The story of these funding cuts is repeated across other agencies such as NSF. grant-witness.us/funding_curv... See the important work by Grant Witness.

As usual, @jeremymberg.bsky.social hits the nail on the head in explaining about the multi year funding scam, in this thread.

This is great, and a good reminder of the attack of this administration on mRNA technology and science. What is happening to science funding now is appalling.

Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines "As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust."

I'm sure lawmakers are indeed very concerned ... that they weren't in on the deals also. We have the best Congress money can buy. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Must just be a coincidence ...

I’ll make everyone a deal: if Jay Bhattacharya sits down *with me* for a fireside chat, with a live audience and live-streamed, I will stop “responding with vitriol”. That would indicate to me that he is willing to meet opposition.

It’s true that people want to hear from Podcast Jay. They want to hear from him about the utter destruction he is bringing to biomedical research…not his two cents on open science, which is a farce he uses to justify his destruction. So fine, bring him in. But don’t platform his excuses…

Victor Orbán’s removal sends a timely signal. Corrupt kleptocratic Christian nationalism was on the ballot in Hungary today — just as it will be on the ballots that Americans will cast in November. It was repudiated abroad — may it be repudiated here in November (and beyond).

Less than three hours after the polls closed, Viktor Orban conceded that he lost. Five years after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, he still falsely claims that he won. Tomorrow, I offer my analysis of what this means for the midterms. Subscribe now. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

The last time I tried to engage with Jay Bhattacharya in dialogue I ended up on administrative leave. 🤷‍♀️

Bhattacharya's approach to dialog: Bhattacharya told the conservative publication Just the News that his policy [free speech] did not apply to Norton because she’s a program officer and “not in a scientist position.” Program officers are scientists, with PhDs or MDs. Norton has a PhD and an MPH.

Elon Musk didn’t go to the moon. Jeff Bezos didn’t go to the moon. NASA went to the moon.

Jack Szostak "All of these things frighten me, and they should frighten you as well. I made the decision to create a life for myself here, because I viewed this as a place that rewarded determination, hard work, and integrity. It still has a chance to be that place again."

As Trump threatens the people of Iran with more war crimes and continues to destroy America’s reputation, Congress isn’t powerless in this moment. Demand that your senators and representative do everything they can to stop the regime’s illegal war.

Nothing in this + many of the events of the last year, the Mueller report (white-washed by Bill Barr), Helsinki, Anchorage, even Friday's President's Budget Request which guts many things including science, education, etc makes sense except in the light of ... Is it so hard to connect the dots?

Casey Means deets: -Not licensed to practice medicine -Can’t deliver clear answers to simple questions about basic public health -Has glaring conflicts of interest with the wellness industry -Promotes products and ideas that contradict established science and standards of care tr.ee/NoMeansNo (2/2)

Even Trump's previous Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams, says his current nominee, Casey Means, doesn't meet the requirements of the role. Email your Senators and urge them to say no Means, NO! tr.ee/NoMeansNo A few reasons why: (1/2)

There will be more protests today than any other day in American history. Please join us at your local No Kings event to reject the regime’s brutality at home and abroad: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

Marching not an option but you still want to join millions protesting * worldwide * today? Virtual accessible No Kings Rally organized by @standupforscience.net Exciting speaker lineup Online at 1.30pm Eastern 10.30am Pacific Sign up below! events.zoom.us/ev/Am_KPLd9n...

Trump sent ICE agents to airports after refusing to go along with a deal that would have funded the TSA. If you thought that was the only way Trump was making flying even more miserable, you'd be wrong. Watch.

Show up however you can on March 28th: NO KINGS 3 ACCESSIBLE RALLY · 12:30–2pm CT · ASL interpreted · Live captioned · For everyone, everywhere. Protect our health, defend our rights, fight for democracy. Organized by Stand Up for Science standupforscience.net/sufs-nk3 #NoKings #NoKings3 #NK3VR

Email your senators to urge them not to confirm Jim O’Neill as Director of the National Science Foundation. He's not a scientist, has no relevant expertise, promoted vaccine misinformation, and he helped gut the CDC. Email your senators here! : tr.ee/NoToONeill (1/2🧵)

Is it happening again?

Facts #standupforscience #impeachthequack

🧪Typically, the NIH approves roughly $5.3 billion in cancer research funding every fiscal year. The amount that’s been distributed so far this year has alarmed researchers. At just under six months into the current fiscal year, only $541 million in cancer research grants have been delivered. 👇👇👇👇

You might hear people say that protesting doesn’t make a difference. Leah Greenberg of Indivisible shares why that’s not true.

🧪⚛️Celebrating Sally Ride, the first US woman astronaut, who became a Professor of Physics at UCSD. In 2001 she co-founded Sally Ride Science "to spark curiosity and build confidence in students", especially girls - through summer science activities now reaching K-8. today.ucsd.edu/story/25-yea...

YES!!!!! PROTECT TRANS KIDS!!! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/u...

The people developing the treatment for your cancer diagnosis in 25 years are not ok. American Science is not ok...and Republicans are letting it happen. www.statnews.com/2026/03/19/n...

Email your senators to urge them not to confirm Jim O’Neill as Director of the National Science Foundation. He's not a scientist, has no relevant expertise, promoted vaccine misinformation, helped gut the CDC, and his Silicon Valley ties raise questions about protecting the public interest. (1/2🧵)

"Trump Energy Secretary Chris Wright secretly arranged for five hand-picked climate contrarians ... to secretly draft a biased report challenging the overwhelming scientific consensus underpinning the [EPA] Endangerment Finding ... that climate pollution endangers public health and the environment"

Horizontal gene transfer is often depicted as a process distributing pre-existing functions to novel genetic backgrounds. Yet HGT can also increase the rate of functional innovation after transfer. Here's a brief review on the topic: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... #evosky #microsky

Thanks to @arstechnica.com for covering this story. There's more actually. See here: dojmt.gov/attorney-gen... Now 24 GOP AGs want to investigate and defund the NASEM and the NSF for providing settled science to judges.

DEADLINE TODAY: Help prevent the dismantling of NCAR: You can submit a public comment after reviewing guidelines listed here: www.nsf.gov/funding/info... Then submit comments to the NSF at [email protected] by 11:59 pm ET on Friday, March 13, 2026. governorsoffice.colorado.gov/governor/new...

#StandUpForScience #Rally #science #medicine Forty five people rallied for science and medicine funding in #MountainView #California this Saturday This was one of numerous rallies across the country. No one voted for the draconian cuts which are crippling US science & medicine. RESIST!

🧪Excellent advice for those applying to graduate school and also postdoc positions. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

If you're a US-based scientist but have not been to a @standupforscience.bsky.social rally or contacted your lawmakers or otherwise defended science then please read this blog post. We need to defend science, not for our own self-interest/funding, but because its many gifts belong to society.

#climatechange #censorship This: thebulletin.org/2026/03/im-n... And today, this: dojmt.gov/attorney-gen...

Alright science fighters, it's time you contact your rep and tell them to Co-sponsor the articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.!!! Visit tr.ee/impeach-email , it takes just 1 minute!!! #savescience #ImpeachRFKJr #RemoveRFKJr #ImpeachTheQuack #RFKJr

Thank you for the support!!! Learn more about the LA rally here!! : fight2win.standupforscience.net/LA-March/

If you're following me, you probably love science and know why it's so critically important. Please join Saturday for a day of action organized by @standupforscience.bsky.social In SoCal, if you're in the LA area this Saturday 12-2pm, Wilshire Federal Building, join us to Stand Up For Science.

LOS ANGELES!!! Join your local SATURDAY, MARCH 7th, NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION RALLY to complete three goals! : Visit this link to learn more : fight2win.standupforscience.... Save Science. Protect Health. Defend Democracy. #standupforscience #savescience #March7DC #science

Federal funding for US biomedical research is moribund. Since October 1 2025, NIH is -80% in new grants and -70% in values (total dollars). Labs are closing down and researchers are leaving science. To what end?

New and Competitive Renewals Only 803 grants have been made compared to ~2650 in fiscal years 2023 and 2024 through February 20. All institutes and centers (include OD now) have made awards except NIAAA, NLM, NCCIH, and FIC. 3/4

The FBI Director, everyone. You paid for it.

“Then they came for the economists”

sooooooo Mercury in vaccines = 🤬 Mercury everywhere else = 😀👍???? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/c...

@science.org Evolution of error correction through a need for speed | Science #evolution 🧬🔬 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...