“The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children,” Gawande wrote.” hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...

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I’m recruiting a new lab manger! Please pass on to anyone who might be interested, and have them reach out to me once they’ve applied. Photo proof of awesome lab to join research-princeton.icims.com/jobs/21793/r...

Hey so if you’re a man with an XX partner or child that you care about, I need you to read this thread because shit is not going to change unless cis men start not being okay with this stuff.

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This means that hundreds, if not thousands of labs all over the country will close. Tens of thousands of jobs will be lost. This is in defiance of Congress's will and in defiance of good stewardship of the US economy. This is entirely because Russ Vought hates science

Less than 800 NSF grants awarded over the first half of the fiscal year for the entire country. Previous years were already over 2-3k awards by now. It is not particularly overdramatic to say we are seeing the death of federally funded science research in the United States.

In 1979, Mattel sold toy Battlestar Galactica fighter ships that fired a tiny spring-loaded "torpedo." One 4-year old choked on it, and the entire line of torpedo toys was recalled and never sold again.

I still cant get over this. How you steal somebody's life... (he was 28 years incarcerated for a crime he DID NOT commit) He gets out, gets a law degree. Runs for office.... WINS... and then they steal the job

i've been getting more folks telling me about this and it's not anything i agreed to. it's been stolen like AI steals. please vandalize it if and when you see it.

RFK Jr & Jay Bhattacharya, working hand in hand, have deliberately dismantled the US public health & health research systems—they disbanded or weakened crucial science committees & fired huge number of experts & recently Bhattacharya censored a study because it showed COVID vaccines work Read this

More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.

Every time I see someone talk about Claude I think about how they switched from female to male names as soon as they wanted the robots to seem like experts vs personal assistants.

the Sacramento zoo has 6 BABY CAPYBARAS

Please repost: My department at USC is hiring for a teaching-track faculty position. We are looking for someone principally to teach statistics for biologists, but there will be opportunities for other courses in statistics & algorithms applied to biology usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

I PROMISE you Trump doesn't know what the NSB is. This is another layer of Destruction a la Vought. And by the way...they can't call "saving money". The National Science Board is a volunteer position. This is about wiping the NSF completely off the face of the planet. PERIOD. Don't sugar coat.

Heading into May of 2026 and so far this year, no new grants have been issued by the National Institutes of Health, National Eye Institute. No council meetings have been scheduled. An absolute, unmitigated disaster for vision research is setting up.

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

Please read this. Our gov't is killing science. Please share widely.

Alright I'm not always good at pushing my stuff, but I suppose if I'm asking for sales in order to help someone else I can suck it up 😅 screenshots of text because I got a little wordy this time, and I'll post links below this

New York Times article about the slow pace on NIH grant making as well as enforcement of political constraints. [Gift Link] www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/s... 1/4

“AI is here, so we have no choice but to accept it” so are immigrants and trans people, but I guess that’s a skill issue

The number of NIH competitive awards is down 50% from 2025, and down ~70% from prior years. Even if they catch up by the end of the year, only wealthy institutions can bridge these huge funding gaps.They're killing science-and violating the constitution-by weaponizing the bureaucracy

At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years. Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.” wapo.st/4euUt1c

Everything the Ellison family could own if Paramount buys Warner Bros: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central Cartoon Network And more... This is a rotten deal that the Trump regime has rubber stamped. State AGs must step in and block it.

“Between January 2025 and February 2026, STEM and health employees at science-focused agencies saw nearly 15,000 jobs cut. The rate outpaced cuts among other federal workers.” OPM data - Figure from Wash Post article 19 April. (Where US science has been hit hardest.) NSF at -42%!

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

How many people will die from diseases that would otherwise have been preventable

One place you can help: this new non-profit is launching to help kids without access to insurance (or on insurance that isn't paying out) get GAC in California. They're working with VERY trusted providers who used to work at CHLA. It's all a scramble right now, $ helps. www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

Those of us doing research related to women’s health have been hit particularly hard by the govt’s sabotage of the NIH. I spoke to WaPo for this piece, as painful as it was to discuss the reality my lab is facing. www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026...

Researchers have discovered a variant of Cas9 that selectively cuts DNA based on its methylation state: cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪

Flock cameras have useful, modular electronic components in them, including: - Rechargeable lithium iion battery with solar panel - 5G LTE modem - 5MP 16mm camera with IR filter Plus various other components with precious metals that can be harvested for scrap.

@disabilitystor1.bsky.social oh goody this one is gendered female and named after the history of science’s Patron Saint of Having Your Work Ripped Off and Unrecognized By Dudes

Yousof Azizi, Iranian researcher, journalist, commentator and PhD candidate at @virginiatech.bsky.social with valid legal status, has been illegally detained by ICE. He was taken from in front of his home, has been denied access to a lawyer, and may be transferred to a detention center in Louisiana:

NEW: Virginia just passed a law to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, giving it 222 of 270 electoral votes needed to activate. This map and spreadsheet show which states could join to activate it by 2028 depending on the outcome of the 2026 elections docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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A wealth tax on the top .15% of the richest families would generate $6.2 trillion in revenue. That could pay for: Universal childcare Millions of new homes Slashing child poverty Medicare for people aged 55+ Universal paid family leave Tuition-free community college And more.

Please, men, read this. And then, pass it on to your friends.

Octavia E. Butler, 1998:

So it turns out paying people a living wage doesn’t collapse the economy; it’s almost like the rich have been lying to us to maintain their power over our lives.

Concerning the longtime rumors around Swalwell, I am reposting here with permission a FB post last time from longtime organizer Michael Trujillo. This history goes way beyond what is reported publicly.

🚨 NSF is already quietly eliminating the SBE Directorate, despite Congress’ mandate that NSF support the behavioral & social sciences. Steps to counter this are in motion. If you - have an SBE proposal under review - serve on an SBE grant panel You can help! Fill out this form: shorturl.at/xuKw2

In case you were wondering about the vibe in space science lately, experiencing both halves of a Star Trek evil mirror universe episode at the same time is physically nauseating.

Science is good. We should fund it.

Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today. One for the history books www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

hey i’m being real fucking serious right now call your reps. this is insane. he already had thousands of jobs removed from the us fish and wildlife service. dismantling the us forest service will have a devastating impact on habitat protections. im too mad for words.

“They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities..labs that house decades of irreplaceable long-term science, the kind you literally cannot restart once it’s gone. And they’re replacing all of it..with fifteen political appointees” www.hatchmag.com/articles/tru...