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A lot of people, including me, were wondering how an IRB could ever approve this study.
The answer is that no IRB did. The person who “signed off” on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.
The answer is that no IRB did. The person who “signed off” on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.
This a great piece of investigative journalism. @rollingstone.com
This should be required reading for scientists and ethicists.
Ethics matter, especially in science.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This should be required reading for scientists and ethicists.
Ethics matter, especially in science.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
New Documents Reveal a Controversial Vaccine Study's Unusual Path to CDC Approval
A new investigation has found irregularities in the ethics review of a grant to study effects of a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau.
www.rollingstone.com
February 21, 2026 at 2:43 AM
A lot of people, including me, were wondering how an IRB could ever approve this study.
The answer is that no IRB did. The person who “signed off” on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.
The answer is that no IRB did. The person who “signed off” on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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Rubio, Witkoff, Gabbard, Vance
Honestly this is just incredible content.
May 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Rubio, Witkoff, Gabbard, Vance
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Trump take house
April 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Trump take house
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Elon's government email is:
[email protected]
Please don't send anything to it, that would not be good at all!
theintercept.com/2025/03/06/e...
[email protected]
Please don't send anything to it, that would not be good at all!
theintercept.com/2025/03/06/e...
We Found Elon Musk’s DOGE Email Address and We’re Fighting to Reveal His Messages
The Intercept is publishing Elon Musk’s government email address to aid those seeking information on DOGE in the public interest.
theintercept.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Elon's government email is:
[email protected]
Please don't send anything to it, that would not be good at all!
theintercept.com/2025/03/06/e...
[email protected]
Please don't send anything to it, that would not be good at all!
theintercept.com/2025/03/06/e...
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Consequential day for litigation:
- Judge in WA blocks Trump's indefinite suspension of the refugee program.
- Judge in DC grants motion to enforce TRO, requires USAID to pay out anything required prior to Feb. 13 by tomorrow
- Judge in DC converts a TRO blocking OMB funding freeze to a longer PI.
- Judge in WA blocks Trump's indefinite suspension of the refugee program.
- Judge in DC grants motion to enforce TRO, requires USAID to pay out anything required prior to Feb. 13 by tomorrow
- Judge in DC converts a TRO blocking OMB funding freeze to a longer PI.
BREAKING: Federal judge issues a preliminary injunction preventing the Trump administration from implementing the "unilateral, non-individualized" funding "pause" ordered by the Office of Management and Budget, under that order or "under a different name." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Consequential day for litigation:
- Judge in WA blocks Trump's indefinite suspension of the refugee program.
- Judge in DC grants motion to enforce TRO, requires USAID to pay out anything required prior to Feb. 13 by tomorrow
- Judge in DC converts a TRO blocking OMB funding freeze to a longer PI.
- Judge in WA blocks Trump's indefinite suspension of the refugee program.
- Judge in DC grants motion to enforce TRO, requires USAID to pay out anything required prior to Feb. 13 by tomorrow
- Judge in DC converts a TRO blocking OMB funding freeze to a longer PI.
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REPORTER: Is there an inconsistency with Republicans railing against 'unelected bureaucrats' in charge and yet ceding Article 1 powers to the executive branch under Elon Musk?
MIKE JOHNSON: No, look ... I think there's a gross overreaction in the media to what's happening
MIKE JOHNSON: No, look ... I think there's a gross overreaction in the media to what's happening
February 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
REPORTER: Is there an inconsistency with Republicans railing against 'unelected bureaucrats' in charge and yet ceding Article 1 powers to the executive branch under Elon Musk?
MIKE JOHNSON: No, look ... I think there's a gross overreaction in the media to what's happening
MIKE JOHNSON: No, look ... I think there's a gross overreaction in the media to what's happening
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Lil Wayne received an $8.9 million grant from a little-known pandemic-relief program. Here's how he spent it: www.businessinsider.com/lil-wayne-ch...
December 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Lil Wayne received an $8.9 million grant from a little-known pandemic-relief program. Here's how he spent it: www.businessinsider.com/lil-wayne-ch...
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"It seems like virtually every sector of the American economy" -- Fox News has put together a scrolling list of the "goods affected by Trump tariffs" 😬
February 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"It seems like virtually every sector of the American economy" -- Fox News has put together a scrolling list of the "goods affected by Trump tariffs" 😬
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Attn: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent granted representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system!
February 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Attn: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent granted representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system!
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The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
January 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
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I don't think I have ever seem a norm go from widely accepted to completely irrelevant as quickly as the importance of minimizing conflicts of interests
January 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I don't think I have ever seem a norm go from widely accepted to completely irrelevant as quickly as the importance of minimizing conflicts of interests
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Biden subtweets Trump during his eulogy for Jimmy Carter
January 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Biden subtweets Trump during his eulogy for Jimmy Carter
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Zuckerberg is the world’s squeakiest and most shameless weathervane. That is because his most important value is to … shocker … himself nymag.com/intelligence...
Mark Zuckerberg’s Eternal Apology Tour
Like clockwork, every four years, he bends the knee and promises to change his — and his company’s — ways.
nymag.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Zuckerberg is the world’s squeakiest and most shameless weathervane. That is because his most important value is to … shocker … himself nymag.com/intelligence...
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The Palisades Fire from a a flight landing at LAX, approaching Santa Monica, California.
January 8, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The Palisades Fire from a a flight landing at LAX, approaching Santa Monica, California.
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Fox News fact-checks Trump's misinformation about the New Orleans attack
(h/t @acyn.bsky.social who posted this clip on X)
(h/t @acyn.bsky.social who posted this clip on X)
January 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Fox News fact-checks Trump's misinformation about the New Orleans attack
(h/t @acyn.bsky.social who posted this clip on X)
(h/t @acyn.bsky.social who posted this clip on X)
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Massive celebrations sweep across Syria as the nation ushers in 2025, marking the start of a new era free from the former Assad regime. This footage captures the jubilant atmosphere in Damascus.
December 31, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Massive celebrations sweep across Syria as the nation ushers in 2025, marking the start of a new era free from the former Assad regime. This footage captures the jubilant atmosphere in Damascus.
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“You hate me, you really hate me.”
December 29, 2024 at 8:57 PM
“You hate me, you really hate me.”
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This remains, and I say this advisedly, one of the best exchanges I have ever seen on social media
December 27, 2024 at 8:27 PM
This remains, and I say this advisedly, one of the best exchanges I have ever seen on social media