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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For the record, I prefer games where it is a decisive win. Throughout. No suspense. 🫠

Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Finally reading Annie Jacobsen's biological war book. Besides the biological impossibilities, has anyone noted that it is lableak fanfic yet?

From the book, an AI-generated picture of a "wet" (frozen?) market in Novasibirsk. I prompted an LLM to see if there ARE any wet markets in Novasibirsk. Like, no, there aren't.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The White House budget proposal for FY27 slash NSF funding by more than 50% and would drastically reduce support for PhDs, postdocs & investigator-initiated research. Selling something is not the same as doing something. Science is hard. This 'new golden age' won't make it easier.

US NSF announces

"Science: A New Golden Age Summit"

Washington
Discover the frontier

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🚨 The NIH is moving to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars in infectious-disease research projects to the DOD under a secret 10-year pact. Here’s what’s happening inside “Operation Prevailing Edge” 🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Revealed: inside the US military's plan to tap huge sums from the NIH

An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defense.

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"When you find yourself writing such a statement about a topic you’re not an expert in, there are only two possibilities: 1. You are not talking to the right people. 2. You are talking to the right people but you’re not listening" blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/im-sorry-y...

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I'm sorry, you're not going to die from an AI-engineered supervirus

God save us from economists who think they can competently talk about biology

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Finally listened to this very polite and informative discussion about the origin of COVID-19, and I am struck how deeply in trouble biosecurity is, as a field. For years, there has been a concerted effort to boost US attribution technologies, IARPA projects, contests, etc. because it was important

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Bénédicte C @benecal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

For the 99th time, someone please find out who is bankrolling the WSITY operation because it would be clarifying. -- The Dems -- The Republicans -- The Wellness Industry -- some "disruptor" with $$$ Look, a lot is at stake, and trust is built on truthful exchange. Being this opaque is BS.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Alina Chan is a discredited crank and it is embarrassing for the Times to publish this

How to Stop a Lab Leak From Starting the Next Pandemic
More than six years after the emergence of Covid-19, no one is keeping track of the risky virus experiments that are capable of starting a pandemic.

By Alina Chan

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This is the most important thing Alina Chan has said or written.

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Relman: we need to be able to trust science! Also Relman: here is my unsubstantiated opinion that does not engage with peer-reviewed science!

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

"Accusing him of crimes and deception wasn’t enough; the release of the diary was meant to inflict public humiliation on him". Very good article and spot on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

theatlantic.com

Why MAGA Is So Obsessed With Fauci

In the aftermath of pandemics, people either try to forget them or find others to blame for them.

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

In RFK Jr.’s book Vax/Unvax, he and his coauthor minimize the burden of cervical cancer, & describe the safe vaccine as a pharma sale opportunity. Other nations are eliminating cervical cancer. In the US, rates are falling… but much more slowly.

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Sean Sublette @subletteweather.com · 31/07/2026

"Claims were generated in online communities, repeated by political figures and amplified by media personalities, who injected these talking points back into supporters’ social media feeds. The repetition made the claims feel increasingly familiar – and familiarity can be mistaken for evidence."

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Smart take from @progmil.bsky.social "What Jacobsen offers ...is just play-acting. It’s as if someone suddenly woke up to the fact that biological organisms can be deadly and believes that no one else has thought what to do about it. outbreaks." almauroni.substack.com/p/no-one-mak...

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No One Makes Good Policy Based on Worst Case Scenarios

It's way past time to stop admiring the advice of doom-sayers

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget.

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Continue to be glad we wrote this about 1977 flu. I would like to also write something about Sverdlovsk sometime but it keeps staying on the to do list

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Jon B. Wolfsthal @jonatomic.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

History will praise Fauci as a leader and will bunch his accusers with McCarthy and J Edgar Hoover. They praise themselves at the cost of good men and women who know and care and seek to help our country. They have no decency, at long last.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

In fact, we have our own social movements, from ACT UP to those who mobilized for access to COVID vaccines globally to learn from, the civil rights, women's and LGBTQ and labor movements before them. Why erase recent and less recent history to elevate MAHA is this way? 3/

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Trying to appease liars who seek your destruction for ideological reasons does not, in fact, make them stop trying to destroy you. Abandoning your values to chase after people who oppose you at their very core does not make anyone else trust you more. The results—unsurprisingly—are the opposite.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

This 🧵is definitely worth a read. Thanks @melodyschreiber.com and @gregggonsalves.bsky.social

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Well said and I agree, @craigspencer.bsky.social, this is completely off-target and unfortunately a massive boost for a movement that is very specifically anti-science and anti-public health. I know that's not how you see it, but it is - the fact the RFK Jr. is the figurehead is emblematic.

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I'm afraid @craigspencer.bsky.social gives MAHA far too much credit. MAHA is just a rebranding of the medical freedom/antivax coalition that has been undermining public health for decades. It isn't unique in caring about healthy food, chronic disease, or healthier children—nearly everyone does.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It's not about trust in science or higher ed. It's about corruption, cronyism, brute force, hatred by authoritarians (stop calling them populists) for independent thought, knowledge. Derek Lowe from Science Magazine nails it. This is all BS. To say otherwise is to make excuses for these monsters.

Full text here: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/assault-science-funding-continues

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Science Magazine @science.org · 24/07/2026

One shot of lenacapavir, a new HIV prevention drug, can protect for 6 months—but aid cuts and uncertain demand mean little drug has reached the countries that most need it. Learn more: scim.ag/4hvA6m6

A powerful new prevention drug could help end the HIV epidemic—but supply is falling far short

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...

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Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities

Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Whoa, over a quarter million people (so far!) have left a comment on the egrgious openly fascist takeover attempt of the OMB. You can too! @standupforscience.net has instructions and everything you need. It's not hard, and it's critically important to science. fight2win.standupforscience.net

fight2win.standupforscience.net

Stand up for Science

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

💵 With the MAGA/MAHA Administration, you must: - follow the money -judge it on its actions, not words They *say* they want to avert chronic diseases BUT they took $ from tobacco companies, shuttered the CDC’s stop smoking office, & expanded access to flavored e-cigs This will ⬆️ chronic disease

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Have you written your comment about OMB's proposed rule, yet? It can take just a moment of your day to share why US science depends on objective evidence, a belief that understanding how the world _actually_ works is important. Deadline is July 13. fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/163...

fight2win.standupforscience.net

Stand up for Science

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Baltimore parades still on (so far!). Come watch us!

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Really great to see @thebaltimorebanner.com covering sports issues in Baltimore city-- @baltimoresun.bsky.social has ignored the city for years. My kids didn't/don't play baseball in high school but the same access and support issues exist for tennis and soccer, with unmowed fields and forfeits.

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Truly, a perfect way for him to celebrate his 55th.

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Flipping through this garbage (I got it at the library). What makes people like this?

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

"Broken eggs cannot be mended." An important article from @jamellebouie.net and worth thinking about, especially with all the Project 2029 efforts out there. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/o...

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Opinion | America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Gift article about the current Ebola situation, with some excellent photojournalism: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/w...

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Inside the Ebola Epicenter, the Virus Rages With Little to Stop It

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

If America can fight Ebola by giving Americans Ebola, maybe I can smoke my poor health away!

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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I still have not seen any explanation of motives that better fits the facts than that the current administration wants the PRC to be the unchallenged world leader in STEM.

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Our NIH-funded research - including as part of CREID - developed, deployed, and established capacity for many of the core tools and countermeasures used during outbreaks. Diagnostics, sequencing, monoclonals and vaccines. As we're facing a new foe with none of those, all that work, defunded. Gone.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The future of the nursing profession, as well the training for other healthcare providers is under attack by the Department of Education. I was in the hospital last week: nurses are care. We need more, not less of them. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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Nurses Are the Backbone of US Healthcare—and They’re Getting Screwed

A recent hospital stay reminded me of the incredible work that nurses do. So why are we making it harder for them to do their jobs?

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I went to Eastern DRC with @drtedros.who.int during the 2019 Ebola outbreak. There were attacks. Health workers died. I called that story The Ebola Wars. The current outbreak will almost certainly be much worse. My heart goes out to millions of Congolese who have been neglected for so long.

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

In grad school I (briefly) shared a house with someone who told me my fish were not great pets. He went on to tell me that since I had moved in he would often scoop them out of the tank and pet them when I wasn’t there. But they didn’t seem to like that. Anyway, was reminded of that for some reason

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Article from Hopkins' president and University of Kansas chancellor-- the promised research money isn't flowing. Gift link: www.wsj.com/opinion/get-...

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Opinion | Get the Federal Science Money Flowing

The NIH has been holding back grants from funds Congress has already approved.

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Sec. Rubio deflects Ebola blame to WHO but it is the US who has abdicated responsibility and in the process, made the US more vulnerable.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 15/05/2026

MIT has lost 500 international grad students relative to last year. Caused directly by the White House. Closing America's doors to the very best, most brilliant people on the planet is like dropping a bomb directly on America's capacity to innovate. On the prosperity of our children's future.

youtube.com

A message from MIT President Sally Kornbluth

YouTube video by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Baric, who is among the most-cited coronavirus researchers in the world, says his lab’s work played pivotal roles in helping companies bring COVID drugs and vaccines to market, saving millions of lives. “My payment for this is to be debarred?” he asks. “I’m being strung out for being a scientist.“ 🧪

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Virologist accused of starting COVID-19 will fight U.S. ban on funding

HHS memo says Ralph Baric had a “pattern of deception” in describing virus studies long before pandemic

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

“.. The use of terms related to ‘American decline’ in official Chinese sources nearly doubled in 2025 ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Goodbye to my sweet, sweet Sloopy, who has been by my side (literally) for 7 years-- too short a time. 💔

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jodellm.bsky.social @jodellm.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Q&A #Health 1 Gigi Gronvall/PhD asks Q 2 Answer from 📺 NIH Dir. 🔴Jay Bhattacharrya Who Says •public trust is lost, Only 10% or 30% get vax’d •So that’s why we should stop funding vax research & •definitely ✔️not inform the public with PSA about facts 3 Support Science 🥾replace Jay

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Happening today! Come hear about spillovers, pandemic risks, and biosecurity’s dangerous distractions

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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Excited to be hosted by the Johns Hopkins Planetary Health hub to give a seminar Thursday May 7 11am "Spillover Is Happening: H5N1, Pandemic Risk, and Biosecurity’s Dangerous Distractions." Come join us, it's hybrid and open to all.. just need to fill out this form: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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Microsoft Forms

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