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Love will always be more resplendent than the darkness of hate can conquer.

submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

We want to send a message to the world: what has happened today is an absolute disgrace. It is completely un-American.

submitted 8 hours ago • 458 comments

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

submitted 16 days ago • 130 comments

YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER APP IS JUST A PRETTY DISPLAY OF NOAA DATA Ppl seem to think that "NOAA weather forecasts" means climate-, boat-, or "in addition to my app"-weather. But the weather forecasts we all use are made from the NOAA data we all paid for Make that part clear when you ⬇️

submitted 14 hours ago • 18 comments

Five former defense secretaries condemned Trump’s firing of senior military leaders as “reckless” and urged Congress to reject their replacements.

submitted 13 hours ago • 76 comments

We are continuing to celebrate #blackhistorymonth www.aamc.org/news/celebra...

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Today is Rare Disease Day, which aims to increase awareness and to promote fair access to diagnosis, treatment, care and opportunities for those living with a rare disease. For more info, visit: www.rarediseaseday.org rarediseases.org #unmcMMI #RareDiseaseDay #mmiGeneticMedicine

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are trying to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - the agency that helps you if you get scammed. @senatedem.bsky.social are united in defending the CFPB, which has already returned more than $21 billion to families cheated by Wall Street.

submitted 11 hours ago • 78 comments

I’m thinking we should spread this news about the firings at NOAA as far and wide as possible. Like cancer research, weather forecasting seems likely to be broadly popular across the political spectrum. apnews.com/article/nati...

submitted 14 hours ago • 8 comments

To be clear: Vance and Trump blew this up on purpose. Yet another gift to Putin. Pathetic.

submitted 10 hours ago • 599 comments

President Trump’s simpering fealty to Vladimir Putin and Russia is embarrassing and dangerous. Illinois stands with Ukraine, and so should the White House.

submitted 10 hours ago • 634 comments

More class in his pinky than Trump has shown his entire life.

submitted 9 hours ago • 660 comments

The chaos of Trump's first month in office is no accident. This gutting of the federal government and impounding of Congressionally allocated funds was laid out years ago by Russell Vought, Trump's OMB director and Project 2025 architect. Todd Beeton looked at his core beliefs for The Big Picture.

submitted 9 hours ago • 75 comments

This was a disgusting display by the soft, uninformed VP Vance trying to school Zelensky, the man who has led his country through the most surprisingly resilient and effective fight for sovereignty against a global superpower. Every negative stereotype about America is confirmed in this exchange.

submitted 11 hours ago • 796 comments

We apologize to our Ukrainian supporters. We are embarrassed by how our president and vice president have behaved. We are fighting to redeem the soul of America. 🇺🇸

submitted 9 hours ago • 468 comments

NEW: A federal judge in CA just entered a TRO (temporary restraining order) against the Office of Personnel Management & its Acting Director, Charles Ezell, finding that OPM illegally terminated probationary federal employees because it had no authority to do so. www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-r...

submitted 1 day ago • 359 comments

One might think one goal of consolidating NIH ICs is to do better at balancing their size, which has both economy of scale and internal power justifications. You would be wrong. You can see this would be partially realized since NCI is still large compared with 5 ICOs in the 4-5% range.

submitted 7 hours ago • 2 comments

I spoke with a hurricane modeler who was just fired from the branch of NOAA that keeps weather models running. He got a form letter like hundreds of others telling him he was losing his job in an hour. This bodes very poorly for American forecasting. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

submitted 7 hours ago • 9 comments

With the Trump interference with NIH grants, many scientists are hurting. Some received good scores last fall and are just waiting for council and award. But NIH’s budget must go out this year, all spent Sept 30. Universities MUST provide bridge funding to keep labs intact for the next few months.

submitted 16 hours ago • 7 comments

Join us for a fun time at the 21st Annual Walk and Roll for Disabilities on Sunday, March 2nd at Oakview Mall to help raise funds for the Meyer Foundation for Disabilities! #unmcMMI #WalkAndRoll To register or find more information, visit: www.mfdisabilities.org/walk-and-rol...

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

Let’s suppose the slow walking of study sections is to await confirmation of a new NIH Director. But why? Plenty of time to pick and choose what grants to fund from the regular winter meeting timeline.

submitted 12 hours ago • 8 comments

Donald Trump is treating the destruction of a democracy as a political show — throwing Ukraine to the wolves and doing a favor for Putin. It's shameful and dangerous. I've been to Ukraine, as have many Senate Republicans. I hope they speak up. Millions of lives are at stake.

submitted 8 hours ago • 421 comments

Spring is almost here! #unmcMMI #MMIevent

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

Today, a reporter from the Russian state news agency TASS gained unauthorized access to the Oval Office. How does one gain unauthorized access to the Oval Office? Meanwhile, AP and Reuters were blocked.

submitted 7 hours ago • 400 comments

It's National Rare Disease's Day. Many of our CHRI members are dedicated to finding cures for and improving the care of patients living with rare diseases. One such member is William Rizzo, MD, one of the leading experts in Sjogren-Larsson syndrome. @aandersonberry.bsky.social @unmccom.bsky.social

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This news truly breaks my heart. We are calling on HHS to take immediate action. Secretary Kennedy needs to bring back weekly measles tracking from the CDC, rehire the health experts, and roll out a serious vaccine campaign. Our kids' safety is on the line! abcnews.go.com/Health/1st-m...

submitted 2 days ago • 1509 comments

Our service members are among the best and bravest our nation has to offer. They are patriots who put their lives on the line to keep us safe. To demean thousands of transgender service members' sacrifice by removing them is cruel and stupid – and makes us all less safe.

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Tomorrow, February 28, is Rare Disease Day! 300 million people worldwide – that’s 5% of Earth’s population – live with a rare disease. For more information, visit: www.rarediseaseday.org rarediseases.org #unmcMMI #RareDiseaseDay #mmiGeneticMedicine

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🧵RFKJr said the measles outbreak that led to the death of a child is “not that unusual” (links below). That’s a lie. It IS unusual because we have the ability to have NO measles outbreaks. But with falling vaccine rates, we are seeing yearly outbreaks of increasing size (links below).

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We are heartened by this call to action in Nature, one of the most respected journals in science. It urges the global scientific community to speak out on behalf of those being censored and support research as the US government shifts away from its historic leadership www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

Let’s get something clear. The GOP has the power to keep the government from shutting down in March. They control both chambers of Congress and the White House. If they can’t reach a budget deal within their own ranks, that completely on them. Dems: Don’t lift a finger to help them. Not one.

submitted 5 days ago • 734 comments

THIS IS HOW YOU STAND UP: EEOC admin judge Karen Ortiz resisted an order to hand over all LGBT cases for “review” and told colleagues to resist too. She knows she’ll likely to be fired. “I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

submitted 5 days ago • 17 comments

His followers are like, “Surely there must be some mistake, he said only THEIR lives would be ruined. I’d better message the president and let him know.” We’re in the denial and bargaining stage folks.

submitted 5 days ago • 591 comments

For those following the story of unidentified men violently dragging a protester from a local Idaho GOP meeting, it turns out they were from a private security firm called LEAR Asset Management. But neither the sheriff (who watched it all go down) or the GOP will take responsibility for hiring them.

submitted 5 days ago • 866 comments

DOJ's judicial complaint against Judge Ana Reyes is an attempt to "work the refs" on a new level, despite resting on extremely weak grounds. The response is important, not only for the case at issue, but also to push back against any threat DOJ might be seeking to send about judicial independence.

submitted 5 days ago • 10 comments

This looks hugely problematic. Thank you @beyer.house.gov for digging into it.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I see these hot takes: "Academia had it coming for [reasons]." The problem with this is that unless you can explain why immigrants, LGBTQ people, minorities, teachers, federal employees, aid workers, health professionals, etc., ALSO had it coming, you'll end up short of a parsimonious explanation.

submitted 5 days ago • 16 comments

Good morning. The dance, whatever that means to you, is worth fighting for. “During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, we buried our friends in the morning, protested in the afternoon and danced all night. The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for.

submitted 4 days ago • 63 comments

Almost half of @nationalacademies.org's budget is government grants & contracts, with $200M+ in federal revenue in 2023: nap.nationalacademies.org/read/27783/c...

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Our German supporters made us realize we made a mistake, and we want to acknowledge it. Germany, you’re in our thoughts. While we’re relieved that AfD was defeated, we understand this is not a moment for celebration. There is still much work ahead, and we stand in solidarity with you.

submitted 5 days ago • 451 comments

Couldn’t agree more. This is how the Tea Party transformed the Republican Party back in 2009: they kept confronting reps and Senators all across the country until it snowballed into a major media issue. Scientists all across the country: do this! Students, fellows, PIs, you all can do this.🧪

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

submitted 5 days ago • 1050 comments

THE RESIST LIST IS HERE. Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.

submitted 8 days ago • 25 comments

In response to President Trump’s Kennedy Center takeover, actors, authors and other artists who were scheduled to hold events at Washington’s preeminent arts institution have begun backing out of scheduled appearances. Here’s a list of artists who have canceled:

submitted 7 days ago • 71 comments

"The crowd again started shouting 'tax Elon,' 'tax the wealthy,” “tax the rich' and 'tax the billionaires.'" The county went 68% for Trump www.lagrandeobserver.com/news/local/r...

submitted 7 days ago • 248 comments

I want to see every scientific society going into emergency mode. This is a good example of how an organization can flex its specific power in a time of great need. What else is possible?

submitted 6 days ago • 6 comments

Guardian story about Federal Register issue is up. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

Absolutely

submitted 6 days ago • 195 comments

🚨 NIH indirect cost cuts—what’s at stake? A new executive order caps reimbursements at 15%—down from an average 52%. Indirect costs fund lab upkeep, IT, and utilities—essential for research. Fewer resources = fewer labs, jobs, and slower innovation. #ResearchFunding #NIH #SciencePolicy

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment