I keep thinking of the NIH employees who worked so hard to get these awards made before the end of September with a reduced workforce and I thank them!

In recent months the NSF has significantly reduced research funding. We're partnering with @sloanfoundation.bsky.social to launch a Research Rescue Fund, a citizen-led initiative to rescue societally valuable economics research. Learn more: www.ssrc.org/programs/eco...

NIH progress on new R01s in FY 2025 drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/n...

Looking for ways to fight back? Our Civics Roundup has ideas. Send us other actions and rallies you want boosted. 51st.news/making-some-...

Choose Democracy has a video about what everyday citizens can do to resist authoritarian power and we don’t have to wait for wet blankets like Schumer or Jeffries to wake up. Just “we the people”. youtu.be/H9vyImoDc7o?...

As a DC resident we have no representation in Congress. If you live outside DC use your voice to tell your representatives to Free DC. freedcproject.org/allies Source: Free DC

You might find this relevant - scorecards by district on the local economic impacts of White House proposed FY26 budget cuts. scienceimpacts.org/fy26

And the congress wouldn’t have stolen $1 billion that DC residents paid in taxes. Give it back! Signed a DC resident who loves her city.

If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.

The Trump admin can appeal this, but for now, this seems like good news. Not many details in this article...waiting for more information about how many of these illegally canceled grants will be restored. www.axios.com/local/boston...

Care about disability rights? DOE is trying to change the rules so new buildings are NOT REQUIRED TO BE ACCESSIBLE to people with disabilities. The last day for public comment is TOMORROW Monday June 16!! See how to submit a comment at this awesome site: dredf.org/action-alert...

Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.” In the US alone. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I mean, honestly, who did they think would show up to a fascist rally in the bluest cities in the country? 92% of registered voters are democrats in DC.

I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️ toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf

NSF is rejecting near-perfect applications for DEI-related projects on the grounds that they don't fit administration priorities. And I worry that the administration's goal isn't just to stop DEI research but to push the scholars doing this work out of academia, since tenure often hinges on grants.

RFK Jr. spouted dangerous vaccine falsehoods on national TV. As a parent and infectious diseases doctor, I couldn't stay silent. Here's what the data actually shows. 🧵

If you’re in the Bethesda area, come join us in acknowledging the losses to #NIH science and public health. And this week, in honor of #NoKings Day, to rock out in defiant joy to @allstrike.bsky.social.

New euphemism for authoritarian lawlessness just dropped

NEW: The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.

WATCH PARTY!!! Let’s fact-check Jay in real time bc #factsmatter and #jaylies! www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...

As of this morning, the NIH Civil Rights notice that required organizations receiving NIH funds to certify that they didn't do any "DEI" at all (regardless of funding source) has been RESCINDED. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

These NIH staffers are putting it on the line to save lives and protect science. They are heroes.

“A CDC report found that among pregnant U.S. women infected with COVID-19, about 1 in 80 deliveries was a stillbirth — the loss of a fetus anytime after 20 weeks. That’s compared with 1 in 155 among uninfected women” Pregnant women need access to Covid boosters. TW for photos of Covid placenta:

Agreed and shall I add a few more: HAD ENOUGH of.....the culture wars, the war on science, DOGE, attacks on higher education, indiscriminate layoffs, muzzling free speech, briberies, billionaire tax breaks, tariffs, destruction of the civil work force, forced births....and on and on and on....?

Didn't he just say that our kids are the sickest in the world? So, they are all eligible, right?

Thinking of this @propublica.org reporting today about stillbirths of unvaccinated parents during the Delta wave, before CDC had explicitly recommended COVID vaccines for pregnant people and the damage the virus did to the placentas. www.propublica.org/article/covi...

I realize posting this here is preaching to the choir. But after the Grok White Genocide thing & Ye essentially launching an exclusive Neo Nazi single on the platform... I felt motivated to write about X and how bizarre it is that so many people (news outlets, celebrities, politicians) use it

I wouldn't have been able to attend graduate school at the University of Michigan without student loans. When I think it can't get worse, MAGA never disappoints. Cruelty is the point. Stupidity is their calling card.

👍🏻✊🏻🙃 Good @nickkristof.bsky.social on proven, specific,viral anti-autocracy resistance methods around the world. Like mockery & humor, focusing on corruption and individual victims. And how non-politicians (e.g Walesa, Havel, Aquino) become movement leaders. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/o...

The “MAGA makes us sicker and kills us younger bill” passed the House. It includes huge Medicaid cuts by adding administrative burdens which achieves their policy goal. Take from the poor to give to the ultra wealthy. Read @pamherd.bsky.social and @donmoyn.bsky.social op-ed about these burdens.

I posted my thoughts on this new restriction to COVID vaccine access and you should too!

Opening the NIH funding opportunity TOC hoping to see something besides “none”.

This is an amazing story and reflects the power of science to transform lives for the better. Rare conditions are often studied only because of NIH funding. This is why NIH is a public good and why we must continue to invest in science.

the kid looks fucking terrified, knows the university will probably punitively hold the diploma they've worked three or four years to get, and also knows people have been disappeared recently by fascists for doing way, way less. still says it! just an incredibly fucking brave person

Schedule F is a direct threat to science, democracy, and public health. It would gut civil service protections and politicize federal agencies. Read the Science letter by @donmoyn.bsky.social and @pamherd.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH. Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH. HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH. 99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH. Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.

Retailers should absolutely do this. Let the consumer know why product costs are higher and call it the Trump Tariff. Unfortunately, from this article it looks like Amazon has already backed off this plan.