Remember when Congress controlled the budget? Cute. 😏 That was so 1791.😉 Now it’s executive-branch roulette 🎰 with community health grants. Public health isn’t supposed to depend on who’s behind the desk at OMB, currently Russ Vought.

As Democrats offer to reopen the govt in exchange for keeping health insurance subsidies the same for one year, Trump orders his puppets in Congress to reject the deal as he flies back to Palm Beach for another weekend of golf and parties at his country club.

Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going! Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists. We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.

pge.post-gazette.com/.pf/showstor... Nice summary of the current state of affairs…get out and vote on Tuesday, if only for posterity.

The science is clear - SNAP reduces food insecurity, improves health outcomes, and lower healthcare costs. Although fed judges ruled the admin can NOT withhold SNAP disbursements, it appears they plan to do just that. We’re mobilizing a national food drive - join here👇 zurl.co/BrvG5

The latest work from our PRECISION Human Pain Center project is now up on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social led by Katherin Gabriel and @oliviadavis.bsky.social with a huge contribution from @allanhpool.bsky.social's lab and, of course, the Southwest Transplant Alliance: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Seems like exactly the thing that MAHA folks would want to know about - environmental toxins that interfere with male reproduction. Why then would Zeldin not want it released? In a lot of ways there are conflicts between MAHA and MAGA.

⏰ Abstract deadline tomorrow! Join us in Grindelwald, Feb 4–6, 2026 Worldwide Sodium Channel Conference! Robert Stewart (Harvard) talks on Nav1.8 inhibition & new Nav blockers for pain 💥Accepted abstracts → special issue @jgp.org👉 sodiumchannelconference2026.org #WSCC26 #SodiumChannels #PainResearch

We are seeking a senior tenured professor in our Department working on affective and/or motivational neuroscience (defined in the ad, but pretty broad). The idea is that this person is going help lead our growth in this area alongside our excellent Centers. jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/30693

Have you been searching for data supporting interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation programs’ claims of longterm improvements in pain and functioning? Check Craner et al.’s study in #ClinJrnlPain and @drjerinmathew.bsky.social clinical #papersoftheweek picks now! bit.ly/4nhaVDa #ClinJrnlPain#papersoftheweek#PRF

Alaska $25 million Ballroom $300 million Argentina $40 billion

Welcome to the new Dark Ages. In one self inflicted blow the US is giving up on knowledge generation, technical innovation and medical advances for a generation or more. This is Trump and Vought. This is their doing.

Tear gassing random residential streets is just absolutely psychotic behavior.

"'I’m overwhelmed by the line,' said Oliver Carter, the pastor at No Limits Outreach Ministries and organizer of the event. 'I didn’t think we were going to have this many federal employees.'" The Golden Age Of America!

Congress established an emergency fund to ensure that millions of Americans on SNAP continue to receive nutrition assistance when funding expires in November. Mr. President: Don’t let kids go hungry. Use these emergency funds to feed low-income families.

Why not support the Republican funding bill THEN talk about health care? When will the shutdown end? Why are the health care tax credits so urgent now? I've seen a lot of comments like these across my social media accounts—so let's talk about it!

I just went to the House floor to demand that Speaker Johnson swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the GOP gaveled out without even recognizing us.    We’re not going anywhere. I’m here with Leader Jeffries and Adelita Grijalva. Speaker Johnson must swear her in.

I'm attending Take Action Now!'s event, “Hosting a Stop the Healthcare Heist Event for the Shutdown Showdown” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Full endorse this from @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DP718rs...

Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.

DC J6: 1.500 arrests DC No Kings: zero Tell me again which side is violent?

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”

This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.

Good night, friends. Tonight was deeply painful. We at CDC do this work because we care. It’s long hours, often feeling overworked and not enough pay, but we do it because we want to make the world a better place.

#GetOutTheVought‼️ Trump and Vought are decimating the federal workforce. This isn't just a shutdown stunt, this is in line with Project 2025's goal of cutting our government by 1 million workers. STAND WITH SCIENCE! ✊Rally to TAKE BACK SCIENCE 10/17 @ 3pm ET 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today. The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly. We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

#PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #policysky #polisky 🛟 💊🫁 The next pandemic will not be televised. “Almost the entire staff behind the CDC’s flagship publication, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, have been fired.“ www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world. I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

We will NOT stand for Trump and Vought decimating our health sciences with RFK Jr's permission. JOIN US FOR A RALLY AT HHS ON FRIDAY 10/17! WE ARE TAKING BACK SCIENCE. #ImpeachTheQuack #GetOutTheVought #TakeBackScience

Today's Cartoon- Peace Prize

It’s exhausting. It’s never ending. It can be soul crushing. But we can never stop fighting against the patriarchy & all their misogynistic Project 2025 bullsh*t. If not for us then for our daughter’s & granddaughters. #KeepUpTheFight #WomensRightsAreHumanRights #ReproductiveFreedom

Hey pain scientist! Looking for the latest papers on pain? Come check out #PRF's new #PapersoftheWeek selections from Allan Basbaum, who also commented on the latest Editor's Picks painresearchforum.org/paper/correc...

Let's recap. This May, the Trump administration established "Gold Standard Science," using the language of scientific integrity and openness to empower political appointees like RFK Jr. to override scientists debunking Trump's dogma around science — from climate change to vaccines. #impeachthequack

IT'S TIME TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE FIGHT FOR SCIENCE RALLY ✊🌏 ⏰ WHEN: October 17th, 2025 📍WHERE: 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC! RSVP IRL: act.standupforscience.net/events/rally... @standupforscience.bsky.social #impeachTheQuack #GetOutTheVought #StandUpForScience

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S. Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world. www.nobelprize.org

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square. Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files. Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

Temu ass Goebbels.

📫When Senator Wyden told RFKJ during a hearing he’d heard from 1000s of concerned scientists, Kennedy responded "I'll put my mailbag against your mailbag any day.” 📫Help the science mailbag defeat the leather male bag❗ Write to Senator Wyden today. www.defendpublichealth.org/campaign/hel...

A new email to Director Bhattacharya this morning. 1/n

DHS is proposing a rule that would end "duration of status" for J, F and other visa holders. This would decimate the international graduate student and postdoc population, which are a crucial part of the United States biomedical workforce. There's still time for you to comment on the proposed rule.

A great piece with LOTS to think about…

Federal cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) hit locally. You can't get a book/resource that isn't in the county library anymore. You may remember that @msimonovich.bsky.social and I had jobs funded by IMLS in the past... perhaps it didn't mean much then, but does now.

Delighted and deeply relieved that our R25-SEPA supporting EvolvingSTEM will continue another year. I've never been happier to see a NOA, and this is just a noncompeting renewal. I appreciate the troopers inside NIH for keeping the candles lit. 1000's of students & ~50 teachers will benefit!

FACT CHECK: Acetaminophen (Tylenol) has no credible link with autism. Tylenol is the leading option to combat dangerous fevers during pregnancy — fearmongering around tried and tested medicine puts pregnant people and children at risk. #impeachthequack

Please sign this. Our oath of office leaves us no choice but to blow the whistle on reckless and lawless mismanagement by the executive branch that is endangering the American public (see Appendix). >1200 of Federal Civil Servants have signed this letter. We've opened it so you can join us.