Taisto
@scientaisto.bsky.social
Small-town scientist, metalhead, animal welfare punk, and sarcastic bog witch.
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2 DAYS until we STAND UP FOR SCIENCE!
More information on local sites available at www.standupforscience2025.org ☀️
#standupforscience2025
More information on local sites available at www.standupforscience2025.org ☀️
#standupforscience2025
March 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
2 DAYS until we STAND UP FOR SCIENCE!
More information on local sites available at www.standupforscience2025.org ☀️
#standupforscience2025
More information on local sites available at www.standupforscience2025.org ☀️
#standupforscience2025
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when Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE last November, he said the work would be “tedious” and “compensation is zero"
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
www.wired.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
when Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE last November, he said the work would be “tedious” and “compensation is zero"
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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This is not about cleaning up after last year’s protests; this is about getting out ahead of what is coming.
March 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is not about cleaning up after last year’s protests; this is about getting out ahead of what is coming.
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ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh.
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
March 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh.
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
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The repercussions of Trump's ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are being felt across various health and science agencies.
In today’s episode, we talk about the ramifications of that order for science and medicine.
Listen here 🎧: buff.ly/Vdpz3oM
In today’s episode, we talk about the ramifications of that order for science and medicine.
Listen here 🎧: buff.ly/Vdpz3oM
March 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The repercussions of Trump's ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are being felt across various health and science agencies.
In today’s episode, we talk about the ramifications of that order for science and medicine.
Listen here 🎧: buff.ly/Vdpz3oM
In today’s episode, we talk about the ramifications of that order for science and medicine.
Listen here 🎧: buff.ly/Vdpz3oM
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Are you a scientist or student heading to a @standupforscience.bsky.social rally this Friday?
We want to hear from you. Tell us about yourself and why you’re going, how far you’re traveling, why you’re fired up, and whether there will be car snacks. Call or text us at (646) 767-6532.
We want to hear from you. Tell us about yourself and why you’re going, how far you’re traveling, why you’re fired up, and whether there will be car snacks. Call or text us at (646) 767-6532.
March 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Are you a scientist or student heading to a @standupforscience.bsky.social rally this Friday?
We want to hear from you. Tell us about yourself and why you’re going, how far you’re traveling, why you’re fired up, and whether there will be car snacks. Call or text us at (646) 767-6532.
We want to hear from you. Tell us about yourself and why you’re going, how far you’re traveling, why you’re fired up, and whether there will be car snacks. Call or text us at (646) 767-6532.
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Like, dudes in camo hats are wearing homemade shirts calling for your death to the grocery store. You fucked up incredibly badly.
March 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Like, dudes in camo hats are wearing homemade shirts calling for your death to the grocery store. You fucked up incredibly badly.
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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
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“The administration’s actions will result in the loss of the next generation of scientists”.
@jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote this piece in @thehill.com about the danger of the NIH funding cuts that are impacting the training of up-and-coming scientists. thehill.com/opinion/heal...
@jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote this piece in @thehill.com about the danger of the NIH funding cuts that are impacting the training of up-and-coming scientists. thehill.com/opinion/heal...
thehill.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“The administration’s actions will result in the loss of the next generation of scientists”.
@jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote this piece in @thehill.com about the danger of the NIH funding cuts that are impacting the training of up-and-coming scientists. thehill.com/opinion/heal...
@jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote this piece in @thehill.com about the danger of the NIH funding cuts that are impacting the training of up-and-coming scientists. thehill.com/opinion/heal...
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The Regime has banned CDC staff from authorship on any publications that include authors or funding from the World Health Organization. They have been instructed to remove their name from any work that has already been submitted. This is a grotesque and harmful order that makes the U.S. less safe.
March 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Regime has banned CDC staff from authorship on any publications that include authors or funding from the World Health Organization. They have been instructed to remove their name from any work that has already been submitted. This is a grotesque and harmful order that makes the U.S. less safe.
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Yes
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Yes
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Quick reminder that Democracy 2025 has a handy tracking tool, if you're feeling overwhelmed. I find it helpful to get a grasp on what's actually happening. www.democracy2025.org/response-cen...
Democracy 2025 Response Center
Real-time analysis of the Trump administration’s actions.
www.democracy2025.org
February 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Quick reminder that Democracy 2025 has a handy tracking tool, if you're feeling overwhelmed. I find it helpful to get a grasp on what's actually happening. www.democracy2025.org/response-cen...
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The dept of ed has a new form where you can report DEI initiatives in schools it would be too bad if it got inundated with false reports I’m not telling you to do that definitely don’t do that!! enddei.ed.gov
Department of Education FormLock
enddei.ed.gov
February 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The dept of ed has a new form where you can report DEI initiatives in schools it would be too bad if it got inundated with false reports I’m not telling you to do that definitely don’t do that!! enddei.ed.gov
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I really enjoyed picketing outside of a Tesla dealership a couple weeks ago. Folks are going back out this Saturday across the country, including two locations in the Twin Cities. Together we can make👏line👏go👏down👏!
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
TeslaTakedown
Take action at Tesla showrooms everywhere. ⚡ Sell your Teslas, dump your stock, join the picket lines. ⚡ Hurting Tesla is stopping Musk. ⚡ Stopping Musk will help save lives and our democracy. The s...
actionnetwork.org
February 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I really enjoyed picketing outside of a Tesla dealership a couple weeks ago. Folks are going back out this Saturday across the country, including two locations in the Twin Cities. Together we can make👏line👏go👏down👏!
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
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So far, criminals who have had their prosecutions cancelled or reversed because they support Trump or gave him money include:
-an online darknet drug kingpin
-a pair of Romanian sex traffickers
-a major crypto fraudster
-a congressional Republican who beat up his mistress
-an online darknet drug kingpin
-a pair of Romanian sex traffickers
-a major crypto fraudster
-a congressional Republican who beat up his mistress
February 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
So far, criminals who have had their prosecutions cancelled or reversed because they support Trump or gave him money include:
-an online darknet drug kingpin
-a pair of Romanian sex traffickers
-a major crypto fraudster
-a congressional Republican who beat up his mistress
-an online darknet drug kingpin
-a pair of Romanian sex traffickers
-a major crypto fraudster
-a congressional Republican who beat up his mistress
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Pancreatic cancer is notoriously hard to treat, with a mortality rate of about 90%.
In today’s episode, we talk with a scientist who is fighting the cancer with an mRNA vaccine.
Listen here 🎧:
https://buff.ly/3ES4ndw
In today’s episode, we talk with a scientist who is fighting the cancer with an mRNA vaccine.
Listen here 🎧:
https://buff.ly/3ES4ndw
February 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Pancreatic cancer is notoriously hard to treat, with a mortality rate of about 90%.
In today’s episode, we talk with a scientist who is fighting the cancer with an mRNA vaccine.
Listen here 🎧:
https://buff.ly/3ES4ndw
In today’s episode, we talk with a scientist who is fighting the cancer with an mRNA vaccine.
Listen here 🎧:
https://buff.ly/3ES4ndw
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I'm gonna remind people that I feel pretty strongly that if you bought one of my ebooks legitimately, then you own the book and however you secure that ownership is fine by me
mashable.com/article/how-...
mashable.com/article/how-...
How to download your Kindle books while Amazon still allows it
After Feb. 26, Amazon is doing away with its Kindle "download and transfer via USB" option.
mashable.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I'm gonna remind people that I feel pretty strongly that if you bought one of my ebooks legitimately, then you own the book and however you secure that ownership is fine by me
mashable.com/article/how-...
mashable.com/article/how-...
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As @jeremymberg.bsky.social correctly assessed at the time, the NIH memo that slashed overhead rates came from Trump/Musk, not anyone within the organization.
The NIH Memo That Undercut Universities Came Directly From Trump Officials
NIH officials said they were given no advance warning and less than an hour to post the memo publicly.
www.theatlantic.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
As @jeremymberg.bsky.social correctly assessed at the time, the NIH memo that slashed overhead rates came from Trump/Musk, not anyone within the organization.
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Please call or write to your elected representatives and state Attorneys General and explain to them that NIH submissions to the Federal Register must be permitted immediately. This is a bureaucratic end run around a court order to resume NIH funding.
5calls.org
5calls.org
February 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Please call or write to your elected representatives and state Attorneys General and explain to them that NIH submissions to the Federal Register must be permitted immediately. This is a bureaucratic end run around a court order to resume NIH funding.
5calls.org
5calls.org
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RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
February 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
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It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
February 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...