“Antiscience has gone beyond U.S. borders to Europe, Australia, and Africa. Defeating it will require unprecedented commitment and international cooperation, not only between scientific organizations, but also their host governments.” 🧪 #Disinformation #AntiScience time.com/7317436/scie...

There’s plenty of bad news today, but this should be on everyone’s radar. This is going to have a TON of negative consequences. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

Horrible. I feel awful for the postdoc who was manipulated by this person, I hope she hasn’t left science as a result of this

"It is my view and the view of this administration that parents should be free to decide whether they want their children oppressively strapped into a two-ton vehicle or liberated head-first through the windshield." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

Since everyone’s finding old and new friends, take a moment to read my story, I’m a 32yo polio survivor because I was not vaccinated. Pass on my story, repeat it, tell it to any vaccine hesitate parent. No kid deserves vaccine preventable diseases www.voicesforvaccines.org/as-a-polio-s...

I have never wanted to believe in heaven or hell more (still don’t, but what can you do…)

This is really bad, really just f*cking awful

Basically, pick a side

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rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/bhattachar... A chilling deep dive into the stark parallels between Lysenko’s destruction of Soviet science and how the MAGA NIH Director Bhattacharya is razing US biomedical research to the ground. @angierasmussen.bsky.social deserves printing in major newspapers

Yes. Scientists must defend democracy and freedom. The three are linked. We cannot do great science without the other small-l liberal values. From our mission statement at @safa-science.bsky.social : 1/2

"The tenure process is harrowing, punitive, predatory, and generally demoralizing — if you’re successful. If you don’t get tenure, your academic career is over, and you will be publicly stoned to death in the quad between the library and the student union."

It’s no wonder that I haven’t had a solid night of sleep since January and my whole body is tense. They’re destroying everything. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Again, the Congress has the power to reclaim its Article I powers and tell this OMB troll to pound sand.

"If the behaviour of your politicians seems inexplicable and against the public and their own interest, blackmail is almost certainly the reason behind that. That is how you lose wars, your country, and your lives." #opdeatheaters #3E #Epstein #Maxwell

Christian nationalists are destroying this country

Wow. Who could’ve guessed the party that’s led to country to a recession every time they’ve been in charge in the last 40 years would lead the country to a recession again?

A little known - but hugely consequential - part of the government’s changes to science funding: open.substack.com/pub/sciencea...

As stressful as it is to run a laboratory in the US right now, my thoughts are often with the NIH staff living in the awful chaos trying to preserve the whole enterprise. I’m grateful for every moment they choose not to give up. These people are the only thing keeping it from entirely collapsing.

Outstanding

The NIH’s 2024 budget of just under $37B generated $95B in economic activity in 2024 alone. 99.4% of new pharmaceuticals approved from 2010-2019 came from NIH-funded research. I’m hard pressed to think of anything that generates as much direct economic benefit as our NIH did before they destroyed it

This is an interesting and valuable thread. It’s not always clear where the lines are…

Andry has retained his humanity in the face of inhuman treatment by the US and El Salvador. Truly remarkable and inspirational to keep on fighting…

Congrats @aleciarokes.bsky.social!!

For me this was a seminal reruns in the afternoon show and I can absolutely picture where I sat when I saw this episode 😆 Thanks for so many hours of laughter and joy

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

It also eliminates a major component of the job of a program officer in selecting grants near the pay line for select pay or bridge funding. Not to mention that eliminating the fifth year of R01s in forward funded grants is a 20% cut to those grants.

Colbert has the highest ratings of any late night host. "Financial reasons" my ass. This is political.

It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you. It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.

Are you from one of these states? Then we need your help to save American science! The Senate Appropriations Committee will be marking up the President's Budget Request for science on Wednesday. People have been saying the proposed cuts "decimated" US science, but that's wrong: they are apocalyptic

Accurate

Well that’s a fast track for reducing vaccination rates… it’s jaw dropping what this postdoc pays for insurance and the bill on top of that!

It cost us so little to help so many, I am so ashamed of my government

It's not just #NIH. It's not just #NSF. It's not just #NASA. The whole scientific community has to make clear that all science across fed agencies is being destroyed in the US. We can't just ask for our particular piece of the pie. The whole pie is being thrown out - saving your bit won't work.

Remember, helping others is not about you or the people around you, it is about those who need help.

As Robert Kuttner writes, the NIH will need support from Republican Senators to avoid draconian cuts to its FY2026 budget. prospect.org/politics/202...

It feels relevant to take a moment and remember that almost ten million people live in Tehran. They get up every day and go about a life, with friends and family and all of the other things. There are poets and filmmakers and chefs and mathematicians… They are not a monolithic regime, they’re people

Overall the protests in the US were a major victory and Trump was humiliated. Millions of new allies have now joined. You are getting there. The coming months are going to be more difficult as the regime intensifies attacks. The US moves slow but that’s okay, just keep moving. #3E #NoKingsProtests

@governorwalz.mn.gov: "The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you're overreacting."

It cost us so little to help people in need… I am so ashamed of what has been done by this country in the last several months

Excellent article by @ggronvall.bsky.social www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/gain...

Thank you, Senator. Let’s try and convince your less reasonable colleagues in congress

“CDC blindsided” by literally the most predictable outcome of this man being HHS Secretary

Oh great, so the message is: do this incredibly difficult and stressful thing that you have already once successfully completed, but we took it away from you; and for more fun, you’ll probably be told by reviewers that you’re too late in your training to receive this type of award Ugh

Worth a read

💯 do the job, or resign

Trump is hurting the US economy out of spite www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

It’s bad, folks, real bad

Yeah, it’s definitely donezo for the whole “representative democracy” and “we don’t want a monarch” here in the US, we’re all just watching it crumble down around us, and it is NOT a good time