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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m a compulsive list maker and I use AI at work and at home (genealogical research aid) but I don’t see where agents will help. As noted here and down thread, lists don’t capture routine tasks. And maybe we want to organize things ourselves?

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Would have been a great weekend if I hadn’t been laid up with gout.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ignaz Semmelweis and Joseph Lister changed medical practice by washing and sterilizing hands and instruments before surgery and reducing the spread of infections. Jay Bhattacharya advocated for the spread of infection.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Russell Vought wants to be in charge of #ScienceDeathPanels at NIH. Congress has made it pretty clear they don’t want political appointees in charge of funding decisions. Science community: it’s time to get loud (again)! www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

politico.com

Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control

The move came after the NIH director refused Trump’s request to cut Harvard grants in an Oval Office meeting.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 07/09/2026

Yep; the best framings of it I’ve seen have treated MAHA as a hostile wellness-industry takeover of the health sector. Any strategic response that fails to take on wellness firms’ economic power will founder.

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Two of the world’s most extreme & dangerous anti-vaxx activists & grifters—Andrew Wakefield and RFK Jr—headlining a conference held by the extraordinarily damaging anti-vaxx group Children’s Health Defense in the midst of the worst measles outbreak in 35 yrs tells you all you need to know about MAHA

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

And now they have the power and will use it to reduce vaccine uptake. This also is the foundation of the MAHA movement - that physicians and scudbtusss do not have the public’s interest at heart.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It was a long time ago, but I got fired in a corporate shakeup and ended up in a job that quickly became my dream career.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

OK, I saw the first episode, The Man Trap (Mantrap?) the night it aired. Star Trek immediately became the coolest show on TV.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I knew the answer without reading. Hint: there are political barriers for even studying this.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Great article (gift link) about a world-class virologist being attacked by politicians and political appointees.

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Kathryn Ruud @kathrynruud.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Where you can, bring light, not heat. There is so much garbage flying at us from the WH and so much of it is a relentless attempt to sow confusion. RE the SCOTUS mail ballot decision, drink tea and stay calm. Listen to Skye Perryman.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

USAID ranks among the great public health achievements, but in the developing world. It breaks my heart that we cut off this vital program. WHO are we?

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ᴋɪɴɢᴘɪɴ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴋᴘᴇɴ @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026

16 months ago: Never forget how it started.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The anti-vax crowd will not be appeased or convinced. And who will suffer? The most vulnerable children.

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

RFK jr overrode the NIH recommendation for NIAID Director to appoint his own preferred candidate (who applied, but NIH declined to interview), per @politico.com. Institute directors have final say on funding decisions and are critical to the integrity of NIH. 🧵 www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

politico.com

A lab-leak proponent is in line for Fauci’s old job

Steven Quay is in final vetting to run the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I couldn’t watch the whole thing, so I’m glad someone else did.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

It’s worth going to the Substack article that was the basis of this post. Science leadership is being given over to science contrarians whose language, seemingly logical and appealing to our better natures, hides the long-standing attacks on science.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

By the way, this isn't just a threat against Fauci. The audience for this is the entire career civil service. If you think this sorry ass episode and shit like Schedule F are unconnected, then you are sorely mistaken.

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Fauci has “saved more lives, created more amazing infrastructures for developing research opportunities, cured more people, provided health care to more people both in the United States and abroad, probably, than any single scientist in his lifetime” - Larry Corey @fredhutch.org

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

After I wrote last week's column, I learnt that a neighbour with severe disabilities, an extremely tough & resourceful woman who lived to the full, died in the heatwave. Everyone here is devastated. I can scarcely express my anger towards a mindset that treats people like her as collateral damage. 🧵

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Happy Independence Day! It is a good time to reflect that our nation was founded in rebellion against an authority that was unresponsive to our needs. (OK, it’s more complicated than that, but still.) 1/3

Culler Lake in Frederick, MD just as the sun was beginning to rise. Shows fountains and trees lining the lake.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

One of the hallmarks of this administration is its inability to face scrutiny. It brands any examination of racial or economic contributions to unequal outcomes as “woke” that cannot inform policy and any questioning as a affront. Plus, Jenna is a badass, but for good. ❤️‍🔥

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I think this makes “Peace with Honor” look like the Treaty of Paris.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

All because scientists, physicians, other health and public health professionals, and the general public fought back.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Physics, biology, chemistry, math - there’s a reason we study these.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I do genealogy research on my own family and can see this in the pre-WWII records. An aunt who died at 36 within a month of a child’s death at birth, a census record where a great grandmother noted that 3 of 6 children born are still alive… the list goes on.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Timeline cleanse. Our yellow-crowned night heron neighbor.

Yellow-crowned night heron sitting on a rock in a creek.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I’ve attended a few workshops and conferences in the last month and what struck me were the names on the final acknowledgment slides. A very large proportion of them appeared to be Asian, Hispanic/Latino, or African. We’ve had the advantage of drawing the best and brightest from around the world.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

The bottom line is that the forces of white supremacy cannot abide a multiracial country with equal rights for all. We are a nation bound by ideals, not a “blood and soul” country led by a “in” group. Not perfect, but we can hope and strive.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

It is interesting how much more coverage this editorial, and the politicization of biomedical research, got as a result of the ADA’s initial actions. If the organization, and the AMA, want to join the fight there’s plenty of room for them.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This is aging like vintage milk, @newsmax.bsky.social

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Have things gotten better? As the saying goes, you make the call.

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Just need everyone to know that the Belgium men's soccer team has new jerseys based on the art of Rene Magritte and this is the official photo shoot

Soccer player wearing fedora and with a green apple floating in front of his face, mimicking the Magritte painting "The Son of Man." The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.

Soccer player biting an apple. The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.

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Philipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 05/06/2026

A few days back I saw a flurry of news about two "foreign" virologists being charged by a DoJ attorney for an alleged "conspiracy to smuggle in monkeypox" into the use. The decided language of the DoJ press release felt off to me, so I started investigating. Full story here 🔽 Thread 🧵 1/

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

“In March 2025, funding was cut by USDA for animal disease control and prevention, including…New World Screwworm…from several agencies, including the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). That funding supported more than 180 outbreak investigations and responses in 22 countries…”

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USDA cuts budget, staff for animal disease control, suspends imports of live cattle from Mexico…again

%%excerpt%% Another import ban of live cattle from Mexico has been announced after USDA cut funding for animal disease prevention and control including the New World Screwworm.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Holden Thorp is an institutionalist. He's been a university chancellor, provost, now EiC of Science. When institutionalists pull the fire alarm, we listen, because the call to action he issued this week exposes the dire nature of the threat we are facing. 1/ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

science.org

Another red alert for American science

Although research has bipartisan support in the US Congress, and trust in science is above 75% across the country, the Trump administration seems as determined as ever to mortally wound the nation’s s...

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I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Bookmark this and refer to it often. Share widely with your colleagues.

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

A reminder that “biodefense” at the NIH has always included preparation for emerging infectious diseases. youtu.be/pTJzKJwtfDw

youtu.be

Anthony Fauci on Bioterrorism

YouTube video by Center for Strategic & International Studies

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27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Our team of veterinarians, primatologists, and animal researchers have been heartbroken to see careless cuts to animal research which means fewer treatments and threats to animal safety. So we’re linking an action by our colleagues that can help.

lnkd.in

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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David Cassatt, PhD @cassattdr.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Introduce yourself with 19 bands/artists you’ve seen live: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra The Philadelphia Orchestra National Symphony Orchrstra Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Mstislav Rostropovich Jessye Norman Dizzy Gillespie Roy Eldridge/Zoot Syms/Milt Hinton/Al Cohn Elvis Costello Grateful Dead

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I'm begging for one article--just one--that is "Trump says Iran war is worth the economic pain. These urban voters in Harlem say `We told you he'd screw everything up, why didn't you listen to us?'" Just one. Just one "diner" interview in a place w a density above 1 per 1000 sq mi and < 95% white.

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