Pam Westfall
@geneticspam.bsky.social
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This is brilliant!
🧪“The Monster Slash”
By @ellecordova.bsky.social on IG
She performs a song about the cuts to the government agencies that impact our daily lives.
🧪“The Monster Slash”
By @ellecordova.bsky.social on IG
She performs a song about the cuts to the government agencies that impact our daily lives.
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is brilliant!
🧪“The Monster Slash”
By @ellecordova.bsky.social on IG
She performs a song about the cuts to the government agencies that impact our daily lives.
🧪“The Monster Slash”
By @ellecordova.bsky.social on IG
She performs a song about the cuts to the government agencies that impact our daily lives.
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REPOST if you stand with President Zelenskyy!
#StandingWithZelenskyy
#StandingWithUkraine
🇺🇦💙💛💙🇺🇦
#SlavaUkraïni
#StandingWithZelenskyy
#StandingWithUkraine
🇺🇦💙💛💙🇺🇦
#SlavaUkraïni
October 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
REPOST if you stand with President Zelenskyy!
#StandingWithZelenskyy
#StandingWithUkraine
🇺🇦💙💛💙🇺🇦
#SlavaUkraïni
#StandingWithZelenskyy
#StandingWithUkraine
🇺🇦💙💛💙🇺🇦
#SlavaUkraïni
Come on
Is it worth it? Let me work it
I put my thang down, flip it and reverse it
Is it worth it? Let me work it
I put my thang down, flip it and reverse it
June 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Come on
Is it worth it? Let me work it
I put my thang down, flip it and reverse it
Is it worth it? Let me work it
I put my thang down, flip it and reverse it
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A lot of the cuts in NSF funding were predictable (and awful), but one thing that stands out is cutting SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) by 57%.
This program supports small businesses and entrepreneurs at turning laboratory discoveries into cutting-edge marketable products.
This program supports small businesses and entrepreneurs at turning laboratory discoveries into cutting-edge marketable products.
May 31, 2025 at 1:33 AM
A lot of the cuts in NSF funding were predictable (and awful), but one thing that stands out is cutting SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) by 57%.
This program supports small businesses and entrepreneurs at turning laboratory discoveries into cutting-edge marketable products.
This program supports small businesses and entrepreneurs at turning laboratory discoveries into cutting-edge marketable products.
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This innovative solution has already protected 13.3 million people from dengue.
It involves introducing the Wolbachia bacteria into mosquito populations to prevent them from transmitting viruses to humans.
We’ve supported this ground-breaking initiative since 2014 ⤵️
wellcome.org/news/world-m...
It involves introducing the Wolbachia bacteria into mosquito populations to prevent them from transmitting viruses to humans.
We’ve supported this ground-breaking initiative since 2014 ⤵️
wellcome.org/news/world-m...
World Mosquito Programme | Impact | Wellcome
The World Mosquito Program has protected 13.3 million people from diseases like dengue. Find out about Wellcome's contribution to this ground-breaking initiative.
wellcome.org
April 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This innovative solution has already protected 13.3 million people from dengue.
It involves introducing the Wolbachia bacteria into mosquito populations to prevent them from transmitting viruses to humans.
We’ve supported this ground-breaking initiative since 2014 ⤵️
wellcome.org/news/world-m...
It involves introducing the Wolbachia bacteria into mosquito populations to prevent them from transmitting viruses to humans.
We’ve supported this ground-breaking initiative since 2014 ⤵️
wellcome.org/news/world-m...
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Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
With CDC injury prevention team gutted, 'we will not know what is killing us'
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
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One thing that made the US a powerhouse in the 20th century were networks of government support for education & research in all the regions of the country
There was this idea that people across our country deserved access to the best knowledge & services we could provide with our pooled resources
There was this idea that people across our country deserved access to the best knowledge & services we could provide with our pooled resources
we just lost all 7 of our Network of National Library of Medicine, Region 5 (NNLM) library workers.
the grant that covered their salaries was terminated.
this is heartbreaking and demoralizing.
the grant that covered their salaries was terminated.
this is heartbreaking and demoralizing.
March 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM
One thing that made the US a powerhouse in the 20th century were networks of government support for education & research in all the regions of the country
There was this idea that people across our country deserved access to the best knowledge & services we could provide with our pooled resources
There was this idea that people across our country deserved access to the best knowledge & services we could provide with our pooled resources
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Modern art!
Tesla Model 3 crushed by an Olmec statue
By Mexican sculptor @chavismarmol.bsky.social
By Mexican sculptor @chavismarmol.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Modern art!
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Free on Saturday at 1 pm? On 3/15, join our phone bank to people in GOP Rep Mike Bost’s district (Illinois's 12th district). We'll ask them to call their rep & tell him to protect Medicaid.
Get on Zoom with us & we'll train & support you all the way. More info/sign-up:
Get on Zoom with us & we'll train & support you all the way. More info/sign-up:
Don't Cut Medicaid ! Phone Banking to IL-12 · Indivisible Chicago
No Cuts to Healthcare to Fund Tax Giveaways for the 1%.
At the end of February the GOP controlled House of Representatives voted a Budget Resolution that instructed the Energy and Commerce Committee ...
www.mobilize.us
March 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Free on Saturday at 1 pm? On 3/15, join our phone bank to people in GOP Rep Mike Bost’s district (Illinois's 12th district). We'll ask them to call their rep & tell him to protect Medicaid.
Get on Zoom with us & we'll train & support you all the way. More info/sign-up:
Get on Zoom with us & we'll train & support you all the way. More info/sign-up:
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
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👩💻🧀 This Sunday, 3/16, 3:45 pm CT, hop on Zoom with our partner Indivisible Illinois & phone voters in Wisconsin. Help elect Susan Crawford to WI Supreme Court. FYI, @indivisibleil.bsky.social's Rockin' Phone Bank parties are both fun & impactful. Info/Sign-up:
Indivisible Illinois Rockin' Zoom Phone Bank Party for Wisconsin Supreme Court · Indivisible Illinois
Join Indivisible Illinois for a Rockin' Zoom Phone Bank Party to GOTV for Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court on Sunday 3/16 from 4-5:30 pm. ***This phone bank will use HubDialer. If you have n...
www.mobilize.us
March 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
👩💻🧀 This Sunday, 3/16, 3:45 pm CT, hop on Zoom with our partner Indivisible Illinois & phone voters in Wisconsin. Help elect Susan Crawford to WI Supreme Court. FYI, @indivisibleil.bsky.social's Rockin' Phone Bank parties are both fun & impactful. Info/Sign-up:
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Venezuela has become the first country in the world to lose all of its glaciers. The climate crisis is now.
March 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Venezuela has become the first country in the world to lose all of its glaciers. The climate crisis is now.
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NEW: A source tells me that response teams for FEMA set to deploy to the South Carolina wildfires are unable to travel because their government issued travel cards have had their limits reduced to $1. FEMA response team cards were supposed to be exempt.
March 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
NEW: A source tells me that response teams for FEMA set to deploy to the South Carolina wildfires are unable to travel because their government issued travel cards have had their limits reduced to $1. FEMA response team cards were supposed to be exempt.
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MUSK OR US. Indivisible Naperville announces a Musk or Us Rally, Tuesday, March 4th, 4:30-5:15, at Jackson & Webster in Naperville, IL. Bring signs to say no to Musk & take back our democracy. Indivisible Naperville will have chants & postcards to pick up. Info here: www.facebook.com/events/11685...
February 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
MUSK OR US. Indivisible Naperville announces a Musk or Us Rally, Tuesday, March 4th, 4:30-5:15, at Jackson & Webster in Naperville, IL. Bring signs to say no to Musk & take back our democracy. Indivisible Naperville will have chants & postcards to pick up. Info here: www.facebook.com/events/11685...
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Summer research opportunities cancelled, grad school admissions paused, funding programs suspended/delayed, career scientists fired. This really is an all out attack on science across all ranks.
February 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Summer research opportunities cancelled, grad school admissions paused, funding programs suspended/delayed, career scientists fired. This really is an all out attack on science across all ranks.
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Classroom/Library enrollment was down pretty bad in February. National chaos and uncertainly likely has something to do with it.
Can you help me make sure that all the educators on bluesky know Skype a Scientist exists and is ready to connect them with scientists? Every RT helps!
#EduSky #STEMEd
Can you help me make sure that all the educators on bluesky know Skype a Scientist exists and is ready to connect them with scientists? Every RT helps!
#EduSky #STEMEd
Hi! We're Skype a Scientist! We're a free program that matches scientists with classrooms, scout troops, libraries, & other groups for Q&As all about science.
Get matched with a scientist for a virtual conversation! We have 30+ types of scientist & match weekly.
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
Get matched with a scientist for a virtual conversation! We have 30+ types of scientist & match weekly.
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
February 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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This week's @runforsomething.net feel-good update: Our first wins of the year! Plus, details on our candidate intro call tmrw, our strategy briefing next week, and so much good stuff from across the RFS community. I needed this today. rfsfeelgoodupdates.substack.com/p/rfs-feel-g...
RFS feel-good update (2/24): Our first wins of the year
Plus: Two events coming up to put on your calendar
rfsfeelgoodupdates.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This week's @runforsomething.net feel-good update: Our first wins of the year! Plus, details on our candidate intro call tmrw, our strategy briefing next week, and so much good stuff from across the RFS community. I needed this today. rfsfeelgoodupdates.substack.com/p/rfs-feel-g...
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
A really important email from my friend Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social . As he says "this is a 5 alarm fire."
America is under attack right now.
America is under attack right now.
February 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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runforsomething.net has a list of candidate resources that will help you run for office. One of the biggest reasons we’re in the mess we’re in right now is because not enough good people run for office and take active roles in campaigns. Be the example and @runforsomething.net
February 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
runforsomething.net has a list of candidate resources that will help you run for office. One of the biggest reasons we’re in the mess we’re in right now is because not enough good people run for office and take active roles in campaigns. Be the example and @runforsomething.net
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Please show a bit of 🎉 for a senator explaining how they’re fighting for us!
The budget the Republicans are putting on the floor tonight will cut essential services that millions of American families rely on.
All so they can pay for tax cuts for their billionaire buddies.
I'm going to spend all night fighting back.
All so they can pay for tax cuts for their billionaire buddies.
I'm going to spend all night fighting back.
February 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Please show a bit of 🎉 for a senator explaining how they’re fighting for us!
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❌️ Elon Musk has got to go! Musk & Trump are the enemies of our democracy, bent on destroying every program keeping us safe, secure, informed & well. Outside a Hakeem Jeffries book tour event in Chicago, we call on the House Democratic leader to use *all his power* in DC to obstruct the MAGA agenda.
February 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
❌️ Elon Musk has got to go! Musk & Trump are the enemies of our democracy, bent on destroying every program keeping us safe, secure, informed & well. Outside a Hakeem Jeffries book tour event in Chicago, we call on the House Democratic leader to use *all his power* in DC to obstruct the MAGA agenda.
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Our look at how the Trump administration is systematically dismantling the government teams that have stopped Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and others from meddling in US elections: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...
With @julianbarnes.bsky.social @stevenleemyers.bsky.social
With @julianbarnes.bsky.social @stevenleemyers.bsky.social
Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations
The Trump administration has reassigned or forced out several dozen government employees who had been working to fight foreign interference in U.S. elections at multiple agencies, according to current...
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Our look at how the Trump administration is systematically dismantling the government teams that have stopped Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and others from meddling in US elections: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...
With @julianbarnes.bsky.social @stevenleemyers.bsky.social
With @julianbarnes.bsky.social @stevenleemyers.bsky.social
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I write about this a ton in my upcoming book - what Jamie Dimon is describing here is a skills issue on behalf of leadership. Managing remote teams is dif than in-person & requires time & intentionality — if he & his supervisors cant do it, that’s on them. thehill.com/business/514...
Jamie Dimon: ‘Don’t give me this s‑‑‑ that work-from-home Friday works’
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon scolded employees Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio, during a fiery internal town hall, after workers raised concerns with the bank’s five-day return-to-office policy…
thehill.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I write about this a ton in my upcoming book - what Jamie Dimon is describing here is a skills issue on behalf of leadership. Managing remote teams is dif than in-person & requires time & intentionality — if he & his supervisors cant do it, that’s on them. thehill.com/business/514...
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All of us, on starting at NIH took this oath:
"I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic;
that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely..."
"I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic;
that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely..."
January 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
All of us, on starting at NIH took this oath:
"I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic;
that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely..."
"I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic;
that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely..."