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Black In Neuro @blackinneuro.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

💼 Your neuroscience career can take you anywhere. Join #NeuroCareers at #BINW26 for "Becoming a Global Asset in Neuroscience," a career panel on building skills, expanding your network, and making an impact worldwide. 🗓 July 31 | 🕛 12–1:30 PM ET Registration is open now!

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Climate.us @climate.us · 23/06/2026

Climate.us is live. Built by members of the team behind Climate.gov, this new independent nonprofit website keeps trusted climate information easy to find, easy to use, and harder to erase. #ClimateForUs #ClimateUS

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Mark Zervas, PhD @mzervas.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

No Kings: Peaceful Protest Providence RI #NoKings

Protesters gathered at Providence RI “No Kings” rally.

Protesters conducting peaceful protest march in Providence RI

Girl with American flag amongst demonstrators at No Kings protest march in Providence.

End of peaceful protest march heading back toward Providence RI statehouse.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

The Trump administration has removed the chapter on climate change from the "Reference manual on scientific evidence", an essential handbook for judges as they weigh evidence in court. The response of the American Meteorological Society has just been published (below). And...[1/2]

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Statement on Public Availability of Scientific Information and Scientific Evidence on Climate Change

The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Appreciate this OpEd for highlighting the difficulty of getting people to understand the risks of RFK Jr.’s anti-science agenda. Now, if we could get a crystal ball and show people what will be happening in 5-10 years as a result of his policies, I think we’d have a sizeable protest every week.

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Where Are the Protests Against RFK Jr's Sickening Policies? | Opinion

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr has launched a crusade to dismantle long-established medical and scientific practices that ensure public health.

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Mark Zervas, PhD @mzervas.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

4/5 “We know that genetic factors play the biggest role; hundreds of genes have been linked to autism, and inherited or spontaneous changes in these genes can alter brain development”

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Mark Zervas, PhD @mzervas.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

3/5 “No new data or scientific studies were presented or shared. No new studies have been published in the literature. No new presentations on this topic were made at scientific or medical conference”

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Mark Zervas, PhD @mzervas.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

2/5 “RFK and President Trump have shared their belief that vaccines cause autism, but this is also not supported by the science, which has shown no relationship between vaccines and autism.”

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Mark Zervas, PhD @mzervas.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Autism Science Foundation Statement on White House Announcement on Autism 1/5 “Any association between acetaminophen and autism is based on limited, conflicting, and inconsistent science and is premature,”

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Many studies have shown that there is no relationship between MMR vaccine and the development of autism. Here are two of the best. This one followed every single child born in Denmark from 1991 through 1998 (n=537,303). There was no association.

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A Population-Based Study of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccination and Autism | NEJM

It has been suggested that vaccination against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) is a cause of autism. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of all children born in Denmark from January 1991 th...

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DrCrlsnPEJD @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Etc. Etc.

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Nature @nature.com · 18/09/2025

Fired CDC director testifies at tense Senate hearing that scientific integrity is being quashed at US health agency. go.nature.com/4njcWzt

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Three ways ex-CDC chief says that Trump team is sidelining science

Susan Monarez testifies at tense Senate hearing that scientific integrity is being quashed at US health agency.

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Mark Zervas, PhD @mzervas.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Thrilled to have our paper out, which describes target identification for PTSD, at Frontiers in Drug Discovery: doi.org/10.3389/fdds...

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NPR @npr.org · 29/08/2025

The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but they come with restrictions. NPR wants to know your questions about the new guidance.

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COVID vaccine guidance has changed — again. A doctor tackles your questions

The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but they come with restrictions. NPR wants to know your questions about the new guidance.

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Mark Zervas, PhD @mzervas.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Very informative read: The Real Returns on NIH’s Intramural Research issues.org/nih-intramur... NIH research is a great investment: elifesciences.org/download/aHR...

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The Real Returns on NIH’s Intramural Research

The NIH intramural research program generates benefits far beyond the property lines of its facilities and laboratories.

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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

mRNA vaccines have been proven safe by the scientific and medical communities. Before use, they undergo extensive testing involving thousands of participants, monitored by regulatory agencies. Once again, the anti-science movement impacts all of us. What will we do if there is a #BirdFlu pandemic?

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Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts

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Neil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

It is not a political statement to note the fact that science enhances our well being, expands our knowledge of the world, and drives economic growth 🧪

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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Vaccines don’t cause autism. Vaccines aren’t even associated with autism. The biggest predictor of autism? GENETICS. We have decades of data and millions of data points that to show this. This lie insults people with autism too — as if it’s an “adverse effect” of medicine. 1/

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Mark Zervas, PhD @mzervas.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Brown University Grad Students Stand up for Science at Providence RI #standupforscience @standupforscience.bsky.social

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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Tell me there is no anti-science movement. In 2023, scientists gave the Nobel Prize to those who developed mRNA vaccines. This is how much we trust and believe in them. To have vaccines *BANNED* less than 2 years later can't have other intentions rather than just causing more sickness and suffering

March 3, 2025: Bill banning mRNA vaccines in Iowa passes subcommittee. Some COVID vaccines would be barred in Iowa

October 2, 2023: Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, Penn’s Historic mRNA Vaccine Research Team, Win 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
Highest Honor Bestowed for Foundational Discoveries that Gave the World a Vaccine to Fight COVID-19 Pandemic.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org

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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.

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Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

For all of you who cannot access pubmed, here is a good alternative: europepmc.org

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Europe PMCHome - Europe PMC

Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

In honor of today’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, The Transmitter spoke with eight women neuroscientists leading initiatives that strive to promote women in the field. www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight... #WomenInScience #February11

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Mark Zervas, PhD @mzervas.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Acknowledging the 10th anniversary of the “International Day of Women and Girls in Science” www.un.org/en/observanc... www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight...

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International Day of Women and Girls in Science | United Nations

The purpose of the day is to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls.

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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

It is so heartbreaking when the anti-science movement affects the most vulnerable ones. Vaccine for measles saves millions of lives every year.

Graph showing the number of cases of measles before and after vaccination in England and Wales.

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PINK Concussions @pinkconcussions.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Timeline for this JHTR Issue 02/15/2025: Full papers must be uploaded to the JHTR Editorial Manager submission 11/01/2025: Expected publication date Thank you. Katherine Snedaker, LCSW and Lisa A. Brenner, PhD Topical Issue Editors More info journals.lww.com/headtraumare...

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