Anonymous Scientist
@quantumnebula425.bsky.social
Good. The reporting here has focused too little on Summers as himself a predator:
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The reporting on Larry Summers has totally missed the point. It’s not just about him pal-ing around with Epstein.
It’s about his predatory actions against junior Female colleagues and mentees.
Notice that he doesn’t even apologize for the despicable sexual harassment he was doing
It’s about his predatory actions against junior Female colleagues and mentees.
Notice that he doesn’t even apologize for the despicable sexual harassment he was doing
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Good. The reporting here has focused too little on Summers as himself a predator:
bsky.app/profile/quan...
bsky.app/profile/quan...
100%! I have been really disappointed that the reporting has not talked about Summers himself being a predator:
bsky.app/profile/quan...
bsky.app/profile/quan...
The reporting on Larry Summers has totally missed the point. It’s not just about him pal-ing around with Epstein.
It’s about his predatory actions against junior Female colleagues and mentees.
Notice that he doesn’t even apologize for the despicable sexual harassment he was doing
It’s about his predatory actions against junior Female colleagues and mentees.
Notice that he doesn’t even apologize for the despicable sexual harassment he was doing
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
100%! I have been really disappointed that the reporting has not talked about Summers himself being a predator:
bsky.app/profile/quan...
bsky.app/profile/quan...
We must condemn this disgusting behavior. If not, it becomes normalized and accepted.
Details here: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Details here: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
www.thecrimson.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We must condemn this disgusting behavior. If not, it becomes normalized and accepted.
Details here: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Details here: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
This man should not be allowed to be around young women or students in general.
“Stepping back from public engagements” is not a sufficient remedy. He needs to be ejected from academia forever.
“Stepping back from public engagements” is not a sufficient remedy. He needs to be ejected from academia forever.
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This man should not be allowed to be around young women or students in general.
“Stepping back from public engagements” is not a sufficient remedy. He needs to be ejected from academia forever.
“Stepping back from public engagements” is not a sufficient remedy. He needs to be ejected from academia forever.
Ya totally, it is shocking reveal of privilege that this person thinks working at 9pm is something extraordinary. I work on emails and papers every evening at this time.
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Ya totally, it is shocking reveal of privilege that this person thinks working at 9pm is something extraordinary. I work on emails and papers every evening at this time.
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Is it “radically leftist” to believe that marginalized groups should not be excluded from NIH research? …that throwing away public resources by terminating studies just before they complete?
If so, I wear the label proudly.
And it is absolutely my job to criticize such policies at work.
If so, I wear the label proudly.
And it is absolutely my job to criticize such policies at work.
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Is it “radically leftist” to believe that marginalized groups should not be excluded from NIH research? …that throwing away public resources by terminating studies just before they complete?
If so, I wear the label proudly.
And it is absolutely my job to criticize such policies at work.
If so, I wear the label proudly.
And it is absolutely my job to criticize such policies at work.
Shame on them Jenna. I am proud of you. May your bravery permeate to all of us.
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Shame on them Jenna. I am proud of you. May your bravery permeate to all of us.
The hypocrisy is astonishing
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The hypocrisy is astonishing
I bring this up because I think it is important that scientists understand what is actually going on, rather than an idealized version where scientists are still making the calls.
Grants with fundable scores can be killed by political review. This happens.
See:
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Grants with fundable scores can be killed by political review. This happens.
See:
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News
The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...
kffhealthnews.org
October 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I bring this up because I think it is important that scientists understand what is actually going on, rather than an idealized version where scientists are still making the calls.
Grants with fundable scores can be killed by political review. This happens.
See:
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Grants with fundable scores can be killed by political review. This happens.
See:
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
This figure is how it worked pre-Trump. But now, there are multiple points of political review that are ultimately the arbiters -- above even council.
October 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This figure is how it worked pre-Trump. But now, there are multiple points of political review that are ultimately the arbiters -- above even council.
Multiple things are true here:
- Ezra whitewashed Kirk
- Winning elections matters; moral purity is good for pundits and philosophers and BSky warriors, but bad for everyone else
- Ezra's style of 500 words of pontification followed by a question is extremely annoying.
- Ezra whitewashed Kirk
- Winning elections matters; moral purity is good for pundits and philosophers and BSky warriors, but bad for everyone else
- Ezra's style of 500 words of pontification followed by a question is extremely annoying.
September 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Multiple things are true here:
- Ezra whitewashed Kirk
- Winning elections matters; moral purity is good for pundits and philosophers and BSky warriors, but bad for everyone else
- Ezra's style of 500 words of pontification followed by a question is extremely annoying.
- Ezra whitewashed Kirk
- Winning elections matters; moral purity is good for pundits and philosophers and BSky warriors, but bad for everyone else
- Ezra's style of 500 words of pontification followed by a question is extremely annoying.
Theresa and her brethren are legit heroes. I often feel in awe of their courage.
September 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Theresa and her brethren are legit heroes. I often feel in awe of their courage.
I want to agree with these guys but it is pretty 🙄 that they seem to have no hesitation about making my unfunded abstracts available to anyone
September 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I want to agree with these guys but it is pretty 🙄 that they seem to have no hesitation about making my unfunded abstracts available to anyone
And it’s about people around us — people we love, our neighbors, our friends, our children — who will never benefit from this knowledge because it was stolen from them.
They may die or suffer, and it needn’t have been the case.
It is a form of violence that Vought has inflicted on us all.
They may die or suffer, and it needn’t have been the case.
It is a form of violence that Vought has inflicted on us all.
September 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
And it’s about people around us — people we love, our neighbors, our friends, our children — who will never benefit from this knowledge because it was stolen from them.
They may die or suffer, and it needn’t have been the case.
It is a form of violence that Vought has inflicted on us all.
They may die or suffer, and it needn’t have been the case.
It is a form of violence that Vought has inflicted on us all.
If I may add, it’s not just about our colleagues on these grants that should have been funded but were not. That is a shame but it is not the entire tragedy.
It’s also about the discoveries and wonderful things we may never know because this science was not done.
It’s also about the discoveries and wonderful things we may never know because this science was not done.
September 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
If I may add, it’s not just about our colleagues on these grants that should have been funded but were not. That is a shame but it is not the entire tragedy.
It’s also about the discoveries and wonderful things we may never know because this science was not done.
It’s also about the discoveries and wonderful things we may never know because this science was not done.
Gerrymandering and the supreme court are the best examples. R's have a first mover and structural advantage in a way they can consolidate power even against broad democratic (small d) wishes.
It is an orthogonal and deeply insidious strategy vs just making a political case to try and win elections.
It is an orthogonal and deeply insidious strategy vs just making a political case to try and win elections.
September 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Gerrymandering and the supreme court are the best examples. R's have a first mover and structural advantage in a way they can consolidate power even against broad democratic (small d) wishes.
It is an orthogonal and deeply insidious strategy vs just making a political case to try and win elections.
It is an orthogonal and deeply insidious strategy vs just making a political case to try and win elections.
This is what I worry about most. Once you poison the well of trust that underpins the system, then what we really have is a game of political brinksmanship. And the R's have advantages in winning that because of demographics and because they frankly have no qualms destroying the country to "win"
September 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This is what I worry about most. Once you poison the well of trust that underpins the system, then what we really have is a game of political brinksmanship. And the R's have advantages in winning that because of demographics and because they frankly have no qualms destroying the country to "win"
Thank you for providing these figures/data and advocating on behalf of scientists.
September 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Thank you for providing these figures/data and advocating on behalf of scientists.
Progress is not linear or assured. But this country can surprise us. Things are worse than I ever expected but I still have hope. Trump is like -8% in approval ratings. It is not a situation where we have a dictator with large-scale approval... yet
September 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Progress is not linear or assured. But this country can surprise us. Things are worse than I ever expected but I still have hope. Trump is like -8% in approval ratings. It is not a situation where we have a dictator with large-scale approval... yet