EJVallender
@ejvallender.bsky.social
Comparative/Evolutionary/Neuro Genetics (he/him) - Personal opinions only
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Enjoy the day off (if you’re lucky enough to have one) but don’t forget: www.teenvogue.com/story/histor...
Labor Day Is a Government Scam
Even if the holiday wasn’t always intended to be a rip-off, it sure is now.
www.teenvogue.com
September 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Enjoy the day off (if you’re lucky enough to have one) but don’t forget: www.teenvogue.com/story/histor...
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2 bits of data from new Economist/YouGov poll.....
13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/
13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/
August 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
2 bits of data from new Economist/YouGov poll.....
13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/
13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/
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"The rise of fascism in the United States convinced the Guthrie family and their associates that the music scene needed a dose of Guthrie’s anti-authoritarian, anti-racist, Nazi-punching ethos." #woodyguthrie #folkmusic #antifascist
New Music from Anti-Fascist Folk Singer Woody Guthrie Released
With this reveal of 22 previously unheard songs, the Guthrie family hopes the radical messages in “Woody At Home” will inspire the next generation of protest songwriters.
inthesetimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
"The rise of fascism in the United States convinced the Guthrie family and their associates that the music scene needed a dose of Guthrie’s anti-authoritarian, anti-racist, Nazi-punching ethos." #woodyguthrie #folkmusic #antifascist
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This is such an important point. The VAST majority of funding for research comes from NIH. Stand Up To Cancer just had their telethon. In 2023 they raised an impressive $60 million for cancer research. But the NCI (at NIH) had a budget of $7.2 billion that year. Charities cannot compete.
Been hearing folks don’t realize NIH is more than its internal labs.
That cutting NIH is ok because Dana Farber will still do cancer research. Joslin will cover diabetes, etc.
But these centers get most of their funding from NIH.
Stop NIH, and the whole system fails, across the entire US.
That cutting NIH is ok because Dana Farber will still do cancer research. Joslin will cover diabetes, etc.
But these centers get most of their funding from NIH.
Stop NIH, and the whole system fails, across the entire US.
You might find this relevant - scorecards by district on the local economic impacts of White House proposed FY26 budget cuts.
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
August 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is such an important point. The VAST majority of funding for research comes from NIH. Stand Up To Cancer just had their telethon. In 2023 they raised an impressive $60 million for cancer research. But the NCI (at NIH) had a budget of $7.2 billion that year. Charities cannot compete.
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The tapes were recorded in the living room of Guthrie’s Brooklyn apartment between 1951 and 1952, on a portable tape recorder...
@caroleine.bsky.social writes that the Guthrie family hopes to inspire the next generation of protest songwriters.
inthesetimes.com/article/new-...
@caroleine.bsky.social writes that the Guthrie family hopes to inspire the next generation of protest songwriters.
inthesetimes.com/article/new-...
New Music from Anti-Fascist Folk Singer Woody Guthrie Released
With this reveal of 22 previously unheard songs, the Guthrie family hopes the radical messages in “Woody At Home” will inspire the next generation of protest songwriters.
inthesetimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The tapes were recorded in the living room of Guthrie’s Brooklyn apartment between 1951 and 1952, on a portable tape recorder...
@caroleine.bsky.social writes that the Guthrie family hopes to inspire the next generation of protest songwriters.
inthesetimes.com/article/new-...
@caroleine.bsky.social writes that the Guthrie family hopes to inspire the next generation of protest songwriters.
inthesetimes.com/article/new-...
"Efficient"
Because making funding announcements harder to find is "efficient".
smh.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
smh.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-143: NIH Will Stop Posting Notices of Funding Opportunities in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts in FY2026
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: NIH Will Stop Posting Notices of Funding Opportunities in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts in FY2026 NOT-OD-25-14...
grants.nih.gov
August 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"Efficient"
constitution.congress.gov/constitution/ has deleted sections 9 (habeas corpus) and 10 from Article 1.
August 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
constitution.congress.gov/constitution/ has deleted sections 9 (habeas corpus) and 10 from Article 1.
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BREAKING: Watchdog government agency finds the NIH and the Trump administration have illegally withheld funds in violation of the Impoundment Control Act, and rips into HHS for failing to justify its slow-walking of funds.
www.gao.gov/products/b-3...
www.gao.gov/products/b-3...
Department of Health and Human Services—National Institutes of Health—Application of Impoundment Control Act to Availability of Funds for Grants
Congress appropriated amounts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to carry out various research objectives for fiscal year 2025. In accordance...
www.gao.gov
August 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
BREAKING: Watchdog government agency finds the NIH and the Trump administration have illegally withheld funds in violation of the Impoundment Control Act, and rips into HHS for failing to justify its slow-walking of funds.
www.gao.gov/products/b-3...
www.gao.gov/products/b-3...
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The NIH can’t award ANY grants to outside researchers under new WH restriction, reports @wsj.com.
The pause came in the form of a footnote from OMB Director Vought, in a document that doles out federal funds to the NIH.
Prelude to rescissions, especially after his comments over the weekend?
The pause came in the form of a footnote from OMB Director Vought, in a document that doles out federal funds to the NIH.
Prelude to rescissions, especially after his comments over the weekend?
Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding
The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.
www.wsj.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I cannot "like" this post.
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Concatenating primate brains based solely on their size provides a 1st striking illustration of the importance of mechanical morphogenesis: despite jumping across far branches of the phylogenetic tree, the sequence is largely continuous, hinting at a common underlying organising principle.
Concatenating primate brains based solely on their size provides a 1st striking illustration of the importance of mechanical morphogenesis: despite jumping across far branches of the phylogenetic tree, the sequence is largely continuous, hinting at a common underlying organising principle.
July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Concatenating primate brains based solely on their size provides a 1st striking illustration of the importance of mechanical morphogenesis: despite jumping across far branches of the phylogenetic tree, the sequence is largely continuous, hinting at a common underlying organising principle.
Concatenating primate brains based solely on their size provides a 1st striking illustration of the importance of mechanical morphogenesis: despite jumping across far branches of the phylogenetic tree, the sequence is largely continuous, hinting at a common underlying organising principle.
Bodes well for the 2026 World Cup.
Venezuelan Team Bound For Little League Senior World Series In U.S. Denied Visas - World Baseball Network
A team of 15- and 16-year-old baseball players from Venezuela won't get the chance to compete at a tournament in South Carolina after they were denied visas to enter the United States, according to mu...
worldbaseball.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Bodes well for the 2026 World Cup.
Today, on what would have been Emmett Till's 84th birthday, I'm sharing one of my favorite poems by Eve Ewing.
July 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Effective funding line of 4% for NCI.
If anyone is interested NCI posted their FY25 funding strategy today www.cancer.gov/grants-train...
Reasonable to assume other NIH institutes will follow the same guidelines
Reasonable to assume other NIH institutes will follow the same guidelines
Funding Policy - Research Grants
NCI funding policy for research project grant (RPG) awards reflects the funding goals of the institute, NIH, and HHS.
www.cancer.gov
July 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Effective funding line of 4% for NCI.
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The 4th percentile… JFC
July 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The 4th percentile… JFC
Here are the T32 curves.
July 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Here are the T32 curves.
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Grant terminations have grabbed the headlines and have seen legal action, but even more damaging to the US research enterprise has been the massive decrease in number of research grants issued by federal agencies
NIH has seen a decrease of 57% in the number of awards & 63% in value compared to FY24
NIH has seen a decrease of 57% in the number of awards & 63% in value compared to FY24
July 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Grant terminations have grabbed the headlines and have seen legal action, but even more damaging to the US research enterprise has been the massive decrease in number of research grants issued by federal agencies
NIH has seen a decrease of 57% in the number of awards & 63% in value compared to FY24
NIH has seen a decrease of 57% in the number of awards & 63% in value compared to FY24
Wonderful and powerful way to give back the community. @tennessee-titans.bsky.social and @msstate.bsky.social defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons doing good work off the field.
New vending machine provides free medicine to fight opioid overdoses
NFL player Jeffery Simmons chooses his native Mississippi as a site for free distribution of naloxone.
NFL player Jeffery Simmons chooses his native Mississippi as a site for free distribution of naloxone.
New vending machine provides free medicine to fight opioid overdoses
NFL player Jeffery Simmons chooses his native Mississippi as a site for free distribution of naloxone.
mississippitoday.org
July 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Wonderful and powerful way to give back the community. @tennessee-titans.bsky.social and @msstate.bsky.social defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons doing good work off the field.
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Great day to read Frederick Douglass’ brilliant speech-
“What to the slave is the Fourth of July?”
nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...
“What to the slave is the Fourth of July?”
nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...
A Nation's Story: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
In July of 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech titled “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?,” a call for the promise of liberty be applied equally to all Americans. Douglass’s speech empha...
nmaahc.si.edu
July 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Great day to read Frederick Douglass’ brilliant speech-
“What to the slave is the Fourth of July?”
nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...
“What to the slave is the Fourth of July?”
nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...
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Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July
July 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July
First NIH RFAs released since the inauguration. A very slim sliver of positivity, even if it is just reissues of ones that were cancelled to eliminate DEI language.
NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts | Grants & Funding
grants.nih.gov
June 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
First NIH RFAs released since the inauguration. A very slim sliver of positivity, even if it is just reissues of ones that were cancelled to eliminate DEI language.
Back end of grants.nih.gov down? Maybe the FDA RFA broke it...
June 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Back end of grants.nih.gov down? Maybe the FDA RFA broke it...
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very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867
June 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867
Just putting this out there:
June 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Just putting this out there:
0 new NIH NOFOs published since inauguration.
8 forecasted NOFOs have past their estimated post date.
5 NOFOs estimated post date next week (2 on Monday 6/2).
8 forecasted NOFOs have past their estimated post date.
5 NOFOs estimated post date next week (2 on Monday 6/2).
May 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
0 new NIH NOFOs published since inauguration.
8 forecasted NOFOs have past their estimated post date.
5 NOFOs estimated post date next week (2 on Monday 6/2).
8 forecasted NOFOs have past their estimated post date.
5 NOFOs estimated post date next week (2 on Monday 6/2).