Delaney Hall's conditions would be illegal in any American prison yet ICE operates above the law. They serve people food infested with maggots, deny them access to medical care & legal council & the guards routinely beat the shit out of them despite not having committed a crime. #ShutDownDelaneyHall

This Is True.........(BBC,NPR)

Absolutely @cate-cholamine.bsky.social! Each point has to be addressed. Each point! So the more individual unique comments entered, the more hurdles there are to passage. It is worth your time to engage in this one. 👏

Absolutely terrifying. This would completely destroy American scientific research.

CBS Ousts 60 Minutes Reporter Who Tried to Cover Trump Deportations Sharyn Alfonsi says she’s being punished for “refusing to sanitize factually accurate reporting.” ...

Looking at what he's done to the People's House (without Congressional approval, of course), I feel equal parts rage & embarrassment for our country. The Midterms can't come soon enough... #Register&VOTE 🌊

(2) The plan is, indeed, to have an RFI to collect input. THIS IS A HUGE SHIFT IN NIH PRACTICES. FOLKS NEED TO THINK ABOUT THIS AND PREPARE TO WEIGH IN. 3/3

(1) Overall impact scores will be binned into THREE bins: Top 25%, 25-50%, and >50%. (2) Overall impact scores will be retained but will NOT BE SHARED with program officers, advisory councils, or institute/center/office (ICO) leadership. 2/3

So... I got more information about this plan. The most important points follow on the next posts. 1/3

Trump is proving this to be true every day.

Trump bought up to $5 million in NVIDIA stock in February. This week, he flew the NVIDIA CEO to Beijing on Air Force One. On day one of the trip, his administration approved NVIDIA chip sales to 10 Chinese companies. 🧵

If you are a member of the scientific community wondering how to meet this moment, check out this excellent discussion between @holdenthorp.bsky.social and @timothysnyder.bsky.social. youtu.be/IWNDMwimUP0?...

Let’s see how this goes over:

Allow me to get this clueless old man up to speed: His admin is trying to use the Defense Production Act to take over Spirit, the stated goal of flying around troops and cargo is bullshit, and they will absolutely try to use these planes and their crew for deportations.

Do you think with RFK Jr. in charge, we are going to have access to this? The answer is NO, because he doesn’t think mRNA vaccines are worthy of studying and has cancelled all research funding for these vaccines, outside of those for cancer. I have MS. I would have loved to avoid it with a vaccine.

There’s some lag time before the U.S. really starts falling behind in new preventive strategies, but we are rapidly approaching it. A Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine against Epstein-Barr Virus has just launched in Australia, and this vaccine could prevent multiple sclerosis, among other things.

The war in Iran becomes triply illegal today. Read more from me and @tessbridgeman.bsky.social:

We are at the -- Republicans will support the suspension of ongoing congressional elections -- phase of Trump's authoritarian plan. Subscribe to Democracy Docket to stay informed about what is happening and how we fight back. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

This. This. This.

What’s new in the world of sperm epigenetics? Rather than examining specific sncRNA, we modeled changes across RNA types and found an amazing coordination! Biologically, this makes sense that broader changes responding to the environment would be able to interact with all sncRNAs, not just a few.🤩

It takes time to replace each of his organs every morning...

What’s new in the world of sperm epigenetics? Rather than examining specific sncRNA, we modeled changes across RNA types and found an amazing coordination! Biologically, this makes sense that broader changes responding to the environment would be able to interact with all sncRNAs, not just a few.🤩

Check out the latest exploring how ACEs and recent perceived stress interact to influence sncRNA in a longitudinal human cohort! Big thanks to @thebalelab.bsky.social and all of our co-authors! Read it here! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sweet Jesus. This wave coming at the same time the tech bros are looking for massive sites for data centers is not going to end well.

93 Candles 🎂 today for one of my favourite entertainers & people — CAROL BURNETT. Amongst others she’s received 7 Golden Globes, a Grammy, 7 Emmy’s, 12 People's Choice Awards, 2 Peabody’s & a Tony.

I resigned from the National Science Board in May when meaningful oversight became untenable. I respect colleagues who stayed to serve the NSB's mission. Today's news clarifies that was an erosion of oversight and function has become open elimination of the Board itself. 🧵 time.com/7285045/resi...

Breaking: Trump has fired the membership of the National Science Board, which is oversees NSF. I have confirmed separately with multiple now-former members of NSB.

The attack on education in the US is not new, but the slow fuse that arguably started with Reagan is now setting off detonations across K-12 and higher education that are going to be incredibly difficult to walk back if we don’t treat this like the urgent crisis it is.

🧪🛟 💊 I’m a Nobel Prize-winning immigrant. I can no longer recognize this country.

NEWS: Bette Midler just released a new music video for her remake of "All You Fascists Bound to Lose"—featuring Barbara Hershey, other celebrities, and crowds from the No Kings protests in a joyful, powerful show of resistance. You have to see this.

This man has many qualities that Republicans lack: respect, love, support from most Americans, and empathy. We need more politicians like @petebuttigieg.bsky.social

Yet despite their lawlessness, all the people they killed and the concentration camps they built, Republicans voted to give ICE $70 billion They could’ve funded school meals, provided free child care or reversed the draconian cuts they made to SNAP in the Big Ugly Bill But instead, they chose hate

What can extracellular vesicles tell us about women who experience intimate partner violence? #APS2026 kicks off with a fascinating talk by Dr Tracy Bale (@thebalelab.bsky.social) on their potential as psychiatric biomarkers.

How is the scientific integrity workshop going today? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

ICE hasn’t changed its mission, it’s just moved out of the spotlight and into the states that want it…the red states. My latest Substack breaks down what’s happening at the state level. www.adamkinzinger.com/p/ices-terro...

Spending on new medical research by the National Institutes of Health has fallen roughly $1 billion behind the pace of years past, delaying thousands of scientific projects. Story by Ben Mueller & @irenatfh.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/4ctOSqM

#APS2026 attendees: Pick up your program book at registration today and at the PhysioHub starting Friday. #WeArePhysiology 🧪

ICE has violated almost 100 court orders. Let me say that another way. 100 times ICE was caught brazenly ignoring the law. 100 times a court told them to immediately stop. And 100 times they ignored the order. That's an out-of-control agency that shouldn't get another dime.

NASA releases new image of planet Jupiter captured by James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful telescope ever built.

Don't know if this is even America anymore 😑

This is wholly unacceptable @nih! Congress gave you the funds to support research, so let’s get those NOAs out the door so science can improve America’s health!

A few fellow NIHers/NIH alum will listen along with me (in personal capacities, off the clock). I'll share our collective reactions and corrections here. So, follow along this Friday afternoon around 3pm. And if you're planning to watch, please join in!

After much debate, I've decided to attend NASEM's fireside chat w/ Jay Bhattacharya. Not because I expect tough questions from Emily Oster. (I hope she proves me wrong!) But because it's important for someone to set the record straight on Bhattacharya's pattern of lying & twisting truth.

I wish this was even surprising. Stephen Sayle, CDC's new deputy director for legislative affairs, is former tobacco industry. www.statnews.com/2026/04/22/n...

RFK Jr’s performance during his Hearing-o-Rama was a complete disgrace and an unequivocal demonstration of his utter lack of understanding of or respect for any scientific principle. His contempt for the people of this country was palpable. We are all just collateral damage of careless people.

An interesting #LadyLawyerDiaries discussion prompt from an anonymous follower. We’ve had discussions re how women bear more emotional labor on teams & for mentoring. And that can be frustrating. What do you think—too harsh? What would you do next, as mentor or mentee?

Yes, top-line funding was approved on a bipartisan basis. But, funding that has been approved is slow to go out the door (or not going out the door at all). bsky.app/profile/jere...

Today, our #SCIMaP team released an impact analysis of the White House proposed FY 2027 NIH and NSF budgets. Bottom-line: if enacted, cuts to science and medical research would lead to $35B in economic losses and 150,000 lost jobs in communities all across the US. scienceimpacts.org 🧵

As a very timely follow: the Trump administration’s proposed 2027 budget cut for NIH is *even bigger.* If approved by Congress, estimates suggest there could be huge economic losses, not to mention the impact on fighting cancer and other diseases. 🧪 bsky.app/profile/josh...