Sean Davidson
@sean-phd.bsky.social
A science geek who loves his family, riding bikes, collecting pop cans, and driving his sweet '66 Mustang.
Huge turn out at the No Kings protest in Cincinnati
June 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Huge turn out at the No Kings protest in Cincinnati
Attacks on Science Starting to Bite
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Attacks on Science Starting to Bite
The goal of Science Unwound is to highlight the critical importance of taxpayer-supported science to both public health and the U.S.
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April 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Attacks on Science Starting to Bite
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For the next 2 weeks, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social is asking for everyone to call their members of Congress about the cuts to and political interference at NIH by the Trump White House. 1/ 5calls.org/issue/nation...
Defend Scientific Progress and Protect the NIH ⭑ 5 Calls
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the largest sponsor of biomedical research in the world, driving essential innovations in disease detection …
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April 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
For the next 2 weeks, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social is asking for everyone to call their members of Congress about the cuts to and political interference at NIH by the Trump White House. 1/ 5calls.org/issue/nation...
About 2K at the Stand Up protest at Washington Park in Cincinnati today.
April 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
About 2K at the Stand Up protest at Washington Park in Cincinnati today.
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If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility
The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.
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April 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
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Very brave. I only represent Republicans, not all Americans in my district. Hopefully those independent voters will let him know how they feel about this when he runs for Senate.
March 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Very brave. I only represent Republicans, not all Americans in my district. Hopefully those independent voters will let him know how they feel about this when he runs for Senate.
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Just received notice that our grant was terminated. 5R24AG066599-03
TheRiseRegistry.org
TheRiseRegistry.org
March 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Just received notice that our grant was terminated. 5R24AG066599-03
TheRiseRegistry.org
TheRiseRegistry.org
The importance of taxpayer support of biomedical research you don't hear about as much. open.substack.com/pub/wseandav...
Who is going to train the people that make and prescribe my drugs?
How loss of taxpayer research hits closer to home that you think.
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February 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The importance of taxpayer support of biomedical research you don't hear about as much. open.substack.com/pub/wseandav...
Ohio. The Alabama of the Midwest.
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February 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Ohio. The Alabama of the Midwest.
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The presidents of all universities should hold a press conference together at the National Press Club in Washington DC condemning the attacks on science and universities and outline the stakes for all Americans. 1/
February 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The presidents of all universities should hold a press conference together at the National Press Club in Washington DC condemning the attacks on science and universities and outline the stakes for all Americans. 1/
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The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now.
The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
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February 22, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now.
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Where are they? In a crisis, they have ceded the public stage to Musk and Trump. It is shameful.
Let me ask again: where are presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton. Where are the Fortune 500 CEOs? The university presidents. Is all this “leadership” stuff they tout just words?
I don’t want to think so but the question must be asked.
I don’t want to think so but the question must be asked.
February 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Where are they? In a crisis, they have ceded the public stage to Musk and Trump. It is shameful.
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Money talks
We got a Costco membership for the first time in our lives today. They asked why & I said because treat your workers well, you value diversity, & you didn’t cave in to authoritarian demands. He said: “We’ve been getting lots of folks saying that, thanks for joining.”
Who needs a gallon of ketchup?
Who needs a gallon of ketchup?
February 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Money talks
The NIH is taking a beating by this short sighted administration. PLEASE read my weekly Substack post to understand why tax payer funded research is SO important and share it with your friends and family, especially those who supported Trump
Hey NIH, what have you done for me lately?
It is hard to deny that science is under threat from the Trump administration.
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February 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The NIH is taking a beating by this short sighted administration. PLEASE read my weekly Substack post to understand why tax payer funded research is SO important and share it with your friends and family, especially those who supported Trump
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s idea of efficiency is stopping research on curing cancer.
February 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s idea of efficiency is stopping research on curing cancer.
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“I’m just an underrepresented person in academia trying to do this work. This just hurts research broadly across the board.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The dire consequences of science without DEI
"We are very much at risk of losing an entire generation of researchers."
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February 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“I’m just an underrepresented person in academia trying to do this work. This just hurts research broadly across the board.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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They have killed the Epidemic Intelligence Service AKA “the disease detectives.” These are the experts on the frontlines protecting us from new and old infectious disease threats. Gone. In tbe stroke of a pen.
February 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
They have killed the Epidemic Intelligence Service AKA “the disease detectives.” These are the experts on the frontlines protecting us from new and old infectious disease threats. Gone. In tbe stroke of a pen.
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You won’t hear me boasting. Academic science and industrial science are different and we do a lot of different things. But we still build on each other’s work!
Many in biotech/private sector are boasting about their ways of funding and doing science
But they are staffed with PhDs and postdocs we train in our NIH and NSF funded labs in universities
With university labs lacking funds to train, the private sector will be profoundly harmed
But they are staffed with PhDs and postdocs we train in our NIH and NSF funded labs in universities
With university labs lacking funds to train, the private sector will be profoundly harmed
February 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
You won’t hear me boasting. Academic science and industrial science are different and we do a lot of different things. But we still build on each other’s work!
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Imagine if university presidents instead of cowering, called up their faculty too speak in a round-the-clock marathon across the nation about how their research serves every American who has ever faced illness and disease.
February 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Imagine if university presidents instead of cowering, called up their faculty too speak in a round-the-clock marathon across the nation about how their research serves every American who has ever faced illness and disease.
How did DEI become a bad word?
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How did DEI become a bad word?
A view from academia
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February 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
How did DEI become a bad word?
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Because this platform is moderated. This is not Twitter. There is no Elon Musk dominating an algorithm that drags down the platform
Bluesky is unique. We need it to grow.
Bluesky is unique. We need it to grow.
The problem with calls for “discourse,” is that MAGA isn’t interested in an exchange of ideas. It wants to leverage the rules of polite to destroy discourse. It wants to walk in, shout us all down, spit lies, and thumb their noses at us.
Shout “if you’re so tolerant why don’t you tolerate my hate?”
Shout “if you’re so tolerant why don’t you tolerate my hate?”
February 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Because this platform is moderated. This is not Twitter. There is no Elon Musk dominating an algorithm that drags down the platform
Bluesky is unique. We need it to grow.
Bluesky is unique. We need it to grow.
What the heck are indirect costs? How NIH cuts will devastate science in the UD. open.substack.com/pub/wseandav...
Inbox | Substack
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February 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
What the heck are indirect costs? How NIH cuts will devastate science in the UD. open.substack.com/pub/wseandav...
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Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
February 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
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This website shows you how many jobs NIH funding creates for your state along with the overall economic activity generated.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
February 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This website shows you how many jobs NIH funding creates for your state along with the overall economic activity generated.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...