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Rita Balice-Gordon
@ritabg.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, Mom, learner, do-er.
June 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Terry Moran was right and wrong. Right on the sentiment - absolutely a truth teller - but wrong to break the 4th wall between journalists and their subjects.
June 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Finally, a university says “enough.” I hope others, chickenshits that many of them are, follow suit. In the immortal words of the Govenor of Maine, “see you in court.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands
Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions and report international students who broke rules, among other steps. Harvard called the demands unlawful.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
March 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Look, folks, this is it. The entire ballgame. Either we're a Republic of laws & the Constitution, or we have a dictator. This is fascism, & the impeachment vote should be happening today. Every single university president in the country should be out, in front of microphones, condemning this.
Trump takes credit for Mahmoud Khalil's arrest by ICE:
March 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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March 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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March 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.
March 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Democracies stand with Ukraine.
March 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Today we feature @ritabg.bsky.social, CEO #MunaTherapeutics (Denmark, Belgium & US), a company that develops #therapies that slow or stop devastating neurodegenerative diseases incl. #Alzheimer’s & #Parkinson’s

#FundamentalResearch for #EUcompetitiveness

EU-LIFE #innovation ➡️ eu-life.eu/innovation
February 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Bravo @plos.org!

US exec orders "stand in direct conflict with our core values, our mission, edit policies"

"PLOS will not compromise on issues of scientific rigor & editorial integrity... we seek diversity because more expert voices make for better science"

theplosblog.plos.org/2025/02/plos...
PLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity - The Official PLOS Blog
Since its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to…
theplosblog.plos.org
February 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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President Trump's approach to the war in Ukraine is a reversal of the last three years, the editorial board writes, "but also a repudiation of a nearly eight-decade core belief that the United States was safer in a world where it stood against aggression and authoritarianism and for freedom."
Opinion | Trump’s Misguided Strategies for Peace in Ukraine
In their silence, Republicans are betraying the Ukrainians, national security and their own party’s values.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Good info in this article about how to be proactive:

open.substack.com/pub/donovanw...
Saving Democracy: 3 Urgent Steps We Must Take Now
Trump and Musk are following a dangerous blueprint. If we don’t act, history will repeat itself.
open.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Many are asking: “What can I do now?”

Here’s a revised and expanded list of actions you can take, in rough order of importance. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-what-you-can-do
February 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Good morning!
February 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM