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@apnews.com Can you clarify why Charlie Kirk's murder is being referred to as an assassination in your paper while the murder of the Minnesota lawmakers has not been?
September 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
@apnews.com Can you clarify why Charlie Kirk's murder is being referred to as an assassination in your paper while the murder of the Minnesota lawmakers has not been?
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Hearing the same: that Schnabel was walked off the NIH campus yesterday. If so, that will be a positive step.
Schnabel seemed to have more power at NIH than Jay Bhattacharya—whose work so far seems to involve (?) making podcasts and appearing on Fox and Bari Weiss to push far-right talking points.
Schnabel seemed to have more power at NIH than Jay Bhattacharya—whose work so far seems to involve (?) making podcasts and appearing on Fox and Bari Weiss to push far-right talking points.
Hearing rumors from multiple sources that NIH COO Eric Schnabel was terminated yesterday for allegedly trying to award a large contract to his wife (who sometimes uses her maiden name) for "public outreach" associated with the autism data science initiative.
#EndlessGrift
#EndlessGrift
a woman drinking a cup of tea with the words " i got the tea " below her
ALT: a woman drinking a cup of tea with the words " i got the tea " below her
media.tenor.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Hearing the same: that Schnabel was walked off the NIH campus yesterday. If so, that will be a positive step.
Schnabel seemed to have more power at NIH than Jay Bhattacharya—whose work so far seems to involve (?) making podcasts and appearing on Fox and Bari Weiss to push far-right talking points.
Schnabel seemed to have more power at NIH than Jay Bhattacharya—whose work so far seems to involve (?) making podcasts and appearing on Fox and Bari Weiss to push far-right talking points.
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Here are the T32 curves.
July 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Here are the T32 curves.
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As we see at NIH as Trump and President Vought kill cancer research, Trump is pro-cancer. He likes cancer. He is ok with you getting cancer, as long as he can profit from it.
Speak out!
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Speak out!
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July 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
As we see at NIH as Trump and President Vought kill cancer research, Trump is pro-cancer. He likes cancer. He is ok with you getting cancer, as long as he can profit from it.
Speak out!
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Speak out!
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This guy, who stole from former employers and sold their data and is associated with criminal hacking groups (and whose grandfather was a KGB member), is now at embedded at SSA. www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...
June 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This guy, who stole from former employers and sold their data and is associated with criminal hacking groups (and whose grandfather was a KGB member), is now at embedded at SSA. www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...
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A Children’s Health Defense crony who just presented a loony deck on thimerosal in vaccines *with fake citations* has…been hired to study vaccine safety at the CDC.
Lysenkoism. Incompetents failing up. And yes: this is how much of a zealot RFK Jr is.
(CNN reported on the deck. CBS on the hiring.)
Lysenkoism. Incompetents failing up. And yes: this is how much of a zealot RFK Jr is.
(CNN reported on the deck. CBS on the hiring.)
June 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A Children’s Health Defense crony who just presented a loony deck on thimerosal in vaccines *with fake citations* has…been hired to study vaccine safety at the CDC.
Lysenkoism. Incompetents failing up. And yes: this is how much of a zealot RFK Jr is.
(CNN reported on the deck. CBS on the hiring.)
Lysenkoism. Incompetents failing up. And yes: this is how much of a zealot RFK Jr is.
(CNN reported on the deck. CBS on the hiring.)
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Gold Standard Science
June 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Gold Standard Science
I'm really staring to believe that Trumpism is a death cult.
June 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I'm really staring to believe that Trumpism is a death cult.
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LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
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Anyone that has been around a lab knows that the trainees really drive the research, while most professors just sort of guide the ship. Most innovation comes from our trainees.
Old professors like me will be able to survive these cuts, but our young scientists and our future will be destroyed.
Old professors like me will be able to survive these cuts, but our young scientists and our future will be destroyed.
June 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Anyone that has been around a lab knows that the trainees really drive the research, while most professors just sort of guide the ship. Most innovation comes from our trainees.
Old professors like me will be able to survive these cuts, but our young scientists and our future will be destroyed.
Old professors like me will be able to survive these cuts, but our young scientists and our future will be destroyed.
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URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
My lab studies bacterial infections. We spend a lot of time looking at (or for) species-specific genetic and genomic databases for hosts and microbes. FlyBase is the best of all—there is literally no comparison. Its existence is under threat. Please donate.
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
Got a digital copy of my SF-50 today. It cites that I was fired for a policy that goes into effect 7/28/25 (5 CFR 11.5(d)). My termination date was (backdated) to 5/8/25. I was fired for a policy that is still not yet in effect and backdated to not be included in the 5/9/25 RIF court ruling.
June 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Got a digital copy of my SF-50 today. It cites that I was fired for a policy that goes into effect 7/28/25 (5 CFR 11.5(d)). My termination date was (backdated) to 5/8/25. I was fired for a policy that is still not yet in effect and backdated to not be included in the 5/9/25 RIF court ruling.
As if he was not a brown shirt or didn't ruin countless lives, Sahil Lavingia bemoans how DOGE (supposedly undeservingly) got all the heat for firings while working hard to implement the illegal RIFs. Being the hand but not the brain still makes you responsible. sahillavingia.com/doge
DOGE Days
My experience joining the United States DOGE Service as a software engineer, and what I learned along the way.
sahillavingia.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
As if he was not a brown shirt or didn't ruin countless lives, Sahil Lavingia bemoans how DOGE (supposedly undeservingly) got all the heat for firings while working hard to implement the illegal RIFs. Being the hand but not the brain still makes you responsible. sahillavingia.com/doge
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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I just left a comment.
If you are concerned that RFK Jr.'s FDA chief Marty Makary is limiting the Novavax COVID booster to those over 65 or with underlying conditions, and may do the same for Pfizer/Moderna as well, consider leaving a comment as well.
If you are concerned that RFK Jr.'s FDA chief Marty Makary is limiting the Novavax COVID booster to those over 65 or with underlying conditions, and may do the same for Pfizer/Moderna as well, consider leaving a comment as well.
You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I just left a comment.
If you are concerned that RFK Jr.'s FDA chief Marty Makary is limiting the Novavax COVID booster to those over 65 or with underlying conditions, and may do the same for Pfizer/Moderna as well, consider leaving a comment as well.
If you are concerned that RFK Jr.'s FDA chief Marty Makary is limiting the Novavax COVID booster to those over 65 or with underlying conditions, and may do the same for Pfizer/Moderna as well, consider leaving a comment as well.
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All 278 people illegally sent to CECOT prison remain there, despite court orders.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is eyeing another inhumane prison system to further its campaign of white supremacist terror.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is eyeing another inhumane prison system to further its campaign of white supremacist terror.
US planning to deport migrants to Libya despite ‘hellish’ conditions – reports
Libya’s provisional government has denied claims flight could happen as soon as this week
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
All 278 people illegally sent to CECOT prison remain there, despite court orders.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is eyeing another inhumane prison system to further its campaign of white supremacist terror.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is eyeing another inhumane prison system to further its campaign of white supremacist terror.
Also, if this is not a RIF, then what is it? What legal process can Wilkinson or the lawyer for DOGE point to for how the process was carried out? (there is no legal process, because it was an illegal act) @altnih4science.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info @altniosh.bsky.social
If someone does a crime, is it too burdensome if a legal remedy can undue the crime? Why they are judging legality on the remedy instead of the act? It makes no sense. The burden is on the criminal to repay, not the voters, employees, or states. apnews.com/article/trum...
#DOGE #probationary
#DOGE #probationary
Judge expresses sympathy for fired federal workers but questions if reinstatement is proper remedy
A federal judge says he sympathizes with thousands of federal employees who were suddenly fired by the Trump administration, but he also voiced skepticism about whether reinstating them to their jobs ...
apnews.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Also, if this is not a RIF, then what is it? What legal process can Wilkinson or the lawyer for DOGE point to for how the process was carried out? (there is no legal process, because it was an illegal act) @altnih4science.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social @altcdc.altgov.info @altniosh.bsky.social
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With NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya dismissing my reporting as "false" and "spreading rumors" hours before releasing a policy that confirmed said "rumors," I feel compelled to respond.
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
May 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
With NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya dismissing my reporting as "false" and "spreading rumors" hours before releasing a policy that confirmed said "rumors," I feel compelled to respond.
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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bumping this for the night shift. i beg of you to get everyone you know with a canceled grant into tomorrow's webinar about how to appeal. storm the goddamn battlements and demand your fucking money. if you need help figuring out how to lie to the fascists I've got Zoom office hours at 5 PST
all right everybody, here we go
links, trackers, webinars, templates, and all the free support you need if you just got that nightmare NEA email on Friday
please share far and wide, you do NOT have to be in Oregon to use these resources
links, trackers, webinars, templates, and all the free support you need if you just got that nightmare NEA email on Friday
please share far and wide, you do NOT have to be in Oregon to use these resources
Emergency Alert: Six action steps if your NEA grant was just canceled • Oregon ArtsWatch
Arts organizations can learn how to still appeal the cancellations, including free resources and support on what steps to take.
www.orartswatch.org
May 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
bumping this for the night shift. i beg of you to get everyone you know with a canceled grant into tomorrow's webinar about how to appeal. storm the goddamn battlements and demand your fucking money. if you need help figuring out how to lie to the fascists I've got Zoom office hours at 5 PST
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NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya was supposed to have a town hall with staff tomorrow.
It's been postponed due to "items added" to his schedule "outside his control."
A number of staff — particularly research fellows and other early-career folks — were planning to stage a walk-out.
It's been postponed due to "items added" to his schedule "outside his control."
A number of staff — particularly research fellows and other early-career folks — were planning to stage a walk-out.
May 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya was supposed to have a town hall with staff tomorrow.
It's been postponed due to "items added" to his schedule "outside his control."
A number of staff — particularly research fellows and other early-career folks — were planning to stage a walk-out.
It's been postponed due to "items added" to his schedule "outside his control."
A number of staff — particularly research fellows and other early-career folks — were planning to stage a walk-out.
If someone does a crime, is it too burdensome if a legal remedy can undue the crime? Why they are judging legality on the remedy instead of the act? It makes no sense. The burden is on the criminal to repay, not the voters, employees, or states. apnews.com/article/trum...
#DOGE #probationary
#DOGE #probationary
Judge expresses sympathy for fired federal workers but questions if reinstatement is proper remedy
A federal judge says he sympathizes with thousands of federal employees who were suddenly fired by the Trump administration, but he also voiced skepticism about whether reinstating them to their jobs ...
apnews.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
If someone does a crime, is it too burdensome if a legal remedy can undue the crime? Why they are judging legality on the remedy instead of the act? It makes no sense. The burden is on the criminal to repay, not the voters, employees, or states. apnews.com/article/trum...
#DOGE #probationary
#DOGE #probationary
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After the RIF notices from tonight here is an Updated NIOSH Org chart for your convenience.
May 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
After the RIF notices from tonight here is an Updated NIOSH Org chart for your convenience.
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“The rise in treasury yields since Trump’s tariffs were announced leads to an increase in US debt interest payments that is larger than all the DOGE savings.”
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com
(via @kellycnbc.bsky.social)
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DOGE “cost cutting” goals chart by @steverattner.bsky.social:
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DOGE “cost cutting” goals chart by @steverattner.bsky.social:
April 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“The rise in treasury yields since Trump’s tariffs were announced leads to an increase in US debt interest payments that is larger than all the DOGE savings.”
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com
(via @kellycnbc.bsky.social)
bsky.app/profile/jbur...
DOGE “cost cutting” goals chart by @steverattner.bsky.social:
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com
(via @kellycnbc.bsky.social)
bsky.app/profile/jbur...
DOGE “cost cutting” goals chart by @steverattner.bsky.social:
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Now the goal is clear.
Gut real science and replace it with MAGA junk science.
The goal isn’t to just to turn NIH into a rightwing thinktank, it’s to take money from NIH to CREATE a rightwing thinktank.
Gut real science and replace it with MAGA junk science.
The goal isn’t to just to turn NIH into a rightwing thinktank, it’s to take money from NIH to CREATE a rightwing thinktank.
Taking from NIH research to create a new MAHA agency? wapo.st/42gLz0Z Summary: Proposal: $47B NIH budget split into $27B for NIH (now only 8 institutes, from 27) and $20B for a new "Administration for a Healthy America" (incl. primary care, childhood chronic disease).
Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts
HHS would be asked to absorb a $40 billion cut, about one-third of its discretionary budget.
wapo.st
April 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Now the goal is clear.
Gut real science and replace it with MAGA junk science.
The goal isn’t to just to turn NIH into a rightwing thinktank, it’s to take money from NIH to CREATE a rightwing thinktank.
Gut real science and replace it with MAGA junk science.
The goal isn’t to just to turn NIH into a rightwing thinktank, it’s to take money from NIH to CREATE a rightwing thinktank.
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“The ability to participate in regulatory decision making is not a privilege: it’s a legal requirement and a fundamental right in a democratic society.”
Essential commentary from @thelizarmy.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Essential commentary from @thelizarmy.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Robert F Kennedy Jr’s proposal to remove public commentary from US health policy is a threat to science and public health
With confidence and trust in science and public health already under pressure, we must double down on transparency and public participation in policy decisions, write Liz Salmi and colleagues
Since ...
www.bmj.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
“The ability to participate in regulatory decision making is not a privilege: it’s a legal requirement and a fundamental right in a democratic society.”
Essential commentary from @thelizarmy.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Essential commentary from @thelizarmy.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/389/...