And people are surprised why tourism is down?!

May want to switch to a different TV channel occasionally?!

Scary when you realize that your former trainee has not really learned much from you with regards to critical evaluation of scientific information. Fortunately for me, he is now distributing his opinions @casewestern.bsky.social

My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?" Turns out, mom was right.

So much for upholding the law.... As always, only the ones we want to uphold.

Anyone have any idea what type of caterpillar/insect this is? Touching it leads to really itchy skin… it is only about 1cm in size, sitting on a stalk from a strawberry leaf (or what is left of it)

For anyone still harboring the notion that everything will be fine, and we will be back to normal soon, wake up!

OMG... I guess having a privileged childhood, and growing up at a time when biomedical research and medicine where way behind its current diagnostic abilities and understanding allows you to make the most ignorant statements.

This is unbelievably shortsighted (and moronic)! Are there plans to cancel protstate cancer consortia the same way since they focus solely on men?

Interesting to see who has not signed yet…

There are many reasons to fight back, but a big one: Trump is a paper tiger. Often, fighting back works. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...

Northwestern just announced that the university will meet the funding needs of any research that is being impacted by stop orders. LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO! #edusky #academicsky wgntv.com/evanston/nor...

Time to bombard your senators and congressmen/women! This will pretty much kill biomedical research in the U.S. www.statnews.com/2025/04/16/t...

Trump justifies his war on foreign students with false accusations of antisemitism. It's a lie. They are kicking out people for speeding tickets and frog embryos. Vance gave the game away by saying foreign students are "bad for the American dream." www.salon.com/2025/04/17/j...

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

In the letter Harvard received from the Administration, Harvard was essentially asked to implement DEI practices to ensure "Viewpoint Diversity in Admission and Hiring"... Do any of these clowns actually know what they are doing and saying?! drive.google.com/file/d/1lOXi...

One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind. An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one." The other said, "Take him anyway." So they did.

Anyone else gets the sense that this guy is Joseph Goebbels reincarnate? Similarly delusional, and in urgent need of anger management... www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

Maybe the Columbia example is illustrating even to Harvard lawyers that bending to adhere to the bully's demands will not work: www.harvard.edu/research-fun...

Bukele said he wouldn’t be returning Abrego Garcia in today’s appearance with President Trump. It’s clear that anyone sent there cannot be given due process as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Trump, meanwhile, again floated the idea of sending American citizens to the CECOT prison.

Just now…

Everyone who told me "what's the harm in hyping de-extinction technology that doesn't work" can choke on a bag of black-footed ferret dicks www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

This gets crazier every day. You would think humankind (and the U.S.) had learned from past efforts like this, but obviously not!

Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.” A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world. www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...

The bullying game continues…

I finally get it: Liberation Day liberated the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and other indices, they are no longer "stuck" in the high range they have been in for such a terribly long time... It obviously also liberated accrued funds in probably all our retirement portfolios.

So, maybe follow the Columbia story and see where accepting the demands will get you? If any school should be able to fight and weather this, it should be Harvard... Let's see! Would Harvard want Princeton to be the only opposing school? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...

Breaking News: The Trump administration intends to block $510 million in federal contracts and grants for Brown University.

Reciprocal Tariff (in my simpleminded view) means that you add a tariff to items imported from country X if country X also charges a tariff on items you export to that country. Does not have anything to do with trade deficits. If you use it to balance that, then it is a penalty, and not reciprocal.

Nice map: scienceimpacts.org

Here’s a flyer you can print off and send to your friends!

To everybody but especially friends in Winston-Salem: next Saturday 2-4pm 1st Street downtown! Make noise!!! handsoff2025.com?utm_source=s...

So much for free speech. It will be “interesting” to monitor how many U.S. students and tourists will be arrested abroad in the coming weeks/months.

Wow. California State University, UC-Berkeley, UC-Davis, UC-San Diego and U of SF are ALL urging foreign-born students, faculty and staff to reconsider international travel because there's no telling whether the Trump administration will allow them to re-enter. www.desertsun.com/story/news/n...

Bravo!

I guess we can add Michigan to the list of capitulating institutions. <Sigh> www.michigandaily.com/news/news-br...

If you wanted any more evidence for non-science-based NIH funding decisions, here you go...

What a joke, waste of money, and damage to the reputation of science. I am surprised though that Trump Jr was not selected to lead it...

If you needed another history lesson on the parallels of the current developments with 1930s Germany, here you go...

The first school folded, and will now find out that they will have to continuously adapt to ever changing new demands. Once you bend to bullying, it will never stop. I hope other schools will see that and take note!

And the next institution gives in...

Are we just keeping our heads down and let this happen?! Georgetown, Columbia and Brown scholars targeted for deportation by Trump administration www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

This is probably one of the most frustrating developments over the past few weeks… absolutely NO conviction or backbone.

Another pawn dropped and cut in the desperate attempts of academic institutions to avoid draconian sanctions and financial cuts by the federal government. These steps by Northwestern (and other institutions) are meant to appease the Trump administration and rich alumni and donors...

French researcher, going to a conference in Houston, was forbidden entry to US; his work and personal electronics were both confiscated. Why? Because a “random search” of his cell phone revealed a negative personal opinion on Trump and the Trump administration. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Scary how quickly altruistic visions of academic freedom disappear: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Chuck Schumer Cancels Book Tour

This would almost be funny if it wasn't so sad...