Thoughts, visions & revisions from John Lighton PhD, president & CIO of Sable Systems International (=the world's most advanced metabolic measurement systems)

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The United States, which has all the resources, infrastructure, and historical capacity to maintain measles elimination - is instead bracing to lose its status this coming week. This will be the first time since it gained elimination status 26 years ago.
There is an overwhelming sense that the U.S. will soon lose its hard-won measles elimination status, according to CDC staffers and public health groups at a meeting this week. nbcnews.com/health/health-neโ€ฆ
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I had a call with MAHA folks a couple months after the election when they were mocking and spitting in the face of scientists and public health officials. They made clear they were relying on influencers, with top advisers being functional medicine docs and chiropractors. They had no interest in being connected with folks who've been doing public health nutrition work for decades and learning which levers to press. The only place to go from here is to own up to the serious harm they've caused and admit to getting drunk on anti-establishment power that made them turn a blind eye to the harms of aligning with an obvious deregulatory administration explicitly against their stated goals, admit to the wellness griftication of MAHA and commit to expunging it, and leverage their residual political capital to help experts push actual policies and mechanisms to improve public health.
Where does MAHA go after a searing midterm rebuke? Here are three possibilities: statnews.com/2026/11/04/mahaโ€ฆ
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This Sunday โ€” #Entomology 2026 kicks off in Columbus, OH (Nov 8โ€“11)! Are you going? We'd love to chat with you โ€” drop by booth #422 and let us know about your research! buff.ly/8XwWJWK #InsectScience #Conference #Metabolism #Physiology #Respirometry #IndirectCalorimetry
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Sable Systems International ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿ€๐Ÿง๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ retweeted
Here is a comprehensive list of scientists and medical doctors confirmed so far to have been elected or reelected last night, across both parties and at the federal and state levels: U.S. SENATE Dr. Annie Andrews | South Carolina @AnnieAndrewsMD | Pediatrician Dr. Abdul El-Sayed | Michigan @AbdulElSayed | Physician and epidemiologist GOVERNORS Dr. Amy Acton | Ohio @AmyActonOH | Physician and former state health director Dr. Josh Green | Hawaii @GovJoshGreenMD | Physician U.S. HOUSE: MEDICAL DOCTORS Dr. Ami Bera | California @RepBera Dr. Richard Pan | California @DrPanMD Dr. Raul Ruiz | California @RepRaulRuizMD Dr. John Cowan | Georgia @DrJohnCowan Dr. Rich McCormick | Georgia @RepMcCormick Dr. Kelly Morrison | Minnesota @kellymorrisonmn Dr. Bob Onder | Missouri @BobOnderMO Dr. Herb Conaway | New Jersey @RepHerbConaway Dr. Adam Hamawy | New Jersey @HamawyForNJ Dr. Maxine Dexter | Oregon @RepDexterOR Dr. John Joyce | Pennsylvania @RepJohnJoyce U.S. HOUSE: SCIENTISTS AND MATHEMATICIANS Dr. Jasmine Clark | Georgia @jasmineforga | Microbiologist Daniel Biss | Illinois @DanielBiss | Mathematician Sean Casten | Illinois @RepCasten | Biochemical engineer and scientist Dr. Bill Foster | Illinois @RepBillFoster | Physicist STATE LEGISLATURES Dr. Jarod Fox | Florida House Infectious disease physician Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger | Minnesota Senate @Amanda_MNHouse | Former forensic scientist
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Is anyone else sick & tired of @nytimesโ€™ complete ignorance of the fact that their subscribers use multiple devices, & keeps insisting on verification codes or a new subscription for each one? Or is this simply greed-driven #enshittification?
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Driving back from an appointment, encountered a car with the license plate OCTO314. Not bad๐Ÿ˜Ž
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The US mid-term elections swept the Democratic party to power in both chambers of the US Congress, raising hopes that lawmakers will now push back against disruptions to science introduced by the Trump administration. go.nature.com/4iw9Sib
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South Carolina's measles outbreak: 997 cases. 932 of them unvaccinated. Voters noticed They noticed this was wrong They just elected paediatrician @AnnieAndrewsMD to the Senate.
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MAKE TWITTER SCIENCE AGAIN. Less outrage. More experiments. Less conspiracy. More curiosity. Less shouting. More discovery. Less bullshit. More evidence.
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Is p<0.05 enough? Chapin Lenthall-Cleary of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, argues p<0.05 isn't enough to claim statistical significance. A much stricter standard, he says, makes it "much harder to do nefarious stuff like p-hacking." Our Rigor Takes series shares researchers' strongest opinions on rigor. Watch the full clip to see how Dr. Konrad Kording, C4R P.I. and Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, replies. Where do you set your threshold and why? Follow along for more Rigor Takes from leading researchers and educators. #RIgorTakes #Statistics
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Probably okay much of the time, provided that the Bonferroni correction is used where necessary. Such as here ๐Ÿ‘‡ xkcd.com/882/
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Sable Systems International ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿ€๐Ÿง๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ retweeted
First measles death in New York State in 30 years What an absolutely awful..and preventable..tragedy There's an answer to stop this VACCINES
A child in New York has died after contracting measles, Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement. It is the state's first measles-related death in 30 years. cnn.com/2026/11/02/health/neโ€ฆ
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Sable Systems International ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿ€๐Ÿง๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ retweeted
It's Election Day. Government scientists are a vital check on power - they speak the truth and hold decision makers accountable. Many of us don't think about how science and democracy intersect. Dr. Gretchen Goldman of @UCSUSA shares why.
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Sable Systems International ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿ€๐Ÿง๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ retweeted
Trump is dismantling the science system that made America a superpower. NIH has delayed or canceled over 2,000 grants on Alzheimerโ€™s, cancer and more, NSF is withholding more than $1 billion, Energy lost over 1,000 scientists, and Pentagon labs lost 14% of their staff, which the Pentagon itself says could have grave consequences for defense. China is catching up while foreign Ph.D. applications drop 21%. We built this over 80 years, and itโ€™s being gutted in under two. nytimes.com/2026/10/31/climaโ€ฆ #MedSky #LawSky #press #Science #NIH #NSF #Research #DOGE #China
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Sable Systems International ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿ€๐Ÿง๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ retweeted
I am an immigrant, a scientist, a former White House official - and an American. It is infuriating to spend years working to improve peopleโ€™s lives only to watch elected leaders undermine the science, institutions, and rights that make that work possible. To watch them push conspiracy theories and actively work against people who have dedicated their careers to helping others. We should expect more from the people we put in power. Competence, decency, respect. For people and for evidence. Voting is how we can change course. Please vote in the midterms.
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At some point, the issue isnโ€™t whether a tool can get the job done; it's how much effort it saves you. Altium Develop is designed for that stage. It gives engineers a complete path from design and review to release.
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Excellent Promethion-powered work! Congrats to all involved!
Cycling GLP-1 receptor agonist treatment induces therapeutic resistance and increased adiposity #obesity @JCI_insight insight.jci.org/articles/vieโ€ฆ
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82% of people living in the U.S.โ€”across political affiliationsโ€”recognize the value of publicly funded biomedical research. See how federal policy affects research in our new guide: ow.ly/Sxam5101v2I #FightforPhysiology #SciPol #Advocacy
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You cannot fire scientists, halt ongoing research and clinical trials, drive away the next generation and then declare a โ€œgolden ageโ€ of American science. These cannot fundamentally coexist. As we head into the elections here is a breakdown breakdown of the damage done to the U.S. scientific ecosystem so far: Defense research labs lost roughly 14% of their staff. The Pentagon itself warned of โ€œpotentially grave consequences for the future of national defense.โ€ NIH staffing fell by 1/5. More than 2,000 biomedical research grants were delayed or canceled, affecting work on cancer, Alzheimerโ€™s and other major diseases affecting the health of American public. HHS announced a wind-down of mRNA vaccine development at BARDA, affecting 22 projects worth nearly $500 million through cancellations, cuts and restructuring and halting new mRNA projects under the program. The National Science Foundation lost roughly 1/3 of its staff and withheld more than $1 billion in funding. The Energy Department lost more than 1,000 scientists and technical staff. Grant awards from its two major science offices fell by more than $500 million during the administrationโ€™s first year. NASA lost 20% of its employees with Ph.Ds. Foreign Ph.D. applications at leading universities fell 21%. Schools reduced admissions as funding uncertainty made it harder to support future scientists and removing a pathway for sustaining scientific excellence globally. Meanwhile, a proposed rule would give political appointees greater control over who receives research funding, screening applications for supposedly โ€œanti-American values.โ€ Thankfully Congress rejected the massive proposed budget cuts and courts forced funding restorations. But neither can replace the time and investment already made. We canโ€™t just simply flip the switch back on. And while the federal government can still spend roughly $200 billion on research - we continue to witness the dismantling of the capacity to turn funding into discovery. And make no mistake - other countries are happy to step in - including China - who are recruiting the talent we are losing. The treatments we will need in 20 years depend on the research we conduct today. So do our security, our prosperity and our ability to maintain our lead globally. Vote tomorrow because science depends on it.
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The very words "gold standard" and "golden age" have become contaminated and unclean
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