John Belmont
@jwbelmon.bsky.social
#MD, #PhD | #Pediatrics | #Medical #Genetics | #Human #Genetics | #Cardiovascular | #Congenital | #Genome #Sequencing | #HealthEcon | #Causal #Inference belmontgenetics.org
Once he’s gone, every trace of his presidency needs to be removed.
Nature research paper: A global view of human centromere variation and evolution go.nature.com/4fpD0aI
A global view of human centromere variation and evolution - Nature
Complete sequencing of more than 2,000 centromeres from diverse humans reveals structures and elevated mutation rates that shape the evolution of these critically important regions.
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The authors describe a hypermethylated CCG repeat expansion at Xp22, in the 5'UTR of BCLAF3, in males with neurodevelopmental disorders. #genomics #ClinicalGenetics #RareDisease
Multiomic approaches identify a rare CCG repeat expansion in BCLAF3 in neurodevelopmental disorders.
X-linked neurodevelopmental disorder · Genome Med 2026
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Papers in elite general science journals describe research that costs a lot of money (on average). No real data on that as far as I know
Angela Andersen@angelaandersen.bsky.social · 4d agoKudos to @science.org for this self-analysis of the peer review process. These kind of data are never shared and don't have to be. Wildly refreshing to see it out in the open. Editorial and peer review dynamics at elite general science journals | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
This book by Kang Wu is all about #tidyplots 🤩 It’s packed with beautiful example plots and their code. Kang really pushes #tidyplots to its limits—and sometimes even beyond 😂 tidyplots-book.pages.dev @wukang.bsky.social #rstats #dataviz #phd
this is the kind of obstreperousness, don't tell me what to do-ness, i got rightsness that is the sheet anchor of American liberties.
Soraya Nadia McDonald@soraya.press · 6d ago"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG
Last week, Daxin and I presented our work on counterfactual causes in a first-order action logic, reverting to the simplicity of Hume’s but-for causality. It got a thumbs up from Joost Vennekens :-)! -- www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Last week, Daxin and I presented our work on counterfactual causes in a first-order action logic, reverting to the simplicity of Hume’s but-for causality. It got a thumbs up from Joost Vennekens :-)! | Vaishak Belle
Last week, Daxin and I presented our work on counterfactual causes in a first-order action logic, reverting to the simplicity of Hume’s but-for causality. It got a thumbs up from Joost Vennekens :-)!
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Happy to see our Editorial in #JACC out! Proteome-wide MR is a powerful causal inference tool, but careful interpretation is essential. We discuss triangulation of evidence across ancestries, proteomic assays, and observational analyses. authors.elsevier.com/a/1nWYi2d9GI...
arXiv📈🤖 A Unified Three-Stage Weighting Framework for Causal Inference and Mediation Analysis under Case-Control Sampling By Islam, Latif
I mean my field(s) are 95-98% “best we can do” in terms of causal inference. And especially in human genetics (strong theory) it’s worked like near magic…
Nick Huntington-Klein@nickchk.com · 6d agoOne of my empirical-work econ takes is that I think academia should be *more* open to publishing work based on best-we-can-do weak data, as long as there's really no other way to address the question and that work is very clear about what it can and can't actually say.
The team developed a DNA sequencing platform to detect and identify residual plant and animal DNA from food in wastewater samples. Results from a test of the platform, called FoodSeq-FLOW, were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science on July 20, 2026.
This is why they’re going after Dr Fauci: he impeded grifters
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Peter Navarro: "I had a million doses of hydroxychloroquine in warehouses as the defense policy coordinator that I was trying to distribute to hospitals. And Fauci got the FDA stop me from doing that."
Dan Kastner Death – Obituary Bethesda, Maryland: Visionary Physician-Scientist and NIH Pioneer Remembered tauliobits.site/dan-kastner-...
We need a constitutional amendment to permit limits on campaign expenditures and prevent billionaires from buying elections. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...
Elon Musk Plans at Least $100 Million in Midterm Spending to Help Republicans
Elon Musk, a year after a huge blowup with President Trump and the Republican Party, is said to be planning to spend in at least eight states to help them in November.
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We are watching, in real time, the biggest fuck-up by any president in the history of the United States of America.
How Older Americans Hoard the Future www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | How Older Americans Hoard the Future
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Documents filed in Comey seashell case show DOJ is trying to prove its a case with a disgruntled former associate, a TV actress, and a mobster, none of whom has any first-hand information. What a mockery of justice. One more reason to block Blanche. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...
Trump Demanded Details of Agents’ Interview of Comey, New Filing Says (Gift Article)
The request suggests the intense personal involvement of President Trump in investigating one of his longtime critics, the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey.
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Woman with blue hat, 1927 by Gabriele Münter, Expressionist painter & co-founder of The Blue Rider, a German expressionist art collective founded in 1911, also including artists Marianne von Werefkin, and Maria Marc among others #Womensart
Fox Propaganda continues to attack American hero Dr. Fauci by calling him a liar. Fox Propaganda literally had to pay out $787M for lying.
Wealthy bro dudes like Shopify CEO benefit way more from public infrastructure than we do. Their delivery trucks, trains, and planes use our public roads, waterways/ports, and airports. To make them bank. But we should get no vote compared to them? Nah bro, you should get no vote for freeloading.
The DOJ was willing to charge a labor leader with a crime, hold it over him for months, & then walk away from it once the charge couldn’t survive scrutiny. That is not how a justice system is supposed to work.
US justice department dismisses charges against California union leader
David Huerta was arrested while protesting against an ICE operation during crackdown in Los Angeles
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Should be a bigger story— “Alexandra Bravo, prosecutor investigating 🇺🇸 strikes on 3 Ecuadorian boats and survivor accounts of torture/kidnapping, shot dead… hitman on a black motorcycle opened fire… Bravo’s sister jumped to protect her, also killed…” www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor...
The U.S. Department of Defense plans to conduct regular testosterone screening of service members, but this practice is not recommended by professional medical organizations. www.livescience.com/health/repro...
Military's testosterone screening program could lead to overtreatment and side effects, including impaired T production
The U.S. Department of Defense plans to conduct regular testosterone screening of service members, but this practice is not recommended by professional medical organizations.
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Trump is a guy who clearly doesn’t understand normal human emotions and tries his best to pretend he experiences them and fails utterly
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Trump taps on Lindsey Graham's casket