You guys...have I got a personal health, science, AND gardening SAGA for you! This one is amazing, buckle up. A couple years ago I looked in the mirror and saw this. I had to suppress my panic because I'm first aid trained and having unevenly dilated pupils is like...pretty bad. 1/n 🌱🧪

Articles due December 31, 2025 for the Special @jorthopres.bsky.social Issue on #tendonresearch, building on the 2024 ORS Tendon Conference at Mayo Clinic. Contribute to a key resource for #orthoresearchers. Submit here: ors.memberclicks.net/jorsubmit#/.

👋 Meet ORS Member Khizar Hayat, DVM, a veterinarian from Pakistan earning his PhD at City University of Hong Kong with Cornell. His work explores cartilage bonding, collagen fibrils, and cx43 knockout models in osteoarthritis. Learn more: https://www.ors.org/khizar-hayat/

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

#LongCovid's risk for children doubles after a 2nd infection, according to a new study in Lancet Infectious Diseases. The new research provides evidence that Covid reinfections can increase the risk of long-term health consequences—even among the very young www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...

"...the People’s Patrol, one of many rapid-response networks countering a Trump administration deportation blitz in #Chicago. The idea is to locate immigration enforcement activity, record it, document abuses and, right on the spot, voice community opposition." chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Solid gold accessibility tips, here

There is time to urge a change to the current #GRFP solicitation ( #NSF 25-547 ): reverse the eligibility restrictions and ensure applicants (including 2nd year PhD students) have a fair chance in the competition. Feel free to sign and share this open petition: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

Just got my Covid vaccine and asked if they’ve been busy. The nurse said they were worried people wouldn’t come in, but they’re getting lots of demand. Good going, herd! Resisting propaganda saves lives.

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🚨 Urgent: Congress must pass the FY2026 budget by tomorrow at midnight to prevent a government shutdown that would disrupt biomedical research. Take a minute to contact your lawmakers using @aimbe-official.bsky.social quick letter tool: takeaction.io/aimbe/protec...

Read through a few comments before composing mine, and wow there are a lot of very xenophobic comments supporting this :-/ Comments due TODAY: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

My coworker seems to be snoozing on the job…

Comment period ends on Monday for a proposed rule change that would terminate student visas after 4 years. It also puts limits on exchange visitors and reps of foreign media, and shortens the length of time at the end of the visa from 60 days to 30 days. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Police in Chicago have open a criminal investigation into a malicious assault carried out by Trump's secret police on a CBS News camera crew. This is one of more than a dozen incidents of assaults by ICE officers against journalists in the last week. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

I love aster season 😍

Picking a week to get my flu & covid shots in which I also worked almost 80 hours was either super efficient as far as getting all the exhaustion in at once, or super stupid, depending on whether I’m as tired while doing more data collection tomorrow night as I am this evening 😴😐

In @JOrthoPres.bsky.social this study found reductions in hip abductor and ankle extensor strength impact gait modifications on cartilage mechanics, showing importance of considering muscle strengths when designing rehabilitation for KOA buff.ly/dt8ab6R @orssociety.bsky.social #ORSSMC #Ortho

What a beautiful face to come home to! Photo from my collection, 1957.

NSF GRFP is out 2.5 months late w/key changes 1. 2nd year graduate students not eligible. 2. "alignment with Administration priorities" 3. Unlike prior years, they DO NOT specify the expected number of awards... that is a BIG problem. a brief 🧵 w/receipts www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

"Although the new fee is written in neutral language, its impact is not. More than 70% of H-1B visas go to Indian nationals. In health care, Indian physicians make up one of the largest cohorts of international graduates & are disproportionately likely to serve in rural & underserved communities."

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What a life 😸

Totally missed this in the chaos yesterday. It says “May”, not “Will definitely be exempted”, and the damage is already done. This week was the start of residency interview season, my guess is we may get 1/3 of our usual #IMG #international doctors at most, with big holes in #rural red states

not just kidnapping, they took a child HOSTAGE!

So grateful to our amazing study participants who are sticking with us through a 4-hour data collection protocol 😅

ADD YOUR THOUGHTS ON LIMITING STUDENT VISA TO FOUR YEARS Comment period ends September 29th www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... 1/2

HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

New @jorthopres.bsky.social Editor's Pick! This research was to assess the agreement in measures of acute knee cartilage thickness and composition change after loading in clinical knee OA between two MRI acquisition approaches. Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jor.70043

Ended a 14-hour day with a 4-hour challenging data collection protocol, but at least I got to take home 2 (delicious) leftover pastries so breakfast will be zero-effort in the morning 😄

As someone currently teaching Gender and Sexuality in YA Literature, I would love it if you supported Melissa who was fired for talking about Gender in Children’s Literature

Would you like some good news? A new vaccine has just been approved for protecting koalas from chlamydia, which is one of their leading causes of death.

Grant applications open October 1 for @curearthritis.bsky.social curearthritis.org/research-gra...

🚨 Nominations due this Friday, Sept 12, for the ORS/OREF Distinguished Investigator Award. This award honors an individual who has contributed to the field of #orthopaedic research, to the ORS, and OREF through outstanding scientific achievements. Nominate today: https://t.co/REwz5gVM56

Call your reps. We know that Dems will throw trans people under the bus even without the govt shutdown on the line. They need to hear from everyone but especially cis folks that this is not acceptable.

"The group brings together hundreds of grandparents nationwide who lived through diseases such as polio, tuberculosis and measles — illnesses once thought eliminated in the United States..." www.kgw.com/article/news...

The Mexican Independence Day Parade in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood went on as planned today despite concern of disruption by federal immigration agents. While parade festivities were underway, volunteers patrolled the area for on lookout for federal agents.

There's HEEEEEERE artologica.etsy.com Original watercolors that reject AI. One of each, unique.

Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.

If you are at the US Open and in the audience while Trump is there: 1. Please BOO him. Boo him like you're from NY, even if you're not. 2. Record it. Record all of it. 3. Post it to every social media platform you can think of.

⌛ Reminder: Nominations for the #ORS2026 Marshall R. Urist, MD Award are due September 26. This $5,000 award honors an investigator with a sustained, focused body of research in tissue regeneration related to the #musculoskeletal system. Nominate today: https://bit.ly/3w7J9RH

🏅 Nominations Due Sept 30 for the ORS Fellows Class of 2026! Recognize an ORS member, or yourself, for outstanding service, leadership, & contributions to #mskresearch. Recipients to be honored at the #ORS2026 Annual Meeting. View eligibility and submit: https://www.ors.org/ors-fellows/

📢 Join us Sept 17, 12–1:30 PM CT for an ORS Spine Section #WebinarWednesday on Navigating the New Normal. Learn strategies to tackle NIH/NSF shifts, resilient grant writing, & the global impact of U.S. funding changes. Open to all career stages! Register now: bit.ly/3VqaNpg

This situation is just so, so bad.

A guide on how to get access to a Covid vaccine this year, though the situation is quickly evolving and this may be out of date soon: defector.com/how-the-fuck... H/t @planetdr.bsky.social

Let’s see how many separate pieces of lab equipment we can use for one study (MRI scanner wouldn’t fit in the photo)

“We have observed approximately 90% of the workers targeted for terminations due to a perceived association with diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are women or nonbinary,” said an attorney representing federal staffers. (Published June)

Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."