@kimberly327.bsky.social
Glorified copy editor (aka Research Administrator), science zealot, lover of mitochondria, and thoroughly traumatized by working in higher ed
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Just got fired from being a freshman football coach, if you want to know what MAGA does to communities.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
February 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Just got fired from being a freshman football coach, if you want to know what MAGA does to communities.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
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The NIH shenanigans have real and massive potential consequences for the Indiana economy
Here I and a couple of colleagues highlight this fact
#HoosierSky
Here I and a couple of colleagues highlight this fact
#HoosierSky
Check out what GTC Board Members are doing behind the scenes! www.indystar.com/story/opinio...
NIH research saves lives in Indiana. Freezing it has consequences. | Opinion
Supporting the NIH is not a partisan issue; it is a profoundly human one.
www.indystar.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The NIH shenanigans have real and massive potential consequences for the Indiana economy
Here I and a couple of colleagues highlight this fact
#HoosierSky
Here I and a couple of colleagues highlight this fact
#HoosierSky
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Indirect costs for university-performed research and development were born out of world war II, when the federal government recognized the value of research investment
Indirect costs have always been part of this investment
And pay off- Every $1 in NIH investment yields $2.46 in long term gains
Indirect costs have always been part of this investment
And pay off- Every $1 in NIH investment yields $2.46 in long term gains
February 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Indirect costs for university-performed research and development were born out of world war II, when the federal government recognized the value of research investment
Indirect costs have always been part of this investment
And pay off- Every $1 in NIH investment yields $2.46 in long term gains
Indirect costs have always been part of this investment
And pay off- Every $1 in NIH investment yields $2.46 in long term gains
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The racists and Nazis are emboldened now. More than before. This will be a pivotal moment in history for who shall have victory (power) here. We get to choose that outcome, my friends.
People we love are counting on us to make history arc in a different direction (for once).
People we love are counting on us to make history arc in a different direction (for once).
February 7, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The racists and Nazis are emboldened now. More than before. This will be a pivotal moment in history for who shall have victory (power) here. We get to choose that outcome, my friends.
People we love are counting on us to make history arc in a different direction (for once).
People we love are counting on us to make history arc in a different direction (for once).
I hate it here
National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders
The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I hate it here
Everything is totally fine here….
January 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Everything is totally fine here….
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More from inside NIH:
Per a source with knowledge, for all internal research (of which there is like $10 billion worth or so), ALL purchasing shut down as of yesterday.
That means gloves, reagents, anything involved with lab work, which means a lot of that work will stop.
Per a source with knowledge, for all internal research (of which there is like $10 billion worth or so), ALL purchasing shut down as of yesterday.
That means gloves, reagents, anything involved with lab work, which means a lot of that work will stop.
January 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
More from inside NIH:
Per a source with knowledge, for all internal research (of which there is like $10 billion worth or so), ALL purchasing shut down as of yesterday.
That means gloves, reagents, anything involved with lab work, which means a lot of that work will stop.
Per a source with knowledge, for all internal research (of which there is like $10 billion worth or so), ALL purchasing shut down as of yesterday.
That means gloves, reagents, anything involved with lab work, which means a lot of that work will stop.
Some levity for a heavy few days.
January 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Some levity for a heavy few days.
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This is perfect explanation
January 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM
This is perfect explanation
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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
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This Cybertruck did not crash. It made a heartfelt and perhaps ill-advised gesture that, in the moment, might have been misinterpreted as a crash, but we should not rush to judgement.
January 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This Cybertruck did not crash. It made a heartfelt and perhaps ill-advised gesture that, in the moment, might have been misinterpreted as a crash, but we should not rush to judgement.
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Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
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Today in Milan, a student activist group hung a trash-filled effigy of Musk upside down on a gate outside of piazzale Loreto, where Mussolini's body was displayed in 1945.
They left the message: "C'è sempre posto a piazzale Loreto, Elon" (There's always room in piazzale Loreto, Elon)
They left the message: "C'è sempre posto a piazzale Loreto, Elon" (There's always room in piazzale Loreto, Elon)
January 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Today in Milan, a student activist group hung a trash-filled effigy of Musk upside down on a gate outside of piazzale Loreto, where Mussolini's body was displayed in 1945.
They left the message: "C'è sempre posto a piazzale Loreto, Elon" (There's always room in piazzale Loreto, Elon)
They left the message: "C'è sempre posto a piazzale Loreto, Elon" (There's always room in piazzale Loreto, Elon)
This is terrifying
Confirmed: Trump has commuted the sentences of multiple Proud Boys and Oath Keepers involved in Jan. 6, and granted a "full, complete and unconditional pardon to all other individuals."
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
January 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This is terrifying
Welp, life at an R1 research institution is going to get really effed
Breaking News: President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has spread false information about vaccines and publicly contradicted the CDC’s recommendation that communities fluoridate their water, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. nyti.ms/3UREkbK
November 14, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Welp, life at an R1 research institution is going to get really effed
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That’s the quote. I was looking for it. And here it is. Hannah Arendt on the Matt Gaetz as AG announcement
'This process includes the replacement of all first-rate talents, regardless of their political loyalties, with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is the best guarantee of their loyalty.' (The Origins of Totalitarianism, renewed version, A Harvest Book New York, 1976, 339)
November 14, 2024 at 11:38 AM
That’s the quote. I was looking for it. And here it is. Hannah Arendt on the Matt Gaetz as AG announcement
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Want to support Tufts School of Engineering grad workers? Learn more about their demands and sign the solidarity petition:
November 14, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Want to support Tufts School of Engineering grad workers? Learn more about their demands and sign the solidarity petition:
This doesn’t feel possible.
We’re still in the 118th Congress in which Gaetz successfully engineered a coup against Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who needed 15 votes to get elected Speaker. THAT WAS THIS CONGRESS.
November 14, 2024 at 11:44 AM
This doesn’t feel possible.
This is terrifying.
We have been waiting years’: ‘Prosecute Fauci’ push reaches fever pitch in wake of Trump’s win
'We have been waiting years': 'Prosecute Fauci' push reaches fever pitch in wake of Trump win
Elon Musk is all in.
www.dailydot.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:12 AM
This is terrifying.