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The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr www.aol.com/multimillion... The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.

BREAKING: The NIH summer internship program (SIP) has been officially cancelled, across all institutes. It’s a sad loss for the brightest science students in America, for American science, and for future cures for diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. 🧪 1/

Study meetings cancelled right and left, no reason given—shall scientists retrain to be more aligned with non-woke professions, like producers on reality tv shows? Stupidest Cultural Revolution…

This. Exactly this.

This Thursday! Ima make & drink this cocktail with y’all, everyone come along

Mantra for the day: maybe you aren’t mad enough? Let the glory of a woman’s rage lift you and we all will rise.

Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

Point of order: it’s Black History Month. Just puttin’ that out there. www.bbc.com/news/article...

It’s not someday. It’s not maybe. It’s now.

This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but let’s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

A friend was admitted to a PhD in engineering there this year —another woman in STEM thwarted by aggressively stupid, chaotic men in DC who don’t like a world that empowers people like her. Are they actively trying to destroy the Academy for this exact reason? Yes. www.wesa.fm/health-scien...

Worst version of Towns vs. Gowns.

Amen. I’m officially done with throwing fellow humans under the damn bus. That ain’t my freedom.

Wherein the US goes through a messy divorce with its own brain. Divorce lawyers call this “bleeding the opposing party dry.”

Biologists on biology: “The biology of sex and gender makes it very clear,” Lents says. “These are not hard categories with clear definitions.” Yep. www.sciencenews.org/article/biol...

FYI people, these hyper-litigious thin-skinned wastrels burn through public resources at a far greater rate than scientific grants. In case you’re wondering where to shove that “refund” DOGE is (never) going to give you.

Inside the lobby at NSF…

Guys. We’re on the Road to Wellville and Kellogg’s the head of the HSS. Halp. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Measles outbreak in west Texas doubles in 3 days to 48 infected. 13 are hospitalized, which is a hospitalization rate of 27%--an astounding number, epidemiologist pals tell me. They say it'll keep spreading through the unvaxxed kids there, of whom there are plenty, esp. in private religious schools.

Note that they haven’t touched the DoD funding. He knows better. DoD hates him through and through.

Apparently your body’s health is also demanded as fealty. #rfkjr

Looking forward to hearing Kid Rock at this year’s Kennedy Center Honors.

It’s my birthday and Darwin’s. And given the state of my country, all I can hear is that old song from Willy Wonka, “Cheer Up Charlie…”

Today’s the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Which is… every damn day. Women have never been secondary to science! So celebrate today—that way, someday, it’ll be weird to even say it. @unesco.org

Shocked! Shocked, I say. (Looks in drawers for pearls to clutch.) www.salon.com/2025/02/10/w...

Last night, all nights, every day of the resistance, remember: They hate it when we laugh. 😘

Sure, I’ll say it once more. Calling Musk and DOGE a cost-cutting team is like saying a guillotine is a “weight loss device.”

I have a daughter and a son. Their bodies are different. Hope we can keep funding basic research in the US so their medical care will reflect that.

First they came for trans people, and I did not speak out-
because I avoid 'identity politics'. Then they came for the Palestinians - but I don't do 'purity politics'. Then they came for everyone but me - but I was waiting for the midterms. Then they came for me- and I was quite shocked tbh.

I’m not sure how else to say this: we were just getting started fixing the research pipeline for women’s health. Everybody with ovaries—red or blue—should be screaming. wapo.st/3Q9DrIH

The point—their entire point—is chaos and horror.

Important thread. Read to the end. “The goal is to destroy US universities. ⬇️

Okay weird femme problem: how does a gal rent a gown for galas while on tour? I’d buy a piece but don’t wanna haul…