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The Trump regime expands its discouraged (BANNED) words across federal agencies. The list is long Gift article www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 7 days ago • 296 comments

katemanne.substack.com/p/texas-is-k...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Loads of #literary #magazines are coming to Bluesky, here is a great list to follow! PLEASE SHARE TO HELP THEM LEAVE TWITTER! #litmags #writer #writingcommunity go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j

submitted 20 days ago • 5 comments

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

"The scientific review officer said he could describe the impact of these layoffs on [NIH's] ability to review grant applications and fund research in two words: 'We’re fucked'" I guess at least I've been accurate in how I describe the current situation.

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

Check out this notice that just appeared on many HHS pages...

submitted 28 days ago • 69 comments

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

submitted 29 days ago • 525 comments

This is a very interesting point. Will #MESH indexing change extensively at the next refresh? Will all that work on population groups be scrubbed? Will the US Federal Court order for CDC etc to restore info pre Jan30 affect any possible changes? #medlibs #librariessavelives #ebm #publichealthmatters

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

Oh, hell yeah www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

submitted 35 days ago • 3 comments

How long does PubMed have? How long will BLAST be up? Genome browser? We have the funding to keep these tools up, we have the expertise, we have the people. Loss of these tools would cost billions to replace by the private sector and academia. Inefficient destruction with no upside

submitted 36 days ago • 15 comments

#Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps. #NIH #Research #Medlibs #Funding www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

This National Library of Medicine page - medlineplus.gov/lgbtqiahealt... - which once provided information about health issues specific to members of the LGBTQIA+ community is no longer available.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

This is a very serious topic but making this are me feel better for about thirty seconds. 💙

submitted 42 days ago • 4 comments

This is part of the email sent to (I assume) all PIs on National Science Foundation grants last night.

submitted 44 days ago • 6 comments

I thought it would be fitting to start this book by @katemanne.bsky.social at the beginning of a new year as this is when I typically torment myself with a new restrictive diet to try to shrink myself.

submitted 69 days ago • 1 comment