@thejensen.bsky.social
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A point not made enough: the UK runs a trade goods deficit with the US so shouldn’t be paying any tariffs at all based on the White House formula (10% is not a “win”).
April 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
A point not made enough: the UK runs a trade goods deficit with the US so shouldn’t be paying any tariffs at all based on the White House formula (10% is not a “win”).
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The price increases come as research budgets for US labs are stretched thin by unprecedented grant cancellations and cuts to university funding introduced since Donald Trump’s second presidency began
https://go.nature.com/41ZRlUD
https://go.nature.com/41ZRlUD
Tariffs hit science labs: Trump levies raise cost of supplies
Import taxes on staples such as microscopes, glassware and computer chips will affect institutions already feeling financial strain.
go.nature.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The price increases come as research budgets for US labs are stretched thin by unprecedented grant cancellations and cuts to university funding introduced since Donald Trump’s second presidency began
https://go.nature.com/41ZRlUD
https://go.nature.com/41ZRlUD
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+London
See you in Trafalgar Square.
+London
See you in Trafalgar Square.
April 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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+London
See you in Trafalgar Square.
+London
See you in Trafalgar Square.
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social for God’s sake, one of you explain this to Starmer.
"All the presidents and prime ministers and kings and queens are going to be coming to beg me to lift the tariffs.”
There's his main motivation right there... his overwhelming childish need for fealty is his main driver. The best thing the rest of the world can do is to stop feeding it.
There's his main motivation right there... his overwhelming childish need for fealty is his main driver. The best thing the rest of the world can do is to stop feeding it.
April 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social for God’s sake, one of you explain this to Starmer.
Entirely agree with The BMJ on this one. (Even though they are the competition.) Again, see @nature.com 3rd March paper on the impact of the Western diet in pregnancy. Health first. Lobbyists second.
#BMJExclusive Experts have voiced concerns over the significant presence of industry figures on the UK government’s new Food Strategy Advisory Board, after it emerged that 50% of its membership represented food companies and distributors.
@emahase.bsky.social reports
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
@emahase.bsky.social reports
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
April 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Entirely agree with The BMJ on this one. (Even though they are the competition.) Again, see @nature.com 3rd March paper on the impact of the Western diet in pregnancy. Health first. Lobbyists second.
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🧵Carl Sagan wasn't religious, but he was prophetic.
Working together, FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, and countless aids built the greatest diplomatic and economic structure the world has ever seen. This enraged religious fundamentalists.
Carl Sagan saw them coming.
Working together, FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, and countless aids built the greatest diplomatic and economic structure the world has ever seen. This enraged religious fundamentalists.
Carl Sagan saw them coming.
April 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
🧵Carl Sagan wasn't religious, but he was prophetic.
Working together, FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, and countless aids built the greatest diplomatic and economic structure the world has ever seen. This enraged religious fundamentalists.
Carl Sagan saw them coming.
Working together, FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, and countless aids built the greatest diplomatic and economic structure the world has ever seen. This enraged religious fundamentalists.
Carl Sagan saw them coming.
Why do authoritarians hate science? Because an evidence-based approach to anything is anathema to them. And they hate questions.
Much of the Trump administration’s agenda for research is laid out in the 900-plus-page Project 2025. Nature examines science-related policies from Project 2025 that have already come to pass, and which ones might be on the horizon. 🧪
How Trump is following Project 2025’s radical roadmap to defund science
Much of the Trump administration’s agenda for research is laid out in the 900-plus-page blueprint. Nature read it so you don’t have to.
go.nature.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Why do authoritarians hate science? Because an evidence-based approach to anything is anathema to them. And they hate questions.
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As retaliation for the Tariffs we will now be showing any American made TV show without the last five minutes. Good luck finding out how Frasier got out of that one.
April 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
As retaliation for the Tariffs we will now be showing any American made TV show without the last five minutes. Good luck finding out how Frasier got out of that one.
See also the paper in @nature.com on 5th March re maternal diet and neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood and adolescence.
diet related disease really is a thing
obesity will likely overtake tobacco soon (may already have done so)
despite this food policy remains spectacularly unambitious
wonder why? read: foodfoundation.org.uk/sites/defaul...
obesity will likely overtake tobacco soon (may already have done so)
despite this food policy remains spectacularly unambitious
wonder why? read: foodfoundation.org.uk/sites/defaul...
April 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
See also the paper in @nature.com on 5th March re maternal diet and neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood and adolescence.
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More attacks in Universities. Rumours that Trump set to hack at Brown’s funds because they had the temerity to stand up for academic freedom.
Trump reportedly threatening to freeze $510m in grants from Brown University
University says it has not yet been notified, but school was among dozens warned of academic crackdown
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
More attacks in Universities. Rumours that Trump set to hack at Brown’s funds because they had the temerity to stand up for academic freedom.
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Take Nature’s poll -
the new administration is reshaping the research landscape in the United States in profound ways.
What do you think of all the changes?
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
the new administration is reshaping the research landscape in the United States in profound ways.
What do you think of all the changes?
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Take Nature’s poll: How will Trump’s policies affect US science?
The new administration is reshaping the research landscape in the United States in profound ways. What do you think of all the changes?
www.nature.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Take Nature’s poll -
the new administration is reshaping the research landscape in the United States in profound ways.
What do you think of all the changes?
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
the new administration is reshaping the research landscape in the United States in profound ways.
What do you think of all the changes?
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The Dow is down over 1500 points in a day.
April 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Dow is down over 1500 points in a day.
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Sen. Tillis (R-N.C.) says he’s inclined to support the Grassley-Cantwell bill.
Says he’s heard from constituents worried about the tariffs, esp farmers & restaurant/lodging sectors.
Everyone in red states :: call your reps!!
Says he’s heard from constituents worried about the tariffs, esp farmers & restaurant/lodging sectors.
Everyone in red states :: call your reps!!
April 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Sen. Tillis (R-N.C.) says he’s inclined to support the Grassley-Cantwell bill.
Says he’s heard from constituents worried about the tariffs, esp farmers & restaurant/lodging sectors.
Everyone in red states :: call your reps!!
Says he’s heard from constituents worried about the tariffs, esp farmers & restaurant/lodging sectors.
Everyone in red states :: call your reps!!
A “coding error” ? Seriously?
"Thirty employees—including 11 lab heads—at the institute should immediately return to work."
What the actual f... 😡😠
What the actual f... 😡😠
Thirty previously laid-off employees—including 11 lab heads—at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke should “immediately return to work,” according to an email sent to some staff Wednesday evening.
By @sydneywyatt.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...
By @sydneywyatt.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...
April 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM
A “coding error” ? Seriously?
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If a deranged president intentionally destroying the country's economy with a ludicrous obsession (and misunderstanding) of tariffs *isn't* justification for invoking the 25th Amendment, I honestly can't imagine any scenario that would be.
April 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If a deranged president intentionally destroying the country's economy with a ludicrous obsession (and misunderstanding) of tariffs *isn't* justification for invoking the 25th Amendment, I honestly can't imagine any scenario that would be.
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This whole conversation about #LongCovid...
Research published in Nature Medicine estimates Long Covid has an annual economic impact of approximately $1 trillion—equivalent to about 1% of the global economy. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Research published in Nature Medicine estimates Long Covid has an annual economic impact of approximately $1 trillion—equivalent to about 1% of the global economy. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This whole conversation about #LongCovid...
Research published in Nature Medicine estimates Long Covid has an annual economic impact of approximately $1 trillion—equivalent to about 1% of the global economy. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Research published in Nature Medicine estimates Long Covid has an annual economic impact of approximately $1 trillion—equivalent to about 1% of the global economy. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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An FDA expert who kept eye drops from blinding you was fired yesterday. Great piece by Katherine Eban.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t... #BlueSky #MedSky #EMSky #NurseSky #IDSky #SciSky
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t... #BlueSky #MedSky #EMSky #NurseSky #IDSky #SciSky
The Expert Who Kept Eye Drops From Blinding You Was Fired Yesterday
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency terminated thousands of experienced public health professionals in an April Fools’ Day massacre. We’re all about to pay the ...
www.vanityfair.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Today is an object lesson in the radicalisation of the British right-wing press. Britain is being disparaged and insulted by a foreign far-right conspiracy theorist. But the Mail, the Express, the Telegraph and even the Times choose focus their criticisism on the British prime minister instead.
January 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Today is an object lesson in the radicalisation of the British right-wing press. Britain is being disparaged and insulted by a foreign far-right conspiracy theorist. But the Mail, the Express, the Telegraph and even the Times choose focus their criticisism on the British prime minister instead.
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🚨Postdoc position(s) alert🚨 If you like to develop new bioinformatic tools for *human* microbiome analysis, are interested by virus/phages, we (JGI Viral Genomics and Microbiome Data groups) may have a great position for you ! No official job posting yet, but email or DM if you are interested !
January 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🚨Postdoc position(s) alert🚨 If you like to develop new bioinformatic tools for *human* microbiome analysis, are interested by virus/phages, we (JGI Viral Genomics and Microbiome Data groups) may have a great position for you ! No official job posting yet, but email or DM if you are interested !
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January 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM