Nathan Vandergrift
@nvdg.bsky.social
Statistician, truth-seeker, alpha-inflation hater, basketball, soccer, food and wine lover.
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In all honesty, I think the best we can do as individual scientists, given the current situation, is to refuse to participate in peer review panels, unless this policy is reverted.
Only we, as individual scientists, can influence change and it is on us to do so.
If we don't, who will?
Only we, as individual scientists, can influence change and it is on us to do so.
If we don't, who will?
I missed this from a couple of weeks ago, but if you're an NIH-funded investigator, please read.
Peer review will exist to make things look legitimate, but can, and will, be over-ruled. Funding decisions, ultimately, will be done by political appointees.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
Peer review will exist to make things look legitimate, but can, and will, be over-ruled. Funding decisions, ultimately, will be done by political appointees.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
Implementing a Unified NIH Funding Strategy to Guide Consistent and Clearer Award Decisions | Grants & Funding
grants.nih.gov
December 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
In all honesty, I think the best we can do as individual scientists, given the current situation, is to refuse to participate in peer review panels, unless this policy is reverted.
Only we, as individual scientists, can influence change and it is on us to do so.
If we don't, who will?
Only we, as individual scientists, can influence change and it is on us to do so.
If we don't, who will?
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The Republican shutdown means clinical trials will stop enrolling new patients for life-saving treatment.
But, hey, at least construction on Donald Trump's golden ballroom for his billionaire buddies will continue.
But, hey, at least construction on Donald Trump's golden ballroom for his billionaire buddies will continue.
October 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The Republican shutdown means clinical trials will stop enrolling new patients for life-saving treatment.
But, hey, at least construction on Donald Trump's golden ballroom for his billionaire buddies will continue.
But, hey, at least construction on Donald Trump's golden ballroom for his billionaire buddies will continue.
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You probably pay more in federal income taxes than some of America’s biggest, most profitable corporations.
It’s not right — and we cannot afford to let it continue.
It’s not right — and we cannot afford to let it continue.
August 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
You probably pay more in federal income taxes than some of America’s biggest, most profitable corporations.
It’s not right — and we cannot afford to let it continue.
It’s not right — and we cannot afford to let it continue.
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We need strong crypto regulation – not an industry giveaway that puts our economy at risk and supercharges President Trump’s corruption.
August 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We need strong crypto regulation – not an industry giveaway that puts our economy at risk and supercharges President Trump’s corruption.
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Donald Trump's bill makes your life more expensive this year, next year, the year after that, and the year after that.
July 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Donald Trump's bill makes your life more expensive this year, next year, the year after that, and the year after that.
Nothing that has ever helped you has been funded by industry
Tapping the sign that says “NSF, NIH, and public investment into basic research are the real engines of US innovation”
Silicon Valley VCs sit atop a system where federal and state governments spent more on basic research of all kinds than most other countries in the world combined, and then take the ideas that come out of that and take it the last mile. An important function, but they disproportionately benefit.
July 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Nothing that has ever helped you has been funded by industry
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For the hearing itself, go here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBHF....
For more background and access to relevant documents, go here: andersen-lab.com/congressiona....
And please don't make the mistake of thinking that this is limited to the question of the origin of the pandemic. It's not.
For more background and access to relevant documents, go here: andersen-lab.com/congressiona....
And please don't make the mistake of thinking that this is limited to the question of the origin of the pandemic. It's not.
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Hearing
YouTube video by GOP Oversight
www.youtube.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
For the hearing itself, go here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBHF....
For more background and access to relevant documents, go here: andersen-lab.com/congressiona....
And please don't make the mistake of thinking that this is limited to the question of the origin of the pandemic. It's not.
For more background and access to relevant documents, go here: andersen-lab.com/congressiona....
And please don't make the mistake of thinking that this is limited to the question of the origin of the pandemic. It's not.
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BEAST X v10.5.0 finally released – you can't just do beta releases forever. github.com/beast-dev/be...
Details and instructions for installing on the BEAST website: beast.community
Details and instructions for installing on the BEAST website: beast.community
July 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
BEAST X v10.5.0 finally released – you can't just do beta releases forever. github.com/beast-dev/be...
Details and instructions for installing on the BEAST website: beast.community
Details and instructions for installing on the BEAST website: beast.community
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Kids like Vivian shouldn’t have to lobby senators to have health care. I’m in this fight all the way.
Kids like Vivian shouldn’t have to lobby senators to have healthcare. I’m in this fight all the way.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
June 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Kids like Vivian shouldn’t have to lobby senators to have health care. I’m in this fight all the way.
Another example of Idiocracy and misogyny.
The HPV vaccine is one of the most powerful vaccines ever developed, and access was about to get easier and cheaper—until RFK Jr. dismissed the CDC's entire vaccine advisory committee. @katherinejwu.com reports:
The Future of the HPV Vaccine Is Up in the Air
One of the most effective vaccines available was going to become more accessible—until RFK Jr. dismissed the CDC’s advisory committee.
bit.ly
June 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Another example of Idiocracy and misogyny.
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Don’t listen to Derek Thompson about science, please
June 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Don’t listen to Derek Thompson about science, please
Not geniuses
We have destroyed USAID and NIH while pumping money into a Nazi's hobby that has regressed from "blew up spaceship before reaching orbit" to the even bigger failure of "blew up spaceship on the ground."
SpaceX Starship explodes again, this time on the ground
June 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Not geniuses
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A call to stand up and show support for the Bethesda Declaration, the NIH, and for federally funded science in general.
The Bethesda Declaration
www.science.org
June 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A call to stand up and show support for the Bethesda Declaration, the NIH, and for federally funded science in general.
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June 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Confederacy of dunces
Ignorance is one hell of a drug. A software engineer from DOGE with no healthcare or government experience developed an error-prone AI tool to identify which services from private companies were not essential at Veterans Affairs. Of course, it was a disaster. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts
We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the wron...
www.propublica.org
June 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Confederacy of dunces
This administration is putting you and everyone you know at increased risk of disease and death. Full stop.
Yup, you read that right - pandemic preparedness = "unsafe for Americans".
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In 2019, NIAID proposed an ambitious scientific network focused on pandemic preparedness, research, and response - the "CREID Network".
Ten centers kicked off just as the pandemic was taking off, playing critical roles throughout.
We were just notified the whole network is terminated.
Reason? 👇
Ten centers kicked off just as the pandemic was taking off, playing critical roles throughout.
We were just notified the whole network is terminated.
Reason? 👇
June 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This administration is putting you and everyone you know at increased risk of disease and death. Full stop.
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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The Republican budget summed up in one headline. #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
May 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The Republican budget summed up in one headline. #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
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The end of US leadership in science, technology, and innovation.
All in one little table.
A tremendous gift to China, courtesy of the GOP.
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
All in one little table.
A tremendous gift to China, courtesy of the GOP.
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
May 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The end of US leadership in science, technology, and innovation.
All in one little table.
A tremendous gift to China, courtesy of the GOP.
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
All in one little table.
A tremendous gift to China, courtesy of the GOP.
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
Eating too many shrooms
Fragments from the latest Starship don’t have a crew and might take that long to get there. Polifact rates the claim zero Pinocchio’s
Musk aiming to send uncrewed Starship to Mars by end of 2026 reut.rs/45ud9cX
May 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Eating too many shrooms
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Experts inside and outside the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been left stunned and puzzled by the decimation of a nearly 80-year-old agency that has been a global leader in public health.
Learn how decimating the CDC will cost many lives in the US and abroad. #MedSky
Learn how decimating the CDC will cost many lives in the US and abroad. #MedSky
Experts Say CDC Cuts Will Cost Lives
This Medical News article discusses how recent workforce and program reductions at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will affect public health.
jamanetwork.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Experts inside and outside the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been left stunned and puzzled by the decimation of a nearly 80-year-old agency that has been a global leader in public health.
Learn how decimating the CDC will cost many lives in the US and abroad. #MedSky
Learn how decimating the CDC will cost many lives in the US and abroad. #MedSky
Even if the citations were real, it was rambling garbage written by idiots.
Gold standard science
White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Even if the citations were real, it was rambling garbage written by idiots.
Liars and frauds
Good job, #RussellVought, #ElonMusk, #RFKJr and #JayBhattacharya: "Even using the lower value in calculations, the lost health from the NIH cuts translates into more than $8.2 trillion ($100 000 × 82 million years)." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe
This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...
jamanetwork.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Liars and frauds