Marsha Michie
@marshamabry.bsky.social
Prof, researcher, cat lover, crafter. She/her.
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Also worth mentioning that Russell Vought’s ex-wife credits their daughter’s life to a medicine developed through NIH funding, which they wouldn’t have even been able to afford without NIH funded research trials. This should come up in every conversation with him. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid
Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.
www.motherjones.com
July 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Also worth mentioning that Russell Vought’s ex-wife credits their daughter’s life to a medicine developed through NIH funding, which they wouldn’t have even been able to afford without NIH funded research trials. This should come up in every conversation with him. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Sworn testimony of NIH officials and internal emails reveal just how much DOGE is calling the shots in killing peer-reviewed biomedical research grants. More bombshell reporting from @maxkozlov.bsky.social in @nature.com:
NIH killed grants on orders from Elon Musk’s DOGE
Court documents and internal correspondence show the cost-cutting force has broad control over the world’s largest public biomedical funder.
www.nature.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Sworn testimony of NIH officials and internal emails reveal just how much DOGE is calling the shots in killing peer-reviewed biomedical research grants. More bombshell reporting from @maxkozlov.bsky.social in @nature.com:
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I had a few moments to dig into the “MAHA Report”. Let me begin by saying that if an undergraduate student attempted to submit this pile of garbage as a paper, they would fail the assignment.
It a superficial, agenda-driven document that ignores any scientific work that doesn’t fit that agenda.
It a superficial, agenda-driven document that ignores any scientific work that doesn’t fit that agenda.
May 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I had a few moments to dig into the “MAHA Report”. Let me begin by saying that if an undergraduate student attempted to submit this pile of garbage as a paper, they would fail the assignment.
It a superficial, agenda-driven document that ignores any scientific work that doesn’t fit that agenda.
It a superficial, agenda-driven document that ignores any scientific work that doesn’t fit that agenda.
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I have a lot of people telling me that they don't hate trans people, they just hate that we manipulate kids into being trans, because no kid is truly trans without an adult influence.
Except for one thing.
I WAS. And I was homeschooled.
Except for one thing.
I WAS. And I was homeschooled.
May 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I have a lot of people telling me that they don't hate trans people, they just hate that we manipulate kids into being trans, because no kid is truly trans without an adult influence.
Except for one thing.
I WAS. And I was homeschooled.
Except for one thing.
I WAS. And I was homeschooled.
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26/27: Disability access is about human access, it's about universal access, and god fuck it, it's for YOU. Not "even if you're trans." It's just for you, because you're as human as the polio survivors and MD havers and all the other folks who fought this battle.
April 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
26/27: Disability access is about human access, it's about universal access, and god fuck it, it's for YOU. Not "even if you're trans." It's just for you, because you're as human as the polio survivors and MD havers and all the other folks who fought this battle.
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Congress has given NIH a CR budget that is the same as last year. It is literally *illegal* to underspend that budget.
Cutting by 35% is wrong, it will hurt science, and it's made up.
NIHers should stand up.
Say the contract cuts are bogus.
Cutting by 35% is wrong, it will hurt science, and it's made up.
NIHers should stand up.
Say the contract cuts are bogus.
April 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Congress has given NIH a CR budget that is the same as last year. It is literally *illegal* to underspend that budget.
Cutting by 35% is wrong, it will hurt science, and it's made up.
NIHers should stand up.
Say the contract cuts are bogus.
Cutting by 35% is wrong, it will hurt science, and it's made up.
NIHers should stand up.
Say the contract cuts are bogus.
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“There isn’t a single person in this entire country whose life isn’t impacted by the essential functions of HHS, and soon we’ll see what happens when those functions are destroyed.”
Tracking the HHS April Fools’ Massacre
The Handbasket has created a document to capture the destruction.
www.thehandbasket.co
April 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
“There isn’t a single person in this entire country whose life isn’t impacted by the essential functions of HHS, and soon we’ll see what happens when those functions are destroyed.”
A sickening blow to public universities here in Ohio. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/20/s...
Senate Bill 1 guts academic freedom and reshapes Ohio’s public universities • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio Republican higher education overhaul substitutes governmental edicts for academic freedom; eliminates all diversity and inclusion activities on campuses; restricts how faculty teach; and bans...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A sickening blow to public universities here in Ohio. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/20/s...
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I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
March 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
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I can't remember the last time I saw an article just focus on this. Not that they've bent the truth or misrepresented a few facts a little, but that every single solitary thing that the GOP says on the topic is a stone cold lie with absolutely no basis in reality.
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
March 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I can't remember the last time I saw an article just focus on this. Not that they've bent the truth or misrepresented a few facts a little, but that every single solitary thing that the GOP says on the topic is a stone cold lie with absolutely no basis in reality.
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
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It’s borderline criminal.
March 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It’s borderline criminal.
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Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors...
Being silent won't protect you.
Being silent won't protect you.
March 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors...
Being silent won't protect you.
Being silent won't protect you.
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I want to make sure the government funding bills Congress drafts are written to help the people I represent—NOT Elon Musk’s bottom line.
It's tough to write laws that reflect reality when Elon shuts government programs on & off like a two-year-old with a light switch.
It's tough to write laws that reflect reality when Elon shuts government programs on & off like a two-year-old with a light switch.
March 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I want to make sure the government funding bills Congress drafts are written to help the people I represent—NOT Elon Musk’s bottom line.
It's tough to write laws that reflect reality when Elon shuts government programs on & off like a two-year-old with a light switch.
It's tough to write laws that reflect reality when Elon shuts government programs on & off like a two-year-old with a light switch.
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What the FDA will likely do is produce *something* - just not a vax that includes strains chosen based on the committee & WHO's reasoned input.
🔹️They'll throw darts at a board, & the vax won't be a good match (it's tough to get it right even *with* annual input), but folks will think "see,...
1/5
🔹️They'll throw darts at a board, & the vax won't be a good match (it's tough to get it right even *with* annual input), but folks will think "see,...
1/5
February 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
What the FDA will likely do is produce *something* - just not a vax that includes strains chosen based on the committee & WHO's reasoned input.
🔹️They'll throw darts at a board, & the vax won't be a good match (it's tough to get it right even *with* annual input), but folks will think "see,...
1/5
🔹️They'll throw darts at a board, & the vax won't be a good match (it's tough to get it right even *with* annual input), but folks will think "see,...
1/5
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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
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The FDA just cancelled a meeting to select flu strains for next season's flu shots.
"It's unclear what the canceled meeting will mean for Americans who want to get a flu vaccine next season."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
"It's unclear what the canceled meeting will mean for Americans who want to get a flu vaccine next season."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots
The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
www.nbcnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The FDA just cancelled a meeting to select flu strains for next season's flu shots.
"It's unclear what the canceled meeting will mean for Americans who want to get a flu vaccine next season."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
"It's unclear what the canceled meeting will mean for Americans who want to get a flu vaccine next season."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
February 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT
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The settlement here will not be for a trivial amount
Huh, turns out you can't have private UNIDENTIFIED security assault and kidnap people because you don't like what they say at city hall
Weird.
Weird.
Coeur d’Alene prosecutors dismiss citation against woman dragged from town hall, city revokes security company’s business license
City prosecutors will dismiss a misdemeanor battery citation issued to the Post Falls woman who plainclothes private security guards dragged out of a legislative town hall Saturday and the city of Coe...
cdapress.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The settlement here will not be for a trivial amount
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In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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While Trump “floods the zone,” we must stay focused.
NO to oligarchy, tax breaks for the rich and cuts to working class programs. NO to authoritarianism and unlimited power for one man.
YES to growing the union movement and raising wages. YES to health care as a human right.
NO to oligarchy, tax breaks for the rich and cuts to working class programs. NO to authoritarianism and unlimited power for one man.
YES to growing the union movement and raising wages. YES to health care as a human right.
February 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
While Trump “floods the zone,” we must stay focused.
NO to oligarchy, tax breaks for the rich and cuts to working class programs. NO to authoritarianism and unlimited power for one man.
YES to growing the union movement and raising wages. YES to health care as a human right.
NO to oligarchy, tax breaks for the rich and cuts to working class programs. NO to authoritarianism and unlimited power for one man.
YES to growing the union movement and raising wages. YES to health care as a human right.
I'm frustrated with the state of things right now, but reminded that ugly things (yesterday's wet, grey slush) can be transformed into beautiful ones (today's gorgeous snowscape).
February 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I'm frustrated with the state of things right now, but reminded that ugly things (yesterday's wet, grey slush) can be transformed into beautiful ones (today's gorgeous snowscape).
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The story of Frances Thompson (a black trans woman who testified to Congress in 1866 about white men who sexually assaulted during the Memphis Massacre) is so incredibly telling to me because the southern media used her status as a trans woman as proof all testimony against them was a lie
She was the first transgender woman to testify before Congress. Then conservatives began attacking her identity | CNN
Frances Thompson’s testimony in 1866 came at a critical time, as the nation weighed whether to expand equal constitutional protections to newly freed Black Americans. But it also came at a great perso...
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February 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The story of Frances Thompson (a black trans woman who testified to Congress in 1866 about white men who sexually assaulted during the Memphis Massacre) is so incredibly telling to me because the southern media used her status as a trans woman as proof all testimony against them was a lie
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
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The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
February 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.