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So, this should finally put to rest any delusions that there are decent people left in the US military who will stand up to illegal orders and protect democracy. The US military is now more likely to kill US citizens rather than help them. They are not our friends.
January 3, 2026 at 6:50 PM
So, this should finally put to rest any delusions that there are decent people left in the US military who will stand up to illegal orders and protect democracy. The US military is now more likely to kill US citizens rather than help them. They are not our friends.
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When I explain to people what is involved with writing a successful grant, they simply don’t believe me.
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
January 3, 2026 at 1:14 AM
When I explain to people what is involved with writing a successful grant, they simply don’t believe me.
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
Congressional Republicans can put an end to this ruinously corrupt and lawless regime at any time.
January 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Congressional Republicans can put an end to this ruinously corrupt and lawless regime at any time.
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The rejection-revision rates in the piece do not sound bad but one of the perceptions is there is an in-group and and out-group so who gets accepted and how much it takes must also be analyzed. It is possible you have selected for people who submit because they don't have problems with the journal.
January 2, 2026 at 10:33 PM
The rejection-revision rates in the piece do not sound bad but one of the perceptions is there is an in-group and and out-group so who gets accepted and how much it takes must also be analyzed. It is possible you have selected for people who submit because they don't have problems with the journal.
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Correctly submitting Concur travel expense reports on the first try!
January 2, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Correctly submitting Concur travel expense reports on the first try!
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This article is about a proposed bill. The bill was likely written by lawyers, as probably most bills are.
So the true intent is most likely captured in this writeup by the org proposing the bill. (civicsalliance.org)
Tl;dr? It's about the money.
So the true intent is most likely captured in this writeup by the org proposing the bill. (civicsalliance.org)
Tl;dr? It's about the money.
January 2, 2026 at 7:49 PM
This article is about a proposed bill. The bill was likely written by lawyers, as probably most bills are.
So the true intent is most likely captured in this writeup by the org proposing the bill. (civicsalliance.org)
Tl;dr? It's about the money.
So the true intent is most likely captured in this writeup by the org proposing the bill. (civicsalliance.org)
Tl;dr? It's about the money.
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Yeah who needs academics and elites. What do they know??
January 2, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Yeah who needs academics and elites. What do they know??
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Same thought. Literally, what in the Harrison Bergeron fuck
January 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Same thought. Literally, what in the Harrison Bergeron fuck
I only took the GRE and the SAT…am I required to sit for the ACT? LSAT? MCAT????
Which links to this proposed Act, which says "...requiring all parts of a state university system to publish every higher-education standardized test score (SAT, ACT, CRT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, etc.) of every faculty member..." and every applicant.
So it's super dumb, but not "SAT but not GRE."
So it's super dumb, but not "SAT but not GRE."
Faculty Merit Act - Сivics Alliance
Introduction Administrators and faculty at colleges and university regularly discriminate in their hiring and tenuring. Usually they do so by merely political discrimination—they draft job advertiseme...
civicsalliance.org
January 2, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I only took the GRE and the SAT…am I required to sit for the ACT? LSAT? MCAT????
“The analysis of academics and elites…” 👁️👁️
Bari Weiss’s CBS News directly attacking academics, subject matter experts, in the promo for her new CBS Evening News.
January 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
“The analysis of academics and elites…” 👁️👁️
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In a country where the race, gender, ethnicity, and SES of individuals dramatically shape their lived experience and health outcomes, claiming that medicine is blind to these factors is malpractice!
Even if it’s complicated, it’s still important to think about diversity, equity, and inclusion!
Even if it’s complicated, it’s still important to think about diversity, equity, and inclusion!
🚨In a new piece that I co-authored with @michaeldgreen.com for @bmj.com, we argue that Trump's war on DEI in medical education will damage the health of Americans
We present research evidence showing that a diverse medical workforce improves population health outcomes
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We present research evidence showing that a diverse medical workforce improves population health outcomes
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Trump’s war on diversity in medical education could shorten Americans’ lives
Building a diverse medical workforce is a crucial step to improving population health outcomes, write Gavin Yamey and Michael D Green
The Trump administration and its allies have recently taken seve...
www.bmj.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
In a country where the race, gender, ethnicity, and SES of individuals dramatically shape their lived experience and health outcomes, claiming that medicine is blind to these factors is malpractice!
Even if it’s complicated, it’s still important to think about diversity, equity, and inclusion!
Even if it’s complicated, it’s still important to think about diversity, equity, and inclusion!
Silly me, figured the new NIH Biosketch Common Form tool on Scincv would be ready to do. editing item 1, Identifying info and the link to ORCID is broken. Required to save the other edits. fail. Section B Appointments. edits current one to be to "present", the Current field still says "no". hmmm
January 2, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Silly me, figured the new NIH Biosketch Common Form tool on Scincv would be ready to do. editing item 1, Identifying info and the link to ORCID is broken. Required to save the other edits. fail. Section B Appointments. edits current one to be to "present", the Current field still says "no". hmmm
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I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
January 2, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
Happy New Year, to all my Internet friends!
May your experiments replicate, your peer reviewers be kind and your collaborators deliver.
May your experiments replicate, your peer reviewers be kind and your collaborators deliver.
January 1, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Happy New Year, to all my Internet friends!
May your experiments replicate, your peer reviewers be kind and your collaborators deliver.
May your experiments replicate, your peer reviewers be kind and your collaborators deliver.
This seems ….. aspirational.
January 1, 2026 at 6:31 PM
This seems ….. aspirational.
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Welp ... some breaking news on New Year's Eve:
On a podcast, NIH Director Bhattacharya says the agency will likely not renew grants that were reinstated as part of a court decision earlier this year
www.statnews.com/2025/12/31/n...
On a podcast, NIH Director Bhattacharya says the agency will likely not renew grants that were reinstated as part of a court decision earlier this year
www.statnews.com/2025/12/31/n...
NIH director says DEI-related grants that were restored under a court order won’t be renewed
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya told a podcaster that DEI-related grants restored under a court order won't be renewed in 2026
www.statnews.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Welp ... some breaking news on New Year's Eve:
On a podcast, NIH Director Bhattacharya says the agency will likely not renew grants that were reinstated as part of a court decision earlier this year
www.statnews.com/2025/12/31/n...
On a podcast, NIH Director Bhattacharya says the agency will likely not renew grants that were reinstated as part of a court decision earlier this year
www.statnews.com/2025/12/31/n...
Placating Megyn Kelly is an interesting gambit, Pantone.
This is the first time Pantone has chosen a shade of white. The company says it's "a lofty white that serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection."
You read that white: Pantone's 2026 Color of the Year is 'Cloud Dancer'
This is the first time Pantone has chosen a shade of white. The company says it's "a lofty white that serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection."
n.pr
December 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Placating Megyn Kelly is an interesting gambit, Pantone.
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Take-home lesson we ALL need to learn: Resistance works and capitulation doesn't!
BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.
Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now
President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Take-home lesson we ALL need to learn: Resistance works and capitulation doesn't!
December 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
from nunchuks to motion capture robots....
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 31, 2025 at 1:45 AM
from nunchuks to motion capture robots....
oh, so we are claiming Neanderthal now?
Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is now eastern England around 400,000 years ago. https://to.pbs.org/3KUcGsH
Humans were making fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, study finds
LONDON (AP) — Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is ...
to.pbs.org
December 31, 2025 at 1:40 AM
oh, so we are claiming Neanderthal now?
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We made a resource to help with that:
"When goodbye comes too soon: How to wrap up science projects quickly"
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
"When goodbye comes too soon: How to wrap up science projects quickly"
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org
December 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We made a resource to help with that:
"When goodbye comes too soon: How to wrap up science projects quickly"
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
"When goodbye comes too soon: How to wrap up science projects quickly"
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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For every trainee who succeeds at getting some super difficult experiment to yield interesting results, there are another dozen who fruitlessly spun their wheels for years. My advice: explore many technically feasible experiments and follow up on interesting leads
Blog post: Just quit
Quitting projects in science is hard, but we should be doing a lot more of it.
open.substack.com/pub/arjunraj...
Quitting projects in science is hard, but we should be doing a lot more of it.
open.substack.com/pub/arjunraj...
Just quit
Quitting projects in science is hard, but we should be doing a lot more of it.
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
For every trainee who succeeds at getting some super difficult experiment to yield interesting results, there are another dozen who fruitlessly spun their wheels for years. My advice: explore many technically feasible experiments and follow up on interesting leads
It feels to me as if this is missing something about getting out of projects that are floundering with *something* to show for the effort and investment of funds.
Blog post: Just quit
Quitting projects in science is hard, but we should be doing a lot more of it.
open.substack.com/pub/arjunraj...
Quitting projects in science is hard, but we should be doing a lot more of it.
open.substack.com/pub/arjunraj...
Just quit
Quitting projects in science is hard, but we should be doing a lot more of it.
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
It feels to me as if this is missing something about getting out of projects that are floundering with *something* to show for the effort and investment of funds.