@dominicshayler.bsky.social
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For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.
Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
October 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.
Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...
1. I’m incredibly proud to share that my first ‘first author’ publication from my graduate program at USC and the Cobrinik lab has been published in eLife in its final form! elifesciences.org/articles/101...
Let me share some highlights with you in this thread with acknowledgements at the end!
Let me share some highlights with you in this thread with acknowledgements at the end!
Identification and characterization of early human photoreceptor states and cell-state-specific retinoblastoma-related features
Full-length single-cell RNA-sequencing provide insights into the earliest gene expression programs, the distinct mRNA transcript isoforms, and the retinoblastoma-related cell states associated with human cone and rod photoreceptor development.
elifesciences.org
October 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
1. I’m incredibly proud to share that my first ‘first author’ publication from my graduate program at USC and the Cobrinik lab has been published in eLife in its final form! elifesciences.org/articles/101...
Let me share some highlights with you in this thread with acknowledgements at the end!
Let me share some highlights with you in this thread with acknowledgements at the end!
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🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 2! Two options:
1. Attend a @50501movement.bsky.social Protest! (Link in their bio)
2. Share our 31 Days of Action
w/ a listserv, dept, signal chat, union, your lab, or group chat!
#31Days
www.standupforscience.net/31-days-of-a...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 2! Two options:
1. Attend a @50501movement.bsky.social Protest! (Link in their bio)
2. Share our 31 Days of Action
w/ a listserv, dept, signal chat, union, your lab, or group chat!
#31Days
www.standupforscience.net/31-days-of-a...
Join our 31 Days of Action for science now! — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Help add to the pressure on Congress to ensure ZERO CUTS TO SCIENCE in the 2026 Budget Battle this fall.
www.standupforscience.net
August 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 2! Two options:
1. Attend a @50501movement.bsky.social Protest! (Link in their bio)
2. Share our 31 Days of Action
w/ a listserv, dept, signal chat, union, your lab, or group chat!
#31Days
www.standupforscience.net/31-days-of-a...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 2! Two options:
1. Attend a @50501movement.bsky.social Protest! (Link in their bio)
2. Share our 31 Days of Action
w/ a listserv, dept, signal chat, union, your lab, or group chat!
#31Days
www.standupforscience.net/31-days-of-a...
It's been an honor to add my small part to the Herculean efforts of the SUFS team and the rest of the science community!
@dominicshayler.bsky.social speaks to the people of #Colorado and beyond: take the time to remind your friends and neighbors of the amazing Good that comes from federally funded research - like life-saving medicine, education, & economic growth.
zurl.co/GVjUU
zurl.co/GVjUU
Dominic Shayler: Protect scientific freedom and funding - Douglas County News Press
Fifteen years ago, my father walked 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours. Despite worsening pain from blisters and muscle tears, he trekked day and night through Highlands Ranch parks to raise money for research on blinding diseases. And he did it all when he had lost the last parts of his own vision only a few […]
zurl.co
July 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It's been an honor to add my small part to the Herculean efforts of the SUFS team and the rest of the science community!
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The "Big Beautiful Bill" isn’t the federal budget—it’s a reconciliation bill focused on tax cuts. The real FY26 funding decisions for NIH, NSF, and more are happening now in Congress.
www.ascb.org/science-poli...
www.ascb.org/science-poli...
The "Big Beautiful Bill" is Not the Budget - ASCB
If you’ve read recent news about Congress trying to pass “the budget,” you may have noticed that even Washington, D.C. reporters don’t always have a firm grasp on the details of what they’re covering....
www.ascb.org
July 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The "Big Beautiful Bill" isn’t the federal budget—it’s a reconciliation bill focused on tax cuts. The real FY26 funding decisions for NIH, NSF, and more are happening now in Congress.
www.ascb.org/science-poli...
www.ascb.org/science-poli...
Be safe to all those fighting for our rights today at No Kings. Be safe, be kind, be heard. I can only participate in spirit but it's shouting loud as it can. Thank you too for all the @standupforscience.bsky.social crew who have kept the science community marching forward!
June 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Be safe to all those fighting for our rights today at No Kings. Be safe, be kind, be heard. I can only participate in spirit but it's shouting loud as it can. Thank you too for all the @standupforscience.bsky.social crew who have kept the science community marching forward!
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Wonderful peaceful protest in Atlanta this morning with thousands in attendance!
#NoKings #Resist #StandUpForScience
#NoKings #Resist #StandUpForScience
June 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Wonderful peaceful protest in Atlanta this morning with thousands in attendance!
#NoKings #Resist #StandUpForScience
#NoKings #Resist #StandUpForScience
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Hello from Berlin where a few hundred Americans are outside the embassy, currently reading aloud from the Declaration of Independence. #nokings
June 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Hello from Berlin where a few hundred Americans are outside the embassy, currently reading aloud from the Declaration of Independence. #nokings
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Shortly after the Atlanta #nokings event kicked off at 10, organizers said Liberty Plaza near the state Capitol had already reached maximum capacity of 5,000.
June 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Shortly after the Atlanta #nokings event kicked off at 10, organizers said Liberty Plaza near the state Capitol had already reached maximum capacity of 5,000.
Wikipedia has some of the hardest working contributors on the net. The pages are always beautifully summarized and organized. You don't need ai summaries @wikimediafoundation.org, it would be absurdly redundant. At some point you can't reasonably condense information any further.
Wikipedia wanted to use AI summaries at the top of article pages. Editors said please please don't www.404media.co/wikipedia-pa...
Wikipedia Pauses AI-Generated Summaries After Editor Backlash
“This would do immediate and irreversible harm to our readers and to our reputation as a decently trustworthy and serious source,” one Wikipedia editor said.
www.404media.co
June 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Wikipedia has some of the hardest working contributors on the net. The pages are always beautifully summarized and organized. You don't need ai summaries @wikimediafoundation.org, it would be absurdly redundant. At some point you can't reasonably condense information any further.
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SEVERAL KEY THEMES FROM THE HEARING:
1. Jay is REALLY pushing off accountability on the budget saying that it is "a negotiation between congress and the administration"
I think he is distancing himself from Trump to remain "neutral" & avoid fallout when it (inevitably) comes.
1. Jay is REALLY pushing off accountability on the budget saying that it is "a negotiation between congress and the administration"
I think he is distancing himself from Trump to remain "neutral" & avoid fallout when it (inevitably) comes.
🚨 NIH head Bhattacharya is about to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee.
We'll be keeping a close watch.
Follow along for updates HERE⬇️
(🧵):
We'll be keeping a close watch.
Follow along for updates HERE⬇️
(🧵):
June 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
SEVERAL KEY THEMES FROM THE HEARING:
1. Jay is REALLY pushing off accountability on the budget saying that it is "a negotiation between congress and the administration"
I think he is distancing himself from Trump to remain "neutral" & avoid fallout when it (inevitably) comes.
1. Jay is REALLY pushing off accountability on the budget saying that it is "a negotiation between congress and the administration"
I think he is distancing himself from Trump to remain "neutral" & avoid fallout when it (inevitably) comes.
Bsky threads should be called 'Contrails'. Use today's microscope musing as you will.
June 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Bsky threads should be called 'Contrails'. Use today's microscope musing as you will.
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🚨 NIH head Bhattacharya is about to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee.
We'll be keeping a close watch.
Follow along for updates HERE⬇️
(🧵):
We'll be keeping a close watch.
Follow along for updates HERE⬇️
(🧵):
June 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🚨 NIH head Bhattacharya is about to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee.
We'll be keeping a close watch.
Follow along for updates HERE⬇️
(🧵):
We'll be keeping a close watch.
Follow along for updates HERE⬇️
(🧵):
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Scores of NIH scientists go public to declare their dissent from Trump's deep program cuts and upheaval at their agency.
NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.
bit.ly
June 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Scores of NIH scientists go public to declare their dissent from Trump's deep program cuts and upheaval at their agency.
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🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives.
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
June 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives.
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
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hey so I have never done this but I need help with rent this month 🥺 we have exhausted all our savings but I have an interview coming up and I just need to make it a little further, anything helps paypal.me/drintath
Pay Lucas Gramlin using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/drintath and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
paypal.me
May 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
hey so I have never done this but I need help with rent this month 🥺 we have exhausted all our savings but I have an interview coming up and I just need to make it a little further, anything helps paypal.me/drintath
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🔔Trump’s Fool’s Gold EO is facing MAJOR backlash.
THOUSANDS of scientists, academics, & physicians - including us - are speaking out against this political assault on science.
Our Open Letter is featured here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...
THOUSANDS of scientists, academics, & physicians - including us - are speaking out against this political assault on science.
Our Open Letter is featured here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...
The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research.
www.nytimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🔔Trump’s Fool’s Gold EO is facing MAJOR backlash.
THOUSANDS of scientists, academics, & physicians - including us - are speaking out against this political assault on science.
Our Open Letter is featured here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...
THOUSANDS of scientists, academics, & physicians - including us - are speaking out against this political assault on science.
Our Open Letter is featured here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...
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So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS.
Please read and share this thread.
Please read and share this thread.
May 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS.
Please read and share this thread.
Please read and share this thread.
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A researcher calculates that, without increased production, AI will consume up to 82 terrawatt-hours of electricity this year—around the same as the annual electricity consumption of Switzerland.
AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.
wrd.cm
May 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A researcher calculates that, without increased production, AI will consume up to 82 terrawatt-hours of electricity this year—around the same as the annual electricity consumption of Switzerland.
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(oh god here we go again...)
🚨IF YOU ARE PREGNANT OR A NEW MOM IN THE ATLANTA AREA AND WANT TO MEET ME AT THE CDC ENTRANCE ON FRIDAY MAY 30TH AT 3PM YELL IN MY DIRECTION🚨
#standupforscience
#summerfightforscience
#cdc
#vaccines
#covidvaccine
🚨IF YOU ARE PREGNANT OR A NEW MOM IN THE ATLANTA AREA AND WANT TO MEET ME AT THE CDC ENTRANCE ON FRIDAY MAY 30TH AT 3PM YELL IN MY DIRECTION🚨
#standupforscience
#summerfightforscience
#cdc
#vaccines
#covidvaccine
7/ If a few hundred pregnant women and new moms—even a few dozen—show up to protest outside the CDC, I, as a card-carrying member of the media, guarantee you will get TV coverage.
May 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
(oh god here we go again...)
🚨IF YOU ARE PREGNANT OR A NEW MOM IN THE ATLANTA AREA AND WANT TO MEET ME AT THE CDC ENTRANCE ON FRIDAY MAY 30TH AT 3PM YELL IN MY DIRECTION🚨
#standupforscience
#summerfightforscience
#cdc
#vaccines
#covidvaccine
🚨IF YOU ARE PREGNANT OR A NEW MOM IN THE ATLANTA AREA AND WANT TO MEET ME AT THE CDC ENTRANCE ON FRIDAY MAY 30TH AT 3PM YELL IN MY DIRECTION🚨
#standupforscience
#summerfightforscience
#cdc
#vaccines
#covidvaccine
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Gold standard or fools' gold? www.science.org/content/arti...
What does Trump’s call for ‘gold standard science’ really mean?
Critics worry new executive order allows political appointees to determine how science is used in policy decisions
www.science.org
May 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Gold standard or fools' gold? www.science.org/content/arti...
Science folk, Stand Up for Science has put together a brilliant open letter against the absurd EO Trump put out to continue his attempts to take over American science. Read up and sign on!
www.standupforscience.net/open-letter-...
www.standupforscience.net/open-letter-...
Open Letter in Support of Science — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
www.standupforscience.net
May 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Science folk, Stand Up for Science has put together a brilliant open letter against the absurd EO Trump put out to continue his attempts to take over American science. Read up and sign on!
www.standupforscience.net/open-letter-...
www.standupforscience.net/open-letter-...
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The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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At the end of this summer, the future of U.S. science and research will be decided.
From weather alerts to cancer breakthroughs, science shapes every part of our lives.
We need everyone in this fight.
The Summer Fight for Science starts now. Are you in?
The fight starts here: bit.ly/4ddiuqU
From weather alerts to cancer breakthroughs, science shapes every part of our lives.
We need everyone in this fight.
The Summer Fight for Science starts now. Are you in?
The fight starts here: bit.ly/4ddiuqU
May 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
At the end of this summer, the future of U.S. science and research will be decided.
From weather alerts to cancer breakthroughs, science shapes every part of our lives.
We need everyone in this fight.
The Summer Fight for Science starts now. Are you in?
The fight starts here: bit.ly/4ddiuqU
From weather alerts to cancer breakthroughs, science shapes every part of our lives.
We need everyone in this fight.
The Summer Fight for Science starts now. Are you in?
The fight starts here: bit.ly/4ddiuqU
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In an effort to get some stuff to be able show from my public portfolio, I'm considering taking up a single "pay what you want" project for someone wanting to get a website done for themselves. No judgment, no minimum payment other than letting me get to work for you.
DM me if this interests you!
DM me if this interests you!
Hey creators! Ever thought about setting a website up to help sell your brand? Maybe something to act as a living pitch deck? Something to offer more info about yourself? Or maybe you want to start up a new Stream Team and need a central hub?
Hit me up, I'm looking for work and generous on pricing.
Hit me up, I'm looking for work and generous on pricing.
May 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In an effort to get some stuff to be able show from my public portfolio, I'm considering taking up a single "pay what you want" project for someone wanting to get a website done for themselves. No judgment, no minimum payment other than letting me get to work for you.
DM me if this interests you!
DM me if this interests you!