Quinn Eastman
@qeastman.bsky.social
Interested in sleep/neuroscience. Author of "The Woman Who Couldn't Wake Up." Technical editor/communications for Emory Dept of Human Genetics
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How to get science back into policymaking
How to get science back into policymaking
Misunderstanding and hubris have broken public trust in governments’ use of science, but it can be restored.
www.nature.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
How to get science back into policymaking
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New from 404 Media: a man has been charged for allegedly wiping a Google Pixel phone before CBP could search it. Search was by a CBP Tactical Terrorism Response Team, which ACLU says "interrogate innocent travelers." Man is described as an activist online
www.404media.co/man-charged-...
www.404media.co/man-charged-...
Man Charged for Wiping Phone Before CBP Could Search It
The exact circumstances around the search are not known. But activist Samuel Tunick is charged with deleting data from a Google Pixel before CBP’s Tactical Terrorism Response Team could search it.
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New from 404 Media: a man has been charged for allegedly wiping a Google Pixel phone before CBP could search it. Search was by a CBP Tactical Terrorism Response Team, which ACLU says "interrogate innocent travelers." Man is described as an activist online
www.404media.co/man-charged-...
www.404media.co/man-charged-...
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New research from our department: Andrew Shafik, Peng Jin and colleagues map patterns of m6a (methyladenosine) RNA modification in human brain across the lifespan @natneuro.nature.com #neuroscience #epitranscriptomics www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
New research from our department: Andrew Shafik, Peng Jin and colleagues map patterns of m6a (methyladenosine) RNA modification in human brain across the lifespan @natneuro.nature.com #neuroscience #epitranscriptomics www.nature.com/articles/s41...
YES. Kiss gets attention because of nostalgia for mediocrity
And, by the way, KISS has always sucked, will always sucked, and also suck currently. Gene Simmons is one of the biggest assholes in "entertainment". Ever heard his interview with Terri Gross on Fresh Air? What a fucking douche.
December 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
YES. Kiss gets attention because of nostalgia for mediocrity
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The German government has committed half a billion euros for research on long COVID and other post-infection syndromes
go.nature.com/48qFiTA
go.nature.com/48qFiTA
Long-COVID research just got a big funding boost: will it find new treatments?
The German government has committed half a billion euros for research on long COVID and other post-infection syndromes.
go.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The German government has committed half a billion euros for research on long COVID and other post-infection syndromes
go.nature.com/48qFiTA
go.nature.com/48qFiTA
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Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
Yesterday Elizabeth Berry-Kravis was at Emory giving a talk about #fragilex #angelman #rett syndrome therapeutics -- the mind-blowing part was videos of children before + after ASO treatment -- example (from earlier this year) youtu.be/Xo5zsRsHDCY?...
FAST ITALIA - SUMMIT 2025 - Elizabeth Berry Kravis
YouTube video by FAST Italia
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Yesterday Elizabeth Berry-Kravis was at Emory giving a talk about #fragilex #angelman #rett syndrome therapeutics -- the mind-blowing part was videos of children before + after ASO treatment -- example (from earlier this year) youtu.be/Xo5zsRsHDCY?...
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Since 1991, the hepatitis B birth-dose recommendation has driven a 99% DROP in childhood #hepatitisB.
Led a letter with @repkimschrier.bsky.social + @hankjohnson.house.gov urging the CDC to keep these protections in place. We can't let RFK Jr's handpicked committee turn back the clock.
Led a letter with @repkimschrier.bsky.social + @hankjohnson.house.gov urging the CDC to keep these protections in place. We can't let RFK Jr's handpicked committee turn back the clock.
December 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Since 1991, the hepatitis B birth-dose recommendation has driven a 99% DROP in childhood #hepatitisB.
Led a letter with @repkimschrier.bsky.social + @hankjohnson.house.gov urging the CDC to keep these protections in place. We can't let RFK Jr's handpicked committee turn back the clock.
Led a letter with @repkimschrier.bsky.social + @hankjohnson.house.gov urging the CDC to keep these protections in place. We can't let RFK Jr's handpicked committee turn back the clock.
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must be pretty bad when the Daily Mail is running smashmouth exposes on a GOP admin www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
ICE's messy hiring spree brings in unfit and illiterate recruits
ICE recruits with no experience are being fast-tracked into the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia, where instructors are astounded at their incompetence.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
must be pretty bad when the Daily Mail is running smashmouth exposes on a GOP admin www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Today is the start of 2 days of meetings of RFK Jr.'s ACIP, where vaccines skeptics outnumber actual scientists and medial experts. Their target: the Hep B vaccine, which has a ~90-98% (after 3 doses) effectiveness rate in preventing infection for up to 30 yrs.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Doctors warn delaying hepatitis B shot for newborns could revive a deadly threat
As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Today is the start of 2 days of meetings of RFK Jr.'s ACIP, where vaccines skeptics outnumber actual scientists and medial experts. Their target: the Hep B vaccine, which has a ~90-98% (after 3 doses) effectiveness rate in preventing infection for up to 30 yrs.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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A classic book on UFO believers and their “cognitive dissonance” after aliens failed to land is called into question, reports Anna Merlan. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It’s one of the most influential social psychology studies ever. Was it all a lie?
A classic book on UFO believers and their "cognitive dissonance" after aliens failed to land is called into question.
www.motherjones.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A classic book on UFO believers and their “cognitive dissonance” after aliens failed to land is called into question, reports Anna Merlan. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Yes, Americans do stupid stuff when they're in Germany www.nbcnews.com/news/world/a...
American Student Ends Up Trapped in Giant Vagina Sculpture
Firefighters embarked on an "extraordinary rescue mission" when an American exchange student got his leg trapped inside a giant vagina sculpture.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Yes, Americans do stupid stuff when they're in Germany www.nbcnews.com/news/world/a...
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“Emory was a place where I could have a weird idea and people let me run with it"
Bystro AI genome analysis app recently highlighted by Boston Globe www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/b...
Bystro AI genome analysis app recently highlighted by Boston Globe www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/b...
Have you done a DNA test? This chatbot will talk to you about your results. - The Boston Globe
Boston startup Bystro AI believes the mail-in genetic tests used by millions to trace their ancestry could also help people live healthier lives.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“Emory was a place where I could have a weird idea and people let me run with it"
Bystro AI genome analysis app recently highlighted by Boston Globe www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/b...
Bystro AI genome analysis app recently highlighted by Boston Globe www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/b...
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Check out our Q+A with a parent of a child with a metabolic disorder. #rarediseases @nordrare.bsky.social med.emory.edu/departments/...
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Check out our Q+A with a parent of a child with a metabolic disorder. #rarediseases @nordrare.bsky.social med.emory.edu/departments/...
Wow
I never do this, but I really want to be involved. @elliottkalan.bsky.social should write on it. I'll laugh and unroll maps.
deadline.com/2025/12/matt...
deadline.com/2025/12/matt...
Matthew Rhys Is In Talks With Netflix Over Adaptation Of Robert Caro’s ‘The Power Broker’
Matthew Rhys is in talks with the streamer over the adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book.
deadline.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Wow
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Question for scientists studying exercise/cardio (for a possible story—pls boost!): We know 8K+ steps daily & 150-300 min exercise/week each ↑ life expectancy. But, if a person can ONLY do one or the other, is there evidence suggesting one confers greater longevity/health benefit than the other?
December 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Question for scientists studying exercise/cardio (for a possible story—pls boost!): We know 8K+ steps daily & 150-300 min exercise/week each ↑ life expectancy. But, if a person can ONLY do one or the other, is there evidence suggesting one confers greater longevity/health benefit than the other?
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It'd seem like someone getting 8-10K steps a day is already meeting the 150-300 min exercise a week, but I'm thinking more of 8-10K steps w/o breaking a sweat, spread thru-out a day vs. 300+ intense cardio min a week in bursts—but not both. If you can only do one, which is better, or are they equal?
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It'd seem like someone getting 8-10K steps a day is already meeting the 150-300 min exercise a week, but I'm thinking more of 8-10K steps w/o breaking a sweat, spread thru-out a day vs. 300+ intense cardio min a week in bursts—but not both. If you can only do one, which is better, or are they equal?
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The AP didn’t used to be known for saucy headlines, but that whole Gulf of Mexico thing must have unleashed their AhFuckIt gene.
apnews.com/article/dona...
apnews.com/article/dona...
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The AP didn’t used to be known for saucy headlines, but that whole Gulf of Mexico thing must have unleashed their AhFuckIt gene.
apnews.com/article/dona...
apnews.com/article/dona...
Are we having a "caption this photo" contest?
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Are we having a "caption this photo" contest?
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The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
Articles like this make me glad that @quantamagazine.bsky.social is around. Thanks @jakebuehler.bsky.social
Genome sequencing technology is introducing biologists to a world of quasi-life forms that they’ve never met before. @jakebuehler.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/a-cell-so-mi...
A Cell So Minimal That It Challenges Definitions of Life | Quanta Magazine
The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity only beginning to be revealed by genome sequencing.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Articles like this make me glad that @quantamagazine.bsky.social is around. Thanks @jakebuehler.bsky.social
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The @wpk.bsky.social (which I am a member of) politely but firmly requests that the German Bundestag opens up its research committee meetings, or otherwise provides a platform for journalists to ask questions. Transparency being fundamental to a healthy democracy.
Der #Forschungsausschuss des Bundestags tagt nicht mehr öffentlich — das war’s dann mit Tranzparenz wissenschaftspolitischen Handelns auf Bundesebene! Erschwert die Arbeit von Journalist_innen ebenso wie unsere für #IchBinHanna uvm. massiv. @wpk.bsky.social fordert in 1 offenen Brief, das zu ändern:
Offener Brief an die Bundestagsfraktionen von CDU/CSU, SPD, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen und Die Linke zur Rückkehr der grundsätzlichen Öffentlichkeit der Sitzungen des Forschungsausschusses
An die Vorsitzenden der Bundestagsfraktionen von CDU/CSU, SPD, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen und Die Linke
Berlin, 19.11.2025
Öffentlichkeit im Bundestagsausschuss für Forschung, Technologie, Raumfahrt und T...
wpk.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The @wpk.bsky.social (which I am a member of) politely but firmly requests that the German Bundestag opens up its research committee meetings, or otherwise provides a platform for journalists to ask questions. Transparency being fundamental to a healthy democracy.
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U.S. Rep. Mike Collins under House ethics committee investigation
U.S. Rep. Mike Collins under House ethics committee investigation
Georgia congressman one of four Republicans running for U.S. Senate in 2026 against incumbent Jon Ossoff.
www.atlantanewsfirst.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
U.S. Rep. Mike Collins under House ethics committee investigation
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BREAKING: Stand up for Science endorses @aftynbehn.bsky.social (TN-07) for Congress. From speaking at our Nashville rally in March, to advocating for our health and hospitals, Behn is a fighter for science!
Tennessee — election day is December 2nd! In-person early voting runs from now until 11/26.
Tennessee — election day is December 2nd! In-person early voting runs from now until 11/26.
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
BREAKING: Stand up for Science endorses @aftynbehn.bsky.social (TN-07) for Congress. From speaking at our Nashville rally in March, to advocating for our health and hospitals, Behn is a fighter for science!
Tennessee — election day is December 2nd! In-person early voting runs from now until 11/26.
Tennessee — election day is December 2nd! In-person early voting runs from now until 11/26.