Jonathan Jarry
@jonathanjarry.bsky.social
Science communicator with McGill University's Office for Science and Society. Separating sense from nonsense. Not all studies are created equal.
CAR-T therapies are looking more and more promising as a way to treat--and maybe, MAYBE even cure--many autoimmune diseases.
Some of your immune cells are modified in the lab and put back in your body to make important molecules.
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Some of your immune cells are modified in the lab and put back in your body to make important molecules.
🤞
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results.
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
CAR-T therapies are looking more and more promising as a way to treat--and maybe, MAYBE even cure--many autoimmune diseases.
Some of your immune cells are modified in the lab and put back in your body to make important molecules.
🤞
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Some of your immune cells are modified in the lab and put back in your body to make important molecules.
🤞
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What gave you food poisoning? It's not always the last meal you had.
Incubation time for listeriosis: 24 hours to 67 days!
"Eating a food contaminated with L. monocytogenes could cause serious illness two months or more after that meal was consumed."
justadddata.substack.com/p/trouble-in...
Incubation time for listeriosis: 24 hours to 67 days!
"Eating a food contaminated with L. monocytogenes could cause serious illness two months or more after that meal was consumed."
justadddata.substack.com/p/trouble-in...
Trouble in the food supply
RFK is going to make us sick
justadddata.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
What gave you food poisoning? It's not always the last meal you had.
Incubation time for listeriosis: 24 hours to 67 days!
"Eating a food contaminated with L. monocytogenes could cause serious illness two months or more after that meal was consumed."
justadddata.substack.com/p/trouble-in...
Incubation time for listeriosis: 24 hours to 67 days!
"Eating a food contaminated with L. monocytogenes could cause serious illness two months or more after that meal was consumed."
justadddata.substack.com/p/trouble-in...
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This is Bolt. He just learned how to speak. Thinks it works best when he uses his whole body. 12/10 (TT: gavi_570)
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is Bolt. He just learned how to speak. Thinks it works best when he uses his whole body. 12/10 (TT: gavi_570)
Behold: the canine noodle!!
This is Mandy. She has been told she has certain noodle-like qualities. Takes it as a compliment though, because everyone loves noodles. 13/10 (IG: spacecitysighthounds)
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Behold: the canine noodle!!
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There will be a flood of conspiracy theories from both sides about what the DC National Guard shooting "really" was. Except nobody knows exactly what happened or if anyone died, and there are no details about the shooter. Sometimes the proper response is not to respond for a while.
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
There will be a flood of conspiracy theories from both sides about what the DC National Guard shooting "really" was. Except nobody knows exactly what happened or if anyone died, and there are no details about the shooter. Sometimes the proper response is not to respond for a while.
(English...French)
Assistant Professor...Professeur adjoint
Adjunct Professor...Professeur associé
Associate Professor...Professeur agrégé
Someone did this on purpose.
Assistant Professor...Professeur adjoint
Adjunct Professor...Professeur associé
Associate Professor...Professeur agrégé
Someone did this on purpose.
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
(English...French)
Assistant Professor...Professeur adjoint
Adjunct Professor...Professeur associé
Associate Professor...Professeur agrégé
Someone did this on purpose.
Assistant Professor...Professeur adjoint
Adjunct Professor...Professeur associé
Associate Professor...Professeur agrégé
Someone did this on purpose.
"Les promoteurs du bien-être simplifient à l’extrême lorsqu’ils qualifient la nature de pharmacie à ciel ouvert."
Mon article, initialement pour @mcgilloss.bsky.social, traduit en français pour @lactualite.com!
lactualite.com/sante-et-sci...
Mon article, initialement pour @mcgilloss.bsky.social, traduit en français pour @lactualite.com!
lactualite.com/sante-et-sci...
Extraire des médicaments de la nature : plus facile à dire qu’à faire
Les promoteurs du bien-être simplifient à l'extrême lorsqu'ils qualifient la nature de pharmacie à ciel ouvert.
lactualite.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"Les promoteurs du bien-être simplifient à l’extrême lorsqu’ils qualifient la nature de pharmacie à ciel ouvert."
Mon article, initialement pour @mcgilloss.bsky.social, traduit en français pour @lactualite.com!
lactualite.com/sante-et-sci...
Mon article, initialement pour @mcgilloss.bsky.social, traduit en français pour @lactualite.com!
lactualite.com/sante-et-sci...
Shot: "‘Rush Hour 4’ in the Works at Paramount at Trump’s Request"
Not chaser, but other shot: "Brett Ratner, who directed the first three installments before his career was derailed in 2017 by #MeToo allegations, is returning to direct the fourth film."
variety.com/2025/film/bo...
Not chaser, but other shot: "Brett Ratner, who directed the first three installments before his career was derailed in 2017 by #MeToo allegations, is returning to direct the fourth film."
variety.com/2025/film/bo...
‘Rush Hour 4’ in the Works at Paramount at Trump’s Request
"Rush Hour 4" in the works at Paramount after prodding from president Trump.
variety.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Shot: "‘Rush Hour 4’ in the Works at Paramount at Trump’s Request"
Not chaser, but other shot: "Brett Ratner, who directed the first three installments before his career was derailed in 2017 by #MeToo allegations, is returning to direct the fourth film."
variety.com/2025/film/bo...
Not chaser, but other shot: "Brett Ratner, who directed the first three installments before his career was derailed in 2017 by #MeToo allegations, is returning to direct the fourth film."
variety.com/2025/film/bo...
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If anybody has any idea why my Twitter account is Japanese, let me know!!
"The X account of Hank Green, a popular YouTuber, says his account is based in Japan; Green told me Sunday that he’d never been to Japan"
A little reminder that all of you trust Elon Musk's website way too much.
A little reminder that all of you trust Elon Musk's website way too much.
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If anybody has any idea why my Twitter account is Japanese, let me know!!
I fear that Robert Eggers is just making misery porn at this point.
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I fear that Robert Eggers is just making misery porn at this point.
If you still think we can tell AI images apart from real photos, look at the alleged leaked Doctor Who set photo drama.
We can’t. It’s over.
We can’t. It’s over.
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
If you still think we can tell AI images apart from real photos, look at the alleged leaked Doctor Who set photo drama.
We can’t. It’s over.
We can’t. It’s over.
“How much a rich person is willing to spend and how much a not-rich person is willing to tolerate.”
Glass bathroom doors in hotels… and how they tie into going to Disney World in 2025.
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youtu.be/QFPGUTyo9Yk?...
Glass bathroom doors in hotels… and how they tie into going to Disney World in 2025.
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youtu.be/QFPGUTyo9Yk?...
What happened to bathroom doors?
YouTube video by Kendra Gaylord
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
“How much a rich person is willing to spend and how much a not-rich person is willing to tolerate.”
Glass bathroom doors in hotels… and how they tie into going to Disney World in 2025.
👇🏻
youtu.be/QFPGUTyo9Yk?...
Glass bathroom doors in hotels… and how they tie into going to Disney World in 2025.
👇🏻
youtu.be/QFPGUTyo9Yk?...
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When I talk to students about public speaking or teaching, I always bring this up: Just tell people when you don't know something! It's remarkably powerful b/c it signals to your audience that you know the boundaries of your expertise and they can trust what you DO talk about.
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
When I talk to students about public speaking or teaching, I always bring this up: Just tell people when you don't know something! It's remarkably powerful b/c it signals to your audience that you know the boundaries of your expertise and they can trust what you DO talk about.
The future of American education looks bleak.
Who needs teachers—who can unionize—when we have A.I.?
youtu.be/Q-PrQ9JBjYc?...
Who needs teachers—who can unionize—when we have A.I.?
youtu.be/Q-PrQ9JBjYc?...
Slop School is Here
YouTube video by Second Thought
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The future of American education looks bleak.
Who needs teachers—who can unionize—when we have A.I.?
youtu.be/Q-PrQ9JBjYc?...
Who needs teachers—who can unionize—when we have A.I.?
youtu.be/Q-PrQ9JBjYc?...
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One of the things I'm always struck by whenever I investigate the topic of wellness or alternative medicine is how much the promise of empowerment and autonomy is used as a cover for absolving the practitioner of responsibility when it all goes wrong. And this is highlighted so explicitly here.
This is an astonishing and maddening and sad story, just incredible work from Sirin Kale.
It’s also downstream of many of the things @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social has talked about on @skepticswithak.org for a decade - medical mistrust as a result of medial bias, exploitation of women as empowerment.
It’s also downstream of many of the things @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social has talked about on @skepticswithak.org for a decade - medical mistrust as a result of medial bias, exploitation of women as empowerment.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
One of the things I'm always struck by whenever I investigate the topic of wellness or alternative medicine is how much the promise of empowerment and autonomy is used as a cover for absolving the practitioner of responsibility when it all goes wrong. And this is highlighted so explicitly here.
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I’m not going to mention any names, but I will say that it’s very easy to charm scary narcissists actually if you talk to them very warmly, listen respectfully while they speak, make a ton of eye contact, and present your ideas enthusiastically without actually saying you don’t like their ideas.
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I’m not going to mention any names, but I will say that it’s very easy to charm scary narcissists actually if you talk to them very warmly, listen respectfully while they speak, make a ton of eye contact, and present your ideas enthusiastically without actually saying you don’t like their ideas.
All the people I follow on Bluesky right now:
a black and white goose is making a funny face with the words huh ?
ALT: a black and white goose is making a funny face with the words huh ?
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
All the people I follow on Bluesky right now:
"It's easier, I don't mind."
W-o-w.
W-o-w.
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"It's easier, I don't mind."
W-o-w.
W-o-w.
You can only get real news from The Onion now. I don't make the rules.
Steak ’N Shake Employee Screams After Nude RFK Jr. Climbs Out Of Beef Tallow Fryer
Steak ’N Shake Employee Screams After Nude RFK Jr. Climbs Out Of Beef Tallow Fryer
SOUTH BEND, IN—Expressing horror at the sight of the health secretary’s bare torso emerging from the vat of grease, a local Steak ’n Shake employee reportedly screamed Friday after a nude Robert F. Ke...
theonion.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
You can only get real news from The Onion now. I don't make the rules.
RFK Jr, Jay Bhattacharya, Marty Makary, The Food Babe, Dana White, Russell Brand, Bryan Johnson, and a slew of influencers.
Oh, and attendees got a bag of chips made with beef tallow!
Oh, and attendees got a bag of chips made with beef tallow!
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
RFK Jr, Jay Bhattacharya, Marty Makary, The Food Babe, Dana White, Russell Brand, Bryan Johnson, and a slew of influencers.
Oh, and attendees got a bag of chips made with beef tallow!
Oh, and attendees got a bag of chips made with beef tallow!
Reposted by Jonathan Jarry
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
Some folks dealing with long COVID are applying nicotine patches to their skin even though they're not trying to quit smoking.
How this came about is a really interesting and bizarre story.
My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
How this came about is a really interesting and bizarre story.
My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
The Strange Story of Nicotine Patches to Treat Long COVID
Long COVID can feel like being adrift at sea, tiringly kicking those legs to stay above water. Social media provides lifebuoys but many turn out to be tricks of the light. What about nicotine? On Face...
www.mcgill.ca
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Some folks dealing with long COVID are applying nicotine patches to their skin even though they're not trying to quit smoking.
How this came about is a really interesting and bizarre story.
My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
How this came about is a really interesting and bizarre story.
My latest for @mcgilloss.bsky.social.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
A quacky health coach claims on his website that, normally, he charges his private clients USD 50,000 AN HOUR for private coaching.
That has to be a lie.
Would anyone really pay 50K an hour to a health coach???
That has to be a lie.
Would anyone really pay 50K an hour to a health coach???
November 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A quacky health coach claims on his website that, normally, he charges his private clients USD 50,000 AN HOUR for private coaching.
That has to be a lie.
Would anyone really pay 50K an hour to a health coach???
That has to be a lie.
Would anyone really pay 50K an hour to a health coach???
Every month, I get an email from a reader who is frustrated with my write-up on placebo patches called LifeWave, because they totally work for them.
I'm sure these readers are totally not part of the MLM that sells the patches.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
I'm sure these readers are totally not part of the MLM that sells the patches.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
Patchy Science on LifeWave’s Mysterious Patches
They came in droves. On Valentine’s Day 2023, Paul Knoepfler, a stem cell researcher who criticizes pseudoscience in his field, published his assessment of the LifeWave X39 patch. Eight months later, ...
www.mcgill.ca
November 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Every month, I get an email from a reader who is frustrated with my write-up on placebo patches called LifeWave, because they totally work for them.
I'm sure these readers are totally not part of the MLM that sells the patches.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
I'm sure these readers are totally not part of the MLM that sells the patches.
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...