As we Stand Up for Science today, let's all stay focused on why we do what we do. My lab does #devbiol because birth defects are the single most lethal and most expensive diseases in American kids. 🧵👇
YES! Please memorize the Official Mission Statement of the NIH:
“Its mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability”
TO SEEK FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE!
Looks great, would love to join!
As news are going around that Musk will lead a "Department of Government Efficiency", here is a breakdown of the federal budget. Most of the spending is social security, medicare, dept service, and defense. There's not much efficiency to be had.
www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
2012: “join Twitter? just so I can learn what some moron had for lunch?”
2024: “I’ve joined Bluesky to follow the ‘Good Lunch’ Feed. People post their lunch and others reply good lunch when it’s a good lunch”
Awesome group! Could I please be added?
