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 3d

This is intended to simplify things because these are all part of the IL-1 family of cytokines so you can just identify them as IL-1 family member X

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 3d

I'm bothered by the fact that the numbering order is not consistent (also where is IL-1F9?)

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 4d

Just published, a study describing a taste-based flu test yes, chewing gum that could tell you if you have influenza. The gum contains a sensor that detects the flu enzyme neuraminidase & releases a compound called thymol that changes taste when the virus is present.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

A Viral Neuraminidase-Specific Sensor for Taste-Based Detection of Influenza

Influenza has caused the deadliest pandemics in history, thereby prompting advances in our ability to ensure vigilance at all stages of future outbreaks. Quarantining patients early is crucial when it...

pubs.acs.org

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