One of the biggest news at this yrs ASCO meeting was a breakthrough treatment for KRas driven pancreatic cancers. Ras posed as a conundrum for decades & was considered undruggable. A cause for celebration indeed. It took decades of sustained #NIH funding, failures & troubleshooting to get here. 🧪

Dismantling all federal government agencies. They don't want us to have nice things in this country anymore. Give all the money to the billionaires and close down services for normal people. www.npr.org/2026/06/06/n...

Rebecca Archer’s infant daughter Renae contracted measles in 2013, before she was old enough to be vaccinated. The baby recovered and all seemed well until ten years later, when tragically Renae developed SSPE and died. SSPE is a rare, long-term consequence of measles.

Our official guide to help you write a public comment on the OMB-2026-0034 is here: zurl.co/XgyzA Submit your comment and take additional actions here: zurl.co/RiDuv #StandUpForScience #OMB #Vought #SaveScience #FundScience

🧵(1) The Schedule C and #OMB malarkey makes me so angry. I'm siding with the scientists from the #ADA meeting. Thanks, Dr. Kahn. #Huskies We're coming to our one year anniversary of the #BethesdaDeclaration. I am thinking even more about my roots. This time I'll talk about my maternal family.

So am I

The Bethesda Declaration, pushing back against Trump and Bhattacharya’s unconscionable attacks on the NIH, is a landmark resistance effort Am proud to be a signatory

Just a reminder that Russell Vought needs to be impeached. impeachvought.com

#StandUpForScience at #ADA! Today and tomorrow during the Presidential Addresses at 9:45am. Audience members stand throughout the talk. 🧪

Can scientists still speak freely at scientific conferences? drrubin.substack.com/p/if-scienti...

I share this to contribute to the Streisand effect diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

Any thoughts @reason.com ?

the scilencing of science. brilliant neologism.

The proposed OMB grant regs definitely warrant the concerns being expressed about the potential politicization of science - but trust me as someone who has managed federal science grant programs, the admin and process changes are very worrying all on their own as well. tinyurl.com/mr24jusr

Unbelievably chilling, shameful collaborationist behavior by a medical association Ta-Nehisi Coates: “We'll come out of this. And let me tell you something: If none of us are here to see it, tell your children who the cowards were.”

THIS

Timeline cleanse

Good job editors for being clear this is happening under Censorship Jay.

A study of women undergoing breast imaging showed a significantly lower incidence of breast cancer in those who had a history of treatment with GLP-1 agonists. @ascocancer.bsky.social https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/asco/121604

For @bmj.com, I coauthored a piece called “Trump & RFK Jr are dismantling public health—aided & abetted by powerful doctors” Powerful doctors should be using their positions of power to resist Trump and RFK Jr’s horrific damaging policies, not collaborating with them www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...

I spoke to @aniloza.bsky.social at STAT about how the latest executive order further presidentializes NIH. Schedule P/C undermines the fundamental philosophy of expert-led civil servant judgment that has made US science the envy of the world for 80+ years. www.statnews.com/2026/06/05/s...

American Diabetes Association chased away by police action members trying to share an editorial. Read it here: diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

lol scientists scared away the head of NIH by threatening him with paper. "handing out copies of the editorial outside of a keynote speech given by an NIH official. NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, was supposed to give the talk, but pulled out at the last minute ..."

Police pushed out a couple of the attendees at a diabetes scientific meeting. The crime: Passing out printouts of a recent publication calling out the administration for destroying our research infrastructure. The right to free speech was infringed upon. Censorship is real. We have to stand up.

Jeremiah Schofield is an #AltCitizen of the highest order. He risked so much to bring this to light. I am livid that there was a plan to weaponize SSA and its employees in this way (because who else would have been expected to involve ICE) and grateful that it didn’t happen. But this is so evil 🤬🤬🤬🤬

Shame on @amdiabetesassn.bsky.social! diabetes.org/about-us You claim to want to improve the lives of all people living with diabetes. You claim to advocate for these individuals, and yet, when top scientists who have served for you for years speak up…

As a senior NIH official was asked some tough questions on stage, a group of scientists was kicked out of the conference for distributing an editorial criticizing the admin, @elizabethcooney.bsky.social writes from NOLA www.statnews.com/2026/06/05/a...

The editorial being handed out at the ADA meeting.

Really awful. Write to American Diabetes Association CEO Charles "Chuck" Henderson at [email protected] and Chief Scientific and Medical Officer Rita Rastogi Kalyani at [email protected]. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...

THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS A “FIRST AMENDMENT ZONE”!!! (not just the tiny spots where gop says!!!)

NYT: Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration by Dani Blum @nytimes.com nyti.ms/4az5fRh

This is not okay. But you know, Jayanta is open to scientific disagreement and discussion.

Good morning and happy first Friday of Pride🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Which makes tomorrow officially #Dadurday Celebrate by wearing sunscreen, and staying hydrated ❤️

THE OFFICIAL @standupforscience.net GUIDE FOR TALKING TO ANYONE ABOUT THE OMB RULE PROPOSAL!! www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a...

This is not good.

My quote of the day Once I had asked God for one or two extra inches in height, but instead, he made me as tall as the sky, so high that I could not measure myself... By giving me this height to reach people, he has also given me great responsibilities. Malala Yousafzai

It's been a week since Russell Vought unleashed his latest blueprint of destruction, and we are beginning to see how institutions are approaching the matter. I am calling on orgs, societies, and the left to fully, uncompromisingly, viciously oppose 100% of this rule proposal. Every single line.

KFF Health News: ‘We Live With Fear’: In Congo, Doctors Face Ebola With Little Protection by Amy Maxmen @amymaxmen.bsky.social bit.ly/4oe0RNl

Screwworm In Texas Cattle Could Drive Up Beef Prices—After DOGE Axed Prevention Efforts. www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...

It’s been quite some time since we have shared joy. What brings you joy as the season changes from spring to summer? New flowers in the garden? Graduations? Weddings? Pets?

Ultimately, this is an all hands moment. Every action, no matter how small, helps push the defense of science and free expression forward. This is one of the most direct ways people can influence executive action, and it doesn’t have to be difficult.

This is a good pithy explainer by @cdelawalla.bsky.social, founder of @standupforscience.net on OMB's proposed rule that affects federal funding. It impacts cancer research, clinical trials, women’s health, climate change, how scientists disseminate information at conferences & public.🧪

Just heard a great quote from @hcrichardson.bsky.social “Every system needs a referee.” Excellent metaphor for having regulations and oversight instead of abandoning all.

ScienceInsider: House spending panel proposes slight raise for NIH in 2027 By Jocelyn Kaiser @science.org @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social bit.ly/3RKrb5D

“The condition or the disease needs to be actively interfering with your ability to work.” Chemotherapy & radiation are debilitating. Our health system is already broken. But let the ultra rich get tax cuts they don’t need & hooray for a war that F47 can’t get out of. www.npr.org/2026/06/03/n...

This is personalized medicine taken to a different level. 69% of melanoma patients treated w/ combination therapy (Keytruda + vaccine) were cancer free. If you haven't noticed yet, vaccines are the new wave of next gen cancer therapeutics. Thank #NIH funding. 🧪 www.npr.org/2026/06/01/n...

Didn’t Louis Pasteur invent pasteurization for a reason? It’s hard to have sympathy for those who make stupid choices because “science is woke.” Another successful experiment in stupidity. Kennedy rejects the germ theory of disease. 2026 y’all. www.foodsafetynews.com/2026/06/doze... #Pinks

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