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Genomicist | Bioinformatician | Science and Technology Enthusiast My views do not reflect those of my institution

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30.03.2025 18:42 πŸ‘ 22768 πŸ” 5706 πŸ’¬ 605 πŸ“Œ 309
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You want to save Whales?
You want to save the Clean Water Act?
You want to save Medicaid?
You want to save Social Security?

Be brave. Fight.

23.03.2025 23:43 πŸ‘ 145 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 1

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

22.03.2025 00:19 πŸ‘ 28973 πŸ” 9081 πŸ’¬ 851 πŸ“Œ 490
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Trump Ripped For Using Children As Props In Bizarre Signing Ceremony To Dismantle Education Department This is gross even for him.

Disgusting, even for Trump.

21.03.2025 17:32 πŸ‘ 9385 πŸ” 1804 πŸ’¬ 973 πŸ“Œ 207

ELEVEN DAYS LEFT TO SAVE DEMOCRACY.

Florida special elections in district 1 and 6 on APRIL 1st.

If DEMOCRATS. Show up to vote it could be the best April fools prank in history.

Remember, YOUR VOTE COULD BE THE DECIDING VOTE.

21.03.2025 20:57 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Grieving husband says "reckless" Texas abortion law led to pregnant wife's death Between 2019 and 2022, the maternal mortality rate in Texas increased 56% after the state outlawed abortions.

Porsha Ngumezi was killed by Texas’ abortion ban after doctors refused her a D&C to treat the miscarriage she suffered at 11 weeks gestation. She leaves behind a husband and two sons. www.cbsnews.com/news/grievin...

21.03.2025 03:45 πŸ‘ 3164 πŸ” 1276 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 77

The department of education administers federal student loans. Our children need those funds for higher education. We all benefit from a well educated population.

21.03.2025 18:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In 15 yrs of reporting, I've never had so many health & biomed researchers & outreach orgs tell me they're afraid to talk w/press or barred from speaking bc of new comms policies.

I understand the fear of losing funds. I don't know if silence does more harm than good. If you can speak up, pls do.

21.03.2025 14:27 πŸ‘ 1096 πŸ” 311 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 29

Absolute ghouls

21.03.2025 09:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Institute for Museum and Library Services Is Now a Propaganda Machine: Book Censorship News, March 21, 2025 DOGE didn't dismantle the only federal agency supporting public libraries. It was instead turned into a propaganda machine. That, plus this week's book censorship news.

Anyone who cares about #IMLS, but more importantly #intellectual_freedom and critical thinking, must read this latest piece by @heykellyjensen.bsky.social: bookriot.com/imls-propaga... #defendlibraries

21.03.2025 15:36 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Hey SUFS Community!

If you fall into one of the following categories and are willing to talk to press (on or off the record), please comment/DM us:

1. Had a funded grant revoked
2. Are considering moving abroad to continue your research
3. Have been impacted by the stoppage of a clinical trial

21.03.2025 15:09 πŸ‘ 337 πŸ” 196 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 6

β€œI hate to predict things like that…” Unfortunately most economists think the unpredictable tariffs will have no short or long term benefits for the US economy. The boycotts will make things worse for the US.

21.03.2025 18:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Trump cuts are stunting the growth of Baylor's medical school Baylor College of Medicine's uncertainty over health research funding is prompting the school to scale back research and reduce its incoming class size.

www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

14.03.2025 19:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Science under siege: protecting scientific progress in turbulent times As Editors-in-Chief of The Company of Biologists' journals, we have been watching with growing concern the policy changes in the United States of America (USA) and the challenges that these are creati...

Together with fellow @biologists.bsky.social EiCs we've written about the unprecedented cuts & policy changes to research in the US

We stand with our US colleagues during this challenging time

Science transcends bordersβ€”setbacks in one nation affect us all

journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

13.03.2025 21:13 πŸ‘ 82 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
X post by Associated Press (@AssociatedFress
), featuring a verification badge and a "Follow" button. The text of the post reads, "Former McDonald’s Employee Opens Car Dealership." The attached image shows a person in a blue suit with a red tie standing with arms outstretched in front of a red Tesla car parked on a driveway. In the background, there is a white building with columns, partially covered by a white canopy, and some greenery. The scene appears to be staged humorously, suggesting a connection to the White House or a similar official building.

X post by Associated Press (@AssociatedFress ), featuring a verification badge and a "Follow" button. The text of the post reads, "Former McDonald’s Employee Opens Car Dealership." The attached image shows a person in a blue suit with a red tie standing with arms outstretched in front of a red Tesla car parked on a driveway. In the background, there is a white building with columns, partially covered by a white canopy, and some greenery. The scene appears to be staged humorously, suggesting a connection to the White House or a similar official building.

It’s actually true.

14.03.2025 18:30 πŸ‘ 8844 πŸ” 1419 πŸ’¬ 228 πŸ“Œ 70
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How NIH Cuts Could Affect U.S. Biomedical Research Former NIH director Dr. Harold Varmus speaks out about what recent budget cuts and policy changes could mean for science.

Former NIH director Dr. Harold Varmus joins us to discuss what cuts to the institutes’ staff and research funding could mean for science.

14.03.2025 18:40 πŸ‘ 107 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 800,000+ federal and D.C. workers (i.e. people directly impacted by a government shutdown), is urging senators to vote no on the House GOP's CR.

In other words, AFGE is saying a government shutdown is less bad than this GOP bill.

14.03.2025 17:55 πŸ‘ 7553 πŸ” 2832 πŸ’¬ 115 πŸ“Œ 277
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Happening now outside John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis! We aren’t letting them quietly destroy the VA! @votevets.org

14.03.2025 17:38 πŸ‘ 23331 πŸ” 5761 πŸ’¬ 416 πŸ“Œ 201
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I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired!

New ride coming soon.

14.03.2025 15:48 πŸ‘ 69331 πŸ” 12162 πŸ’¬ 3925 πŸ“Œ 1426
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Extraordinary moment β€” Nancy Pelosi issues a statement calling on Democratic senators to reject the House funding bill, i.e. to defy Chuck Schumer.

"Democratic senators should listen to the women," she says, referring to Murray/DeLauro who want a 1-month stopgap bill instead.

14.03.2025 16:17 πŸ‘ 42599 πŸ” 9613 πŸ’¬ 1092 πŸ“Œ 1209
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As Orwell predicted.

09.03.2025 20:58 πŸ‘ 28248 πŸ” 5812 πŸ’¬ 623 πŸ“Œ 236
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How do we keep Standing Up for Science? A heartfelt thank you for everyone that Stood Up for Science with us on March 7thβ€”whether it be volunteering, donating, sharing, or attending in event, we're forever indebted to people like you who ca...

But our work is far from doneβ€”science is still under attack.

We’ve got ideas, but we want to hear from you. What’s worrying you most? What should we do next? How can we grow this movement together?

Fill out this quick form to share your thoughts & stay connected: forms.gle/QAxH4wD4Y3sg...

09.03.2025 15:13 πŸ‘ 246 πŸ” 137 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 17

First and foremost, an incredible THANK YOU to everyone who has supported Stand Up for Scienceβ€”whether you attended our events, donated, shared, or volunteered. We are so humbled by how many people showed up to support us & all of the passion that people brought with them.

09.03.2025 15:13 πŸ‘ 808 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1
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DOGE Is the Deep State A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar!

A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar!

Executive Editor of News Brian Barrett on how DOGE is the deep state.

09.03.2025 21:36 πŸ‘ 2560 πŸ” 1054 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 57

Our tax dollars at work: paying to deploy jack-booted thugs to protect the property of the billionaire who is currently robbing us of our livelihoods and our data every single day.

09.03.2025 20:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for posting. I was headed to the Chronicle site to look for this, but I saw your post first.

08.03.2025 04:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Houston scientists protest federal funding cuts at Texas Medical Center Texas Medical Center protest was part of a nationwideΒ "Stand Up for Science" day of protest following the National Institutes of Health's move to cap funding.

www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

08.03.2025 04:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: The University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University has reneged on their commitment to host the @sciencewriters.org annual conference and withdrew their entire financial support.

The National Association of Science Writers is now looking for a new venue, sponsors, and partners.

06.03.2025 16:14 πŸ‘ 5464 πŸ” 2411 πŸ’¬ 315 πŸ“Œ 282

Aside from the Stand Up For Science advocacy event and related science advocacy petitions and writing our Congressnal representatives, what can we do to stand up against the current administration's anti-science policies?

06.03.2025 23:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0