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A thread with some interesting (at least to me) observations on multi-year funding, past and present... 1/8

#BCAM Great summary of importance of attending regular screening mammography, starting at first invitation in Sweden (recommended to start at age 40 in USA, earlier if high risk). Same incidence but higher risk of breast cancer death among those not attending screening. www.bmj.com/content/390/...

also highlighted by @auntminnie.bsky.social www.auntminnie.com/clinical-new...

Speaking of talented folks singers from my youth...

I am inspired by @joancbaezofficial.bsky.social, "We may not be able to turn the tide, but we can certainly save some fishes....I...suggest...we all live about 85% of the time in denial...then with the other 10% or 15%, go and do something." @nicollewallace.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/msnbc-podcas...

My quote of the day I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent the implication that some of the places that I have sung and some of the people that I have known, and some of my opinions, whether they are religious or philosophical, make me less of an American. Pete Seeger

Jay Bhattacharya sent a pre-recorded video to NIDDK Council, too. But I get it. It's hard to face your staff when you lie about them. Even harder to face researchers when you're willing to break the U.S. scientific enterprise just to get a position of power you're in no way qualified for.

Not surprising, but maddening. Such a loss of talent! www.science.org/content/arti...

Everyone at CBS News should quit in protest. This is a travesty. Bari Weiss is a misinformation-peddling right-wing operative. She’s totally unqualified for this job.

Worth a read...but very disheartening.

Our officials statement on the Compact.

New York Times story about "Compact" for funding preferences for universities [Gift Link] www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u... 1/2

Somehow (and don't ask me how)... the grass actually appears to be winning. 👀

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Nope. Not even close... See "Hatch Act of 1939, An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities" for more information. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatch_Act

My quote of the day Jane Goodall

Madeleine Dean is great.

Of course these people are in the ER. It’s from eating too many cats…

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"As a federal worker, I am here to tell you that every awful thing that would happen in a shutdown—shuttering programs that Americans rely on, damaging our economy, firing federal workers—all of this is already happening." youtu.be/jw93RKKreqY?...

Federal workers are speaking out on how the Trump regime is harming Americans: "We stand here today at a moment of the greatest assault of our lifetimes on our freedoms. The US Constitution is being shredded... We are here to call on Congress to stand up and stop it." youtu.be/uw1KwIBgrCw?...

“American science, the gold-standard and world-leading science and innovation enterprise, is being destroyed….Congress has a rare moment of leverage to check Trump’s executive overreach and it must stand up and do so.” - @markhisted.org, NIH neuroscientist www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Another record month for bioRxiv - and further evidence the pandemic spike+dip was just that and growth continues. Thanks to all involved and that includes 🫵

A true hero... She changed how we think about so many things...

The fiscal year is over. So how was the NIH appropriation committed? A long thread with institute by institute results about where the money went.

My quote of the day Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. Kurt Vonnegut

Staff members at the NIH seem to have done the impossible: spend the agency's $48 billion budget. “Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Another scathing ruling from Judge William Young [Gift link] www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

New Nature story with some end of the fiscal year perspectives. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Compelling and quite disturbing...

My quote of the day Today, Democrats not only have the White House; they have the Senate too. So we have to be realistic about what we can and cannot achieve, while at the same recognizing that realism should never be confused with capitulation. Mitch McConnell

This is probably correct, but I truly despise this timeline. Certainly, there is a better strategy that capitulation, perhaps building a coalition to protect that SACNAS meeting.

@jeremymberg.bsky.social and @gregggonsalves.bsky.social, didn't some really smart people we know talk about "Trump's Gift" recently? "Chinese universities see changes in the US as 'a gift from Trump' that will help them recruit more and higher-caliber talents" www.cnn.com/2025/09/29/c...

Who, specifically, advised this? Is this in writing? I ask as a white American of eastern European ancestry and a proud SACNAS member. It is a great organization.

Speaking in my own personal capacity on our weekend Vigil: This week, autism has been in the headlines—not because of science that moves us forward, but because of misinformation that drags us backward.

Thank you all the program officers at NIH that persisted through the 2025 fiscal year and were able to fund 99% of the total FY2024 budget. I know this has take a toll on everyone at NIH. Thank you for supporting important health and behavior science and helping to keep the U.S. a leader in science.

Not necessarily. NCI may have moved funds from other NCI components (intramural, contracts, etc.) into grants (for a variety of reasons). We won't know the full story for a while.

The fiscal year ends tomorrow. Here are results from NIH Reporter downloaded an hour ago. The total amount of funding committed for FY2025 at this point is 99.0% of that for FY2024. The same difference could be due to a variety of technical factors. 1/3

When I was at NIH and shutdowns loomed, it was discovered that the administration was planning to shut down PubMed. The head of NCBI called the powers that be and pointed out that this would threaten patient safety Who knows what will happen now Just in case, remember Euruope-PMC (europepmc.org )

This quote refers to William T.G. Morton who claimed (and was often given credit for) the use of ether as an anesthetic despite others have made earlier discoveries. I definitely wasn't thinking of anyone else.

My quote of the day That so unlikely an outcome should accrue to a man possessed of such limited talent and so many flaws, and one lacking in a sense of ethics and decency was one of the bitter ironies of history. Richard J. Wolfe

This photo captures the dynamics of our doggies quite well. Petunia, the puppy, running around like a maniac, Glory, the other cattle dog cross, ready to engage, and Aurelia, the 5-year old golden, trying to stay out of the way and looking concerned.

I can't say I am surprised. This has been the fear since the EO "Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking" specified that all grant decisions would require approval of a political appointee. Once you insert political operatives into the process, any perversion becomes possible.

New from the Washington Post [Gift link] wapo.st/3KqjcXB 1/3

I actually disagree with this. It is important to reach everyone with important health information. My concerns is that he went on this podcast and then spread additional false information, claiming that President Trump made "charismatic" statements of fact rather than spewing ignorant falsehoods

A new email to Director Bhattacharya this morning. 1/n

My quote of the day Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict - alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence. Dorothy Thompson

This captures much of the frustration of today.