@chezpk.bsky.social
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The Senate may choose to vote together on the DHS and LHHS bills. Thus, a filibuster on DHS may mean no funding for NIH. What my colleagues are saying:
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
January 25, 2026 at 5:19 AM
The Senate may choose to vote together on the DHS and LHHS bills. Thus, a filibuster on DHS may mean no funding for NIH. What my colleagues are saying:
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
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This is Alex Pretti.
This morning he was murdered by ICE. Six ICE agents held him down and shot him at point blank range. Alex was a nurse and researcher at the VA.
Our thoughts are with his loved ones and we stand united in action calling for the abolishment of ICE.
#ScientistsAgainstICE
This morning he was murdered by ICE. Six ICE agents held him down and shot him at point blank range. Alex was a nurse and researcher at the VA.
Our thoughts are with his loved ones and we stand united in action calling for the abolishment of ICE.
#ScientistsAgainstICE
January 24, 2026 at 8:03 PM
This is Alex Pretti.
This morning he was murdered by ICE. Six ICE agents held him down and shot him at point blank range. Alex was a nurse and researcher at the VA.
Our thoughts are with his loved ones and we stand united in action calling for the abolishment of ICE.
#ScientistsAgainstICE
This morning he was murdered by ICE. Six ICE agents held him down and shot him at point blank range. Alex was a nurse and researcher at the VA.
Our thoughts are with his loved ones and we stand united in action calling for the abolishment of ICE.
#ScientistsAgainstICE
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New court filings show DOGE staff secretly & illegally accessed and leaked Americans’ Social Security data and still can’t say what was exposed or where it went. Cool. Cool cool cool. Cool cool cool.
The Trump administration admits even more ways DOGE accessed sensitive personal data
New court documents reveal even more ways DOGE improperly accessed and shared sensitive personal data last year — and how that data appears to have been used to advance dubious fraud claims.
www.npr.org
January 24, 2026 at 8:27 PM
New court filings show DOGE staff secretly & illegally accessed and leaked Americans’ Social Security data and still can’t say what was exposed or where it went. Cool. Cool cool cool. Cool cool cool.
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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I enjoyed participating in an informal discussion about NIH with @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social, @markhisted.org , and Sarah Kobrin (in their personal capacities) last evening.
Good discussion and questions.
tl:dr Lots of bad things are happening but, working together, we can make a difference!
Good discussion and questions.
tl:dr Lots of bad things are happening but, working together, we can make a difference!
January 24, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I enjoyed participating in an informal discussion about NIH with @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social, @markhisted.org , and Sarah Kobrin (in their personal capacities) last evening.
Good discussion and questions.
tl:dr Lots of bad things are happening but, working together, we can make a difference!
Good discussion and questions.
tl:dr Lots of bad things are happening but, working together, we can make a difference!
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Mike Lynch is Schumer's Chief of Staff (mike_lynch@schumer.senate.gov), Tasia Jackson is Jeffries' CoS (tasia.jackson@mail.house.gov). Write to them. Their bosses need to step up. @filipecampante.bsky.social's post below gives you the reason why.
Judging from Brazil’s experience under the military regime, I’d say the opposition party needs to actively help mobilize civil society. A demobilized society won’t defeat the regime electorally, and mobilization needs help from organized opposition parties.
January 24, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Mike Lynch is Schumer's Chief of Staff (mike_lynch@schumer.senate.gov), Tasia Jackson is Jeffries' CoS (tasia.jackson@mail.house.gov). Write to them. Their bosses need to step up. @filipecampante.bsky.social's post below gives you the reason why.
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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DOGE is behind the plans to shut down NCAR... so billionaires don't care about NCAR because they have private meteorologists, but what does that mean for everyone else?
Use this link to help #saveNCAR! : tr.ee/save-ncar
www.today.com/video/meet-t...
Use this link to help #saveNCAR! : tr.ee/save-ncar
www.today.com/video/meet-t...
Meet the Team of Meteorologists Who Keep Amazon Moving
Amazon has a dedicated team that protects the company's employees as well as the packages it delivers when Mother Nature strikes: meteorologists. TODAY's Al Roker goes on the job with chief meteorolog...
www.today.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:13 PM
DOGE is behind the plans to shut down NCAR... so billionaires don't care about NCAR because they have private meteorologists, but what does that mean for everyone else?
Use this link to help #saveNCAR! : tr.ee/save-ncar
www.today.com/video/meet-t...
Use this link to help #saveNCAR! : tr.ee/save-ncar
www.today.com/video/meet-t...
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Guinea-Bissau isn't letting RFK Jr’s unethical pseudoscience into their health system. So why does he have free rein in the U.S.? Tell your representative you want them to act now to #RemoveRFKJr. #standupforscience
Send an email! 📧 tr.ee/impeach-email
Send an email! 📧 tr.ee/impeach-email
January 24, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Guinea-Bissau isn't letting RFK Jr’s unethical pseudoscience into their health system. So why does he have free rein in the U.S.? Tell your representative you want them to act now to #RemoveRFKJr. #standupforscience
Send an email! 📧 tr.ee/impeach-email
Send an email! 📧 tr.ee/impeach-email
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America is in dangerous territory.
The combination of a masked federal paramilitary force being used against civilians, the intentional spread of extremist ideology, and the censorship and use of “science” by the state to harm specific groups of people has never ended well.
#ScientistsAgainstICE
The combination of a masked federal paramilitary force being used against civilians, the intentional spread of extremist ideology, and the censorship and use of “science” by the state to harm specific groups of people has never ended well.
#ScientistsAgainstICE
January 24, 2026 at 5:27 PM
America is in dangerous territory.
The combination of a masked federal paramilitary force being used against civilians, the intentional spread of extremist ideology, and the censorship and use of “science” by the state to harm specific groups of people has never ended well.
#ScientistsAgainstICE
The combination of a masked federal paramilitary force being used against civilians, the intentional spread of extremist ideology, and the censorship and use of “science” by the state to harm specific groups of people has never ended well.
#ScientistsAgainstICE
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From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
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I am asking my fellow Republican and Democratic Governors across the nation to have a unified response.
We must all stand against the lawlessness being inflicted in our states.
We must all stand against the lawlessness being inflicted in our states.
January 24, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I am asking my fellow Republican and Democratic Governors across the nation to have a unified response.
We must all stand against the lawlessness being inflicted in our states.
We must all stand against the lawlessness being inflicted in our states.
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The DHS funding bill can’t pass the Senate without Democratic votes. We must flood Senate Democrats’ offices with calls and force them to use their leverage to rein in ICE.
Call your senators: indivisible.org/ice-out-sena...
Or send an email: act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
Call your senators: indivisible.org/ice-out-sena...
Or send an email: act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
January 24, 2026 at 1:20 PM
The DHS funding bill can’t pass the Senate without Democratic votes. We must flood Senate Democrats’ offices with calls and force them to use their leverage to rein in ICE.
Call your senators: indivisible.org/ice-out-sena...
Or send an email: act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
Call your senators: indivisible.org/ice-out-sena...
Or send an email: act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
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Remember when these guys lied that they were preserving Confederate monuments because you had to leave up the whole messy contested historical record rather than erasing history?
More than 400 years of history and a decade of advocacy were torn down Thursday afternoon when National Park Service employees removed every single display at the President’s House.
🔗 What's next? We explain: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
🔗 What's next? We explain: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
January 24, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Remember when these guys lied that they were preserving Confederate monuments because you had to leave up the whole messy contested historical record rather than erasing history?
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A thread on why scientists also need to be activists:
1. I’m not surprised this happened. This is the side of open data sources we don’t talk about: there’s an assumption that everyone will access the data in good faith. (More on this in a min)
2. This is a sneak peak into the kind of BS thay NIH, HHS, and other fed R&D is about fund.
1/?
2. This is a sneak peak into the kind of BS thay NIH, HHS, and other fed R&D is about fund.
1/?
🚨🚨🚨 "At least 63 times since 2007, data from some of the 28 human genomic repositories that the N.I.H. controls was improperly released to researchers, used for unapproved purposes or made vulnerable to theft..." (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
January 24, 2026 at 2:17 PM
A thread on why scientists also need to be activists:
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1. I’m not surprised this happened. This is the side of open data sources we don’t talk about: there’s an assumption that everyone will access the data in good faith. (More on this in a min)
2. This is a sneak peak into the kind of BS thay NIH, HHS, and other fed R&D is about fund.
1/?
2. This is a sneak peak into the kind of BS thay NIH, HHS, and other fed R&D is about fund.
1/?
🚨🚨🚨 "At least 63 times since 2007, data from some of the 28 human genomic repositories that the N.I.H. controls was improperly released to researchers, used for unapproved purposes or made vulnerable to theft..." (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:07 PM
1. I’m not surprised this happened. This is the side of open data sources we don’t talk about: there’s an assumption that everyone will access the data in good faith. (More on this in a min)
2. This is a sneak peak into the kind of BS thay NIH, HHS, and other fed R&D is about fund.
1/?
2. This is a sneak peak into the kind of BS thay NIH, HHS, and other fed R&D is about fund.
1/?
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This misuse of children's data has been known for years by NIH. Accountability is overdue. We need real enforcement and an honest reckoning with how genomic data can be weaponized. We are witnessing a renaissance of scientific racism--federal institutions are both ignoring and encouraging it.
January 24, 2026 at 1:31 PM
This misuse of children's data has been known for years by NIH. Accountability is overdue. We need real enforcement and an honest reckoning with how genomic data can be weaponized. We are witnessing a renaissance of scientific racism--federal institutions are both ignoring and encouraging it.
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CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
January 24, 2026 at 12:07 AM
CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
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From winter storms to wildfires, NCAR is a world leader in measuring climate data to predict extreme weather events.
Without these predictions, lives are put in danger. Save Lives, Save NCAR.
Email your Rep. & Senators to demand the full funding of NCAR! : tr.ee/save-ncar
Without these predictions, lives are put in danger. Save Lives, Save NCAR.
Email your Rep. & Senators to demand the full funding of NCAR! : tr.ee/save-ncar
January 24, 2026 at 10:20 AM
From winter storms to wildfires, NCAR is a world leader in measuring climate data to predict extreme weather events.
Without these predictions, lives are put in danger. Save Lives, Save NCAR.
Email your Rep. & Senators to demand the full funding of NCAR! : tr.ee/save-ncar
Without these predictions, lives are put in danger. Save Lives, Save NCAR.
Email your Rep. & Senators to demand the full funding of NCAR! : tr.ee/save-ncar
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NYT: Dr. Stabell Benn said the study "had met her university’s requirements for research ethics oversight".
1. Prove it. Post the SDU IRB/REC meeting minutes, letter of approval & consent form.
2. How did SDU approve it when Guinea-Bissau has not. 🤡
1. Prove it. Post the SDU IRB/REC meeting minutes, letter of approval & consent form.
2. How did SDU approve it when Guinea-Bissau has not. 🤡
January 24, 2026 at 8:56 AM
NYT: Dr. Stabell Benn said the study "had met her university’s requirements for research ethics oversight".
1. Prove it. Post the SDU IRB/REC meeting minutes, letter of approval & consent form.
2. How did SDU approve it when Guinea-Bissau has not. 🤡
1. Prove it. Post the SDU IRB/REC meeting minutes, letter of approval & consent form.
2. How did SDU approve it when Guinea-Bissau has not. 🤡
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In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi.
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died on Friday at age 30.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t get to say goodbye.
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died on Friday at age 30.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t get to say goodbye.
Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization
It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.
www.wfaa.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:01 AM
In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi.
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died on Friday at age 30.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t get to say goodbye.
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died on Friday at age 30.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t get to say goodbye.
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Thanks to the White House about half the internet learnt that there are actually no penguins in Greenland. Yay #scicomm!
BUT there *is* one 🐧living in the northern hemisphere: the Galapagos penguin, the only species found (just) north of the equator. No, the "penguin" on the WH tweet is not it.
🧪🪶
BUT there *is* one 🐧living in the northern hemisphere: the Galapagos penguin, the only species found (just) north of the equator. No, the "penguin" on the WH tweet is not it.
🧪🪶
January 24, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Thanks to the White House about half the internet learnt that there are actually no penguins in Greenland. Yay #scicomm!
BUT there *is* one 🐧living in the northern hemisphere: the Galapagos penguin, the only species found (just) north of the equator. No, the "penguin" on the WH tweet is not it.
🧪🪶
BUT there *is* one 🐧living in the northern hemisphere: the Galapagos penguin, the only species found (just) north of the equator. No, the "penguin" on the WH tweet is not it.
🧪🪶
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And here’s an Omni jet landing in Equatorial Guinea yesterday. This is very likely a third-country removal to a torture prison, the second in a week and the third there overall.
Marco Rubio paid off their dictator using humanitarian funds.
Marco Rubio paid off their dictator using humanitarian funds.
January 23, 2026 at 11:50 PM
And here’s an Omni jet landing in Equatorial Guinea yesterday. This is very likely a third-country removal to a torture prison, the second in a week and the third there overall.
Marco Rubio paid off their dictator using humanitarian funds.
Marco Rubio paid off their dictator using humanitarian funds.
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Attention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...
January 23, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Attention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...