Tamara
@tamaratrails.bsky.social
Science believer, dog mom, GenX, Veteran, DC 💙, Currently in my Tree Witch Era, Trails and trees are my happy place. Embrace your joy.
I’m so tired
August 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I’m so tired
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Now is a good time to sign on in support of the courageous folks at EPA who stood up for all of us.
www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
Support EPA Staff Now! — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Your solidarity with the EPA heroes increases the pressure on their Administrator Lee Zeldin.
www.standupforscience.net
July 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Now is a good time to sign on in support of the courageous folks at EPA who stood up for all of us.
www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday refused to rule out retaliation against hundreds of National Institutes of Health scientists over a joint letter signed and delivered in protest of HHS cuts and layoffs.
www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-26724...
www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-26724...
'Excuse me, sir': RFK Jr. refuses to vow not to target staff with retaliation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday refused to rule out retaliation against hundreds of National Institutes of Health scientists over a joint letter...
www.rawstory.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday refused to rule out retaliation against hundreds of National Institutes of Health scientists over a joint letter signed and delivered in protest of HHS cuts and layoffs.
www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-26724...
www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-26724...
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🧪 If you live in these States and care about biomedical research and the #NIH, please call your Senators:
Maine (Collins)
West Virginia (Capito)
Louisiana (Cassidy)
Alabama (Britt)
Pennsylvania (McCormick)
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Maine (Collins)
West Virginia (Capito)
Louisiana (Cassidy)
Alabama (Britt)
Pennsylvania (McCormick)
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Trump put the NIH on the chopping block. Now, it's up to five GOP Senators to save it. The future of U.S. science hangs in the balance. From Robert Kuttner:
https://trib.al/jmuCKZq
https://trib.al/jmuCKZq
Will the Senate Save NIH?
Rescuing biomedical research is every bit as important as saving Medicaid.
trib.al
June 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
🧪 If you live in these States and care about biomedical research and the #NIH, please call your Senators:
Maine (Collins)
West Virginia (Capito)
Louisiana (Cassidy)
Alabama (Britt)
Pennsylvania (McCormick)
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
Maine (Collins)
West Virginia (Capito)
Louisiana (Cassidy)
Alabama (Britt)
Pennsylvania (McCormick)
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NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
June 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
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If you are interested in support for #NIH funding, the Subcomm hearing on the HHS budget is happening TUESDAY 👇👇
Hearing on "The Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget"
The Subcommittee on Health has scheduled a hearing on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (ET) in the John D. Dingell Hearing Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The title of the hearing is “T...
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June 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
If you are interested in support for #NIH funding, the Subcomm hearing on the HHS budget is happening TUESDAY 👇👇
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Please sign on and add your voice in calling for an NIH that prioritizes the safety of research participants and public health over political momentum.
actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
actionnetwork.org
June 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Please sign on and add your voice in calling for an NIH that prioritizes the safety of research participants and public health over political momentum.
actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
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Bluetorial: Timing of getting grants out the door at NIH
The pauses and low rate of releasing awards may be a problem in terms of getting the NIH appropriation spent by September 30, 2025
The pauses and low rate of releasing awards may be a problem in terms of getting the NIH appropriation spent by September 30, 2025
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ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
media.tenor.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Bluetorial: Timing of getting grants out the door at NIH
The pauses and low rate of releasing awards may be a problem in terms of getting the NIH appropriation spent by September 30, 2025
The pauses and low rate of releasing awards may be a problem in terms of getting the NIH appropriation spent by September 30, 2025
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Here is a guide to practical steps to take in the aftermath of a RIF notification. Time is of the essence when you know you may lose access, so take a look here to help you keep track of what you need to do. We can't take credit for guide, but we hope it helps.
April 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Here is a guide to practical steps to take in the aftermath of a RIF notification. Time is of the essence when you know you may lose access, so take a look here to help you keep track of what you need to do. We can't take credit for guide, but we hope it helps.
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Former FDA commissioner on LinkedIn:
April 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Former FDA commissioner on LinkedIn:
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Florida & Wisconsin, I hope you understand the assignment today! The entire Country, no World, is watching you.
Please show up in record numbers and support candidates who will support the constitution & not the con!
Please show up in record numbers and support candidates who will support the constitution & not the con!
April 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Florida & Wisconsin, I hope you understand the assignment today! The entire Country, no World, is watching you.
Please show up in record numbers and support candidates who will support the constitution & not the con!
Please show up in record numbers and support candidates who will support the constitution & not the con!
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Good morning. We’ve learned that RIF notices went out by branch overnight—timed for maximum cruelty. We’ll share info and resources throughout the day.
To those affected: We’re so sorry. This is a deep personal loss and a loss for everyone you keep safe and healthy through your work. 💚
To those affected: We’re so sorry. This is a deep personal loss and a loss for everyone you keep safe and healthy through your work. 💚
April 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Good morning. We’ve learned that RIF notices went out by branch overnight—timed for maximum cruelty. We’ll share info and resources throughout the day.
To those affected: We’re so sorry. This is a deep personal loss and a loss for everyone you keep safe and healthy through your work. 💚
To those affected: We’re so sorry. This is a deep personal loss and a loss for everyone you keep safe and healthy through your work. 💚
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NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-080: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health NOT-OD-25-080. OD
grants.nih.gov
March 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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All anti-mask laws—even those with so called “medical exceptions”—stigmatize mask-wearing.
Fewer people wearing masks increases the spread of infectious diseases.
No matter how lawmakers try to spin it, any law that criminalizes wearing a mask endangers public health. Period.
Fewer people wearing masks increases the spread of infectious diseases.
No matter how lawmakers try to spin it, any law that criminalizes wearing a mask endangers public health. Period.
March 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
All anti-mask laws—even those with so called “medical exceptions”—stigmatize mask-wearing.
Fewer people wearing masks increases the spread of infectious diseases.
No matter how lawmakers try to spin it, any law that criminalizes wearing a mask endangers public health. Period.
Fewer people wearing masks increases the spread of infectious diseases.
No matter how lawmakers try to spin it, any law that criminalizes wearing a mask endangers public health. Period.
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Yes. The situation at NIH is worse than the public realizes.
The #NIH is on track to be effectively ended as a funder of evidence-based research within a year.
That is not an exaggeration. The firings and consolidation announced today will create a new, MUCH worse NIH.
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The #NIH is on track to be effectively ended as a funder of evidence-based research within a year.
That is not an exaggeration. The firings and consolidation announced today will create a new, MUCH worse NIH.
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The situation at the NIH and for all biomedical and cancer cure research in the United States is MUCH MUCH WORSE than you realize.
Ruining studies and potentially harming research subjects...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
March 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Yes. The situation at NIH is worse than the public realizes.
The #NIH is on track to be effectively ended as a funder of evidence-based research within a year.
That is not an exaggeration. The firings and consolidation announced today will create a new, MUCH worse NIH.
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The #NIH is on track to be effectively ended as a funder of evidence-based research within a year.
That is not an exaggeration. The firings and consolidation announced today will create a new, MUCH worse NIH.
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If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
March 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
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The Office of Long COVID Research and Practice will close as soon as this week, according to an internal HHS email obtained by Inside Medicine.
This is the opposite of what you would do if you were genuinely interested in finding treatments for chronic diseases, as RFK claims.
This is the opposite of what you would do if you were genuinely interested in finding treatments for chronic diseases, as RFK claims.
March 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The Office of Long COVID Research and Practice will close as soon as this week, according to an internal HHS email obtained by Inside Medicine.
This is the opposite of what you would do if you were genuinely interested in finding treatments for chronic diseases, as RFK claims.
This is the opposite of what you would do if you were genuinely interested in finding treatments for chronic diseases, as RFK claims.
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Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants.
History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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March 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants.
History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸
March 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸
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Demand your reps and senators oppose elimination of the CDC’s HIV Prevention Division.
Eliminating this Division would reverse all of our hard-won gains and lead to a resurgence of HIV, taking us back decades.
5calls.org/issue/cdc-hi...
Eliminating this Division would reverse all of our hard-won gains and lead to a resurgence of HIV, taking us back decades.
5calls.org/issue/cdc-hi...
Protect the CDC’s HIV Prevention Division ⭑ 5 Calls
Amid broad threats to slash Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) staffing, the Trump administration is reportedly considering slashing …
5calls.org
March 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Demand your reps and senators oppose elimination of the CDC’s HIV Prevention Division.
Eliminating this Division would reverse all of our hard-won gains and lead to a resurgence of HIV, taking us back decades.
5calls.org/issue/cdc-hi...
Eliminating this Division would reverse all of our hard-won gains and lead to a resurgence of HIV, taking us back decades.
5calls.org/issue/cdc-hi...
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HLB destroyed the Florida citrus industry because one person on a flight from China managed to land in Miami while the Ag Inspection team was understaffed. I cannot state how devastating to our nation's agricultural industry a reduction in force across the country would be.
DOGE's cuts to the USDA included a large amount of highly specialized workers checking plants and animals at ports. Logistics experts believe this will lead to a cascade of issues, from groceries spoiling to raised prices: www.wired.com/story/usda-f...
DOGE’s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread
Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.
www.wired.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
HLB destroyed the Florida citrus industry because one person on a flight from China managed to land in Miami while the Ag Inspection team was understaffed. I cannot state how devastating to our nation's agricultural industry a reduction in force across the country would be.
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these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions
March 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions
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THIS FIGHT IS NOT OVER.
TOMORROW MORNING: everyone MUST call en masse.
Do you have a recurring donation to your Democratic Senator? PULL IT IF THEY ARE VOTING YES.
We can still fight back!!
TOMORROW MORNING: everyone MUST call en masse.
Do you have a recurring donation to your Democratic Senator? PULL IT IF THEY ARE VOTING YES.
We can still fight back!!
March 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
THIS FIGHT IS NOT OVER.
TOMORROW MORNING: everyone MUST call en masse.
Do you have a recurring donation to your Democratic Senator? PULL IT IF THEY ARE VOTING YES.
We can still fight back!!
TOMORROW MORNING: everyone MUST call en masse.
Do you have a recurring donation to your Democratic Senator? PULL IT IF THEY ARE VOTING YES.
We can still fight back!!
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Democrat Derangement Syndrome is strong.
March 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Democrat Derangement Syndrome is strong.
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I’m sick to death of people saying we’re “descending” into fascism. The fascism is ALREADY here. THIS IS WHAT IF FEELS LIKE.
And if you’re not feeling it, it’s probably because you’re one of the “good Germans.”
@michaelharriot.bsky.social explains
And if you’re not feeling it, it’s probably because you’re one of the “good Germans.”
@michaelharriot.bsky.social explains
The 'Threat to Democracy' Is Over
It's time to admit that the fascism we feared is already here.
www.contrabandcamp.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I’m sick to death of people saying we’re “descending” into fascism. The fascism is ALREADY here. THIS IS WHAT IF FEELS LIKE.
And if you’re not feeling it, it’s probably because you’re one of the “good Germans.”
@michaelharriot.bsky.social explains
And if you’re not feeling it, it’s probably because you’re one of the “good Germans.”
@michaelharriot.bsky.social explains