It's a rough life

can't argue with this.

🧪⚛️ OMB is not being shy, at all, about wanting to cancel or deny grants based on political preferences. This is very very bad. www.politico.com/live-updates...

bookmarking this for use anytime someone asks how we can afford social safety nets.

🧪⚛️ For scale, this is roughly 25 years of NSF funding, or 5 years of NIH funding. This, from people who claim that we can’t afford to support research, or public health.

I thought people were kidding, turns out Elon really did axe the screwworm containment program back in March 25. fucking imbecile www.agri-pulse.com/articles/226...

Portrait of a Cat Waiting for a Sunbeam 2026 Digital Artist Unknown

I'm in the comments and I don't like it...

tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.

This is insanity

> early data from the report … suggests the system saves the region as much in $345 million annually. The system’s operating budget in 2026 was approximately $161 million. shout it from the rooftops @ridemcts.bsky.social

16 years ago I walked into a bar* at closing time and convinced a young lady** to come home with me. Or maybe she convinced me. We both have a few more gray hairs now but she still makes me smile every day. Happy adoptaversary to my little boo-boo bear. *@arlboston.bsky.social **kitty cat

I had kind of thought the season was over but it has been kind of a late arriving spring... #GlovesInTheCity

In honor of #EarthDay, here is a reminder that there is a bot account that posts a photo of the whole Earth from a million miles away, taken by the Deep Space Climate Observatory, several times daily. You can view all the images (and zoom in) here: epic.gsfc.nasa.gov

SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2 www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

I am again asking people to pay attention to what has happened to our National Science Foundation and by extension thousands of researchers across the country. The devastation is ongoing and worthy of continued outcry to officials and journalists. 🧪

Absolutely incredible. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone. Watch with sound on.

Fuck cancer

Blep

Alleluia!

"What the hell is even that?"

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

That's a nice spot. But I'm pretty good at hide and seek... #GlovesInTheCity

This is what social media is for

Schrödinger's boots

Baseball is a beautiful, intricate game, and at its best is a joy to both play and watch--every other team in the WBC knew this. The US team, though, approached it like they were preparing to invade the straight of hormuz, and as a result when the in-game moments got big, they became small.

⚛️🧪 This is very bad. Is Congress going to stand up for its own power of the purse? www.science.org/content/arti...

In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of umbrellas #GlovesInTheCity

This is an incredible documentation of the systematic, intentional collapse of American health science, by Elizabeth Ginexi. open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...

That’s 125% of the National Science Foundation’s annual budget, for anyone keeping track.

Someone sat in "my" pew at church this morning and I've felt discombobulated all day

Date night? #GlovesInTheCity

Is that a chewy box? We love chewy boxes! Is it for me? What's in it? #GlovesInTheCity

Still up on the official White House website: www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

Not great

It's the perfect texture for running. Very low impact and it's dry snow so your feet don't get wet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=98mB...

Snow drifts at T stations are high enough that they spill into the train when the doors open

Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?

Happy Black Cat Day!

Big @bostonglobe.com / MassINC Polling survey out this morning. "They came to Massachusetts to cure disease. Now they’re packing up their labs." We surveyed NIH funded scientists in Massachusetts about federal funding cuts & policies. Here's what they told us. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...

All this paperwork sure makes me thirsty... #GlovesInTheCity

I can't believe some jagoff stole my package #GlovesInTheCity

a joy the kid rock watchers will never know

This is joyous

Oh no. I'm trapped.

@universalhub.com something going on at Marriott Copley Place - 4 or 5 fire trucks, a special operations and air supply truck, and a few ambulances. Huntington Ave inbound is closed at The Collonade.

don't forget to pour one out today

@mbta.com excellent job cutting out the 39 bus stop at Longwood. Thanks!