Drug Monkey
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Anti-carnage. Overtonologist. https://drugmonkey.wordpress.com/
All 435 are domestic abusin’???? They definitely need an app to monitor each other.
Health Care Renewal@healthcarerenew.bsky.social · 2h agoDefining down deviance: House Majority Speaker Johnson says everybody is a domestic abuser "There’s all sorts of domestic events going on with 435 members of Congress all the time, it’s not my business to get engaged in it" www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Is there an app for Republican Congressmen to monitor each other’s violence against their family members? That’s Mike Johnson’s preference for controlling his own porn urges, maybe that can work here.
News 📰@some-news.bsky.social · 2h agoThe House speaker doesn’t want to get involved in the Max Miller scandal—or anything else that might seem like part of his basic duties as a leader.
Domestic events. Domestic related child abuse event. Domestic violence against wife and child associated events.
Health Care Renewal@healthcarerenew.bsky.social · 2h agoDefining down deviance: House Majority Speaker Johnson says everybody is a domestic abuser "There’s all sorts of domestic events going on with 435 members of Congress all the time, it’s not my business to get engaged in it" www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
As if we needed any further sign that Republican voters are motivated by white supremacy, the GOP’s actual candidates with nonwhite names are losing primaries to white-named noncandidates.
Bayliss Wagner@baylisswagner.bsky.social · 3h agoThe story: Trump-Backed Republican Loses to Little-Known Rival Who Had Suspended His Bid www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
NIH intramural versus extramural research efficiency drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2026/08/05/n...
NIH intramural versus extramural research efficiency
hattip to one of our OG blog commenters pinus who is trolling me today with a new paper in eLife. Comparing the outputs of intramural and extramural grants funded by National Institutes of Health. …
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One from the archive as a little warmup to today's observations. The R01 still doesn't pay for itself and reviewers are getting worse drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/t...
The R01 still doesn’t pay for itself and reviewers are getting worse
I pointed out some time ago that the full modular R01 grant from the NIH doesn’t actually pay for itself. In the sense that there is a certain expectation of productivity, progress, etc on th…
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The Internet and cell phones are pretty cool.
Jane Coaston@janecoaston.bsky.social · 8h agonostalgia is the most dangerous drug there is
🧵 Are you following what could be this year's most consequential East Coast ocean story? Odyssey Marine Exploration is asking the Dept. of the Interior for a lease to mine ~2,500 sq. miles of seafloor off Virginia's coast. Here is why this raises major red flags: 1/7
What does the Ph in PhD stand for?
Chaucer Doth Tweet@levostregc.bsky.social · 20h ago"Wyoming will become the first state in the US where you cannot receive a B.A. in Philosophy. The University of Wyoming will be the only R1 institution, the only state flagship university, and one of two land-grant universities that do not offer a B.A. in Philosophy." dailynous.com/2026/07/23/u...
While never "big", he was CEO of 3 sizeable companies before he ran them all into the ground. Achieve (née OncoGenex, née Sonus) Adhera (née Marina, née MDRNA, née Nastech) Atossa (current)
Details are light but “Quay is the founder of several drug companies, most recently of Atossa Therapeutics, a Seattle-based firm developing a breast cancer drug.” Says Pharma bro, not Big Pharma executive. Does he have the organizational chops?
Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · yesterday🤯🤯🤯 “Steven Quay, a pharma executive known for his books making the case Covid came from a Chinese lab, is on the verge of getting Anthony Fauci’s old job” A Big Pharma executive & lab leaker, what could possibly go wrong? www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
All of the other K's are limited to citizens/green card holders. The K99 was the only K that non-citizens/non-green card holders could get.
Pretty sure K99 was the only K mech that was open to non-citizen/perm residents. When the K32 was first forecasted it was going to be open, and then when published it had a citizenship requirement.
Usually she votes out of step with the Republicans only if her vote doesn't make a difference. Let's see if it is the same this time.
Plus he’s lying to Tillis and Cornyn and will let the payoff of insurrectionists sneak back in by other means.
Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · yesterdaySusan Collins announces she will vote against confirming Todd Blanche to become Attorney General. This comes after Cornyn and Tillis said they will vote to confirm him. Murkowski has not said how she would vote to confirm him. Same for Bill Cassidy.
Not sure I’m thrilled about an IC Director being appointed for being famously wrong about a major health concern under the domain of the IC in question.
Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · yesterday🤯🤯🤯 “Steven Quay, a pharma executive known for his books making the case Covid came from a Chinese lab, is on the verge of getting Anthony Fauci’s old job” A Big Pharma executive & lab leaker, what could possibly go wrong? www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Sentenced under Republican Jan Brewer, released under Republican Doug Ducey. For the record.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · yesterdayA man who went to prison for killing his father in 2010 has been charged with intentionally setting the largest of the wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of buildings in and around Spokane, Washington, and forced tens of thousands of people from their homes. https://to.pbs.org/4xqcg01
question: does an actor of this stature / these listed roles get residuals?
Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · yesterdayHollywood is diabolical.
MAGA fueled resentment about his life outcomes which he blamed on everyone except himself. Done.
KTVU FOX 2@ktvufox2.bsky.social · 2d agoAuthorities are still trying to determine what prompted Chad Williams to open fire at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant, killing three people and wounding seven others.
He serves in the branch that the Constitution specifically charges with the duty of removing the President for criming.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
In short, MAGA.
Corpsy@corpsepilot.bsky.social · yesterdayChad Williams 24 - the In-N-Out shooter "described himself in college as a 'combat sport enthusiast'" & "appeared to lean heavily into right-wing posts on X, concerned about crime, the restriction of gun rights and immigration enforcement." So *thoughts and prayers* 🤨 tucson.com/news/state-r...
Mind you, these are not e-cigarettes, but good old burning cancer stick (combustible) cigarettes introduced in the US in April/May. No tax, no 21yr age limit, with menthol available everywhere. This is what happens when there is a legislative and regulatory vacuum.
#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #pulmsky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence @atscommunity.bsky.social @greatdismal.bsky.social🛟🫁 In our new paper in @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social we describe a diabolical new product, a "tobacco-free" cigarette containing a nicotine analogue.
