Well this is fantastic! I kinda want to play along but I also don't want to lol Happy New Year! Here's hoping there's less *gestures wildly at everything*

I won't lie, this was a tough year for democracy. But we enter 2026 with hope and optimism for the year ahead. I wish you all a happy and healthy new year.

So heinous! This would be a good time to donate to Planned Parenthood

RFK Jr.'s legacy is a sea of tiny coffins in the US and internationally. Every day he remains in office, the harm he causes grows. Call your representative — it's time Congress impeaches and removes RFK Jr. standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr

*laughs in comprehensive exams*

This week in eugenics

Listen to us talk about why @nursingclio.bsky.social is awesome, and then get your copy of the Nursing Clio Reader!

Worth noting that what Walsh is citing here isn't just the idea of IQ—it's the much more egregious "national IQ" data from Richard Lynn, something several colleagues and I wrote about last year for STAT News

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has granted a stay, allowing Texas to use its new congressional map in 2026, delivering a major win for President Donald Trump and his unprecedented national effort to rig the upcoming midterm elections.

THIS

Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵

As a historian of eugenics, just want to confirm that eugenics is bad. Racism and ableism are the foundations of eugenics, and if those things shape what you mean by "desired" genetic characteristics, then it is eugenics and therefore bad. However, not all genetic intervention has to be eugenic.

This right here.

Sweet potato pie is the best pie. I will not be taking questions at this time.

WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)

New feature article from TNJ (nation's best student magazine): Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...

"An obsession with the gene, of course, is not a complete explanation for why racist ideas resonated with Dr. Watson ... [for these ideas] to strike such a chord, some part of him had to already be receptive to its arguments"

Very interesting take on Watson from @nccomfort.bsky.social, a preview of his forthcoming definitive and possibly magisterial biography! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...

It's always eugenics....

If a budget deal goes through without restoring Medicaid & ACA subsidies, they will never be restored. That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.

🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.” That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now. Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal... Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...

🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.

Preview of the definitive and possibly magisterial biography of Watson!

“We... wanted to address a frustrating narrative we’ve been hearing more frequently—that Yale has somehow been exempted from the funding freezes and disruptions affecting other institutions,” HoSang wrote... “The idea that Yale has been untouched is simply wrong."

Stay tuned for the definitive and possibly magisterial Watson biography!

Never underestimate power’s ability to find aligned interests with other forms of power.

if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam

Exercise your right to vote!!

Go team!!

Just got my author copy of the NursingClio reader! Please everyone get like 12 copies and support the incredible work of @nursingclio.bsky.social!!

Do Less Harm is FINALLY here! Y'all should buy like 12 copies each k thanks

🚨I just posted EVERY U.S. Senator phone number in DC. We ALL must call our Senators and tell them NO on this bill! 17 MILLION AMERICANS WILL LOSE HEALTHCARE ACCESS TO PAY FOR TAX CUTS. 🤬

CALL YOUR REPS

Late last night, Senate Republicans voted to advance Trump’s Tax Scam. But it’s still not clear if the GOP has enough votes for final passage of the reconciliation bill, so we need to make *lots* of calls today. Call now: indivisible.org/resource/cal... Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...

I don't have enough words for how horrible this is Make sure to donate to your local Planned Parenthood!

Contact your senators to protect higher ed actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Contact your reps!!

Two VA pulmonologists rebuked by Trump administration for warning, in a @nejm.org article, that cancelled contracts, layoffs, and planned staff reductions jeopardize the health of a million veterans seeking help for conditions linked to toxic exposure. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Make sure to contact your reps. See the resources in the thread

Tell your senators to take a stand against the “No Contempt Clause” act.indivisible.org/sign/senator...

CT folks, come through tonight!!

Carla Hayden was tremendous. Always looking out for the people and knowledge. We were lucky to have her.

🚨 ICE is conducting raids in DC today and they've been spotted in various spots, incl Fort Totten, Dupont Circle, and K Street. DC folks in need of legal support can contact Amica Center for Immigrant Rights at (202) 331-3320. More via @migrantinsider.bsky.social migrantinsider.com/p/ice-raids-...

CT folks come through!!

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

Trump has announced that his adminstration will no longer be enforcing the civil rights act because "merit" is when you can discriminate on against non-whites and get away with it www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

At least 140,000 children and 67,000 adults have died as a result of Musk, the orange, and Rubio terminating USAID support to healthcare and food aid. The lag effects of HIV/AIDs, TB and malnutrition will soon start increasing the toll more rapidly.

Northwestern just announced that the university will meet the funding needs of any research that is being impacted by stop orders. LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO! #edusky #academicsky wgntv.com/evanston/nor...

Not a constitutional lawyer, but doesn't habeas corpus mean that you have to be charged with a crime in order to be held in prison? And doesn't the fact that this person is a citizen mean that ICE has no jurisdiction over him?