Shawn Connery
@shawnconnery.bsky.social
Drug development in real life. PhD, Immunology.
International relations hobbyist.
International relations hobbyist.
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Shawn Connery
@shawnconnery.bsky.social
· Jan 11
The world would be so much better if more people had a concept of *Enough*
Like, you're rich - congratulations, live on a beach somewhere
You don't need to bless the world with your half-baked political philosophy
Like, you're rich - congratulations, live on a beach somewhere
You don't need to bless the world with your half-baked political philosophy
It was bad at FDA 5 months ago, it has now become a total disaster. 90% of senior staff gone.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
It was bad at FDA 5 months ago, it has now become a total disaster. 90% of senior staff gone.
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Some of the worst cranks now making US vaccine policy
Tracy Beth Hoeg, a sports medicine physician who opposed key U.S. health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and questioned the use of childhood vaccines, was named a special assistant FDA chief Martin Makary
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Tracy Beth Hoeg, a sports medicine physician who opposed key U.S. health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and questioned the use of childhood vaccines, was named a special assistant FDA chief Martin Makary
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Some of the worst cranks now making US vaccine policy
Tracy Beth Hoeg, a sports medicine physician who opposed key U.S. health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and questioned the use of childhood vaccines, was named a special assistant FDA chief Martin Makary
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Tracy Beth Hoeg, a sports medicine physician who opposed key U.S. health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and questioned the use of childhood vaccines, was named a special assistant FDA chief Martin Makary
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Germany introduces voluntary military service
Germany introduces voluntary military service
Fourteen years after suspending mandatory military service, Germany plans to offer 18-year-olds the opportunity to undertake a voluntary military service lasting at least six months, with a monthly salary of €2,600.
www.lemonde.fr
December 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Germany introduces voluntary military service
"FIFA throws itself into the dust before Trump in a bizarre show"
www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/wm-aus...
www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/wm-aus...
WM 2026: So lief die Auslosung mit Trump und Infantino
Die WM-Auslosung wird zu einer bizarren Show für den US-Präsidenten Donald Trump.
www.sueddeutsche.de
December 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
"FIFA throws itself into the dust before Trump in a bizarre show"
www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/wm-aus...
www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/wm-aus...
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A court with a normal-ish conservative majority would have been tolerable. I'm not eager for court packing, impeaching justices, and other such options. But this court sticking around post-Trump is untenable. They've already torched their own legitimacy, the only question is what do we do about it.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A court with a normal-ish conservative majority would have been tolerable. I'm not eager for court packing, impeaching justices, and other such options. But this court sticking around post-Trump is untenable. They've already torched their own legitimacy, the only question is what do we do about it.
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Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma.
Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs.
Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs.
Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
(Published Feb. 2025)
What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing
Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices ref...
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma.
Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs.
Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs.
Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
(Published Feb. 2025)
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Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
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NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY DROPPED
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY DROPPED
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
If that is the Trump administration’s programme, how are the centrist governments in Europe, who see these parties as a grave threat, supposed to treat America as an ally?
December 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
If that is the Trump administration’s programme, how are the centrist governments in Europe, who see these parties as a grave threat, supposed to treat America as an ally?
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Wow. Tracy Beth Høeg, the FDA's new acting director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) just put this slide up during her presentation to ACIP.
We have left reality.
We have left reality.
December 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Gift Link: Donald Trump’s bleak, incoherent foreign-policy strategy - Allies may panic; despots will cheer
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
Donald Trump’s bleak, incoherent foreign-policy strategy
Allies may panic; despots will cheer
www.economist.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Gift Link: Donald Trump’s bleak, incoherent foreign-policy strategy - Allies may panic; despots will cheer
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Hepatitis B can cause liver disease, including cancer. Newborn children's risk of chronic hepatitis B can be 90% or higher.
CDC’s Vaccine Committee Recommends Delaying Hepatitis B Birth Dose
www.biospace.com/policy/cdcs-...
www.biospace.com/policy/cdcs-...
CDC's Vaccine Committee Recommends Delaying Hepatitis B Birth Dose
The ACIP voted 8-3 to recommend delaying the hepatitis B vaccine, commonly given just after birth. The CDC itself has said the shot is safe and effective.
www.biospace.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Hepatitis B can cause liver disease, including cancer. Newborn children's risk of chronic hepatitis B can be 90% or higher.
CDC’s Vaccine Committee Recommends Delaying Hepatitis B Birth Dose
www.biospace.com/policy/cdcs-...
www.biospace.com/policy/cdcs-...
CDC's Vaccine Committee Recommends Delaying Hepatitis B Birth Dose
The ACIP voted 8-3 to recommend delaying the hepatitis B vaccine, commonly given just after birth. The CDC itself has said the shot is safe and effective.
www.biospace.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
CDC’s Vaccine Committee Recommends Delaying Hepatitis B Birth Dose
www.biospace.com/policy/cdcs-...
www.biospace.com/policy/cdcs-...
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This is from Nov. 2025 - FFS, America
US national security strategy.
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This is from Nov. 2025 - FFS, America
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US national security strategy.
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
US national security strategy.
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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Europeans have pointlessly reassured themselves with Trump’s supposed unpredictability. When it comes to Europe, this admin is consistent and predictable. As the #NSS clarifies,it’s in the business of tearing Europe apart by supporting far right nationalists backed by Russia too
December 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Europeans have pointlessly reassured themselves with Trump’s supposed unpredictability. When it comes to Europe, this admin is consistent and predictable. As the #NSS clarifies,it’s in the business of tearing Europe apart by supporting far right nationalists backed by Russia too
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Trump's national security strategy puts great emphasis on "competence and merit" and "civilizational advantage". This administration personifies the opposites.
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Trump's national security strategy puts great emphasis on "competence and merit" and "civilizational advantage". This administration personifies the opposites.
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The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
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European reaction to the new American national strategy document
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
European reaction to the new American national strategy document
Reposted by Shawn Connery
The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
Reposted by Shawn Connery
Trump Intensifies Use of ‘Race-Baiting’ Anti-Immigrant Language by Calling People from Somalia ‘Garbage’ | “He is far from the first politician to embrace race-baiting xenophobia. But as president of the United States, he has more impact than most.”
Trump Intensifies Use of 'Race-Baiting' Anti-Immigrant Language by Calling People from Somalia 'Garbage' - Bucks County Beacon
“He is far from the first politician to embrace race-baiting xenophobia. But as president of the United States, he has more impact than most,” said César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, a civil rights la...
buckscountybeacon.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Trump Intensifies Use of ‘Race-Baiting’ Anti-Immigrant Language by Calling People from Somalia ‘Garbage’ | “He is far from the first politician to embrace race-baiting xenophobia. But as president of the United States, he has more impact than most.”
EU fines X Euro 120 million for violation of Digital Services Act
www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/x...
www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/x...
X muss wegen DSA-Verstößen 120 Millionen Euro Strafe zahlen
Die Plattform X von Elon Musk hat gegen den Digital Services Act verstoßen. Damit legt sich die EU-Kommission auch mit Donald Trump an.
www.sueddeutsche.de
December 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
EU fines X Euro 120 million for violation of Digital Services Act
www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/x...
www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/x...