Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽
@needhibhalla.bsky.social
Cell biologist and geneticist, Professor, mom and consumer of alcohol. Those might all be related. I grind til I own it.
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One of the themes of our new police state is the sheer lack of professionalism. They can't do the basics, and when challenged, double down. A dysfunctional organizational culture deeply suspicious of the society they are tasked with controlling.
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They misidentified the intern. The judge told them they had misidentified the intern. But instead of double checking, they took that as an affront to their authority. So they surrounded the judge's car and threatened to smash the windows to get to the intern.
They had misidentified the intern.
They had misidentified the intern.
The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
One of the themes of our new police state is the sheer lack of professionalism. They can't do the basics, and when challenged, double down. A dysfunctional organizational culture deeply suspicious of the society they are tasked with controlling.
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I honestly think about this all the time. It mattered that it was a brilliant woman I deeply respected who taught me it was ok to not know things some times and to say so out loud. She probably has no idea what an impact that small moment has had on my life.
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I honestly think about this all the time. It mattered that it was a brilliant woman I deeply respected who taught me it was ok to not know things some times and to say so out loud. She probably has no idea what an impact that small moment has had on my life.
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A strange mishmash of influencers, anti-ageing entrepreneurs, Big Business leaders (Walmart, Google) and top govt officials gathered at the ritzy Waldorf Astoria in DC.
Notably absent were any academic researchers or clinicians. Instead, panelists criticized the medical establishment all day long.
Notably absent were any academic researchers or clinicians. Instead, panelists criticized the medical establishment all day long.
There's an exclusive, closed-to-media MAHA summit tomorrow. Here's the full agenda I was leaked
In attendance will be JD Vance, RFK Jr, Bhattacharya, Makary, actor Russell Brand (who is facing rape and sexual assault charges), and dozens of other MAHA influencers and people in Trump's orbit
In attendance will be JD Vance, RFK Jr, Bhattacharya, Makary, actor Russell Brand (who is facing rape and sexual assault charges), and dozens of other MAHA influencers and people in Trump's orbit
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A strange mishmash of influencers, anti-ageing entrepreneurs, Big Business leaders (Walmart, Google) and top govt officials gathered at the ritzy Waldorf Astoria in DC.
Notably absent were any academic researchers or clinicians. Instead, panelists criticized the medical establishment all day long.
Notably absent were any academic researchers or clinicians. Instead, panelists criticized the medical establishment all day long.
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Read my full story here!
Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
The Make America Healthy Again summit, attended by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and vice-president JD Vance, gave a sense of what’s driving US health policy.
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Read my full story here!
Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The summit was something of a coming-of-age moment for MAHA: It began as a loose network of RFK Jr supporters around the country.
But now it has the ear of top Trump/MAGA officials, Big Business, and influencers. They're thinking about cementing MAHA's legacy beyond RFK, attendees told me.
But now it has the ear of top Trump/MAGA officials, Big Business, and influencers. They're thinking about cementing MAHA's legacy beyond RFK, attendees told me.
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The summit was something of a coming-of-age moment for MAHA: It began as a loose network of RFK Jr supporters around the country.
But now it has the ear of top Trump/MAGA officials, Big Business, and influencers. They're thinking about cementing MAHA's legacy beyond RFK, attendees told me.
But now it has the ear of top Trump/MAGA officials, Big Business, and influencers. They're thinking about cementing MAHA's legacy beyond RFK, attendees told me.
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The NIH director told attendees the NIH doesn't do enough innovative research.
“What puts lives at risk is doing research that’s incremental,” Bhattacharya said. “All it does is advance the careers of the researchers that do it. It results in publications that don’t get used and aren’t replicable.”
“What puts lives at risk is doing research that’s incremental,” Bhattacharya said. “All it does is advance the careers of the researchers that do it. It results in publications that don’t get used and aren’t replicable.”
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The NIH director told attendees the NIH doesn't do enough innovative research.
“What puts lives at risk is doing research that’s incremental,” Bhattacharya said. “All it does is advance the careers of the researchers that do it. It results in publications that don’t get used and aren’t replicable.”
“What puts lives at risk is doing research that’s incremental,” Bhattacharya said. “All it does is advance the careers of the researchers that do it. It results in publications that don’t get used and aren’t replicable.”
Ugh I’m sorry. That sucks
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Ugh I’m sorry. That sucks
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That is a man who is completely comfortable in his own skin
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
That is a man who is completely comfortable in his own skin