so grateful but so angry they were put in this position

To explain: At the start of his opinion, Judge Young includes an anonymous note received by his chambers, which reads “Trump has pardons and tanks..what do you have?” Responding to the note, Young says we have our “magnificent Constitution” and “here’s how that works out in a specific case —“

I think the R01 is basically a non-starter at NIGMS now. Data from NIH Reporter for new and competing awards, comparing number of R01s issued relative to R35s (MIRA). This has major ramifications for basic science and basic science investigators that are not yet in the MIRA pool

From an NIH source: "The fact that it’s 8am on the day of a likely shutdown, and NIH personnel have received not one word about it from our leaders, from HHS, or higher, is gobsmacking. Normally we receive shutdown preparations emails starting days in advance. Absolute silence except at IC level."

The whole “it’s the left’s fault the right supports censorship” bullshit is rubes and propagandists trying to save face for being useful idiots or willing accomplices for the greatest censorship campaign since the red scare. Otherwise they’d have to admit to being wrong bsky.app/profile/jeff...

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Hegseth's words seem especially chilling in light of his whitewashing of the Wounded Knee Massacre as a heroic "battle" only a few days ago. The message would seem to be that the Trump Administration is willing to forgive any atrocity US troops may commit as an "earnest mistake."

David Cross folks.

So a Trumper with an assault rifle massacred people in a church and burned it down because he hated Mormons. But we're so used to seeing THAT, it'll be out of the news by the end of the week. No flags at half staff for the slain worshippers I guess.

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A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

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The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

When I was at NIH and shutdowns loomed, it was discovered that the administration was planning to shut down PubMed. The head of NCBI called the powers that be and pointed out that this would threaten patient safety Who knows what will happen now Just in case, remember Euruope-PMC (europepmc.org )

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We live in the most insane timeline.

Friends. When you see information out in the world that gets your heart pumping, you need to evaluate source, content, and cost.

I chatted with the @financialtimes.com about my writing, the podcast, tech criticism, and being myself. archive.is/2025.09.25-0...

this is so much better as messaging than Jeffries. Pritzker actually lays out what he's doing and what the public can do; he presents the response as a partnership between pols and people who care about democracy in the face of fascist incursion.

it’s fucking insane that you can log off for a few hours and come back to find trump invaded another city in his own country

Announcing such a major change to NSF GRFP this late in the cycle is incredibly cruel. 2nd yr students (mine included) have been working so hard on their proposals despite ongoing uncertainty. They are driven and passionate about being outstanding scientists and helping those coming up behind them.

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The hero we truly deserve

Kimmel’s defiant return highlights one of the most disturbing dynamics of Trump II, that so many people in positions of leadership are chickenshit frauds who would rather fold in advance than put up anything resembling a fight www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Pleased to share updates for 2 deep learning papers: 1/2: VASCilia, which can automatically segment and analyze cochlear hair cell stereocilia bundles. We have added more features to the Napari plugin and some new data highlighting the power of our high-throughput automated 3D analysis approach.

A police officer was killed in the attack on the CDC by an antivaxxer. Trump did not mention it. Use this as a benchmark to compare how the Trump administration responds to an attack on an ICE facility to judge which federal employees are deemed worth protecting. abcnews.go.com/US/1-week-af...

Do any of the professors or journalists or teachers also get their jobs back or nah

Some news.

a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...

Lightfield 4D has landed at the HCBI. If you are in Boston, come check it out! hcbi.fas.harvard.edu For those not in Boston, enjoy this GIF of a hydra moving around with a z-depth coded LUT

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I am QT dunking but I think this is a case where it is warranted: Science is political and "not wanting to see politics" as a scientist is a political choice. You may decide it's what works for you, but you need to decide how that fits with the fact your (diverse) colleagues still exist 🧪

Setting aside the bad science, the message here is that pregnant women should suffer--and risk harming their fetus with untreated fever--to reduce their chance of having a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Which makes clear his disdain for women *and* people with ASD. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Serious scholars have examined what happens when we change the number of H1-B visas issued. Cities that get more H1-B immigrants subsequently see the wages of natives *rise* substantially. Skilled immigrants bring new ideas, fill labor shortages and make us all more productive.

This administration’s staggering corruption is dangerous beyond belief. And it’s a complete slap in the face to every single family working hard to put food on the table.

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When we build the greatest stereotype engine the world has ever seen we should not be surprised when it reproduces bias

The United States also already has a major physician shortage, which is bad now and projected to worsen to pretty extreme levels as Boomers continue to age. Making H1-B visas dependent on a $100K bribe is going to cause thousands of medical students & residents to stop coming here every single year.

+ for pregnant people, acetaminophen is one of the few safe options for reducing fevers and managing pain. Pregnant people should not face misogynistic and ableist "mother blame" for managing their pain and addressing symptoms associated with infections (fever)

Obsolete Joke: An American tells a Russian that people in USA have the freedom of speech and that he even could go to the White House and shout: "Go to hell, Ronald Reagan!" The Russian answers: "Oh, we also have freedom of speech. I, too, can go to Kremlin and shout:" Go to hell, Ronald Reagan!"