Jess
@jess305.bsky.social
Neuroscientist.
Pro-democracy, anti-autocracy, anti-patriarchy. Intersectional, progressive, and trans-inclusive feminist.
Pro-democracy, anti-autocracy, anti-patriarchy. Intersectional, progressive, and trans-inclusive feminist.
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Some troubling information
A red banner appeared on the NeMO (The Neuroscience Multi-omic) webpage.
"This repository is under review for potential modification in compliance with Administration directives."
What effing Administration directives relate to a neurosciece multi-omic repository?
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A red banner appeared on the NeMO (The Neuroscience Multi-omic) webpage.
"This repository is under review for potential modification in compliance with Administration directives."
What effing Administration directives relate to a neurosciece multi-omic repository?
1/3
April 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Some troubling information
A red banner appeared on the NeMO (The Neuroscience Multi-omic) webpage.
"This repository is under review for potential modification in compliance with Administration directives."
What effing Administration directives relate to a neurosciece multi-omic repository?
1/3
A red banner appeared on the NeMO (The Neuroscience Multi-omic) webpage.
"This repository is under review for potential modification in compliance with Administration directives."
What effing Administration directives relate to a neurosciece multi-omic repository?
1/3
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Spotted in the Mission SF
March 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Spotted in the Mission SF
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The information I am receiving is consistent with the STAT story.
The boards are being purged of women and minoritized scientists with no other obvious pattern. And for the cases where I have some information, the effects are not subtle...Boards going from 35% women to 10% women.
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The boards are being purged of women and minoritized scientists with no other obvious pattern. And for the cases where I have some information, the effects are not subtle...Boards going from 35% women to 10% women.
3/n
March 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The information I am receiving is consistent with the STAT story.
The boards are being purged of women and minoritized scientists with no other obvious pattern. And for the cases where I have some information, the effects are not subtle...Boards going from 35% women to 10% women.
3/n
The boards are being purged of women and minoritized scientists with no other obvious pattern. And for the cases where I have some information, the effects are not subtle...Boards going from 35% women to 10% women.
3/n
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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When a judge stops the president from doing something illegal, that’s not a “threat to democracy,” that’s a check on the president’s power. That's the whole damn point.
February 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
When a judge stops the president from doing something illegal, that’s not a “threat to democracy,” that’s a check on the president’s power. That's the whole damn point.
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Updates #H5N1
🐄 Arizona Dairy Herd Tests Positive for H5N1
Herd asymptomatic when milk tested positive.
The D1.1 genotype (circulating in wild birds) differs from previous outbreaks. 5 more herds confirmed today, bringing total to 972.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...
🐄 Arizona Dairy Herd Tests Positive for H5N1
Herd asymptomatic when milk tested positive.
The D1.1 genotype (circulating in wild birds) differs from previous outbreaks. 5 more herds confirmed today, bringing total to 972.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...
Third avian flu spillover reported in Arizona dairy herd; raw pet food sickens Oregon cats
www.cidrap.umn.edu
February 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Updates #H5N1
🐄 Arizona Dairy Herd Tests Positive for H5N1
Herd asymptomatic when milk tested positive.
The D1.1 genotype (circulating in wild birds) differs from previous outbreaks. 5 more herds confirmed today, bringing total to 972.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...
🐄 Arizona Dairy Herd Tests Positive for H5N1
Herd asymptomatic when milk tested positive.
The D1.1 genotype (circulating in wild birds) differs from previous outbreaks. 5 more herds confirmed today, bringing total to 972.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...
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They have already accessed the Integrated Data Retrieval System (IDRS), a system used by IRS employees to retrieve account information. Musk software engineer Gavin Kliger is among those accessing the data. Additionally, 15,000 IRS employees are expected to be fired this coming week.
February 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
They have already accessed the Integrated Data Retrieval System (IDRS), a system used by IRS employees to retrieve account information. Musk software engineer Gavin Kliger is among those accessing the data. Additionally, 15,000 IRS employees are expected to be fired this coming week.
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The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
February 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
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Deceased 🤣💀
February 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Deceased 🤣💀
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Senate Democrats launched a new portal for federal employees to blow the whistle on illegal or illicit activities being done in the federal government under the purview of Donald Trump, Elon Musk, or DOGE.
Senate Democrats Launch Portal For Whistleblower Submissions From Federal Employees
This portal is being launched this morning in response to Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and DOGE
meidasnews.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Senate Democrats launched a new portal for federal employees to blow the whistle on illegal or illicit activities being done in the federal government under the purview of Donald Trump, Elon Musk, or DOGE.
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This is as good a summary as any of Trump's approach to government: it's awful and I don't know anything about it
Reporter: Why do you want to be chairman of Kennedy Center board?
Trump: Some of the shows were terrible. They were a disgrace.
Reporter: Have you seen any shows there?
Trump: No, I didn’t go.
Trump: Some of the shows were terrible. They were a disgrace.
Reporter: Have you seen any shows there?
Trump: No, I didn’t go.
February 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This is as good a summary as any of Trump's approach to government: it's awful and I don't know anything about it
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Many are asking: “What can I do now?”
Here’s a revised and expanded list of actions you can take, in rough order of importance. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-what-you-can-do
Here’s a revised and expanded list of actions you can take, in rough order of importance. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-what-you-can-do
February 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Many are asking: “What can I do now?”
Here’s a revised and expanded list of actions you can take, in rough order of importance. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-what-you-can-do
Here’s a revised and expanded list of actions you can take, in rough order of importance. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-what-you-can-do
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You wouldn't dismantle the agency that protects consumers for corporate abuse and scams unless you wanted your rich buddies to be able to abuse and scam consumers.
February 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
You wouldn't dismantle the agency that protects consumers for corporate abuse and scams unless you wanted your rich buddies to be able to abuse and scam consumers.
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Trump: Groceries, sort of an old fashioned word. The price of groceries went through the roof… You take a look at eggs today— I mean, the eggs are double, triple, quadruple, they’re going through the roof. No, there’s some outside problem with eggs maybe.
February 8, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Trump: Groceries, sort of an old fashioned word. The price of groceries went through the roof… You take a look at eggs today— I mean, the eggs are double, triple, quadruple, they’re going through the roof. No, there’s some outside problem with eggs maybe.
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"Social security numbers, home addresses, bank accounts. Why does DOGE need all of that?"
Trump: "Well it doesn't, but they get it very easily."
Trump: "Well it doesn't, but they get it very easily."
February 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"Social security numbers, home addresses, bank accounts. Why does DOGE need all of that?"
Trump: "Well it doesn't, but they get it very easily."
Trump: "Well it doesn't, but they get it very easily."
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
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Trump is willing to commit genocide and the destabilization of the entire world for a beachfront hotel. He is quite literally the Antichrist at this point.
February 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Trump is willing to commit genocide and the destabilization of the entire world for a beachfront hotel. He is quite literally the Antichrist at this point.
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"Stop the Coup!"
Scene at Treasury.
Scene at Treasury.
February 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"Stop the Coup!"
Scene at Treasury.
Scene at Treasury.
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here's today's post: "incompetent imbecile sabotages California’s water supply" — millions of gallons gone, for a pointless photo-op.
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incompetent imbecile sabotages California’s water supply
millions of gallons gone, for a pointless photo-op
bit.ly
February 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
here's today's post: "incompetent imbecile sabotages California’s water supply" — millions of gallons gone, for a pointless photo-op.
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Battle mooses? Yes!!
Holy shit people are marching in the streets of Canada chanting for a Trumplerian Jihad! I've never seen anything like it. Pledging to ride battle mooses into the great wall and join flank with our Mexican comrades to liberate the US from their tyrannical rapist dictator
February 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Battle mooses? Yes!!
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This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...