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Trying to maintain a philosophy of ✌️❤️😊 amidst a world filled with hate. Here for women’s health, science, coffee, comedy, and quality creative content.
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The Trump administration’s slowdown in science funding has left U.S.-based scientists and researchers scrambling to find homes for promising work that could lead to medical treatments and cures.

Now, many are looking abroad.
The best and brightest young scientists are looking beyond the U.S. as cuts hit home
Top scientists are cutting staff at their labs. Postdocs are leaving the country. Here's how the Trump cuts are playing out at the University of Washington.
nbcnews.to
May 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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University presidents, the time is now! Unshackle the general counsel's office! File all the lawsuits! Release the faculty upon the op-ed sections! Write to your alumni, parents, and donors! You have nothing to lose but a tiny percentage of your enormous endowments... www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...
Trump Officials Freeze $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern
The funding pause amid civil rights investigations into both universities sharply escalates the Trump administration’s campaign against elite colleges.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Murphy: "It's not designed as economic policy. It's designed as political policy. Because Trump gets really excited when people have to come to him, petition the king for relief. That's what he's doing with law firms, doing with universities. That may be what he's doing with businesses."
April 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Trumpers, devour feculence. #severance
March 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Please respond with motivational quotes, or shaming, that will force me to get back to the gym. 😩 #lifein2025
March 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Somewhere, Jeff Bezos is angrily clicking “track shipment” to see what happened to his new editorial page.
March 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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The Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee, which advises federal agencies about how to measure difficult economic statistics, has been eliminated, according to a Pittsburgh professor who was one of 15 members serving on the committee.
Carnegie Mellon prof says Trump admin shuttered committee that helped track economy
The Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee, which advises federal agencies about how to measure difficult economic statistics, has been eliminated, according to a Pittsburgh professor who was ...
www.wesa.fm
March 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The definition of smug is Mike Johnson’s face. #sotu
March 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I’m here. Enduring the year 2025. How’s everyone managing? Tips for focus and self care welcome.
February 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM