Abraham Palmer
@abepalmer.bsky.social
Behavioral geneticist, dad, cyclist, reluctant dog owner, formerly young, allegedly irreverent, unlike most people my age, I was raised in the Great Depression.
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Unprecedented corruption
Follow the money. A timely bet raises eyebrows amid record crypto selloff www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
A Historic Crypto Selloff Erased Over $19 Billion, but Two Accounts Made $160 Million
Ahead of the selloff, two accounts on Hyperliquid placed massive bets that bitcoin and ether would fall.
www.wsj.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Unprecedented corruption
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“Censorship and the suppression of reading materials are rarely about family values and almost always about control.”
— Stephen King
— Stephen King
October 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“Censorship and the suppression of reading materials are rarely about family values and almost always about control.”
— Stephen King
— Stephen King
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Reduction in force (RIF, I.e. firing) email and page 1 of the RIF memo.
CDC, this is absolutely illegal and our union (AFGE) will be suing.
afge2883ga.org
The union is asking that you send your RIF notice to: RIF@afge2883ga.org with
Name
CIO/division/branch
FTE status & tenure
CDC, this is absolutely illegal and our union (AFGE) will be suing.
afge2883ga.org
The union is asking that you send your RIF notice to: RIF@afge2883ga.org with
Name
CIO/division/branch
FTE status & tenure
![Dear [name redacted],
I regret to inform you that you are being affected by a reduction in force (RIF) action. Please find attached a notice memorandum explaining the RIF and next steps. This RIF action does not reflect directly on your service, performance, or conduct. It is being taken solely for the reasons stated in the memorandum.
After you receive this notice, you will be placed on administrative leave and will no longer have building access beginning Friday, October 10, unless directed otherwise by your leadership. Additionally, please save this email and its attachments, or forward them to a personal email address, for your records.
Leadership at HHS appreciates your service.
Sincerely,
Tom Nagy](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xtrzqicesfwterpbweugpl4u/bafkreiamsoi7l5h4ebemfmsou5arb36zmizofk4bwf3pjvv7xsm5jz2ed4@jpeg)
October 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Reduction in force (RIF, I.e. firing) email and page 1 of the RIF memo.
CDC, this is absolutely illegal and our union (AFGE) will be suing.
afge2883ga.org
The union is asking that you send your RIF notice to: RIF@afge2883ga.org with
Name
CIO/division/branch
FTE status & tenure
CDC, this is absolutely illegal and our union (AFGE) will be suing.
afge2883ga.org
The union is asking that you send your RIF notice to: RIF@afge2883ga.org with
Name
CIO/division/branch
FTE status & tenure
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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Journalist here
I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04
Reposts are appreciated!
I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04
Reposts are appreciated!
October 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Journalist here
I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04
Reposts are appreciated!
I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04
Reposts are appreciated!
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The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
October 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
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We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
October 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.
Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.
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Congrats to the winners! Its notable that Omar Yaghi was a refugee. Refugees and immigrants once again making American science great!
BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”
Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
October 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Congrats to the winners! Its notable that Omar Yaghi was a refugee. Refugees and immigrants once again making American science great!
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Excited to share this new work from the lab, in collaboration with @jtuscher.bsky.social & Rob Sorge! Here, we used single cell transcriptional profiling to define molecular adaptations induced by chronic pain and opioid experience, which often occur in conjunction.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Excited to share this new work from the lab, in collaboration with @jtuscher.bsky.social & Rob Sorge! Here, we used single cell transcriptional profiling to define molecular adaptations induced by chronic pain and opioid experience, which often occur in conjunction.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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“Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this. But the profound, immediate and unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored.”
Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
wapo.st
October 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this. But the profound, immediate and unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored.”
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RFK Jr. insanely moves MAHA to end animal testing, with NIH securing $87M for a center shifting to 3D tissue models. An 80% poll backs the phaseout. PETA applauds. A research group warns of risks. Grants can fund the rehoming of lab animals.
RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement focuses on animal welfare
Last week, the National Institutes of Health announced it had secured $87 million for a new research center.
www.newsnationnow.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
RFK Jr. insanely moves MAHA to end animal testing, with NIH securing $87M for a center shifting to 3D tissue models. An 80% poll backs the phaseout. PETA applauds. A research group warns of risks. Grants can fund the rehoming of lab animals.
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The fiscal year is over.
So how was the NIH appropriation committed?
A long thread with institute by institute results about where the money went.
So how was the NIH appropriation committed?
A long thread with institute by institute results about where the money went.
a white cat is sitting on a box with the words where written on it .
ALT: a white cat is sitting on a box with the words where written on it .
media.tenor.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The fiscal year is over.
So how was the NIH appropriation committed?
A long thread with institute by institute results about where the money went.
So how was the NIH appropriation committed?
A long thread with institute by institute results about where the money went.
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He's telling us what he's doing. Using the military to suppress protest. At some point the opposition needs to listen to him and adjust strategy.
Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"
September 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
He's telling us what he's doing. Using the military to suppress protest. At some point the opposition needs to listen to him and adjust strategy.
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*banjo picking and sporadic musket fire* dearest martha, the horrors of war-torn portland cannot even be described
September 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
*banjo picking and sporadic musket fire* dearest martha, the horrors of war-torn portland cannot even be described
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Here is a plot of 4-year multi-year funded new R01s for 2015-2025. NIH has made some 4-year R01s late in the fiscal year to invest the last of the appropriation, but what is happening this year is quite different.
I estimate that these new R01s are ~25% of the multi-year funding since July 1.
I estimate that these new R01s are ~25% of the multi-year funding since July 1.
September 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Here is a plot of 4-year multi-year funded new R01s for 2015-2025. NIH has made some 4-year R01s late in the fiscal year to invest the last of the appropriation, but what is happening this year is quite different.
I estimate that these new R01s are ~25% of the multi-year funding since July 1.
I estimate that these new R01s are ~25% of the multi-year funding since July 1.
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Here is a word cloud of the words that were missing from the noncompetitive renewal awards but had been present in the parent award.
3/4
3/4
September 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Here is a word cloud of the words that were missing from the noncompetitive renewal awards but had been present in the parent award.
3/4
3/4
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UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
September 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
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Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
September 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
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We have an Open Rank tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology! Looking for a new colleague interested in making the University of Utah their new home to build a metabolic research program. Please share!
@uofunuip.bsky.social
@uofunuip.bsky.social
Open Rank, Tenure Track Position – Metabolic Physiology - Salt Lake City, Utah job with University of Utah, Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology | 12844064
The Department of Nutrition and Integrated Physiology (NUIP) at the University of Utah seeks a Tenure Track faculty member at the rank of Assistant...
www.nature.com
August 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
We have an Open Rank tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology! Looking for a new colleague interested in making the University of Utah their new home to build a metabolic research program. Please share!
@uofunuip.bsky.social
@uofunuip.bsky.social
becasue if you do, you will be condemned to repeat it
September 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
becasue if you do, you will be condemned to repeat it
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Today, in my hellhole home of #Chicago, I walked to the farmers market with my family and bought flowers, cheese, honey, fruit, and tomatoes.
Then we went to the local park to enjoy the 70s and breezy weather we have been blessed with.
Then we went to the local park to enjoy the 70s and breezy weather we have been blessed with.
August 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Today, in my hellhole home of #Chicago, I walked to the farmers market with my family and bought flowers, cheese, honey, fruit, and tomatoes.
Then we went to the local park to enjoy the 70s and breezy weather we have been blessed with.
Then we went to the local park to enjoy the 70s and breezy weather we have been blessed with.
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JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please repost!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please repost!
August 28, 2025 at 6:34 AM
JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please repost!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please repost!
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In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
Four more top #CDC officials have submitted their resignation in the past few hours - Debra Houry (chief medical officer), Demere Daskalakis (director of NCIRD), Daniel Jernigan (director of NCEZID) + Jen Layden (director of OPHDST) www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
It is horrifying
It is horrifying
August 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
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🚨Another PI job opening in the Neuroscience dept. at @umontreal.ca ! 🚨
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Professor at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, in the field of neurocircuitry - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with Université de Montréal | 12843808
Professor at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, in the field of neurocircuitry involved in the production of complex behaviors
www.nature.com
August 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
🚨Another PI job opening in the Neuroscience dept. at @umontreal.ca ! 🚨
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Excited to finally share this collaborative effort led by Philip Boone, Michael Talkowski and @abepalmer.bsky.social!
Aberrant recursive splicing in a human disease locus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.14.666599v1
August 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Excited to finally share this collaborative effort led by Philip Boone, Michael Talkowski and @abepalmer.bsky.social!