To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.

Very cool finding by SJSU prof @cassandrapaul.bsky.social & @djphysicswebb.bsky.social that higher stakes exams can explain the gender gap in physics. More evidence for changing the course structure instead of blaming student prep. 🧪

Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️

This is devastating, and it is also the society we have allowed a broken government to create for our kids. So many kids are getting exposed to this terror. They deserve a childhood of joy and it’s been taken from them. newrepublic.com/article/2023...

The whole state of Idaho banning all vaccine mandates should be bigger news! If you want your grandmother's nursing home or your daughter's day care to require nurses and teachers to vaccinate, you literally can't! None of them are allowed to require that.

Scaling back DEI isn’t just a moral setback—it’s a loss of innovation. Bhalla, Trejo & @marymunson4.bsky.social in Nature Cell Biology: limiting who can participate in science “weakens research capacity and stifles discovery.” doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Fun fact! Daylight Saving Time was introduced specifically so there was more light entering the windows of factories and office buildings ... so businesses wouldn't have to spend so much money on electricity. It's not about us individual people or our wellness at all. Standard time FTW!

Some charts for those who don't know the extent of the US public (and private) investment in research (particularly in biomedical research) compared to other countries and institutions. The destruction of the US' scientific institutions has global implications.

Maybe the thing that gives me a pulse-pounding throbbing headache is when I think of how techbros sold ChatGPT to universities as ‘revolutionizing’ higher education and our institutions just forked over money without even asking for actual evidence

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

Finally read the paper and it's worth the buzz. mRNA vaccines saved 20 million lives in a global pandemic and the technology is opening up new avenues for the treatment of deadly cancers. This is really one of the most impactful scientific developments of our time. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

RIGHT ON 👊🏽 I voted YES on 50 (a temporary measure to level the playing field) and my ballot was already counted. Join me— remember to vote, and tell your friends and neighbors to do the same. #VoteYesOnProp50

@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"

Been a rough year for federally funded scientists, and I hate to add another tab to this spreadsheet. So far, the shutdown has resulted in cancellation of 161 CSR study sections. 🧪https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lLEx14q7HKrlYahQYJaN6aHKpMqSMJwX4aenyL5g_ZU/edit?usp=sharing

Ah @theonion.com , never change.

💬 Viewpoint: Despite women facing higher rates of chronic illness and unique gynecological disorders, federal health leaders have insufficiently prioritized women's health in chronic disease research. ja.ma/3Wc11rq

Love this one from our local protest in Plainfield, Indiana #NoKings #VaccinesSaveLives

Strong inflatable creature turnout at No Kings, San Jose, CA. Not shown: the penguin, the unicorn, the pink dolphins, the penis, and more.

"The New York Police Department said Saturday afternoon that it had not made any protest-related arrests. The D.C. police also said Saturday afternoon that it had made no protest-related arrests."

San Jose SHOWED UP! I could not be prouder of my community. #NoKings

Thousands of us showed up in San Jose, CA to #NoKings. Not now and not ever. #NoKingsDay

@abbyhiggs.bsky.social hello from NYC

Trump's spokeswoman in 2025 on anti-Trump protesters: "The Democrat party's main constituency are [sic] made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals." (2)

Pittsburgh represents #NoKings

Neuroscientists say No Kings

This amused me

Hi, AI qual researcher here! Incorrect (and, like, WILDLY leading). By far, the strongest position in this debate is “I tried AI, it helps with some things but completely hallucinated others, so anything it does I have to double-check. I maybe use 15% of the AI tools my employer has launched”.

The cost of holding down ACA premiums for a year is less than this…

Dear funding agencies, I know we all want to discover the wonder drug that will cure the horrible diseases, but to do that, we need to invest in basic, unsexy, foundational research on how the systems work. Funding can’t all be drug development. Sincerely, Looking for basic research grants.

I worked l summer on two grant applications which I submitted. The study sections scheduled for this month are unlikely to happen. Every delay introduces a huge amount of of uncertainty into whether one would be able to keep research projects going and a lab functioning.

Nobel Prize given for showing the importance of investing in science for innovation and long-term economic growth. Basically the opposite of what the US is doing. 😭

Pretty sure I say this every Columbus Day, but getting hauled back to Spain for excessive brutality in 1500, just as the Inquisition was really getting fired up, is some genuinely Evil Guys Hall of Infamy material

“All three men were born outside the United States, but each received his doctorate from a university in the U.S...’The laureates' work reminds us we should not take progress for granted’”

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

My quote of the day Nobody ever thanks you for saving them from the disease they didn't know they were going to get. William Foege

They are building a Propaganda State. They are cooking the books on job creation. Now they are rigging death numbers so no one knows how many people die because of their attacks on vaccines and science.

"President Trump continued to describe Portland as a city on fire Friday even as residents enjoyed the first fall rain and the lone demonstrator at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building was dressed as a pink Care Bear." Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.

“A study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29%, their risk of hospitalizations by 39% & their risk of death by 64%” Benefits were seen even if 0 risk factors

This Lost Science series at @nytimes.com is a depressing look at the incredible science and training lost to grant cancellations and mass federal firings. Here's one about important work to understand how air pollution can lead to infertility. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

Oh hey! I wrote this! (Pre-Covid, so like…25 years ago?) 😂

FASEB opposes DHS’s proposal to eliminate “duration of status” for F & J visa holders. This change would create unnecessary administrative & financial burdens on international scholars, discourage future talent from training in the U.S., & ultimately weaken the STEM workforce. 🔗 buff.ly/dllo65l

Never forget that chemical warfare including tear gas is not only illegal in actual war, but carries powerfully damaging chemicals including abortifacients that can cause lasting harm to people's reproductive cycles.

Homie got 229 pairs of chromosomes www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

People think they’re taking down a rich intellectual sinecure but they’re mostly terrorizing committed public servants who make $58,000 a year after 15 years of experience at a school that has to budget creatively so students can access textbooks.

The Agrawal lab is moving! This January we will be setting up shop at #UBC in Vancouver, in the department of #Zoology! We are actively recruiting at all levels, especially masters and PhD students. These position are #funded! Please send anyone interested my way!

MAGA: Professors are indoctrinating the students with WOKE DEI TRANSGENDERISM Professors: Why has Canvas auto converted all my grades to 0% in the final tally *spends 4 hours fixing it*

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Federal immigration agents will be required to remove masks and identify themselves in San Jose.