To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.” www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...

Eminently reasonable proposed principles for professors’ use of AI, from a student refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a...

(4) Trump and the Republicans don't have an advantage over Democrats because they *better understand heartland Americans.* They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets. Duh.

Someone asked me the other day*: How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed? The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible. The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research. 1/ 🧪 #neuroscience

The saga of the beautiful husky who needed a home, & the BlueSky folk who stepped forward to make an old-fashioned internet miracle...has had a lot of developments I've been too busy handling to update you all on. She's ON HER WAY! The whole story, for all to read: www.patreon.com/posts/142111...

1/ 🧵 Froggie vs. ICE: The asymmetrical symbol of a failing authoritarian state. You’ve seen the video. An inflatable frog at a Portland protest. Unarmed. Unbothered. Unapologetically absurd. And ICE panics. They fire pepper spray up a frog caricature's ass. The frog wins.

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Can't pull a fascist takeover if you can't keep the lights on, remember that. These people are cowards and dipshits and can't find their ass from a hole in the ground. Remember that. Those who can keep the lights on, win the prize. And mutual aid will be the only light available. So we will win.

Despite political obstacles, officials are on track to disburse all of the research funds allocated to the NIH go.nature.com/46Mxycw

Assata taught me that “Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is.” May her spirit fly free!🤲🏾

🚨 Microbiologists! We are recruiting Assistant / Associate Professors in 3 collaborative areas of our U. Pittsburgh School of Medicine. 1) MMG (my dept): fundamental research in med micro 2) Peds ID / I4Kids institute 3) Center for Vaccine Research 🔗 to all 3 w/info: www.linkedin.com/posts/vaughn...

My dept at Fordham is hiring a TT Assistant Prof of Media Policy and Platform Governance. "We are especially interested in someone whose research and teaching speaks to policy or legal implications of internet-based platforms and AI systems..." Please share widely: apply.interfolio.com/174378

I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.

My department at UC Davis is hiring a mycologist, broadly interpreted. Please repost, share, and consider applying. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits." www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

No, we do not. We have to actually stand for something. And communicate it effectively. Then go out and persuade non-voters to vote and to vote for the things we stand for.

My institution is looking to hire a new microbiologist: apply.interfolio.com/173702. Please share, and let me know if you have any questions about the position or UTA.

www.nokings.org Good Morning Everyone All Over our Country The PEOPLE will rise up On October 18th, millions of us are rising again to show the world America has no KINGS, and the power belongs to the people Please share this !! Let's Go

🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics. The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

Something the Mamdani win demonstrates is the extent to which the reigning cadre of ancient, establishment, centrist Dems think it’s more important to be on good terms with their GOP colleagues than it is to represent their own voters, and how thoroughly sick of this literally everyone is.

🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️

March with 5-10k of my neighbors in Dallas

And this is what I mean about backlash.

🚨ATTENTION MOMS🚨 Friday, May 30th at 3pm Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear. We are standing up for science and vaccines! @standupforscience.bsky.social RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/moms-...

“To build calls for hard work, From the one who looks to tomorrow. To destroy is easy work, For one who wants to return to yesterday, Like a grown person wishing to remain a child.” Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi

As a former child junior olympic-level runner, I have a few thoughts on the attacks on trans girls in sports. I ran for one of the most competitive teams in Southern California, and people who ran for my have gone on to become professional athletes. And these bans: they're fucking NONSENSE. 🧵

I just think it is very important for NIH watchers to be very, very clear about what the individual ICs are not permitted to do, versus what they are *choosing* to do in response to the chaos of FY2025 extramural grant awards.

Bluetorial: Timing of getting grants out the door at NIH The pauses and low rate of releasing awards may be a problem in terms of getting the NIH appropriation spent by September 30, 2025

I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs. Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng Custom Lab Hardware Turn Key Genetic Design Please repost for reach 💚

I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points

ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM Implementation of Schedule F This is what a lot of us have been worried about. This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs. BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD... 1/n

I was just told that my launch event in Glasgow was going to be cancelled because I don't have *enough* tickets sold. Humiliating—not least because I worked my butt off for this book & went to other people's launches. If I could sell a few more today, maybe I could change their minds. Please.

Just spoke with my CDC sources. They were in tears. Budgets cut. RFJK has ordered them not to publicize bird flu symptoms in exposed workers. Not to test them. Not to speak. They know people are getting sick. And they’re being forced to stay silent. This is not just a cover-up. It's cruelty.

Stop calling it deporting, so MAYBE more Americans will get it. "Deporting" is sending someone back, after due process, to the country they came from, where they arrive a free person. This is human trafficking to a foreign torture prison for the rest of their lives. GET THE LANGUAGE RIGHT.

Collection of posted upcoming protest events across the US. Some areas may also have a lot of others that did not get posted to the big national sites, so check local sources as well. Still, this is a helpful resource.

Ha! They can just become corporations: will pay no taxes and will have legal personhood.

I really would like people to not focus on 2026, but to realize that the way things are going in America, there won't be elections in 2026, or 2028.

Alright I need to use this website for something that this website is actually good at: brainstorming examples of things in a category. The category is: mechanisms of small-scale information delivery. Examples: Fortune cookies Advent Calendars Jokes on popsicle sticks What else is there?

moving forward I would like to see dems gum up the works every way possible. No unanimous consent, full votes on every tiny piece of business. I don't expect everyone to have the stamina to do a Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, but many lengthy floor speeches. Just slow everything down to a crawl.

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So basically every intelligence agency in the world has access to the highest levels of the administration right I mean lmao

The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up. If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes. Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.

Hey Democratic Party, You ain’t raising money until you start raising hell. Sincerely, A Huge Portion of Your Supporters

Jesus H. Christ, does everyone and RFK have brain worms? When will the madness stop? What does one do with all this hyper optimized hacked time saved from using one’s brain, listen to more podcasts?