And there it is….. Announcement is made that the U.S. House will be out of session AGAIN next week Two full months since their most recent vote

"When a planet comes along, You can WISPIT" 🎶🎵

WOW! An incredible discovery. The first ever image of a baby exoplanet embedded in the dust rings from which planets are forming around a star. Confirms the developing view of planet formation that we’ve never before seen in action. 🧪🔭 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

Enough is enough. The Trump administration is playing with people’s lives and their ability to put food on the table. This isn’t a game. The administration needs to drop their appeal and allow states to fully fund SNAP benefits in November.

I wrote some reflections this afternoon about how the discovery of the double helix changed the course of science. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qPS3y6

Laaddiess… #RaidersOfTheLostArk #TCMParty

Sure do. #TCMparty

This is the reality for many grantees at Cornell and elsewhere with frozen grants: after a certain amount of time the loss (in money, research time, or personnel) is unrecoverable. Paying $60 million doesn't get that all back.

And applications require pledging allegiance to the orange one.

The #WizardOfOz is all the result of the trauma a girl suffers as a result of losing her dog. 💔😢 #TCMparty

SCHUMER is on the floor now making this offer to end the shutdown: Clean CR Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills 1-year ACA funding extension Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care "This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."

Here is the email the "Cornell Community" received about today's capitulation:

Cornell agrees to turn over "anonymized" admissions data broken down to individual colleges and schools.

Cornell agrees to "invest" $30 million in things like AI farming. Cornell also agrees to pay $30 million to the U.S. for no clear reason or purpose.

Cornell agrees to include Bondi's anti-DEI/anti-trans memo as a "training resource to faculty and staff" (see: www.justice.gov/ag/media/140...)

BREAKING: Cornell caved. Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...

Director Bhattacharya decided to weigh in on X/Twitter about the impact of the government shutdown. He (not surprisingly) focuses on the impact of the MAHA agenda. Of course, delays of research for months (which could be minimized by NIH with planning) will have little effect on MAHA actions 1/5

Join us Nov 18 at 2PM ET for a webinar on engaging with science policy locally + tips for communicating science with skeptical audiences—perfect prep for those holiday gatherings! #SciencePolicy #sciencecommunication Register here: lite.spr.ly/6001MfSB

AGU proudly supports the Protect America’s Workforce Act. Federal scientists and workers are essential to public safety, innovation, and STEM education. We urge Congress to protect their rights and strengthen our nation’s future. #SciencePolicy #ProtectWorkers thebridge.agu.org/2025/11/04/a...

In March, our grant and the broader DoD Minerva social science initiative were terminated. I haven’t said much until now. Thank you to Tim Wilson for inviting me to share. #research #socialscience #sciencepolicy #academia

Mother speaks out after ICE raids #Chicago day care center. “They are coming for all our children!” #immigration

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

Ok, this crazy #DC wind can stop now! @capitalweather.bsky.social

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning. This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.

Reporter @virginiagewin.bsky.social interviewed 19 current and former US federal agency scientists about the science being dismantled at EPA, NOAA, NASA, CDC, NIH, & USGS. They say it's making America unprepared for environmental and public health crises. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A New Thread on NIH Forward Funding I recently posted an analysis of forward funding of NIH grants from 2015-25. This analysis was flawed and should be ignored. I apologize for the misleading information I present an analysis of my error and a revised analysis which I am confident is right. 1/25

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and there it is. the absolutely massive change in R01s funded multi-year. our perceptions that the new mandate, sorry strong suggestion, has had a dramatic effect on forward funding and therefore success rates is validated.

This rough estimate says FY2025 new R01s should be down by about 26%. If we look at the number actually funded in FY2025, it is down 25% from FY2024, 32% from FY2023 and 34% down from FY2022. reporter.nih.gov/search/OrznV...

Rachel Riley, who oversaw layoff efforts at HHS as part of DOGE, is set to serve as the next chief of naval research. per @politico.com

WHUT?

Growing up in NJ, I can tell you light bulb invention comes up a LOT. We've gotten a lotta miles out of that. #MikieSherrill @stateofnewjersey.bsky.social

I had a company picnic today and I talked to like four or five people and am exhausted. Kudos to anyone who runs for office.

We can do even better in 2026 (and 2028). Celebrate, but don't let tonight make you complacent. We have to #GOTV more than ever come next November.

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

Looking forward to our version of this. #AllThePresidentsMen #TCMparty

"Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: ‘The science world is ending’" www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

PRIMATES ARE NOT PETS, MOFOS.

WAIT. Tulane says the monkeys are NOT infectious?? So they were murdered because...?

We need everyone to have Nurse Hart energy in 2025. #TCMparty #NightNurse

This guy's twitch is as bad as his gaslighting. #TCMparty #NightNurse

Remember when Paul Krugman’s columns were soooo wonky. “It sounds crazy to say that Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles, but it’s actually a reasonable interpretation of the situation.” - Paul Krugman

“So basically, we swear we’re going to follow Trump’s policies, which is ridiculous,” the HHS employee, who was granted anonymity, told the outlet.

Yes, please tell the single mom who works two shift jobs just to put some food on the table why she doesn't have a right to these supports.

ICYMI: Drop everything and spend 13 minutes with Amy Sherald--with her singular vision and talent, with her clarity about her central place in the jagged American story. You will be stirred by it all. www.cbsnews.com/video/amy-sh...

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.

I can't watch this because of the number of times someone says Charlie. #TCMparty

A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.

Giuffre felt alone standing up to Epstein. Her posthumous memoir makes protecting abuse victims a societal responsibility. Here’s what we learned from the memoir ↓

Genesis is only 19 years old, but when her mother was kidnapped by ICE, she was left with no choice but to care for her younger sister, pay the family’s bills, and do all this while going to school. We cannot allow ICE to continue tearing families apart.