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„Americans are living under a new regime. The question now is whether we will allow it to take root.
So far, American society’s response to this authoritarian offensive has been underwhelming — alarmingly so.“
Written by political scientists who study how democracies come to an end
So far, American society’s response to this authoritarian offensive has been underwhelming — alarmingly so.“
Written by political scientists who study how democracies come to an end
Opinion | No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
„Americans are living under a new regime. The question now is whether we will allow it to take root.
So far, American society’s response to this authoritarian offensive has been underwhelming — alarmingly so.“
Written by political scientists who study how democracies come to an end
So far, American society’s response to this authoritarian offensive has been underwhelming — alarmingly so.“
Written by political scientists who study how democracies come to an end
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I’m 46 but I had my shingrix shot because I’m worried about what RFK jr is going to do with vaccines. Shingles is a preventable illness like measles. We are so lucky to have these vaccines! I for one will not forgo them because the guy who runs government health services has a 🐛 in his 🧠
May 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I’m 46 but I had my shingrix shot because I’m worried about what RFK jr is going to do with vaccines. Shingles is a preventable illness like measles. We are so lucky to have these vaccines! I for one will not forgo them because the guy who runs government health services has a 🐛 in his 🧠
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People who design & study vaccines are wondering why the #NIH is sinking half a billion dollars into trying to develop a platform for universal flu & covid vaccines using a decades-old production approach. “There is incredible work going on. This is not it." www.statnews.com/2025/05/03/n...
Scientists question NIH project’s use of 20th century technology to make a universal flu vaccine
$500 million NIH program to make vaccines against pathogens that can trigger pandemics uses approach pioneered in last century
www.statnews.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
People who design & study vaccines are wondering why the #NIH is sinking half a billion dollars into trying to develop a platform for universal flu & covid vaccines using a decades-old production approach. “There is incredible work going on. This is not it." www.statnews.com/2025/05/03/n...
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My department (Biology) at Duke University is seeking applicants for the position of Instructor B for the Microbiology (212L) lab sections. This course introduces major concepts in biology through the lens of microbiology!
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Duke University, Biology
Job #AJO29941, Instructor B, Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US
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April 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
My department (Biology) at Duke University is seeking applicants for the position of Instructor B for the Microbiology (212L) lab sections. This course introduces major concepts in biology through the lens of microbiology!
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Trump's moves are already imposing immense costs on the United States and on the world via lost scientific progress on preventing Alzheimer's, curing cancer, etc.
aside: a stunning comment from David Baker, UW professor who won the Nobel Prize in 2024. Now 15 lab members are looking for positions overseas.
“There’s so many amazing people who want to come in, & we can’t take them. The Nobel Prize was just a little blip. But things have gotten quite bleak.”
“There’s so many amazing people who want to come in, & we can’t take them. The Nobel Prize was just a little blip. But things have gotten quite bleak.”
April 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Trump's moves are already imposing immense costs on the United States and on the world via lost scientific progress on preventing Alzheimer's, curing cancer, etc.
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Our department is looking to hire an Associate/Full Professor in the field of Virology. Please share and apply if you are intersted. Also happy to answer any questions
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09552
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09552
Associate/ Full Professor of Virology in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ap.uci.edu
April 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Our department is looking to hire an Associate/Full Professor in the field of Virology. Please share and apply if you are intersted. Also happy to answer any questions
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09552
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09552
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One of the may ways the Republic is collapsing is an abandonment of the fundamental deal: instead of hitting each other with sticks, we’ll decide things by voting. It’s imperfect and often sucks but it used to be better than the sticks.
But it depends on a set of norms.
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But it depends on a set of norms.
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NORTH CAROLINA!!!!!
After five months The North Carolina Court of Appeals has decided to decide with Griffin and will be throwing out votes. HOWEVER MOST PEOPLE WILL HAVE 14 DAYS TO CURE THEIR BALLOT
thegriffinlist.com
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After five months The North Carolina Court of Appeals has decided to decide with Griffin and will be throwing out votes. HOWEVER MOST PEOPLE WILL HAVE 14 DAYS TO CURE THEIR BALLOT
thegriffinlist.com
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The Griffin List
A list of 60,273 North Carolina voters – these are registered voters who showed ID to
early vote in the November 2024 election – whose votes Jefferson Griffin wants to not be counted.
...
thegriffinlist.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
One of the may ways the Republic is collapsing is an abandonment of the fundamental deal: instead of hitting each other with sticks, we’ll decide things by voting. It’s imperfect and often sucks but it used to be better than the sticks.
But it depends on a set of norms.
/1
But it depends on a set of norms.
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this is insane. you can go and talk to the voters who had their votes thrown out. they're all real people who were fully eligible to vote. there's no mystery here.
Bombshell in North Carolina: the state's GOP-dominated Court of Appeals just sided with the GOP candidate in last year's supreme court race.
Their decision would toss roughly 60,000 ballots (!) that have been counted, & likely hand the election to GOP instead of incumbent Dem Justice who won it.
Their decision would toss roughly 60,000 ballots (!) that have been counted, & likely hand the election to GOP instead of incumbent Dem Justice who won it.
April 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
this is insane. you can go and talk to the voters who had their votes thrown out. they're all real people who were fully eligible to vote. there's no mystery here.
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Can’t say enough good things about @systemsvirology.bsky.social Great scientist, great mentor, great collaborator, world class guy all around. I’d take him up on this offer to find better ways👇🏻
For US🇺🇸 scientists/virologists🦠 - if you want to find better ways for your science and career, please let me know. Let us find better ways. Please do repost/retweet
March 29, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Can’t say enough good things about @systemsvirology.bsky.social Great scientist, great mentor, great collaborator, world class guy all around. I’d take him up on this offer to find better ways👇🏻
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Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
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A reporter whom I had been talking with stopped communicating with me. I wanted to share some information about the antiviral drug development program being terminated because "the pandemic is over".
He finally responded. He had been out of action for almost two weeks...with COVID.
He finally responded. He had been out of action for almost two weeks...with COVID.
March 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A reporter whom I had been talking with stopped communicating with me. I wanted to share some information about the antiviral drug development program being terminated because "the pandemic is over".
He finally responded. He had been out of action for almost two weeks...with COVID.
He finally responded. He had been out of action for almost two weeks...with COVID.
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The stuff you actually agree with RFK Jr about probably starts and ends with "diet and exercise are good," which, I dunno, I don't think he deserves any special credit for that one.
March 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The stuff you actually agree with RFK Jr about probably starts and ends with "diet and exercise are good," which, I dunno, I don't think he deserves any special credit for that one.
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Must-listen w political scientist @jongreen.bsky.social
Politically interested audiences seek messengers who validate their preferences, creating content bubbles in which trusted messengers "verify" news for audiences who want to feel their worldview is right
taitc.buzzsprout.com/2186249/epis...
Politically interested audiences seek messengers who validate their preferences, creating content bubbles in which trusted messengers "verify" news for audiences who want to feel their worldview is right
taitc.buzzsprout.com/2186249/epis...
Curation Bubbles, Verification, and the Splintering of Ideology - The Answer Is Transaction Costs
What happens when we no longer consume scarce information through trusted, verified institutions, but instead through an abundance of unbundled content without context or curation? John Green, rising ...
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March 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Must-listen w political scientist @jongreen.bsky.social
Politically interested audiences seek messengers who validate their preferences, creating content bubbles in which trusted messengers "verify" news for audiences who want to feel their worldview is right
taitc.buzzsprout.com/2186249/epis...
Politically interested audiences seek messengers who validate their preferences, creating content bubbles in which trusted messengers "verify" news for audiences who want to feel their worldview is right
taitc.buzzsprout.com/2186249/epis...
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While many of my American colleagues had their grants to make vaccines and antiviral drugs terminated yesterday, RFK Jr instead put those taxpayer funds toward hiring an anti-vaxxer to run a pointless study investigating the non-existent link between vaccines and autism.
EXCLUSIVE w/ @lenasun.bsky.social
Trump admin elevated David Geier, a vaccine skeptic who has promoted false claims about vaccines and autism, to lead a federal study to examine whether they are linked.
Geier was once disciplined for practicing medicine w/o a license.
Gift link: wapo.st/4c2BMPr
Trump admin elevated David Geier, a vaccine skeptic who has promoted false claims about vaccines and autism, to lead a federal study to examine whether they are linked.
Geier was once disciplined for practicing medicine w/o a license.
Gift link: wapo.st/4c2BMPr
Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism
A long-discredited researcher and vaccine skeptic will conduct a government study on whether vaccines cause autism
wapo.st
March 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
While many of my American colleagues had their grants to make vaccines and antiviral drugs terminated yesterday, RFK Jr instead put those taxpayer funds toward hiring an anti-vaxxer to run a pointless study investigating the non-existent link between vaccines and autism.
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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
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Awful. Monstrous.
A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
March 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Awful. Monstrous.
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This is seriously FUCKED UP. Are they saying that integrated spaces are inherently DEI? That’s shameful and ridiculous.
The Trump administration has just removed a federal ban on contractors from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms, and drinking fountains.
This is a result of Trump’s executive order to combat DEI.
This is a result of Trump’s executive order to combat DEI.
'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
www.npr.org
March 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This is seriously FUCKED UP. Are they saying that integrated spaces are inherently DEI? That’s shameful and ridiculous.
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A journalist looking for someone who will back their claim will always find one, but they won't necessarily be representative (cf. climate change...).
Surveys shows that a majority of experts favor a natural origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.
gcrinstitute.org/covid-origin/
Surveys shows that a majority of experts favor a natural origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.
gcrinstitute.org/covid-origin/
March 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
A journalist looking for someone who will back their claim will always find one, but they won't necessarily be representative (cf. climate change...).
Surveys shows that a majority of experts favor a natural origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.
gcrinstitute.org/covid-origin/
Surveys shows that a majority of experts favor a natural origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.
gcrinstitute.org/covid-origin/
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Wowoowowowowowwowowwowowo @defendpublichealth.bsky.social THIS IS A WIN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH!!!!!
White House pulls nomination of Dave Weldon as CDC director hours before hearing
The White House has pulled the nomination of Dave Weldon as CDC director hours before heh was set to appear for his confirmation hearing.
www.statnews.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Wowoowowowowowwowowwowowo @defendpublichealth.bsky.social THIS IS A WIN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH!!!!!
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Another great job at my favorite university: UNC-Chapel, as new Director of the UNC Macromolecular Interactions Facility. Our outstanding Director is retiring. The Director is responsible for 1) core facility management, 2) training, & 3) graduate teaching 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/297...
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Research Assistant Professor
The Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics seeks to fill a fixed-term assistant professor position in the role of Core Facility Director. The Director is the scientific and administrative leader of...
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March 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Another great job at my favorite university: UNC-Chapel, as new Director of the UNC Macromolecular Interactions Facility. Our outstanding Director is retiring. The Director is responsible for 1) core facility management, 2) training, & 3) graduate teaching 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/297...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/297...
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New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
www.forbes.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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I think this is basically Vance's argument? "just vote yes to get the formality out of the way and let us figure out what will actually be spent" bsky.app/profile/jong...
honestly if this is going to be the system, then what's the point of negotiating *within* the conference, to say nothing of negotiating with democrats. if nothing's binding, just put everything everyone wants into the funding bill and let the executive decide how to make the math work.
"Vote for the bill so that the president can refuse to spend the money you just voted for" is whole other level of saying the quiet part out loud.
March 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I think this is basically Vance's argument? "just vote yes to get the formality out of the way and let us figure out what will actually be spent" bsky.app/profile/jong...
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I have confirmation from several sources now that all T32s, many F30s and F31s, and most or all Center awards (P30, P50) have been terminated at Columbia.
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
March 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I have confirmation from several sources now that all T32s, many F30s and F31s, and most or all Center awards (P30, P50) have been terminated at Columbia.
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...