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Primary Care Doctor, Birder, Gadabout, Word Nerd, yoga& fresh air fiend, book hoarder.
My views are my own, not my employers.
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Andrea Ghez shares three pieces of advice for young scientists. She was awarded the 2020 physics prize "for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy."

Watch our full interview with her: nobelprize.org/prizes/physics search.app/z4DTG
nobelprize.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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the CDC aping Tyler Vigen’s “spurious correlations” project

www.tylervigen.com/spurious-cor...
December 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...

A powerful personal narrative on why every newborn deserves to be vaccinated against hepatitis B.
Opinion | My Father Died of Hepatitis B Before the Vaccine. We Must Not Go Back.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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“Election Twitter is a space dominated by teenagers who care deeply about politics but lack a way to express it on a level seen like this. I think that this is a motivation that says one of our own did this really cool thing, I think I can do a cool thing too.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A teenager redrew the Alabama voting map – and it’s now state law
Daniel DiDonato, 18, drafted new state senate districts at home on free software – and a judge picked his map ahead of professionals’ efforts to remedy voting rights violations
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/w...

If India, cannot have clean air, clean water & healthy dirt, "progress" will be for naught. A healthy population is the most important resource for a great Nation.
India Is a Rising Power, but Breathing in Its Capital Is Hazardous
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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'The weight of the evidence has tipped heavily in favor of HPV vaccination" @hildabast.bsky.social

but we now need to deal with growing vaccine hesistancy!

absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...

This is intersectionality, being allies...this makes me hope that better days are ahead.
History definitely is rhyming.
Haunted by History, Japanese Americans Fight Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Why 2026 will be a year like no other for India's Sun mission. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Aditya-L1: Why 2026 will be a year like no other for India’s Sun mission
For the first time Aditya-L1 will be able to watch the Sun in its maximum activity cycle.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Vaccines, autism, and the CDC. Nice explainer by @enirenberg.bsky.social

The TL, DR part is a terrific summary...

🛟🧪 Medsky sociology polisky health policy 😷
The CDC: A Requiem
Vaccines, autism, and a very simplified look at causal inference.
deplatformdisease.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Agro-photovoltaic (solar panels over agricultural fields) still feels more solarpunk than real world, but they are (slowly) becoming more common, and with that, the thought about how to move towards integration with sustainable agriculture. 🧪

Link: www.cetjournal.it/index.php/ce...
December 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.

See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Awful
Hurts young people & all of who want to understand #publichealth & epidemiology
Now, the CDC Museum's future is on the rocks. The museum doesn't have a director even though a former supervisor is trying to keep the doors open. One of the museum's most popular programs is Disease Detective Camp, a summer program for high school students 👇
CDC Museum's Future Is on the Rocks
'You can't just throw a museum away,' former staffer says
www.medpagetoday.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Are they aware that mass unemployment generally isn't good for corporate profits? You need people to work in order to buy goods and services.
The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Authoritarians typically neither like science nor scientists

We are seeing this everywhere

So, fighting for science is also fighting for democracy

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
From doing science to saving science
Science and scientists are under assault. From denial of vaccines to climate change, political leaders are increasingly sacrificing democracy as well as science on the altar of populism and authoritar...
www.thelancet.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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The power of vaccination. #medsky
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion.

It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.

By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Your Black Friday reminder that Amazon...

-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Just a friendly reminder on this hallowed day of overconsumption via @earthlyeducation.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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November 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Who, pray tell, is worshipping the liberal arts? Where is the mythical university alluded to here where STEM and business courses are criticized and somehow disincentivized by those in power?
It’s time to stop worshipping the liberal arts | Letters
Letters: While such institutions have intrinsic value, that doesn’t mean they are entitled to be socially favoured or economically exceptional for ever, says Jianyang Geng
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Even if HPV only caused cancer in people with cervixes, it would be essential to vaccinate people without cervixes because they can carry and spread the virus. You don't control infectious diseases by only vaccinating the people who might die, you control them by vaccinating everyone.
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM