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Triplett-Behrakis Professor of Pharmacology, University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. Director, Glycoscience Center of Research Excellence. CTO, GenNext Technologies. Analytical and physical biochemist. Posting on BlueSky is not my job.
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let me say that this is the classic “just asking questions” approach to delegitimizing the achievements of black people. and critically, you don’t even have to be a black person who talks about race. simply being black to these people means you are “obsessed with race.”

submitted 7 hours ago • 104 comments

Of the Chiefs of Staff, vice chiefs of staff, and judge advocates general of the three branches, Trump fired all the women and Black people.

submitted 19 hours ago • 198 comments

People experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.

submitted 19 hours ago • 46 comments

Very much like the Iraq War, somehow "I thought Elon Musk was a genius until a couple years ago" is now considered the more respectable and serious opinion than "I knew he was a fraud for a decade and was never fooled by him."

submitted 22 hours ago • 167 comments

This is quite significant in many ways: the overt thuggery, Trump’s barely suppressed fury at being contradicted by a woman, the governor’s standing up, the total abandonment of the pretense of federalism, the continuing use of trans Americans the way Hitler used Jews.

submitted 1 day ago • 248 comments

I understand the conflicting issues between complying with a law or regulation you despise and resigning so someone else can do it. But there is no value in going along happily in advance. These people need the conflict and the pain, so they will just push you harder until they get it.

submitted 21 hours ago • 1 comment

And we got finger-wagged by a New England journo "expert" for not staying in our lane and sticking to our knitting (his words) and leaving hard stuff to (paywalled) NYT and Wapo. So we were right, and we did the right thing, and we didn't need anyone's permission to make our own news decisions.

submitted 22 hours ago • 25 comments

JUST IN: A judge has enjoined President Trump's effort to block federal funds from going toward grant recipients who engage in DEI practices. The judge says the orgs are likely to succeed on claims that this is viewpoint discrimination, among other issues storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 22 hours ago • 38 comments

Just a reminder that the HPV vaccine literally PREVENTS CANCER and the series can be started as early as 9 years of age.

submitted 1 day ago • 28 comments

The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.

submitted 1 day ago • 50 comments

New York Times article now up on Federal Register stuff. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/s... 1/n

submitted 1 day ago • 17 comments

This needs more coverage from our media, including local media. If any MS media wants an example of how this freeze is impacting the state, I can put you in touch with someone.

submitted 23 hours ago • 1 comment

I’m beginning to sound like a broken record, but the Federal Register block is intentionally being used to stop NIH from awarding grants. They might not call it a freeze, but things are effectively frozen. We need legal action ASAP.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Here's the text of a letter sent out this morning by the acting NIH Director to all staff:

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

It is incredibly ironic that a sign purporting to specify "biological men" doesn't show any features of sex, only features of gender (a pants silhouette instead of a skirt/dress). Draw the penis or GTFO.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Is Ethereum going to hard fork? Again?

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

NIH indirects case update: Hearing ongoing now, and I'll try to live tweet some notable exchanges. Prior to more detailed arguments, Judge Kelley starts off with a few point questions to both sides: (I'm paraphrasing here)

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

Among those Trump and Musk fired at the FAA: - Lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies - Air traffic control support staff - Employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes - Staffers who medically clear pilots to fly www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 1 day ago • 106 comments

Imagine, if you will, a religion dedicated to the spread of disease

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

SCOOP: The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, arguably the nation's most powerful scientific organization, is bending to political pressure and removing terms like "health equity" from pending reports. Members are not happy. Story by me: www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/n...

submitted 1 day ago • 35 comments

OPINION: "This mistrust complicates efforts to promote preventative care … leaving many women hesitant to seek care from a system that has marginalized them for generations," Brooks writes. https://buff.ly/436G71A

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 2 days ago • 852 comments

Stacy's mom's medicare is gone

submitted 2 days ago • 107 comments

BREAKING: The Trump administration has announced that it will kill Medicare coverage of most telehealth services on April 1st.

submitted 2 days ago • 165 comments