Alissa Gordon
@alissagordon.bsky.social
HCLS @ NVIDIA. Single mom by choice. Views are my own. (she/her)
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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🗣️President Trump’s proposed FY26 budget would roll back WIC's fruit and vegetable benefits to pre-2021 levels, before USDA’s science-based increase.
Breastfeeding moms would drop from $54 → $13
Young kids: $27 → $10
These cuts jeopardize early nutrition. Read the full NWA statement:
Breastfeeding moms would drop from $54 → $13
Young kids: $27 → $10
These cuts jeopardize early nutrition. Read the full NWA statement:
National WIC Association Condemns Trump’s Proposed Cuts to WIC’s Fruit and Vegetable Benefits
By cutting WIC’s Cash Value Benefits (CVB) for fruits and vegetables by two-thirds and reducing overall program funding, the proposal directly removes healthy food from the hands of low-income moms an...
www.nwica.org
May 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
🗣️President Trump’s proposed FY26 budget would roll back WIC's fruit and vegetable benefits to pre-2021 levels, before USDA’s science-based increase.
Breastfeeding moms would drop from $54 → $13
Young kids: $27 → $10
These cuts jeopardize early nutrition. Read the full NWA statement:
Breastfeeding moms would drop from $54 → $13
Young kids: $27 → $10
These cuts jeopardize early nutrition. Read the full NWA statement:
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People/organizations with means and a vision for the future of biomedical science - we need an “Arc Institute” equivalent in the DMV area to sponge up all the incredible talent, opportunity of a lifetime for a visionary entrepreneur, I will help! @mcuban.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
People/organizations with means and a vision for the future of biomedical science - we need an “Arc Institute” equivalent in the DMV area to sponge up all the incredible talent, opportunity of a lifetime for a visionary entrepreneur, I will help! @mcuban.bsky.social
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This was an insane team effort between Arc and Nvidia that convened machine learning and computational biology researchers across Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UCSF. Especially grateful to Jensen Huang for his belief and support of this vision and labor of love, and the entire Evo 2 team below
February 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This was an insane team effort between Arc and Nvidia that convened machine learning and computational biology researchers across Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UCSF. Especially grateful to Jensen Huang for his belief and support of this vision and labor of love, and the entire Evo 2 team below
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AI provides a universal framework that leverages data and compute at scale to uncover higher-order patterns
Today, @arcinstitute.org in collaboration with Nvidia releases Evo 2—a fully open source biological foundation model trained on genomes spanning the entire tree of life.
Today, @arcinstitute.org in collaboration with Nvidia releases Evo 2—a fully open source biological foundation model trained on genomes spanning the entire tree of life.
February 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
AI provides a universal framework that leverages data and compute at scale to uncover higher-order patterns
Today, @arcinstitute.org in collaboration with Nvidia releases Evo 2—a fully open source biological foundation model trained on genomes spanning the entire tree of life.
Today, @arcinstitute.org in collaboration with Nvidia releases Evo 2—a fully open source biological foundation model trained on genomes spanning the entire tree of life.
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BREAKING: 22 states sue NIH over Trump administration's new 15% cap on overhead for federal research grants. Suit filed federal court in Boston contends lifesaving research 'will grind to a halt' under the policy. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
BREAKING: 22 states sue NIH over Trump administration's new 15% cap on overhead for federal research grants. Suit filed federal court in Boston contends lifesaving research 'will grind to a halt' under the policy. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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vance is lying and knows he’s lying but even if he weren’t, “separation of powers means the president is an elected despot” may be true in some other political system but it has never been true in the american political system
February 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
vance is lying and knows he’s lying but even if he weren’t, “separation of powers means the president is an elected despot” may be true in some other political system but it has never been true in the american political system
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Someone might consider reminding Texas senators and congresspersons how much money the MD Anderson Cancer Center got from the NIH last year, and that their overhead rate is 62%. @mdanderson.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Someone might consider reminding Texas senators and congresspersons how much money the MD Anderson Cancer Center got from the NIH last year, and that their overhead rate is 62%. @mdanderson.bsky.social
My three year old has finally realized she can climb out of her crib. Guess it’s time to find the conversion kit for her crib.😭
January 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
My three year old has finally realized she can climb out of her crib. Guess it’s time to find the conversion kit for her crib.😭
So excited to announce NVIDIA’s collaboration with @arcinstitute.org today!
Today, Arc announced it is joining forces with @NVIDIAHealth to develop powerful computational tools that will help researchers everywhere explore and understand living systems in ways previously impossible. arcinstitute.org/news/news/ar... #Biology #Healthcare #JPM25"
Arc Institute collaborates with NVIDIA to accelerate the future of computational biomedical research | Arc Institute
Arc’s biology and machine learning researchers are working with NVIDIA’s engineers to scale the potential of AI models to design, predict, and understand biology. This collaboration will build on Arc’...
arcinstitute.org
January 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
So excited to announce NVIDIA’s collaboration with @arcinstitute.org today!
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Return-work-mandates are an invisible pay cut
Great column from @crampell.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Great column from @crampell.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
December 7, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Return-work-mandates are an invisible pay cut
Great column from @crampell.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Great column from @crampell.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Rocks near the Mars Curiosity Rover this weekend on Sol 4379. Over eons of wind erosion and other processes, the softer layers were removed, leaving this.
December 3, 2024 at 1:28 AM
Rocks near the Mars Curiosity Rover this weekend on Sol 4379. Over eons of wind erosion and other processes, the softer layers were removed, leaving this.
Finally hopping on the Bluesky train.
December 2, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Finally hopping on the Bluesky train.