Literally had a Harry Potter podcast before this shit. I was a SUPERFAN. HP is not welcome in my fandoms. My trans kid means more to me.

Sage Deviant 🏳️‍⚧️@trans.bsky.social · 5d ago

“harry potter is my comfort series” they’re killing kids, Barabara.

Ahem. impeachvought.com

Impeach Vought

We are current and former federal workers from across the government. We have witnessed first-hand the harm Russell Vought has inflicted on American communities. We are urging Congress to act now to p...

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Paul Marvin@paulmarvin.bsky.social · 2d ago

As I said the first time this study was proposed, this is unconscionable and would absolutely not fly in any wealthy nation. Medical experimentation on babies (withhold a lifesaving medical intervention just to see what happens) does not magically become okay if they happen to be poor African babies

Rachel Fairbank@sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 15h ago

“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.

“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.

Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers

theguardian.com

Went to the Monterey Aquarium for the first time!

I'm recording a Wii Retrospective episode tonight. If you have any memories of the system or thoughts on it share 'em below and they may get read on the episode!

One day after the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Association of Evangelicals came out against the Pentagon’s plan to livestream an execution, Pope Leo has published a tweet reiterating the Catholic Church’s opposition to the death penalty.

Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · 2d ago

NEW from me: The National Association of Evangelicals (along with several other religious groups) are now joining the USCCB in condemning Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth’s plans to publicly execute Nidal Malik Hasan, also saying doing so promotes a “culture of death.” religionnews.com/2026/10/09/h...

My department (Biology) at University of Maryland is hiring!

FFVII was right yet again.

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 3d ago

“…most commonly carried out in a handful of countries including Iran, North Korea and the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan. “releasing video of executions is most often associated with extremist militant groups like the Islamic State...” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...

I’m co-hosting a one-day visioning workshop on developing hands-on DNA sequencing experiences for public engagement and secondary school audiences in the U.K. if you or colleagues are interested share this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Sequencing for Everyone

Thank you for your interest in Sequencing for Everyone: Building a UK Network for Hands-on DNA Sequencing and Public Engagement, taking place on 24 November 2026, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM, at University Colleg...

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Holy shit FOUR members of the ethics committee in Denmark that gave the green light to allow the widely-condemned RFK Jr-funded trial to proceed in Guinea-Bissau have now resigned in protest This quote is 🔥 Great reporting by @melodyschreiber.com www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · 3d ago

RFK Jr is funding a grotesquely unethical study on newborn babies in Guinea-Bissau; ethicists, pediatricians, clinical trial experts, & infectious disease experts are calling this horrific trial The New Tuskegee. It is unethical to withhold a life saving intervention from half of newborns FFS.

New email to Director Bhattacharya about the unethical hepatitis B study. 1/3

No more hypotheticals anymore, we’re here.

DC Council@councilofdc.bsky.social · 2d ago

This is clearly not acceptable

"Temporal and Phylodynamic analyses of the 2026 Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" - www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

Temporal and Phylodynamic analyses of the 2026 Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is experiencing a major outbreak of Ebola disease caused by Orthoebolavirus bundibugyoense (Bundibugyo virus), which was declared on May 15, 2026. To investigate t...

medrxiv.org

Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.

Looking to do a PhD in evolutionary cell biology, chromosomes & centromeres? 🧬🔬 The winter call for the UNIGE PhD recruitment is open, and my lab is among those recruiting through the Molecular Biosciences program! 🗓️ Apply by Nov 1st: lifesciencesphd.unige.ch

Very interesting thread by Zach, identifying the sources of the AI-generated images in Annie Jacobsen's recent book, and demonstrating that the used AI is a plagiarism machine

Zach Hensel@zachhensel.bsky.social · 3d ago

@angierasmussen.bsky.social regarding "Are those baguettes? Baguettes???" Perhaps the picture this is modified from, taken by Amos Chapple in Oymyakon thousands of kilometers away from Novosibirsk will help answer the question. petapixel.com/2014/12/21/p...

Mamdani, in closing, on today's ICE shooting: "This is an agency that must be abolished."

Now that we have moved coasts, I am thrilled to share that the ChromEvo (Raman) lab is officially open at UMass Boston 🎉 We ask how CHROMatin EVOlution leads to functional innovation and we are hiring at multiple levels. Read on and share with folks who maybe interested chromevoramanlab.github.io

Abolish ICE

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 2d ago

My statement on the ICE shooting in Marble Hill ⬇️

My statement on the ICE shooting in Marble Hill ⬇️

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

Still can’t fully believe it but it’s out in the world: I’ve been awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship this round. You can read more about “Past, Present and Futures of Historical Games”👇+more to come soon about what this means for @historygamesnet.bsky.social! www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/31...

New Future Leaders Fellows announced

Dr Esther Wright and Dr Lucy Riglin have been awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships

cardiff.ac.uk

The unethical, racist study of a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau is back. Last year, we made a lot of noise and they dropped it. Time to get loud again! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study

“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study

rollingstone.com

We're hiring! And I think we're a great place to work! Two Professor of the Practice positions, one junior at the assistant rank and the other senior at the associate rank, with a focus on teaching foundational and advanced AI courses for our graduate programs. See cs.brown.edu/about/positi...

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@mbltc.bsky.social · 3d ago

There is absolutely no clinical equipoise to justify the study, which will only lead to morbidity and mortality for those who do not receive the vaccine. Crimes against humanity. RFK Junior belongs in jail. 

Our newest whistleblower Jill Fields shares on @nbcnews.com how FBI investigations into ICE protesters in California violated the First Amendment right to free speech and to peaceably assemble: whistleblower.org/in-the-news/...

NBC News: FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protesters

"Jill Fields, a former supervisory intelligence analyst in the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, made a formal whistleblower complaint to Senate Judiciary Committee leaders over the federal response to ...

whistleblower.org

Today I gave a talk at the NIH on "Virus Emergence & The Origin of Pandemics". I had a fun time presenting on five+ years of collaborative research and got a lot of great questions! The NIH Director even found time to tweet about it.. 💫 Slides for those interested: andersen-lab.com/files/2026.1...

10 days left to apply for an Assistant Professorship in Evolutionary Biology at Columbia.

Andres Bendesky@bendeskylab.com · 4w ago

We have a tenure-track faculty position in Evolutionary Biology in Columbia's E3B Department. Application deadline is October 15. Come be our colleague. Please RT! apply.interfolio.com/193016

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the CDC have stopped recommending seven vaccines for children, including vaccines that protect against hepatitis B, RSV, and meningitis. These vaccines have kept millions of children out of the hospital and saved countless lives. I'm suing.