savethecube.bsky.social
@savethecube.bsky.social
PhD candidate, Cat Mom, and Expert Level Procrastinator. Views and unsolicited opinions are my own.
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Elon Musk, that avatar or arrogance, is trashing the US Constitution. Trumpers, is this what you voted for? An end to America?
February 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We are barely 3 weeks into this insanity. My entire department has been having a collective mental breakdown wondering if we can even do our work. How is this reality.
February 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
SCREAM LIKE A RACCOON IN A LAB COAT.
CDC staff have been forced to remove dozens of chronic health applications and to change open data sets that contain gender.
These are YOUR data and YOUR tools.

Be angry. Be LOUD.
January 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years

Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is horrifying. Researchers have shown conclusively that location can have a massive effect on health outcomes - whether it be from lack of access to care, environmental factors, or high population density. This data is incredibly valuable for things like predicting the spread of a virus.
It appears that the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) page has been removed from the CDC website.

The SVI is an important database that measures and quantifies the potential negative effects of disasters of human health at the county level.

www.atsdr.cdc.gov/place-health...
www.atsdr.cdc.gov
January 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The study parameters as described here are, at best, extremely hand wavey. This real scientist believes vaccines are the best way to protect yourself and others from vaccine preventable diseases!
Here is the study that RFKjr referenced in his hear today to justify a new vaccine schedule. This goes against what he said an hour ago btw. And the pic is the disclaimer of the study parameters. Any real scientists would read that and keep fucking walking. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
January 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
As someone whose entire career relies on NIH/NCI funding, I can say with confidence that the fear and confusion has also spread outside of the agency 😵‍💫
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health say the Trump administration's restrictions have spread fear and confusion throughout the agency.
Trump Administration Cancels Meetings, Freezes Hiring At NIH
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health say the move has sent fear and confusion throughout the agency.
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January 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Freezing NIH funding means that critical research into treatments for Alzheimer's and cancer, new vaccines against potential emerging viruses *ahem*, and much more is going to slow and potentially stop if the situation does not resolve.
The Trump administration has canceled meetings and frozen hiring at the NIH.

In today’s episode, @casey_crownhart joins us to discuss this and other other big science stories of the week. Plus, what is a meme coin?

Listen here 🎧: https://buff.ly/3Mut28J
January 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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I wrote this on one of the darkest days of my life. It gave me an anchor to hold onto.
January 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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January 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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7 days until hearings begin for RFK Jr. Call your Senators: (202) 224-3121.

“What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.”
- RFK
January 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Aside from the egg prices increasing (which will continue to happen), there has now been AT LEAST one reported human death from H5N1 in the U.S. Definitely the best time to silence the CDC and pull us out of the WHO... ldh.la.gov/news/H5N1-de...
LDH reports first U.S. H5N1-related human death | La Dept. of Health
The Louisiana Department of Health protects and promotes health and ensures access to medical, preventive and rehabilitative services for all citizens of the State of Louisiana.
ldh.la.gov
January 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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This all feels like that scene in Revenge of the Sith where the Palpatine gets emergency powers, and everyone cheers meanwhile Padmé is standing there all dumbfounded like how can anyone NOT see what the fuck is going on.
January 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Can we get the "MAGA idiot" version as an official release? Please? 🥹
If American Idiot by Greenday isn’t the #1 song on Spotify this year I don’t know what to say.
January 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Just an elder emo trying to earn her PhD before the world burns down and falls into the swamp.
January 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM