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Facts & strategy, in an authoritarian takeover.
Rightwing billionaires want to privatize NIH and use it to control universities.
We work to cure diseases like cancer.
Pers views. #science #medicine
Rightwing billionaires want to privatize NIH and use it to control universities.
We work to cure diseases like cancer.
Pers views. #science #medicine
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This account is for sharing info with US scientists, both extramural and intramural to NIH, about attacks on science in the US.
Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪
We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.
Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪
We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.
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An inquiring student leads researchers to discover they've unknowingly held on to the world's oldest ribbon worm. This is the Story of B:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet...
Meet ‘Baseodiscus the Eldest,’ a record-setting worm more than 27 years old
Ribbon worms can grow to enormous lengths, and one named Baseodiscus the Eldest is showing how little we know about them—including how long they live
www.scientificamerican.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:55 PM
An inquiring student leads researchers to discover they've unknowingly held on to the world's oldest ribbon worm. This is the Story of B:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet...
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I understand it's hard for some to use the term concentration camp, even for those horrified by what's happening. And there are settings (e.g., court) where it may not be helpful today. The key thing to realize is that there's an arc of how detention regimes tend to go, and we're recognizably on it.
January 30, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I understand it's hard for some to use the term concentration camp, even for those horrified by what's happening. And there are settings (e.g., court) where it may not be helpful today. The key thing to realize is that there's an arc of how detention regimes tend to go, and we're recognizably on it.
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GET IN, DORKS!
The stakes are high and we have a LOT to stand up for in 2026.
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#Standupforscience #takebackourscience
The stakes are high and we have a LOT to stand up for in 2026.
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January 29, 2026 at 2:04 PM
GET IN, DORKS!
The stakes are high and we have a LOT to stand up for in 2026.
Join us on March 7th, 2026! www.standupforscience.net/march7
Want to host an event in your area? Sign up here: fight2win.standupforscience.net/sign_up/14434/
#Standupforscience #takebackourscience
The stakes are high and we have a LOT to stand up for in 2026.
Join us on March 7th, 2026! www.standupforscience.net/march7
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#Standupforscience #takebackourscience
Very similar to Podcast Jay at NIH.
Trump and Bhattacharya keep repeating the deranged old playbooks on Big Lies because that’s what got them here: lies and division at a particular moment in history.
They don’t actually have a positive vision on anything.
Trump and Bhattacharya keep repeating the deranged old playbooks on Big Lies because that’s what got them here: lies and division at a particular moment in history.
They don’t actually have a positive vision on anything.
Trump is on a posting bender right now and has is sharing deranged tinfoil hat stuff about the 2020 election
January 29, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Very similar to Podcast Jay at NIH.
Trump and Bhattacharya keep repeating the deranged old playbooks on Big Lies because that’s what got them here: lies and division at a particular moment in history.
They don’t actually have a positive vision on anything.
Trump and Bhattacharya keep repeating the deranged old playbooks on Big Lies because that’s what got them here: lies and division at a particular moment in history.
They don’t actually have a positive vision on anything.
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there are a range of reasons for that. but the shuttering of US Aid by a Nazi for very obviously racist reasons is arguably the worst atrocity perpetrated by a single president in terms of people killed in US history.
January 28, 2026 at 5:57 AM
there are a range of reasons for that. but the shuttering of US Aid by a Nazi for very obviously racist reasons is arguably the worst atrocity perpetrated by a single president in terms of people killed in US history.
The first day Jay Bhattacharya was at NIH he gave an interview to Bari Weiss.
Ferguson also just became a regular contributor to the Free Press and is a co-founder of The University of Austin. CBS just becoming one brand in the Weissverse.
January 28, 2026 at 4:11 AM
The first day Jay Bhattacharya was at NIH he gave an interview to Bari Weiss.
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The fact that we even need to have this conversation is just utterly bananas
What doctors wish patients knew about polio: a cause of extensive harms, eliminated by an effective, safe vaccine. www.ama-assn.org/public-healt...
What doctors wish patients knew about polio
There is no cure for polio, but it can be prevented. Danielle Grant, MD, of Texas Children’s Pediatrics, shares more about polio vaccination.
www.ama-assn.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:11 PM
The fact that we even need to have this conversation is just utterly bananas
Agree with all of this.
For 99.9% of people right now, and that includes almost all people actively working to fight this regime, Signal is the best choice.
For 99.9% of people right now, and that includes almost all people actively working to fight this regime, Signal is the best choice.
Of course no one should assume Signal is perfectly secure, and yes, for certain extreme circumstances, you should use no electronic comms.
But for 99.9% of Americans right now? “Signal is just as insecure as other forms of comms” is utterly irresponsible and counterproductive advice.
But for 99.9% of Americans right now? “Signal is just as insecure as other forms of comms” is utterly irresponsible and counterproductive advice.
January 26, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Agree with all of this.
For 99.9% of people right now, and that includes almost all people actively working to fight this regime, Signal is the best choice.
For 99.9% of people right now, and that includes almost all people actively working to fight this regime, Signal is the best choice.
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I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
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Vinay Prasad openly campaigned for the people behind this and is part of this administration.
youtu.be/PBr9hkIm0mg?...
youtu.be/PBr9hkIm0mg?...
January 26, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Vinay Prasad openly campaigned for the people behind this and is part of this administration.
youtu.be/PBr9hkIm0mg?...
youtu.be/PBr9hkIm0mg?...
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Incredible stuff.
Our NIH director is still having Twitter battles about 2020.
He still selling a fantasy of us how he “would have” perfectly handled Covid ignoring how he is actually handling measles.
Our NIH director is still having Twitter battles about 2020.
He still selling a fantasy of us how he “would have” perfectly handled Covid ignoring how he is actually handling measles.
January 26, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Incredible stuff.
Our NIH director is still having Twitter battles about 2020.
He still selling a fantasy of us how he “would have” perfectly handled Covid ignoring how he is actually handling measles.
Our NIH director is still having Twitter battles about 2020.
He still selling a fantasy of us how he “would have” perfectly handled Covid ignoring how he is actually handling measles.
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Immigration officers in Minneapolis are now using a weapon that’s unfamiliar to many protesters: grenades that spew a noxious green gas.
These grenades contain worrisome chemicals.
These grenades contain worrisome chemicals.
What's the deal with that scary-looking green gas ICE is using in Minneapolis?
There are toxic ingredients in all of this stuff, but looks may be deceiving.
www.motherjones.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Immigration officers in Minneapolis are now using a weapon that’s unfamiliar to many protesters: grenades that spew a noxious green gas.
These grenades contain worrisome chemicals.
These grenades contain worrisome chemicals.
Cosign, Bill Kristol.
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Cosign, Bill Kristol.
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Soooo I just got an email about how RFK Jr’s crackpot antivax organization Children’s Health Defense is suing the American Academy of Pediatrics under RICO cc @kenwhite.bsky.social
Those mobster pediatricians, you know.
Those mobster pediatricians, you know.
January 21, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Soooo I just got an email about how RFK Jr’s crackpot antivax organization Children’s Health Defense is suing the American Academy of Pediatrics under RICO cc @kenwhite.bsky.social
Those mobster pediatricians, you know.
Those mobster pediatricians, you know.
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I continue to be, let's say 'annoyed,' at nat'l coverage that posits "Americans" are reacting w/ passivity. Most leaders may be, but I spend every day talking to ordinary people taking extraordinary steps to protect their families, communities and countries. National media just missing the story.
Here @ashleyrparker.bsky.social tries to explain the peculiar passivity with which America has greeted naked authoritarianism.
Trump Exhaustion Syndrome
Americans can’t seem to keep up.
www.theatlantic.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:58 PM
I continue to be, let's say 'annoyed,' at nat'l coverage that posits "Americans" are reacting w/ passivity. Most leaders may be, but I spend every day talking to ordinary people taking extraordinary steps to protect their families, communities and countries. National media just missing the story.
“… to withdraw my application. [The video on Twitter] made me fully realize that I cannot imagine working for NIH leadership that has so little respect for facts, the NIH, and its staff, and let me add, themselves.”
"Thank you for your attention to this matter.“
😂😂😂 good stuff!
"Thank you for your attention to this matter.“
😂😂😂 good stuff!
I just withdrew my application for the NIGMS Director position....
January 21, 2026 at 7:49 PM
“… to withdraw my application. [The video on Twitter] made me fully realize that I cannot imagine working for NIH leadership that has so little respect for facts, the NIH, and its staff, and let me add, themselves.”
"Thank you for your attention to this matter.“
😂😂😂 good stuff!
"Thank you for your attention to this matter.“
😂😂😂 good stuff!
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The Supreme Court’s 2024 decision to grant presidents “absolute immunity” to criminal prosecution for “official acts”—a concept with no textual basis whatsoever in the Constitution—means that Trump can abuse his authority over the executive branch with impunity.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump Can Prosecute Anyone Now
The Department of Justice is his personal law firm.
www.theatlantic.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 PM
The Supreme Court’s 2024 decision to grant presidents “absolute immunity” to criminal prosecution for “official acts”—a concept with no textual basis whatsoever in the Constitution—means that Trump can abuse his authority over the executive branch with impunity.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Thread: Jay Bhattacharya and RFK Jr. censoring science and setting back American brain disease cures banning NIH travel to the ACNP meeting. 🧪
Meeting was last week. NIH scientists got word the week of Jan 5 that previously NIH-approved travel to ACNP meeting had been blocked by DHHS. I’ve heard estimates that this affected between 73 and 200 employees. Lots of theories as to why but no concrete explanation.
January 20, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Thread: Jay Bhattacharya and RFK Jr. censoring science and setting back American brain disease cures banning NIH travel to the ACNP meeting. 🧪
Got a message: "all NIH scientists were banned from attending the ACNP meeting, perhaps due to ACNP's diversity and LGBTQ+ policies. Could be a hundred people."
Anyone know more?
Anyone know more?
January 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Got a message: "all NIH scientists were banned from attending the ACNP meeting, perhaps due to ACNP's diversity and LGBTQ+ policies. Could be a hundred people."
Anyone know more?
Anyone know more?
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If anyone out there is keeping track (weekly, national level) of vaccine preventable disease deaths, could you please yell in my direction.
Since Congress wants to tell us that we "haven't hit a critical threshold of deaths" regarding RFK Jr. we want to send that number around to all the offices.
Since Congress wants to tell us that we "haven't hit a critical threshold of deaths" regarding RFK Jr. we want to send that number around to all the offices.
January 19, 2026 at 11:37 AM
If anyone out there is keeping track (weekly, national level) of vaccine preventable disease deaths, could you please yell in my direction.
Since Congress wants to tell us that we "haven't hit a critical threshold of deaths" regarding RFK Jr. we want to send that number around to all the offices.
Since Congress wants to tell us that we "haven't hit a critical threshold of deaths" regarding RFK Jr. we want to send that number around to all the offices.
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Practices are canceling drive through clinics - making it harder for people to get vaccines they want to get - because of the confusion HHS created.
More people will die from or be harmed by flu because of it.
via @wuft.org @robsteinnews.bsky.social
www.wuft.org/2026-01-12/f...
More people will die from or be harmed by flu because of it.
via @wuft.org @robsteinnews.bsky.social
www.wuft.org/2026-01-12/f...
Flu shot recommendation for kids dropped just as the illness rages
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its advice that kids get an annual flu shot at a time when flu cases and hospitalizations are surging.
www.wuft.org
January 16, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Practices are canceling drive through clinics - making it harder for people to get vaccines they want to get - because of the confusion HHS created.
More people will die from or be harmed by flu because of it.
via @wuft.org @robsteinnews.bsky.social
www.wuft.org/2026-01-12/f...
More people will die from or be harmed by flu because of it.
via @wuft.org @robsteinnews.bsky.social
www.wuft.org/2026-01-12/f...
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The HHS is now claiming that Africa CDC is conducting "a public-relations campaign," offering no evidence for this claim. Yet I have a letter from a senior official in Guinea-Bissau saying it's been cancelled, and I've confirmed this with several other sources.
Wonder who's doing the PR campaign.
Wonder who's doing the PR campaign.
NEW: After officials in Guinea-Bissau announced they were cancelling a horrifying "Tuskegee"-style vaccine trial funded by the US government, an HHS spokesperson pushed back at us, saying the study will actually "proceed as planned."
Trump Administration Says It's Not Canceling Tuskegee-Style Medical Study That Will Withhold Hepatitis Vaccine From Newborns
A highly controversial study funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services on infants in West Africa has been halted.
futurism.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:50 PM
The HHS is now claiming that Africa CDC is conducting "a public-relations campaign," offering no evidence for this claim. Yet I have a letter from a senior official in Guinea-Bissau saying it's been cancelled, and I've confirmed this with several other sources.
Wonder who's doing the PR campaign.
Wonder who's doing the PR campaign.
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I took infant CPR training yesterday where we pictured a lot of horrible situations but none of them were this bad
"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car"
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
January 15, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I took infant CPR training yesterday where we pictured a lot of horrible situations but none of them were this bad
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Setting aside *everything* else (including my seething contempt for the US health insurance industry) for a moment.
It's *so* nice to be able to go to the bench with a couple of trainees and figure out how to make an experimental method that they've been struggling with for weeks work as it should.
It's *so* nice to be able to go to the bench with a couple of trainees and figure out how to make an experimental method that they've been struggling with for weeks work as it should.
January 15, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Setting aside *everything* else (including my seething contempt for the US health insurance industry) for a moment.
It's *so* nice to be able to go to the bench with a couple of trainees and figure out how to make an experimental method that they've been struggling with for weeks work as it should.
It's *so* nice to be able to go to the bench with a couple of trainees and figure out how to make an experimental method that they've been struggling with for weeks work as it should.
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How I'm dealing with my stress: I bought a 3d printer and am producing 100 whistles at a time. 1000 heading to Minneapolis tomorrow.
January 15, 2026 at 3:16 AM
How I'm dealing with my stress: I bought a 3d printer and am producing 100 whistles at a time. 1000 heading to Minneapolis tomorrow.