Gemistocyte
@gemistocyte.bsky.social
I like neuropathology, neuroscience, history, and miscellaneous crafts. GFAP positive and sometimes reactive - usually not malignant. She/her - proud mom.
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So I did this today: banged out a couple hundred words of a pitch while managing lab, sent it to the opinion page editor at the newspaper my parents still somehow get in print, and got back a "yes" in, I absolutely kid you not, under 15 minutes
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February 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
So I did this today: banged out a couple hundred words of a pitch while managing lab, sent it to the opinion page editor at the newspaper my parents still somehow get in print, and got back a "yes" in, I absolutely kid you not, under 15 minutes
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We asked Senate Republicans: is there any millionaire or billionaire rich enough who doesn't need another tax giveaway?
$10M a year? No.
$100M a year? No.
$500M a year? No.
$1 BILLION a year? No.
With Republicans in control: Billionaires win, families lose.
$10M a year? No.
$100M a year? No.
$500M a year? No.
$1 BILLION a year? No.
With Republicans in control: Billionaires win, families lose.
February 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We asked Senate Republicans: is there any millionaire or billionaire rich enough who doesn't need another tax giveaway?
$10M a year? No.
$100M a year? No.
$500M a year? No.
$1 BILLION a year? No.
With Republicans in control: Billionaires win, families lose.
$10M a year? No.
$100M a year? No.
$500M a year? No.
$1 BILLION a year? No.
With Republicans in control: Billionaires win, families lose.
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How did a drug rooted, like many, in seed money from the U.S. government — that is, American taxpayers — and spurred by the grassroots fundraising of desperate parents, end up with a $2 million per dose price tag?
Your weekend longread:
Your weekend longread:
What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing
Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices…
propub.li
February 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
How did a drug rooted, like many, in seed money from the U.S. government — that is, American taxpayers — and spurred by the grassroots fundraising of desperate parents, end up with a $2 million per dose price tag?
Your weekend longread:
Your weekend longread:
Starting to see resumes of NIH researchers fired by DOGE. Nobody has money to hire them. This is sickening.
February 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Starting to see resumes of NIH researchers fired by DOGE. Nobody has money to hire them. This is sickening.
“I know that if these men destroy my books, my crafts may survive. Safe in anonymity, with no one knowing anything other than a human being cared enough to make them. That if I am gone, my children will have objects they can hold in their hands that were created with love by mine.”
"I was going to make a noose, but instead I made a basket."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-crafts...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-crafts...
February 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
“I know that if these men destroy my books, my crafts may survive. Safe in anonymity, with no one knowing anything other than a human being cared enough to make them. That if I am gone, my children will have objects they can hold in their hands that were created with love by mine.”
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These firings just hit NIH's Roy Blunt Center for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias. Yes, you read that right. It's named after a GOP Senator.
Yesterday afternoon employees were informed of layoffs, including its highly-regarded incoming director. Details:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Yesterday afternoon employees were informed of layoffs, including its highly-regarded incoming director. Details:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
February 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
These firings just hit NIH's Roy Blunt Center for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias. Yes, you read that right. It's named after a GOP Senator.
Yesterday afternoon employees were informed of layoffs, including its highly-regarded incoming director. Details:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Yesterday afternoon employees were informed of layoffs, including its highly-regarded incoming director. Details:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
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My research group is well funded, and I'm terrified. All scientific labs run on slim margins, typically 12-24 months from running out of $. NIH is not reviewing proposals right now- the wave of labs shutting down is looming closer. All scientists are anticipating a major precipice. Options? 1/5
If the block on the Federal Register isn’t removed in the next few months, I fear a majority of labs will close within a year. This small procedural wrench has the power to kill US science indefinitely, losing an entire generation of discovery and innovation.
I had two grant proposals up for review in the NIH Bacterial Virulence (BV) study section. It was canceled without notice this morning.
Without those grants, my lab must close within a year.
And so the purge of scientific research in the US continues
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#MicroSky 🦠🧫🧪🧬🔬
Without those grants, my lab must close within a year.
And so the purge of scientific research in the US continues
🤬
#MicroSky 🦠🧫🧪🧬🔬
February 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
My research group is well funded, and I'm terrified. All scientific labs run on slim margins, typically 12-24 months from running out of $. NIH is not reviewing proposals right now- the wave of labs shutting down is looming closer. All scientists are anticipating a major precipice. Options? 1/5
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I escaped poverty because I am a scientist.
And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation.
A 🧵:
And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation.
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February 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I escaped poverty because I am a scientist.
And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation.
A 🧵:
And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation.
A 🧵:
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Trump's lawyers are absolutely flailing in the courts right now
February 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Trump's lawyers are absolutely flailing in the courts right now
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This is so painfully perfect
Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions
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theonion.com/historians-p...
February 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This is so painfully perfect
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Unquestionably, major policy changes, edicts and directives handed down by the new Trump administration will upend lives. But I've also been struck by the widespread efforts to erase/whitewash history. Stick with me for a pretty shocking series of events from just the past few weeks.
February 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Unquestionably, major policy changes, edicts and directives handed down by the new Trump administration will upend lives. But I've also been struck by the widespread efforts to erase/whitewash history. Stick with me for a pretty shocking series of events from just the past few weeks.
See this thread. I would love to see the most irrelevant to “DEI” grant title you could come up with using these keywords.
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
See this thread. I would love to see the most irrelevant to “DEI” grant title you could come up with using these keywords.
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Americans are confused, scared and angered by President Trump’s escalating attacks on our independent, professional and dedicated civil service.
That's why I convened top federal workforce experts for this emergency webinar sharing crucial information.
That's why I convened top federal workforce experts for this emergency webinar sharing crucial information.
Rep. Raskin’s On-Demand Webinar for Federal Workers Facing the Trump-Musk Assault on our Government
YouTube video by Rep. Jamie Raskin
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Americans are confused, scared and angered by President Trump’s escalating attacks on our independent, professional and dedicated civil service.
That's why I convened top federal workforce experts for this emergency webinar sharing crucial information.
That's why I convened top federal workforce experts for this emergency webinar sharing crucial information.
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south korean politicians were literally scaling fences to protect their government and our senators are sending out pre-scheduled tweets about the super bowl while an unelected foreign billionaire seizes control of the treasury.
February 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
south korean politicians were literally scaling fences to protect their government and our senators are sending out pre-scheduled tweets about the super bowl while an unelected foreign billionaire seizes control of the treasury.
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BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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EXTRAORDINARY new resource created by @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social, offers a state-by-state listing of independent journalists by area of interest, to help you find journalists that fit the topic of your #TruthBomb.
www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/journalism-d...
www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/journalism-d...
Local Journalism Directory | Media and Democracy Project
We created a directory to help you find local journalism and local news sources in your area worth reading and supporting.
www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org
February 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
EXTRAORDINARY new resource created by @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social, offers a state-by-state listing of independent journalists by area of interest, to help you find journalists that fit the topic of your #TruthBomb.
www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/journalism-d...
www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/journalism-d...
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@lizneeley.bsky.social is publishing a weekly newsletter to track the ongoing attacks in science and higher ed. If you want to keep abreast without drowning in the news, I recommend it: buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
February 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
@lizneeley.bsky.social is publishing a weekly newsletter to track the ongoing attacks in science and higher ed. If you want to keep abreast without drowning in the news, I recommend it: buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
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The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating. orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...
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January 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating. orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...
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To our many American friends. The National Academies have assembled a package of resources for researchers facing threats or attacks in the US
www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...
www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...
www.nationalacademies.org
January 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
To our many American friends. The National Academies have assembled a package of resources for researchers facing threats or attacks in the US
www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...
www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...
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NEW: Vera Rubin was a pioneering female astronomer. The federal webpage for an observatory named for her now excludes mention of efforts to diversify science.
“I’m sure Vera would be absolutely furious,” said a co-author of a biography of Rubin.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
“I’m sure Vera would be absolutely furious,” said a co-author of a biography of Rubin.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
Vera Rubin Was a Pioneering Female Astronomer. Her Federal Bio Now Doesn’t Mention Efforts to Diversify Science.
The edits to the webpage offer a glimpse into how far the Trump administration will go in refusing to acknowledge today’s inequalities as it purges federal initiatives promoting diversity, equity and…
propub.li
January 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
NEW: Vera Rubin was a pioneering female astronomer. The federal webpage for an observatory named for her now excludes mention of efforts to diversify science.
“I’m sure Vera would be absolutely furious,” said a co-author of a biography of Rubin.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
“I’m sure Vera would be absolutely furious,” said a co-author of a biography of Rubin.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
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An executive order from the Trump administration could upend research by pausing NIH grants, which scientists say could harm health and the economy.
Trump order could upend Hopkins research, state economy
An executive order from the Trump administration could upend research by pausing NIH grants, which scientists say could harm health and the economy.
buff.ly
January 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
An executive order from the Trump administration could upend research by pausing NIH grants, which scientists say could harm health and the economy.