Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/

This group gathered in front of the New York Public Library NYPL holding signs with many of the BANNED WORDS that the Trump regime is forcing on Universities with threats of loss of funding. #BannedWords Write your local University & ask them what they are doing about anti-DEI. #HandsOff

The Chapel Hill community came out in full force today to tell Republicans to keep their #HandsOff our jobs, our healthcare, our rights, and our democracy 🩵🪧 #GDTBATH

Get updates on cutting edge research and join informed conversations about the latest in public health with the top public health schools in the US. Updated regularly. go.bsky.app/3o11JfT

🚀 Big reveal! Introducing our interactive table on NIH grant terminations, supercharged from the original Google tracker! 📊👇 Help us uncover which NIH grants are tagged for termination and why! 🕵️🔍 1 / 🧵 #HealthEquity #MedSky #PublicHealth

Proposed cuts to #NIH indirect costs would cost North Carolinians 2,884 jobs and $668M in economic activity. Economic losses in the #ResearchTriangle and neighboring counties: • Alamance: $29M • Chatham: $19M • Durham: $220M • Granville: $10M • Orange: $140M • Person: $10M • Wake: $124M #NCPol 🧪

Launching clinical trials is expensive. Research teams hire staff, purchase equipment and supplies, build databases, write protocols, navigate regulatory approvals... this all costs money. Recent #NIH grant terminations create waste by preventing return on taxpayers' investment in science. 🧪

Yes. The situation at NIH is worse than the public realizes. The #NIH is on track to be effectively ended as a funder of evidence-based research within a year. That is not an exaggeration. The firings and consolidation announced today will create a new, MUCH worse NIH. 1/

23andMe declared bankruptcy and the company is gonna be sold off for parts. That includes your DNA information and the only amount of control you have is to delete your info immediately. It’s very simple to do. Gift link: wapo.st/4kUsBEF

my NIH grant was terminated today - the grant that pays my rent and my bills and my loans and my health insurance - because I study how to improve the lives and wellbeing of queer people #episky #medsky

There is no scientific rationale to this. There will be no economic benefit to the country. These are scientists who are finding out that overnight they can no longer pay staff and students—you know, people who have bills to pay, mortgages, kids.

Seeing that nearly all of Tesla's #cybertrucks have been recalled brought the biggest smile to my face today. Sometimes we have to search hard for the wins, and sometimes they fall in front of us. Like a rusty cybertruck panel. 🤭

Just throwing it out there—now is a great time to schedule preventative care appointments or get a thorough check-up. We’re in uncertain times with an administration that shows little regard for science or public health. That means it’s more important than ever to be proactive about your well-being.

📰 Insightful column by @mashagessen.bsky.social: "The reason you should care about this is not that it could happen to you but that it is already happening to others. It is happening to people who, we claim, have rights just because we are human."

tw: cancer I'm going to share the post of a family friend who has late stage cancer and will be directly affected by cuts to NIH. She is speaking out during the time she has. She wants people to know the human cost. Her name is Caroline. This is her post:

"Not only is silence in the face of mounting authoritarianism morally objectionable, but, as the Columbia case suggests, it’s not working. Remaining silent will not protect us." www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Absolutely superb and important piece by Professors @stevelevitsky.bsky.social and @ryanenos.bsky.social The only way to fight authoritarianism is to fight together. Strongest institutions in the front. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

We created a form you can use to send emails to your House Rep and Senators. If they’re Dems who voted for the CR, it’s condemning the choice. If they’re Dems who voted against the CR, it thanks them. If they’re GOP, basically: 🖕 Have fun. Please share: action.demcast.com/a/fightforus

Keep calling, keep emailing, and keep the pressure on high! ☎️📨🌡️ All democratic senators must #HoldTheLine and oppose both cloture and the Republican continuing resolution. Also, @schumer.senate.gov, I am so disappointed in you. We cannot fight tyranny with procedural obedience.

CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up. Tomorrow is the cloture vote. KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️ Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill. Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.

ARE THESE YOUR SENATORS? Please call them TODAY and demand that they #HoldTheLine! Unless Republicans agree to a clean, short-term CR, Democrats must *ALL* Vote NO - on cloture AND the spending bill. Any Democrat who chooses to stand with Republicans stands complicit!

Let's chat about measles vaccine boosters 💉 📆 Born after 1957 and vaccinated before 1968? ➡️ A booster is recommended. ❓ Unsure whether you've received 2 doses of the MMR vaccine? ➡️ Talk to your doctor about a booster, especially if you work in a college or healthcare setting. #PublicHealth

The US gov is using AI to search social media for dissenters to deport, expel, or imprison It starts with support for Palestine, which they call terrorism. It's only a short jump to imprisoning Trump dissenters Should we be advising our foreign students to scrub their social media? #academicsky

Let's generate positivity! 💬 Comment one thing you did this week to fight fascism. 🥳 Then, reply to someone else's comment HYPING them UP about how their action made a difference. We have a lot of work ahead of us, and we'll go further when we energize each other ⚡

Since we’re debating Rep. Al Green’s method of dissent this week, here’s a quick reminder: tone policing is a form of suppressing opposition. When someone objects to the tone of criticism, they are trying to set the terms of debate in a way that is favorable to them. Fuck. That. Noise.

The measles vaccine has been a massive public health victory.

So many ways to RESIST! Thanks to the folks who preserved this.

Read and Share this resource. As an American you own this. You paid for it. And then a rampaging thief came and vandalized it.

CDC website from 1/20/2025, cache this!

This is what genuine, material academic resistance to fascism looks like.

A team of public health pros, web devs, and coders has preserved a copy of the #CDC website as it existed on January 20, 2025: RestoredCDC.org Love seeing this ingenuity. We can all put our unique skills to use in the fights against fascism 🦾 #AcademicSky 🧪

It's an honor to be considered a righteous rebel 😼 Thanks, @kindofnerdy.bsky.social!

Is your little one due for an MMR vaccine? 👶🏽 Dose 1️⃣ is recommended at 12-15 months old and dose 2️⃣ at 4-6 years old. 📆 Book a vaccination appointment now at your preferred pharmacy: Costco: rx.costco.com/immunizationScheduler/ CVS: cvs.com/immunizations/mmr ⬇️ More in comments

Measles guidance provided by RFK Jr. includes information about administering vitamin A to measles patients, so I wanted to share this helpful graphic from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. Vitamin A alone does not prevent measles. Vaccination does. @nfidvaccines.bsky.social

Just a reminder that PMC is mirrored in Europe europepmc.org I honestly am having trouble believing it has come to this 🧪

Today's the day! #EconomicBoycott #EconomicBlackout Graphic by illustrationsbyanniee.com ✨

Protesters call on Duke University to ignore Trump administration directives, while legislators blast state House proposal targeting diversity policies and programs ncnewsline.com/2025/02/27/n... #ncpol #DEI #HigherEd

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.” I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

✅ #ActionItem Get ready for tomorrow's #EconomicBoycott. 🍎 Pack tomorrow's lunch 🚗 Gas up your car 💵 Add cash to your wallet for supporting small businesses Poster by @martharichart.bsky.social 🐇

Some inspiration ahead of tomorrow's #EconomicBlackout ✨

The two most important of @timothysnyder.bsky.social's rules for fighting tyranny are: 1. Do Not Obey in Advance. and 2. Defend Institutions. For #NIH, take these together: Stand up for the quality and value of your own science, and reject bad science. Tell the PUBLIC why your work is great. /2

To emphasize the importance of preserving Medicaid, we request that people in high-priority districts call and write their members of Congress who are in areas that have high Medicaid usage and whose reps have competitive seats. A handy list is below; the Capitol Switchboard is (202) 224-3121.

✅ #ActionItem Tell Elon about your very productive week! OPM seems very interested in productivity, so why restrict their data to the federal workforce? 📨 Email [email protected] a list of 5 chores you did last week 🧽🫧🧹 #Emails2DOGE

In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

Use this form to tell us how the new US administration is affecting your research, or suggest future coverage https://go.nature.com/3EYNA8C

Update: The kids are alright bsky.app/profile/smht...

Rewarding children for good behavior increases the odds that they'll repeat the desired action. The same is often true of adults. Even if their actions are way too little, too late. 📞 Call Sen. Tillis at (202) 224-6342 to reinforce the good behavior of breaking ranks with Trump.