IBD Doctor

How to make America Great Again? Maybe it is tax policy, after all. @kedseconomist.com

What would optimizing for societal good look like? @laurenleek.eu @kedseconomist.com

Small-dollar donations to Republican candidates are just apocalyptic. Selected examples here. Our forecasting research found in-state individual contributions are a strong predictor of results. Way stronger than PAC spending! votehub.com/2026/10/24/2...

Good talk. There's a lot of (over)thinking of this at the moment. Zenodo just works. (Until it doesn't when we and our bots ruin that as well.) Collaborate on GitHub and refer to zenodo.

Gave a talk in my dept. on the OSF transition. I wrote up a rough script of the session, which could be of interest to others. I synthesize existing resources and provide my own perspectives. Comments and corrections welcome! zenodo.org/records/2306...

If you missed today's @rinpharma.bsky.social workshop, here are a few of my favourite "quick fixes" for some common #ggplot2 issues 📊 1. Use {ggview} to preview plots at the same size and resolution as you want to save them with ggsave() to avoid the annoying resizing #RStats #DataViz

More tips and tricks in this blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/five-gg...

This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.

Ultimately, this move will almost certainly be rejected by the courts, as it clearly fits the key standard for illegal administrative actions.

Michiganders with rising drug costs - Both Meijer &Kroger have partnered with @costplusdrugs.com to offer lower prices on generics. You need to download the costplus card to your phone. Docs just send scripts to the local pharmacy. Check this out here www.teamcubancard.com LMK how this works 4 U.

🚨 Check out this new ad going live in Maine today that slams Susan Collins.

🪥 For the dentist who has everything... Dyson's first toothbrush went on sale today at £419.99. It has a camera that takes 28 pictures of your teeth a second and can livestream your gums to your phone (Tesco has two brushes for 25p) CameraJet™ www.dyson.co.uk/oral-care/el...

For #rstats people, Andrea Pisano was the OG of hex stickers. One carved for each of the guilds in Florence.

OSF getting rid of projects is a right pain. There’s nothing remotely similar as far as I can tell that has: - A DOI for a page - An editable wiki - The ability to uploaded structured files/folders

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

🔥 “Introducing: Endless War, From Mike Rogers” (H/T @couriernewsroom.bsky.social )

MAHA is a con by professional grifters. Great takedown of Craig Spencer getting conned. Real Public Health funds universities and the EPA (a lot!), and does not unleash unregulated peptides on the world. @jeremyfaust.bsky.social

To paraphrase Miranda from The Tempest, "O brave new world, / That has such AI agents in't" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Big selection pressure on humans does not happen that often - we are good at moving and adapting. But the Black Death changed us, increasing the risk of Crohn's disease. More vigorous inflammation in the terminal ileum helped survival then, and boosts CD now. www.nih.gov/news-events/...

AHRQ is cancelling research grants Researchers across the country are receiving official notices that AHRQ is ending grants that had already gone months without funding open.substack.com/pub/ahsituat...

Another piece of evidence in support of Epstein-Barr virus infections being responsible for multiple sclerosis. This is huge. And again, it's huge because a vaccine may be able to eliminate or dramatically reduce the incidence of multiple sclerosis.

Pain, especially residual pain after the 'target' of endoscopic healing is achieved in #IBD, is difficult for patients and for providers. Dr. Jessica Sheehan addresses this important symptom in IBD School 211 @bottomlineibd.bsky.social @aboutibd.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHtt...

📝 "High quality figures from R Markdown or Quarto to Word" 👤 Riinu Pius (@pius.cloud) 🔗 https://riinu.me/2025/07/dpi/ #rladies #rstats

He is corrupt. He *wants* credit for corrupting others (admittedly, corrupting FIFA is a low bar) www.yahoo.com/sports/socce...

Infantino OUT!

@oliveandyork.com Please note that the trademark has expired for the 1916 US Soccer crest And the 1930 WC kits will be trademark-free throwbacks in time for the 2030 WC

That is what I want to see. The #USMNT should take PKs VERY seriously. 20% of all knockouts decided byPKs. Even you (yes, you Americans!) can beat teams like England & Germany in PKs (just ask Paraguay). Though an early goal to change the game state vs B&H would be nice. @henrybushnell.bsky.social

A Diabetes Society Had Police Remove the Editor of Its Own Journal. Then It Apologized. "Diabetes research saved my life," one patient wrote. A proposed rule would let political appointees kill any grant. Read & subscribe (for free!) www.celinegounder.com/p/ada-remova...

@ibdimmunology.bsky.social @ibdgastrodocsg.bsky.social @aboutibd.bsky.social @bottomlineibd.bsky.social @ibdseb.bsky.social @crohnsandcolitisau.bsky.social @crohnscolitisfdn.bsky.social @crohns-disease.org.uk @ccyanetwork.bsky.social @colitiscrohn.bsky.social

Sharing the updated University of Michigan Severe UC Protocol - it can now be found here in version 3.01. New versions will stay at this web address. Updated regularly and publicly available. Highlights in this version include targeted use of ketorolac for pain hgshiny.med.umich.edu/UM_Severe_UC...

You want to see Norway men’s national football team’s official photo for World Cup 2026 www.nytimes.com/athletic/733...

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The peony garden at the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus is home to one of the world’s largest collections of historic herbaceous peonies. The garden features hundreds of heirloom varieties and more than 10,000 flowers at peak season.

Showing that ASUC today != ASUC in 1955. AND TW criteria are not very helpful doi.org/10.1093/ibd/...

@bealoquebea.bsky.social showed us something the oldsters knew - you lose ground with each course of corticosteroids in IBD. academic.oup.com/ibdjournal/a...

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So... I got more information about this plan. The most important points follow on the next posts. 1/3

I heard from several sources yesterday that NIH is planning to release a Request for Information (RFI) that apparently will include this: Scores and percentiles for NIH grant applications will not be shared with applicants although they will be provided to NIH program officers and staff. 1/3

so, this is deeply, deeply horrifying thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

Since only God could attain perfection there was a medieval monastic scribal practice of deliberately introducing a spelling or grammatical error as an act of humility. I myself always try for four or five errors per syllabus lest there be any doubt as to my humility.

The Illinois & Michigan Canal, opened in 1848, is why Chicago is. Why did it work when most failed? It actually solved a problem! It connected the Great Lakes with the Mississippi River, creating a shipping route from the Atlantic Ocean down through the U.S. It’s been replaced by bigger canals.