J. Michael Denton, PhD
@jmichaeldentonphd.bsky.social
Scholar of college students living with Long COVID, HIV, & other chronic illnesses. Also study gay and trans college students. Teach about higher education & student affairs.
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"Whatever their demands are — & they certainly extend beyond what the law requires — even if Harvard were to meet them, they would come up w/ a new set of demands that it hadn’t met. It’s very clear that what they want to do is run the university into the ground."
—Alison Frank Johnson, Harvard AAUP
—Alison Frank Johnson, Harvard AAUP
Trump vs. Academic Freedom: President Escalates Attacks on Harvard & International Students
Trump vs. Academic Freedom: President Escalates Attacks on Harvard & International Students
A court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to prevent Harvard University from enrolling international students. The move would cause over a quarter of Harvard’s student body...
www.democracynow.org
May 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"Whatever their demands are — & they certainly extend beyond what the law requires — even if Harvard were to meet them, they would come up w/ a new set of demands that it hadn’t met. It’s very clear that what they want to do is run the university into the ground."
—Alison Frank Johnson, Harvard AAUP
—Alison Frank Johnson, Harvard AAUP
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Contemporary Pediatrics: 'Study reveals distinct long COVID symptom patterns in young children'
'Infants and toddlers with infection history were more likely to have trouble sleeping, while preschool-aged children experienced daytime tiredness.'
www.contemporarypediatrics.com/view/study-r...
'Infants and toddlers with infection history were more likely to have trouble sleeping, while preschool-aged children experienced daytime tiredness.'
www.contemporarypediatrics.com/view/study-r...
Study reveals distinct long COVID symptom patterns in young children
Infants and toddlers with infection history were more likely to have trouble sleeping, while preschool-aged children experienced daytime tiredness.
www.contemporarypediatrics.com
May 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Contemporary Pediatrics: 'Study reveals distinct long COVID symptom patterns in young children'
'Infants and toddlers with infection history were more likely to have trouble sleeping, while preschool-aged children experienced daytime tiredness.'
www.contemporarypediatrics.com/view/study-r...
'Infants and toddlers with infection history were more likely to have trouble sleeping, while preschool-aged children experienced daytime tiredness.'
www.contemporarypediatrics.com/view/study-r...
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COVID is surging in Taiwan, meaning it's going to surge here shortly. Wear a mask indoors guys, and get vaccinated if/while you still can.
COVID-19 cases double in Taiwan, marking 7th weekly surge: CDC.
focustaiwan.tw/society/2025...
focustaiwan.tw/society/2025...
COVID-19 cases double in Taiwan, marking 7th weekly surge: CDC - Focus Taiwan
Over 40,000 people sought medical treatment for COVID-19 in Taiwan last week, more than double the previous week's figure and the seventh consecutive weekly increase, the Centers for Disease Control (...
focustaiwan.tw
May 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
COVID is surging in Taiwan, meaning it's going to surge here shortly. Wear a mask indoors guys, and get vaccinated if/while you still can.
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Our access to COVID vaccines is under attack. It’s more important than ever to make our voices heard by making public comment to the FDA by May 23 at 11:59 PM EST. Use our template available on our substack at peoplescdc.substack.com/p/vaccine-ac...
May 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Our access to COVID vaccines is under attack. It’s more important than ever to make our voices heard by making public comment to the FDA by May 23 at 11:59 PM EST. Use our template available on our substack at peoplescdc.substack.com/p/vaccine-ac...
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This refusal to engage with the substance of what people are saying and whether it's actually true in favor of meta-arguments about free speech, bias, "outsider" status, etc has totally corroded mainstream political analysis into uselessness (at best). If anything it's making people less informed
"Oh so you like it when AOC rails against elites but you don't like it when RFK Jr. rails against elites?" is utterly brain dead and absolutely EVERYWHERE.
AOC is right that inequality is bad and RFK Jr is wrong that vaccines are bad. It's not hypocritical to like one of them and not the other!!!
AOC is right that inequality is bad and RFK Jr is wrong that vaccines are bad. It's not hypocritical to like one of them and not the other!!!
May 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This refusal to engage with the substance of what people are saying and whether it's actually true in favor of meta-arguments about free speech, bias, "outsider" status, etc has totally corroded mainstream political analysis into uselessness (at best). If anything it's making people less informed
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To the Trumpists, the “enemy within” - those forces of radical leftism and globalist elites – are as acutely dangerous as the invaders from without.
In order to restore this declining nation to former glory, to Make America Great Again, it has as to be “purified” – the enemies have to be purged.
In order to restore this declining nation to former glory, to Make America Great Again, it has as to be “purified” – the enemies have to be purged.
Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
April 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
To the Trumpists, the “enemy within” - those forces of radical leftism and globalist elites – are as acutely dangerous as the invaders from without.
In order to restore this declining nation to former glory, to Make America Great Again, it has as to be “purified” – the enemies have to be purged.
In order to restore this declining nation to former glory, to Make America Great Again, it has as to be “purified” – the enemies have to be purged.
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I think there is a lesson here. Just a year ago, Bill Ackman and Mark Zuckerberg were trying to get a slate of their own candidates elected to the Harvard Board of Overseers (which is, I believe, a step below the Corporation Board). It's very good that they lost. www.cnn.com/2024/02/05/b...
Bill Ackman- and Mark Zuckerberg-backed Harvard candidates fail to get on the ballot for board election | CNN Business
Former Merck CEO Ken Frazier and KKR co-CEO Joseph Bae are joining Harvard University’s top board as the Ivy League school seeks to turn the page on a tumultuous period.
www.cnn.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I think there is a lesson here. Just a year ago, Bill Ackman and Mark Zuckerberg were trying to get a slate of their own candidates elected to the Harvard Board of Overseers (which is, I believe, a step below the Corporation Board). It's very good that they lost. www.cnn.com/2024/02/05/b...
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When ICE agents descended upon 19-year-old Merwil Guttiérez in New York City, they realized he was not the intended target of their operation — but they arrested the boy anyway.
Merwil was, in fact, in the United States legally — from Venezuela, seeking asylum.
Merwil’s father, Wilmer Guttiérez,…
Merwil was, in fact, in the United States legally — from Venezuela, seeking asylum.
Merwil’s father, Wilmer Guttiérez,…
April 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
When ICE agents descended upon 19-year-old Merwil Guttiérez in New York City, they realized he was not the intended target of their operation — but they arrested the boy anyway.
Merwil was, in fact, in the United States legally — from Venezuela, seeking asylum.
Merwil’s father, Wilmer Guttiérez,…
Merwil was, in fact, in the United States legally — from Venezuela, seeking asylum.
Merwil’s father, Wilmer Guttiérez,…
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Liberation Seder: Hundreds of Jewish Protesters Demand Release of Foreign Students Abducted by ICE
Liberation Seder: Jewish Protesters Demand Release of Foreign Students Taken by ICE
Hundreds of members of Jewish Voice for Peace in New York protested outside of the office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Monday on the third night of the major Jewish holiday Passover. They gathered...
www.democracynow.org
April 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Liberation Seder: Hundreds of Jewish Protesters Demand Release of Foreign Students Abducted by ICE
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Trump Weighs Expelling U.S. Citizens as Salvadoran Pres. Says He Won't Return Wrongfully Removed Man
Trump Weighs Expelling U.S. Citizens as Bukele Says He Won’t Return Wrongfully Removed Maryland Man
We speak to Nayna Gupta, policy director at the American Immigration Council, and José Olivares, an award-winning investigative journalist specializing in Latin American politics, about El Salvador’s...
www.democracynow.org
April 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Trump Weighs Expelling U.S. Citizens as Salvadoran Pres. Says He Won't Return Wrongfully Removed Man
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Scoop from me @thesicktimes.bsky.social: Last month's Trump administration cuts to public health funding for state & local health departments have hurt Long COVID programs in several states. This impacts state-level research, outreach, partnerships with community orgs, and more.
$11 billion CDC funding cuts may decimate Long COVID response in several states - The Sick Times
Long COVID research and communications projects in several states may be forced to shut down or curtail their efforts due to recent Trump administration cuts to public health funding. In these cuts, a...
thesicktimes.org
April 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Scoop from me @thesicktimes.bsky.social: Last month's Trump administration cuts to public health funding for state & local health departments have hurt Long COVID programs in several states. This impacts state-level research, outreach, partnerships with community orgs, and more.
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Nearly half of Princeton federal funding has reportedly been frozen by the Trump administration chroni.cl/4iRzi9d
Nearly Half of Princeton U.’s Federal Funding Has Reportedly Been Frozen by the Trump Administration
The university appears to be the next target in a campaign to go after higher education for allegedly failing to suppress campus antisemitism.
chroni.cl
April 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Nearly half of Princeton federal funding has reportedly been frozen by the Trump administration chroni.cl/4iRzi9d
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Researchers, Higher Ed Union Fight NIH’s Grant Terminations
A new lawsuit argues that canceling billions in research grants will delay scientific advancements, compromise human health and even result in deaths. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4hVBprf
A new lawsuit argues that canceling billions in research grants will delay scientific advancements, compromise human health and even result in deaths. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4hVBprf
Researchers, Higher Ed Union Fight NIH Grant Terminations
A new lawsuit argues that canceling billions in research grants will delay scientific advancements, compromise human health and even result in deaths.
bit.ly
April 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Researchers, Higher Ed Union Fight NIH’s Grant Terminations
A new lawsuit argues that canceling billions in research grants will delay scientific advancements, compromise human health and even result in deaths. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4hVBprf
A new lawsuit argues that canceling billions in research grants will delay scientific advancements, compromise human health and even result in deaths. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4hVBprf
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This is the vision set by the new head of the IMLS.
Sit with this for a minute.
Then scream loudly.
Sit with this for a minute.
Then scream loudly.
March 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This is the vision set by the new head of the IMLS.
Sit with this for a minute.
Then scream loudly.
Sit with this for a minute.
Then scream loudly.
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This really feels like a free-speech issue to me. And a health issue. Plenty of people have compromised immune systems and have to take precautions. And then some just don't like being sick, so they wear masks in crowded spaces, as many do in Asia.
Caving to Trump's demands, Columbia University says it will ban mask-wearing
Enforcing such an order while allowing exceptions for health can be a dicey matter.
www.motherjones.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This really feels like a free-speech issue to me. And a health issue. Plenty of people have compromised immune systems and have to take precautions. And then some just don't like being sick, so they wear masks in crowded spaces, as many do in Asia.
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We've been tracking unlawful NIH grant terminations for 3 weeks. Spread the word👇!
Fellow PIs: what can you do upon termination?
✅ Email PO + document questions
✅ Submit FOIA
✅ Advocate to your OCG/OSP for appeal + litigation
✅ Consider outside litigation
✅ Donate to state AGs + legal orgs
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Fellow PIs: what can you do upon termination?
✅ Email PO + document questions
✅ Submit FOIA
✅ Advocate to your OCG/OSP for appeal + litigation
✅ Consider outside litigation
✅ Donate to state AGs + legal orgs
1/🧵
Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.
Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
docs.google.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We've been tracking unlawful NIH grant terminations for 3 weeks. Spread the word👇!
Fellow PIs: what can you do upon termination?
✅ Email PO + document questions
✅ Submit FOIA
✅ Advocate to your OCG/OSP for appeal + litigation
✅ Consider outside litigation
✅ Donate to state AGs + legal orgs
1/🧵
Fellow PIs: what can you do upon termination?
✅ Email PO + document questions
✅ Submit FOIA
✅ Advocate to your OCG/OSP for appeal + litigation
✅ Consider outside litigation
✅ Donate to state AGs + legal orgs
1/🧵
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My grants were terminated.
I have heard of so many LGBTQ+ grants terminated today. I am so sorry to everyone affected. This is devastating to our communities and to us as researchers. I have nothing more eloquent, comforting, or helpful to say. This is all just immeasurably horrible.
March 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
My grants were terminated.
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The way that the word "fraud" functions in the conservative worldview is to delegitimize a benefit or right going to a person who conservatives deem naturally subordinate in racial, gender, and class hierarchies.
March 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The way that the word "fraud" functions in the conservative worldview is to delegitimize a benefit or right going to a person who conservatives deem naturally subordinate in racial, gender, and class hierarchies.
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New for @motherjones.com: Columbia University will be enacting a mask ban after caving into the Trump administration's demands. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Caving to Trump's demands, Columbia University says it will ban mask-wearing
Enforcing such an order while allowing exceptions for health can be a dicey matter.
www.motherjones.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
New for @motherjones.com: Columbia University will be enacting a mask ban after caving into the Trump administration's demands. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Sick Times engagement editor @heatherhogan.bsky.social writes about losing her identity to #LongCOVID, and about how standing up to a Trump supporter helped her start clawing that self-image back. bit.ly/3FzULEJ
March 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Sick Times engagement editor @heatherhogan.bsky.social writes about losing her identity to #LongCOVID, and about how standing up to a Trump supporter helped her start clawing that self-image back. bit.ly/3FzULEJ
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Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department was inspired by the Heritage Foundation’s decades-long disapproval of the agency
Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department was inspired by the Heritage Foundation’s decades-long disapproval of the agency
The conservative think tank’s efforts to dismantle the Education Department go back more than 40 years, a scholar writes.
theconversation.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department was inspired by the Heritage Foundation’s decades-long disapproval of the agency
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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"PLOS will not compromise on issues of scientific rigor and editorial integrity."
From a PLOS post about recent Executive Orders. I'm an editor for PLOSOne and very glad to see this family of journals not comply with anti-scientific political diktats.
#AcademicChatter #StandUpForScience
From a PLOS post about recent Executive Orders. I'm an editor for PLOSOne and very glad to see this family of journals not comply with anti-scientific political diktats.
#AcademicChatter #StandUpForScience
PLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity - The Official PLOS Blog
Since its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to…
theplosblog.plos.org
March 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"PLOS will not compromise on issues of scientific rigor and editorial integrity."
From a PLOS post about recent Executive Orders. I'm an editor for PLOSOne and very glad to see this family of journals not comply with anti-scientific political diktats.
#AcademicChatter #StandUpForScience
From a PLOS post about recent Executive Orders. I'm an editor for PLOSOne and very glad to see this family of journals not comply with anti-scientific political diktats.
#AcademicChatter #StandUpForScience
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Also, if the author was lying Meta would not be trying so hard to make the book disappear. The way they gave this book a publicity campaign for free is absolutely fascinating.
March 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Also, if the author was lying Meta would not be trying so hard to make the book disappear. The way they gave this book a publicity campaign for free is absolutely fascinating.
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Finished! My goodness. The people in power at Facebook behave in really unconscionable ways. I have never been a big FB user because it’s ugly and chaotic. Come to find out that’s a reflection of the inner workings. This was a great read. Couldn’t put it down.
March 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Finished! My goodness. The people in power at Facebook behave in really unconscionable ways. I have never been a big FB user because it’s ugly and chaotic. Come to find out that’s a reflection of the inner workings. This was a great read. Couldn’t put it down.