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We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.

submitted 8 days ago • 590 comments

Life scientists and supporters: The Coalition for Life Sciences is here! Many of our professional societies work together through the CLS to advocate for science and now their work is even more important. Follow them!! @c4lifesciences.bsky.social www.coalitionforlifesciences.org

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 8 days ago • 862 comments

This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”. This is a manifesto against disability. This is the language of eugenics.

submitted 11 days ago • 851 comments

I wrote about Elon Musk and Gavin Kliger and acknowledging the reality of what they are: Nazis.

submitted 11 days ago • 113 comments

Neo-Nazi terrorist and convicted mass murderer Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway in 2011, cited this same Napoleon quote in his manifesto.

submitted 13 days ago • 492 comments

Feels like the worst time for having to start immunosuppressants 😥😷

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They did a mass firing of staff at the National Nuclear Safety Administration. These are the people who handle the safety of our nuclear stockpile. This is so catastrophically bad. Read this, and read it again.

submitted 15 days ago • 92 comments

We want you to help us #standupforscience2025 📣 We’re currently recruiting local leads and volunteers across all state capitals and other major cities across the US! If you’re interested in helping us organize, please fill out this form: airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

what a fucking Friday afternoon news dump: they are capping indirects at 15% grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

submitted 21 days ago • 13 comments

the only people who benefit from this are child predators and i'd like dem officials to say so into a microphone

submitted 22 days ago • 83 comments

New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.

submitted 22 days ago • 643 comments

NEW from inside NIH: I am hearing that a “young” DOGE staffer now has access to eRA, the software system used to track/administer all NIH grants.

submitted 23 days ago • 43 comments

Signs. Of. Life. Protest outside Treasury Dept. tonight.

submitted 24 days ago • 123 comments

PLEASE REPOST

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

It's a coup: "Elon Musk said his 'DOGE team' of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractors, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at the US Treasury Department."

submitted 26 days ago • 79 comments

It was an honor to be the last PhD student he took in. He was always excited about even the smallest progress I made. But he was truly more than just a scientific advisor and I will miss him deeply. Rest In Peace, Scott. And thank you for everything.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

“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 29 days ago • 289 comments

@lambdalegal.bsky.social If you are trans and have experienced your documents being withheld, Lambda Legal is currently collecting accounts. For WA folks, contact them at their Western office: 213-382-7600

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me. Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.

submitted 31 days ago • 12 comments

NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs. Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."

submitted 32 days ago • 647 comments

Guest on Megyn Kelly this week: “So, that's the thing is the funniest joke we ever pulled on the Democrats was convincing them that Project 2025 wasn't real…it's over, we won, yes, we're going to do Project 2025. And the other thing is, it's good.”

submitted 34 days ago • 211 comments

transrescueaction.org

submitted 39 days ago • 3 comments

If you're discriminated against or arrested for being trans in Illinois, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected].

submitted 39 days ago • 108 comments

Meta quietly updated its hateful conduct policy to allow users to refer to "women as household objects or property" among other offensive language.

submitted 52 days ago • 403 comments

It is very disheartening to see this. Likely will delete all my Meta platforms... It is getting increasingly difficult to stay sane in this world

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’ A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, now voted one of the most influential minds in the world… english.elpais.com/culture/2024...

submitted 76 days ago • 33 comments

Today I passed my qualifying exam and am officially a PhD candidate 🎉

submitted 77 days ago • 2 comments

"The attacks are going to keep coming and probably accelerate for the next 4 years. As painful as that will be, it’s up to the scientific community to respond in a way that makes those blows less successful." 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

Every day. Every time.

submitted 114 days ago • 1 comment