Melanie Gareau
@gareaulab.bsky.social
Prof @ UCDavis studying the microbiota-gut-brain axis. 🇨🇦 🇺🇸
So it's ok for Texas but not for California to redistrict? WTF
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
Trump Justice Department sues to stop California from redistricting to give Democrats more House seats | CNN Politics
The Trump administration moved Thursday to join a Republican-led legal challenge to California’s effort to redraw the state’s congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, throwing the full ...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
So it's ok for Texas but not for California to redistrict? WTF
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
Tesla only still exists because of government subsidies paid by American tax payers.
He shouldn’t be allowed to be that rich 🤷♀️
He shouldn’t be allowed to be that rich 🤷♀️
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA
November 7, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Tesla only still exists because of government subsidies paid by American tax payers.
He shouldn’t be allowed to be that rich 🤷♀️
He shouldn’t be allowed to be that rich 🤷♀️
Are private jets being affected by this? Cause we could just cancel all those instead 🤷♀️
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Are private jets being affected by this? Cause we could just cancel all those instead 🤷♀️
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Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
October 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
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Doug Ford on 10/14/25: Let's take Ronald Reagan's words and let's blast it to the American people. And our first launch is going to be on every major network...we're going to launch a $75 million ad, and we're going to repeat that message to every Republican district right across the entire country.
October 24, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Doug Ford on 10/14/25: Let's take Ronald Reagan's words and let's blast it to the American people. And our first launch is going to be on every major network...we're going to launch a $75 million ad, and we're going to repeat that message to every Republican district right across the entire country.
Our dept is hiring! 🤩
Our department @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social is hiring! We welcome research that diversifies or complements existing strengths in gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory
systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Our dept is hiring! 🤩
while this is good news, the fact that a significantly lower number of awards were funded will cause significant long term damage to the research enterprise in this country. 😞
Despite political obstacles, officials are on track to disburse all of the research funds allocated to the NIH
go.nature.com/46Mxycw
go.nature.com/46Mxycw
NIH races to spend its 2025 grant money — but fewer projects win funding
Despite political obstacles, officials are on track to disburse all of the research funds allocated to US biomedical behemoth.
go.nature.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
while this is good news, the fact that a significantly lower number of awards were funded will cause significant long term damage to the research enterprise in this country. 😞
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Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
September 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
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After reading through the descriptions of the autism-related research projects that were cut, I was struck by how complicated the science is — especially when compared to the simple (and debunked) theory that vaccines cause autism.
www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.
While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...
www.propublica.org
August 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
After reading through the descriptions of the autism-related research projects that were cut, I was struck by how complicated the science is — especially when compared to the simple (and debunked) theory that vaccines cause autism.
www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...
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"No matter where I lived, I knew this was guaranteed because after moving into a new place, we’d plug in our old box television, adjust the shitty little antenna just so, and voila, like magic, there was PBS. It was free."
We Can Save Public Radio and Television
Viewers and listeners like us.
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August 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"No matter where I lived, I knew this was guaranteed because after moving into a new place, we’d plug in our old box television, adjust the shitty little antenna just so, and voila, like magic, there was PBS. It was free."
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Researchers’ chances of winning a grant from the National Institutes of Health have dropped under a new policy. scim.ag/4f7uew2
Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite
Funding multiyear grants up front will sharply cut number of investigators receiving awards
scim.ag
July 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Researchers’ chances of winning a grant from the National Institutes of Health have dropped under a new policy. scim.ag/4f7uew2
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New, from an anonymous NIH insider: Trump is being pushed to spend more NIH money. The White House is ordering NIH to do multi-year budgets for awards. This budget trick means fewer awards, fewer labs funded, and lower paylines for researchers. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
Alert: The Trump administration is quietly slashing new NIH grant awards, and it's not via the budget
NIH’s sudden move to multiyear grant funding is forcing shocking cuts in the number of grants funded. This is an effective budget cut. It's bad, folks.
donmoynihan.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
New, from an anonymous NIH insider: Trump is being pushed to spend more NIH money. The White House is ordering NIH to do multi-year budgets for awards. This budget trick means fewer awards, fewer labs funded, and lower paylines for researchers. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
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PBS News is not going anywhere.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
July 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
PBS News is not going anywhere.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
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Powerful story from Kate Zernike from the NYT
Covers the diversity of young scientists targeted by the anti-DEI BS. Definitely worth a read and a share.
[Gift link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
Covers the diversity of young scientists targeted by the anti-DEI BS. Definitely worth a read and a share.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
The Surprising Scientists Hit by Trump’s D.E.I. Cuts
www.nytimes.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Powerful story from Kate Zernike from the NYT
Covers the diversity of young scientists targeted by the anti-DEI BS. Definitely worth a read and a share.
[Gift link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
Covers the diversity of young scientists targeted by the anti-DEI BS. Definitely worth a read and a share.
[Gift link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
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An examination of the consequences of abortion restrictions.
A study to test a protocol to prevent HIV transmission.
An investigation into why LGBTQ+ adults are dying by suicide.
This is the scientific research being lost as Trump cuts NIH funding.
A study to test a protocol to prevent HIV transmission.
An investigation into why LGBTQ+ adults are dying by suicide.
This is the scientific research being lost as Trump cuts NIH funding.
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with…
projects.propublica.org
June 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
An examination of the consequences of abortion restrictions.
A study to test a protocol to prevent HIV transmission.
An investigation into why LGBTQ+ adults are dying by suicide.
This is the scientific research being lost as Trump cuts NIH funding.
A study to test a protocol to prevent HIV transmission.
An investigation into why LGBTQ+ adults are dying by suicide.
This is the scientific research being lost as Trump cuts NIH funding.
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People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country.
Photos: See No Kings protests around the country
People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country.
n.pr
June 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country.
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Despite Texas' tough talk on immigration, its lawmakers have refused to mandate that private businesses check employment authorization.
Why? Because they know “if you got serious about applying [E-Verify], you would create even worse problems” with labor shortages, a former GOP state lawmaker said.
Why? Because they know “if you got serious about applying [E-Verify], you would create even worse problems” with labor shortages, a former GOP state lawmaker said.
Texas Talks Tough on Immigration. But Lawmakers Won’t Force Most Private Companies to Check Employment Authorization.
Texas’ conservative Legislature has again and again refused to mandate that most private businesses use E-Verify. Experts say that Republican resistance is rooted in how the system could impact the…
www.propublica.org
June 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Despite Texas' tough talk on immigration, its lawmakers have refused to mandate that private businesses check employment authorization.
Why? Because they know “if you got serious about applying [E-Verify], you would create even worse problems” with labor shortages, a former GOP state lawmaker said.
Why? Because they know “if you got serious about applying [E-Verify], you would create even worse problems” with labor shortages, a former GOP state lawmaker said.
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If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable.
June 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable.
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Happy to share our new publication. Inhibition of acute lung inflammation by a neuroimmune circuit induced by vagal nerve stimulation | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Inhibition of acute lung inflammation by a neuroimmune circuit induced by vagal nerve stimulation
A lung anti-inflammatory pathway can be activated to block acute lung inflammation.
www.science.org
June 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Happy to share our new publication. Inhibition of acute lung inflammation by a neuroimmune circuit induced by vagal nerve stimulation | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
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www.science.org/content/arti...
May 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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"Donald Trump is destroying programs that have been in place for 100 years. He did it in 100 days. And I think we'd better learn from that." @governorwalz.mn.gov emphasizes the need for Democrats to press their agenda more forcefully and on a shorter timeline.
May 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
"Donald Trump is destroying programs that have been in place for 100 years. He did it in 100 days. And I think we'd better learn from that." @governorwalz.mn.gov emphasizes the need for Democrats to press their agenda more forcefully and on a shorter timeline.
FAFO 🙌🎉
This shouldn’t be taken lightly; he’s been in parliament for 2 decades.
This shouldn’t be taken lightly; he’s been in parliament for 2 decades.
A stunning development in Canada: Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre didn’t just lose his bid to become Prime Minister — he lost his own seat in Parliament.
Poilievre has officially been defeated in his Carleton riding by Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy.
Poilievre has officially been defeated in his Carleton riding by Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy.
April 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
FAFO 🙌🎉
This shouldn’t be taken lightly; he’s been in parliament for 2 decades.
This shouldn’t be taken lightly; he’s been in parliament for 2 decades.
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Breaking News: Canada’s Liberal Party is projected to win, electing Mark Carney, who ran on an anti-Trump platform, as prime minister. nyti.ms/4308UmS
April 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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