This is fascinating look at the use of grey market peptides in the US. The idea that people can do their own research to determine if is safe to inject an unverified substance into their body is so misleading. Peptides may be “naturally occurring”, but there is no regulation of what’s in the vials.

More of this please!

NEW: A lot of bad has happened to American science over the last year but nothing comes even close to what’s about to happen if we don’t speak out in opposition to the OMB rule changes and I hope @aaas-socsci.bsky.social @apsphysics.bsky.social and others will launch public campaigns about this. 🧪🔭⚛️

I wonder how much Universities like Harvard, Brown and Cornell spend on fighting unions. It might be less costly to just pay grad workers living wages.

I am celebrating one year after brain surgery! 🧠 Last May 25, I had a microvascular decompression for trigeminal and glossopharyngeal neuralgia. The surgery was successful, but recovery was more difficult than I expected. I experienced pain and hypersensitivity at the site of my craniotomy.

This is outright theft. Trump is stealing $1.7 BILLION of your money to set up a totally unprecedented, first-in-American-history political slush fund that he can use to dole out cash to win loyalty and favors for him and his family.

My son Zeph is competing in YAGP Finals in the next 30 minutes! Live stream to watch some brilliant young dancers. www.youtube.com/live/lNAsvlU...

This week Brown University proposed a 0% pay increase for the 26-27 year for graduate student workers, and only 1.5% a year for the next 3 years. This means a pay cut when adjusted for inflation that works out to be the equivalent of $4k a year by the end of the contract.

The rush to silence Black voters ahead of the 2026 election is stone cold racism. It's Jim Crow 2.0.

United Airlines flight attendants approved a new five-year union contract with average raises of 31%. About 30,000 flight attendants with @afacwa.org will now get their first raise in nearly six years. The contract also means attendants will finally get paid during boarding.

GLO is advocating for safety for all graduate student workers at Brown, including immigrants and international students. Where we invest our dollars reflects what we value.

Taxpayers are paying billions to stop offshore wind development that would have lowered energy costs and carbon emissions.

Stevens to RFK Jr: "To top it off, Mr Secretary, I got a copy of HR-944. You know what it is? It's your impeachment articles, sir. You have abused your office, you have gutted America's public health! You should be ashamed."

More than 400 hospitals are at risk of closing thanks to Trump's "big, ugly bill." This will hit rural families—they'll now have to drive even farther before they can get care—if it's not too late by then. This is what happens when you prioritize billionaires & bombs over Americans.

It's official. We're asking Brown University to recognize Fellows as a part of our Graduate Student Union. For many grads, the distinction between Research Assistant and Fellow is just about where the money comes from, not the work. #unionforall #unionstrong www.browndailyherald.com/article/2026...

My son is a ballet dancer. He’s graduating high school and pursuing a career as a dancer. He was born 9 weeks early weighing just 3 pounds. Incredibly proud of him.

"Just weeks after ratifying a historic contract with the University, Penn’s graduate worker union has been officially chartered by the United Auto Workers." https://ow.ly/AFeT50YwsQH

Good news for graduate teaching assistants and researchers in the UC system! #unionstrong

EM-DAT is critical for climate change and health research.

This is potentially huge. A whistleblower reported that OMB officials proposed transferring NCAR’s space weather program to a private, for-profit company, violating NSF’s public comment period and statutory limits.

Crying. I miss having a president who inspired hope and courage.

First year PhD life. Submitted my first abstract for a conference. Survived midterms. Led union bargaining. Parented. Ate rice for dinner (PhD stipends only go so far). Danced, a lot, as that’s how I stay sane.

Our economy is bleeding jobs. Prices are up, especially for gas. Yet the White House prioritizes tax cuts for billionaires, while launching a reckless new Middle East war. It doesn't have to stay this way - not if the American people make our voices heard.

This is 100% where I am at this point in the semester.

I want to walk you through why it’s nearly certain Trump’s Iran War is going to be a massive, deadly, trillion dollar failure. And why you should be furious he’s set us on this path.

"The Peace President."

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

No war with Iran.
 There was no imminent threat. There is no clear objective. I will NOT support a war of choice that puts American lives in harm’s way.

The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

What are we watching tonight that is not the state of the union?

James Talarico on Colbert: “I think Donald Trump is worried we are about to flip Texas.” Millions more people have watched the show he didn’t want broadcast on late night TV on YouTube. 12.6 this morning. Let’s keep going.

The FDA review process needs to be about science, not politics. Hopefully a step in the right direction.

The Trump administration withdrew a rule to make sure the products YOU use every day—like makeup and skincare—are tested for cancer-causing asbestos. Is this Making America Healthy Again??

I have COVID. It is still a thing, and still miserable. Pretty annoyed.

Freedom of speech is still a constitutional right, but it is under threat. Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

This week has been remarkably bad for climate and public health. The Trump administration’s rejection of science, whether we are talking about climate change or vaccines, will lead to death and disease. Why on earth would stop incentives for innovation?!

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

It is really that simple.

There is overwhelming evidence that air pollution endangers human health and causes climate change.

Another snow day in Rhode Island. Realizing there’s a whole season where I need no shoes. Only snow boots.

"The new law forbids counties and local law enforcement from contracting with ICE. It mandates that public bodies terminate any existing immigration detention agreements and prohibits the use of public property for federal civil immigration detention..." kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Incredible scene at Brown University as thousands of schools across the country stage walkouts to protest ICE’s reign of terror. History will remember who stood up and who stayed silent against state sanctioned murder.

Citing fear of ICE, pregnant immigrants in Minnesota are -skipping prenatal care -requesting home births, even when not medically advised -going w/o adequate food Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early

Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year. Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.

The Providence community including many high school and college students turned out for a protest against ICE in 7 degree weather. We are calling for an end to ICE funding. Standing up for our constitutional rights. Protecting our neighborhoods.

The arrest of Don Lemon is textbook fascism—a brazen attempt to silence reporting on a criminal regime. Stand up for Don, because our rights stand and fall with those of courageous journalists throughout this country.

Heroes

ICE deported a 5-year-old US citizen to Honduras, where she had never been, after holding her & her mother in a hotel room 80 miles from home for several days and not allowing them access to a lawyer www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...