Zoomer Antimillenarian
@surcomplicated.bsky.social
Staunch liberal, hopeful Georgist, moderate intuitionist. Hoping to one day pass on an even better world than the one I inherited. Retweet =/= Endorsement
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The current situation of NIH science is a tragedy. So much was lost in 2025. Many of us are struggling to keep afloat. I only hope that in 2026 more people wake up to the fact that USA science has been deeply damaged. We are resilient, but we are in grave danger of losing ourselves./end
January 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
The current situation of NIH science is a tragedy. So much was lost in 2025. Many of us are struggling to keep afloat. I only hope that in 2026 more people wake up to the fact that USA science has been deeply damaged. We are resilient, but we are in grave danger of losing ourselves./end
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Scientists have to pivot to new work to get new funding. But pivots take time. A lot of time. This project that I started in Sept '21 was actually a pivot for me because of political interference in NIH policies in 2020. Yet here I am in 2026 still trying to get that pivot funded. /7
January 2, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Scientists have to pivot to new work to get new funding. But pivots take time. A lot of time. This project that I started in Sept '21 was actually a pivot for me because of political interference in NIH policies in 2020. Yet here I am in 2026 still trying to get that pivot funded. /7
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Awarded grants represent years of work. Functional teams are in place. Accumulated expertise, reagents and technology are moving science forward. Grant terminations cause massive disruption. Progress is halted, people dispersed. /6
January 2, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Awarded grants represent years of work. Functional teams are in place. Accumulated expertise, reagents and technology are moving science forward. Grant terminations cause massive disruption. Progress is halted, people dispersed. /6
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So you see we are playing a very long game. Multiply this experience by tens of thousands and you will get a sense of what the scientific enterprise involves. Years of work, huge amounts of time struggling to get data critical to get funded. Huge competition for $. /5
January 2, 2026 at 3:45 AM
So you see we are playing a very long game. Multiply this experience by tens of thousands and you will get a sense of what the scientific enterprise involves. Years of work, huge amounts of time struggling to get data critical to get funded. Huge competition for $. /5
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A R21 grant would just be 2 years of a small amount of $, but would be enough $ to actually characterize these new mice to then get enough prelim data to go for a big R01 grant which I could then use to truly understand the mechanism of this understudied human disease and work on therapeutics. /4
January 2, 2026 at 3:41 AM
A R21 grant would just be 2 years of a small amount of $, but would be enough $ to actually characterize these new mice to then get enough prelim data to go for a big R01 grant which I could then use to truly understand the mechanism of this understudied human disease and work on therapeutics. /4
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That assumes that I can get a higher fundable score - which is currently 4-5th percentile. That means that from Sept 21 - March 2027, for 5.5 years, a really exciting new project will have been hobbling along with no budget before any amount of serious work can be done. /4
January 2, 2026 at 3:33 AM
That assumes that I can get a higher fundable score - which is currently 4-5th percentile. That means that from Sept 21 - March 2027, for 5.5 years, a really exciting new project will have been hobbling along with no budget before any amount of serious work can be done. /4
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Next opportunity to submit the grant will be Feb'26 but with review delays, I doubt I'll get these review comments back in time to revise and submit on time. That means I will need to wait until the next cycle in June '26. That will be reviewed in Oct '26, with possible funding in Spring 27. /3
January 2, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Next opportunity to submit the grant will be Feb'26 but with review delays, I doubt I'll get these review comments back in time to revise and submit on time. That means I will need to wait until the next cycle in June '26. That will be reviewed in Oct '26, with possible funding in Spring 27. /3
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Submitted small NIH grant (R21) Oct'24/reviewed Feb '25 . Not discussed. Added more data, rewrote. Submitted revised grant in July '25. Supposed to be reviewed in Oct '25, but because of govt shutdown, was reviewed in Dec '25 (thanks everyone!) Scored 9th percentile. Good but not good enough /2
January 2, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Submitted small NIH grant (R21) Oct'24/reviewed Feb '25 . Not discussed. Added more data, rewrote. Submitted revised grant in July '25. Supposed to be reviewed in Oct '25, but because of govt shutdown, was reviewed in Dec '25 (thanks everyone!) Scored 9th percentile. Good but not good enough /2
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I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
January 2, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
This comparison almost makes me feel sorry for Cuomo.
Almost.
Almost.
wow, what kind of vested interest could Matt Taibbi have had in Cuomo winning? now to take a big swig of vodka and read his book about his time in Moscow.
Matt Taibbi has been melting down over Zohran Mamdani saying "collectivism" and now he's comparing Mamdani to Stalin.
January 3, 2026 at 5:14 AM
This comparison almost makes me feel sorry for Cuomo.
Almost.
Almost.
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wow, what kind of vested interest could Matt Taibbi have had in Cuomo winning? now to take a big swig of vodka and read his book about his time in Moscow.
Matt Taibbi has been melting down over Zohran Mamdani saying "collectivism" and now he's comparing Mamdani to Stalin.
January 3, 2026 at 3:46 AM
wow, what kind of vested interest could Matt Taibbi have had in Cuomo winning? now to take a big swig of vodka and read his book about his time in Moscow.
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you know what I have my issues with my job but I haven’t seen one of these fucking things in the office so I’m going to take that as a win
why not just connect yourself to the torment nexus by IV while you’re at it
why not just connect yourself to the torment nexus by IV while you’re at it
“Nicotine pouches, which have grown in popularity in recent years, including among Wall Street bankers, have become a go-to stimulant for a subset of tech workers who claim the products help them focus and get through the workday, despite health hazards.”
Tech Startups Are Handing Out Free Nicotine Pouches to Boost Productivity
A nicotine replacement for smokers has started popping up in offices in the tech industry, despite health hazards.
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:05 AM
you know what I have my issues with my job but I haven’t seen one of these fucking things in the office so I’m going to take that as a win
why not just connect yourself to the torment nexus by IV while you’re at it
why not just connect yourself to the torment nexus by IV while you’re at it
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“Nicotine pouches, which have grown in popularity in recent years, including among Wall Street bankers, have become a go-to stimulant for a subset of tech workers who claim the products help them focus and get through the workday, despite health hazards.”
Tech Startups Are Handing Out Free Nicotine Pouches to Boost Productivity
A nicotine replacement for smokers has started popping up in offices in the tech industry, despite health hazards.
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:50 AM
“Nicotine pouches, which have grown in popularity in recent years, including among Wall Street bankers, have become a go-to stimulant for a subset of tech workers who claim the products help them focus and get through the workday, despite health hazards.”
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Kinda tired of the term 'popularism' being used in this context since it seems to be implicitly conceding that pandering to right wing talking points is 'popular' which there isn't really any evidence to suggest
January 3, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Kinda tired of the term 'popularism' being used in this context since it seems to be implicitly conceding that pandering to right wing talking points is 'popular' which there isn't really any evidence to suggest
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In the last half of 2025, the President of OpenAI donated $25 million to the SuperPAC MAGA, Inc — the single largest contributor
January 3, 2026 at 1:33 AM
In the last half of 2025, the President of OpenAI donated $25 million to the SuperPAC MAGA, Inc — the single largest contributor
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the digital quality isn't good but you can watch the Nunn/McKellen/Dench Macbeth from the late 1970s here, which is excellent - www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgEs...
Macbeth - Ian McKellen - Judi Dench - William Shakespeare - Multiple Subtitles - Restored - 4K
YouTube video by Shakespeare Network
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
the digital quality isn't good but you can watch the Nunn/McKellen/Dench Macbeth from the late 1970s here, which is excellent - www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgEs...
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my school did!
Would be way better if schools showed Throne of Blood during the Macbeth section of english class
January 3, 2026 at 3:57 AM
my school did!
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More to the point, any sensible politicking requires selling your preferred policies to try and make them popular! The fact that Starmer is doing things he thinks are popular now but will be unpopular later without trying to make them more popular is malpractice on multiple levels.
January 3, 2026 at 4:55 AM
More to the point, any sensible politicking requires selling your preferred policies to try and make them popular! The fact that Starmer is doing things he thinks are popular now but will be unpopular later without trying to make them more popular is malpractice on multiple levels.
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Someone has lifted the QuickTimeVR movie files from 1994's "Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual", upscaled them then built an in-browser replica of the ITM's "Tour" module. mijofr.github.io/st-panorama/
#StarTrek
#StarTrek
Trekorama!
360° of Star Trek
mijofr.github.io
December 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Someone has lifted the QuickTimeVR movie files from 1994's "Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual", upscaled them then built an in-browser replica of the ITM's "Tour" module. mijofr.github.io/st-panorama/
#StarTrek
#StarTrek
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I mean given that he is constitutionally barred from re-election what exactly can you call this other than legalized bribery?
NEW w/ @kenvogel.bsky.social: Trump’s team raised more than $100 million for MAGA Inc. in the second half of 2025, with much of the money coming from wealthy people and corporations with issues before the administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/u...
Trump Super PAC Raised More Than $100 Million in Recent Months
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:48 AM
I mean given that he is constitutionally barred from re-election what exactly can you call this other than legalized bribery?
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“It doesn’t make sense — she was so healthy before she got sick.”
THAT’S MOST OF US. THAT’S HOW IT WORKS FOR MOST OF US.
This idea that has grown alarmingly prevalent in the last few years that it’s only weak, sickly people who could possibly be endangered by infectious disease is just so stupid.
THAT’S MOST OF US. THAT’S HOW IT WORKS FOR MOST OF US.
This idea that has grown alarmingly prevalent in the last few years that it’s only weak, sickly people who could possibly be endangered by infectious disease is just so stupid.
What doesn't make sense is the insane anti-science wave that is sweeping our country. Read the article. She wasn't vaccinated. What a senseless, preventable tragedy.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Healthy 16-year-old girl dies from flu complications: ‘It doesn’t make sense’
A 16-year-old Ohio girl has died from the flu, marking the state’s first pediatric flu death this year, Greene County officials confirmed.
www.fox8live.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:43 AM
“It doesn’t make sense — she was so healthy before she got sick.”
THAT’S MOST OF US. THAT’S HOW IT WORKS FOR MOST OF US.
This idea that has grown alarmingly prevalent in the last few years that it’s only weak, sickly people who could possibly be endangered by infectious disease is just so stupid.
THAT’S MOST OF US. THAT’S HOW IT WORKS FOR MOST OF US.
This idea that has grown alarmingly prevalent in the last few years that it’s only weak, sickly people who could possibly be endangered by infectious disease is just so stupid.
'Popularism' as Keir Starmer attempts it is a catastrophe. But you actually do need to make decisions based on what will be popular on Election Day. Of course, that's often going to differ from what is popular *right now*, which is what the typical 'popularist' pundit misses.
Wrote about the Labour Party's failed popularist experiment as feckless quant-brain U.S. liberals toy with the idea of a popularist agenda in 2026 and beyond: badfaithtimes.com/a-blaring-wa...
A Blaring Warning For The Democratic Party
Democrats don't have to wonder if popularism will fail. It already has.
badfaithtimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 AM
'Popularism' as Keir Starmer attempts it is a catastrophe. But you actually do need to make decisions based on what will be popular on Election Day. Of course, that's often going to differ from what is popular *right now*, which is what the typical 'popularist' pundit misses.
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Xi’s Strategy to Win Taiwan Without Fighting – The Diplomat thediplomat.com/2026/01/xis-...
Xi’s Strategy to Win Taiwan Without Fighting
The West anticipates an invasion. Beijing trusts its 15th Five-Year Plan.
thediplomat.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Xi’s Strategy to Win Taiwan Without Fighting – The Diplomat thediplomat.com/2026/01/xis-...
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to clarify, I am one of those weirdos and spent four full years writing and reporting on Jan 6 and the aftermath and arguing for greater accountability, please don’t yell at me
January 3, 2026 at 4:38 AM
to clarify, I am one of those weirdos and spent four full years writing and reporting on Jan 6 and the aftermath and arguing for greater accountability, please don’t yell at me
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my theory of Jan 6 is that nobody (except for a few weirdos) likes to think about it. from 2021-2025, the investigations/prosecutions meant that Biden was the guy who was making people think about it (which they hated). now Trump is the guy making them think about it and they also hate that
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Tragically, America is still living in a political era that began on Jan. 6, 2021,” the editorial board writes. “Recognizing as much is necessary to bring this era to an end before it has many more anniversaries.”
“Tragically, America is still living in a political era that began on Jan. 6, 2021,” the editorial board writes. “Recognizing as much is necessary to bring this era to an end before it has many more anniversaries.”
Opinion | Trump Is the Jan. 6 President
Tragically, America is still living in a political era that began on Jan. 6, 2021.
nyti.ms
January 2, 2026 at 5:16 PM
my theory of Jan 6 is that nobody (except for a few weirdos) likes to think about it. from 2021-2025, the investigations/prosecutions meant that Biden was the guy who was making people think about it (which they hated). now Trump is the guy making them think about it and they also hate that