Hilda Bastian

@hildabast@mastodon.online
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Scientist (PhD; she/her), writer, cartoonist. I blog about metascience, science history, epidemiology, grief, social media data, & evidence generally. Following and reporting on next generation Covid vaccines. And I write at The Atlantic sometimes. Newsletter: Living With Evidence https://hildabastian.wordpress.com/

#MetaScience #SystematicReviews #Epidemiology #ClinicalTrials #Grief #Vaccines #Wikipedia #History #HistSci #Science #OpenScience #OpenSocialWeb

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Hilda Bastian3h ago

Camellia perfection!

Just gorgeous ā€“ on the bush, and carpeting the ground pink. šŸ˜

#BloomScrolling

Show threadHilda Bastian5h ago
@davepell @tchambers Small correction from an Australian's perspective: Not "is losing" ... "has lost."
Show threadHilda Bastian17h ago

@brembs @ZBMED @kuf My guess is it can wait a week, but I recommend emailing Miriam Albers (via here https://www.zbmed.de/forschen/laufende-projekte/olspub)

So glad you're doing this!

OLSPub

Informationsversorgung in Biomedizin und Lebenswissenschaften sichern

ZB MED - Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften
Hilda Bastian22h ago

Funding bid for OLSPub, Germany's planned PubMed open safety net from @ZBMED submitted. You can sign up to register your support here: https://blog.zbmed.de/olspub-support

Institutional letter of support template here: https://www.zbmed.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Pressemitteilungen/2025/2025-05-05_LoS_PubMed_Alternative_ZB_MED.pdf

Background at my blog: https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/germanys-plan-for-an-open-and-independent-pubmed-safety-net/

#OpenScience #MedLibs #Fosstodon

Show threadHilda Bastian4d ago
@Perryax @PLOS No news, though I check every month. It was one of the vaxes in the WHO Solidarity Trial for Vaccines (phase 3) - no news on that trial at all. Impossible to know what's going on (though generally such a long silence is not a good sign).
Hilda BastianJun 6

Motivated Reasoningā€™s Golden Age

It has been doing my head in the last few weeks: Cherry-picked theories and approaches to evidence were gushing at me on so many topics in science communities. It slowly dawned on me that it wasn't a coincidence. Motivated reasoning may be both cause and effect of polarization and partisanship, so maybe it's having a bit of a Golden Age.

https://hildabastian.wordpress.com/2025/06/06/motivated-reasonings-golden-age/

Motivated Reasoningā€™s Golden Age

It has been doing my head in the last few weeks: Cherry-picked theories and approaches to evidence were gushing at me on so many topics in science communities. It slowly dawned on me that it wasn&#ā€¦

Living With Evidence
Hilda BastianJun 5
2-staged introduction of quote posts coming to core Mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@Gargron@mastodon.social/114625891741645032
Mastodon

Show threadHilda BastianJun 2
@FediThing @PLOS Thanks! Yes - if anything, it will speed things up elsewhere, as companies shift towards affiliates/partners outside the US and non-US scientists/companies/governments identify the US' lost opportunities.
Hilda BastianJun 2
Signed! Petition on behalf of the Australian Union Movement to the government to step up & do more on this: https://www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/recognise-palestine-demand-a-full-ceasefire?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_source=bluesky&share=8bee917e-0c28-4f71-a741-380bdd9f51c7
Sanctions, Recognition & Peace for Palestine

We call for an end to the occupation of Palestine and a just and sustainable peace in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions, including the removal of illegal settlements, the withdrawal of Israel from all Palestinian lands along with the dismantling of the separation wall. Implementing a two-state solution is the path to lasting peace, safety and security for both the peoples of Israel and Palestine.

Megaphone
Hilda BastianJun 1

Lots to learn about nasal Covid vax in my latest nextgen vax update @PLOS:

- 1st trial results for intranasal Covid DNA vax, with some signs it can reduce infection;

- Researchers in Japan developed over 200 monoclonal antibodies from nasally-vaxed mice to study immunity's molecular processes;

- UK authorization for nextgen mRNA vax being sought soon;

- US takes bizarre funding turn;

- 7th pancoronavirus vax going into clinical trial & more

https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/31/intranasal-vaccine-trial-results-and-more-on-preventing-covid-infection-nextgen-vax-update-29/
#Vaccines #Covid #Covid19

Intranasal Vaccine Trial Results and More on Preventing Covid Infection (NextGen Vax Update 29) - Absolutely Maybe

This month, there are the first clinical trial results from an intranasal DNA vaccine, with some signs that it might protect againstā€¦

Absolutely Maybe