Stacy Lu
@moxieluhu.bsky.social
Writer, mainly science, health and medicine. Mental health, psychology, addiction, neuroscience, obesity, nutrition. Ex #NIH. Public transport & walkable city aficionada.
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Um, this would flat-out destroy multiple areas of research. Is that the intent here?
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Um, this would flat-out destroy multiple areas of research. Is that the intent here?
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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By cutting surveys of public health, the US government won't be able to properly tackle problems ranging from drug addiction to food insecurity
The Trump administration is playing peekaboo with reality
By cutting surveys of public health, the US government won't be able to properly tackle problems ranging from drug addiction to food insecurity
www.newscientist.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
By cutting surveys of public health, the US government won't be able to properly tackle problems ranging from drug addiction to food insecurity
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Still an all-time classic! 🐋💥
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Still an all-time classic! 🐋💥
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Deep-sea mining starves life in the ocean’s twilight zone www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... 🦑🌎🧪
Deep-sea mining starves life in the ocean’s twilight zone
Scientists have discovered that deep-sea mining plumes can strip vital nutrition from the ocean’s twilight zone, replacing natural food with nutrient-poor sediment. The resulting “junk food” effect…
www.sciencedaily.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Deep-sea mining starves life in the ocean’s twilight zone www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... 🦑🌎🧪
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
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We are choosing to have expensive energy so rich people can get richer.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
We are choosing to have expensive energy so rich people can get richer.
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Study: Demographic shifts will fuel increase in drug-resistant bloodstream infections in Europe
The modeling study predicts the rate of drug-resistant BSIs will rise sharply in Europe over the next 5 years, driven primarily by an aging population.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
The modeling study predicts the rate of drug-resistant BSIs will rise sharply in Europe over the next 5 years, driven primarily by an aging population.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
November 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Study: Demographic shifts will fuel increase in drug-resistant bloodstream infections in Europe
The modeling study predicts the rate of drug-resistant BSIs will rise sharply in Europe over the next 5 years, driven primarily by an aging population.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
The modeling study predicts the rate of drug-resistant BSIs will rise sharply in Europe over the next 5 years, driven primarily by an aging population.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
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Can we call tonight the Ballroom Blowout?
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Can we call tonight the Ballroom Blowout?
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
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The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
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In what's become an annual NYC Marathon tradition, here's a repost of something I wrote in 2013 back when blogging was still a thing and my daughter was much younger. "Why does it take a marathon for us to make a street for people? Why aren’t we doing this in every neighborhood every weekend?"
When A Kid Owns the Road
Fourth Avenue is one of Brooklyn’s most dangerous streets for pedestrians, and despite a slew of recent safety improvements it still largely functions as a highway, funneling drivers back and…
brooklynspoke.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
In what's become an annual NYC Marathon tradition, here's a repost of something I wrote in 2013 back when blogging was still a thing and my daughter was much younger. "Why does it take a marathon for us to make a street for people? Why aren’t we doing this in every neighborhood every weekend?"
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November 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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After having been car-dependent for nearly 20 years, I am absolutely loving living in a 15 minute city
I honestly have no idea why anyone* would be against being able to walk everywhere
*unless you were beholden to the petrochemical industry of course
I honestly have no idea why anyone* would be against being able to walk everywhere
*unless you were beholden to the petrochemical industry of course
October 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
After having been car-dependent for nearly 20 years, I am absolutely loving living in a 15 minute city
I honestly have no idea why anyone* would be against being able to walk everywhere
*unless you were beholden to the petrochemical industry of course
I honestly have no idea why anyone* would be against being able to walk everywhere
*unless you were beholden to the petrochemical industry of course
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The federal agency SAMHSA funds programs focused on suicide prevention, teen alcohol use, opioid addiction treatment, and school-based mental health, among others.
Amid a continued addiction and mental health crisis, it's being stripped of power: www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/s...?
Amid a continued addiction and mental health crisis, it's being stripped of power: www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/s...?
Trump cuts have decimated the federal addiction and mental health agency
The Trump administration has dismantled big chunks of the federal agency focused on mental health and addiction treatment, reducing its staff by more than half
www.statnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The federal agency SAMHSA funds programs focused on suicide prevention, teen alcohol use, opioid addiction treatment, and school-based mental health, among others.
Amid a continued addiction and mental health crisis, it's being stripped of power: www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/s...?
Amid a continued addiction and mental health crisis, it's being stripped of power: www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/s...?
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Drivers will never stop being takers unless we make them pay what car infrastructure actually costs.
October 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Drivers will never stop being takers unless we make them pay what car infrastructure actually costs.
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NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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A traffic jam in a pivotal wilderness area that's full of animals, including bears. A regular occurrence for that area and emblematic of a real issue: Where does your right to view wildlife end and the wildlife's right to just go about their lives without interference or constant stress begin?
October 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A traffic jam in a pivotal wilderness area that's full of animals, including bears. A regular occurrence for that area and emblematic of a real issue: Where does your right to view wildlife end and the wildlife's right to just go about their lives without interference or constant stress begin?
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One food bank in Virginia saw a 65% increase in visitors since last year, more than at the height of the pandemic.
“We thought it would come back down and it hasn’t,” the food bank’s chief philanthropy officer said. “It keeps growing.”
(Published Oct. 3)
“We thought it would come back down and it hasn’t,” the food bank’s chief philanthropy officer said. “It keeps growing.”
(Published Oct. 3)
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
One food bank in Virginia saw a 65% increase in visitors since last year, more than at the height of the pandemic.
“We thought it would come back down and it hasn’t,” the food bank’s chief philanthropy officer said. “It keeps growing.”
(Published Oct. 3)
“We thought it would come back down and it hasn’t,” the food bank’s chief philanthropy officer said. “It keeps growing.”
(Published Oct. 3)
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Measles is back
Whooping cough is back
Now, diphtheria is staging a return with large outbreaks now in Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Chad — countries with civil wars or large populations of refugees where vaccination coverage is low...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h... @stephanienolen.bsky.social
Whooping cough is back
Now, diphtheria is staging a return with large outbreaks now in Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Chad — countries with civil wars or large populations of refugees where vaccination coverage is low...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h... @stephanienolen.bsky.social
Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Measles is back
Whooping cough is back
Now, diphtheria is staging a return with large outbreaks now in Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Chad — countries with civil wars or large populations of refugees where vaccination coverage is low...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h... @stephanienolen.bsky.social
Whooping cough is back
Now, diphtheria is staging a return with large outbreaks now in Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Chad — countries with civil wars or large populations of refugees where vaccination coverage is low...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h... @stephanienolen.bsky.social