🇨🇦 Dr Soledad Miranda-Rottmann 🧠
@neurolatina.bsky.social
Cellular Neuroscientist, PhD, Neuronal RNA, Science Outreach, DEI advocate. 🇨🇦🇨🇱Immigrant, Feminist, Public Policy enthusiast. Wiki Editor. Opinionated opinions my own. Living in the unceded territories of Tiohtiá:ke (Montreal) She/Ella. Ally 🌈
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I am a Wiki editor fighting misinformation. One of approximately 15% of editors who identify as women. I am also among the 10% of editors who edit in Spanish. Why is this important? Editor demographics reflect Wiki content, with four times more men's biographies and most pages written in English.
I hope the Nobel Prize committee will be awarded for the discovery of the existence of women this year.
October 7, 2026 at 10:42 AM
I hope the Nobel Prize committee will be awarded for the discovery of the existence of women this year.
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The doctor who claimed that vaccines cause autism lost his medical license for faking for the study. But his lies and the damage he did to public health persist long after his paper was pulled. This is why science communication is so difficult; all it takes is one grifter.
August 14, 2026 at 8:03 PM
The doctor who claimed that vaccines cause autism lost his medical license for faking for the study. But his lies and the damage he did to public health persist long after his paper was pulled. This is why science communication is so difficult; all it takes is one grifter.
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Today's cartoon by Dennis Goris:
August 1, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Today's cartoon by Dennis Goris:
When the National Science Policy is to defund research.
Reading between the lines, there is a fair amount of desperation in attempting to capture the entirety of the nation's annual research expenditures across all fields to redirect to a handful of tech people.
July 22, 2026 at 1:24 AM
When the National Science Policy is to defund research.
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No lithium batteries!
Ireland has introduced a *200 MWh CO₂ battery system*, showcasing a new approach. When green electricity is abundant, CO₂ is compressed and stored. At high demand, the gas expands through turbines to generate electricity, helping stabilize the grid. #batteries #energystorage #ActOnClimate
July 12, 2026 at 2:19 AM
No lithium batteries!
🇨🇦 Petition to end the public funding of a private house -including chef and chauffeur- for the lieder of the opposition ( call my petty but I love this) www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Sign this Petition - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
July 9, 2026 at 11:20 AM
🇨🇦 Petition to end the public funding of a private house -including chef and chauffeur- for the lieder of the opposition ( call my petty but I love this) www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
I planted this Bergamot last year and it didn’t flower. It survived the Montreal winter ( I covered the pruned plant with leaves and little branches) and not it’s finally flowering!
July 3, 2026 at 11:28 AM
I planted this Bergamot last year and it didn’t flower. It survived the Montreal winter ( I covered the pruned plant with leaves and little branches) and not it’s finally flowering!
We have to redefine economic growth to include social and environmental justice
Infinite growth on a finite planet is a physical impossibility.
July 2, 2026 at 3:47 PM
We have to redefine economic growth to include social and environmental justice
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Remember how CDC “Director” Jay Bhattacharya abused his power and blocked the CDC’s journal, MMWR, from publishing a paper showing the clear benefit of COVID19 vaccination among healthy adults?
Well, it was just published by a very reputable journal.
Hope you enjoy the humiliation, Jay.
Well, it was just published by a very reputable journal.
Hope you enjoy the humiliation, Jay.
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...
jamanetwork.com
June 23, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Remember how CDC “Director” Jay Bhattacharya abused his power and blocked the CDC’s journal, MMWR, from publishing a paper showing the clear benefit of COVID19 vaccination among healthy adults?
Well, it was just published by a very reputable journal.
Hope you enjoy the humiliation, Jay.
Well, it was just published by a very reputable journal.
Hope you enjoy the humiliation, Jay.
Be careful when you extrapolate…
![Comic. Lionel Messi: World Cup Goals per game. [Graph with x axis as year and y axis as number of goals per game, ranging from 0 to 3. Data points: 2006 (~1/3), 2010 (0), 2014 (~1/2), 2018 (~1/4), 2022 (1), 2026 (3) with parenthetical (so far). Behind the line connecting the points is a grayed out curve showing the trajectory.] [caption] At this rate, by 2040 Messi will be scoring hundreds of goals per game.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreigq2lsyt6ad4so43vtssddjw4mvo2i4i54uf4fqves6yk3jiudko4)
June 18, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Be careful when you extrapolate…
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The @nejm.org comes out swinging against OMB's new proposed rule putting all federal grant making including science under political control.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The OMB and the Politicization of Science | NEJM
The Editors highlight three aspects of OMB’s recently proposed rule changes as particularly
striking: that decisions on research funding would be made by political appointees,
that funding could be...
www.nejm.org
June 15, 2026 at 7:45 PM
The @nejm.org comes out swinging against OMB's new proposed rule putting all federal grant making including science under political control.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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This is the editorial calling out the administration for destroying our research infrastructure.
A must read.
🧪 diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
A must read.
🧪 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
June 5, 2026 at 11:26 PM
This is the editorial calling out the administration for destroying our research infrastructure.
A must read.
🧪 diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
A must read.
🧪 diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
Our new collaboration is published in Neuron with open access
Autism Research News: Our collaboration between the Araya Lab at @cra-chusj.bsky.social and the Portera Lab at UCLA is dedicated by Carlos Portera to the memory of co-author Roberto Araya (1974–2024).
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 1, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Our new collaboration is published in Neuron with open access
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It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.
White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval of research grants
These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque
www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...
These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque
www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...
White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final say on research grants
These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque
www.scientificamerican.com
May 29, 2026 at 4:34 PM
It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.
Martinique
May 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Martinique
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mad neuroscientists marching in Berkeley
March 28, 2026 at 8:33 PM
mad neuroscientists marching in Berkeley
Meanwhile in Montreal
March 15, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Meanwhile in Montreal
For Science. Today March 7, 2026
WASHINGTON D.C.
TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY.
SATURDAY, MARCH 7TH, National Day of Action Rally!!! We have three goals:
Save Science.
Protect Health.
Defend Democracy.
We need YOU to join us to Take Back our Science!!!
See map below for location details!
Visit zurl.co/EREaO to learn more about D.C.!
TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY.
SATURDAY, MARCH 7TH, National Day of Action Rally!!! We have three goals:
Save Science.
Protect Health.
Defend Democracy.
We need YOU to join us to Take Back our Science!!!
See map below for location details!
Visit zurl.co/EREaO to learn more about D.C.!
March 7, 2026 at 2:29 PM
For Science. Today March 7, 2026
March 17. For Science.
This weekend, on March 7, @standupforscience.bsky.social is leading protests in 25 locations.
Scientists had warned about the replacement of evidence over ideology and the damage it would cause. Everything that I was worried about came true.
🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/stan...
Scientists had warned about the replacement of evidence over ideology and the damage it would cause. Everything that I was worried about came true.
🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/stan...
Stand Up for Science plans second rally on March 7
Public health chaos and research funding cuts are inspiring nationwide pro-science protests against the Trump administration
www.scientificamerican.com
March 6, 2026 at 1:56 AM
March 17. For Science.