Alpay Temiz
@nuts1976.bsky.social
Computational scientist, cancer researcher, immigrant, Penguins hockey fan, Pittsburgh Steelers fan, forget about the Pirates!
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Want to see the economic impact of #NIH grant cuts in your community? Check out @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and colleagues' project here. Tell your friends and neighbors what is happening. scienceimpacts.org
SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
scienceimpacts.org
August 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Want to see the economic impact of #NIH grant cuts in your community? Check out @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and colleagues' project here. Tell your friends and neighbors what is happening. scienceimpacts.org
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An authoritarian government is consolidating power. People are stirring, but no adequate response is being waged—yet.
What's your take on the moment we're living through in 50 words or less. [you able to quote post]
August 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
An authoritarian government is consolidating power. People are stirring, but no adequate response is being waged—yet.
Picking a book for my book club and thorn between: The Code Breakers by Walter Isaacson, The Body by Bill Brysson, myth America by Kevin Kruse and Terry Prattchett A life with footnotes by Rob Wilkins. Help!!
August 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Picking a book for my book club and thorn between: The Code Breakers by Walter Isaacson, The Body by Bill Brysson, myth America by Kevin Kruse and Terry Prattchett A life with footnotes by Rob Wilkins. Help!!
Terry Pratchett
Tom Holt
Bill Brysson
Walter Isaacson
Patrick O’Brian
Tom Clancy
Robert Ludlum
Stephen King
Clive Cussler
J.R.R. Tolkien
Tom Holt
Bill Brysson
Walter Isaacson
Patrick O’Brian
Tom Clancy
Robert Ludlum
Stephen King
Clive Cussler
J.R.R. Tolkien
10 Writers whom I've read more than 5 books:
Arthur C. Clarke
Isaac Asimov
H.G. Wells
Stephen King
Clive Cussler
Ray Bradbury
J.R.R. Tolkien
Michael Crichton
Harry Harrison
Bill Bryson
#Booksky
Arthur C. Clarke
Isaac Asimov
H.G. Wells
Stephen King
Clive Cussler
Ray Bradbury
J.R.R. Tolkien
Michael Crichton
Harry Harrison
Bill Bryson
#Booksky
10 Writers whom I've read more than 5 books:
(Want another 10?😁)
#Booksky
Douglas Adams
Piers Anthony
Michael Bond
Peter Clines
Glen Cook
Blake Crouch
Joe Haldeman
Dean Koontz
Dan Simmons
John Wyndham
(Want another 10?😁)
#Booksky
Douglas Adams
Piers Anthony
Michael Bond
Peter Clines
Glen Cook
Blake Crouch
Joe Haldeman
Dean Koontz
Dan Simmons
John Wyndham
August 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Terry Pratchett
Tom Holt
Bill Brysson
Walter Isaacson
Patrick O’Brian
Tom Clancy
Robert Ludlum
Stephen King
Clive Cussler
J.R.R. Tolkien
Tom Holt
Bill Brysson
Walter Isaacson
Patrick O’Brian
Tom Clancy
Robert Ludlum
Stephen King
Clive Cussler
J.R.R. Tolkien
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STOP conceding that Trump can legitimately expand grab by deploying baseless claims of “emergency.”
There was NO EMERGENCY to justify tariffs.
There was NO “INVASION” to justify this migrant crackdown.
And there is NO “EMERGENCY” that justifies military takeover of local law enforcement in D.C.
There was NO EMERGENCY to justify tariffs.
There was NO “INVASION” to justify this migrant crackdown.
And there is NO “EMERGENCY” that justifies military takeover of local law enforcement in D.C.
August 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
STOP conceding that Trump can legitimately expand grab by deploying baseless claims of “emergency.”
There was NO EMERGENCY to justify tariffs.
There was NO “INVASION” to justify this migrant crackdown.
And there is NO “EMERGENCY” that justifies military takeover of local law enforcement in D.C.
There was NO EMERGENCY to justify tariffs.
There was NO “INVASION” to justify this migrant crackdown.
And there is NO “EMERGENCY” that justifies military takeover of local law enforcement in D.C.
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Today, Bhattacharya sent a document entitled
"NIH Priorities and Internal Review of Intramural and Extramural Programs"
to Institute and Center Directors and other leaders.
I am trying to get a clean copy.
These "Priorities" will likely be "Agency Priorities" for grant funding and termination.
"NIH Priorities and Internal Review of Intramural and Extramural Programs"
to Institute and Center Directors and other leaders.
I am trying to get a clean copy.
These "Priorities" will likely be "Agency Priorities" for grant funding and termination.
a cartoon character from south park is holding a puppet that says pay attention
ALT: a cartoon character from south park is holding a puppet that says pay attention
media.tenor.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Today, Bhattacharya sent a document entitled
"NIH Priorities and Internal Review of Intramural and Extramural Programs"
to Institute and Center Directors and other leaders.
I am trying to get a clean copy.
These "Priorities" will likely be "Agency Priorities" for grant funding and termination.
"NIH Priorities and Internal Review of Intramural and Extramural Programs"
to Institute and Center Directors and other leaders.
I am trying to get a clean copy.
These "Priorities" will likely be "Agency Priorities" for grant funding and termination.
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And so it begins... NIAID has issued 20 R01s with 4 year budgets (i.e. Multi-year funded) since 7/7/25. These are almost unheard of in the past.
In order to understand and communicate about the implications of this multi-year funding scheme, I put together a simple computer simulation.
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a cat wearing glasses and a bow tie is sitting on a laptop
ALT: a cat wearing glasses and a bow tie is sitting on a laptop
media.tenor.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
And so it begins... NIAID has issued 20 R01s with 4 year budgets (i.e. Multi-year funded) since 7/7/25. These are almost unheard of in the past.
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Control-F Fascism
Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
June 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Control-F Fascism
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I know I'm not the first person or even the millionth person to point this out; it's not even the first time *I* have said it, but this is what actual First Amendment violations look like and the fact that none of the supposed free speech warriors are saying anything about it tells us everything.
Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
June 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I know I'm not the first person or even the millionth person to point this out; it's not even the first time *I* have said it, but this is what actual First Amendment violations look like and the fact that none of the supposed free speech warriors are saying anything about it tells us everything.
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The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid
June 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid
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Always loved the people who are like, "But my ancestors came here the legal way!" and by that they mean they arrived via ratship to an island, a man asked them their name, they were like, "Uh, Jeff... Smith?" another guy said "sure?" and then they became permanent residents of the United States.
Bit rich complaining about New York being taken over by immigrants when there's a big fucking statue in the harbour that invites everyone to come live there.
June 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Always loved the people who are like, "But my ancestors came here the legal way!" and by that they mean they arrived via ratship to an island, a man asked them their name, they were like, "Uh, Jeff... Smith?" another guy said "sure?" and then they became permanent residents of the United States.
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yes it’s a big mystery why people who think empathy is evil don’t become therapists
The idea that conservative ideology should be equally represented in everything is ironically a very liberal idea
June 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
yes it’s a big mystery why people who think empathy is evil don’t become therapists
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Someone on here suggested a MN state law requiring all law enforcement to wear badge, nametag & no masks. I would support that for any & every state. Call it the Hortman Act.
June 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Someone on here suggested a MN state law requiring all law enforcement to wear badge, nametag & no masks. I would support that for any & every state. Call it the Hortman Act.
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
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“Medicine doesn’t treat the root cause, it just treats the symptoms.”
—Every wellness grifter ever
Should someone tell them that we LITERALLY eradicated smallpox from humanity because we identified the root cause?
The root cause is the Variola virus.
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—Every wellness grifter ever
Should someone tell them that we LITERALLY eradicated smallpox from humanity because we identified the root cause?
The root cause is the Variola virus.
1/
May 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“Medicine doesn’t treat the root cause, it just treats the symptoms.”
—Every wellness grifter ever
Should someone tell them that we LITERALLY eradicated smallpox from humanity because we identified the root cause?
The root cause is the Variola virus.
1/
—Every wellness grifter ever
Should someone tell them that we LITERALLY eradicated smallpox from humanity because we identified the root cause?
The root cause is the Variola virus.
1/
Because most maga think this is the only way to make real vaccine. I have personally tried to talk to them regarding mRNA vaccines and they refuse to believe they can be vaccines. Completely brainwashed.
This is 0% surprising to those of us who know Matt Memoli personally. He’s a bad scientist (and a lot of other things too). He’s absolutely unqualified to be anywhere near NIH leadership.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/03/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/05/03/n...
Scientists question NIH project’s use of 20th century technology to make a universal flu vaccine
$500 million NIH program to make vaccines against pathogens that can trigger pandemics uses approach pioneered in last century
www.statnews.com
May 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Because most maga think this is the only way to make real vaccine. I have personally tried to talk to them regarding mRNA vaccines and they refuse to believe they can be vaccines. Completely brainwashed.
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ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
the word alert is in a purple circle
ALT: the word alert is in a purple circle
media.tenor.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
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Here’s a post I did partly in tribute to the NIH Clinical Center back in 2023 when, once again, they saved my diseased ass.
The idea of purposefully weakening this glorious American institution is stupid and shameful. edroso.substack.com/p/post-op-ii
The idea of purposefully weakening this glorious American institution is stupid and shameful. edroso.substack.com/p/post-op-ii
Post-Op (II)
Ray of light
edroso.substack.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Here’s a post I did partly in tribute to the NIH Clinical Center back in 2023 when, once again, they saved my diseased ass.
The idea of purposefully weakening this glorious American institution is stupid and shameful. edroso.substack.com/p/post-op-ii
The idea of purposefully weakening this glorious American institution is stupid and shameful. edroso.substack.com/p/post-op-ii
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I would be making a big deal out of this if I were an elected Democrat
NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.
A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I would be making a big deal out of this if I were an elected Democrat
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The situation at the NIH and for all biomedical and cancer cure research in the United States is MUCH MUCH WORSE than you realize.
Ruining studies and potentially harming research subjects...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The NIH’s Most Reckless Cuts Yet
Ending clinical trials with no warning can put patients at risk.
www.theatlantic.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The situation at the NIH and for all biomedical and cancer cure research in the United States is MUCH MUCH WORSE than you realize.
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Democrats built their entire party structure on polite deference, seniority, and chasing bipartisanship—as opposed to elevating the most talented and passionate politicians.
...Leaving too many pale, stale (and, frankly, male) lawmakers in prominent positions.
...Leaving too many pale, stale (and, frankly, male) lawmakers in prominent positions.
Primary Every Democrat
It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.
newrepublic.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Democrats built their entire party structure on polite deference, seniority, and chasing bipartisanship—as opposed to elevating the most talented and passionate politicians.
...Leaving too many pale, stale (and, frankly, male) lawmakers in prominent positions.
...Leaving too many pale, stale (and, frankly, male) lawmakers in prominent positions.
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What Republicans are pushing here is not a continuing resolution. In this case, C-R stands for Complete Resignation.
Republicans are ceding more discretion to two billionaires to decide what does and does not, get funded in their states.
It is a power grab CR. I will vote NO.
Republicans are ceding more discretion to two billionaires to decide what does and does not, get funded in their states.
It is a power grab CR. I will vote NO.
March 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
What Republicans are pushing here is not a continuing resolution. In this case, C-R stands for Complete Resignation.
Republicans are ceding more discretion to two billionaires to decide what does and does not, get funded in their states.
It is a power grab CR. I will vote NO.
Republicans are ceding more discretion to two billionaires to decide what does and does not, get funded in their states.
It is a power grab CR. I will vote NO.
When you have tunnel vision it does not matter how smart/educated you are
That awkward moment when you get exactly what you voted for.
“You are the DUMBEST smart person I have ever met”
“You are the DUMBEST smart person I have ever met”
March 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
When you have tunnel vision it does not matter how smart/educated you are