Alex Culley
@ai-cy.bsky.social
Associate Researcher,
Pacific Biosciences Research Center,
University of Hawaii at Mānoa,
Lab: https://www.viralecologylab.com/,
Hunts wild viruses
Pacific Biosciences Research Center,
University of Hawaii at Mānoa,
Lab: https://www.viralecologylab.com/,
Hunts wild viruses
Reposted by Alex Culley
The leader of the federal panel that recommends vaccines for Americans said shots against polio and measles — and perhaps all diseases — should be optional.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The leader of the federal panel that recommends vaccines for Americans said shots against polio and measles — and perhaps all diseases — should be optional.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
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And more:
"Federal funding for higher education research should be based not on political litmus tests, but on academic, scientific, and intellectual criteria that serve the nation and the world."
Clear, succinct, and a model to follow.
Pass it on.
It just might be contagious.
"Federal funding for higher education research should be based not on political litmus tests, but on academic, scientific, and intellectual criteria that serve the nation and the world."
Clear, succinct, and a model to follow.
Pass it on.
It just might be contagious.
October 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
And more:
"Federal funding for higher education research should be based not on political litmus tests, but on academic, scientific, and intellectual criteria that serve the nation and the world."
Clear, succinct, and a model to follow.
Pass it on.
It just might be contagious.
"Federal funding for higher education research should be based not on political litmus tests, but on academic, scientific, and intellectual criteria that serve the nation and the world."
Clear, succinct, and a model to follow.
Pass it on.
It just might be contagious.
Reposted by Alex Culley
Exercise extreme caution when taking medical advice from an administration that sees facts as playthings to be misinterpreted, ignored, overlooked, or overplayed depending on how doing so serves a preferred narrative.
And that won't bring us closer to discovery or cures.
And that won't bring us closer to discovery or cures.
September 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Exercise extreme caution when taking medical advice from an administration that sees facts as playthings to be misinterpreted, ignored, overlooked, or overplayed depending on how doing so serves a preferred narrative.
And that won't bring us closer to discovery or cures.
And that won't bring us closer to discovery or cures.
Reposted by Alex Culley
"COVID Revisionism Has Gone Too Far"
Ya think?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Fascinating given that "In Covid's Wake" is unable to grapple with (i) the extent of COVID mortality and morbidity; (ii) lives saved due to interventions; (iii) missed opportunities to align health + the economy.
Ya think?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Fascinating given that "In Covid's Wake" is unable to grapple with (i) the extent of COVID mortality and morbidity; (ii) lives saved due to interventions; (iii) missed opportunities to align health + the economy.
COVID Revisionism Has Gone Too Far
If the center and left succumb to the view that “nothing worked,” no one will remain to defend sensible public-health measures the next time a pandemic comes around.
www.theatlantic.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
"COVID Revisionism Has Gone Too Far"
Ya think?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Fascinating given that "In Covid's Wake" is unable to grapple with (i) the extent of COVID mortality and morbidity; (ii) lives saved due to interventions; (iii) missed opportunities to align health + the economy.
Ya think?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Fascinating given that "In Covid's Wake" is unable to grapple with (i) the extent of COVID mortality and morbidity; (ii) lives saved due to interventions; (iii) missed opportunities to align health + the economy.
Reposted by Alex Culley
Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
Following the data: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtiQ...
Is It Too Late For The Climate?
YouTube video by Peter Carter
www.youtube.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Following the data: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtiQ...
Check out the tail on this one! Nice work Adi. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A dinoflagellate-infecting giant virus with a micron-length tail
Viral infection is a ubiquitous source of marine plankton mortality, but relatively few viruses that infect phytoplankton have been characterized. Here we describe a virus, PelV-1, with unusual morpho...
www.biorxiv.org
July 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Check out the tail on this one! Nice work Adi. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Charlie Rice on This Week in Virology at ASV 2025
From TWiV 1237: Hep C and persistence with Charlie Rice
From TWiV 1237: Hep C and persistence with Charlie Rice
July 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Charlie Rice on This Week in Virology at ASV 2025
From TWiV 1237: Hep C and persistence with Charlie Rice
From TWiV 1237: Hep C and persistence with Charlie Rice
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He makes everything dirtier
Waking up to learn that the EPA office of Research and Development, which supports environmental science and informs environmental policymaking has been eliminated.
#NoWords
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
#NoWords
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA eliminates its scientific research arm
The move to dismantle the Office of Research and Development comes as Trump officials cut the agency’s total staff by 23 percent.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
He makes everything dirtier
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A 72 percent reduction in federal funding is devastating to math research. The American Mathematical Society is offering $1 million in backstop grants—but it’s likely not enough.
Math Is Quietly in Crisis over NSF Funding Cuts
A 72 percent reduction in federal funding is devastating to math research. The American Mathematical Society is offering $1 million in backstop grants-but it's likely not enough.
spklr.io
July 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A 72 percent reduction in federal funding is devastating to math research. The American Mathematical Society is offering $1 million in backstop grants—but it’s likely not enough.
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Scenes from a science crisis: a selection of recent developments 🧵1/6
July 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Scenes from a science crisis: a selection of recent developments 🧵1/6
