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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 51m

You don’t block it, you break it

🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 1h

What is ethical approval?

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 8h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 8h

"The chancellor approved it"

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Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.medsky.social · 1h

About time. #AcademicMedicine is having a crisis, younger physicians are leaving in droves because all the stuff we pour our blood sweat and tears to doesn’t count a lick for #promotion or increasing #salary. I would add being #MedicalDirector to the list of service that should be recognized

JAMA @jama.com · 10d

💬 Viewpoint: Academic medicine should adopt the "s-index" to recognize and reward nonresearch contributions like service, mentorship, and diversity initiatives, promoting equity and improving faculty retention.

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A "JAMA" article titled "Elevating Service in Academic Medicine—The S-Index" by Rebekah Mannix and Michael J. Bell, published online October 1, 2025, discusses the need for a service index in academic medicine.

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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 13h

Some of these people have now been fired and rehired TWICE since January. The current state of dysfunction is mind boggling.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 15h

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

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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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 17h

“If H5N1 does make the jump in the US, we will likely not know about it until it is already a pandemic.”

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The Death of Public Health

Another Friday night massacre, but this time it's not just an essential federal public health agency that will die

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 21h

This is the best channel on youtube that discusses movies

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man, the moment you realize it’s actually three different shots

YouTube video by CinemaStix

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 22h

“Every bit as problematic are many of the legacy outlets”

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‘Science Under Siege’: Two Experts Sound the Alarm on Trump’s War on Science

Acclaimed scientists Michael E. Mann and Peter Hotez on how the MAGA antiscience movement threatens the entire planet, from the climate to pandemics, and how we fight back.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Greens growing. Reform ratttled.

PS - I changed my name back to my family's original Jewish name because I'm proud of being Jewish. If Tice think that makes me a weirdo, I think that makes him an antisemite.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Tice "green party leader Zack Polanski is a weirdo. Changed his name, claimed hypnosis could increase women's breast size, thinks me should compete in women's sport, thinks women can have a penis. Other than that he's fine. Vote Green. Get weirdo."

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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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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 2d

When Kleya is looking at the hospital in series 2 episode 10 of Andor, she’s actually standing in front of the real Lancet office building.

Thee Spooky BlackSky👨🏾‍🍳 @xavierbeloved.blacksky.app · 2d

Tell me a Random Fact you know

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 2d

I keep looking, but I haven't come across any yet.

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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile in #Portland

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 2d

And some, hopefully, soothing words

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Rejection doesn't mean your paper was bad

It's disappointing, but try to not take it personally.

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 2d

A few more tips are in order

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Demystifying the other side of the journal submission process

What do Editors do with your submission?

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 2d

Make sure you get the name of the journal that you're submitting to right in your cover letter

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Rachel M. Wheatley @rachelmwheatley.bsky.social · 2d

Is a healthy microbiome one that is rich in phages? 🦠 Excited to share our paper out in Lancet Microbe with @bkoskella.bsky.social & @dholtappels.bsky.social where we test whether virome diversity can be used a broad signature of microbiome health 📈

The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 3d

New research article

Evaluation of bacteriophages as a signature of #microbiome health: a systematic review and meta-analysis

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#IDSky #ClinMicro #ViroSky #Phage #OpenAccess #OA

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 2d

orange man sad

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 2d

It's funny that this has reached newsworthy status.

When I originally used strava it was just for cyclists. And my first garmin took AA batteries.

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Explain it to me quickly: why are runners and riders freaking out about a feud between Strava and Garmin?

Strava, the Instagram for exercise, is suing Garmin for allegedly copying its features. Josh Taylor explains it to Miles Herbert

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 2d

😮

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Stand Out at Parties with Our Adult Full Body Funny Inflatable Capybara Mascot Costume – Perfect for Entertainments!

"Looking for the best funny inflatable capybara costume for parties? Our adult full body funny inflatable capybara mascot costume guarantees laughs at any event! Designed with breathable materials and...

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 2d

I can't put my finger on why, but I have the sudden urge to buy an inflatable animal costume...

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 2d

Looking through this, as you do, and got alarmed. Then saw "change in case definition since 2021 has led to a steep increase" 😅

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 2d

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 2d

This is starting to look like a seasonal pattern ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/respiratory-...

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 2d

I think the abundance of schadenfreude on BlueSky is slowing it down 😆

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 2d

Just reading that: Nestle quits global alliance on reducing dairy methane emissions

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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