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"Just a regular human guy" Epidemiologist - spending most of my time with Infectious Dx and #rstats New York 📍 Bio: tinyurl.com/DEJohns

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Being GenX/Millennial is such a trip. In our lifetimes, we saw people our age getting wild criminal penalties for pirating music and now have to sit and watch as companies gobble up our work with impunity.
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This👇 is such a good example of how on top of her game Helen was. While she was keeping us all updated on Ebola, MERS, flu, and so many of all the other infectious diseases out there, she immediately grasped the gravity of the first warning sign of what we now remember as SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19.
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it was probably dylan @dylanejohns.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
She will be greatly missed. The entire field of public health journalism is at a loss
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A new thing that I hate: I’m reading a book right now that uses endnote citations, and directs the reader to SCAN A QR CODE to access the endnotes.
static.klipy.com
Dan Levy's Iconic 'Absolutely Not' Moment
Alt: Dan Levy's Iconic 'Absolutely Not' Moment
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/10/2026
i know i’m getting old when i visit my hometown — which i was desperate to escape — and think, “you know, this place isn’t so bad”
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it was probably dylan @dylanejohns.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This looks very fascinating 👏👏
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olive consumer's floating skull @machete.gay · 11/10/2026
One of my dark joys is, like many people who've experienced poverty, slightly zhuzzed-up instant ramen and I will never understand the brain processes of the kind of person who feels compelled to haughtily say "you can make real ramen so easily" and not accept "yes, but I want the bullshit kind".
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026
If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"But Achilles wanted glory!" No, he didn't. He very explicitly says, "fuck this, I hate Agamemnon, and I'm going home," until Patroclus dies. The entire point of the poem is his rage and grief. Can anyone read a fucking book, holy shit.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau. It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.
rollingstone.com
CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study
“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This study was unethical when it was announced last year and it remains unethical today. The birth dose of the hepatitis b vaccine prevents perinatal acquisition of the infection. You cannot randomize a group of newborns to not receive it while giving it to others. www.linkedin.com/safety/go/?u...
linkedin.com
Hepatitis B vaccine study condemned as unethical wins approval from Danish university
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
gregor samsa awoke one morning to discover he had been transformed into a sickass beetle. fuck yeah he said scuttling all over the walls and ceiling like no dumbfuck traveling salesman could ever do. this is the best day of my life he said
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"It's crucial that people get an influenza vaccine," says Scott Hensley, a virologist at the University of Pennsylvania. "And this might be a year that people might want to get a vaccine early."
npr.org
An early flu season means it might be time to think about a flu shot
Flu season typically starts in October or November. But it looks like the flu started to pick up in September this year.
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New York Focus @nysfocus.com · 07/10/2026
The utility says it wants to keep rates steady for an extra year. But critics see the proposal as a backdoor rate hike.
nysfocus.com
How National Grid’s Gas Rate Freeze May Raise Bills
National Grid calls its plan a gas rate freeze, but critics say NYC and Long Island-area customers could pay more later.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just a friendly reminder that plague is prevalent, including in the western United States (see, prairie dogs), with multiple cases annually. It is also highly treatable and, yes, lab acquired infections (incl. fatal cases) have happened over the years, including e.g., UChicago.
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ceej @ceej.online · 05/10/2026
we don't have time for another plague apocalypse. we already did that. we're on to robot apocalypse now, try to catch up. next in line is fungal apocalypse. please consult the schedule
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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you missed today's @rinpharma.bsky.social workshop, here are a few of my favourite "quick fixes" for some common #ggplot2 issues 📊 1. Use {ggview} to preview plots at the same size and resolution as you want to save them with ggsave() to avoid the annoying resizing #RStats #DataViz
library(ggview)
ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg)) +
  geom_point() +
  canvas(
    width = 6, height = 4,
    units = "in",
    dpi = 300
  )
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🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you really want to know what male loneliness looks like go read the 5 star reviews for a hooters restaurant
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more mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
this is pinned up in rust cohle's storage locker with a couple faces crossed out
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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have been transformed into a PI. Similarity to Gregor Samsa beetle: useless at lab work, hard to explain to family members, general feelings of stress
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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you were transfixed by THE HOT ZONE when you were young, or then read SPILLOVER and trusted it, then as a career scary diseases reporter, I urge you to read this thread. Science moves on. People discover fresh stuff. The work careers were built on becomes outdated. Be open to the new. Please.
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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fake. USDA. Seals. Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports. We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no? www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...
scrippsnews.com
Interactive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labels
Pork, beef and goat products are being recalled after a company allegedly used fake USDA inspection labels. Explore our interactive guide to see which products are affected and what to look for.
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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thoughts and prayers for research data managers everywhere. You are not alone. We will get through this together techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/excelbl...
techcommunity.microsoft.com
Excel now supports multiple values in a single cell | Microsoft Community Hub
Lists, arrays in cells, and nested arrays introduce new ways to store and organize related information, helping you keep data together without sacrificing...
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I love how LinkedIn is sometimes like, you should be the next editor of the NYT book section. But also have you considered producing content for the first AI-native law firm?
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 21/09/2026
This is my take on almost every single pending copyright case: settling for a few billion is what we will have to do because the alternative is probably that Congress rewrites copyright law so that we have to give it over for free.
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⚡⚡MAD DOCTOR IMPOSSIBLE⚡⚡ @impossiblephd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
*Frothing at the mouth with excitement* HEY GUESS WHAT, YOU DON'T HAVE ONE BRAIN, YOU HAVE TWO! med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
med.stanford.edu
Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 20/09/2026
ALMOST EVERY PEER REVIEWED PAPER HAS A SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS RIGHT BELOW ITS TITLE
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 17/09/2026
"It’s a myth that once you hit 40 you can’t slowly and agonizingly mutate from a human being into a hideous, infernal arachnid whose gluttonous shrieks are hymns to the mad vampire-goddess Maggorthulax. You have time." buff.ly/PqMe2w3
mcsweeneys.net
So You’re 35 and All Your Friends Have Already Shed Their Human Skins
“There are millions of people around the world who have experienced these same feelings and, more literally, there are billions of parasitic interdimensional...
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"what is a sankey diagram" they ask innocently "do u have any examples of its utility" they continue blissfully unawares
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Roby Bhattacharyya @roby-b.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Unvaccinated adults will likely handle measles less well than unvaccinated kids, just like with Covid. Historical examples suggest this - measles introduced to naive adult populations (on remote islands etc) appear to have been devastating. (I’m sort of surprised we haven’t seen more of this… yet.)
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donni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I respect my haters and share their concerns
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 14/09/2026
When we talk about how science is broken, maybe at least consider how a huge collaboration measured the ripples in spacetime resulting the collision of two black holes 1.3 billion light years away, as counterweight the guy who had to fake his data to show that people who procrastinate fall behind.
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it was probably dylan @dylanejohns.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is true, it nearly paralyzed Ed Muskie's brain with hallucinations back during the 1972 Democratic primary. He never recovered
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Area econblogger has decided that superintelligent AI will kill us all with a doomsday virus. A lot of biologists say "no, econblogger, you don't actually know anything about viruses." Area econblogger responds "I urge you not to listen to these biologists."
Noah Smith, being a huge dork.
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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Another Pennsylvania #measles death, this time in an unvaccinated 40 year old woman. 3 deaths with less than 700 confirmed cases suggests this outbreak is much larger than reported (no surprise).
washingtonpost.com
Pennsylvania woman dies of measles-related complications, local coroner says
The 40-year-old woman, who was from Jefferson County was unvaccinated, according to the coroner.
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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
13 Sep 2026 - New World screwworm – first equine case confirmed, 48 animal cases in Texas, USA Read more at: beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=5…
USDA/APHIS
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
who was it on here who was saying it must kill toyota's marketing dept that they can't tout one of the most widespread and successful things their pickup trucks are used for
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 12/09/2026
Vince McMahon falling out of chair meme, 3 stages:

1) Kevin Hart ad
2) For sports gambling
3) That airs every single commercial break
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12/09/2026
DRC detected the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo virus in mid-May; nearly 3,400 people have since died.
aljazeera.com
DR Congo's worst Ebola epidemic ever passes 7,000 cases
DRC detected the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo virus in mid-May; nearly 3,400 people have since died.
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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"We report nearly a million users a month for looking at kiddie porn!" may not be the ironclad defense of your platform that you think it is
The company blocks users who post or engage with exploitative material and reports them to authorities, X said in its statement, including 780,000 users in the past month alone.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 11/09/2026
Friends, if you still post on X, I think less of you. I don't hate you. Not gonna cancel you. But your posting on X gives me reason to doubt your judgment & your commitment to sticking up for vulnerable people against powerful predators. I'm not perfect, either! But I'm not fucking posting on X.
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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
anyway, the American id understander himself, Hunter S. Thompson, the next week for goddamn ESPN of all places. the party's over, folks.
We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time."

Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history -- which is no doubt true -- but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a war-time economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed.

That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks. The time has come for loyal Americans to Sacrifice. ... Sacrifice. ... Sacrifice. That is the new buzz-word in Washington. But what it means is not entirely clear.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 09/09/2026
7 a.m. I wake up and get stabbed. 8 a.m. I go to my corner bodega for a Bacon, Egg, and Cheese. On the way, I get mugged. 9 a.m. I get on the subway and immediately get murdered. buff.ly/puREmHa
mcsweeneys.net
A Day in the Life of a New Yorker, According to My Fox News-Watching Florida Family Members
7 a.m. I wake up and get stabbed.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/09/2026
“Humanity has never faced a more deadly carrier of disease and bacteria than children, and their total removal is a massive medical breakthrough and a milestone in the management of illness in this country,” — Jane Christiansen, CDC spokesperson
theonion.com
CDC Successfully Eradicates Children
ATLANTA—Hailing its success as a major victory for the public health and safety of all Americans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday that it had successfully eradicated ch...
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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
DO LESS - dashare.zone ADMIN
A SKLETEN DOIG ABSOLUTELY NOTHING , THERE GOAL IN LIFE IS TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF UNSTRUCTURED TIME IN EVERY DAY , THERE ENJOYMENT IS BASED ON CREATING FREEDOM FROM DEMAND , BORN TO DO NOTHING!!! LIVE TO DO NOTHING!!!! MOVE ONTO THE NEXT LIFE HAVING EXPERIENCED AS MUCH OF YOUR OWN LIFE AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN!!!!!!! DA TEXT "BORN TO DO NOTHING , WALK NOWHERE, STARE AT POND, LOITERING, STARE INTO SPACE, WAKE UP BUT DONT STAND UP, HANG OUT, SIT ON BENCH, LAY ON BED AFTER SHOWER, SIT ON PORTH, STARE AT NOGHINT, THINK ABOUT NOTHING, SIT IN CAR NO REASON, HANGING OUT, WALK AROUND NO REASON " - THE BOOT ON YOUR NECK DESPISES NOTHING MORE THAN WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING ENJOYABLE FOR FREE , - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
More than anything, Jaws is a metaphor about the dangers of being attacked by a killer shark
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I think MAHA is very straightforwardly the triumph of the snake oil salesmen and the way we beat it is the same way you always beat snake oil salesmen: regulate their claims
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Night of the Living Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"I just left work because I can't manage going up and down hills. I know I will soon die," hits like a ton of bricks.
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