Dave Chen

In honor of Taiwan’s Election Day, here are my mom and the DPP candidates and us at a DPP rally.

I emailed Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for standards and trust at NYT, to ask why their story about a House report with new details of rape allegations against the President of the United States included neither those details, nor a single use of the word "rape." archive.is/1s9AM

Michael Atiyah 🇪🇬: Fields Medal 1966 (also Abel Prize 2004), for K-theory. Ahmed Zewail 🇪🇬: Nobel for Chemistry 1999, for his work on femtochemistry. Omar M. Yaghi 🇯🇴: Wolf Prize 2018, Nobel for Chemistry 2025, for his work on reticular chemistry Naguib Mahfouz 🇪🇬: Nobel for literature 1988

Very few people win the Fields Medal since it is awarded only every four years. But there is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_... Ignorant, racist, asshole.

💉 Where can you find accurate information on vaccines❓ ✅ American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-... ✅ Medical societies: cmss.org/programs-and... ✅ CIDRAP for in-depth evidence review: vaxintegrity.cidrap.umn.edu/evidence-rev...

RFK Jr.'s Anti-Vax Plan Will Increase Hep-B By 83% But At Least No One Will Think Your Baby Is A Slut www.wonkette.com/p/rfk-jrs-an... By Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social

I drives me nuts that the mainstream media completely ignores Trump's obvious mental and physical decline.

The clear implication of this is that the U.S. military is also at the mercy of Musk’s whims. He cannot be allowed to keep control over Starlink. He has demonstrated that he can’t be trusted with this power.

Trump bulldozes a golf course and the rule of law open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

I guess this is what AlertNIH is referring to. BTW, my kids went there.

Grandpa’s Tantrums At Journalists Getting More Confused, Confusing, Weak, Failing, Sad www.wonkette.com/p/grandpas-t...

Inside Medicine: The President's 2027 Budget wants to destroy the CDC again. Here's why nobody cares and how the Trump administration is responding. by Jeremy Faust @jeremyfaust.bsky.social bit.ly/4k7zggA

Pennsylvania issues alert on congenital measles—something US hasn't seen for decades arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

At 10am Judge Ana Reyes will begin an evidentiary hearing in the golf course case at 10am. I'll try to live-blog from the US Courthouse media room for @lawfaremedia.org . This is a case to stop Trump from converting a historic public golf course, open to all, to a Trump style championship course.

UPI: NIH banned-word list kills research over climate change, DEI, gender By Joe Fisher bit.ly/4ewvxWe 💥

Many NIH staff object to what’s happening at NIH but don’t speak up because of fear. @27unihted.bsky.social 27unihted.substack.com/p/a-culture-...

That #Commanders-#Giants games was a complete debacle. #HTTC

The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.

This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.

They know AI is going to be an epic shitshow, but they don't want to be held responsible or restrained in any way.

RFK Jr. announced a program under which MAHA physicians can be paid for reporting suspected vaccine injuries, giving his law firm "evidence" (airquotes) for frivolous lawsuits. www.union-bulletin.com/news/nationa...

I've gotten two Texas PAC ads watching football. I am at least 1000 miles from Texas. Nice use of Republican $$$, morons.

Woohoo! My daughter just accepted a job as a medical assistant!

Fifth unvaccinated person dies of measles; CDC still not counting all deaths arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

Russell Vought wants to kill the NIH In case you didn't know this, Vought's daughter has cystic fibrosis & has benefited from a combination drug treatment (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor) that was developed by NIH-funded research By @juliametraux.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

RFK Jr. Still Doing His Anti-Vaxx Bullsh*t While Babies In NICU Are Getting Exposed To Measles www.wonkette.com/p/rfk-jr-sti... By Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social

Hi, CDC here 👋, We’d like to be excluded from this gross narrative of political propaganda. We do not dispute PA’s health department’s official count of 4 measles associated deaths & would request that HHS leave our names out of their filthy, lying mouths.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has just announced two more measles deaths in people who were not vaccinated.

Mitch isn't dead? Hey how bout that.

“Stop Making Sense” turns 42 today. Of his performance, David Byrne said: “You see this person in the beginning [of the film] who's kind of angsty, stumbling around .. And then, by the end, he's surrendered to the music and is fairly joyful .. He’s found a kind of community." 🙏🏼 “Slippery People”

Public Hearing of NIAID Proposed Reorganization NIAID proposes to "disestablish" DCR DCR for years was led by Dr Cliff Lane, who was fired bit.ly/46YwrXn

Hanging out in Charlottesville and two days in a row my band t shirts have resulted in conversations. Superchunk and Blake Babies.

one of the biggest scandals at NIH in anyone’s memory we cannot hand over civilian science to the military they have their expertise we have ours like asking us to fight wars

Bhattacharya is a jealous, petty, and vindictive man. He wants to destroy everything that Tony Fauci built in a long and distinguished career: HIV/AIDS research, pandemic preparedness, biodefense capabilities. All because he thinks he was "silenced" for wanting more Americans to die from COVID-19.

🚨 The NIH is moving to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars in infectious-disease research projects to the DOD under a secret 10-year pact. Here’s what’s happening inside “Operation Prevailing Edge” 🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Ok here we go: It DOES look like a major purpose of this NIH funding transfer to NIH is to circumvent NIH’s peer review processes so political appointees can have control. Check out the redacted agreement @maxkozlov.bsky.social released: 1/

Positive thoughts, people. My daughter is taking a BIG test right now.

Just one week after the landmark US approval of a game-changing drug for advanced pancreatic cancer, the same therapy is showing promise against the world’s biggest cancer killer: lung cancer. go.nature.com/3SIaWH4

RFK Jr. ordering the CDC to remove the two measles deaths from Pennsylvania is misconduct. If the protocol for reporting infectious disease cases and deaths is that the CDC uses the state health department determination, then RFK Jr. has just changed that protocol without rationale or explanation.

💉 Where can you find accurate information on vaccines❓ ✅ American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-... ✅ Medical societies: cmss.org/programs-and... ✅ CIDRAP for in-depth evidence review: vaxintegrity.cidrap.umn.edu/evidence-rev...

My daughter's become a pretty good guitar player, so I thought I'd get my bass fixed so we could jam. But the neck screw is striped and it'll be 500 bucks to replace the whole neck! More than I paid for ~35 years ago.

Got to my gate just as my section was boarding. Not too shabby.

Had an unbelievably awesome golf trip to Bandon Dunes. Fantastic courses and so much fun. #golfsky

The Trump administration's decision to cut staff, cancel grants, and withhold tens of millions of dollars appropriated by Congress has left the agency responsible for improving America's healthcare system "on the brink," according to experts.

For the first time in US history, America betrays South Korea, one of our closest allies for over 75 years. These exercises in various forms have taken place every year since 1974.

NEW: The NIH is quietly restricting funding for research that evaluates how public policy impacts human health. According to internal documents I obtained, the agency no longer considers policymakers "mission relevant" — a massive shift for the biomedical funder. My latest for @nature.com:

Why Is The Airplane's Catering Truck Farting, Mommy? Because The President Is In It, Dear. www.wonkette.com/p/why-is-the... By Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com