Scientists ejected from diabetes conference for distributing journal reprints

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/scientists-ejected-from-diabetes-conference-for-distributing-journal-reprints/

83•BerislavLopac•1h ago

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jfengel•1h ago

Headline is weird. It's not a copyright thing, as I had assumed. It was because it was an editorial criticizing how the administration is running the NIH.

Terr_•1h ago

And not an arbitrary editorial, but:

> > Some questioned how handing out reprints of an editorial published in the ADA’s own journal, at the ADA’s own annual conference, could be construed as a violation of that code.

Forgeties79•1h ago

An editorial published in the (reputable) journal Diabetes Care, which they handed out at a diabetes conference. I imagine if it wasn’t critical of the administration they would not have been told to stop, but this is Louisiana so

eesmith•1h ago

And one of the people kicked out was Steven Kahn, a co-author of the editorial, and editor-in-chief of Diabetes Care.

bluGill•25m ago

Protesting is not allowed by the rules.

Though there is a good case that breaking that rule is the best action. Getting kicked out probably did more for their cause then their protest. They just need the guts to publicly stand by.

nritchie•1h ago

Science funding in the US is in crisis. We need to stand with those bold enough to point out that the emperor has no clothing.

netsharc•24m ago

The ending of that story is interesting:

> The Emperor was vexed, for he knew that the people were right; but he thought the procession must go on now! And the lords of the bedchamber took greater pains than ever, to appear holding up a train, although, in reality, there was no train to hold.

From https://americanliterature.com/author/hans-christian-anderse...

KnuthIsGod•41m ago

Tomorrow Robert Kennedy will announce that diabetes is fake news,does not exist and can become cured by taking ivermectin and avoiding seed oils and Tylenol....

The next day Trump will have the 173rd Airborne kidnap the entire editorial board of the American Diabetic Association and will get them good plated with fake gilt from Temu.

officialchicken•34m ago

And the JDF already has the Diabetes Peace Prize Award ready to send to him asking for the shifting of all research funds into "awareness" marketing.

hnarayanan•41m ago

I used to do this when I was in grad school as a matter of principle. F the man.

KnuthIsGod•37m ago

".Some questioned how handing out reprints of an editorial published in the ADA’s own journal, at the ADA’s own annual conference, could be construed as a violation of that code.."

The God Emperor is not to be questioned.

lucasRW•11m ago

Understandable, we've all been at events where some "dissidents" try to get their point across my aggressively following you, going to places they haven't been invited, etc, etc.

mcswell•8m ago

I'm hoping the Streisand Effect will take hold, and this editorial becomes the most read article ever of that journal. I've posted this news on my FB (yes...) page. And I downloaded a PDF, in case the journal takes the editorial down.

shevy-java•5m ago

Trump and his cronies try to repurpose everything they slurp up into a propaganda tool. Recently Hegseth babbled about how Europe will perish because of immigration. Today five people were evicted from a conference about science. Their crime? Not supporting Trump.

Something is fundamentally broken in the USA. It's like Neo-Russia, or rather handled like that by those cronies.

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