"Autism and the Microbiome - a Road to Nowhere?" irishrn.org/summer-series/ - a talk by me and @statsepi.bsky.social based on our recent paper. Part of the Irish Reproducibility Network summer series! 😊

Hypoalbuminemia genetic variants are associated with higher cholesterol levels but not atherosclerotic heart disease - Atherosclerosis www.atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S002...

Monogenic ALB Variants as Determinants of Severe Hypercholesterolemia: A Population-Based Cohort Study | JACC www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...

Monogenic <i>ALB</i> Variants as Determinants of Severe Hypercholesterolemia: A Population-Based Cohort Study

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The actual harsh truth about MAHA is that it is an anti-vaxx, anti-science, pro-diarrhea conspiracy movement. It cloaks its arguments in abstractions about "big pharma" and "free speech" to generate *the exact op-ed The Atlantic keeps publishing*. Movements like this need to be fought, not placated.

I suffered through Kratsios' answer to Science: the Endless Frontier. The NYT summary is good, but there's more to it. And I should say that I welcome improvements to the scientific enterprise (which is why I'm participating in @alondra.bsky.social and Jenny Reardon's Public's Science project). 🧵

Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities (Gift Article)

Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.

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🎉Some great news Congress appropriated $600M for Gavi, the organization that funds vaccines for half the world’s kids But the anti-vaxx activist RFK Jr froze the money—which would have caused an estimated 600,000 child deaths The State Dept will now over-ride RFK Jr & give Gavi the money 👏 1/2

www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and...

Understanding the Genetics of Autism

“The genetics underpinning autism is extremely complex. But the evidence for primarily genetic causation is overwhelming…” writes Kevin Mitchell.

brainfacts.org

I still fondly remember all the times that Jeffrey Dahmer had a sandwich for lunch instead of a human foot.

Sen. Adam Schiff@schiff.senate.gov · last mo.

And I will fondly remember our travels around the world along with Senator McCain to advance America’s national security interests, and the respect world leaders had for him.

Reflections from a fired USAID worker: “My colleagues & I were notified that we were being cut as part of a ‘Reduction in Force.’ Meanwhile, we were also being publicly maligned in the media as ‘leftist radicals’”….we were compared to “a ball of worms” phworkforceok.substack.com/p/the-retire...

The Retirement Party I Never Had - Reflections on Loss and Identity from a Global Health Professional

A global health professional reflects on the grief and moral injury of losing a career path, watching institutions dismantled, and finding a new path forward.

phworkforceok.substack.com

Despite what the NIH Director + co assert in a recent 'Vision' for NIAID, the majority of Americans remain confident in science and NIH (and were even more confident in 2024), but confidence is declining and not for the reasons claimed. joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/confrontin...

Confronting the HHS Vision For Degrading Trust in Science and Medical Research

HHS leaders keep trying to claim, contrary to survey after survey, that most Americans have lost trust in science; the same leaders will undermine trust if necessary to make it so.

joshuasweitz.substack.com

Social media makes the anti science, anti vax crowd seem much larger than it is. Surveys show it’s actually a very small share of the public greatly outnumbered by science believers. My new column: on.kff.org/4wthpni

Americans May Be Smarter About Vaccines Than You Think

In a new column that analyzes recent KFF polling, Founding President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman concludes that only a sliver of the public hold definitive anti-science, anti-vaccine views, and are greatl...

on.kff.org

Let's finish the weekend with 5,000 letters to Congress on Russell Vought's mad power-grab to take over federal grant-making. It will take you two minutes to do this. Click on the link and it does it all for you. Share. Share. Share. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

Oppose OMB Proposal to Put ALL Federal Government Funding Decisions in the Hands of Political Appointees

On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. The scope of this proposed regulation is...

actionnetwork.org

NIH grants have been under political scrutiny since early 2025. But what does the screening process actually look like? What is being flagged? I spent a month digging into leaked docs and emails. We've published the 235-word list that are being flagged by an internal AI tool. And so much more. 🧵

Inside the new political screening that’s stalling NIH grants

Mandatory reviews by top health officials and checks for 235 disfavoured terms have left hundreds of vetted grant applications in administrative limbo.

nature.com

ADA leaders were forcibly removed from their own meeting for sharing copies of an ADA OpEd critical of Jay Bhattacharya. Thanks to you it's now got >125,000 views. As CDC interim director, Jay also blocked publication of this paper because it showed that COVID vaccines work. You know what to do.

Interim Estimated Effectiveness of 2025-2026 COVID-19 Vaccines in Adults

This case-control study estimates vaccine effectiveness of 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccines among adults with COVID-19–associated emergency department or urgent care encounters and COVID-19–associated hosp...

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OK, people. It takes 2 minutes to write a letter to Congress, a few extra if you personalize it. Russ Vought's attempt to take over ALL federal grant funding is anti-democratic and dangerous. We need MORE letters. Let's tip it over 2000 today. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

Oppose OMB Proposal to Put ALL Federal Government Funding Decisions in the Hands of Political Appointees

On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. The scope of this proposed regulation is...

actionnetwork.org

The damage these two have done.

Podcast Jay fakes that he wants to debate and lies about masks causing developmental delay

YouTube video by Jonathan Howard

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist@princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Story time CDC scientists write paper, showing strong effects of Covid vaccine. Director rejected it b/c he didn’t like the conclusion. Scientists publish in elite journal. Moral of the story: Strong science will persist. We ain’t gonna let this censorship shit fly. 🧪 archive.today/cyxa6

"The Americans can't get the slime out of their capital's monument pool and will arrest you for touching it," sounds like the sort of lie they'd tell us in the Soviet Union so we'd stop bitching about bread lines.

I get my annual updated Covid vaccine along with my annual updated flu vaccine 💪💪💉💉

Eric Topol@erictopol.bsky.social · 2mo ago

3 new papers on Covid boosters today 1. Less major adverse cardiovascular events in US Veterans jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 2. High effectiveness for older adults jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 3. Improved outcomes across all adults jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

This point can’t be stressed enough. Just as Musk bought Twitter to try to make himself seem popular, he bought Tesla to make himself seem smart. The only thing he’s actually invented is a mythology about himself

Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE@leftistlawyer.com · 2mo ago

By the way, Elon Musk didn't start Tesla. By the time he invested in Tesla, the original founders had already started building the Roadster THEY had designed. When he bought them out, he changed the history of the company to make himself a founder. I'm not joking. He's always been a fraud.

By the way, Elon Musk didn't start Tesla. By the time he invested in Tesla, the original founders had already started building the Roadster THEY had designed. When he bought them out, he changed the history of the company to make himself a founder. I'm not joking. He's always been a fraud.

Good. Now remove the Kennedy from HHS. www.cnn.com/2026/06/12/p...

Kennedy Center says it has fully removed Trump’s name from its building | CNN Politics

The Kennedy Center has fully removed President Donald Trump’s name from its building, following a court’s orders to reverse the center’s name change before an extended deadline, Executive Director Mat...

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Please call your representatives about this proposed OMB rule if you haven’t already! 5 Calls has a very helpful script you can use. @5calls.org

Oppose OMB's Political Attacks on Scientific Research ⭑ 5 Calls

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), led by Project 2025 architect Russell Vought, has proposed sweeping rule changes to the federal grantmaking …

5calls.org

Check out the editorial that American Diabetes association wouldn't let researchers distribute, even though it was published in their journal, Diabetes Care. diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

Misguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now!

The opinions expressed in this editorial are the personal views of the authors (S.E. Kahn, C.A.M. Anderson, J.B. Buse, and E. Selvin) and do not represent

diabetesjournals.org

Here is the original article that led to the crackdown at the ADA confererence. Share it widely. 10/ diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

Misguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now!

The opinions expressed in this editorial are the personal views of the authors (S.E. Kahn, C.A.M. Anderson, J.B. Buse, and E. Selvin) and do not represent

diabetesjournals.org

IF YOU ARE ATTENDING THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING: WALK OUT. Do NOT allow your home society to be a tool of fascism. Stand up. Walk out. #Standupforscience @standupforscience.net

Didn't realize it was paywalled; sorry friends: bsky.app/profile/enir...

Edward Nirenberg@enirenberg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Shoot, I didn't realize.

"911, what's your emergency?" "Hello, Police? Yeah, our highest award recipient is at our meeting handing out copies of an article that we published. And uh....we....well....shit, nevermind." (gift link)

Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration

nytimes.com

In a stunning confrontation, Scott Pelley accused Bari Weiss of “murdering” the newsmagazine and relentlessly grilled her newly installed executive producer, Nick Bilton, over the show’s recent firings, according to audio obtained by Status. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/scott-pell...

Pelley’s ‘60 Minutes’ Revolt

In a stunning confrontation, Scott Pelley accused Bari Weiss of “murdering” the newsmagazine and relentlessly grilled her newly installed executive producer, Nick Bilton, over the show’s recent firing...

status.news

🪼 Your tax dollars paid a scientist to squeeze jellyfish through cheesecloth. Osamu Shimomura processed tens of thousands on an NSF grant to understand why they glow. He found a protein that glowed green under UV light. Called it "green protein." Nobody cared. For decades.