Current NIH leadership want you to think they are using rigorous, consistent & scientific processes to screen studies to align them with agency priorities.
But the process that they have put down on paper is a sham.
It’s important to know NIH is not following its own guidance. Here’s why:
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Instead of spraying for mosquitos this summer, try the Mosquito Murder Bucket!
It's cheaper than paying a company and doesn't kill all of the beneficial insects in the area.
#garden #gardening
When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.
1/ ✨ New preprint alert ✨
It is my pleasure to share:
"Stepwise evolution of the developmental and symbiotic functions of DELLA in land plants"
Here we investigated the role of the single GRAS transcription factor DELLA in #MyMarchantia
doi.org/10.64898/202...
#PlantScience
A thread...
Man in protective gear getting a lil hand sanitizer
Wow, never saw that, looked it up, horrified!
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You are finishing your PhD and looking to continue in science?
The Martin lab @biology-unige.bsky.social has an open postdoctoral position in cell biology to study cell-cell fusion. For more information, please consult mocel.unige.ch/research-gro....
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DURBIN: Is DHS required to follow federal court orders?
NOEM: Yes sir, and we do
DURBIN: How do you explain that your agency has repeatedly violated them, as your own administration has admitted?
NOEM: We follow them when they apply
DURBIN: I'm sorry
Great shot!
Gotta convince @frwildflowers.bsky.social to come out here and take proper photos of these amazing flowers 🤩
Pale yellow flowers
Cream cups, another #nativeplant SoCal
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A snowdrops flower with endlessly repeating petals.
I'm in love. #WildflowerHour
Agamous Galanthus.
Purple flowers
White and orange and yellow flowers
#nativeplants showing off their flair
Large beetle with a black body and a red head and legs feeding on a purple flower.
Master blister beetle feeding on a phacelia flower. These guys are amazing!
Logged on to post the sentence “I’ve started stress dreaming about granular lab budgets” and what better visual to accompany that than
Brown lizard with yellow flower and lil red plant
Horned lizard 🦎
Chocolate lily with brown and green flower
Wildflowers including orange poppies, white cream cups and purple stork bill
#BloomScrolling
Bee sleeping in light pink California rose
Sending you some kind of native bee snoozing in a rose for good luck, Sarah! We’ve seen a huge uptick in non honeybees visiting the garden since we started planting natives. 🌸
Three Harlequin flowers and green leaves. The flowers have orange petals with a yellow centerseparated by a black (brown) line. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. February 2026. My neighborhood front yard garden. Name origin: https://www.ourbreathingplanet.com/harlequin-flower/
Three lovely attention-seeking Harlequins.
#ColorADay #OrangeSun
#Alphabetchallenge #WeekHForHs
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#stunday
See www.ourbreathingplanet.com/harlequin-fl... for the origin of the name.
Orange and yellow flowers
Gorgeous, Shantha: these flowers are so dramatic. Sharing a snap from my parents’ backyard—
I was sad to learn that my postdoctoral mentor, David Botstein, died yesterday. I started with David as a postdoc in 1998, and he had a profound effect on both my life and scientific career. He was a giant in the field of genetics, making seminal contributions in both yeast and human genetics. 1/
That squirrel looks to be already weekending 😄
Black and white public domain photograph of Alice Ball dressed in a mortarboard cap and gown for graduation. She gazes directly into the camera with a serious and focused expression.
For #BlackHistoryMonth, we’d like to honor the legacy of Alice Augusta Ball, the brilliant scientist born in 1892 whose research led directly to the first effective treatment for leprosy.
Ball’s accomplishment is even more remarkable when you consider that she passed away at the age of 24. 🧵 1/8
I know someone that dried their pants in the 37 degree room after a big rain, ewwww
"Nobody will care about your work about sugar metabolism and transporters in Neurospora crassa"
Nobody can predict what can happen with your work.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Today I’m celebrating winners of the NAACP image awards for their support of trans rights Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union #BlackHistoryMonth www.them.us/story/dwyane...
AD ASTRA PER ASPERA Kansas Department of Revenue Division of Vehicles Phone: 785-296-3671 Fax: 785-296-0691 www.ksrevenue.gov Laura Kelly, Governor Driver's License 300 SW 29th Street PO Box 2188 Topeka KS 66601-2188 Mark A. Burghart, Secretary February 23, 2026 Dear Kansas Credential Holder: House Substitute for Senate Bill 244, enacted by the Kansas Legislature overriding Governor Kelly's veto, requires Kansas-issued driver's licenses and identification cards to reflect the credential holder's sex at birth and directs the Division of Vehicles to comply with K.S.A. 77-207. What does this mean for you? If you have received this notice, our records indicate that, upon publication of this law in the Kansas Register on Thursday, February 26, 2026, your current Kansas credential will no longer be valid. Additionally, please note that the Legislature did not include a grace period for updating credentials. This means that once the law is officially enacted, your current credential will be invalid immediately, and you may be subject to additional penalties if you are operating a vehicle without a valid credential. What do you need to do? Pursuant to this new law, if the gender/sex indication on the face of your current credential does not match your sex assigned at birth, you are directed to surrender your current credential to the Kansas Division of Vehicles. Upon surrendering the credential, you will be issued a new credential reflecting the gender identification consistent with statutory requirements. If you have any questions regarding procedures for obtaining a legally compliant credential, please contact the Kansas Division of Vehicles or visit your local driver licensing office. Can you appeal this notice? Yes. If you believe you have received this notice in error, you may appeal. Appeal rights are available under K.S.A. 8-259. However, please be advised that the filing of an appeal will not preserve the validity of your current credential and associated driving au…
2. The letter, which has been reported to Erin In The Morning by a Kansas-based activist, states that under House Substitute for Senate Bill 244, Kansas trans people must immediately surrender their licenses.
Yellow tangle of disk florets of a rayless asteraceae flower head
Adenophyllum porophylloides, the San Felipe Dogweed, blooming off Plum Canyon Road today #nativeplants 🌿
It has a strong scent so one knows right away it’s related to Dyssodia 🧐
Spike of hairy purple tubular flowers with yellow throats. Sand coats much of the flower
Aphyllon cooperi, the Desert Broomrape, blooming along Coyote Creek today. This plant is parasitizing the Cheesebush (Ambrosia salsola) next to it. #nativeplants 🌿
