Dr Kathleen Millen
@neurodevkathy.bsky.social
Tweets about dev biol, neurodev genetics, random cool science + life; usually with typos, so many typos
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As you celebrate the holidays, here are 10 things to know about the dramatic changes to how NSF does business. This story looks at merit review. The second part will explain the significance of NSF's new structure. www.science.org/content/arti...
Five things to know about NSF’s new rules on merit review
Fewer outsiders, less feedback, and an uncertain fate for a new science board report
www.science.org
December 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
As you celebrate the holidays, here are 10 things to know about the dramatic changes to how NSF does business. This story looks at merit review. The second part will explain the significance of NSF's new structure. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Must say, while interviews with established PIs with deep cuts to their funding are important, the principal and longest term effects are on the trainees. An entire generation wiped of confidence.
December 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen
While Bari Weiss scrambled to remove the video from YouTube, the Canadian bootleg I posted on Substack last night is still there.
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
While Bari Weiss scrambled to remove the video from YouTube, the Canadian bootleg I posted on Substack last night is still there.
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen
here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
December 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen
🤔 DID YOU KNOW?
The Stand Up for Science Foundation is now registered on Fidelity Charitable!
This means you can make tax-deductible donations (even anon!) to SUFS...it's quick, easy, and secure.
Cap off your year end giving by supporting the fight for science!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
The Stand Up for Science Foundation is now registered on Fidelity Charitable!
This means you can make tax-deductible donations (even anon!) to SUFS...it's quick, easy, and secure.
Cap off your year end giving by supporting the fight for science!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🤔 DID YOU KNOW?
The Stand Up for Science Foundation is now registered on Fidelity Charitable!
This means you can make tax-deductible donations (even anon!) to SUFS...it's quick, easy, and secure.
Cap off your year end giving by supporting the fight for science!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
The Stand Up for Science Foundation is now registered on Fidelity Charitable!
This means you can make tax-deductible donations (even anon!) to SUFS...it's quick, easy, and secure.
Cap off your year end giving by supporting the fight for science!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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High Quality version of the 60 Minutes segment on the CECOT that was cut but has now been leaked:
www.thereset.news/p/breaking-h...
www.thereset.news/p/breaking-h...
BREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Hours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled the segment, but Canada’s Global TV app received it prior to broadcast.
www.thereset.news
December 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
High Quality version of the 60 Minutes segment on the CECOT that was cut but has now been leaked:
www.thereset.news/p/breaking-h...
www.thereset.news/p/breaking-h...
My new year's resolution - relearn basic cellular biochemistry and metabolism. More and more relevant to my field. I've got to overcome PTSD of learning the Kreb's cycle in undergrad! 🧠🧪⚛️🤪
HIF1α controls somitogenesis and spine development by regulating levels of intracellular oxygen in the presomitic mesoderm https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.19.694009v1
December 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My new year's resolution - relearn basic cellular biochemistry and metabolism. More and more relevant to my field. I've got to overcome PTSD of learning the Kreb's cycle in undergrad! 🧠🧪⚛️🤪
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen
WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
December 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
There are AMAZING and often AMUSING stories about our information universe. Enjoy! Well worth your time
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
There are AMAZING and often AMUSING stories about our information universe. Enjoy! Well worth your time
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen
Can confirm: Pulled 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” segment on the El Salvador mega prison housing hundreds of Venezuelan deportees sent by the U.S. is on Global TV’s free app
December 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Can confirm: Pulled 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” segment on the El Salvador mega prison housing hundreds of Venezuelan deportees sent by the U.S. is on Global TV’s free app
AI-generated/heavily influenced grad school applications were abundant this round. They felt "off" - not genuine. In my opinion, if you are applying for a position that requires extensive critical thinking and writing, using AI for your application does NOT help your case with reviewers.
December 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
AI-generated/heavily influenced grad school applications were abundant this round. They felt "off" - not genuine. In my opinion, if you are applying for a position that requires extensive critical thinking and writing, using AI for your application does NOT help your case with reviewers.
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen
Alright scientists! It's that time again!
Time to sign up for Skype a Scientist's spring semester.
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Sign up now 🥰
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December 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Alright scientists! It's that time again!
Time to sign up for Skype a Scientist's spring semester.
Want to get matched with a classroom in 2026?
Sign up now 🥰
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Time to sign up for Skype a Scientist's spring semester.
Want to get matched with a classroom in 2026?
Sign up now 🥰
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Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen
I'm here to tell you that this is generational levels of damage.
Generational in that it will take a generation or two to fix the damage. Some damage will be unrecoverable, and that makes us all lesser.
This is not making America "great"... This is a self-inflicted wound that is mortal to many.
Generational in that it will take a generation or two to fix the damage. Some damage will be unrecoverable, and that makes us all lesser.
This is not making America "great"... This is a self-inflicted wound that is mortal to many.
The Trump administration caused seismic disruptions to the world's premier scientific superpower in 2025
go.nature.com/4qjlBmK
go.nature.com/4qjlBmK
Grant cuts, arrests, lay-offs: Trump made 2025 a tumultuous year for science
Nature - How the Trump administration caused seismic disruptions to the world’s premier scientific superpower.
go.nature.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I'm here to tell you that this is generational levels of damage.
Generational in that it will take a generation or two to fix the damage. Some damage will be unrecoverable, and that makes us all lesser.
This is not making America "great"... This is a self-inflicted wound that is mortal to many.
Generational in that it will take a generation or two to fix the damage. Some damage will be unrecoverable, and that makes us all lesser.
This is not making America "great"... This is a self-inflicted wound that is mortal to many.
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Oh my God it just keeps getting worse. This #RFK sponsored #hepatitis vaccine trial in #Guinea-Bissau is being run by people whose research methods have been totally discredited. This isn’t research, it’s gun-for-hire antivax nonsense. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What is actually the emerging evidence about non-specific vaccine effects in randomized trials from the Bandim Health Project?
www.sciencedirect.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Oh my God it just keeps getting worse. This #RFK sponsored #hepatitis vaccine trial in #Guinea-Bissau is being run by people whose research methods have been totally discredited. This isn’t research, it’s gun-for-hire antivax nonsense. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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In addition to creating chaos around issues that are not on his priority list, Director Bhattacharya appears to be incapable of delivering on issues that he claims are high priorities for him.
Incompetent or dishonest (or both)?
4/4
Incompetent or dishonest (or both)?
4/4
a woman standing in front of a computer with the words " the level of incompetence in this office is stag-ger-ing "
ALT: a woman standing in front of a computer with the words " the level of incompetence in this office is stag-ger-ing "
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
In addition to creating chaos around issues that are not on his priority list, Director Bhattacharya appears to be incapable of delivering on issues that he claims are high priorities for him.
Incompetent or dishonest (or both)?
4/4
Incompetent or dishonest (or both)?
4/4
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen
This is a wildly unethical study that would be illegal to conduct in the United States. Have you heard of the Tuskegee experiments (crimes against humanity)? This sounds like that.
CDC awards $1.6 million for new hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea-Bissau. Although the award recipients aren't named, the grant seems tailored to Danish researchers whose work is championed by anti-vaxxers but challenged by mainstream scientists.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
CDC awards $1.6 million for hepatitis B vaccine study, likely to controversial Danish researchers
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is a wildly unethical study that would be illegal to conduct in the United States. Have you heard of the Tuskegee experiments (crimes against humanity)? This sounds like that.
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A story that should shock our collective conscience: After Trump Cuts to Kenya Food Aid, Children Died of Starvation
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A story that should shock our collective conscience: After Trump Cuts to Kenya Food Aid, Children Died of Starvation
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen
The world's leader in science is dismantling itself. For nothing.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The world's leader in science is dismantling itself. For nothing.
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Mind blowing new preprint and Bluetorial by @krishnanyamuna.bsky.social! Shows how much we have yet to learn about cellular chemistry, the curtains get pulled back more and more with each new technology her lab invents! 👏 👏
Organelles do NOT have a single uniform pH.
And if you think they must, because “protons diffuse fast,” this paper is for you.
A thread on why that assumption is wrong; and what we found instead. 🧵 1/n
And if you think they must, because “protons diffuse fast,” this paper is for you.
A thread on why that assumption is wrong; and what we found instead. 🧵 1/n
Organelles harbour pH gradients https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.12.694065v1
December 17, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Mind blowing new preprint and Bluetorial by @krishnanyamuna.bsky.social! Shows how much we have yet to learn about cellular chemistry, the curtains get pulled back more and more with each new technology her lab invents! 👏 👏
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Tap tap tap. Does this work? @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is serves the people. Not the political will. We are #scientists.
#NIHStrong #imwithjenna #BethesdaDeclaration
#NIHStrong #imwithjenna #BethesdaDeclaration
December 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Tap tap tap. Does this work? @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is serves the people. Not the political will. We are #scientists.
#NIHStrong #imwithjenna #BethesdaDeclaration
#NIHStrong #imwithjenna #BethesdaDeclaration