Other trustworthy Edelman clients include: the Saudi government and the Sackler family. Here's the Guardian from 2023: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

China increases science funding again (by at least 7-% over the next 5 years) as it pledges billion-dollar spending boost for science 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

if i was the Trump rapid response dudebros I would simply not highlight people facing consequences for Epstein ties

omw to a national security briefing

You all, the artist is on Bluesky! Instant follow! bsky.app/profile/shou...

How the Roberts Court destroyed our Democracy "Five presidential elections ago, before the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling that lifted many remaining campaign finance restrictions, the share of billionaire spending was almost zero — 0.3 percent, to be precise." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

Hey post-docs in Environmental Sciences that need to catch them all... Job posting #academicsky #postdoc #phd #ecology

I wouldn’t say I’m desensitized. I’ve seen a lot of fucked up things in my life but this one sticks. This and USAID are up there with watching Rodney King get the crap beat out of him when I was in high school. Something is broken inside of anyone who can defend those choices.

A tomahawk missile costs the taxpayers the same amount of money as one five-year major NIH research grant. Remember that every time they tell us one of those missed the target, blew up paintings of enemy aircraft or tanks, or was the fifth and unnecessary hit on the same target.

Idiot plot

5/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open. Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:

Just about the most rational possible response on Iran's part. That the Trump regime has gone into this so staggeringly unprepared suggests it won't be that hard for Iran to do this. If only the fascists had a theory of mind to conceive of others as agents who also have a say in shaping the world

MAHA Institute President, Mark Gorton: 11/2025 (@nytimes.com via @sherylnyt.bsky.social): ”I’ve come to this anti-vax conference with a message that we need to be more boldly anti-vax." This week: "The childhood vaccination schedule needs to be eliminated.” What does the Acting CDC Director say?

When the MAHA Institute President shares slides that say "Polio is a fraud" and the RFK Jr-appointed Chair of ACIP Kirk Milhoan questions the need for polio shots, then the American public must know: is the NIH/CDC-Acting Director advancing an anti-vax agenda? www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/v...

I talked to dozens of experts in government, academia, cybersecurity, and industry about exactly this scenario last year and not only did not one of them think I was being alarmist, many brought it up unprompted and many said there was zero chance it hadn’t already happened

@altnih4science.bsky.social is it true that Bhattacharya has launched a “Scientific Freedom Lecture Series” at NIH and the first speaker will be Matt Ridley, a known climate change denier and COVID19 lab leak enthusiast? I mean, if true, where’s the science here? Were no astrologers available?

Fixed it

🎶 I hear babies cry, and I watched them grow They'll learn much more than I'll ever know And I think to myself, what a wonderful world Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world 🎵

Holy shit - this would be very, very bad: "The databases, called “Numident” and the “Master Death File,” include records for more than 500 million living and dead Americans, including Social Security numbers, places and dates of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and parents’ names."

"President Donald Trump has appointed Erika Kirk, widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, to the board of visitors that’s in charge of making U.S. Air Force Academy recommendations to the Secretary of Defense and the president."

these animations always do a great job of illustrating how highways just destroy neighborhoods

hmmm... where to begin? We'd have cancer research funding, lower grocery prices, no war with Iran, qualified people in the federal govt making reasoned decisions, people not afraid to leave their homes for fear of being grabbed up by masked federal agents, full access to life saving vaccines...

The humanitarian crisis in Lebanon ‌has deepened amid the wider Middle East war, with 84 children killed and more than 667,000 people displaced, two UN agencies said reut.rs/4beGFVp

South Korea cannot stop Washington from redeploying some weapons stationed in the country, President Lee Jae Myung said, after reports that US Patriot missile defense systems were being sent to the conflict in the Middle East reut.rs/4sEUtje

Warren: "It is still the case that the Trump admin cannot explain the reasons we entered this war, the goals we're trying to accomplish. The only part that seems clear is that while there is no money for 15m Americans who lost their healthcare, there's a billion a day to spent on bombing Iran."

New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

I used to waste years preparing gourmet meals. It was creative, an expression of my humanity, and fostered zen. Thanks to McDonalds, I don't have to do that! #Satire

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Just so people on bluesky are aware…I was very early bluesky and I very much actively followed every dog account I could find that signed up and now when I open bluesky I basically am given pure dog content straight to the brain stream every time. I am proposing everyone else do this. The end.

You may THINK you prefer your mom's homemade chocolate chip cookies, but you will find that Nabisco's Chips Ahoy, with their uniform shapes and evenly distributed chips, are actually superior.

feels like a bank shot in that it would use the power of the state to enforce social conformity AND hound teachers who would protect those kids out of the profession by threatening them with $100k fines if they fail to report which boys are growing long hair or which girls like trucks

if gender is so innate why does it need deputized citizens to meticulously enforce it?

BREAKING: An Idaho House Committee passed HB 822. This dangerous and unconstitutional bill would require trusted adults, such as teachers and counselors, to monitor children for signs that they are not conforming to gender stereotypes. Learn more about the bill: buff.ly/7kw0CXu

There are a lot of scientific illustrators and graphic designers who are building their portfolios and will take on work for less than you might imagine. It's not out of reach.

Meanwhile, professors’ syllabi are required to be publicly posted online in a searchable database. 🙃

THIS IS INSANE

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I decided to bring “Pirouette” home to enjoy. It is still available though.

this is exactly how my employer is framing this issue as well (and it appears i am in the same industry as OP); i want to know how much the consultants who told them this is the frame are getting paid

25 years ago, I was a very anxious junior female economics professor at Harvard while our President Larry Summers was telling the world how women weren’t very smart Wish the arc bent a bit more sharply

Yes everything is terrible but let’s not lose sight of the fact that someone has written the Headline to End All Headlines.

you don’t hate rich people enough

No, I don't want your loyalty card. I am a promiscuous (local) shopper. Besides, I don't want you to have that data.

“I made it my mission to develop a journal club course to teach students how to become fair reviewers.” @eblancosuarez.bsky.social shares how she developed a class in which students review preprints alongside the published papers that evolved from them. www.thetransmitter.org/neuro-educat...

Another read is that he's sadistic and loves saddling his aides with stiff, ill-fitting footwear. Or quite possibly both, demented and sadistic. Here's the pair Rubio is wearing to please HRH.

I had a relative who started giving people ball point pens when her dementia got really bad, don't know what made me think of that just now

This happens because a surprising amount of the social work of foster care is contracted through faith based agencies. Some of which even require foster parent to sign statements of faith! Evangelical agencies want to either refuse to take, or refuse to support LGBTQ+ youth. #fostercare

"Muslims don't belong in American society," says Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) www.huffpost.com/entry/andy-o...

We are aware of recent reports regarding targeted phishing attacks that have resulted in account takeovers of some Signal users, including government officials and journalists. We take this very seriously. 1/7