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Feeding on brain rot

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
odyssey of the mind -> bluesky pipeline undefeated
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/08/2026
here is the thing. if you tell me that you believe that race is a biological category and that it is a guide to the objective superiority and inferiority of groups of people, i am not calling you a racist to *insult* you, i am calling you a racist because it best describes your beliefs.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 25/06/2026
Johns Hopkins University lays off over 100 employees due to federal research losses
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Johns Hopkins University lays off over 100 employees due to federal research losses
The layoffs this week impact the university’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Carey School of Business and the university’s general administration.
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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Hi everybody, I organized the #Artemis2 photos for you. Index pages containing all ~10,000 images in chronological order with time stamps and focal lengths, color coded by which of three cameras was used to shoot them. countlessworlds.com/data/artemis/
countlessworlds.com
Emily's data pages: Artemis
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Several colleagues and I have a big new feature out today: An inside look at the global peptide trade, a billion-dollar black market in experimental and potentially dangerous drugs that RFK Jr. is pushing to make legal. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
bloomberg.com
The Billion-Dollar Peptides Gold Rush
As black-market drugs go mainstream and legalization is within reach, entrepreneurs, investors and healthcare players are racing to cash in.
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Michael Okun @michael-okun.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇
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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
"You said every black kid is now just standardly put on Adderall, SSRIs, benzos, which are known to induce violence, and that those children are going to have to go somewhere to get reparented,” said Sewell. healthpolicy-watch.news/from-vaccine...
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From Vaccines To Racism: RFK Faces Barrage Of Questions In House Committee - Health Policy Watch
Undermining vaccines, failing pregnant black women, threatening to remove black children with ADHD from their parents – these were some of the barrage of
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Isaac Chotiner: You say the two cats who live in your house are "Jerks" and you don't care for them Me: Absolutely. They are the burdens of my life Chotiner: It seems you spent an hour searching for special food for them and paid more for it than you do even for your own food. Me: That's--Hold on,
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 03/04/2026
you, a naive fool: i do believe there are some things the nytimes won’t both sides the nytimes:
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FEMA Official Says He Teleported to Waffle House. Experts Are Dubious.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 02/04/2026
Turns out covering up for pedophiles isn't a winning strategy. See you at Nuremberg 2.0
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
It's nice to see a Senator talking about the need to Do A Nuremberg on the current folks in charge.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/03/2026
on the jim crow travesty that is the SAVE act (gift link)
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Last Thing Trump Wants to Do Is Save America
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Good story from Vox on falling numbers of new and competitive renewal R01 grants. [Gift Link] www.vox.com/future-perfe... 1/5
vox.com
The US slashed research for cancer, Alzheimer’s, mental health — and nearly everything else
Revealed in one chart.
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I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Podcast Jay continues to attack the very people he promises to support, early career investigators. Now he wants to rip up the collective bargaining agreement with the NIH Fellows Union (illegal, BTW). Who's next, the NIH police union? The firefighters? www.notus.org/health-scien...
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NIH Says It Will No Longer Recognize the Research Fellows’ Union
NIH leadership said the union “should never have been certified,” in an email to the union’s leadership.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26) Directorates to follow 1/10
A line graph showing NSF grant awards made through 2/27/26 for fiscal year 2026 compared with grant awards for fiscal years 2021-2025.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Another great essay from my colleague Elizabeth Ginexi on how NIH is being restructured by the White House (Russell Vought) despite Congress rejecting such moves. open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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The NIH Restructuring Congress Rejected Is Happening Anyway
(I used Gemini Nano Banana 2 to create this fictional image.)
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 27/02/2026
"Let them eat cheap cuts"
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
This story from @michaeldgreen.phd is way too common at the Trump/Bhattacharya NIH. Program staff can't give grantees clear answers; they don't have them. That is the MO: provide intentionally ambiguous guidance under threat of retaliation, creating an environment where staff over-comply out of fear
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Keep calling and emailing Senators. We have the power to stop this. Use your voice. The 5 calls app is always a great way to get this done quickly. We deserve better then Casey Means as our Surgeon General. MAKE some NOISE!
politico.com
Trump’s surgeon general pick, Casey Means, still lacks votes for confirmation
Two Republican senators told POLITICO they were undecided after Means faced tough questions on her vaccine views at a nomination hearing.
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure
In his first speech as Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F Kennedy Jr laid out a plan to restore trust. The COVID-19 pandemic saw public faith in Federal health...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/02/2026
As HHS head, RFK Jr. overhauled an advisory committee by adding people who promote discredited therapies for autism — including chelation, usually used to treat for toxic levels of metals. In 2005, a 5-year-old died after a chelation session.
propublica.org
Chlorine Dioxide, Raw Camel Milk: The FDA No Longer Warns Against These and Other Ineffective Autism Treatments
The FDA has taken down a webpage warning about therapies and products making “false claims” of treating autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 25/02/2026
If you think BIRTH CONTROL pills are “a disrespect of life,” and can’t just say birth control is safe and effective for the overwhelming majority of women with your whole chest, you should NOT be America’s top doctor. I'm voting NO on Casey Means for Surgeon General.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
i hope you and your social media team at least consider delay-posting to vichy-twitter (posting there only an hour after you post on other platforms - if they want to see potentially news-making statements immediately they then need to leave X)
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Story out in The Guardian re Bhattacharya. @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social , @malar0ne.bsky.social , and I were asked direct questions and gave direct answers. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 1/5
theguardian.com
Experts warn NIH director now leading CDC will push ‘RFK Jr’s agenda’
RFK Jr ally Jay Bhattacharya was named acting director of the CDC and will be fourth leader in a year to head agency
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
When reached for comment about how he would handle both jobs, Bhattacharya said “lockdowns were a catastrophic mistake that destroyed a generation.”
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Governor Wes Moore @govwesmoore.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The President is lying to the public: 1) For the past century, the federal government has been responsible for the Potomac Interceptor – not Maryland. The sewage pipe is on federal land. youtu.be/OKyIKHW8ONI
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The President is Lying to the Public
YouTube video by Governor Wes Moore
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
NEW: Another NIH institute director hasn't been renewed — the director of NIAMS (arthritis, musculoskeletal and skin diseases institute). That leaves a whopping 15 of 27 institutes and centers without a permanent director.
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Evil Brain Worm @evilbrainworm.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
...and I'd do it again!
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Julie Zebrak @juliezebrak.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
WSJ editorial board hits FDA: It’s hard to recall a regulator who has done as much damage to medical innovation in as little time as Vinay Prasad who rejected Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine without even a cursory review. www.wsj.com/opinion/vina...
wsj.com
Opinion | Vinay Prasad’s Vaccine Kill Shot
Does the White House know the harm he’s doing to public health?
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Alexis Goldstein @alexisgoldstein.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Some personal news
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 10/02/2026
NEW: The FDA just shot down Moderna's new flu shot. From me: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
FDA declines to review Moderna application for new flu vaccine
Moderna requests meeting to discuss refusal as decision could have implications for all new and updated vaccines
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Dr Alison Weiss @dralisonweiss.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Take action TODAY. Provide public comment in writing by emailing ohsuboard@ohsu.edu by THIS FRIDAY, Feb. 6 at noon PT. Include “For public comment” in the subject line. The battles are local AND national. All NHP researchers in the USA are at risk next. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
politico.com
NIH looks to turn primate research center into a sanctuary
The health research agency is offering the Oregon National Primate Research Center federal money to stop testing on primates.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/02/2026
continue to think that if instead of "raw milk" we called it "doodoo milk" people would understand the risk proposition
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Still digging through this thorough report from @sanders.senate.gov. I want to flag this screenshot of what program staff receive when studies include "terms potentially associated with misalignment with agency priorities" (Newspeak for 'banned words')
A screen shot of a spreadsheet with NIH research that needs remediation because it contains terms like "health equity" and "racial and/or ethnic disparities" and "pregnant individuals"
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Mark Tingay @mudvolcanoguy.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
⚒️🧪Fiery Mud Volcano Eruption! The Daşmərdan (Dashmardan) mud volcano in Azerbaijan erupted ~16:50 on the 30th Jan 2026. The eruption lasted ~15 mins and was accompanied by a pillar of flame several hundred meters high. Daşmərdan had previous documented eruptions in 1866, 1954, 1976, 1986 and 2011.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I gotta write. But how write when doomscroll never stop
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
"As we watch the least effective and most morally objectionable of our tactics come home and be used amongst and against us, we are left with a profound feeling of betrayal." www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...
wired.com
ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed
WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 29/01/2026
US measles cases this year already exceed the total for the whole of 2023 and 2024 combined, and it is only January. Yikes.
Chart of US measles cases by year
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Thoughtful essay on the relationship between behaviour genetics and eugenic thinking: "how easy it is to unwittingly promote racism, inequality, and even genocide when we do not understand the history of eugenics and thereby fail to recognize the eugenic projects in which we may be participating"
luminosoa.org
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
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Evil Brain Worm @evilbrainworm.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
They've escalated to Kavanaugh murders now it seems
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/11/2025
Van Hollen: "It's either murder from the first strike if their whole theory is wrong, and I think the weight of the legal opinion is they've concocted this ridiculous legal theory. But even if you accept it, then it is a war crime. I do believe the secretary of defense should be held accountable"
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
It hasn’t been a total flop. As a tool for spotting douchebags it’s been a perfect 10.
marketwatch.com
Tesla’s Cybertruck is turning 2. It’s been a big flop.
CEO Elon Musk once described the Cybertruck as Tesla’s “best ever” product. But demand for the controversial pickup truck has dried up.
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 25/11/2025
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
theringer.com
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
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Evil Brain Worm @evilbrainworm.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Commissioner's Priority 😜 approvals. The benefits will outweigh the risks... for someone.
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Evil Brain Worm @evilbrainworm.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Raw milk is like so felch!
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Stop trying to make felch happen
New York Post @nypost
X.com
What is 'felching' — the raunchy sex-act RFK
Jr. texted about with Olivia Nuzzi, according to her ex Ryan Lizza trib.al/rfTrznl
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