I just went 82-0, think you can go 82-0? www.82-0.com/share?id=cQy...

Well, well, well, look at who finally has a complete set of the Graphic Canon series thanks to the sale at @sevenstories.bsky.social!! They join Gilgamesh (not pictured, but beloved) and the top two religion-y ones (also newly arrived).

Callo, y entiendo, y me quito La pompa del rimador: Cuelgo de un árbol marchito Mi muceta de doctor.

Researchers at a national primate center in Oregon have formed a grassroots nonprofit to argue against the center becoming an animal sanctuary, a transition the facility’s host university has been exploring since February. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/nonhuman-pri...

“Normally, a junior faculty would just need to focus on writing grants and publishing papers, and instead, I’m fighting for the right to still be a scientist.”

Had to stop by. Everything @musicologyduck.bsky.social promised.

Critics say the proposal was made without consulting experts, does not specify how the transfer or lifetime care of the animals would be funded, and could endanger the monkeys if they’re not carefully integrated into their new home. My latest for @science.org

A gene-therapy approach to thwart the AIDS virus that has long struggled to gain traction may have new momentum after a study found it could “functionally cure” at least some monkeys. https://scim.ag/4upKfnQ

He also noted that funding announcements will have sections where institutes can articulate their particular interests to help encourage applications relevant to key topics key to the institute missions. This is ironic given that NIH and the administration has largely blocked targeted NOFOs. 13/30

In addition, after last year, many institutions no longer assume that a noncompetitive renewal will be forthcoming if it is substantially delayed. This represents a lack of trust between institutions/investigators and the NIH that is both understandable and different than I have seen before. 21/30

Interesting new approach by blusky to encourage alt text.

1:21 in Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' Crimson and Clover live.

Kennedy canceled $500 million in mRNA research and announced no new mRNA projects will ever be initiated—killing the technology that produced the fastest vaccine rollout in human history.

There's a special place in hell for people who benefit daily from state of the art medical treatment and then argue that the means to discover the next state of the art treatment should be eliminated.

speak4.app/lp/dc01rshz One quick way to #standupforscience is to submit a letter here. Deadline is 2/6 at noon PT Please repost!

As it has been for the past several years, my New Year's resolution is 1920 x 1080.

When I wrote graffiti my name was...

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.