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As we have noted before, if you care about government efficiency and making it work better for the people, there are few offices better than the (former) USDS and @team18f.bsky.social.
We were always thrilled to work with them and we know the whole #AltGov family sends their love. 💕
We were always thrilled to work with them and we know the whole #AltGov family sends their love. 💕
18F: We are dedicated to the American public and we're not done yet
For over 11 years, 18F has been proudly serving the American people to make government technology work better. We are non-partisan civil servants. 18F has worked on hundreds of projects, all designed ...
18f.org
March 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
As we have noted before, if you care about government efficiency and making it work better for the people, there are few offices better than the (former) USDS and @team18f.bsky.social.
We were always thrilled to work with them and we know the whole #AltGov family sends their love. 💕
We were always thrilled to work with them and we know the whole #AltGov family sends their love. 💕
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I believe Musk and DOGE disbanded 18F because we stood in the way of their "procurement capture" operation. We get the government *out* of wasteful contracts. Musk wants that money back for himself.
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
Understanding DOGE as Procurement Capture - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
March 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I believe Musk and DOGE disbanded 18F because we stood in the way of their "procurement capture" operation. We get the government *out* of wasteful contracts. Musk wants that money back for himself.
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
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Document work or resign, DOGE tells US federal workers in email
Document work or resign, DOGE tells US federal workers in email
The email comes as Elon Musk leads an effort to aggressively curtail the government workforce.
www.bbc.com
February 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Document work or resign, DOGE tells US federal workers in email
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"It’s devastating for us—and for anyone who is worried about getting Alzheimer’s, or has already gotten Alzheimer’s, and is hoping there will be better treatments in the future. It’s a huge blow.”
Scoop --> Trump-Musk cuts just resulted in the firing of numerous top researchers at NIH's center for combating Alzheimer's, sources tell me. They predict big setbacks to fighting dementias.
This cause was once championed by *Republicans.*
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
This cause was once championed by *Republicans.*
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Oops: Trump-Musk Cuts Just Wrecked an NIH Org Championed by GOPers
Republicans once lavished praise on an NIH center that deals with Alzheimer’s. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are hobbling it. What will they say now?
newrepublic.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"It’s devastating for us—and for anyone who is worried about getting Alzheimer’s, or has already gotten Alzheimer’s, and is hoping there will be better treatments in the future. It’s a huge blow.”
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Two weeks ago we wrote about why things had been relatively quiet from science activists
Things are changing — two separate protests are being planned, one by @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social and one by @standupforscience.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/r...
Things are changing — two separate protests are being planned, one by @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social and one by @standupforscience.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/r...
Young researchers mobilize to protest Trump administration’s science policies
Stunned by attacks on the scientific research system, early career scientists plan a D.C. demonstration and a national ‘Stand Up for Science’ event.
www.statnews.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Two weeks ago we wrote about why things had been relatively quiet from science activists
Things are changing — two separate protests are being planned, one by @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social and one by @standupforscience.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/r...
Things are changing — two separate protests are being planned, one by @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social and one by @standupforscience.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/r...
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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We have to stand up for science! Anyone who can join these rallies and believes that US science must be protected should come! @standupforscience.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
We have to stand up for science! Anyone who can join these rallies and believes that US science must be protected should come! @standupforscience.bsky.social
It turns out, idiocracy was the best case scenario.
February 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
It turns out, idiocracy was the best case scenario.
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Today, along with 2,000 other NIH employees, I had to clear out my office 😭
It was truly the honor of my life to work with such incredibly passionate people focused on improving human health. I’ve never experienced a more positive culture where *everyone* cared about their job and serving others.
It was truly the honor of my life to work with such incredibly passionate people focused on improving human health. I’ve never experienced a more positive culture where *everyone* cared about their job and serving others.
February 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Today, along with 2,000 other NIH employees, I had to clear out my office 😭
It was truly the honor of my life to work with such incredibly passionate people focused on improving human health. I’ve never experienced a more positive culture where *everyone* cared about their job and serving others.
It was truly the honor of my life to work with such incredibly passionate people focused on improving human health. I’ve never experienced a more positive culture where *everyone* cared about their job and serving others.
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Nuclear safety at risk as Trump fires hundreds.
The NNSA, responsible for securing nuclear weapons, is now critically understaffed. Experts warn of a “national security crisis.” Can we afford to play politics with America’s most dangerous stockpile?
The NNSA, responsible for securing nuclear weapons, is now critically understaffed. Experts warn of a “national security crisis.” Can we afford to play politics with America’s most dangerous stockpile?
February 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Nuclear safety at risk as Trump fires hundreds.
The NNSA, responsible for securing nuclear weapons, is now critically understaffed. Experts warn of a “national security crisis.” Can we afford to play politics with America’s most dangerous stockpile?
The NNSA, responsible for securing nuclear weapons, is now critically understaffed. Experts warn of a “national security crisis.” Can we afford to play politics with America’s most dangerous stockpile?
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BREAKING: Ranking Member Raskin demands Attorney General Bondi halt illegal intimidation campaign targeting the DOJ’s Public Integrity Office.
February 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
BREAKING: Ranking Member Raskin demands Attorney General Bondi halt illegal intimidation campaign targeting the DOJ’s Public Integrity Office.
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Seventy-one-year-old woman dies after being sent home from USAID funded hospital. Others die after hospitals close in refugee camps www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
US aid freeze claims first victims as oxygen supplies cut off
Seventy-one-year-old woman dies after being sent home from USAID funded hospital. Others die after hospitals close in refugee camps
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Seventy-one-year-old woman dies after being sent home from USAID funded hospital. Others die after hospitals close in refugee camps www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
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I am not a lawyer, but Stuart is (Ph.D., education policy, Univ of Arkansas; a J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School, editor of the Harvard Law Review; and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music performance from the University of Georgia.
about.me/stuartbuck
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about.me/stuartbuck
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February 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I am not a lawyer, but Stuart is (Ph.D., education policy, Univ of Arkansas; a J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School, editor of the Harvard Law Review; and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music performance from the University of Georgia.
about.me/stuartbuck
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about.me/stuartbuck
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John is right. IF you have the stomach for it, push back against the ignorance and anti-science sentiment on Twitter. I can do it in small doses only, but I make the most of my time there by amplifying sane voices, posting facts and links, and rebutting the misinformation from some big accounts.
Hey all, I know it’s a sewer, but the main action and fight on the NIH is over on Twitter. We could use your voice. I’ve already been contacted by reporters based on posts over there, it’s your best chance to be heard.
February 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
John is right. IF you have the stomach for it, push back against the ignorance and anti-science sentiment on Twitter. I can do it in small doses only, but I make the most of my time there by amplifying sane voices, posting facts and links, and rebutting the misinformation from some big accounts.
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On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-24-110: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024 NOT-OD-24-110. NIH
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Feel like you are drowning in headlines? This deluge of actions aims, in part to overwhelm. Refocus on your priorities and turn outrage into outreach.
February 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Feel like you are drowning in headlines? This deluge of actions aims, in part to overwhelm. Refocus on your priorities and turn outrage into outreach.
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Are you an HHMI-funded researcher affected by the cancellation today of IC3 (Inclusive Excellence 3)? Find me at mwadman@aaas.org or on Signal: meredithwadman.13
February 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Are you an HHMI-funded researcher affected by the cancellation today of IC3 (Inclusive Excellence 3)? Find me at mwadman@aaas.org or on Signal: meredithwadman.13
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Insanely good news if this holds up.
Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor
Prion disease is caused by misfolding of the prion protein (PrP) into pathogenic self-propagating conformations, leading to rapid-onset dementia and death. However, elimination of endogenous PrP halts...
www.science.org
February 5, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Insanely good news if this holds up.
Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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I went to my Congressman's local office today. First off, they were surprised that I was there. They said they had been getting phone calls, but I was the first walk-in. That said, the phones were not ringing off the hook. If the DC phone lines are busy, try calling the local office.
February 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I went to my Congressman's local office today. First off, they were surprised that I was there. They said they had been getting phone calls, but I was the first walk-in. That said, the phones were not ringing off the hook. If the DC phone lines are busy, try calling the local office.
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Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.
February 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.
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Incredibly moving Justin Trudeau remarks:
"We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."
"We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."
February 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Incredibly moving Justin Trudeau remarks:
"We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."
"We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."