This is not OK. @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social puts service as a priority. If whistleblowers are punished, know what comes next. #NIHStrong

Coming back today has been rough. Let us breathe through this back log. Thanks for sticking with us. #FEDStrong

We didn't treat this shutdown like a vacation. It was an important period to reflect on the needs of people. Food, shelter, and water are necessary components of health, and @27unihted.bsky.social members know that just because you're not on duty, health is always the mission. #NIHStrong #FEDStrong

📢 Feds and US Active Duty in MoCo! Your child may bring home the Federal Impact Aid Survey. Fill it out because #MCPS you might need as a result of the furlough. @willjawando.bsky.social & @evanmglass.bsky.social , will you boost? Thank you both for serving MoCo. #FEDStrong

Rolling a nat 1 in the real world. #DnD #hypothesistesting #statssky #experiments

Happy #Veterans Day. Thank you for your service. "If you need #healthcare, too bad. Go drive 2 hours to the nearest VA instead." --Johnson and Thune #hpss #hspr #hpsr #ACA #Medicaid

Happy #VeteransDay to my favorite #blackknight and #ringknocker in the world, my fellow two-legs of @parrishpets.bsky.social. Happy Veterans' Day to all of you here who have served. It is hard to believe we have been with each other for 19 years. This, we'll defend. #duty #honor #country #griphands

I make my statement in my personal capacity at 4:30. It frightens me that health policy and health systems are not priorities when we told our leaders we need a fighting CR to keep the ACA afloat. #hspr #hpsr #hpss #shutdown

#memeMonday #makenoise #hspr #hpsr #hpss #ACA

I know I'm 6 months late, but Senator Chuckie should have replaced Greg Zuerline or Jude McTamney. There'd be little improvement, but he'd disappoint far fewer New Yorkers this way. #nflsky #shutdown #demsfold

It is not a victory to have our salary paid when it is already codified. Both Chucks should know better.

This week's #sourdough. #bakingsky

If you need help right now for your pets, here are pet food pantry services in Montgomery County, MD. #shutdown #FEDStrong

We need you to help spread this word. Cases are from Aug through Nov 2025 and 10 states are involved thus far. Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid www.cdc.gov/botulism/out...

Great resource, thanks for the alert, @johnsonll.bsky.social. Information here on energy assistance, food assistance, and insurance assistance. #furlough #shutdown #FEDStrong

Looks like we're going into December on this doozy. Remember. If you need food, that is a basic human right. Remember the #NIH mission. We turn discovery into health. Food is health.

#NIH 🤯👀😮🫠

"Association does not imply causation" is the truth and continues to be an important mantra in the practice of statistics. What does it actually mean? Can we prove causal relationships using observational data? If no, does it mean that detected associations are useless? #statssky #causalinference

Once again I have trolled Drs. Bhattacharya and Crowell on LinkedIn. @27unihted.bsky.social has provided food to RIFd and furloughed feds. The #NIH mission is to "turn discovery in to health." We cannot do that when people, including RIFd and furloughed employees, are hungry. Food fuels health.

#geronsky and @blackingeron.bsky.social and @geronsociety.bsky.social , please share with your networks. The #FAA has announces that flights will go down by at least 10% because of the shutdown during the week of #GSA2025. Give yourself extra time to get to the airport when en route to Boston.

As we come to @geronsociety.bsky.social 's #GSA2025, please follow us en masse. If you are an aging health researcher and want to be added to the starter pack, comment below. #geronsky #ADRD

#HPSS and #HPSR, submit your abstracts to @academyhealth.bsky.social #ARM2026 in Seattle, WA.

From our colleagues at Capital Area Food Bank. Bring your PIV card or US Military ID. Please share with your networks. #FEDStrong #furlough #foodbanks

This week's #sourdough. #bakingsky

Happy #Halloween 🎃 !

1. I have reached out to #NIH Director, Dr. Bhattacharya, four times to engage in an unofficial day of service. Twice via email (CC-ing his deputies) and twice on LinkedIn. I will give him until COB today. I want him to know what he is missing out on by not engaging with staff right now.

#NIH had another unofficial Montgomery County Day of Service. Today, we volunteered with @comfortcases.bsky.social. @robscheer.bsky.social has been a lifelong public servant to our country. Thank you, Angelika Stablow, for letting us prepare comfort cases with you. #FEDStrong #NIHStrong

@savehealthresearch.bsky.social writes, "99% of recent treatments are #NIH supported. Erica wants everyone to have the same opportunity she had to benefit from this new medicine. What treatments are we about to discover that could be lost, and who may have been given years more of life?"

Follow the data and stop the disinformation. Children are more at risk of firearms and motor vehicular accidents than candy poisoning. #defendresearch #defenddata #statssky

Thanks for the comments, @markhisted.org . In my personal capacity and time, this is the exact reason I am choosing to engage in community service because the most vulnerable in our neighborhoods need our aid. I know the furlough and the end of benefits scares people, and disinformation must stop.

So I just did this. I hope it works. I feel like a child who is begging a parent to come to a music recital. I've emailed Dr. Bhattacharya twice with no reply yet. I am looking forward to volunteering with @comfortcases.bsky.social tomorrow and Blue Star Families over Veterans' Day. #FEDStrong

From @josh-caplan.bsky.social and @academyhealth.bsky.social. "...the planned November meeting of the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) was canceled, which follows their last meeting in July also being canceled and never rescheduled." #MAHA 🙄😒🫠

I am neither a more skilled nor a more committed civil servant than those who were wrongfully terminated. Reinstate them. We have created more waste by firing them. #NIH #statssky #publichealthsky #FEDStrong

There's a difference between Medicare FFS and Medicare Advantage. People in my division lovingly call it "Commercial Medicare." @lastweektonight.com gives a great intro to what MA is. #geronsky #CMS #Medicare

You can always calibrate your statistical test to focus on a hypothesis about what YOU deem as a practically significant effect… if you so dare. #statssky #hypothesistesting #sciencesky

@markhisted.org explains the importance of the #NIH ICO directors being non-partisan civil servants as opposed to political appointees. Search committees must choose them based on their leadership and scientific expertise.

During the furlough, we've organized #FEDstrong days of service in our communities. Today, eight of us recovered food for Nourish Now. Last week at @nihvigils.bsky.social with @27unihted.bsky.social's leadership, the #NIH community donated more than 450 pounds of food to Manna Food Bank.

This is from my #hpss colleague and friend, @drjasonbrinkley.bsky.social . I remind you that your value as a human being is not tied to your employment history, your salary, or your organization. #srms #statssky #CDC #HHSStrong #FEDStrong

Hi mPox. Welcome to the US. Our HHS Secretary wants you to have a long and productive stay. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This looks like a really fun workshop. #neurosky

Stay safe, Prince George's County Friends and Colleagues.

This week's #sourdough. #bakingsky

Right before the #shutdown, @kffhealthnews.org updated Key Facts on Health Coverage of Immigrants. In most circumstances, undocumented families remain ineligible for #ACA provisions; families typically forgo necessary preventive care and seek ED visits as a last resort. #hspr #immigration

I'm proud that our @nihvigils.bsky.social /No Kings day hosted a food drive. Civil service in all localities matter. #fedstrong

Por favor, compártalo ampliamente, especialmente si vive en Carolina del Sur, Texas , Nuevo México, Ohio, Kansas, Indiana, Míchigan, Illinois, Dakota del Norte, Arkansas, Montana, Arizona or Utah. Gracias a @savehealthresearch.bsky.social. #publichealthysky

Please share, especially if you live in South Carolina, Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, Kansas, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, North Dakota, Arkansas, Montana, Arizona or Utah. #publichealthsky

#statssky #rstats #datascience

I listened to @alsobrooks.senate.gov at @nihvigils.bsky.social this morning. Either her mother or grandmother had taught herself to type to join civil service. This humble story confirms that #fedstrong isn't in it for the money but because we want to serve.

Gift link provided. @washingtonpost.com piece covers that the new #CMS #MedicareAdvantage #provider-directory tool meant to ease plan shopping, has tons of errors and contradictions. Well ain't this fun. #geronsky #hspr #hpss #statssky #AIsky