NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Reposted from
Jane Liebschutz, MD MPH (she/her)
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
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https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/22/trump-administrations-cancels-scientific-meetings-abruptly/ via @statnews.com
OR, replacing immigrants with those that are having to leave their DEIA jobs, many of whom are women, non-white, disabled, etc.
He went back to Ireland in the downtime, and they wouldn’t let him back into the country (it hadn’t been an issue before).
This can mess up people’s visas, as well 😱
*like it's so-called leader
Take a look around and see how that's worked out so far.
1) Media
2) Government
3) Education
4) Economy
5) Family
6) Religion
7) Arts and entertainment
See Monday's Reflections
They IMAGINE they possess 'VAST AND UNMATCHED WISDOM' that THEY need to impose on our nation and its people.
massive human and economic loss.
He tried like hell w/ covid, now he's back to do it again.
Do all of the ppl hanging and partying w/ this family on 1/20, know that he has destroyed any chance for a cancer cure. We are so close. Do they have a relative who might be sick? Selling your soul. Not a good look.
https://Www.rarebirdsfoundation.org
This country will never be the same. But we knew that, too!
Blue states shouldn’t pay the bills of red states while the federal govt is restricting support for blue states.
Now, I see no other real options.
I'll be with the nerds !
If blue states (CA, WA, OR, and New England) join Canada, they’ll have healthcare and common sense gun laws.
Either way, a win for 💙 states.
PAYROLL TAXES FROM BEING DEDUCTED‼️
20 Deductions oughta
do the trick.
Otherwise American
WORKERS R Financing
🖕Billionaires #BigLies
Not only do I remember what a Dingus he was as a President, I remember some particularly prize moments that were captured on the calendar.
much love on 9-11 . Remember his trifecta remark?
It's unfortunate we all have to face the consequences but at least, Trump voters have to suffer the misery and pain
@lborouniversity.bsky.social
#UniversityofDurham
#NTU
Fill your boots
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-officials-ask-us-health-agencies-pause-external-communications-washington-2025-01-22/
(more likely, climate change induced rise in the virus, and the raw milk/animal produce wave will be the cause)
Better to go with your gut!
We have a terrorist in the White House.
All other so-called science is considered to be woke nonsense.
How about you learn about the process instead of thinking you have the answers.
Best get the nibs of your quill pens sharpened and get the bottled ink out.
Makes us a loosing country.. Not America 🇺🇸 first for drugs, science, vaccines... Human bird flu is a thing now
Remember he allowed approximately 400,000 die from covid
My take is that it's mostly unprecedented, grrr. Shades of Stephen Harper in Canada years ago but worse since the US is such a research powerhouse.
https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-hits-nih-devastating-freezes-meetings-travel-communications-and-hiring
I've read books that didn't get to the point as well or nearly as fast.
They have a shit ton of databases with tons of valuable information. We can't afford to lose them.
If I do come around to attempting this I'll post updates there as well, so we can try to preserve this information & have a place to look.
Try to get the word out on #MedSky
Thinking we could potentially make Torrents for them
#MedSky
Im downloading the SNPdb now, will be testing out how to make this easier and maybe make some easy ways for others to help preserve with just a couple clicks, but for those who can use FTP or ChatGPT, i will drop a list below of some FTP servers to back up from (be weary of size):
https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/
https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/refseq/
https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/refseq/
https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/
PubMed:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/download/
https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/baseline/
These are just a few i have found, feel free to drop ftp links below
#ArchNIH
#MedSky
Now my lazy ass is regretting it.
Will try something tomorrow if l don't succumb to my laziness again
Some academics are posting the same, here and on X
https://bsky.app/profile/pamherd.bsky.social/post/3lgeay3mza224
Best case scenario: It’s temporary and due to a messy transition period.
Worst case scenario: They want to review/overhaul the grant awarding process which could stall applications.
Regardless, putting people in limbo is harmful governance.
Bravo.
😞
300,000 unemployed to add his resume?
That yielded two toothless laws doing nothing more than condemning police brutality and many red states legalized running over protestors.
The State has long adjusted to protests. Especially peaceful protests.
This comment is made in truly bad faith for several reasons I will point out for the audience.
1) no actionable suggestions
2) implication I should recommend spicy action online on a public forum
3) doomerism + encourages inaction
Stay vigilant my friends!
"This is SOMETHING"
"Therefore this must be done"
We're all entitled to our grief, of course.
But I personally wouldn't be lecturing organizers on historical organizing tactics if I was... Not organizing anything myself.
Anyway. Best of luck.
I was not offering an alternative, for I tend not to offer silly things on the spur of the moment.
You do you.
Maybe go organize something instead, since you're an expert. 👍🏼
It's almost like there are many ways to organize and resist. Almost all are helpful.
Being a reply guy discouraging organizing on the Internet without other suggestions isn't one I'm aware of.
We are going to need different models of resistance.
You are correct here. I’ll add it’s not just to punish, but a visible enemy to scare people into going out to the polls. They turned a movement to stop black youths from dying (BLM) into basically a terrorist org.
I've yet to see critique without suggestion and "it won't work so don't try" be a successful organizing tactic.
That is what public, peaceful protests are for.
But I'll make sure to ask you both next time before I suggest historical organizing examples that were highly successful. /S
Peaceful protests for months that do not disrupt life will be ignored after the first week.
That won't happen this time.
So the real question is what happens after a massacre?
Disease-specific patient #advocacy orgs are good at organizing and provide alternative funding for research. This thread of starter packs has #cancer researchers+advocates:
https://bsky.app/profile/discotuba.bsky.social/post/3lgeajdrgpc2h
That's why Luigi is a saint.
He actually took action, and it resulted in Anthem walking back their desire to stop covering anesthesia for the full procedure.
Go ahead, and experience how wasteful and ineffective that approach is. First-hand. "because George Floyd or something."
I will be taking care of myself.
We'll be here if you decide to contribute.
(Also, a lot of us actually know about what you're talking about. It's almost like you aren't engaging with anyone besides your own conclusions.)
I recently left St Louis. I marched in BLM.
It taught me enough to be here, now.
Not all objectives of organizing are as big or flashy as a law being passed.
Every person who learns, every person who decides to be better, matters.
The fed gov is gone. We're at the mercy of the Overton window. So let's work.
Narrative power work matters.
Any resistance has to be massively disruptive. It'll hurt everyone, and that may strengthen Republicans.
For now, we absolutely musn't give a shit about MAGAts suffering.
They keep track of how many calls/emails/letters they get and what the topic was.
Have a letter writing party with friends! You need a large volume of people and points of contact to make this effective. But it’s all we have
This is the big purge!!
The ultra wealthy have figured out that to survive on a dying planet. They need to remove a good percentage of the world’s population. The only chance after breaking 1.5C.
Holy hell
this is all so awful
https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-hits-nih-devastating-freezes-meetings-travel-communications-and-hiring
They need to get sick.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-cure-cancer-aids-joe-biden-orlando-campaign-rally/
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/emails-team-trumps-private-emails-spark-concerns-rcna185052
Soon we won’t be able to trust our data the same way we couldn’t trust China and Russia’s covid data
NOAA next. 😪
As he closes out services, reduce services, and closes entire departments ... these positions are filled by employees who are no on the unemployment line ...