Roland Bock
r-bock.bsky.social
Roland Bock
@r-bock.bsky.social
Neuroscientist by day
Reposted by Roland Bock
Love this! So talented and creative. It’s the soundtrack to the scientific apocalypse we are living in! I follow @ellecordova.bsky.social here but this wasn’t posted. This was from TikTok! Enjoy!
October 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Look, I finally found some government waste - spending money on a large scale study for what we already know for decades. Ideological meddling is another nail in the coffin for science future.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/h...
C.D.C. Will Investigate Debunked Link Between Vaccines and Autism
Dozens of studies have failed to find evidence of a link. The decision to re-examine the question comes as a measles outbreak, driven by low vaccination rates, widens in Texas.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM
5200 at HHS, 1500 at NIH: this purge has nothing to do with ‘efficacy’ but solely with destroying the biomedical infrastructure - to what end?

www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Wrecking ball’: RFK Jr. moves to fire thousands of health agency employees
Supervisors deliver bad news across NIH, CDC
www.science.org
February 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
NIH experienced the first wave of purges today. Rumors had it at 3,000, NPR reports 1,500 - many talented people, indiscriminate of their skill and performance, just bad luck still being on probation and the weak side.

Even some students ended up on the ‘wrong’ side.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Staff at CDC and NIH are reeling as Trump administration cuts workforce
As many as 1,300 probationary employees at CDC and 1,500 at NIH are losing their jobs. Many fear for the future of public health and scientific research.
www.npr.org
February 15, 2025 at 5:29 AM
If your speech at the Munich Security Conference is met with shock and condemnation from your closest allies and praised by Russia - that should give you pause.

apple.news/AI6wxgiXkQSW...
JD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europe’s leaders — Guardian US
US vice-president questions whether European values are worth defending as he rails against ‘threat from within’
apple.news
February 15, 2025 at 5:11 AM
If the reports are true, that ALL federal grants and loans are frozen until the administration reviewed their alignment with the presidential agenda - America’s Science is pretty much crippled.

thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Trump administration directs widespread pause of federal loans and grants
The Trump administration late Monday directed federal agencies to pause the disbursement of loans and grants while the government conducts a review to ensure spending aligns with President Trump’s …
thehill.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Hmmm - I think I just got classified as “female” by the executive order. - At conception - I belonged to the sex that produced the large reproductive cell. The ability to produce the small reproductive cells developed 6-8 weeks later. Biology is awesomely messy.
January 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM