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For years I had been saying that the collapse of the university was a much greater threat to scholarly publishing than AI. I just hadn’t expected it to happen so quickly.
March 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
For years I had been saying that the collapse of the university was a much greater threat to scholarly publishing than AI. I just hadn’t expected it to happen so quickly.
How to destroy a 30 year research study... They are gutting our leadership in science and destroying our public health system.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/17/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/03/17/t...
NIH cancels funding for landmark diabetes study at a time of focus on chronic disease
The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said.
www.statnews.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
How to destroy a 30 year research study... They are gutting our leadership in science and destroying our public health system.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/17/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/03/17/t...
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The top 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
March 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The top 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
One of the only things to make me smile and be happy since the election...
🙌 @remhq.bsky.social reunited again at 40 Watt Club last night, with @michaelstipe.bsky.social, @millsish.bsky.social, Peter Buck, and Bill Berry all joining Michael Shannon and @jasonnarducy.bsky.social for “Pretty Persuasion.”
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February 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
One of the only things to make me smile and be happy since the election...
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Friends, I am at a loss of words for how devastating it would be to lose the entire intramural #NIH program. Some of the biggest medical and scientific breakthroughs have come from scientists in the NIH Intramural program. #SaveTheNIH 🧬🧪 🖥️ 🧠
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
February 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Friends, I am at a loss of words for how devastating it would be to lose the entire intramural #NIH program. Some of the biggest medical and scientific breakthroughs have come from scientists in the NIH Intramural program. #SaveTheNIH 🧬🧪 🖥️ 🧠
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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More tragic news about NIH and NIH science. Grant system is frozen and intramural program is being slashed. All will claw back on treatments and cures for cancer and other human diseases. This can’t be what the public wants. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
February 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
More tragic news about NIH and NIH science. Grant system is frozen and intramural program is being slashed. All will claw back on treatments and cures for cancer and other human diseases. This can’t be what the public wants. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
This is really bad, the strains for the influenza vaccine need to be chosen by the experts in the spring so the manufacturers have time to make the vaccine.
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FDA meeting to pick next winter's flu shot is canceled, in ominous sign for US vaccine policy
FDA panel meeting to select flu vaccine strains canceled; Paul Offit confirms
endpts.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This is really bad, the strains for the influenza vaccine need to be chosen by the experts in the spring so the manufacturers have time to make the vaccine.
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endpts.com/fda-meeting-...
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Get ready for more headlines like this, courtesy of Trump and RFK Jr.
February 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Get ready for more headlines like this, courtesy of Trump and RFK Jr.
The first measles death in the US in 10 years - the blood of this child is on the hands of Robert F. Kennedy and all of the vaccine science deniers...
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February 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The first measles death in the US in 10 years - the blood of this child is on the hands of Robert F. Kennedy and all of the vaccine science deniers...
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Trump blames Ukraine for starting the war the way a rapist blames his victim for looking too sexy.
February 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Trump blames Ukraine for starting the war the way a rapist blames his victim for looking too sexy.
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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
February 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
This is a criminal level conflict of interest...
Exclusive-FDA staff reviewing Musk’s Neuralink were included in DOGE employee firings, sources say
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
Exclusive-FDA staff reviewing Musk’s Neuralink were included in DOGE employee firings, sources say
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
MSN
www.msn.com
February 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This is a criminal level conflict of interest...
Exclusive-FDA staff reviewing Musk’s Neuralink were included in DOGE employee firings, sources say
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
Exclusive-FDA staff reviewing Musk’s Neuralink were included in DOGE employee firings, sources say
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
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The only comprehensible way to understand what’s happening is these miscreants are abusing their power to dismantle our democratic govt, destroy our democratic alliances to further enrich themselves and ally with dictatorships around the world. Pain, suffering, stability, security—they don’t care.
February 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The only comprehensible way to understand what’s happening is these miscreants are abusing their power to dismantle our democratic govt, destroy our democratic alliances to further enrich themselves and ally with dictatorships around the world. Pain, suffering, stability, security—they don’t care.
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Yesterday it was revealed that the Trump administration is expected to purchase $400 million worth of armored Tesla vehicles.
After the story broke, the State Department's procurement document removed mention of Tesla.
"Transparency."
After the story broke, the State Department's procurement document removed mention of Tesla.
"Transparency."
February 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Yesterday it was revealed that the Trump administration is expected to purchase $400 million worth of armored Tesla vehicles.
After the story broke, the State Department's procurement document removed mention of Tesla.
"Transparency."
After the story broke, the State Department's procurement document removed mention of Tesla.
"Transparency."
This is going to be a disaster. America's public health system needs improvement, but it is still the best in the world and this lunatic is going to destroy it from the inside...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
Senate Confirms Kennedy, a Prominent Vaccine Skeptic, as Health Secretary
The vote capped a remarkable rise for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was confirmed by a Republican Senate in a chamber where his father and uncles once served as Democrats.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This is going to be a disaster. America's public health system needs improvement, but it is still the best in the world and this lunatic is going to destroy it from the inside...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
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Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.
February 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.
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Some federally funded community health centers — which serve rural areas with limited access to medical care — are still unable to access grant funding and are shutting down because of Trump's spending freeze.
We are witnessing an attack on America's most vulnerable people.
We are witnessing an attack on America's most vulnerable people.
Community health centers are closing amid funding confusion
Community health centers are facing a potential federal freeze on their grants and funding following orders from Trump.
www.newsweek.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Some federally funded community health centers — which serve rural areas with limited access to medical care — are still unable to access grant funding and are shutting down because of Trump's spending freeze.
We are witnessing an attack on America's most vulnerable people.
We are witnessing an attack on America's most vulnerable people.
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The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
February 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
This is truly F%$#d up
www.yahoo.com/news/us-cdc-...
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US CDC orders pullback of new scientific papers involving its researchers, source says
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking to withdraw all papers involving its researchers that are being considered for publication by external scientific journals to allow for a...
www.yahoo.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is truly F%$#d up
www.yahoo.com/news/us-cdc-...
www.yahoo.com/news/us-cdc-...
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NY Times, Feb. 11, 1933.
February 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
NY Times, Feb. 11, 1933.
How to destroy America's position of leadership in science...
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills -
NSF payment system remained offline despite the lifting of Trump administration funding freeze
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills -
NSF payment system remained offline despite the lifting of Trump administration funding freeze
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills
An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills
www.statnews.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
How to destroy America's position of leadership in science...
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills -
NSF payment system remained offline despite the lifting of Trump administration funding freeze
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills -
NSF payment system remained offline despite the lifting of Trump administration funding freeze
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
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You can read the letter for yourself 👉
January 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
You can read the letter for yourself 👉
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Jim Acosta just powerfully announced on air he is leaving CNN with the words: "It is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant." He added, "Don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to the fear. Hold on to the truth and to hope." Amen. Jim will be missed.
January 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Jim Acosta just powerfully announced on air he is leaving CNN with the words: "It is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant." He added, "Don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to the fear. Hold on to the truth and to hope." Amen. Jim will be missed.