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Be like Carrie! Contact me on Signal (usha.22) and end up being the lead of a story even if you aren't sure the info you have is helpful. We are journalists and not inside federal agencies. We don't have magic knowledge. We need you to help us expose what is happening. We'll protect your identity.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

when nobody wants your swastikar

submitted 7 days ago • 16 comments

Love how the Super Bowl commercials make it like we live in a country where people are nice and respectful to eachother.

submitted 13 days ago • 13 comments

More of this, America.

submitted 13 days ago • 1236 comments

She’s been like this for forty some minutes and counting…

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Restarted animal crossing new leaf recently as an escape…. hahahahaha sob

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

It's a lot out there, friends. But each of us can still find a moment every day to do something kind that will make the world a little brighter, even if that's just putting a smile on someone's face. That stuff matters: it won't stop the fascists, but it'll encourage us to keep fighting.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

New reporting shows that despite the supposed unfreezing of federal grants, many Head Start centers still can't access funds, forcing them to close and leaving kids without preschool and health services and families (esp moms) without the care they need to work for pay. www.salon.com/2025/02/06/e...

submitted 17 days ago • 10 comments

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

submitted 19 days ago • 1330 comments

“Since 1980, Congress has mandated that the agency seek to broaden participation of underrepresented groups […] The NSF spokesperson did not respond to a query about concerns that Trump’s executive orders are at odds with the agency’s responsibilities, as codified in law.”

submitted 19 days ago • 8 comments

It's been, one week since they did a coup

submitted 19 days ago • 194 comments

Nobel laureates call on National Academies and biotech CEOs to speak out against Trump attacks on science www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/t... via @mmolteni.bsky.social

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

This is a big deal, y'all. Federal health websites are being stripped of content or removed in their entirety. Stick with this thread for a look at what's disappeared so far! 1/x

submitted 22 days ago • 324 comments

My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.

submitted 23 days ago • 509 comments

The purge begins: www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c...

submitted 23 days ago • 9 comments

To our many American friends. The National Academies have assembled a package of resources for researchers facing threats or attacks in the US www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...

submitted 25 days ago • 14 comments

“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house." Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded. www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...

submitted 23 days ago • 289 comments

This is very telling, because if Kennedy thought he could make a case, he would have given a straight answer. At some level, he must know that his belief is based on something other than science. (As of course it would have to be.)

submitted 24 days ago • 4 comments

Bobby doesn't agree that health care is a human right.

submitted 24 days ago • 42 comments

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

submitted 26 days ago • 8302 comments

Hey guys! I’ve started something new. My new Substack… Go check it out! jimacosta.substack.com/p/hold-on-to...

submitted 25 days ago • 1956 comments

Some thoughts on the confusion and anxiety created by the current freeze on communications, hiring, grant reviews, travel, etc at NIH (gift link):

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

New NIH acting director attempts to clarify for anxious staff what they can and cannot do during communication blackout—Ongoing clinical trials can continue, projects started before 1/20 can continue with procurement. Exclusive from @owermohle.bsky.social : www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/n...

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

I’m an NSF panel reviewer that was scheduled to meet today. Just got notice that all NSF panels were canceled today. I reviewed some innovative proposals in support of students. Devastating if these scholars don’t get to do this work. For the love of science & students I hope this is just a delay.💔

submitted 27 days ago • 69 comments

Fantastic resource for bio icons: NIH Bioart Source Build figures, presentations, and illustrations with 2,000+ science and medical art visuals. This collection of high-quality, scientifically accurate vectors, #icons, and brushes is freely available within the public domain. bioart.niaid.nih.gov

submitted 117 days ago • 7 comments

Week two of the Trump administration is underway. If you want to understand the ongoing chaos in federal health agencies, follow me and my @statnews.com colleagues. go.bsky.app/7odqGRR

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Had a dream (nightmare?) last night about running western blots and now my grad school PTSD has flared up again. 😩

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Please repost! We’re trying hard to sort out rumors from truth + would like to hear from anyone affected by the new federal orders + NIH pause. Patients, scientists, health equity researchers: please contact us below. We won’t share anything without your permission. www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/t...

submitted 28 days ago • 20 comments

"I have a PhD; you have Dunning-Kruger" needs to be on a t-shirt if it isn't already

submitted 30 days ago • 50 comments

FDA purges material on clinical trial diversity from its site, showing stakes of Trump DEI ban From me and @lizzylawrence.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/01/23/f...

submitted 30 days ago • 15 comments

Are you a disability researcher whose work/livelihood has been impacted by the Trump administration's freeze on scientific meetings/comms or its executive actions targeting DEI programs? Please DM me! or email [email protected] #disability

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Two things concerned scientists can do: 1. Call your members of Congress and explain how disruptions in funding would be disastrous for jobs and research in their district/state. 2a. Call your dept. chair and express your concern. The goal is to end the convo w/…

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

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submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

I have and will continue to. But you know why I say it here ? Because @bsky.app is 30m strong and growing quickly. The collective wisdom and influence of users here is far greater than any individual democrat. I can't say it enough. Bluesky can be the influence that can counter RW media.

submitted 31 days ago • 2551 comments

I feel sick.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research. I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.

submitted 31 days ago • 835 comments

Fellow scientists, please consider speaking w/ media about what this means for "regular Americans." The link below is to contact a reporter who's collecting stories about the unfolding NIH situation - pls share anonymously or on record. @anniewaldman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/people/annie...

submitted 31 days ago • 25 comments

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 31 days ago • 17 comments

So how is this supposed to reduce egg prices again? Oh wait…

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Current search results for “democrat” and “republican” on Instagram. Lovely.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

This day has felt like a month.

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

As journalists we have to walk a fine line, and sensitive stories often need to pass internal legal reviews before publication. I like how Wired handled this — the headline doesn’t mince words and actually shows you how Musk’s salute is being received by Nazis www.wired.com/story/neo-na...

submitted 33 days ago • 104 comments