Nice conversation on sleep and cancer with Jeremy at CSHL. Check it out! youtu.be/AVtbl8OxeZU?...

Meet Michelle Monje from Stanford and hear about cancer neuroscience advances…https://youtube.com/watch?v=GItH3Uazn8I

Great conversation with Erica Sloan about stress and cancer…https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5zJzPdzE65g

Trump's wannabe dictator playbook: 1) Create fake emergency 2) Bypass Congress and public debate 3) Grab emergency powers 4) Repeat (from June) www.theframelab.org/trumps-fake-...

Sixty years ago today, Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law - securing health care for millions and saving countless lives. As GOP politicians try to tear them down, it's up to us to protect and expand these programs for Americans who rely on them today and for future generations.

Sad: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

As cold hearted as it gets... bethesdamagazine.com/2025/07/29/d...

A different way of practicing politics is possible - where we vigorously fight for what’s right while inviting people into our coalition, rather than pushing them away.

From “Auguries of Innocence” Every night and every morn Some to misery are born, Every morn and every night Some are born to sweet delight. Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night. - William Blake

Today proves that Republicans were serious about one promise: to cut taxes for the wealthy. All the rest was bullshit.

It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.

Today, the United States is No. 1 in billionaires No. 1 in corporate profits No. 1 in CEO salaries No. 1 in childhood poverty No. 1 in income and wealth inequality in the industrialized world." - Bernie Sanders

Sobering news on the health front in US: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This GIF is pretty appropriate for what's happening...

RADIO FREE NEW HAMPSHIRE -- A VOICE FROM THE WILDERNESS.

Good job for the good guys

“NIH-funded basic science has contributed to the development of more than 90% of new medicines, vaccines, and devices.” www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...

Last week, @rhodesben.bsky.social and I did a Munk Debates against Kevin Roberts and Kellyanne Conway on whether Trump is leading America into a new golden age. We won. This is from my closing statement. There’s nothing golden about a movement that bathes in gratuitous cruelty.

Lovely day in New England

The assault on Harvard and academic excellence is petty and cruel, especially now for our international scholars.

Seems like more people should be talking about this www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

I stand with Bruce Springsteen, not a treasonous deranged convicted felon.

Pres, Gagliardi, of the 🇺🇸 Federation of Musicians: “We will not remain silent as 2 of our members Bruce Springsteen & Taylor Swift r singled out & personally attacked by the POTUS. S&S r not just brilliant musicians, they r role models & inspirations 2 millions of ppl in the US & across the🌍” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Funding has allowed profound gains that translate into better lives and living www.harvard.edu

A research colleague at Harvard…https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/opinion/ice-detention-russian-scientist.html

Boston did it again. At 8pm tonight we were still in the streets standing up for freedom, respect and justice. We do believe in freedom, respect and justice. Thank you 50501 @mass50501.bsky.social

40 Years ago Carl Sagan knew about Climate change and he was so aware of it's impact on Nature more than us we do right now.

Great fun supporting aging and cancer research at AACR in Chicago

Rituparna Ghosh, a talented postdoctoral in the lab and I, drafted an editorial on a fascinating manuscript from Sunil Ahuja's group and others about salutogenesis and immune resilience. If you want the short and sweet version of it, click below. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Searching for beauty

Holding off the inevitable in Majorca

Spring, welcome!

Harvard Will Make Tuition Free for More Students www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...

“He is hurting the people,” Carey said. “He’s hurting the very people that voted for him, let alone the rest of us — he does not care. And you don’t get to stand up there and let it happen if you are an elected official, regardless of where you’re from.” avlwatchdog.org/army-veteran...

Beauty where we can find it

A new study from Barshop investigators Sijia He, Shangang Zhao and Xianlin Han outlines the importance of innate immunity in the brain in the development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease. advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A little respite from the chaos

Lovely bike ride this morning around concord MA

Check out the editorial from Montano, Seidl and me announcing a new virtual issue spanning multiple Wiley journals on Aging and Cancer. Reach out if you are interested in contributing! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...