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On the cutting room floor is the bit where the host introduced their interview series, The Interview, and I asked how long it took to come up with the name. Anyway, here’s me talking about birds and science and burnout and moving through the world. The photo’s nice! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

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Staffing at the HUD office that pays for housing and support services across the country is slated to be cut by 84%. Advocates warn such heavy cuts could make record-high homelessness even worse.

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this message is for Gov Mills of Maine. Hi. TY. Love you. 💕⭐️

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“What part of diversity, equity, and inclusion do you have a problem with?” www.science.org/content/arti...

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At a time when science, equity and inclusion are under such attack, editors have a key role to play and stand up for principles 10 things editors and journals can do to be better allies: journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

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Cuts to NSF expected to be at 50% reduction in force for an independent agency that fuels discovery and innovation. "The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]." This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

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"Weakening our nation’s vaccine infrastructure will lead to significantly lower immunization rates and result in many more outbreaks of serious, vaccine-preventable hospitalizations and deaths." #IDSky #vaccinescreateadults #sciencematters www.idsociety.org/news--public...

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President Trump re-segregates the military.

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U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard www.science.org/content/arti...

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Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA: US states that adopted abortion bans had higher than expected infant mortality after the bans took effect. https://ja.ma/3X711tB

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PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity. We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry. plos.io/3D4O8cH

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

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

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Down 29.6% over the past 60 days

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Remember when John Roberts gutted the Medicaid expansion because he said the offer of medicaid money was too coercive to the states bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Congratulations, Mohammed El-Kurd! 💐 PERFECT VICTIMS is officially a New York Times Bestseller in its first week of publication

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BREAKING: The Associated Press sues three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events, citing the First Amendment.

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Don’t bend the knee

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Stay strong #MedSky #ScienceSky 👇🏾

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BREAKING: Federal judge extends the restraining order on NIH capping indirect costs to 15% www.statnews.com/2025/02/21/t...

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“So gather your justice and humanity, Illinois, and do not let the 'tragic spirit of despair' overcome us when our country needs us the most." -Gov JB Pritzker #chicago #twill

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A scoping review of the assessment reports of genetic or genomic tests reveals inconsistent consideration of key dimensions of clinical utility - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

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On the 3rd anniversary of Dr Paul Farmer's death, several leaders reflect on his lessons for dealing with the ongoing crisis in global health & development Paul Farmer’s Moral Clarity Offers Hope, Amidst Chaos And Darkness www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

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“After we’ve discriminated against, deported, or disparaged all the immigrants, the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women, and minorities. Once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends… what comes next?” - Gov. JB Pritzker

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The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs. Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

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Yep, the students sustain me!

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Seeing such excellent reporting today from many outlets on what people see as a full out assault on science by the Trump administration. Here's our story from yesterday if you missed it. (w/ @mmolteni.bsky.social @angusrohan.bsky.social @jonathanwosen.bsky.social) www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/t...

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There’s so much more to #Chicago pizza than deep dish! The high school reviews are in. uhighmidway.com/27767/showca...

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In 10 years, the prevalence of T2DM increased in younger (7.8% vs. 4.5%, p < 0.0001) and older individuals (34% vs. 28.4%, p < 0.0001). In 10 yrs, incidence of T2DM increased by 120% & 150% in the younger & older individuals, respectively. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... @isn-india.bsky.social

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Wait is it possible that these idiots think that NIH researchers who consider "sex as a biological variable" are studying gender transitions?

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Okay so you know I like to remind everyone how the American immigration system has been cruel for a very long time. But loading people on flights to deport them to countries that they are not from, like Iranians to Panama, is not business as usual.

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New and devastating reporting from my colleagues showing just how dangerous it has become to be pregnant and in Texas after the state banned abortion. Please read and share: www.propublica.org/article/texa...

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Today is a notable date in US History: —Feb 19, 1923: SCOTUS denies Indian immigrants citizenship b/c they're brown —Feb 19, 1942: FDR issues EO 9066 forcing 120K Japanese Americans into Camps b/c they're brown —Feb 19, 2025: Trump ICE raids undocumented Latinos www.qasimrashid.com/p/why-februa...

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"To condone policies that the profession knows will compromise health—or to remain silent and look away—is to be complicit in putting population health at risk" To every university, every public hospital, every academic society: SILENCE IS NOT AN OPTION. #medsky

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MTA to Feds: Drop dead

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Ah, yes. The "elite few" ... million, who ride the train every day.

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What is happening right now is not just a targeting of minority groups and our integration into society. It is the targeting of minority groups as part of remaking the United States government and the theory of democracy that has organized it for over two centuries.

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A moral stain on all of us

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This is a concentration camp. They are describing a concentration camp.

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We know it’s bad, but this is the clearest explanation I’ve read so far. Share this with someone in your life who may not be tracking the decimation of the US government. https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/doge-results-government-waste-scam/

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41% of new ICE detainees have no criminal record, according to new data obtained by NBC News, despite Trump promises to target the “worst first” in arrests and deportations www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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