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Research & science communicator during by day. By night, a cranky, middle-aged gal who's never been to Paris. This is a compassion-filled, nuclear-free zone. I will not tolerate intolerance. And how's your first Fascist coup going?
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As the article says, the proposed bill is straight from Project 2025. The goal? Shift care to the private sector, have VA morph from care provider to insurance provider, point to cost overruns, eliminate department. www.military.com/daily-news/o...

I love my 85-year old Dad's sense of humor: Dad: So, whaddya think will get me in the coming Trumpocalypse? Bird flu or another new virus? Me: I'm going with another new virus. What about me? Dad: Oh, you'll definitely be shot by our own military at some protest. Me: Wow....so dark, yet so correct!

Goodbye WaPo—it's not me, it's you.

More tragic news about NIH and NIH science. Grant system is frozen and intramural program is being slashed. All will claw back on treatments and cures for cancer and other human diseases. This can’t be what the public wants. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

It's not just about science, medicine, and research, folks. All of DOGE's slash and burn activity impacts everyone, including our nation's farmers.

Sweet mother of what the actual f**k? She lobbied FOR formaldehyde??? Anyone who's spent time in an anatomy lab would know it's not something you WANT to lobby FOR.

Parents—PLEASE make sure your kids' measles vaccines are up to date. Measles is deadly & debilitating for unvaccinated kids. Adults—Unsure about your immunity? Generally, being born after 1957 is a good benchmark, but talk w/your healthcare providers. You can get a blood test to check immunity.

Just in case it weren't already PATENTLY clear who is running our government..... www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/p...

It's been widely reported already by @tpm.bsky.social & other reputable outlets, but the cancelling of over 1,000 VA contracts has everyone in a total scramble. It impacts VA research because of a specific data contract. Investigators are scrambling to move data over to internal, legacy systems.

Incredibly, really, really, not good. Very, bad, as in WHAT THE ACTUAL F**K, bad. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

The OPM memo says, "Reducing headcount through attrition and allowing term or temporary positions to expire without renewal". Almost the entirety of VA research is term—approx 4,000 jobs. If you think Doug Collins will exempt every single one of them, you are wrong. apnews.com/article/trum...

Not good. Very not good at all. Bad, in point of fact. Super bad badness. apnews.com/article/meas...

So, I guess we don't need to pay her, do we? www.latintimes.com/marjorie-tay...

Spied on my morning walk.....a tiny sign of hope, perhaps?

14 seasons of “Call the Midwife” is enough data. Conclusion: The damn show always (p< 0.001) makes me cry.

Editorial board @jama.com is speaking up. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

If you feel this way, you're not along. And together, we're going to keep the Republic. Pass it on.

“Infants may consume upwards of 60 grams of added sugars per day, or the equivalent of two soft drinks per day if they are entirely formula-fed,” researchers say in the study, published yesterday [Feb. 24, 2025] in the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. usrtk.org/healthwire/i...

I can guarantee that if the OPM has the nerve to send another fed employee email blast, I will not be replying.

Oh dear god....I just had to swallow the bile and reply to the "What did you do last week?" memo. Christ on a cracker, people.....am I five? I'm five. Maybe I should have whipped out the Crayolas and some construction paper and sent in a drawing of a cat.

Well reported and worth a read for what it portends. cdapress.com/news/2025/fe...

The scale and scope of Trump and Elon’s purge of federal workers will set our country back decades. You can't just fire everyone, gut critical agencies, halt funding to organizations across the country and think there won’t be massive consequences.

Even in this day and age, we can still behave with decorum. Check out @etiquetteer.bsky.social for more!

The only appropriate response to Lord Voldemusk's latest email to us feds: "Unsubscribe"

Omg!! Yes!! Thanks for this! Help us out!

Well, they have certainly put the mental in governmental.

When I heard this, I just assumed that Lord Voldemusk was at the bottom of a K-hole, so I checked work Outlook & nothing yet—probably insanely slow servers & a metric f**kton of bounce backs because his 12 yr old minions don't know what they're doing. Monday will be fun! www.cnn.com/2025/02/22/p...

DOGE’s expenses have risen above 40 million, with weekly costs now exceeding 10 million. We will release an updated DOGE staff list soon.

Crap.....better start my loan paperwork.

Just a reminder: Telework/remote work was implemented by the federal government in 2010 AS A COST-SAVING MEASURE. It will cost the government MORE to have hundreds of thousands of employees return to their offices. Light, heat, rent, facilities maintenance contracts—those are EXPENSES.

Because it's not enough that those of us Feds heading back to the office have to disrupt our entire lives, EV owners will not be able to charge their parked cars while at whatever office space hasn't yet been sold off. www.theverge.com/news/617235/...

Please share widely!!! www.wethebuilders.org

The continued assault on science and discovery is mindboggling. What, is Lord Voldemusk afraid that he'll find himself in a room with someone smarter than he is? (I mean, clearly, that's not something that seems too hard to do.) www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

Yup. This. (And perhaps that's the point: A weakened, sick populace has no time to focus on what a corrupt and Fascist government is doing.)

Wired continues to do some of the best reporting on Lord Voldemusk's death eater army. www.wired.com/story/faa-do...

So very important today and everyday! vision.icivics.org

In my 17 years in VA research, it's been my pleasure to help support dissemination of @eliowa.bsky.social's work. Unfortunately, my ability to do that professionally has been muzzled. Thankfully, I can still help via my (tiny) personal soapbox.

My love for @repjasmine.bsky.social knows no bounds.