Ms Dunham, the HS chemistry and physics teacher who expected more of me Mr Bourque, the LaGrange history teacher who had been to places he taught about and played no fools, Dr Leder, the middle school science teacher who applied to the shuttle program and showed it was possible to dream big 🥹

The only message not voting sends to a politician is that your opinion can be safely ignored because you will never hold them accountable. That's it. You can tell yourself not voting is good for your personal brand or your moral well being, but never pretend it makes a difference in the real world.

Register and attend if you can. A great way to get up to speed on this. This is not a drill!

An unapologetically angry post about what’s being done to US science:

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

BREAKING: This seems worrisome... White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants | Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...

This is a substantial power grab by OMB. Comment period starts tomorrow. Here are two relevant excerpts. 1/3

The National Science Foundation is terminating and suspending grants again, and at Grant Witness we need you to help to track them! 🧪 We can only identify research being suppressed by under-the-radar suspensions directly from researchers. Please report! grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSF

President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...

A friend shared this photo from outside an NIH building this morning. The signs refer to four former NIAID staff members who were recently forced out. 2 are retiring and 2 have been reassigned to the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities. A travesty and 🙏 for their service.

“The drug that kept me alive for my children was built on a foundation of public investment. Taxpayers funded the research and the clinical trials. This country made a long bet on science, and I’m alive because it paid off.” www.ms.now/opinion/canc...

"An email from NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to research-center grantees, seen by Science, requires their institutions to promise that U.S. authors of papers NIH has flagged because of foreign co-authors will not collaborate with them in the future."

It's time "to inject" some science into Congress, says Jasmine Clark, whose primary election win in Georgia puts her on a glide path to the US House www.science.org/content/arti...

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*screams into the void*

Please share widely. The new (simpler) MIRA R35 for Early Stage Investigators (ESI) NOFO is published. First due date is 10/2/2026. files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunitie...

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

"The humanities are not a luxury. They are how a democracy understands itself." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/a...

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I just donated to ABRCMS. It is my favorite conference, and it so beautifully showcases the spirit of what science is and can be. Don't let that light fade, donate now please! donate.abrcms.org

“The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children,” Gawande wrote.” hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...

Trying out a new metaphor: "A.i." = cocaine. Cocaine is inevitable! Cocaine can enhance your creativity! Cocaine can make us all faster and more efficient! If your kid doesn't learn how to use cocaine, they'll get left behind!

This means that hundreds, if not thousands of labs all over the country will close. Tens of thousands of jobs will be lost. This is in defiance of Congress's will and in defiance of good stewardship of the US economy. This is entirely because Russ Vought hates science

As a scientist, this is my worst nightmare. There are one-of-a-kind instruments that you spend your life perfecting. When they’re lost, no amount of time or money will bring them back. My thoughts are with @oceanandclimate.bsky.social @ashevenell.bsky.social and others @cmarinescience.bsky.social. 🥺

It is up to us now. “... But that will only happen if citizens across the country who cherish our democratic ideals continue to mobilize and vote in record numbers - not just in the upcoming midterms or in high profile races, but in every election and every level.”

Ninth Grader Demi Johnson receives National Geographic award for plan to save Mississippi's oyster reef population. The ninth grader has produced 1,100 oysters that will in turn spawn millions of larvae into the ecosystem, a huge ecological impact

U.S. President Donald Trump has fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. https://scim.ag/4cxQWhl

There is no nerd prom all the nerds doing useful shit like cancer research got defunded.

As #TaxDay is behind us, I share that #NIH funding enabled me to contribute to the understanding of #DCIS progression to invasive #breastcancer. The NIH comprises 0.7% of the federal budget & yields $2.56 for every tax $ invested. 🧪 @savehealthresearch.bsky.social @rpublicservice on IG

An mRNA treatment for PANCREATIC CANCER was in trials, among many other uses. Choosing to end this research is choosing to sentence millions to an early, painful death

The Arts and Sciences are peak human being. Without them, we are nothing.

This is an evergreen headline. Trump did [crazy thing.] Now the US could face [the obvious consequence of the crazy thing]

See also reporting by Science's staff:

Amidst everything else, the Trump regime has quietly killed off the U.S. Forest Service 🌲 “One hundred and ninety-three million acres of your national forests… just handed, on a silver platter, to the people who’ve spent their entire careers trying to destroy it.” www.hatchmag.com/articles/tru...

So, looks like no more continuous submission for study section members. Apparently it’s not a “substantial benefit to members”. No feedback, just cut it. Super duper. #nih

💉 Where can you find accurate information on vaccines❓ ✅ American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-... ✅ Medical societies: cmss.org/programs-and... ✅ CIDRAP for in-depth evidence review: vaxintegrity.cidrap.umn.edu/evidence-rev...

If the estimates were right, there were about 9 million people at No Kings rallies today. That would mean this protest was THIRTY TIMES AS LARGE AS THE TEA PARTY PROTEST which we were told, over and over again, was a massively important sign that US politics had shifted dramatically to the right

No Kings Atlanta VA! #nokings #atl

Congressional Committees with Oversight of NIH with midterms and 2027 budget percolating, now is the time to write✍️ www.congress.gov/committees

A Little Owl was rescued after falling down a chimney. South Essex Wildlife Hospital reported he was "dirty and dehydrated but soon on his way back home". Want to donate to SEWH? southessexwildlife.org/donate Source: fb.com/555952912555... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

My quote of the day The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. Daniel J. Boorstin

TOMORROW: Be a part of history! Show the world that the majority of Americans oppose the most corrupt, inept, criminal, orange "president" in U.S. History. NO KINGS. Also: NO SERIAL LIARS/CONVICTED FELONS/ADJUDICATED RAPISTS & NO ILLEGAL WAR IN IRAN Be there. Make your voices heard! 🇺🇸 ✊ #NO_KINGS

A mere $4million per shot. Roughly 1,100 five year NIH grants burned in five days.

#WomenInSTEM #BlackWomenInSTEM

Authoritarians want fear, isolation, or apathy. With bills like the SAVE Act, they try to silence our voices. We must fight together for our rights, with joy and light and in community, to stop this kind of darkness and oppression. I hope you'll join us next Saturday. www.mobilize.us/aft/?org_ids...

everyone loses in this game 😢

As someone in biotech, I’m stunned by the lack of more public response, especially given our academic collaborations, academic founders, academic Science Advisory Board members, and academic database/tool usage. Many colleagues are concerned and upset, but it doesn’t seem to translate to anything.