laureloldach.bsky.social
Biochemistry & instrumentation reporter at Chemical & Engineering News. Signal: Laurel_Oldach.07
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Illicit vapes from China were not on my bingo card for today
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Collins is alarmed about researchers leaving the United States and it will make it difficult for the US to compete globally.
Collins points out that the cap on indirect costs is illegal. She's wanting to know how he's overseeing the NIH changes because one size fits all has been bad.
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Secretary Kennedy's answer to specific questions about shuttered programs affecting constituents seems to be "We should talk offline" to the Sen. asking the questions
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(Capitol police have cleared the room. Hard to discern the protesters' message - I think I heard something about people with HIV?)
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Protesters have interrupted RFK's testimony to the Senate HELP committee on proposed HHS FY2026 budget.
Chair, Sen Bill Cassidy: "That was a made-for-CSPAN moment"
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YOU GUYS. I wrote to the bookstore asking how I could order a stack of stickers. They are free.
Support your local indy bookstore!!
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Also, worth noting that the Annapolis Capitol Gazette (whose name you may remember from the indomitable way their staff put the damn paper out the day after a mass shooting in their office killed 5 colleagues) had the story 2 weeks ago. www.capitalgazette.com/2025/04/21/h...
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I feel you, @dereklowe.bsky.social
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unlikely to join in given the ceaseless Oh-God-Here-Comes-Some-More aspect, and the whole project would of course probably ruin my ability to think constructively about anything at all. Which is a constant danger under the current conditions anyway."
www.science.org/content/blog...
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FWIW: clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT050...
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I've been following closely, and it's still so easy to lose track.
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You’re a Reedie! I hadn’t realized. When were you there?
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oh my GOD
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Thanks. And yikes.
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What’s an LRP? Something research proposal?
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Saw my first eastern bluebird of the season here in Maryland today.
Thanks for your work.
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I think Fluorine is a little older than my daughter (or else way more verbal!), but that would absolutely wreck me. Total sympathy for you.
I agree with everyone else saying you're showing her how capable her other grown-ups are of taking good care of her -- and that Mama has important work to do.