The US bombed a primary school in Iran, killing 168 girls.
Why is nobody talking about this anymore?
These abominable war crimes should not be forgotten — and nor should the lives, hopes and dreams of human beings who were slaughtered with impunity.
In the midst of all the geopolitical madness that is going on in the world, here is a decent podcast on the Indian diaspora in the US. Middle-class Indians have always believed that they are the model immigrants. The picture does not seem so rosy anymore.
youtu.be/htMK-cV4uBk?...
After all these years, It eventually got the frame it deserves. Respect 🪰
As the world steadily swings toward more nationalism, authoritarianism, and isolationism, global health can only be saved when we save democracy and start caring about human rights and our shared humanity
www.cell.com/med/fulltext...
What a profound message from Jane Goodall
We don’t give up. We find hope in taking action on a daily basis. We do our best in the time we have left on this lovely planet
RIP Dr. Jane Goodall. A great soul and a huge loss for the world.
“What Trump is really doing is advancing a plan laid down years ago by plutocrats and polluters. And making a mockery of our country as he does so” @michaelemann.bsky.social
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
And, again, WHERE IS #BIGPHARMA in defending #basicscience? laying low? playing dead? Waiting it out? Do SOMETHING! SPEAK UP! Use your gigantic lobbying machine to defend us instead of peddling your wares and increasing your profits. Or do you think highly trained workforce grows on trees?
As the Gaza body count increases, I wonder how all these supposed 'leftists' & self-styled 'contrarians' who berated me for not applauding Trump for bringing about a 'ceasefire' and 'peace' feel today.
Like fools, I hope.
Because they are indeed fools: they believed Trump.
Just because they confirmed RFK Jr today, I am resharing this good news:
No cervical cancer cases detected in vaccinated women following HPV immunisation
publichealthscotland.scot/news/2024/ja...
Elizabeth Warren: Not one Democrat voted for Elon Musk. Not one Republican voted for Elon Musk. Not one Independent voted for Elon Musk. Not one Libertarian voted for Elon Musk. Damn, not one vegetarian voted for Elon Musk.
Gaza: the terrible suffering should haunt the world. As we wait to see if the slaughter will finally end, I reflect in #HouseofLords, calling for immediate recognition of the Palestinian state
Absolutely this from Ed Davey 👏
Disinformation is one of the biggest threats to global health
Good papers lead to more questions than they answer. That's because (as Blaise Pascal wrote) knowledge is like a sphere: the larger it gets the larger also its surface, which is its interface with the unknown.
The 3 hardest things to learn as a scientist:
1. Trust the data, even when it’s not what you expected,
2. Trust the data, allowing it to change your direction,
3. Trust the data, but not too much: test with new data at every turn.
Doing good science is 90% finding a science buddy to constantly talk to about the project.
You only get the PhD when you finally truly accept that you will never actually know very much.
All I want for Christmas is for recommendation letters to be ABOLISHED.
I've been saying for more than a decade that the future of politics doesn't look like the past.
What have been the two largest parties for a century won't necessarily stay in that spot.
Want to help? join.greenparty.org.uk
www.economist.com/britain/2024...
Science is not really happening when the goal is a paper, a presentation, a grant, or any product. It only really happens when the goal is a process of discovery.
In the early 2000s, Don Hunt's lab at UVa started developing mass spec based approaches to characterize histone PTMs. I and others were fortunate to be at the right place at the right time back then. Read an account about those early days here.
www.mcponline.org/article/S153...
I'm really loving visiting with family in Lahore.
I don't go out much. I just hang out with my mum, hug and kiss her, make her feel special. I hang out with my brother; he loves talking about movies. I joke around with my nephew and niece.
It's so nice to be loved unconditionally.
What an excellent idea!
In the past 5 days:
—Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide
—CEO of largest US health insurance company killed
—Martial law declared in South Korea, fails in hours
—French government collapses
—Assad regime collapses
Weeks where decades happen…
Two wonderful global health scholars have made their global health books free to download
Bravo and thanks @seyeabimbola.bsky.social and
@thewrittenro.bsky.social
The Foreign Gaze:
www.editions.ird.fr/open_access_...
Rethinking Global Health:
taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
