How to talk to babies.

Whether it’s freaking out about the new Cracker Barrel logo or some other bogeyman, remember this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture wars are meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.

The NIH budget will INCREASE by $400 million — not slashed by 40%, as Trump proposed — according to a proposal by Senate appropriators, says Sen Murray. "Some have asked if there will even be an NIH by [2029]. The commmittee's resounding message is yes—Congress has your back", she says.

Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut www.statnews.com/2025/07/31/n...

Listen to this mealy-mouthed non-answer about the billions in CANCER RESEARCH funding Trump's budget chief is illegally blocking. Clinical trials have been cut short. Research is shutting down. We're talking irreparable harm. Keep speaking up until they get this money out.

Note also that the lawsuit alleges that because race and class are correlated, providing free tuition to lower income students is also racial preference. They just want a pure aristocracy of inherited wealth

🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives. This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle. 🧵(1/5)

Share broadly: deep thanks to all those signatories (and beyond) working to pursue discoveries in medical research in the face of threats to careers and academic freedom. www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/h...

New powerful article up in the New York Times on cancelled and delayed grants www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Economists warn: Trump’s science cuts threaten the U.S. economy. Slashing funding for NIH, NSF, and NASA hurts every American. These cuts are killing jobs, stalling innovation, and shrinking our economic future. We all pay the price when science is defunded. www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...

It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

We are very close to a near cure for two of the highest-mortality cancers we know: glioblastoma and pancreatic cancer. These are both mRNA based treatments which are losing their funding during stage I and II trials. Thousands will die needlessly because of this motherfucker and his lies.

The part every strategist around the world is stressing right now is that really no one has gamed out "What if America didn't even have it's own empire interests at heart?" as part of the strategy. All the usual rules of negotiation & deterrence work on people who understand what they might lose.

"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." - Hannah Arendt

Chet Baker on a rainy day in the end of the world.

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

Cutting indirects is telling scientists to do science without buildings, equipment, electricity, and any support staff. These are your hospitals and colleges, your friends and children. And it’s only week three. www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

Get in Dorks, we are going protesting. STAND UP FOR SCIENCE. MARCH 7th 12-4pm. DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITALS. More information to come.

A guide on how to sabotage fascism in the workplace. www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184... It was written by the CIA during WW II. University faculty worked on this their whole lives. Its uncanny as a description of faculty meetings & faculty behavior. Here are some examples of advice to workers:

it is, effectively, a view that nothing should be done to solve any problem if there might be a trade-off somewhere for someone who you could code as “marginalized.” it is just anti-government conservatism with a different aesthetic!

I don't think we are supposed to individually prepare ourselves 3x meals a day every day for our whole lives I think we're supposed to have community and sharing

Sweet Jesus, this is why we need local newspapers. If you don't subscribe to yours, do it.

It’s the pop-tarts that are cheering the sacrificial death of their fellow breakfast treat that hits me

Happy Festivus everyone. Always amazed this crazy episode birthed a real celebration that seems to be enjoyed by so many around the world. So may your feats be strong and your grievances few. Enjoy.

John Locke: If you have been very Nice and your parents do not buy you a Nintendo Switch, you have license to replace them with parents who will.

How many Sean Carroll's does one universe need? At least two, apparently, since there is both biology and physics out there. Here I am talking with courtesy Sean B. Carroll at @nautil.us magazine. nautil.us/the-sean-car...

Apparently 31 is the age when you start to wish every gift was just a Home Depot gift card.

Can we please add a comments section to Zillow?

Everyone in Buffalo, Bills fans included, hates that our tax dollars are paying for this new stadium. There won’t be enough seats for current season ticket holders because they are prioritizing suites. We pay for it, the Pagulas make money off it, and most of the city is excluded from the games.

“Can we do like a live podcast?” He meant just like have a conversation.