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

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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.

That would fund the NIH for 4 years.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

Here is a graph with dollar amounts of funding committed. The curves look very similar to those based on the number of awards.

The vast majority of labs in the U.S. rely on federal funding to do their research - labs like my own. We're already running on fumes and while top-line budgets have been maintained, for now, research isn't getting funded. Once those fumes are out 👉 🪦. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/i-wrote-re...

He will continue to impede science and the mission of the NIH as long as he is at the OMB. It's time to demand Congress protect the American people from his harmful and lawless policies. actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...

Good story from Vox on falling numbers of new and competitive renewal R01 grants. [Gift Link] www.vox.com/future-perfe... 1/5

A tomahawk missile costs the taxpayers the same amount of money as one five-year major NIH research grant. Remember that every time they tell us one of those missed the target, blew up paintings of enemy aircraft or tanks, or was the fifth and unnecessary hit on the same target.

😂 I needed this

New — My case for why it’s not enough to call this “Trump’s war” when violence abroad implicates us all, and how we don’t need hindsight to know that unequivocally opposing this war will be the correct (and only morally defensible) choice:

Feeling this graph personally—I’m sure our 3% renewal is on there 😢

Come out and Stand Up for Science TODAY ATL!! Grant Park 1-3 pm Toco Hills 2-4 pm (Clairmont & NDH)

“Perfect” now must include “consistent with the president’s agenda.” We’re entering a Stalinist/Lysenkoist period where political commissars are in charge. They must be obeyed. Today’s the National Day of Action called by #SUFS standupforscience.net/march7

just thinking about how USAID was dismantled under the rationale of cost savings but there's an unlimited budget for war

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

The impact is already hitting science agencies hard. The NIH—the world's largest public biomedical research funder—has had to rely on leftover stopgap funds. New grant awards have slowed to a trickle — exacerbating the effects of a record-long shutdown in October. (h/t @jeremymberg.bsky.social)

This is a graph of the death of US science.

> @covie93.bsky.social

“What terrible news to wake up to” is a sentence I wish felt rare

Columbia President with NEW details: 5 DHS agents entered a residency with no warrant. They said they were police looking for a missing kid. Security camera even captures them showing pictures of the "kid." A campus officer asked for a warrant & their boss. They ignored him & took the student.

I am once again asking where they think senior engineers come from

SCIENCE FIGHTERS! We need YOU to rally with us on March 7th in Washington D.C. or at your local rally! Visit standupforscience.net/march7 to learn more! #March7 #rally #standupforscience #science #savescience

Every child deserves to protected from preventable diseases - it is their right to health

Yet again, I (along with many others) want to remind us that THIS is what makes America exceptional. Our openness to immigrants, newcomers, and refugees has been our unique strength for many years...and it's a senseless own goal to walk away from it.

This thread shows a deliberate defunding of U.S. science, engineering, social science, innovation, and education excellence. It’s a U.S. national security, competitiveness, and economic disaster.

Yes, the top-line budget numbers are (nearly) flat. I can assure you that does not mean that the state of science is sound. That is already a low bar for success. And, if last year is a guide, we should not expect that federal agencies will use $$$-s as intended: www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/n...

Wow.

Calling it now: the US political media's treatment of AOC is going to make their treatment of Hillary Clinton or Al Gore look like a model of balance and discretion.

Stand up for science on March 7th! @standupforscience.bsky.social If we don’t stand up no one will

We wanted to understand how mRNA vaccines work. So we talked to three cocaine addicts in a gas station bathroom off Route 6.

In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p

The cure for ignorance is not information. It's humility and curiosity. Facts can be easily dismissed. What motivates people to gain insight is recognizing gaps in their understanding and wanting to find out more. The root of lifelong learning is knowing how little we know.