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Terrible waste…

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.

submitted 1 day ago • 1010 comments

Good for these federal workers, concerned about the sabotage of a functioning, safe park, for us and for nature. www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

submitted 17 hours ago • 7 comments

I posted this longer version on X #Emails2DOGE cc: [email protected]

submitted 1 day ago • 1121 comments

2 PhD students recently met at a conference & Trump's slashing of research & science bound them With only 3 other scientists they started a movement that's growing around the country On March 7 in Washington DC, and state capitals, "Stand Up for Science" will take place All details below & bravo!

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

This is how I would respond to the email Musk has had sent to government employees (not legal advice). 1. Refused to violate the law. 2. Refused to violate the Constitution. 3. Refused to bow or scrape. 4. Refused to bend a knee. 5. Deleted this stupid email.

submitted 1 day ago • 619 comments

Love it…

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Sending an email to employees asking them to list five things they did that week is a classic move from a manager who has no idea how to manage

submitted 1 day ago • 933 comments

📣 NEW: BEGUN, THE INDEXING OF THE NIH WEBSITE ARCHIVE HAS. Unfortunately I wasn't able to grab the NIH content until last week so it's possible that some of it had already been disappeared, but this includes anything which was there as of 2/13/25: acasignups.net/nih-website

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

Seriously scary! @theaacr.bsky.social @aacicancer.bsky.social

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Oddly relieved that the world is not as crazy as one would think of you look at Twitter on occasion…

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Couldn’t have said it better myself!

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

submitted 4 days ago • 250 comments

Yet another small, but happy moment.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I love this right now. It’s the little things :-)

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Biden capped insulin at $35/mo -- Republicans are now undoing it Biden capped inhaler at $35/mo -- Republicans are now undoing it Biden stopped banks from hurting you with overdraft fees -- Republicans are now undoing it Trump, Musk, and the GOP are RAISING your costs

submitted 4 days ago • 99 comments

The cost-saving claims don’t hold up. Every dollar in NIH research grants generates $2.46 in economic activity, research shows—a total of $93 billion in 2023 alone. “It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.

submitted 6 days ago • 51 comments

1/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.” I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.

submitted 5 days ago • 46 comments

Black History Month, Public Health Edition Dr. Sherman James lead important social epidemiological research on the long term effects of coping against adversity of structural racism on health, and coined the term "John Henryism". #blackhistorymonth

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Don’t know if anyone else read the letter and caught that it contradicts the majority opinion in SFFA, which allows discussion of racial identities in essays to be used as a factor in admissions. They’re trying to rewrite an already very conservative SCOTUS opinion www.ed.gov/media/docume...

submitted 7 days ago • 18 comments

It’s sad on the eve of Presidents Day it’s appropriate to have to post this.

submitted 7 days ago • 344 comments

The Veterans crisis line?!?!?! Again, how is this making anything great??? 😡😡😡

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Time to evict AirBnB from your life, if you have't already.

submitted 8 days ago • 209 comments

Residents in Cancer Alley are bracing for the destructive power of Donald Trump’s second term. Tentative reform, achieved after years of grinding advocacy, could be reversed. My piece from Reserve, Louisiana: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Key line from ED Dept "Dear Colleague" letter: "This guidance does not have the force and effect of law and does not bind the public or create new legal standards." Ed.gov/media/109506 Letter coercively threatens fed. funding based on misstatements of law. States can't just ignore but must resist.

submitted 7 days ago • 7 comments

This is a travesty to science and the future of our nation.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I have been talking to the media, Time, Fortune, NBC, etc., to explain how the onslaught on science and NIH will impact the health of all Americans. Everyone knows someone who has cancer, heart disease, or depression. Spread the word about how cutting science impacts all. time.com/7216299/nih-...

submitted 8 days ago • 47 comments

House Republicans can impeach as many federal judges as they want, but it requires a TWO-THIRDS vote in the Senate to actually remove a judge. And that's not happening. Not a single judge will be removed. Any Republican impeachment attempts against judges are just a stunt.

submitted 8 days ago • 16 comments

Ffs, America, wake up! When leaders from European countries call for a summit to deal with the comments of a president and his administrative officers, it has gone far beyond, trump is an idiot rhetoric. Macron calls for a summit of European leaders on Monday. www.politico.eu/article/macr...

submitted 8 days ago • 44 comments

This is what higher ed administrators are reading this weekend. Basically, anything that could be perceived as involving race could result in the loss of federal funding. It's an expansive Dear Colleague letter from ED, to be sure. www.ed.gov/media/docume...

submitted 8 days ago • 9 comments

Strong background in genomics and bioinformatics education and community engagement. Currently located in Bethesda, MD. Updated CV: app.box.com/s/hg5g6z05cz...

submitted 8 days ago • 10 comments

"As out of fashion as it is to talk this way, we are all really in this together. Academia and industry do different things most of the time, and we each benefit from that. And that’s why the silence from industry about what’s going on with the NIH et al. is so infuriating."

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

This is corruption on a scale unseen before in American history. www.dropsitenews.com/p/elon-musk-...

submitted 11 days ago • 122 comments

I have work to do but I'm distracted by watching US scientific progress & leadership being irreversibly undermined because a few unelected malcontents are penalizing researchers for following legal requirements set out by congressional orders to augment basic research with benefits to society.

submitted 11 days ago • 95 comments

Barely three weeks in, and a single, solid order from a highly respected federal judge, and they already are hinting at ignoring judicial orders, the ultimate constitutional crisis. Trump and Vance as Thelma and Louise speeding up and driving car over the cliff. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...

submitted 13 days ago • 56 comments

The United States by virtue of a bipartisan commitment to biomedical research created one of the most vibrant, productive research ecosytems in the world. People came from all over to study here, do research here. It was a monumental accomplishment by both parties. 1/

submitted 15 days ago • 34 comments

How many Americans rely on Medicaid or CHIP in your Congressional District? PLEASE SHARE THIS EVERYWHERE. ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL INFORMATION. CHARLES GABA IS AMAZING!

submitted 16 days ago • 26 comments

Assistant Professor Nathaniel Tran, PhD explores the ways anti-LGBTQ+ policies can affect everyone’s health in a new article published in @theconversation.com. Read the full article at theconversation.com/anti-lgbtq-p... #UIC #PublicHealth #UICSPH #TheConversation #Chicago #HealthPolicy

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

submitted 17 days ago • 6591 comments

👇👇

submitted 16 days ago • 1264 comments

Donald Trump has already committed at least 23 potential illegalities, in only 16 days 🧵 1. Freezing funding for Medicaid and all other federal assistance programs 2. Revoking birthright citizenship 3. Using “expedited removal” to deport immigrants with zero due process

submitted 18 days ago • 145 comments

I’m going to run a series of posts about the NIH/NSF/etc. troubles concurrently with my usual science posts. I can’t and won’t ignore the former, but I need the latter for mental equilibrium.

submitted 17 days ago • 12 comments

My latest. As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality. I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI. Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

submitted 17 days ago • 230 comments