Desiree Marshall
@desireeannmarshall.bsky.social
Forensic Pathologist and Neuropathologist (She/Her) 🧠🔬Finder of beauty in unexpected places.
Bird/bug nerd. Amateur artist and photographer. Powered by ADHD, curiosity, aesthetics, and empathy. Stay weird 😉
#sciart #buglove #macro #pathsky #meded #PNW
Bird/bug nerd. Amateur artist and photographer. Powered by ADHD, curiosity, aesthetics, and empathy. Stay weird 😉
#sciart #buglove #macro #pathsky #meded #PNW
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As a biologist, I'm appalled at pride the White House takes in willful ignorance.
In yesterday's executive order about NPR and PBS, their first example of "the trash that passes for `news' at NPR and PBS" is the statement that "banana slugs are hermaphrodites."
But this is unequivocal fact.
In yesterday's executive order about NPR and PBS, their first example of "the trash that passes for `news' at NPR and PBS" is the statement that "banana slugs are hermaphrodites."
But this is unequivocal fact.
The NPR, PBS Grift Has Ripped Us Off for Too Long
For years, American taxpayers have been on the hook for subsidizing National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), which spread
www.whitehouse.gov
April 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
As a biologist, I'm appalled at pride the White House takes in willful ignorance.
In yesterday's executive order about NPR and PBS, their first example of "the trash that passes for `news' at NPR and PBS" is the statement that "banana slugs are hermaphrodites."
But this is unequivocal fact.
In yesterday's executive order about NPR and PBS, their first example of "the trash that passes for `news' at NPR and PBS" is the statement that "banana slugs are hermaphrodites."
But this is unequivocal fact.
My home institution 😢
Funding for the University of Washington’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center’s expires at month’s end, amid an unprecedented stall in federal research funding.
Patient care, long-term studies and 4,000 brains donated for research hang in the balance.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Patient care, long-term studies and 4,000 brains donated for research hang in the balance.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
One of the country's leading Alzheimer's projects is in jeopardy
A pause to NIH funding has researchers scrambling for contingency plans at the University of Washington’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The center’s brain bank is preserving more than 4,000 bra...
www.nbcnews.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
My home institution 😢
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At @standupforscience.bsky.social and the signs are statistically significantly excellent
March 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
At @standupforscience.bsky.social and the signs are statistically significantly excellent
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I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.
CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel
It’s just the latest “Orwellian” crackdown on government scientists.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.
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This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
February 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.
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Attended the Union of Concerned Scientist's webinar about protecting scientists engaged in advocacy and I think the most important message was: The more people who do it, the safer we all are.
See the list of resources they shared below. Carry your weight and let others carry you!
See the list of resources they shared below. Carry your weight and let others carry you!
ucs-documents.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Attended the Union of Concerned Scientist's webinar about protecting scientists engaged in advocacy and I think the most important message was: The more people who do it, the safer we all are.
See the list of resources they shared below. Carry your weight and let others carry you!
See the list of resources they shared below. Carry your weight and let others carry you!
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Sec. Kennedy, you're incorrect. This *is* an unusual year for measles. This year has already passed 8 out of the past 15 years' *annual* counts. And we are only 2.5 months into 2025.
Rather than falsehoods, you should publicly state support for MMR. Today marks the first measles death in 10 years.
Rather than falsehoods, you should publicly state support for MMR. Today marks the first measles death in 10 years.
February 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Sec. Kennedy, you're incorrect. This *is* an unusual year for measles. This year has already passed 8 out of the past 15 years' *annual* counts. And we are only 2.5 months into 2025.
Rather than falsehoods, you should publicly state support for MMR. Today marks the first measles death in 10 years.
Rather than falsehoods, you should publicly state support for MMR. Today marks the first measles death in 10 years.
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“Together, these actions will make people in the United States and around the world less prosperous and more vulnerable.”
“We at Nature denounce this assault on science. And we encourage the global research community, wherever they can, to voice their opposition.”
“We at Nature denounce this assault on science. And we encourage the global research community, wherever they can, to voice their opposition.”
US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.
https://go.nature.com/4kd1vIu
https://go.nature.com/4kd1vIu
Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere
US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.
go.nature.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“Together, these actions will make people in the United States and around the world less prosperous and more vulnerable.”
“We at Nature denounce this assault on science. And we encourage the global research community, wherever they can, to voice their opposition.”
“We at Nature denounce this assault on science. And we encourage the global research community, wherever they can, to voice their opposition.”
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The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
February 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
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Scientific data isn’t political—it’s essential. ACOG calls on policymakers to protect scientific integrity: make research freely available, safeguard expertise, invest in medical innovation, and expand access to evidence-based care. Read our full statement: bit.ly/40FIk13
February 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Scientific data isn’t political—it’s essential. ACOG calls on policymakers to protect scientific integrity: make research freely available, safeguard expertise, invest in medical innovation, and expand access to evidence-based care. Read our full statement: bit.ly/40FIk13
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Any talk you hear from the current administration about making the US more competitive in science and technology is utter bullshit. What they are doing is sabotaging our country for years if not decades to come.
The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
www.wesa.fm
February 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Any talk you hear from the current administration about making the US more competitive in science and technology is utter bullshit. What they are doing is sabotaging our country for years if not decades to come.
FFS
Here’s the email everyone is getting from OPM. Embarrassing stuff.
February 23, 2025 at 6:59 AM
FFS
Tarantula paws 🥹 They really do have the cutest little feet.
Pardon the dirt though lol 😆
#macro #macrophotography #tarantula #tarantulapaws #arachnid #spider #brachypelmaboehmei #acanthoscurriageniculata
#spidersaturday #inverts #bugsky #spidersky
Pardon the dirt though lol 😆
#macro #macrophotography #tarantula #tarantulapaws #arachnid #spider #brachypelmaboehmei #acanthoscurriageniculata
#spidersaturday #inverts #bugsky #spidersky
February 23, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Tarantula paws 🥹 They really do have the cutest little feet.
Pardon the dirt though lol 😆
#macro #macrophotography #tarantula #tarantulapaws #arachnid #spider #brachypelmaboehmei #acanthoscurriageniculata
#spidersaturday #inverts #bugsky #spidersky
Pardon the dirt though lol 😆
#macro #macrophotography #tarantula #tarantulapaws #arachnid #spider #brachypelmaboehmei #acanthoscurriageniculata
#spidersaturday #inverts #bugsky #spidersky
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For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come
www.technologyreview.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
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Apparently, the University of Washington School of Medicine has frozen all non-clinical hiring in response to the Trump/Musk administration attacks on science and science funding.
Destroying healthcare to own the libs.
Destroying healthcare to own the libs.
February 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Apparently, the University of Washington School of Medicine has frozen all non-clinical hiring in response to the Trump/Musk administration attacks on science and science funding.
Destroying healthcare to own the libs.
Destroying healthcare to own the libs.
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So.
It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year.
I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.
It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year.
I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.
February 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
So.
It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year.
I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.
It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year.
I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.
Wilt.
I’ve always loved wilted flowers. I’m obsessed with the hues these lilies are showing. More beauty in endings.
#photography #flowers #abstract #nature #morbidbeauty #macro
I’ve always loved wilted flowers. I’m obsessed with the hues these lilies are showing. More beauty in endings.
#photography #flowers #abstract #nature #morbidbeauty #macro
February 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Wilt.
I’ve always loved wilted flowers. I’m obsessed with the hues these lilies are showing. More beauty in endings.
#photography #flowers #abstract #nature #morbidbeauty #macro
I’ve always loved wilted flowers. I’m obsessed with the hues these lilies are showing. More beauty in endings.
#photography #flowers #abstract #nature #morbidbeauty #macro
I needed a pick-me-up and the universe provided. Beautiful dark morph red tailed hawk and Anna’s hummingbird bird at work today 🥹
#birdnerd #birdingatwork #nature #hawk #hummingbird
#birdnerd #birdingatwork #nature #hawk #hummingbird
February 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I needed a pick-me-up and the universe provided. Beautiful dark morph red tailed hawk and Anna’s hummingbird bird at work today 🥹
#birdnerd #birdingatwork #nature #hawk #hummingbird
#birdnerd #birdingatwork #nature #hawk #hummingbird
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The head of the Autism, ADHD, and Externalizing Disorders Interventions Research Program at the National Institute of Mental Health was fired over the weekend, 21 days shy of the end of her one year probationary period. She posted about it on fb.
February 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The head of the Autism, ADHD, and Externalizing Disorders Interventions Research Program at the National Institute of Mental Health was fired over the weekend, 21 days shy of the end of her one year probationary period. She posted about it on fb.
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A teacher emailed me & said "My scientist didn't reply to me. My scientists ALWAYS reply to me! What the heck!".
I was like "Well. Science is kinda crumbling. Friends/colleagues are losing their jobs or at least funding, & some are being told to cease all outside communications".
She hadn't heard.
I was like "Well. Science is kinda crumbling. Friends/colleagues are losing their jobs or at least funding, & some are being told to cease all outside communications".
She hadn't heard.
February 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
A teacher emailed me & said "My scientist didn't reply to me. My scientists ALWAYS reply to me! What the heck!".
I was like "Well. Science is kinda crumbling. Friends/colleagues are losing their jobs or at least funding, & some are being told to cease all outside communications".
She hadn't heard.
I was like "Well. Science is kinda crumbling. Friends/colleagues are losing their jobs or at least funding, & some are being told to cease all outside communications".
She hadn't heard.
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Whatever the opposite of comedy of errors is, this is it.
A living nightmare.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
A living nightmare.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Whatever the opposite of comedy of errors is, this is it.
A living nightmare.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
A living nightmare.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
February 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I don’t even qualify for unemployment since I’ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated.
Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!
Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!
Today, along with 2,000 other NIH employees, I had to clear out my office 😭
It was truly the honor of my life to work with such incredibly passionate people focused on improving human health. I’ve never experienced a more positive culture where *everyone* cared about their job and serving others.
It was truly the honor of my life to work with such incredibly passionate people focused on improving human health. I’ve never experienced a more positive culture where *everyone* cared about their job and serving others.
February 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I don’t even qualify for unemployment since I’ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated.
Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!
Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!