Pro-wrestling executive Linda McMahon issued a letter today (in her role as US Secretary of Education) demanding that universities justify their existence and explain policies to the Trump administration by the end of 2026. Not sure what the endgame is, but it sure feels like a trap.

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Issues National Call to Action to University Presidents and Governing Boards

Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon issued a national call to action to university presidents and governing boards, urging them to reaffirm higher education’s foundational commitments to ...

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The number needed to treat for ADHD (if we look at academic performance, behaviour, risk taking, drug and alcohol abuse, accidents, whatever measure you use) is the sort of NNT other drugs and conditions simply dream of.

Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.

Channel 4 has announced documentary “The Great ADHD Myth?” It “seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct.”

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

RFK Jr. asked the National Institute of Health to dedicate $5 billion (!) to finding a link between vaccines and autism. "That would have dedicated more than a tenth of the NIH’s annual budget to investigating a hypothesis already refuted by scientists worldwide."

Inside RFK Jr.’s push to dismantle decades of U.S. vaccine policy

Insider accounts reveal the scale of the health secretary's ambitions to curb childhood immunizations and unearth a link between vaccines and autism.

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the food safety stuff is another reminder that a large, huge, gigantic part of being a republican is going “lmao why are we spending money to prevent horrifying disasters from happening if they never happen 🤪”

The formal end of DOGE marks the collapse of a massive scam. Elon Musk used it to secure tax cuts for the rich while delivering less than ten percent of promised budget cuts. The initiative crippled US soft power and cost more money to fix than it saved. It also caused thousands of deaths

"If scientists align with campaigns that pitch their opponents as anti-science, they should not be surprised if greater polarization is the result." I have some real strong thoughts on this piece. Let's talk about it... 1/? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Scientists should recognize their own political biases to build public trust

Public trust in science can’t be sustained by the support of narrow constituencies at one end of an ideological spectrum.

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Where do I go to opt-out of my information being used for this "research"?

RFK Jr. Seeks To Peek at Americans’ Medical Records for Clues on Autism and Vaccines - KFF Health News

To collect and scrutinize millions of Americans’ health data, U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims to work with state organizations that help health systems share medical records. In Nebra...

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Counter-narrative re: AI- I think it is making me smarter, not dumber, as I push back against the confident errors that it creates discussing topics that I know something about. (I'm still polite though, because maybe Skynet)

#Breaking The FDA has approved #ensitrelvir (Xocova) for post-exposure prophylaxis of #COVID19 in adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older, making it the first and only oral antiviral authorized to help prevent symptomatic infection after exposure. @shionogiincus.bsky.social #IDsky

FDA Approves Ensitrelvir as First Oral Post-Exposure Prevention Option for COVID-19 | Contagion Live

The FDA has approved ensitrelvir (Xocova) for post-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 in adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older, making it the first and only oral antiviral authorized to help pr...

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Dr. Amy Mathers recognizing Dr. Jim Lewis during his last CLSI meeting as Vice chair holder of the AST Subcommittee. First ever PharmD chair holder of the AST subcommittee!👏 Amy presents Jim with a Texas sized belt buckle #Medsky #pharmsky #microbiology

Regulate AI now.

Dr Lindsey Fitzharris@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I genuinely feel sick. A company reached out to me on IG, linking me to an AI version of myself. You can even ask "me" questions. They are also advertising it using an AI photo of me. They told me if I like it, they will give me free access... to my own fucking content that they stole. /1

This is bad. Bad for researchers. Bad for science. Bad for universities. Bad for professional associations. For example: 1. Every award would be vetted by political appointees, who could overrule peer reviewers and deny the award if it doesn't advance the president's priorities. 1/🧵

elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

This is disastrous AND almost exactly one year ago, we warned it would happen: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @michaelemann.bsky.social @vambros.bsky.social @carlbergstrom.com @briannosek.bsky.social

Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it | Colette Delawalla

The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way for state-controlled science

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Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 2mo ago

BREAKING: New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion". #standupforscience public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf

Before antibiotics, pneumococcal pneumonia killed 20-25% of people who had it. It is down considerably in the current era of antibiotics, but it is still a lethal disease. So sad.

Alicia Ault@aliciaault.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Pneumonia is serious no matter how old you are. Was it the competitiveness in him that made him keep racing despite feeling badly? Could he not recognize how ill he was? Did his team realize it? So many questions. #sports #NASCAR #KyleBusch #Medsky #IDsky

Incoming @sidpharm.bsky.social Dr. Lisa Dumkow highlighted plans to expand mentorship, strengthen research, and move the organization's initiatives forward. She also offered insights into the new combined MAD-ID/SIDP meeting. #MADIDxSIDP2026 #IDsky www.contagionlive.com/view/sidp-pr...

SIDP President Outlines Priorities for Coming Year | Contagion Live

Incoming SIDP President Lisa Dumkow, PharmD, FIDP, BCIDP, highlighted plans to expand mentorship, strengthen research collaboration, and move the organization's initiatives forward. She also offered i...

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Eli Lilly buying three companies with vaccines in the pipeline for shingles, Staphylococcus aureus and other bacterial pathogens, and flaviviruses like Zika and West Nile. A vote of confidence in vaccines! #IDsky #publichealth #virology #immunology

Lilly inks deals to buy 3 vaccine developers for up to $3.8B as M&A spree continues

Eli Lilly has splashed up to $3.8 billion on an infectious disease pipeline,

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Dr. Jason Gallagher discusses how a coalition of major medical professional societies needed to step in to sue the federal government after sweeping changes to US vaccine policy under HHS Secretary Kennedy reshaped the CDC’s vaccine advisory process. #IDsky www.contagionlive.com/view/when-sc...

When Science Has to Sue | Contagion Live

Editor-in-Chief Jason Gallagher, PharmD, FCCP, FIDP, FIDSA, BCPS, discusses how a coalition of major medical professional societies needed to step in to sue the federal government after sweeping chang...

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the most anti free speech administration in this country’s history

Science Magazine@science.org · 3mo ago

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

Hot off the presses! Contagion's Spring Issue is out! Check out the latest in #HIV therapies, the role of antimicrobials in climate change, a review of histoplasmosis management, and more. #IDsky #Medsky Read it here: indd.adobe.com/view/6a2cbe2...

The amazing @jeremyfaust.bsky.social got the CDC paper that Jay Bhattacharya censored, which shows that the COVID19 vaccine was at least 53% effective in reducing hospitalizations. Why doesn’t Bhattacharya want the public to see it? IMO it’s because it proves him wrong, and he is a weak man.

NOT SO FUN FACT—half of all U.S. war casualties during WWI were due to influenza. Today—Trump’s War Secretary remove the flu vaccine requirement for all U.S. military. Plus, bragging about this to all enemies is just absolute idiocy. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Annual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth says

The move alarmed some public health experts, who warned that it would weaken troop readiness.

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RFK Jr. is a monster. An entirely self-designed, self-created, deliberate, intentional, WILLING monster. And he needs to go.

Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · 4mo ago

RFK Jr. just said HHS is "cleaning up the risk pool" (i.e., people who are unhealthy) to bring down healthcare costs.

With RFKjr judicially blocked from taking childhood vaccines off the US schedule, pediatricians now worry how else he'll bring back dangerous child infections. One way is FDA removal of the RSV monoclonal antibody shot, as it's not a vaccine. A 🧵on an antivaxxer caught two-facing it on this shot.

In first speech to her FDA staff, Høeg says she’ll scrutinize RSV shots and SSRIs in pregnancy (even though her job does not include vaccine oversight). www.statnews.com/2026/02/19/t... via @statnews @lizzylawrence.bsky.social

In first speech to her FDA staff, Høeg says she’ll scrutinize RSV shots and SSRIs in pregnancy

The top drug regulator at the FDA told staff she plans to question the safety of taking SSRIs in pregnancy and of RSV shots given to infants.

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Jay Bhattacharya has been one of the most faithful of the anti-vaxx MAHA activists in the Trump regime RFK Jr lies when he says COVID vaccines are “the deadliest vaccines” in history; I guess Jay needs to keep pleasing his bosses, RFK Jr & Trump www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

A moment in my exciting life. Monday at 1pm, I arrive in a new-to-me conference room for a meeting of a university committee that I am co-chairing. It's a big charge. I'm not really nervous but I am primed to go. I have my laptop deployed, files ready, and iPad to take notes in Notability. 1/

Price of Netflix's Standard (No Ads) plan over the years 📺 Up ~150% over 15 years

This was what I needed to see on this taco Tuesday.

Fergi Jo Lisa 🏳️‍🌈@lolafaglana.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I couldn't breathe because I was laughing so hard. That bird's an asshole! 😂😂😂😂😂 Best with volume up.

On a serious note — Pope Leo is asking you to call your Members of Congress Capitol switchboard ☎️ 202-224-3121