Lakota Watson 🍉 (she/they)
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Neuroscience PhD candidate | pain, social behavior, early life stress | professionally annoying 🌈 neurodiverse in neuroscience
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Last week, the President released a budget preview — and it’s bad news. It would cut or change programs people rely on. But we can fight back. Our new guide breaks it down and shows how you can take action: autisticadvocacy.org/2025/05/asan...
autisticadvocacy.org
May 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Last week, the President released a budget preview — and it’s bad news. It would cut or change programs people rely on. But we can fight back. Our new guide breaks it down and shows how you can take action: autisticadvocacy.org/2025/05/asan...
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Neuro Networks Day is May 16th, designed to celebrate and elevate our vibrant neuroscience community. Art submissions are due Monday May 5, any and all creativity welcomed!
May 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Neuro Networks Day is May 16th, designed to celebrate and elevate our vibrant neuroscience community. Art submissions are due Monday May 5, any and all creativity welcomed!
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This damage will be irreparable. www.thetransmitter.org/funding/prop...
Proposed NIH budget cut threatens ‘massive destruction of American science’
A leaked draft of a Trump administration proposal includes an approximately 40 percent cut to the National Institutes of Health’s budget and a major reorganization of its 27 institutes and centers.
www.thetransmitter.org
April 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This damage will be irreparable. www.thetransmitter.org/funding/prop...
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ASAN, Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, the Autistic People of Color Fund, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks, The Arc, and others stand united: Autistic people deserve respect, support, and science-based policy, not dangerous disinformation. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...
Leading Autism Organizations Release Joint Statement on Upholding Scientific Integrity and Supporting the Autism Community - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
April 17, 2025, Washington, D.C. – As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of Autistic individuals, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Autism Society of America, Autism…
autisticadvocacy.org
April 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
ASAN, Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, the Autistic People of Color Fund, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks, The Arc, and others stand united: Autistic people deserve respect, support, and science-based policy, not dangerous disinformation. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...
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2. Pressure Senate Dems to do maximum obstruction and bring the Senate to a halt
3. Push Chuck Schumer out of leadership for his great failure last week
4. Get on local TV across the country
5. Use social media to talk about the Trump attacks on cancer cures.
There are more. This is a start.
3. Push Chuck Schumer out of leadership for his great failure last week
4. Get on local TV across the country
5. Use social media to talk about the Trump attacks on cancer cures.
There are more. This is a start.
March 20, 2025 at 3:48 AM
2. Pressure Senate Dems to do maximum obstruction and bring the Senate to a halt
3. Push Chuck Schumer out of leadership for his great failure last week
4. Get on local TV across the country
5. Use social media to talk about the Trump attacks on cancer cures.
There are more. This is a start.
3. Push Chuck Schumer out of leadership for his great failure last week
4. Get on local TV across the country
5. Use social media to talk about the Trump attacks on cancer cures.
There are more. This is a start.
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We are NOT saying we’re giving up. There is still time to stop Trump and Musk. But great damage has already been done and the grants program is highly unstable and could collapse if more people leave.
What can we do? Some ideas:
1. Pressure university presidents to speak out
What can we do? Some ideas:
1. Pressure university presidents to speak out
March 20, 2025 at 3:48 AM
We are NOT saying we’re giving up. There is still time to stop Trump and Musk. But great damage has already been done and the grants program is highly unstable and could collapse if more people leave.
What can we do? Some ideas:
1. Pressure university presidents to speak out
What can we do? Some ideas:
1. Pressure university presidents to speak out
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"Effective March 10th, I will assume the role of Acting Deputy Director of Extramural Research." - Memoli, the Trump-selected NIH acting Director.
This is bad- centralizing control over the grant program. He delegates authority, but it brings grants under closer Trump control.
This is bad- centralizing control over the grant program. He delegates authority, but it brings grants under closer Trump control.
March 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"Effective March 10th, I will assume the role of Acting Deputy Director of Extramural Research." - Memoli, the Trump-selected NIH acting Director.
This is bad- centralizing control over the grant program. He delegates authority, but it brings grants under closer Trump control.
This is bad- centralizing control over the grant program. He delegates authority, but it brings grants under closer Trump control.
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‘It’s scary right now’: ICE holds detainees for days in bedless Baltimore cells
No beds, lack of food and medicine: The struggles inside Baltimore’s ICE holding room
Immigrants and their attorneys claim there are no beds, little food and medicine at Baltimore’s ICE holding room.
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March 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
‘It’s scary right now’: ICE holds detainees for days in bedless Baltimore cells
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It’s sad to see faces eaten by leopards, certainly, but it’s also worth remembering that people who believe they are surrounded by “DEI and extreme wokeness” are pretty much by definition the proverbial people trying to push their colleagues out of the pipeline (knowingly and on purpose or not)
March 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It’s sad to see faces eaten by leopards, certainly, but it’s also worth remembering that people who believe they are surrounded by “DEI and extreme wokeness” are pretty much by definition the proverbial people trying to push their colleagues out of the pipeline (knowingly and on purpose or not)
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How a University Fights an Authoritarian Regime:
By speaking out to the public, especially about NIH and the loss of medical research.
From @chronicle.com yesterday. See thread in quote for more.
By speaking out to the public, especially about NIH and the loss of medical research.
From @chronicle.com yesterday. See thread in quote for more.
March 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
How a University Fights an Authoritarian Regime:
By speaking out to the public, especially about NIH and the loss of medical research.
From @chronicle.com yesterday. See thread in quote for more.
By speaking out to the public, especially about NIH and the loss of medical research.
From @chronicle.com yesterday. See thread in quote for more.
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BREAKING
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring, and had temporarily revoked the diplomas of some students who have since graduated.
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring, and had temporarily revoked the diplomas of some students who have since graduated.
March 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
BREAKING
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring, and had temporarily revoked the diplomas of some students who have since graduated.
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring, and had temporarily revoked the diplomas of some students who have since graduated.
F-31D applicants who submitted their grant proposals at the Dec 8th deadline have been removed from study sections, again, over the course of the last 48 hours. @altnih4science.bsky.social #NIH
March 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
F-31D applicants who submitted their grant proposals at the Dec 8th deadline have been removed from study sections, again, over the course of the last 48 hours. @altnih4science.bsky.social #NIH
unfortunately, science and medicine will always be political and require active defense.
Anyway, check out @standupforscience.bsky.social to find your local 3/7/25 rally!
Anyway, check out @standupforscience.bsky.social to find your local 3/7/25 rally!
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March 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
unfortunately, science and medicine will always be political and require active defense.
Anyway, check out @standupforscience.bsky.social to find your local 3/7/25 rally!
Anyway, check out @standupforscience.bsky.social to find your local 3/7/25 rally!
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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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Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
2025 Study section tracking
docs.google.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
This is a perfect example of how concepts of ability (e.g. IQ) can be used to perpetuate racism in addition to ableism.
We need to be taking ableism more seriously. Historically, it has been used in eugenics as a starting point for sweeping violence and oppression
(please see whole thread)
We need to be taking ableism more seriously. Historically, it has been used in eugenics as a starting point for sweeping violence and oppression
(please see whole thread)
Like this truly morally repugnant character, now (appallingly) the Trump administration's Acting Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs www.newsbreak.com/share/380315...
Trump State Department official has repeatedly called for mass sterilization of ‘low-IQ trash’ - NewsBreak
A Trump State Department official has, on a number of occasions, called for the sterilization of “low-IQ trash,” a new report has revealed. Secretary of S
www.newsbreak.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This is a perfect example of how concepts of ability (e.g. IQ) can be used to perpetuate racism in addition to ableism.
We need to be taking ableism more seriously. Historically, it has been used in eugenics as a starting point for sweeping violence and oppression
(please see whole thread)
We need to be taking ableism more seriously. Historically, it has been used in eugenics as a starting point for sweeping violence and oppression
(please see whole thread)
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The thing about destroying NIH is NIH’s scale in medical research just dwarfs everyone else.
For ex, in 2023 the American Cancer Society gave out $64.5 million worth of grants. Sounds big, right?
But NIH’s budget was $49 billion. With a B.
Kill NIH and the floor drops out of US science.
For ex, in 2023 the American Cancer Society gave out $64.5 million worth of grants. Sounds big, right?
But NIH’s budget was $49 billion. With a B.
Kill NIH and the floor drops out of US science.
HHS might as well be wrapping a wire around a piece of metal and running a current through it and see what happens.
February 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The thing about destroying NIH is NIH’s scale in medical research just dwarfs everyone else.
For ex, in 2023 the American Cancer Society gave out $64.5 million worth of grants. Sounds big, right?
But NIH’s budget was $49 billion. With a B.
Kill NIH and the floor drops out of US science.
For ex, in 2023 the American Cancer Society gave out $64.5 million worth of grants. Sounds big, right?
But NIH’s budget was $49 billion. With a B.
Kill NIH and the floor drops out of US science.
this user hates RFK Jr
February 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
this user hates RFK Jr
a meme to interrupt the doom
February 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
a meme to interrupt the doom
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We @chronicle.com reported on Friday that applications for F31 diversity fellowships had been withdrawn.
Now, multiple scholars tell me their applications have been re-assigned to their original study sections, in a reversal of instructions NIH officials gave reviewers last week. #AcademicSky
Now, multiple scholars tell me their applications have been re-assigned to their original study sections, in a reversal of instructions NIH officials gave reviewers last week. #AcademicSky
‘We’re Being Punished’: NIH Tosses Some Grant Applications From Minority Researchers
The sudden withdrawal affects early-career scholars who applied for a prestigious federal grant with a diversity notation — flagging that they came from underrepresented backgrounds.
www.chronicle.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
We @chronicle.com reported on Friday that applications for F31 diversity fellowships had been withdrawn.
Now, multiple scholars tell me their applications have been re-assigned to their original study sections, in a reversal of instructions NIH officials gave reviewers last week. #AcademicSky
Now, multiple scholars tell me their applications have been re-assigned to their original study sections, in a reversal of instructions NIH officials gave reviewers last week. #AcademicSky
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Nearly $7 million has been “apportioned” over the past week to cover DOGE-related expenses.
February 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Nearly $7 million has been “apportioned” over the past week to cover DOGE-related expenses.
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Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
February 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
The F31 diversity grant opportunity has been wiped from NIH websites and NIH RePORTER. The “current” opportunity number is not even listed as an expired opportunity (ie there is no evidence of it ever existing.) this change was made between 5:45pm 2/3 and 3:15pm 2/4. 1/2
February 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The F31 diversity grant opportunity has been wiped from NIH websites and NIH RePORTER. The “current” opportunity number is not even listed as an expired opportunity (ie there is no evidence of it ever existing.) this change was made between 5:45pm 2/3 and 3:15pm 2/4. 1/2
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Protesters are gathering outside of the office of Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Senate Democrats.
Democratic politicians continue to vote to confirm Trump's appointees, while many are calling on them to obstruct Trump's project at every turn.
Democratic politicians continue to vote to confirm Trump's appointees, while many are calling on them to obstruct Trump's project at every turn.
We are at @schumer.senate.gov’s Peekskill office. Schumer, do your job! Deny, delay, disrupt, DEFEND!
February 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Protesters are gathering outside of the office of Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Senate Democrats.
Democratic politicians continue to vote to confirm Trump's appointees, while many are calling on them to obstruct Trump's project at every turn.
Democratic politicians continue to vote to confirm Trump's appointees, while many are calling on them to obstruct Trump's project at every turn.
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Made a guide for how to take action to protect gender affirming care. These youth and their families are in a state of terror and crisis. Check this out to learn what's happening and for an easy-to-use list of actions to take. #transnews #transgender #protecttransyouth
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February 3, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Made a guide for how to take action to protect gender affirming care. These youth and their families are in a state of terror and crisis. Check this out to learn what's happening and for an easy-to-use list of actions to take. #transnews #transgender #protecttransyouth