Gorgeous landing tonight. I ❤️ Southwest.

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell could not have sold children for sex without rich perverts buying children for sex. I feel like more people should mention that.

Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).

Does anyone else think he will bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Giuliani at the Four Seasons? It is after all special place for them.

If you wait long enough to cook dinner, everyone will eat cereal. Follow me for more recipes.

It bears repeating that nearly the entire US enterprise in science and technology has been irreversibly gutted. This is shocking. All this loss has occurred without any real benefit to the average US citizen. Except we now have the biggest, best funded secret police force perhaps ever. Yay for us!

My Letter to the Editor in the Washington Post is online [Gift Link] wapo.st/415HpYM 1/4

#AtAnchor #ChesapeakeBay

Imagine being a science professor and thinking the threat to the university is coming from humanities disciplines rather than fascists.

I did a thing. I wrote a textbook about #RNA. I wrote it so that those without formal science training could understand what RNA is and how it is used in medicine. It releases in the US and Europe on September 8th. www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...

NIH is considering changes in supporting publication costs--some ideas are quite radical and would endanger our ability to publish at all. I don't love the cots from the big for-profits but it does cost$ to run a journal. Please repost. Comment at: osp.od.nih.gov/comment-form....

The rest of the world, fortunately, will not ignore the huge potential of RNA vaccines. The result will be loss of leadership in the US and delay of benefits to Americans. The promise of personalized anti-cancer vaccines alone is incredible. #OwnGoal

“This is a bad day for science,” said Scott Hensley, an immunologist at the University of Pennsylvania who has been working to develop an mRNA vaccine against flu…With this move, the department is “undermining our ability to rapidly counter future biological threats,” said Rick Bright, a flu expert”

RFK Jr and HHS just ended all US supported mRNA vaccine development www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...

Extra kudos and thanks to all the staff at NIH and NSF and other federal funding agencies for working extra hard in very small windows of opportunity to get grants reviewed and funds released before the attention-addled federal policies change again (on an hourly basis).

#AtAnchor #ChesapeakeBay

Ah yes, exculpatory passive voice strikes again

#AtAnchor #ChesapekeBay

I'll say it over and over. I do not believe in gate keeping. I do not believe in pulling up the ladder. I believe in kicking the wall down like the Kool-Aid man, and making room as I go for those who come next. Just because it was hard for me, doesn't mean it has to be hard for anyone else.

Juneteenth calls us to understand the realities of our past, celebrate the resilience and achievements of Black Americans, and align the course of our country toward its founding creed of liberty and justice for all. Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth!

Showing my @asbmb.bsky.social pride at the @aaas-socsci.bsky.social ceremony today.

It’s called taxing the rich, buddy.

Great new tool to help folks volunteer to speak out and share information with the press (even on background, anonymously) actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...

Medical cures are born in fundamental basic science. The CRISPR technology used in this amazing study arose from experiments to understand bacterial immune systems. This is basic science discovery, which fuels innovation and creates jobs.

"Be awake. Be loving. Be woke. Woke means awakened by compassion. Guided by truth. Humbled by grace. Committed to justice for all." paraphrased from Pope Leo XIV.

Without basic science, there is no translational science. Discovery is where cures are born.

Here are the NSF funding data by state. Click on your state, peruse data, and then click on the Fact Sheet at the top to see annual spending. Then, please call your congressional reps. NSF money creates stable jobs for people at all career stages. tableau.external.nsf.gov/views/NSFbyN...

Modern capitalism is based on the promise of growth, which is itself predicated upon scientific and technological advancement. Without this advancement, there is no modern capitalism. Threats to science = threats to capitalism. Everyone needs to understand this.

The National Science Foundation marks its 75th anniversary this week. Rather than celebrate, it's time to save it. www.savensf.com/nsf-at-75-to...

They are killing the NSF. Such a tragedy.

*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this. The Secretary is unfit to lead.

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This. ⬇️

This is very bad. 👇 Message your members of Congress to protest these cuts.

Firing the extremely talented and dedicated scientists at the NIH makes America neither great nor healthy again. This is what the oligarchy is doing this morning. Call your representatives to tell them you oppose the RIFs at this crown jewel agency.

Really feel like I’m losing my mind: government OBVIOUSLY cannot punish an individual law firm for hiring someone it disfavors! It’s ludicrously unconstitutional and I feel like without a day of law school I could argue the case. And yet the best paid lawyers in the country are folding?

Some fun news! hub.jhu.edu/2025/03/27/2...

What. Is. This. Garbage.

I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired! New ride coming soon.

Bluetorial: Women, courage, and leadership What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.

Francis' Collins speech was great today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxlb... "Every dollar the government invested in the human genome project led to $141 dollars in economic return. Not a bad ROI. We are saving lives AND saving money!"

Swifties are everywhere. Stand Up for Science! Thanks for the friendship bracelet

Hopkins #biophysics here in DC #StandUpForScience science research saves lives!

Francis is tuning up! @standupforscience.bsky.social

Francis Collins giving an inspiring speech about how #science is for the people, by the people, and of the people. #StandUpForScience

Think medical research is expensive?? Try disease! #standUpForScience Science saves Lives.

And the train is PACKED!! #standupforscience

Waiting for the train to DC! #science

getting my sign ready #StandUpForScience