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Remember last year when we said we would drop The Tribune's paywall if we raised enough money to support the transition to free? About that… 😁
The Salt Lake Tribune will drop its paywall next year, CEO tells donors at NewsMakers gala
After years of requiring people to pay for online news content, The Tribune announced an upcoming change during its 2025 annual NewsMakers Gala.
www.sltrib.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Remember last year when we said we would drop The Tribune's paywall if we raised enough money to support the transition to free? About that… 😁
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Deepest coverage of the administrative leave for @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social from @aniloza.bsky.social at STAT
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NIH abruptly places outspoken critic of Trump administration on leave
Jenna Norton, a vocal critic of Trump administration actions at the NIH, was abruptly placed on administrative leave this week.
www.statnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Deepest coverage of the administrative leave for @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social from @aniloza.bsky.social at STAT
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Gender & Women’s Studies at UW-Madison is currently hiring for a tenure-track position focused on gender/sexuality & AGING! We are an interdisciplinary department & welcome scholars across fields (humanities but also PSYCH, POP HEALTH, SOCIOLOGY, etc.) Deadline: Nov 11! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant/Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies (RISE - THRIVE) - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
jobs.wisc.edu
October 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Gender & Women’s Studies at UW-Madison is currently hiring for a tenure-track position focused on gender/sexuality & AGING! We are an interdisciplinary department & welcome scholars across fields (humanities but also PSYCH, POP HEALTH, SOCIOLOGY, etc.) Deadline: Nov 11! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
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MMWR stole the show in the first round of headlines about CDC cuts but in the chaos, many missed that the NHANES mobile team remains RIF'd. This is the backbone of this key survey that contains some of the only representative anthropometric, biochemical, clinical and dietary data on the country.
Protecting the nation’s public health demands data, whether it be new measles cases, a surge in ER visits, or shifting patterns in obesity. The most recent job cuts at the CDC threaten the mostly unseen foundation of that research enterprise.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
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CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off
NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
www.statnews.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
MMWR stole the show in the first round of headlines about CDC cuts but in the chaos, many missed that the NHANES mobile team remains RIF'd. This is the backbone of this key survey that contains some of the only representative anthropometric, biochemical, clinical and dietary data on the country.
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Did you know that your healthcare premiums are about to double because the GOP is intentionally sabotaging the Affordable Care Act and pretending that Democrats are trying to give undocumented immigrants free insurance?
October 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Did you know that your healthcare premiums are about to double because the GOP is intentionally sabotaging the Affordable Care Act and pretending that Democrats are trying to give undocumented immigrants free insurance?
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The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
September 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
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Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco
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Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco
Job Title: Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco Job Summary: The Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco invites applications for a fu...
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September 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco
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Really appreciate this from @standupforscience.bsky.social Utah organizing committee. @deseret.com.web.brid.gy Thank you @julieckiefer.bsky.social and the rest www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: RFK Jr.'s policies hurt Utah's health and economy
Utah cannot afford more reckless, anti-science leadership at the expense of our health and security.
www.deseret.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Really appreciate this from @standupforscience.bsky.social Utah organizing committee. @deseret.com.web.brid.gy Thank you @julieckiefer.bsky.social and the rest www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
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two ways you can help protect public health next:
- talking about the hearing and what the CDC officials said during it with the folks in your life who are not on here
- call your reps and senators. demand they continue using all their tools to investigate RFK Jr. cap switchboard: (202) 224-3121
- talking about the hearing and what the CDC officials said during it with the folks in your life who are not on here
- call your reps and senators. demand they continue using all their tools to investigate RFK Jr. cap switchboard: (202) 224-3121
September 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
two ways you can help protect public health next:
- talking about the hearing and what the CDC officials said during it with the folks in your life who are not on here
- call your reps and senators. demand they continue using all their tools to investigate RFK Jr. cap switchboard: (202) 224-3121
- talking about the hearing and what the CDC officials said during it with the folks in your life who are not on here
- call your reps and senators. demand they continue using all their tools to investigate RFK Jr. cap switchboard: (202) 224-3121
I’ve lived in Utah for almost 15 years. The majority of Utahns support common sense gun laws but our majority GOP legislators continue to loosen gun laws versus making our community safer. www.deseret.com/utah/2022/7/...
Utahns on guns: Red flag laws? Yes. Assault weapons ban? Yes. Universal background checks? Yes
A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute poll shows strong support for gun control measures in Utah, including red flag laws, universal background checks, raising gun buying age and banning assault weapo...
www.deseret.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I’ve lived in Utah for almost 15 years. The majority of Utahns support common sense gun laws but our majority GOP legislators continue to loosen gun laws versus making our community safer. www.deseret.com/utah/2022/7/...
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MON at 10AM:
@michaelemann.bsky.social & Peter Hotez join to discuss their daily battles against disinformation and what we can all do to counter the antiscience threat.
❓Do you have people in your life that you disagree with over science? How do you handle those discussions?
@michaelemann.bsky.social & Peter Hotez join to discuss their daily battles against disinformation and what we can all do to counter the antiscience threat.
❓Do you have people in your life that you disagree with over science? How do you handle those discussions?
Science is under siege from weaponised disinformation – posing a threat to human civilisation | Michael Mann and Peter Hotez
From Covid misinformation to climate denialism, understanding the divergent paths of Australia and the US can help us fight the powerful forces that threaten our world
t.co
September 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
MON at 10AM:
@michaelemann.bsky.social & Peter Hotez join to discuss their daily battles against disinformation and what we can all do to counter the antiscience threat.
❓Do you have people in your life that you disagree with over science? How do you handle those discussions?
@michaelemann.bsky.social & Peter Hotez join to discuss their daily battles against disinformation and what we can all do to counter the antiscience threat.
❓Do you have people in your life that you disagree with over science? How do you handle those discussions?
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🚨We're literally weeks away from a national emergency, when health insurance premiums are scheduled to skyrocket.
This disaster could be averted, but it's barely been mentioned in media & most people don't know it's happening. But it IS happening👇
www.levernews.com/why-your-hea...
This disaster could be averted, but it's barely been mentioned in media & most people don't know it's happening. But it IS happening👇
www.levernews.com/why-your-hea...
Why Your Health Insurance Premiums Could Explode Next Year
A perfect storm is coming for Obamacare in 2026.
www.levernews.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🚨We're literally weeks away from a national emergency, when health insurance premiums are scheduled to skyrocket.
This disaster could be averted, but it's barely been mentioned in media & most people don't know it's happening. But it IS happening👇
www.levernews.com/why-your-hea...
This disaster could be averted, but it's barely been mentioned in media & most people don't know it's happening. But it IS happening👇
www.levernews.com/why-your-hea...
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We are hiring into 3 (THREE!) tenure track lines this year at Wake Forest — if you’re looking please reach out, I love chatting about our department! We are a vibrant group that love & embrace the teacher-scholar model 👩🏫
August 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
We are hiring into 3 (THREE!) tenure track lines this year at Wake Forest — if you’re looking please reach out, I love chatting about our department! We are a vibrant group that love & embrace the teacher-scholar model 👩🏫
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“After he finished playing, he stood up next to the piano. Nobody clapped, because we don’t clap. I think he saw me there. He smiled. He was out of breath.” New fiction by Miriam Toews.
“Something Has Come to Light,” by Miriam Toews
He asked me if I wanted to ride with him, and I said no. He repeated that back to me. He said, No? Or . . . yes?
www.newyorker.com
August 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“After he finished playing, he stood up next to the piano. Nobody clapped, because we don’t clap. I think he saw me there. He smiled. He was out of breath.” New fiction by Miriam Toews.
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NEW: The bipartisan Senate Appropriations Committee has rejected Trump’s proposed $18 billion, 40% cut to the National Institutes of Health budget and endorsed a $400 million increase.
DO NOT GIVE UP! Our advocacy is working. Keep speaking up and calling your elected officials.
DO NOT GIVE UP! Our advocacy is working. Keep speaking up and calling your elected officials.
August 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
NEW: The bipartisan Senate Appropriations Committee has rejected Trump’s proposed $18 billion, 40% cut to the National Institutes of Health budget and endorsed a $400 million increase.
DO NOT GIVE UP! Our advocacy is working. Keep speaking up and calling your elected officials.
DO NOT GIVE UP! Our advocacy is working. Keep speaking up and calling your elected officials.
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Link to leave public comment on the deregulation of greenhouse emissions. Open until August 7. Tell your friends and share widely! www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-H...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
July 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Link to leave public comment on the deregulation of greenhouse emissions. Open until August 7. Tell your friends and share widely! www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-H...
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A funding line of 4% at NCI will have the effect of killing innovation in cancer research. In fact, it may destroy cancer research in the U.S. altogether.
Russell Vought said this is all “fun” to him, so that’s who you can thank when a loved one can’t access cutting edge cancer treatment.
Russell Vought said this is all “fun” to him, so that’s who you can thank when a loved one can’t access cutting edge cancer treatment.
Alert: The Trump administration is quietly slashing new NIH grant awards, and it's not via the budget
NIH’s sudden move to multiyear grant funding is forcing shocking cuts in the number of grants funded. This is an effective budget cut. It's bad, folks.
donmoynihan.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A funding line of 4% at NCI will have the effect of killing innovation in cancer research. In fact, it may destroy cancer research in the U.S. altogether.
Russell Vought said this is all “fun” to him, so that’s who you can thank when a loved one can’t access cutting edge cancer treatment.
Russell Vought said this is all “fun” to him, so that’s who you can thank when a loved one can’t access cutting edge cancer treatment.
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In the U.S., as nowhere else, health insurance and employment are deeply connected. And that means confusion can snare even elite athletes.
Even megastars like Venus Williams get the health insurance blues
In the U.S., as nowhere else, health insurance and employment are deeply connected. And that means confusion can snare even elite athletes.
n.pr
July 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
In the U.S., as nowhere else, health insurance and employment are deeply connected. And that means confusion can snare even elite athletes.
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The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services is a direct threat to public health.
"Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover."
"Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover."
Exclusive | RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs
The task force determines which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients.
www.wsj.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services is a direct threat to public health.
"Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover."
"Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover."
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Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy
July 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy
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NEW: In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding.
NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.
NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.
Exclusive: NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities
The move would undo years of work, leaving advisory councils understaffed, and without the full expertise needed for reviews.
www.nature.com
July 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
NEW: In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding.
NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.
NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.
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universities have not yet been hit hard by the budget cuts because we're still running on grants awarded during the last administration. this really shows how badly universities will be hurt, starting next year, when grants start ending and there's nothing to replace them.
ROSES is out
Which i guess is a win
But list for this year
Is looking quite thin
solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025
Which i guess is a win
But list for this year
Is looking quite thin
solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2025
NSPIRES - Solicitations Summary
NASA and U.S. Government policies address research and personal misconduct, and provide avenues for reporting potential violations.
solicitation.nasaprs.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
universities have not yet been hit hard by the budget cuts because we're still running on grants awarded during the last administration. this really shows how badly universities will be hurt, starting next year, when grants start ending and there's nothing to replace them.
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These are the weak points. You know what to do. First thing tomorrow, use 5calls.org and raise hell.
July 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
These are the weak points. You know what to do. First thing tomorrow, use 5calls.org and raise hell.