Marty Frank
@mfrank6999.bsky.social
Retired scientist and former association executive director interested in politics and science, especially related to health.
"...turning a blind eye to malfeasance in our ranks gives the public legitimate reason to distrust our work."
Cleaning the scientific house: Rebuilding trust in science requires confronting the harms of ghostwriting | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cleaning the scientific house: Rebuilding trust in science requires confronting the harms of ghostwriting | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cleaning the scientific house: Rebuilding trust in science requires confronting the harms of ghostwriting
American science is under attack. Recent cuts to funding and staffing of federal agencies, layoffs of scientists, and rescission of billions of dollars in grants are unprecedented in US history and th...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"...turning a blind eye to malfeasance in our ranks gives the public legitimate reason to distrust our work."
Cleaning the scientific house: Rebuilding trust in science requires confronting the harms of ghostwriting | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cleaning the scientific house: Rebuilding trust in science requires confronting the harms of ghostwriting | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Shutdowns don't help anyone, it just holds the public hostage.
U.S. scientists gird for yet another government shutdown | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. scientists gird for yet another government shutdown | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. scientists gird for yet another government shutdown
Political impasse to hobble research agencies—and perhaps enable layoffs
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October 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Shutdowns don't help anyone, it just holds the public hostage.
U.S. scientists gird for yet another government shutdown | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. scientists gird for yet another government shutdown | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Under Trump, NSF faces worst crisis in its 75-year history | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Under Trump, NSF faces worst crisis in its 75-year history
Political directives have undermined agency's independence and record of supporting the best basic research
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September 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Under Trump, NSF faces worst crisis in its 75-year history | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Is this the future of entertainment? What are your thoughts?
New MAGA-approved late night TV lineup
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New MAGA-approved late night TV lineup
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New MAGA-approved late night TV lineup
Today’s political cartoon and humor column
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September 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Is this the future of entertainment? What are your thoughts?
New MAGA-approved late night TV lineup
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New MAGA-approved late night TV lineup
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White House Ministry of Unity curtails free speech in name of free speech
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White House Ministry of Unity curtails free speech in name of free speech
Today’s political cartoon and humor column
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September 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
White House Ministry of Unity curtails free speech in name of free speech
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Don't trust crypto if Trump is involved with it. He is only seeking to enhance his net worth at your expense.
Trump's Calamitous Crypto Corruption
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Trump's Calamitous Crypto Corruption
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Trump's Calamitous Crypto Corruption
It's enriching him and his family but endangering you, me, and the entire economy
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September 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Don't trust crypto if Trump is involved with it. He is only seeking to enhance his net worth at your expense.
Trump's Calamitous Crypto Corruption
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Trump's Calamitous Crypto Corruption
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Florida plans to nix vaccine mandates. How well do they work? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Florida plans to nix vaccine mandates. How well do they work?
Abandoning long-standing vaccine requirements for schoolchildren could prompt bigger outbreaks, researchers warn
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September 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Florida plans to nix vaccine mandates. How well do they work? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Harvard victory leaves scientists feeling vindicated but uncertain | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Harvard victory leaves scientists feeling vindicated but uncertain
Trump administration vows to appeal ruling that it illegally cut $2.2 billion in research funding
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September 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Harvard victory leaves scientists feeling vindicated but uncertain | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Keep watch on what comes out of Federal agencies going forward. Each of us needs to assess the science without interference from the political appointees.
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Trump called for ‘gold-standard science’: how the NIH, NSF and others are answering
Some researchers say that US-agency policies provide opportunities for political interference.
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September 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Keep watch on what comes out of Federal agencies going forward. Each of us needs to assess the science without interference from the political appointees.
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Attempt to oust CDC director sparks key resignations by agency officials | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Attempt to oust CDC director sparks key resignations by agency officials
Susan Monarez, who clashed with the U.S. health secretary over vaccine policy, refuses to step down
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August 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Attempt to oust CDC director sparks key resignations by agency officials | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Attempt to oust CDC director sparks key resignations by agency officials | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Attempt to oust CDC director sparks key resignations by agency officials
Susan Monarez, who clashed with the U.S. health secretary over vaccine policy, refuses to step down
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August 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Attempt to oust CDC director sparks key resignations by agency officials | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
As Joyce Vance states, "The revenge presidency is in full swing."
The Week Ahead
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The Week Ahead
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The Week Ahead
August 24, 2025
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August 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
As Joyce Vance states, "The revenge presidency is in full swing."
The Week Ahead
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The Week Ahead
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Dan Rather highlights the many ways in which Trump is attempting to turn back the clock and undo our multicultural country.
Culture Crash
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Culture Crash
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Culture Crash
You can put him in a tux, but that won’t make him cultured
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August 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Dan Rather highlights the many ways in which Trump is attempting to turn back the clock and undo our multicultural country.
Culture Crash
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Culture Crash
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Facing ‘impossible’ workload, USDA struggles to oversee lab animal welfare | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Facing ‘impossible’ workload, USDA struggles to oversee lab animal welfare
Shrinking staff and other handicaps threaten enforcement of federal law that protects research animals
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August 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Facing ‘impossible’ workload, USDA struggles to oversee lab animal welfare | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
The U.S. wants to phase out animal research. Are the alternatives ready? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
The U.S. wants to phase out animal research. Are the alternatives ready?
Drug and chemical safety can be assessed with AI and organ chips, but some scientists say it’s too soon to forgo animal methods entirely
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August 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The U.S. wants to phase out animal research. Are the alternatives ready? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Judge tells NSF to reinstate suspended UCLA grants | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Judge tells NSF to reinstate suspended UCLA grants
Ruling comes as government seeks settlement with UCLA on larger set of suspended grants
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August 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Judge tells NSF to reinstate suspended UCLA grants | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
One can criticize but physical threats are uncalled for!
Death threats to NIH official spark debate over aggressive campaign to end animal research | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Death threats to NIH official spark debate over aggressive campaign to end animal research | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Death threats to NIH official spark debate over aggressive campaign to end animal research
White Coat Waste Project files complaint over government employee’s emails claiming it incited harassment against Nicole Kleinstreuer
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August 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
One can criticize but physical threats are uncalled for!
Death threats to NIH official spark debate over aggressive campaign to end animal research | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Death threats to NIH official spark debate over aggressive campaign to end animal research | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Zerhouni raises concerns about Trump's plans for the NIH budget and for the stifling of immigration which brings other countries best and brightest to the USA.
‘It’s carnage’: Former NIH director decries Trump administration efforts to slash research spending
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‘It’s carnage’: Former NIH director decries Trump administration efforts to slash research spending
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‘It’s carnage’: Former NIH director decries Trump administration efforts to slash research spending
Elias Zerhouni tells Chemistry World what's changed from when he was appointed by a Republican president to the current Trump administration
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August 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Zerhouni raises concerns about Trump's plans for the NIH budget and for the stifling of immigration which brings other countries best and brightest to the USA.
‘It’s carnage’: Former NIH director decries Trump administration efforts to slash research spending
www.chemistryworld.com/news/its-car...
‘It’s carnage’: Former NIH director decries Trump administration efforts to slash research spending
www.chemistryworld.com/news/its-car...
Scientific fraud has become an ‘industry,’ alarming analysis finds | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Scientific fraud has become an ‘industry,’ alarming analysis finds
Sophisticated global networks are infiltrating journals to publish fake papers
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August 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Scientific fraud has become an ‘industry,’ alarming analysis finds | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Clearly it is the editors who have contributed to the rise in article retractions.
Clearly it is the editors who have contributed to the rise in article retractions.
Exclusive: retraction-prone editors identified at megajournal PLoS ONE
Study says small editor group handled many problematic manuscripts — and a Nature investigation finds out who they are.
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August 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Clearly it is the editors who have contributed to the rise in article retractions.
Clearly it is the editors who have contributed to the rise in article retractions.
With boost to NIH budget, Senate panel rejects Trump’s plan to slash agency | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
With boost to NIH budget, Senate panel rejects Trump’s plan to slash agency
Republicans on spending committee push back against proposed reorganization and overhead cuts
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August 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
With boost to NIH budget, Senate panel rejects Trump’s plan to slash agency | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Has Substack failed us? It sure seems that way!
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Substack, Nazis, and “Gaslight”
More Substack means more “gaslight,” more Nazis
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August 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Has Substack failed us? It sure seems that way!
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Trump continues its efforts to stifle scientific and biomedical discovery.
Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite
Funding multiyear grants up front will sharply cut number of investigators receiving awards
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July 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Trump continues its efforts to stifle scientific and biomedical discovery.
Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...