Michael Olivier
@omicsolivier.bsky.social
Chemist, physiologist, geneticist, mass spectrometrist, fascinated by everything Omics. Cardiometabolic diseases, aging, and pain research in humans and NHP models. Escapee from Twitter/X my posts do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer.
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Feel free to share with any undergraduate students that may be interested!
November 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Feel free to share with any undergraduate students that may be interested!
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Please do *not* circulate this story that the NC GOP does not want circulated.
Please, they have threatened you nicely, please.
Please, they have threatened you nicely, please.
NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power.
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Please do *not* circulate this story that the NC GOP does not want circulated.
Please, they have threatened you nicely, please.
Please, they have threatened you nicely, please.
Just a nice memory on a gloomy and rainy day, this is how it looked 2 weeks ago (Price Lake, NC)
October 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Just a nice memory on a gloomy and rainy day, this is how it looked 2 weeks ago (Price Lake, NC)
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One of the few arrests that I have read about today. This is near Myrtle Beach, SC and she was driving around pointing a gun at protesters. Note the shirt.
October 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
One of the few arrests that I have read about today. This is near Myrtle Beach, SC and she was driving around pointing a gun at protesters. Note the shirt.
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Dartmouth is OUT! Thank goodness... a friend at U of A and I have been playing "Who will be the last of the 9 standing?" and it's not gonna be us!
October 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Dartmouth is OUT! Thank goodness... a friend at U of A and I have been playing "Who will be the last of the 9 standing?" and it's not gonna be us!
No Kings in Winston-Salem, NC!
October 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
No Kings in Winston-Salem, NC!
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Dartmouth’s President Balks at Trump Compact, Sources Say, as Feds Expand Offer to ‘Any Institution’ www.chronicle.com/article/dart...
Dartmouth’s President Balks at Trump Compact, Sources Say, as Feds Expand Offer to ‘Any Institution’
Sian Leah Beilock has told faculty members she won’t sign the document as written. Meanwhile, the White House’s broader proposal has shifted discussion about the deal.
www.chronicle.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Dartmouth’s President Balks at Trump Compact, Sources Say, as Feds Expand Offer to ‘Any Institution’ www.chronicle.com/article/dart...
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Universities considering capitulating to the Trump “conditions” should use this real world example to understand they will simply be destroying their own institution. bsky.app/profile/nich...
Chris Rufo's disastrous takeover of New College in Florida shows what universities would become if they sign the Trump regime's extortionary "compact."
New College was supposed to model the anti-woke conservative higher-ed Americans crave. Instead, it showed the opposite, and serves as a warning.
New College was supposed to model the anti-woke conservative higher-ed Americans crave. Instead, it showed the opposite, and serves as a warning.
October 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Universities considering capitulating to the Trump “conditions” should use this real world example to understand they will simply be destroying their own institution. bsky.app/profile/nich...
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Note that the Trump Administration is already going back to schools with whom it earlier reached "deals" (such as UPenn and Brown) for further concessions. Conceding to a bully has only emboldened them to make new demands.
October 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Note that the Trump Administration is already going back to schools with whom it earlier reached "deals" (such as UPenn and Brown) for further concessions. Conceding to a bully has only emboldened them to make new demands.
It will be interesting to see how universities will coordinate and grow a spine to oppose this: www.statesman.com/news/educati...
New Trump plan offers UT funding benefits with conditions on academics
The Trump administration named the University of Texas as one of nine schools that can access funding benefits in exchange for demands outlined in a compact.
www.statesman.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It will be interesting to see how universities will coordinate and grow a spine to oppose this: www.statesman.com/news/educati...
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This is extortion. Faculty, students, staff, alumni across the country need to get to their Presidents & Trustees today. Just say no. This blackmail only works if most everyone folds. Capitulation now means the end of American higher education for a generation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This is extortion. Faculty, students, staff, alumni across the country need to get to their Presidents & Trustees today. Just say no. This blackmail only works if most everyone folds. Capitulation now means the end of American higher education for a generation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
And people are surprised why tourism is down?!
Just a Sunday afternoon in the most touristy part of Chicago...😡
September 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
And people are surprised why tourism is down?!
May want to switch to a different TV channel occasionally?!
A rare moment of self-awareness, like when a puppy notices itself in the mirror for the first time
September 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
May want to switch to a different TV channel occasionally?!
Scary when you realize that your former trainee has not really learned much from you with regards to critical evaluation of scientific information. Fortunately for me, he is now distributing his opinions @casewestern.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Scary when you realize that your former trainee has not really learned much from you with regards to critical evaluation of scientific information. Fortunately for me, he is now distributing his opinions @casewestern.bsky.social
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My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?"
Turns out, mom was right.
Turns out, mom was right.
September 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?"
Turns out, mom was right.
Turns out, mom was right.
So much for upholding the law.... As always, only the ones we want to uphold.
Pirro's decision to no longer bring felony charges against people for possessing rifles or shotguns in D.C. (which is D.C. law) isn't looking so great right now. Good thing no one in D.C. gets excited about politics or anything.
US attorney will no longer bring felony charges against people for carrying rifles or shotguns in DC
Federal prosecutors in the nation’s capital will no longer bring felony charges against people for possessing rifles or shotguns in the District of Columbia.
apnews.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
So much for upholding the law.... As always, only the ones we want to uphold.
Anyone have any idea what type of caterpillar/insect this is? Touching it leads to really itchy skin… it is only about 1cm in size, sitting on a stalk from a strawberry leaf (or what is left of it)
August 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Anyone have any idea what type of caterpillar/insect this is? Touching it leads to really itchy skin… it is only about 1cm in size, sitting on a stalk from a strawberry leaf (or what is left of it)
For anyone still harboring the notion that everything will be fine, and we will be back to normal soon, wake up!
Updated funding curves...
Data downloaded today, but plotted through 4/15 to correct for NIH Reporter lag time).
New and Competitive Renewal Awards first
Awards being made but the rate remains lower than normal
1/2
Data downloaded today, but plotted through 4/15 to correct for NIH Reporter lag time).
New and Competitive Renewal Awards first
Awards being made but the rate remains lower than normal
1/2
April 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
For anyone still harboring the notion that everything will be fine, and we will be back to normal soon, wake up!
OMG... I guess having a privileged childhood, and growing up at a time when biomedical research and medicine where way behind its current diagnostic abilities and understanding allows you to make the most ignorant statements.
RFK JR: ADD, ADHD, Tourette syndrome, Narcolepsy, Autism.. All of these are injuries that I never heard of when I was a kid.
April 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
OMG... I guess having a privileged childhood, and growing up at a time when biomedical research and medicine where way behind its current diagnostic abilities and understanding allows you to make the most ignorant statements.
This is unbelievably shortsighted (and moronic)! Are there plans to cancel protstate cancer consortia the same way since they focus solely on men?
Lol. They really hate women and science in equal measures.
Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
April 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is unbelievably shortsighted (and moronic)! Are there plans to cancel protstate cancer consortia the same way since they focus solely on men?
Interesting to see who has not signed yet…
April 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Interesting to see who has not signed yet…
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There are many reasons to fight back, but a big one: Trump is a paper tiger. Often, fighting back works.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard (Gift Article)
An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
There are many reasons to fight back, but a big one: Trump is a paper tiger. Often, fighting back works.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...