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We are all addicted to cross country skiing.

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The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.

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In contrast to his father, my son just spent the day lying around.

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Today’s combo is a classic ski followed by the making of Euler diagrams. It’s kind of like biathlon but way cooler.

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New snow and flurries on Summit Trail. Keep doing good science but also keep doing the things that make you happy and healthy.

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This is a reminder for myself as well as anyone else who needs it: amidst all this chaos and confusion, pick your lane. Find something to do that will provide agency, educate those in your community and push back against what is happening

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Special shout out this AM to NIH 🧪 grant mgmt specialists, POs, and SROs during this chaotic time - THANK YOU for caring for our grants and uploading scores/summary statements despite the unprecedented challenges you may be facing. You are science warriors and we APPRECIATE & SUPPORT YOU 🫶

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Blackjack trail with tired lungs and legs. Next, back to excel and analyzing proteomics data!

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Good ambassadors!

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Extremely accurate

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Sometimes I wish that my fundamental understanding of human nature wasn’t acquired on unsupervised playgrounds during the 1970s. But it turns out it was.

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I needed this one today. Cold ski on classic tracks.

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New experience of the day. Hearing the sound a kumquat makes when it falls off the plant and hits the floor. Although this does beg the question…

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Another nice outing on our local trails. Ran into friends and stopped to talk. Community.

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Well, at least we can take heart that students are vigorously protesting Trumps actions on their campuses.

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From a colleague: This cut will be challenged and does not follow law or established policies. My understanding is IDCs are negotiated by the Feds and the rate is for almost all fed agencies. One agency cannot act independent of the federal government and other agencies. So to court most likely.

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The irony about IDC cuts targeting elite institutions is that they can weather this storm through their endowments and donors. Those of us at most publics and smaller universities will be most hurt. Our institutions will not be able to make up the gap, ending their ability to support research.

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I fully get the repercussions on the hit to IDCs. But since Trump can’t unilaterally cut the NIH budget, does this mean the NIH must fund more or larger grants?

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Had an awesome visit to the other UW (Univ of Wyoming) to speak w/the Molecular Biology Dept. Great engagement w/amazing scientists--the lunch/Q&A w/postdocs & students was especially inspiring and energizing. Thank you so much for the invite @scienceguy38.bsky.social & @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social.

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Thank goodness for Jessie Diggins! Making our country look good when we need it the most.

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I know there’s lots of lousy shit going on and we all need to do what we can to counteract the damage. But the only thing that most of us have direct control over are things like being good scientists, mentors, colleagues, and friends. So that’s what I choose focus on and it’s also what I enjoy.

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Nice way to start the day! Hike/run with the kids in Boulder.

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Interesting to have a meeting in DC when agency officials aren’t allowed to participate. Rather more satisfying was meeting up with former lab members that are all doing great. Seeing this door plaque brought it home though.

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The scientific gift that keeps on giving are the people I’ve met through science.

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Gray skis but great trails. Heading to DC. Looking forward to seeing former lab mates.

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Trump seeks to target many of the nation’s top institutions because… it’s a MAGA thing. My response is to feel slighted because my institution was left off the list!

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Regional concert categories. 1) Tribute bands for groups that weren’t worth hearing in the first place. 2) Decrepit has beens playing with local symphony orchestras experiencing declining subscriptions. 3) Copycat self- conscious “ironic” archetypes that exist for no apparent reason. 4) Complete 💩

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Lovely day for a classic ski in Laramie. Few things make me feel more alive and in my body than this stuff.

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It’s difficult to extract oneself from the web of the amoral tech bros. But a quitting X and deleting your account is dead easy.

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As scientists going through difficult times, I think it’s important to remember the things that bind us together: 1) Our love of free food. 2) Our inability to explain what we do to our families. 3) Our hatred for Reviewer #3. Now please go do fun things this weekend and hang out with nice people.

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It’s a puzzling evolutionary thing that humans are capable of both mindless destruction and immense creativity. Something I will never wrap my brain around.

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The rapid actions of the Trump Administration to shut down all communication by NIH, thus putting both study sections and councils on hold, is challenging for all of us. We can make our voices known. Below is an example email I sent to both NC Senators (text in alt text) 1/2 🧪

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