Enjoy the day off (if you’re lucky enough to have one) but don’t forget: www.teenvogue.com/story/histor...

2 bits of data from new Economist/YouGov poll..... 13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/

"The rise of fascism in the United States convinced the Guthrie family and their associates that the music scene needed a dose of Guthrie’s anti-authoritarian, anti-racist, Nazi-punching ethos." #woodyguthrie #folkmusic #antifascist

This is such an important point. The VAST majority of funding for research comes from NIH. Stand Up To Cancer just had their telethon. In 2023 they raised an impressive $60 million for cancer research. But the NCI (at NIH) had a budget of $7.2 billion that year. Charities cannot compete.

The tapes were recorded in the living room of Guthrie’s Brooklyn apartment between 1951 and 1952, on a portable tape recorder... @caroleine.bsky.social writes that the Guthrie family hopes to inspire the next generation of protest songwriters. inthesetimes.com/article/new-...

"Efficient"

constitution.congress.gov/constitution/ has deleted sections 9 (habeas corpus) and 10 from Article 1.

BREAKING: Watchdog government agency finds the NIH and the Trump administration have illegally withheld funds in violation of the Impoundment Control Act, and rips into HHS for failing to justify its slow-walking of funds. www.gao.gov/products/b-3...

I cannot "like" this post.

5 Concatenating primate brains based solely on their size provides a 1st striking illustration of the importance of mechanical morphogenesis: despite jumping across far branches of the phylogenetic tree, the sequence is largely continuous, hinting at a common underlying organising principle.

Bodes well for the 2026 World Cup.

Effective funding line of 4% for NCI.

The 4th percentile… JFC

Here are the T32 curves.

Grant terminations have grabbed the headlines and have seen legal action, but even more damaging to the US research enterprise has been the massive decrease in number of research grants issued by federal agencies NIH has seen a decrease of 57% in the number of awards & 63% in value compared to FY24

Updating @jeremymberg.bsky.social

Wonderful and powerful way to give back the community. @tennessee-titans.bsky.social‬ and @msstate.bsky.social‬ defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons doing good work off the field.

Great day to read Frederick Douglass’ brilliant speech- “What to the slave is the Fourth of July?” nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...

Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July

First NIH RFAs released since the inauguration. A very slim sliver of positivity, even if it is just reissues of ones that were cancelled to eliminate DEI language.

Back end of grants.nih.gov down? Maybe the FDA RFA broke it...

very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867

Just putting this out there:

0 new NIH NOFOs published since inauguration. 8 forecasted NOFOs have past their estimated post date. 5 NOFOs estimated post date next week (2 on Monday 6/2).

FYI to media outlets, you're misleading your readers if you repeat this at face value. There's no lawful way for him to redirect these grants elsewhere. It's a lie to distract from how the GOP budget guts educational funding, including Pell Grants at trade schools.

cc: Mississippi Democratic Party @msdemocrats.bsky.social

Governments that think they want US researchers actually want US research infrastructure and funding

Pizzaballa went in the 4th to Cleveland.

New papal bull incoming, "De condimentis idoneis pro farcimine"

I got mad.

This is what a rigged economy looks like: In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker. In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker. This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker. That has got to change.

Did DOGE break eRA Commons again?

I hope everyone remains safe and also that people know that a corporate spaceflight of only women astronauts for a company owned by a deeply destructive billionaire who is enabling fascism is just public relations for fascism and has absolutely nothing to do with feminism

Biggest mistakes I'm seeing in early reporting (thread): 1. Tariffmageddon isn't over: Lotsa tariffs to account for, but the average tariff rate is only down around one quarter. So most of the pain of Liberation Day is still with us.

chat, is there anything in christianity about forgiving the people who killed your son

Monkeys at OHSU are loved, receive compassionate care, and improve the health of humans AND monkeys www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...

@jeremymberg.bsky.social NIMH has finally announced Advisory Council for June 17th.

We import a boatload of Nickel and Vanilla from Madagascar - not stuff you can grow/mine everywhere. We don’t sell them a much cos the average income is $510 per year. Because Trump’s Tax is based on trade deficit, not tariffs, we’re now slapping a 90% tariff on Madagascar.

If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.

Why on earth would you need to rescind a policy on scientific integrity.

If the NIH gets messed up, there is no alternative. Not just in the US, but globally. It is by far the biggest engine of health research in the world. Which is why the idea that US scientists can just do their work elsewhere is a little fanciful. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/politicizi...

This. 👇 Study section meetings mean nothing without Council.

Good thing there's nothing important next week - like a major grant deadline that only occurs three times a year in normal conditions.

1) Let's see if this actually happens 2) Study sections without council meetings = funding block continues. This is NOT progress.

ERA-notify keeps sending daily emails requesting I sign a post meeting COI form for the study section that was cancelled at the end of January and never rescheduled. It's like the system itself is trolling me.

I keep receiving these emails full of enthusiasm about the 50 alleged NIH study sections that will be (but really are not yet) on the federal register. Folks, council meetings are on an INDEFINITE hold. There is no grant happening. Let's focus on the issue at hand.

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