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My son's life was saved by medical research. Trump wants to slash it. | Opinion www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/lett...

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For Houston researchers interested in traveling to Austin for @standupforscience.bsky.social I’m organizing carpools. Please fill out this form to be connected and participate in the Houston contingent docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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The most achingly beautiful explanation of what science is, from @edyong209.bsky.social: “the idea that much of the world is hidden from us, that we don’t perceive it and don’t understand it, and that it is worth understanding and it is necessary to understand.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

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I'm gonna keep reposting examples of people not taking shit because it's important for us to see that you can, simply, reject the shit. Say "Uh... no no no, we will not be tolerating that."

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Houston Chronicle: 'Texas Medical Center jobs at risk over Trump's NIH cuts, county attorney says' 'Funding cuts made to the NIH by the Trump administration in early February could spell disaster for the Texas Medical Center, officials said.' www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

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Scientists, Artists, Activists & those in between. Want a practical introduction for how to do street art? Not that you would, of course. Merely an academic pursuit! All purely theoretical 🧐 Get up to speed on precisely how to theoretically make stickers & wheatpastes. 3/3 8pm EST lu.ma/53ks8h33

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Diversity is our greatest asset, even if the government disagrees… They not like us! POC in STEM are here to stay. They tried to rig the game but you can’t fake influence! Mustard on the [Be][At] bro. Happy Black History Month!

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I just did this and reached out to the newspaper in my small, conservative TX hometown - I too got an email back in like 10 minutes with the request to write a local column!

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This article includes a link to a slide deck that you can use to teach folks about biomedical funding. Thank you @analog-ashley.bsky.social for putting together this resource!

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At Rutgers & around the country, scientists overseeing critical research are facing new uncertainties every day about whether their work can continue. Join us Wed. 2/19 on Newark & New Brunswick campuses for a National Day of Action. rutgersaaup.org/wednesday-fe...

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Every time I remember that Dropout exists I feel ten times more able to persevere in this time

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This is an amazing initiative

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I'll be facilitating an organizing 101 workshop at Rutgers on 3/8 from 1 to 4 pm. Registration is required and free: bit.ly/RUCommunityOrganizing

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Inspired by @mikefeigin.bsky.social we're doing a donut fuelled phone-a-thon here starting in 30 mins. Call your reps people and let them know cuts to NIH and NSF are non starters! 5calls.org is really useful!

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Time to call our reps! If you work where I work, come on down to L4-201 from now to 4PM and grab a Paula’s donut! We’ve got numbers and scripts to make it easy!

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Exactly what I’m trying to get colleagues to understand. You have been made pawns in a political fight whether you like it or not. Your work can be apolitical, but you need to be political in defending the very livelihood & continuity of American science research. This goes for all scientists.

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Grateful to Yale Medicine for this write up of @jeffmyau.bsky.social’s story, previously published on @kmpanthagani.bsky.social’s blog. They emphasize the need for better understanding of long COVID— an effort that depends heavily on federal research funding

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It’s important to be aware of the crises. It’s equally important to be aware of the good work that people are doing to fight back

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Last week the Your Local Epidemiologist team released a survey on how the federal freezes are impacting your work. The survey received over 3,000 responses, here are a few stories that were shared. See the full report here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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A little birdie told me about this new grassroots effort to compile info about bird flu and how to keep yourself and your pets safe: www.thecuckoonest.org

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Dear biologists & neuroscientists -- I'd like to collect some cursory data on what the "typical" breakdown of funding between federal & private looks like in labs. If you run a research lab or know enough about yours, could you fill this small form out? forms.gle/PEzWEYojBjfj...

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here it is!! 🏀 great and fun news from me - Houston's only lesbian bar is now also Houston's only women's sports bar. I chatted with the owner and checked out the space last night and I have to say, it's really special. www.chron.com/culture/arti...

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SfN is making it soooo easy to contact your reps about preserving neuroscience research! I’ve heard that calling is more effective than emailing, but both options are available on their page

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Neuroscientists - your society has a call to action for you and a page for tracking action alerts. It's built to take your location & give you specific support on what to say and who to say it to. www.sfn.org/Advocacy/Adv...

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Preclinical research for trans health deserves to continue for its own merit and the benefit it can bring. AND successful attacks on trans health research opens the door to defunding animal research in other fields as well

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Important thread for anyone who does research with animal models. Research on trans and queer health is the canary in the coal mine

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Once I finally shoved away my procrastination and existential doom and called my elected officials and voiced my concerns I feel FREE I WILL be calling them now every single day to bother and annoy them into doing something because it literally took a few minutes and felt so good

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Huge protest in Houston, spanning four bridges across the freeway, protesting Trump’s immigration policy— gives me hope!

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Part 2 of my interview with YCKT on my experience dealing with the healthcare system, becoming #disabled, self-advocacy, and navigating misinformation. 😷 Thank you @sarahdonofrio.bsky.social @kmpanthagani.bsky.social for giving me the space to share my experience! 🙏

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A bird flu pandemic is not inevitable. But a series of developments over the past few weeks indicates that the possibility is no longer remote. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...

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the @5calls.org app gives you phone numbers AND a script!

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Update: it was so easy! I called after hours and left a voicemail with my name, zip code, and thoughts on RFK’s nomination—took me all of two minutes. I also left a comment on my senator’s online contact form

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Worried about the NIH freeze on communications? Channel that energy productively: RFK Jr will be considered for Secretary of HHS (which includes NIH) on Jan 29– call your U.S. senators to voice your opinion. I’ll be calling Texas senator John Cornyn, who will be on the committee that meets Jan 29

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When signing up for lab chores, I was given the choice of disposing of mouse carcasses or running our lab’s Twitter account. I’d rather handle dead mice than tweet on X

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Worried about the NIH freeze on communications? Channel that energy productively: RFK Jr will be considered for Secretary of HHS (which includes NIH) on Jan 29– call your U.S. senators to voice your opinion. I’ll be calling Texas senator John Cornyn, who will be on the committee that meets Jan 29

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The RFK Jr. confirmation hearing has been scheduled for 1/29/25. The nomination is on shaky ground. Here's the call to action: Reach Out To Your Senators and Urge Them To Oppose RFK Jr's nomination to be HHS Secretary Here's how to do that, step-by-step:

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Thank you folks for the laughs: www.huffpost.com/entry/deia-t... Seriously, though, I am a senior reporter at HuffPost who covers the federal government and civil servants. My Signal/ProtonMail is in my bio. I've never burned a source. Don't use a work device. Tell me what you're seeing out there.

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The thing that’s most striking about this is that they set up an e-mail account specifically for people to report on each other for any attempt to implement “DEIA or similar ideologies” and threatened “adverse consequences” for NOT reporting.

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Many of RFK’s health views come down to a central theme: the belief that natural things are good for us, and unnatural things are bad. While marketing has burned this appeal to nature fallacy into our brains, it is not a viable healthcare strategy👇🏽 open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

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Communities in Texas are being urged to take action to slow the spread of bird flu in the avian population.

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I'm looking for musicians, artists, writers, filmmakers, etc. who are passionate about translating science to a broader audience. The field is at the intersection of geoscience, paleo, climate, biology, and conservation. This is a funded opportunity. Tag your favorite STEAM folks, please!

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One of the first Black, gay men to serve in the Texas Capitol just made history in more ways than one. Rep. Venton Jones proposed to his long-time partner on the House floor, pledging to “fight for a world where love is celebrated, not marginalized.” Read more: thebarbedwire.com/2025/01/14/o...

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Can I say I’ve published in Nature now? 😆

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I am extremely excited to announce that for the first time ever, Skype a Scientist is offering mini-grants to support IRL science communication!! Communicating science out in our communities is critical. We want to enable others to get their projects off the ground! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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There's something on this list that everyone can do: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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$100 has been generously donated! (I’m matching that which makes it $200!) Can yall raise another $150 to help my friend whose house burned down?! I’m matching donations until we reach $250! Send me a screenshot of your donation, your name as reflected on gfm, or email it to [email protected]

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