(deleting) Alt NIH Bluesky
altnih.bsky.social
(deleting) Alt NIH Bluesky
@altnih.bsky.social
Former account. Labeled as spam due to too many posts as we were getting started. So we are removing this account.
Please follow @altnih4science.bsky.social
thank you. We'll be communicating as much as we can here.
Everyone, please ask @moderation.bsky.app to remove the 'spam' tag they added to us - we are real!
January 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Hi there - please feel free to vet us! DM open.
January 29, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Yes.
The Trump administration is now destroying NIH, which will literally cede the advantages the US has in medical and science research to China.

People should speak up about that!
January 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
We are here!
January 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This account will share information about ongoing chaos and potential damage at the NIH.

Please follow us.

And it's important for the public to stand up for scientific research. Please repost and share.

If you have personal stories of how NIH helped you or your family, we'd love to hear them.
January 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
we have one - please repost!

bsky.app/profile/altn...
This account will share information about ongoing chaos and potential damage at the NIH.

Please follow us.

And it's important for the public to stand up for scientific research. Please repost and share.

If you have personal stories of how NIH helped you or your family, we'd love to hear them.
January 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Some history of NIH:

bsky.app/profile/altn...
FDR launched the modern NIH in a speech on October 31st, 1940.

"The President officially dedicated the new National Cancer Institute along with a new central campus for the NIH. His speech voiced strong support for public health and medical research."

www.fdrlibrary.org/nih-footage
January 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
we started one - please feel free to repost
bsky.app/profile/altn...
This account will share information about ongoing chaos and potential damage at the NIH.

Please follow us.

And it's important for the public to stand up for scientific research. Please repost and share.

If you have personal stories of how NIH helped you or your family, we'd love to hear them.
January 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Can confirm many of these from our direct experience.

Thanks for your reporting, Dave.
January 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Here's a starter pack of accounts many NIH'ers follow.

go.bsky.app/JtMP6zc
January 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
And if you're a conservative who doesn't like science, you should still see that US science funding undergirds many US economic advantages.
January 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"The footage is now available on YouTube and via the NLM's blog."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrVZ...
President Roosevelt Dedicates NIH (NARA, 1940)
YouTube video by National Library of Medicine
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM