No Kings-Chicago, IL

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

1. Washington DC #NoKings 👑

My quote of the day In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Martin Luther King, Jr.

To recap, Trump signed a proclamation saying that after midnight tonight, no one with an H-1B visa may enter the US unless they have paid $100,000. However, anonymous White House officials are saying it doesn't apply to people with current H-1B visas — yet there is NO official guidance! None!

Universities now advising H1B holders not to travel and if you are abroad to come back ASAP.. the new normal, ...

This is the visa many postdocs and junior faculty are on.. (including myself) “Either the person is very valuable to the company and America, or they’re going to depart, …” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

I’m hiring a postdoc to join an exciting new multidisciplinary project to understand intercellular communication. The project will rely on #microscopy, #calcium imaging and #flowCytometry Based in Reading, reach out for more details. Please share 🔬🧪🥼 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DON935/p...

🚨Next @isth.org RPTH Research Recap! 🗓️May 13 | 16:00 UTC @gendronn.bsky.social & @frederikdenorme.bsky.social discuss the @rpth.bsky.social article: Relevance of anti-PF4/H antibodies & platelet activation in system. inflam. diseases & thromb. disorders: insight f/t COVID19 pandemic. bit.ly/42TBW7y

🚨 New Research Recap! Mark your calendar for May 13 and join us as we unpack the latest research on COVID-19, anti-PF4/heparin antibodies, and platelet activation. 🧬 🗓️ Stay ahead of the curve with cutting-edge insights. 🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4iA2sZx

We are very proud & pleased to support young parents to participate in @isth.org #ISTH2025 by offering professional & affordable childcare services. Another clear commitment to support. our diverse community & #ISTHearlycareer professionals. Learn more & reserve: isth2025.org/childcare

Chuck Schumer was damned if he did and damned if he didn't. Eventually the wheel of karma will turn again in the favor of sensible people, but God, am I tired of waiting.

Pleased to share that our latest study has been published in Hematologica! @rdgplateletlabs.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40045892/

I am not going to call this a Bluetorial, because I do not want to sully that term (which, at least I, find joyful). Let’s call it a Orwellial.

Diversity is our greatest asset, even if the government disagrees… They not like us! POC in STEM are here to stay. They tried to rig the game but you can’t fake influence! Mustard on the [Be][At] bro. Happy Black History Month!

Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

New publication from our group in @naturecomms.bsky.social led by Gemma Leon @rcsi.bsky.social Thanks to our collaborators at @tcddublin.bsky.social, CHI Crumlin, and to @researchireland.bsky.social and Children’s Health Ireland for funding. Open access link: rdcu.be/d93ds

This morning, or son was anxiously waiting for the arrival of his grandma & grandpa who came all the way from 🇧🇪 to celebrate his upcoming birthday! 🙂

Please! Think twice before publishing papers in pay for play journals (Frontiers, MDPI, Sage etc). The data is immediately suspect - why did the authors buy themselves a paper without rigorous review?

Here is the pre-RFK vaccination schedule for your kids. Please download it before he is confirmed and changes/deletes it. Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on. Making this my pinned post.

The combined budgets of USAID, EPA, NSF, NASA and NIH make up 2.5% of the federal budget. That equates to $1 a day per family. That's all we are spending to cure diseases, have health advances, basic science, the environment, and foreign aid that helps people who are suffering around the world […]

Top 10 ways American Science can survive the 15% indirect cap: 1. Breed special transgenic mice that can run for days in tiny hamster wheel turbines to keep lights on. 2. Get athletic program staff to donate 1% of their salaries to the research thus raising 100 billion dollars a year.

THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW. End/

The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47), enacted on March 23, 2024, includes a provision that restricts the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from altering indirect cost rates without congressional approval. 2/

AND IT’S ILLEGAL FOLKS: “None of the funds appropriated in this title may be used to modify or implement any change to the indirect cost rates applied to grants & contracts funded by the NIH w/o the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives & the Senate.” 1/

New Pulse episode alert!🎙️ How do you go from mentee to mentor—and then collaborator? 🤝In today's episode, we chat w/@aswolberg.bsky.social & @kmachlus.bsky.social about the power of mentorship, building community, and finding your niche in science. @gbarnesmd.bsky.social 🎧Tune in: bit.ly/3Q3Q6wI

Despite the orange man's antics. Scientific societies are standing their ground. We as a community need to keep supporting #DEI efforts! Just submitted our first Diversity Supplement for a talented graduate student in our Lab. Thanks to @ahascience.bsky.social for supporting diversity in science!

At #ISC25 pre-con in LA. Last time I was here was Feb 2020… 😷

NIH study section update

The ISTH Announces Recipients of the 2025 Esteemed Career Awards🎉 This prestigious award celebrates individuals whose contributions in thrombosis and hemostasis shaped the field and inspired the scientific community. Stay tuned as the ISTH shares in-depth profiles of each awardee: bit.ly/3El3wly

Please join us in recognize the outstanding and most deserving recipients of the 2025 @isth.org Esteemed Career Awards for their exceptional contributions to #thrombosis & #hemostasis globally: ✅Francoise Dignat-George 🇫🇷 ✅Tilman Hackeng 🇳🇱 ✅James O’Donnell 🇮🇪 ✅Suely Rezende 🇧🇷 ✅Midori Shima 🇯🇵 👇

The power of Capitalism

The world is an ugly place these days but 8 made a beautiful drawing of the Northern lights.

You're not overwhelmed. You're under attack.

To end this terrible January my grandmother passed away yesterday. She was an incredible independent woman who made me who I am today. As a side note: She was two when the Nazis invaded Belgium, same age as our son now…

Life imitates art.

Very good advice to find after a day of doomscrolling

You think they are strong? They are like the Wizard of Oz, a con, a performance, and there is nothing behind the curtain. Realize that and they shrink to the size of their tiny hearts, useless brains, endless reserves of cowardice. 11/

Have courage. What kinds of ancestors do you want to be? Collaborators, accomplices? Or someone who fought back in their own way. 8/

And Musk and his cronies will strip what's left for parts--we're watching the "big steal" happen as our public goods are plundered by these half-men. 4/

And there is no rationale to this but destruction. There isn't an alternative vision for the US. It's about pulling it all down to the rubble. It's nihilistic and profoundly radical in the worst way. 3/

We're dismantling the civil service, running roughshod over separation of powers, targeting people based on race and sexual orientation, giving oligarchs the keys to key federal powers. 2/

Let's all say it out loud. These people are fascists & this is a fascist take-over of the United States. You can couch your words more carefully, but the speed and ferocity of what is happening now is part-and-parcel of a coup. The GOP in Congress has surrendered. The Dems are out of their depth. 1/

In case you were wondering why Chinese tariffs are 15% less than for Canada and Mexico, follow the money. Elon Musk currently has a 4,500,000 sq. ft. car manufacturing plant in China. Tesla does not currently have car plants in Canada or Mexico. One is planned for Mexico. In time for a tariff lift.

From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.

For federal employees, please check out these documents about preparing for political pressure. protectdemocracy.org/work/resourc...

Journal Editor: "What is the mechanism?" Scientist: "Better than an answer—I have a tremendous amount of data!"

How it feels to be working on a grant application right now.

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.