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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 12/06/2026

A society with one trillionaire and millions of people in poverty is something to be deeply ashamed of, actually

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Tishya Venkatraman @tishyav.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The hantavirus response has included scientists from all across the globe. There could no stronger testament to the necessity of international cooperation and the WHO - defunding global health means defunding all our health

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Tishya Venkatraman @tishyav.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

‼️I’m hiring an Epidemiologist in the national MMR team in the Immunisation division at UKHSA, working on measles surveillance and outbreak response. Strong epi analysis, surveillance experience, and R/SQL/Git needed. Deadline 1 April www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Cases of invasive meningococcal disease have been confirmed in Kent. Sadly, 2 people are known to have died. It's important to know the signs of symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia. Get more info from NHS. 🔗 nhs.uk/conditions/meningitis

MENINGITIS SYMPTOMS:
fever
a very bad headache (this alone is not a reason to get medical help)
being sick
stiff neck
dislike of bright lights
rash (DO NOT wait for a rash to appear before seeking medical advice)
confusion, delirium
severe sleepiness, losing consciousness

SEPTICAEMIA SYMPTOMS:
fever and shivering
severe pains and aches in limbs and joints
cold hands and feet
pale or blotchy skin
very rapid or difficulty breathing
diarrhoea, stomach cramps
red or purple “blood spots” or blotchy rash on skin that does not fade under pressure – do the GLASS TEST. On dark skin, check other places such as the palms of the hands, soles of the feet, inside the mouth (roof), and the whites of the eyes
confusion, delirium
severe sleepiness, losing consciousness

If you become worried about yourself, your child, or a friend, particularly if symptoms are getting worse, seek medical help urgently.
EARLY TREATMENT CAN BE LIFE-SAVING.

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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Except literally every data analysis or model I've ever asked AI to build has contained at least one error: www.nature.com/articles/d41... Common response: "But someone just needs to give AI detailed instructions..." But who is the "someone" in that sentence? And how did they get their expertise?

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

"I can actually picture it and that is a problem - any picture that shows something percolating is just not how an economy behaves. You cannot picture the economy like a thing." - terrific piece by @gilesyb.bsky.social:

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it is not just that there are no "levers"

language is a huge barrier to understanding

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Tishya Venkatraman @tishyav.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

If you or anyone you know has missed their vaccination, it’s never too late to get caught up for FREE on the NHS. You protect you and everyone around you.

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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Want to get the data out of a PDF figure? As in, the actual data – not a rough trace-along-the-lines version? I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/ It all started a few years ago... 🧵

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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

This smells distinctly like collider bias and/or selection bias and/or regression to the mean... You simply can't select teen prodigies, and world class athletes rom databases, and go run regressions without serious consideration of the selection process!

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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I drafted a letter to the editor, please help me out by DMing, commenting, emailing feedback if you are an expert on colliderbias, id obviosuly ad you as a author, Ideally we submit within 24-48 hrs, draft: zenodo.org/records/1800... (click download if the pdf doesnt preview on zenodo)

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Negative Associations Between Early and Adult Performance Arise from Colider Selection Bias

Güllich et al. argue that among elite performers there is a negative associationbetween early and adult performance, a pattern they link to distinct developmentalcausal mechanisms for early, and adult...

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Tishya Venkatraman @tishyav.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

When benefit is established, withholding an intervention is no longer neutral experimentation it becomes premeditated harm

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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

The government's keenness to protect "good jobs" in manufacturing contrasts with its inaction in the face of the destruction of "good jobs" in universities. What's going on here is something other than economics.

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Royal Society for Public Health @rsph.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

This week's budget included a number of measures that have gone under the radar but could have a real impact on the nation's health. From lifting children out of poverty to supporting high streets, find out what the measures mean for your health 👇 ow.ly/v05E50Xz2Ey

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RSPH responds to November 2025 budget

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

NEW! 🦠🦧 We revisited a perplexing paradox: do wildlife really pose less of a risk to human health as they become more endangered? Turns out, it's sampling bias all the way down: conservation risks correlate with disease surveillance blindspots. 🔓 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Viral diversity and zoonotic risk in endangered species

A growing body of evidence links zoonotic disease risk, including pandemic threats, to biodiversity loss and other upstream anthropogenic impacts on ecosystem health. However, there is little current...

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Tishya Venkatraman @tishyav.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Relying on personal nutrition and exercise as the main pandemic strategy is a nice idea, but it leaves huge swaths of the pop exposed. Individual agency just isn’t equitable! people don’t all have the same time, resources etc to ‘optimise’ themselves to safety www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...

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RFK Jr.’s Miasma Theory of Health Is Spreading

The agency is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

You cant parachute asylum seekers into deprived areas, in completely inappropriate housing, then say those migrants are 'dividing our country'. You divided the country because you can't organise a basic service and process claims in a timely way

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

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Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression

The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Kids rely on adults for safety, but when adults & governments are intentionally spreading anti-vax misinformation, or actively reducing access to essential vaccines, who is to protect kids and safeguard their rights? @statnews.com with @stefanswartpet.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...

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Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers

Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.

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Tishya Venkatraman @tishyav.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I was called “anti national” today. for so many of us, our Indian lineage can be celebrated only if you bow to Modi, embrace Hindutva, don’t utter the words Dalit, Ayodhya 92 or Gujarat 02, don’t mention anti muslim hate, don’t question power and pretend dissent is somehow a threat to the nation

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Gavi @gavi.org · 13/11/2025

In rural Liberia, reaching every child means crossing rivers by raft and navigating miles of dangerous, mud-slicked roads. But due to a lack of funding, many of these vaccinators do it without pay. 🧵

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Tishya Venkatraman @tishyav.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Some extraordinary work here By Freja and co. We are seeing an early flu season with a drifted strain currently but early vaccine effectiveness data are encouraging! Get your flu jab! www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Pre-print: Early influenza virus characterisation and vaccine effectiveness in England in autumn 2025

New data on early influenza virus characterisation and vaccine effectiveness in England in autumn 2025, a period dominated by influenza A(H3N2) subclade K.

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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

EVERY left-leaning media outlet contributes to this—most are instigators. + most Dem politicians, especially ones who pass legislation sponsored by groups like EWG. Selective science denialism crosses ALL ideologies —bc strong opinions replace logic even with those who think they follow data. 2/

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Another risk of a vax-hesitent population: folks don't realize they're missing vaccines. Those in this story found out after enlisting in the military or starting hc jobs that require proof of immunity, or the hard way - by catching vax-preventable diseases. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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Their parents never got them vaccinated. As young adults, they faced a choice.

Falling vaccination rates around the country mean more will grow up without protection from debilitating diseases until they are old enough to decide for themselves, typically at age 18.

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

I don't know where this revisionism has come from about the suffragettes - people saying "if the suffragettes were around today, they'd be considered terrorists." The suffragettes were arrested and tortured, sexually assaulted and beaten by the state. They *were* considered terrorists!

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 01/10/2025

🎨 Theming got a huge overhaul with the latest #ggplot2 release. In honour of that @teunbrand.bsky.social has written a comprehensive deep-dive into styling your plots, covering both old and new functionality. Grab a coffee and dive in! #rstats

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ggplot2 styling

This post discusses one function in ggplot2: `theme()`. Find out about the glamour of graphics in this deep-dive article.

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Tishya Venkatraman @tishyav.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I really struggle to understand what the endgame is for seriously damaging the health of your population. Yes it will disproportionately affect women and children but it impacts everybody. What is the intended goal?

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

the most important thing to remember when you see eugenicists who don’t believe that autistic people should exist rambling about “the autism epidemic” is not that they’re wrong about the “cause” (although they are absolutely wrong about it); it’s that they are eugenicists

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Tishya Venkatraman @tishyav.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

It’s easy to disregard the value of vaccines and modern medicine and science when 9 out of 10 of your siblings didn’t die prematurely. How do we convey that to people - that the absence of tragedy is not the absence of risk

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 12/08/2025

🗨️ “The stagnation and reversals of progress for women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health...are devastating and enraging.” Helen Clark and Rajat Khosla outline how @pmnch.bsky.social is doubling down on its strengths: bit.ly/45tItXB

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The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health: 2026–30 strategy

We are witnessing a cascade of global crises on every front. War and devastation in Gaza, Sudan, and Ukraine, and forgotten conflicts elsewhere that are rarely acknowledged. Climate-related disasters ...

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Wondering whose White House job it is to protect Americans from bio threats - and why that matters? As of this week, it is *nobody's* full-time job. Here is what that means for all of us. Thanks to Jon Finer & @spsaki.bsky.social who lay it out with me here: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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No One in the White House Knows How to Stop Ebola

We had a playbook for handling biothreats. Then Trump pushed out the people who knew how to use it.

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A Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Trying to change the population is creepy and dangerous, full stop. But pronatalism is also wrong on the science, particularly the US brand of it. Here's a nice explainer on some of its more egregious logical flaws. From @lesja.bsky.social @karenguzzo.bsky.social and @shelleydclark.bsky.social

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Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions

While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated.

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Nathaniel C. Green @nathanielcgreen.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I would real the hell out of this. I suspect it's linked to what Jefferson Cowie describes in FREEDOM'S DOMINION: a perverse notion of "liberty" rooted in oppression. "Personal responsibility" becomes the freedom to be reckless with not only one's own health, but others.

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Gary Collins @gscollins.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

NEW PAPER in @bmj.com "Dealing with continuous variables and modelling non-linear associations in healthcare data: practical guide" --> www.bmj.com/content/390/... #methodologymatters #StatsSky #EpiSky

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Tishya Venkatraman @tishyav.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Spent the morning teaching measles epi and MMR campaign rationale. The antivax stuff is completely unhinged. It’s like the lack of evidence becomes proof of the conspiracy ie “The reason there’s no proof is because the conspirators (we) did such a good job covering it up”

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Measles just reached a 33 year high in the U.S. both predicted and predictable. Here are my 4 recommendations for things we can do now (but choose not to, unfortunately) @plosglobalpublichealth.org journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

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It won’t end with COVID: Countering the next phase of American antivaccine activism 2025–29

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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Infectious Disease ↔️ Chronic Disease The story of EBV and MS is a powerful reminder that the line between infectious and chronic disease is not as sharp as we once thought (and why infectious disease deserves sustained investment). #episky #idsky #medsky jenndowd.substack.com/p/from-mono-...

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From Mono to MS: When a Common Virus Goes Rogue

The “kissing disease” isn’t as innocent as it sounds

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

“Having the freedom to defend science is a privilege. Those who have it owe it to everyone the world over to make their voices heard.” Our editorial calling for global academies to speak out like the Pontifical Academy just did - www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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In the face of anti-science politics, silence is not without cost

More scientific leaders need to speak out about anti-science agendas and threats to academic freedom across the world.

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Luca Tiratelli @lucatiratelli.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

This article doesn't present one piece of evidence for the lab leak theory. Read it closely, it literally doesn't offer one reason why you should think that this is what happened. Instead it relies on the classic conspiratorial tropes about 'cover ups'... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The Covid ‘lab leak’ theory isn’t just a rightwing conspiracy – pretending that’s the case is bad for science | Jane Qiu

While figures like Steve Bannon have exploited the issue, scientists have done themselves no favours by shutting down legitimate inquiry, says award-winning science writer Jane Qiu

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

the most basic, enduring plea from medicine: stop obsessing over tech solutions for tiny marginal returns when we haven't even mastered the basics of 19thC public health reform, let alone anything more sophisticated.

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Tishya Venkatraman @tishyav.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

One of the best parts of this year’s NIN conf was the intro to @jitsuvax.bsky.social - a tool that tackles vaccine hesitancy with empathy first, then facts. It breaks down common antivax arguments & shows how to respond in a way we can all use in public health jitsuvax.info/discover/

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Discover - JITSUVAX

Browse By Attitude root There are 11 common attitude roots that misinformed arguments can be categorised within. Select an attitude root below to learn more and to browse themes. Conspiracist Ideati...

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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

New piece on why it’s unhelpful to characterise COVID debate as ‘lockdowns are bad’ vs ‘lockdowns are good’ when it was really about people who claimed that COVID was 100x less fatal than it was + optimal to have a massive epidemic immediately before vaccine… vs those who sense checked these claims.

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Restrictions had unequal impacts, but the pandemic itself did too. - Boston Review

Adam Kucharski responds to Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator. 🧪🌎

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“Why Are We Funding This?”

Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.

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