The paper “shows that women, particularly those early in their careers, were disproportionately affected by terminations, even though they receive less funding from the NIH in general.”

I hate it here.

It's rare that you get "started" and "going" in the same screenshot

Welp, another "we like you, we just don't LIKE like you" score from study section. I know everything is horrible for everyone right now, but feeling my career be yanked away from me for a second time is really, really hard.

I did some smaller versions of the physics ink paintings. They need to dry for a while, stay tuned #sciart

I need to find an opportunity to use this line

good news though (sarcasm), in advance of the NIH hearing in the house today, OMB yesterday opened up NIH money. Not only do we have to pass laws twice to get Russell Vought to follow the law, apparently now we need a big public event to stop each one of their cases of law breaking

It is absolutely insane to me that Travelodge did not have “don’t give strange men room keys to women’s rooms without consent” as a policy until just now 🤬🤬

NIH/NSF funding is, for all intents and purposes, frozen again. This somehow almost feels worse than last year. They are running out the clock on biomedical science and all PIs can do is scramble to finish projects before our resources dry up. www.science.org/content/arti...

A 42% loss in mental health research and a 52% loss in Alzheimer's and aging. This government wants us stupid, sad, and afraid.

Update 3/16: A very small handful of NIH apportionments have come through — with big exceptions. The ones that OMB has approved are all Congressionally mandated/earmarked. The broad discretionary funds that fund most NIH grants not yet been authorized. (1/2)

Please read this thread. It may feel like things have gotten somewhat back to normal at NIH, but they are most definitely not. American labs are still deeply under existential threat.

A must read for anyone who cares (and these days, worries constantly) about American science and medicine. Credit to Prof. Will Mair for sharing his story. There are many more stories like it.

why are bees doing brutalism

This was the plot of Mountainhead.

Ew Claude, no.

Whew ain't this the truth.

Excuse me, this is my emotional support "Japan Trip 2026" multi-tab spreadsheet

Quite extraordinary (oh and just in case it’s useful to be reminded of why a broad humanities degree and/or curious and deep reading has value set against a tech bro maga sub-culture that thinks THIS is the pinnacle of a smart hire 🤡)

They get mad when people on SNAP want to buy soda

this junkballing Czech electrician is a folk hero in Japan for striking out Ohtani in the last WBC (stopped for photos/autographs etc) but he's retiring after this bc Czech league ball doesn't pay the bills. I love the way he took in in this one last surreal moment before going back to normalcy

Yep. Sobbing in my recent 14%

An utterly bleak picture of the future of academic science in America

We noticed something interesting (and frustrating) this winter because we had a number of cold spells here in Florida - when humidity drops, the food in our cages loses moisture and therefore weight, artificially increasing our food consumption measures. Curious if anyone else has noticed this?

Timeline cleanser Handsome street cats of Tehran Circa 2023

David Attenborough [whispering]: “As the predators close in on their helpless prey, we can only watch in silent horror, for it is not man’s role to interfere in the hierarchy of nature.”

Alt text is important for accessibility but what we don’t talk about as much is that it’s also a great opportunity for joke density

Hear, hear! There is no "the brain." The core of neuroscience is, as you say, understanding how brains CAN work. That allows us to learn how they CAN fail, CAN heal, and CAN BE repaired. I am 💯 for improving the depth of human brain research, but incredible value in broad neuro research programs.

UAB is recruiting neuroscience faculty at two different levels - come join our vibrant neuroscience community!

that they have kept their relationship intensely private to the point that this is how we find out is probably the best sign they might actually make it anyway, rules are rules, here is the exact moment she fell in love

BOOMTOWN by Bill Plympton

Cool cool cool 🫠

"Your h-index will thank you" 😂 The professor's answer to students using Einstein has arrived www.professorfeynman.com

“These days, if you’re not a mad scientist, you’re not paying attention.” @standupforscience.bsky.social

from Mahopac, NY

OK we've reached Blizzard of '78 territory, so share your pics if you got 'em. Here's me in RI. Mittens off, clutching snow with my bare hands like a true GenX-er.

pouring out some Iced Dunkies for the blizzard of ‘78 (now no longer the worst Boston blizzard, the one I was born in, my people of origin are not ok lol)

lol

what even is the fucking point

Whew this chart

BUT WE DON'T HAVE EARTHQUAKES

Let's try this again 👋 Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA. I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?

DOCTOR Rümeysa Öztürk has earned her PhD!!

You may have heard it before, but let me repeat: repetition of statements makes people more likely to rate them as true (even if they are false, and even if you knew they were false initially). Thanks for the talk, @lkfazio.bsky.social !

These Olympic athletes have more guts than most of America's CEO's.

Are you a junior faculty member interested in spending 2-4 weeks at Princeton Psych? Please apply for our Microsabbatical program! It’s a fully funded visit for professional development and creating long-term collaborations. psych.princeton.edu/diversity/mi...

Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.