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I remember talking ~shingles in class and thinking, “I could probably handle the pain”…
In my 40s, shingles emerged in my hairline and spread across my face.
I’m here to tell you, it hurt like a mother&^%er, and that was before it spread to my eye.
People can go blind from it.
Get the vaccine.
In my 40s, shingles emerged in my hairline and spread across my face.
I’m here to tell you, it hurt like a mother&^%er, and that was before it spread to my eye.
People can go blind from it.
Get the vaccine.
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I remember talking ~shingles in class and thinking, “I could probably handle the pain”…
In my 40s, shingles emerged in my hairline and spread across my face.
I’m here to tell you, it hurt like a mother&^%er, and that was before it spread to my eye.
People can go blind from it.
Get the vaccine.
In my 40s, shingles emerged in my hairline and spread across my face.
I’m here to tell you, it hurt like a mother&^%er, and that was before it spread to my eye.
People can go blind from it.
Get the vaccine.
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Jasmine Crockett announces her run for Senate from Texas; Collin Allred terminates his Senate campaign and is announcing for Rep in one of the new gerrymandered districts.
Support them as you can!
Support them as you can!
December 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Jasmine Crockett announces her run for Senate from Texas; Collin Allred terminates his Senate campaign and is announcing for Rep in one of the new gerrymandered districts.
Support them as you can!
Support them as you can!
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Cal State East Bay just got $50 million
UC Merced just got $38 million
And our President just called an emergency cabinet meeting. I'm hoping it's because her Foundation sees how CSU Dominguez Hills is a sister to those campuses, knows the change we can make happen.
Not holding my breath tho.
UC Merced just got $38 million
And our President just called an emergency cabinet meeting. I'm hoping it's because her Foundation sees how CSU Dominguez Hills is a sister to those campuses, knows the change we can make happen.
Not holding my breath tho.
Grateful to MacKenzie Scott for her $38 million gift ... the largest in UC Merced's history, surpassing even her own record-setting donation to our campus in 2021.
She continues to be one of the few doing billionairing right.
news.ucmerced.edu/news/2025/uc...
She continues to be one of the few doing billionairing right.
news.ucmerced.edu/news/2025/uc...
UC Merced Receives Transformational $38 Million Gift from MacKenzie Scott | Newsroom
news.ucmerced.edu
December 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Cal State East Bay just got $50 million
UC Merced just got $38 million
And our President just called an emergency cabinet meeting. I'm hoping it's because her Foundation sees how CSU Dominguez Hills is a sister to those campuses, knows the change we can make happen.
Not holding my breath tho.
UC Merced just got $38 million
And our President just called an emergency cabinet meeting. I'm hoping it's because her Foundation sees how CSU Dominguez Hills is a sister to those campuses, knows the change we can make happen.
Not holding my breath tho.
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Dear White House Press Corps: when he insults one of you - ALL walk out, defend each other. Learn from the law firms that stuck together
“You’re the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. A terrible reporter.”
Trump again attacks a Black female reporter, ABC’s Rachel Scott, for asking about releasing the full boat strike video - which he said he would do 5 days ago
And the other journalists stay silent🐔
Trump again attacks a Black female reporter, ABC’s Rachel Scott, for asking about releasing the full boat strike video - which he said he would do 5 days ago
And the other journalists stay silent🐔
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Dear White House Press Corps: when he insults one of you - ALL walk out, defend each other. Learn from the law firms that stuck together
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Given the relationship between my computers and I, the expletives would preclude my version of a similar live online stream.
December 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Given the relationship between my computers and I, the expletives would preclude my version of a similar live online stream.
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I'm doing this for three reasons:
1. Most Americans don't know a living scientist, and essentially 0% Americans have seen the process of applying for funding from the systems that Trump, RFK Jr., etc. are destroying. Come take a peek behind the curtain with me: a guy who isn't very good at this.
1. Most Americans don't know a living scientist, and essentially 0% Americans have seen the process of applying for funding from the systems that Trump, RFK Jr., etc. are destroying. Come take a peek behind the curtain with me: a guy who isn't very good at this.
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm doing this for three reasons:
1. Most Americans don't know a living scientist, and essentially 0% Americans have seen the process of applying for funding from the systems that Trump, RFK Jr., etc. are destroying. Come take a peek behind the curtain with me: a guy who isn't very good at this.
1. Most Americans don't know a living scientist, and essentially 0% Americans have seen the process of applying for funding from the systems that Trump, RFK Jr., etc. are destroying. Come take a peek behind the curtain with me: a guy who isn't very good at this.
Mine would feature soooo many hours of procrastination.
So, it's Monday, and there's no way to say this that doesn't sound stupid, so I'm just going to come out and say it: I've decided to Twitch stream the entire writing of an NIH R01 proposal, and you can follow along at twitch.tv/ColinDoesScience
ColinDoesScience - Twitch
I'm only doing this because they messed up science real bad forever
twitch.tv
December 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Mine would feature soooo many hours of procrastination.
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Two grants getting reviewed this week and one next week. I have had to wait almost a year for some of these to get reviewed as they were submitted as part of an at risk mechanism, which was removed when they were sent. I hope to get a good score, or at least discussed, but who knows.
December 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Two grants getting reviewed this week and one next week. I have had to wait almost a year for some of these to get reviewed as they were submitted as part of an at risk mechanism, which was removed when they were sent. I hope to get a good score, or at least discussed, but who knows.
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I published a paper with Plos One in 2021 and the fee was $1695 then, it's now $2382, a ~40% increase in 4 years. I'm at a PUI where myself and many faculty don't have grant funding, and the college provides $750 in publication fee assistance. Cost is a big factor in where I can/can't publish.
December 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I published a paper with Plos One in 2021 and the fee was $1695 then, it's now $2382, a ~40% increase in 4 years. I'm at a PUI where myself and many faculty don't have grant funding, and the college provides $750 in publication fee assistance. Cost is a big factor in where I can/can't publish.
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OMG, some of the fees are just ridiculous. Scientific Data, for example, is $2500 to publish an article describing your dataset. Data to be archived elsewhere.
I have definitely left some things as preprints for multiple reasons.
I have definitely left some things as preprints for multiple reasons.
December 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
OMG, some of the fees are just ridiculous. Scientific Data, for example, is $2500 to publish an article describing your dataset. Data to be archived elsewhere.
I have definitely left some things as preprints for multiple reasons.
I have definitely left some things as preprints for multiple reasons.
I don’t track this very closely but it seems to me the OA fees from the publishers have gone up a lot lately. PLoS ONE launched at what, about $1,200? I just saw what amounts to a dump journal in my field asking about $4,000. The reasons one might publish in such journals mostly run against it
December 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I don’t track this very closely but it seems to me the OA fees from the publishers have gone up a lot lately. PLoS ONE launched at what, about $1,200? I just saw what amounts to a dump journal in my field asking about $4,000. The reasons one might publish in such journals mostly run against it
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“The only reason I don’t have this funding is because my last name is Rodriguez.”
MOSAIC checked many of the boxes of the administration — but that didn't matter. It was terminated, and left grantees scrambling
Next installment of American Science, Shattered:
www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...
MOSAIC checked many of the boxes of the administration — but that didn't matter. It was terminated, and left grantees scrambling
Next installment of American Science, Shattered:
www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...
NIH shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs
Special Report: The NIH has shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs.
www.statnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“The only reason I don’t have this funding is because my last name is Rodriguez.”
MOSAIC checked many of the boxes of the administration — but that didn't matter. It was terminated, and left grantees scrambling
Next installment of American Science, Shattered:
www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...
MOSAIC checked many of the boxes of the administration — but that didn't matter. It was terminated, and left grantees scrambling
Next installment of American Science, Shattered:
www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...
It often gets lost that since URM are hugely underrepresented, the number of white scientists from disadvantaged backgrounds benefiting will be higher than the number, eg of Black scientists benefiting from this prior interest of the NIH.
December 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It often gets lost that since URM are hugely underrepresented, the number of white scientists from disadvantaged backgrounds benefiting will be higher than the number, eg of Black scientists benefiting from this prior interest of the NIH.
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A point that was made repeatedly in reporting this story:
NIH's definition of diversity does include racial diversity, but it's much more expansive than that. This has been taken down from the website.
As @jeremymberg.bsky.social put it, “It’s a good cross section of America"
NIH's definition of diversity does include racial diversity, but it's much more expansive than that. This has been taken down from the website.
As @jeremymberg.bsky.social put it, “It’s a good cross section of America"
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A point that was made repeatedly in reporting this story:
NIH's definition of diversity does include racial diversity, but it's much more expansive than that. This has been taken down from the website.
As @jeremymberg.bsky.social put it, “It’s a good cross section of America"
NIH's definition of diversity does include racial diversity, but it's much more expansive than that. This has been taken down from the website.
As @jeremymberg.bsky.social put it, “It’s a good cross section of America"
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I get so much shit from spouse for this but I absolutely adore this song 😬😭
A single that's more character-driven than I remembered, though I still like this far less than Kevin does: www.countryuniverse.net/2025/12/07/e...
Every No. 1 Single of the 2000s: Toby Keith, “I Love This Bar”
A honky tonk anthem that was suburban friendly enough to launch a restaurant chain.
www.countryuniverse.net
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I get so much shit from spouse for this but I absolutely adore this song 😬😭
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This is still far less than the percentage of cops who admit they've beaten their spouse and kids
More than 1 in 4 self-checkout shoppers admit they've stolen: Survey
More than 1 in 4 self-checkout shoppers admit they’ve stolen: Survey
More than a third of self-checkout thieves see the kiosks as “unpaid work” so taking small items “feels like compensation.”
ktla.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is still far less than the percentage of cops who admit they've beaten their spouse and kids
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Every time Butker misses a field goal, a woman gets a PHD.
December 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Every time Butker misses a field goal, a woman gets a PHD.
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there is a pattern. All with 3 authors. All titles have colons. Most had sequential alphabetical first initials.
December 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
there is a pattern. All with 3 authors. All titles have colons. Most had sequential alphabetical first initials.
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One of the things I was most excited about 1yr ago was joining 1 of the MOSIAC UE5s as a project scientist to work with those ECRs assigned to it. The opportunity to serve our greater communities.
Truly a program that supported people across broad institutions, unlike the parent.
Truly a program that supported people across broad institutions, unlike the parent.
December 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
One of the things I was most excited about 1yr ago was joining 1 of the MOSIAC UE5s as a project scientist to work with those ECRs assigned to it. The opportunity to serve our greater communities.
Truly a program that supported people across broad institutions, unlike the parent.
Truly a program that supported people across broad institutions, unlike the parent.
Watch the #allegedprofession work.
washington post reporter code-switching on twitter and bluesky like a key & peele sketch
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Watch the #allegedprofession work.
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Here is the same graph, limited to the "diversity" K99-R00 programs including MOSAIC.
See if you can detect a subtle change after Judge Young's ruling that "DEI" terminations were illegal on June 16th.
2/3
See if you can detect a subtle change after Judge Young's ruling that "DEI" terminations were illegal on June 16th.
2/3
December 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Here is the same graph, limited to the "diversity" K99-R00 programs including MOSAIC.
See if you can detect a subtle change after Judge Young's ruling that "DEI" terminations were illegal on June 16th.
2/3
See if you can detect a subtle change after Judge Young's ruling that "DEI" terminations were illegal on June 16th.
2/3
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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That might be a reflection of your geographical location. Our application portal is still open, but we're on track to surpass our numbers from last year.
December 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
That might be a reflection of your geographical location. Our application portal is still open, but we're on track to surpass our numbers from last year.
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Here too (NYU neuro), about 10%.
December 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Here too (NYU neuro), about 10%.