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TIMELINE CLEANSE

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

The number of times in the past few weeks I've heard people say "but the government CAN'T do that" when faced with the reality that they ARE doing it is so frustrating

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

The path to being a successful republican nominee is littered with the lies told and “reassuring conversations” with so-called moderates to get the power they want

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Listen to this out of spite for the lobbyists out there trying to convince the world that cigarettes don’t cause cancer or that lead totally isn’t bad for you

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Finally reading @carlbergstrom.com and @jevinwest.bsky.social’s book “Calling Bullshit” because, well, you know gestures frantically at the world

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Hell of a day to kill the Epidemic Intelligence Service.

submitted 7 days ago • 42 comments

Musk killed these people.

submitted 10 days ago • 12 comments

there are many sources of the current constitutional crisis but at its very core is the fact that Republicans in congress have entirely ceded their power to Donald Trump the system is simply not built to withstand a voluntary abdication by one branch of government

submitted 11 days ago • 21 comments

Excuse me while I vent for a moment SHE IS THE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIR. SHE CAN SUBPOENA OFFICIALS, HOLD TELEVISED HEARINGS, HOLD UP ANYONE’S FUNDING, ZERO OUT THE WHITE HOUSE’S FUCKING ICE CREAM AND DIET COKE BUDGET, AND ENFORCE THE APPROPRIATIONS LAWS THAT ARE THE SOURCE OF HER PERSONAL POWER.

submitted 11 days ago • 434 comments

“I don’t think the United States Senate should vote for a single nominee until this is over!” - @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

submitted 17 days ago • 1784 comments

If this is real, research as we know it in this country will cease to exist.

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Wish I knew somebody who was in one of the two halls of Congress right now.

submitted 18 days ago • 525 comments

Translation: We want to privatize everything.

submitted 21 days ago • 83 comments

Shout out to all the fuckwits who told me, two months ago, that scientists must strive to remain apolitical.

submitted 21 days ago • 57 comments

as always, @ologies.bsky.social expresses how I often feel in a more eloquent way than I ever could.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t... Story by @ericboodman.bsky.social

submitted 22 days ago • 62 comments

It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives

submitted 22 days ago • 897 comments

Genuinely insane that a major newsroom isn't running a live post today trying to verify what is and what isn't being impacted by the federal funding freeze. Embarrassing how bad the media response is to this.

submitted 24 days ago • 80 comments

I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵

submitted 27 days ago • 105 comments

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

submitted 25 days ago • 1664 comments

This one hour of day seven of the presidency.

submitted 25 days ago • 32 comments

Would love to understand why every Democrat is not out there every second of the day explaining in plain English that Donald Trump has declared war on cancer patients.

submitted 25 days ago • 182 comments

I know there’s a lot right now. But folks need to understand what this means. A suspension this long would mean people living with HIV lose their medicine for months. People around the world lose their PrEP for months, putting millions at risk of getting HIV. Drug-resistant strains could emerge.

submitted 25 days ago • 155 comments

submitted 28 days ago • 3029 comments

"Any prolonged pause in funding could disrupt HIV treatment programs, leading to treatment interruptions, rise of drug-resistant HIV. That’s playing with fire, risking progress that we’ve made over decades to control the HIV epidemic” [email protected] www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

submitted 28 days ago • 8 comments

Welp, there you have it. The "sin of empathy."

submitted 28 days ago • 1196 comments

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

submitted 30 days ago • 2542 comments

1. Sabotage public institutions. 2. Claim they don’t work efficiently. 3. Eliminate them. — That’s the playbook.

submitted 30 days ago • 104 comments

The Trump administration defunded medical research today. Friends in the media it’s not anymore complicated than this. Report it as such

submitted 30 days ago • 19 comments

The "he's not gonna listen to her" reactions are missing many points. Lots of other people are also hearing it. Lots of people can see him hearing it, then weigh what she's said with what he'll do. Lots of people can see her refusal to surrender these ancient teachings to the latest face of empire

submitted 31 days ago • 1183 comments

Title game time

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

I forgot how truly awful it is to care about your sports team

submitted 43 days ago • 30 comments

This is what the Lions are left with on defense right now.

submitted 34 days ago • 42 comments

Dan Campbell losing a playoff game because he stuck to his guns on fourth down and it didn't work out and then losing a playoff game the next year because the other coach stuck to his guns on fourth down and it did work out just hurts

submitted 34 days ago • 122 comments

There goes that man again ⚡️ #WASvsDET | #OnePride

submitted 34 days ago • 14 comments

Trump's pick for health secretary has a record of attacking vaccines. In fact he's even taken direct aim at bird flu shots. Some scientists fear this doesn't bode well in case of a crisis.

submitted 37 days ago • 40 comments

Wide legged low rise pants deserve to be back in the garbage bin with other horrible fashion trends. Why is it so hard to buy any other shape of pant!

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

The idea that we don't dedicate enough resources to chronic diseases in this country is hilarious to me as a researcher who primarily works in infectious diseases (thread) www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

When red states get hit with these types of tragedies, you don’t see Dems demanding a change to state policies before granting aid.

submitted 40 days ago • 85 comments