Maddow: If you don't have Bluesky yet, I recommend it. It is a social media network that doesn't make me want to stab myself in the eye with a rusty fork

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...

On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

When Congressman John Lewis was a child, he tried to get a library card. He was turned away & told “The Library is not for coloureds” 💔

He’s a civil rights icon, lover of books, recipient of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.

“The Library IS for Everyone” 💚
#BlackHistoryMonth

Handwriting leads to widespread brain connectivity - typing does not.

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Research supported by NIH has led more than 100 Nobel Prizes and has supported more than 99% of drugs approved by federal regulators from 2010 to 2019.
But come January, NIH may face a wrecking ball
nytimes.com/2024/12/01/h...

“NIH produces an astounding return on investment to the American taxpayer. In Fiscal Year 2022, NIH research funding supported 568,585 jobs and generated $96.84 billion in economic activity — that’s $2.64 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding.”
www.researchamerica.org/2023-oped-us...

An EXTREMELY fundamental blind spot people have about NYC's homeless "problem" is that it's generally not NYC that makes these people homeless. It is where they come after becoming homeless elsewhere. Every homeless person I've got to know is from outside NYC.

NYC is relatively nice to them.

Spending a month on Bluesky has created a whole new model of a fight we need to be having right now. Not liberal vs. conservative or whatever, but respect vs manipulation.

I am tired of being manipulated everywhere I go. That’s why I like it here, I feel like I’m in charge for once.

BREAKING: Bluesky just topped 23,000,000 users. What a beautiful and civil social media platform this is. Let's keep it going.

Have something? Post it on Bluesky.

See something? Post it on Bluesky.

Hear something? Post it on Bluesky.

Say something? Post it on Bluesky.

This starter pack is in honor of Assistant Professor Antentor Hinton Jr (AJ) at Vanderbilt School of Medicine - Basic Sciences. AJ curated the first 100 Inspiring Black Scientists in America list and in collaboration with the Community of Scholars expanded this list to the 1000.

go.bsky.app/DsJrwR

A starter pack of chemical engineering academics on this app: go.bsky.app/6qe4SBg

A starter pack of US senators on this app: go.bsky.app/AaPgtCe

Bluesky feels like I took a Time Machine back to 2009 when I was still like “Hey this social media thing is going to make the world a better place.”

I’ve seen enough to make a call: Bluesky is going to be a legit competitor to Twitter.

Sweet.

Bucko (with @preetisubu.bsky.social). #dogsofbluesky

I think chemicals should be made from plants in a sustainable, low-impact manufacturing process, but I own a green chemicals company (www.lakril.com) and might be biased