Jacob Schimelman, PhD
@schimelman.bsky.social
Neuroregeneration, Polymeric Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Bioprinting with Light • Pessoptimist for reforming academia • UG @CWRUMacro • CT, NC Raised
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The US government is considering punishing American scientists who worked with Chinese researchers *years ago, retroactively*.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The US government is considering punishing American scientists who worked with Chinese researchers *years ago, retroactively*.
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the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
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Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.
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I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
TikTok video by Jenna
www.tiktok.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
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November 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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The disappearances in Los Angeles continue. Boyle Heights is a neighborhood in East L.A., not far from the part I grew up in. It is a majority Mexican/Central American heritage community.
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Worker at Boyle Heights auto shop taken by immigration agents
A manager at an auto mechanic shop was taken by federal immigration agents Thursday morning in Boyle Heights, according to rapid response teams.
boyleheightsbeat.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The disappearances in Los Angeles continue. Boyle Heights is a neighborhood in East L.A., not far from the part I grew up in. It is a majority Mexican/Central American heritage community.
boyleheightsbeat.com/boyle-height...
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JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
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“Texas A&M University System regents voted Thursday to limit how instructors may discuss matters like gender identity and race ideology in classrooms, tightening the rules in a conservative state where debates over academic freedom have flared for months.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“Texas A&M University System regents voted Thursday to limit how instructors may discuss matters like gender identity and race ideology in classrooms, tightening the rules in a conservative state where debates over academic freedom have flared for months.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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The BBC bends the knee.
This just in: BBC chair Samir Shah has responded to Trump's legal threat by sending a "personal letter" making clear "that he and the Corporation are sorry for the edit of the President's speech." And/but the BBC also says Trump has no basis for a defamation lawsuit.
BBC statement in relation to Panorama - Trump: A Second Chance
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The BBC bends the knee.
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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So academic. Much freedom. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
So academic. Much freedom. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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Great news: Johns Hopkins makes tuition free for most undergraduate students. ($200k/year or less is about 85% of American households.)
hub.jhu.edu/2025/11/13/j...
hub.jhu.edu/2025/11/13/j...
Johns Hopkins becomes tuition-free for undergraduate students from families earning up to $200,000
New tuition promise program will offer free tuition for students from more than 85% of American households and tuition plus living expenses for families earning up to $100,000
hub.jhu.edu
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Great news: Johns Hopkins makes tuition free for most undergraduate students. ($200k/year or less is about 85% of American households.)
hub.jhu.edu/2025/11/13/j...
hub.jhu.edu/2025/11/13/j...
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Where I think it has impact is that discussed applications get stronger or more impactful review in my opinion, and when funding goes to 5%, clearer review affects (possibly) quality of inevitable resubmissions
November 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Where I think it has impact is that discussed applications get stronger or more impactful review in my opinion, and when funding goes to 5%, clearer review affects (possibly) quality of inevitable resubmissions
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ok, ok, we might as well get started. rumor is that study sections will Not Discuss ~70% of applications rather than the usual ~half.
Given how long it has been (20 years?) since anything with a 30th percentile is within reasonable discussion room of funding, I am not sure this has much impact.
Given how long it has been (20 years?) since anything with a 30th percentile is within reasonable discussion room of funding, I am not sure this has much impact.
Not sure if you saw someone say that triage is going to 70% for next two cycles supposedly?
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
ok, ok, we might as well get started. rumor is that study sections will Not Discuss ~70% of applications rather than the usual ~half.
Given how long it has been (20 years?) since anything with a 30th percentile is within reasonable discussion room of funding, I am not sure this has much impact.
Given how long it has been (20 years?) since anything with a 30th percentile is within reasonable discussion room of funding, I am not sure this has much impact.
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There's a law on the books to make corporations pay taxes on the huge profits they report to shareholders.
The Trump admin has quietly decided not to enforce it.
This de facto corporate tax break will add hundreds of billions to the deficit.
Why is no one talking about this?
The Trump admin has quietly decided not to enforce it.
This de facto corporate tax break will add hundreds of billions to the deficit.
Why is no one talking about this?
November 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
There's a law on the books to make corporations pay taxes on the huge profits they report to shareholders.
The Trump admin has quietly decided not to enforce it.
This de facto corporate tax break will add hundreds of billions to the deficit.
Why is no one talking about this?
The Trump admin has quietly decided not to enforce it.
This de facto corporate tax break will add hundreds of billions to the deficit.
Why is no one talking about this?
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At a June 10 hearing, @murray.senate.gov said that she expects that none of the Bethesda Declaration signers “face retaliation”.
Bhattacharya didn’t respond to this comment at the hearing but said in a statement the day before that “respectful dissent in science is productive”.
Bhattacharya didn’t respond to this comment at the hearing but said in a statement the day before that “respectful dissent in science is productive”.
NIH chief stands by funding cuts to ‘politicized science’ at tense hearing
Jayanta Bhattacharya says the US biomedical agency can’t continue ‘business as usual’ if it wants to restore its reputation.
www.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
At a June 10 hearing, @murray.senate.gov said that she expects that none of the Bethesda Declaration signers “face retaliation”.
Bhattacharya didn’t respond to this comment at the hearing but said in a statement the day before that “respectful dissent in science is productive”.
Bhattacharya didn’t respond to this comment at the hearing but said in a statement the day before that “respectful dissent in science is productive”.
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You really gotta follow up on an underspecified claim like “we found 186k dead people.”
People die every day, and the government is always going to be some amount behind in working out the administrative consequences, but that doesn’t mean the deceased’s EBT accounts were somehow used for fraud.
People die every day, and the government is always going to be some amount behind in working out the administrative consequences, but that doesn’t mean the deceased’s EBT accounts were somehow used for fraud.
Brooke Rollins: "SNAP is a broken program. SNAP is full of corruption. We found 186,000 dead people."
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You really gotta follow up on an underspecified claim like “we found 186k dead people.”
People die every day, and the government is always going to be some amount behind in working out the administrative consequences, but that doesn’t mean the deceased’s EBT accounts were somehow used for fraud.
People die every day, and the government is always going to be some amount behind in working out the administrative consequences, but that doesn’t mean the deceased’s EBT accounts were somehow used for fraud.
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I'm genuinely hard-pressed to describe Krauss, Chomsky or Summers as "scientists."
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I'm genuinely hard-pressed to describe Krauss, Chomsky or Summers as "scientists."
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This is the logic of a one-child policy. And for banning interstate travel. Oh and now it’s 30-million immigrants and they’re not on welfare — they’re buying houses.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is the logic of a one-child policy. And for banning interstate travel. Oh and now it’s 30-million immigrants and they’re not on welfare — they’re buying houses.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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Before we can achieve that, you first have to deal with the anti-Constitutionalist in office. Where is your statement announcing your sponsorship on articles of impeachment against President Trump? @citizensimpeachment.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Before we can achieve that, you first have to deal with the anti-Constitutionalist in office. Where is your statement announcing your sponsorship on articles of impeachment against President Trump? @citizensimpeachment.com
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We don't care who gets taken down along with the President, we are interested in transparency and justice for the victims.
It's crystal clear that he is unfit to serve, and the cover up is in plain sight. Release the Epstein Files now and then remove this man from office.
It's crystal clear that he is unfit to serve, and the cover up is in plain sight. Release the Epstein Files now and then remove this man from office.
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
We don't care who gets taken down along with the President, we are interested in transparency and justice for the victims.
It's crystal clear that he is unfit to serve, and the cover up is in plain sight. Release the Epstein Files now and then remove this man from office.
It's crystal clear that he is unfit to serve, and the cover up is in plain sight. Release the Epstein Files now and then remove this man from office.
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Proud and honored to be a part of this amazing community of people who care deeply about our communities and colleagues.
@27unihted.bsky.social
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As many of you know, more than one million federal employees have been furloughed since October 1, 2025. However, we never stop serving the people, near and far. @27unihted.bsky.social has collected 2,000 pounds of food and $20,000 for DC area food banks. #FEDStrong #NIHStrong
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Proud and honored to be a part of this amazing community of people who care deeply about our communities and colleagues.
@27unihted.bsky.social
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NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
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Friends, what is the best text/reference about dementia in old age available?
Please RT, serious responses only please - thank you!
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Please RT, serious responses only please - thank you!
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November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Friends, what is the best text/reference about dementia in old age available?
Please RT, serious responses only please - thank you!
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Please RT, serious responses only please - thank you!
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@atrupar.com left out the last part of JD's remark, "you can't shutdown the debate". Scientific debate is incongruous with rhetorical debate. In rhetoric, pathos and ethos are used to persuade. In ideal scientific debate, the quality of one's evidence and insight are all that can persuade. 1/2
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
@atrupar.com left out the last part of JD's remark, "you can't shutdown the debate". Scientific debate is incongruous with rhetorical debate. In rhetoric, pathos and ethos are used to persuade. In ideal scientific debate, the quality of one's evidence and insight are all that can persuade. 1/2