I’m a federal employee who was furloughed and just missed my second full paycheck. I have two young kids, so it’s tough. It’s hard but DAMN worth it. Hold the line. Capitulating now puts all that folks have sacrificed to this point in the trash bin. @vanhollen.senate.gov @alsobrooks.senate.gov

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social @blumenthal.senate.gov hi! I’m your constituent in district 5 and I’m a federal employee, and I am reminding you to hold the line, do not give in!

Love to hear the sacrifice of every federal worker over the last month is about to be in vain.

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Have you heard about this? "As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash." h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com

Former US FDA CDER Director Says He Played Key Role In Stealth’s Elamipretide Approval insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/p...

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

“The proposal recommends replacing the current flat-fee model with one that charges an annual fee of 1% to 5% based on the government’s assessment of the patent’s value.” 🤔 www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

Is there any way to find out if there has been a decline in 47 brand hats in a red color?

What the heck is going on at FDA? My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁):

This year, salmon reached parts of the Klamath where they hadn't been seen in a century. Let the joy of the river peoples be a fitting monument to Dick Cheney's passing.

Just remembering that Dick Cheney secretly intervened in a dispute over the Klamath River in 2001--and caused the biggest fish die-off in US history, with ~77,000 fully grown adult salmon piled on the banks of the river.

Really interesting thread here 🧪

At some point I pared down our bobblehead collection but it’s still too much

It’s funny too because this kind of forced emotional labor is heavier on Black/brown workers *and* one of the signals to Black/brown shoppers that we’re unwelcome! (As a Black person who has worked retail and been followed in stores—too frequently—in case I “need any help”)

There are a lot of stories on this list that I would like to read bsky.app/profile/scie...

"excluded from the world of informal exchanges" got me. That's the bit we still do really really badly. African scientists unable to get visas to attend conferences, mothers struggling with childcare, class exclusion. If we turn it into a "theft" narrative it's easy to say "oh well I don't do that".

Jim Watson was a peevish bigot. He sold off his Nobel Prize medallion in 2014 (but got it back) because he was so mad that people objected to his bigotry. Please do speak ill of the dead. slate.com/technology/2...

When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)

Go to a Penguins game with a bunch of PPG people and you'll learn some hockey #science trivia. Or, at least, I will. @cenmag.bsky.social #video

Before her (too early) death, the amazing Sharon Begley wrote this piece on double helix co-discoverer James Watson and the racist and sexist pronouncements he seemed to revel in making in later life. Fascinating read about a troubling individual. www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...

I hope he lived long enough to change his mind on some topics. If nothing else, his life showed that even the deepest legacies of science & discovery do not overcome personal accountability in word and deed.

Raise a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight and honor her memory and scientific contributions

"I am not an antivaxxer, but ...." But Harry argues against vaccination. The excuse is that using SARS-CoV-2 as 5th antigen dose combined with the quadruple Flu vaccine is not good. Does that hold? Does the paper actually show any of that? 1/7

This is how I’m gonna look every time someone hits the dislike button on one of my posts.

These negotiations should continue (although not during the shutdown) because the historical indirect cost structure is, in fact, that required by current law. Lots of threats and posturing, but Congress did not change the law. Do not be complacent but don't panic either.

“Stonesifer told WESA that Pitt has not signed the Trump administration’s pact. And when asked whether the university made any similar overtures to the Trump administration to secure the higher indirect cost rate, Stonesifer said no such concessions were made.” *stares at Cornell*

“Pitt spokesperson Jared Stonesifer called the agreement ‘good news’... But he struck a cautionary tone, acknowledging that changes could be yet to come that would rattle the financial infrastructure of medical research.” Pitt, NIH agree on 59% indirect research costs www.wesa.fm/health-scien...

Woaw, big news. Good news. Thanks @sthilaire.bsky.social for the Intel @wesa.fm www.wesa.fm/health-scien...

More MAHA infighting. I’m glad STAT called her a writer and nothing more… but Calley Means calling Emily Oster “the country’s preeminent voice on children’s health”? 🙄 www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/r...

Haha yesss. Japanese copyright law doesn't fuck around. Since I get challenged on this a lot: U.S. and Japan are both Berne Convention signatories, meaning the copyright is recognized between countries. They CAN go after American companies. And they are. And I love it. variety.com/2025/digital...

"there's a whole lot of public servants right now... drawn to the job by desire to make the world a better place, who are feeling... that maybe the world doesn't love them very much. And they're worried they're not going to get the wages they not only need, but the law says that they're owed."

PSA: the kids are adding 41 to 6-7 …although if Reader’s Digest has already caught on, I’m afraid we’re too late www.rd.com/article/slan...

dental care is health care

Oral hygiene has been linked to multiple health conditions, including dementia and diabetes. Now, research shows that people with both gum disease and more tooth cavities also have a notably higher risk of stroke. www.sciencealert.com/21-year-stud...

I wish I had planned my next train trips a little better. Ticket prices are a little higher and I have to assume it’s related to flight delays and now cancellations.

nitrosamines

Thread with thoughts about the new CMS info on how Most Favored Nation drug pricing agreements would interact with the existing Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. Bottom line: still unclear if this will produce any significant savings for state #Medicaid programs (1/x): www.cms.gov/priorities/i...

It would be nice if they would tell the reviewers how priority review is going to work www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/f...

Novo Nordisk exec Gordon Findlay (by reports) had just collapsed in the Oval Office. Trump stands there waiting for this annoyance to pass.

A picture is worth a thousand words

the minifigs 😍

First order of business: bring back the silver Elvis wig

CRAIG STAMMEN

today! #chemsky 🧪⚗️

I hate LinkedIn BUT I love Lego and ST:TNG 🖖 www.linkedin.com/posts/lego-g...