Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Let the gods decide…I request a Trial of Seven. Who will ride with Ser Matt the Swoll? 010
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellAsher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 30/10/2025My latest for @nytimes.com! For 40 years, paleontologists have grappled over whether a small tyrannosaur — named Nanotyrannus — was its own animal, or simply a teenage T.rex. The debate has been ... contentious. Which is why it's so fun to finally be able to say this: Folks? Nanotyrannus is real.nytimes.comThe Case of the Tiny Tyrannosaurus Might Have Been Cracked 13533190
Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 19/07/2025@sleepscientist.bsky.social did you see this? www.nasa.gov/universe/exo...nasa.govWebb Discovers Methane, Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere of K2-18 b - NASAA new investigation with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope into K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, has revealed the presence of 120
Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 17/06/2025@sleepnp.bsky.social is second to none. Ellen’s credentials include FAASM and DBSM. She is cooking on research projects and she is sharing her wisdom with advocacy. Her present is bright, her future is brighter. Plus she is cool. 030
Reposted by Matthew Horsnell-𝚖𝚘𝚡 @moxiest.art · 11/06/2025leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening historians: that thing is definitely happening star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it news outlets: these protesters are out of control 89322549748
Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Waiting for my selfie @tonycunningham.bsky.social 130
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/05/2025VOTER: “But people will die!” (if you kick them of Medicaid) ERNST: “Well, we all are going to die.” 125969082399
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/05/2025RFK Jr. is reportedly going to forbid government scientists from publishing in the world’s most respected medical journals — the Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, etc. It’s going to take decades to repair the damage done by this administration. 1180170525127
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellFuck trumps regime @heisonthelist.bsky.social · 18/05/2025As a white dude I agreed to this…. 👇🏼👇🏼 161169205
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellThe Onion @theonion.com · 13/05/2025Gavin Newsom Sits Down For Podcast With Serial Killer Who Targets Homelesstheonion.comGavin Newsom Sits Down For Podcast With Serial Killer Who Targets HomelessSACRAMENTO, CA—Promising his podcast listeners an engaging and enlightening conversation, California Gov. Gavin Newsom reportedly sat down Tuesday with a serial killer who targets the homeless populat... 440169492683
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellPsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Psychedelics linked to religious disaffiliation—but not spiritual change—in large-scale studypsypost.orgPsychedelics linked to religious disaffiliation—but not spiritual change—in large-scale studyPsychedelics are often described as spiritual tools—but do they change people’s religious beliefs? A large new study found that while psychedelic use was associated with religious disaffiliation, it did not cause lasting changes in religiosity or spirituality over time. 0106
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellMatt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 12/05/2025While America slept, House Republicans quietly unveiled their Medicaid plan. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says it strips health insurance from 13.7 million Americans. 33863437
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/05/2025I knew it! The White House is considering SUSPENDING HABEAS CORPUS. And here I thought I was being paranoid. 1337168835310
Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Please let me off this ride, I’m feeling ill. 000
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellCaitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns 636335745335
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellMeidas_SocietysChild @societyschild.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Linda McMahon wrote Harvard a letter to which they responded by noting areas that are in need of corrections and then posted it on social media. Great job Harvard!👏👏👏 1877316908713
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellPhil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 06/05/2025PSA: If you use a gender/sex-based insult then poof! Blocked. If it's a reply, I'll hide it from everyone, too. Insults are fine when deserved, but base them on the person themself and not their sex, gender, body type, attractiveness, fashion sense, etc. 723413
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellOxfordDPAG @oxforddpag.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Sleep is the only ubiquitous behaviour whose function remains unknown. The Miesenböck group is looking for—and finding—clues to the mystery of sleep in the properties of sleep-inducing cells in the brain. www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/remembe...dpag.ox.ac.ukRemembering the Need for SleepSleep is the only ubiquitous behaviour whose function remains unknown. The Miesenböck group is looking for—and finding—clues to the mystery of sleep in the properties of sleep-inducing cells in the br... 041
Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Interesting tidbit that jives with the creativity of some of my PWN (people with narcolepsy) peers: “The findings indicate that damage to this circuit—caused by brain injuries or neurodegenerative diseases—may sometimes enhance creative abilities. “ 001
Reposted by Matthew Horsnellmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 05/05/2025after stealing every word they could find, they ran out of english text and couldn't improve the models further by volume, so they started generating fake text to help improve them more and also a bunch of the english text they fed in the first time is unreliable garbage because they didn't vet it 20527107
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellMiranda Chappel-Farley, PhD @mgchappelfarley.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Over the past few years, I’ve shared my personal journey as a sleep scientist living with sleep apnea with other scientists and students to raise awareness and reduce stigma. I’m excited to reach an even broader audience in my recent interview with Parade 🎉 parade.com/health/i-fel...parade.comI Fell Asleep While Driving, Which Led to This DiagnosisThis health condition is often overlooked in women. 275
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellErin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 05/05/2025#SleepPeeps, You may not know this, but apparently preventing SIDS is a woke neo-Marxist fraud. 032
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 05/05/2025As Bukele prepares to arrest multiple journalists for reporting on the deal he made with gangs before the State of Exception in 2022, remember that the Trump admin chose to send him an MS-13 leader set for a trial in the US who might have testified about that deal, thus ensuring his silence. 8572268
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellEmily (I'm not leaving) Feiner @emilyjaynef.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Well, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you? 1658240626329
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellDr. Glaucomflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Just passing along some friendly advice on how to approach potential changes to the Australian health care system @drruthmitchell.bsky.social 9987522102
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellLaura Keeney || ثُرَيَّا @laurakeeney.bsky.social · 05/05/2025I see no flaws in this logic at all. 218833
Reposted by Matthew Horsnelltiffhoppe.swifties.social @tiffhoppe.swifties.social · 04/05/2025ICE roundup bus leaving Nashville for parts unknown - rounded up in a raid overnight- this is a 3 minute clip but I watched this whole thing live and it’s horrifying #nashville #ice 44393200
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 04/05/2025RFK Jr: “autism destroys families” and is “an individual tragedy as well” NBC News: “he raised the profile of autism” 1826249
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellJulian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Trump freezes science. www.scientificamerican.com/article/unde...scientificamerican.comUnder Trump, National Science Foundation Cuts Off All Funding to ScientistsNational Science Foundation staff were told to freeze outgoing funding days after NSF leadership introduced a new policy that requires that grants be screened for “alignment with agency priorities” 105
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellPaul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 03/05/2025#Trump vs #Science: Medical journals including @nejm.org and @jama.com hit with threatening letters from Justice Department "It's an indication of the degree to which this administration will go to try to interfere with scientific research and the scientific community" www.npr.org/sections/sho...npr.orgMedical journals hit with threatening letters from Justice DepartmentThe interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for information about their editorial practices. 269
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Front page @nytimes.com today 1 of 6 charts of the 1st 100 days www.nature.com/articles/s41... 10280115
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellKenneth Miller @kenmillerwrites.bsky.social · 04/05/2025🤯🤯🤯https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/nih-ends-participation-in-safe-to-sleep-campaign-to-prevent-infant-deaths/statnews.comNIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deathsNIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep 033
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 03/05/2025It's important to know that when tech bros say they are "data driven" what they mean by "data" is their own experience and the assumptions. This is why you regularly hear things like "UBI will destroy society" and "if you give away housing no one will work" despite all studies showing the contrary. 281502356
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Discussed here sciencebasedmedicine.org/big-pharma/sciencebasedmedicine.orgThe Anti-Vaccine Movement Supports Big PharmaIt's common knowledge that anti-vaxxers are dedicated to filling the coffers of Big Coffin. Simple math leads to another obvious conclusion: they also work extremely hard to enrich hospitals and Big 514653
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellDr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Could you imagine if the head of the United States healthcare system didn’t believe that HIV caused AIDS? …And that instead they believed that AIDS is caused by recreational drugs (“poppers”) used by gay people? Oh wait…🥴 1212121293224
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellUsha Lee McFarling @usha.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Had to remind myself I'm a science reporter, not a political reporter😅, so I wrote this cool story on the search for a universal snake antivenom, something that's desperately needed to save lives across the developing world. www.statnews.com/2025/05/02/d...statnews.comSnake enthusiast survived hundreds of bites. Now his blood is aiding the search for a universal antivenomBlood from a snake enthusiast who's been bitten hundreds of times aided the search for a universal snakebite treatment 36118
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellAlex Naka @gottapatchemall.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Snake venom protection by a cocktail of varespladib and broadly neutralizing human antibodies www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... broad spectrum antivenom 0114
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellErin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 02/05/2025In case you weren't yet sure this is about racism: The word cloud below shows the most common terms in the titles and abstracts of the 1,000+ NSF grants terminated in the last couple of weeks. (source: grant-watch.us/nsf-summary....) #academicsky 32316
Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Twitter’s iPhone App being down all day has been remarkable for my mental health. The world is still on fire, but I don’t see the folks actively throwing accelerant on the fire. 010
Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Narcolepsy (narcolepsie coined by Jean-Baptiste Édouard Gélineau) has been around long enough that facial hair like this was in style. 000
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Gélineau advanced the term "narcolepsy" in 1880 while de la Tourette described his eponymous syndrome in 1885. "Autism" was coined by Bleuler in 1911, with full diagnoses soon after. But what do I know? I'm not the Cabinet secretary in charge of the goddamn Department of Health and Human Services. 1282160184157
Reposted by Matthew HorsnellErin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 23/04/2025RFK Jr. logic: - I never heard of narcolepsy when I was a kid - Therefore, it didn't exist when I was a kid - Therefore, probably caused by red food dye Lesson: Maybe read at least 1 fucking article on a topic before spouting bullshit off the top of your head about it to the world? #sleeppeeps 065
Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Descriptions of narcolepsy first in 1877 and the term “narcolepsie” was coined by Jean-Baptiste Édouard Gélineau in 1880. Evidence suggests most cases of NT1 (with cataplexy) are autoimmune disorders not “injuries.” #SleepPeeps 1147
Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 19/04/2025So “oops, but you are still going to be punished because you defended academic integrity and embarrassed DJT.” @tonycunningham.bsky.social I’ve been meaning to check in but it is always too late to text. You have my voice and support. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...nytimes.comTrump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard (Gift Article)An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization. 110
Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 09/04/2025This is bad for so many reasons. People with chronic and rare conditions struggle to pay for meds already. Some products require an ex-US supply chain. Others can adapt, but it will take time. Patients will suffer. 030
Matthew Horsnell @matthorsnell.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Grateful to voices like my dear friend Lindsay Jesteadt and good-ish friend* @drchriswinter.bsky.social for highlighting pediatric narcolepsy! #SleepPeeps * - just kidding Chris is fantastic thebalancingact.com/the-struggle...thebalancingact.comThe Struggle to Stay Awake: Recognizing Pediatric Narcolepsy - The Balancing ActJoin us as we explore excessive daytime sleepiness in children and how it may be a key indicator of pediatric narcolepsy. Experts share insights on recognizing symptoms, seeking proper medical guidanc... 010