Angela Christman
@angelakchristman.bsky.social
Research scientist in pediatric genetics. I love my chihuahuas. 🐶
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It's sick and wrong to terminate funding for childhood cancer.
Everyone should know and understand that the Trump administration CHOSE to do this.
I'll keep doing everything I can in the meantime to protect and fund this cancer research and lifesaving clinical trials.
Everyone should know and understand that the Trump administration CHOSE to do this.
I'll keep doing everything I can in the meantime to protect and fund this cancer research and lifesaving clinical trials.
Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's sick and wrong to terminate funding for childhood cancer.
Everyone should know and understand that the Trump administration CHOSE to do this.
I'll keep doing everything I can in the meantime to protect and fund this cancer research and lifesaving clinical trials.
Everyone should know and understand that the Trump administration CHOSE to do this.
I'll keep doing everything I can in the meantime to protect and fund this cancer research and lifesaving clinical trials.
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From layoffs to tuition increases to program losses, Trump’s cuts to research are hurting our schools and students.
www.seattletimes.com/education-la...
www.seattletimes.com/education-la...
‘Perfect storm’ hits WA colleges, universities
Cuts from the Trump administration and the state Legislature are forcing the University of Washington and other schools to lay off staff and raise tuition.
www.seattletimes.com
August 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
From layoffs to tuition increases to program losses, Trump’s cuts to research are hurting our schools and students.
www.seattletimes.com/education-la...
www.seattletimes.com/education-la...
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I doubt that there is a single family in America that hasn’t benefitted directly from the NIH.
July 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I doubt that there is a single family in America that hasn’t benefitted directly from the NIH.
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This is a nuanced perspective on the relationship between NWS cuts and the disaster in Texas: NWS got the forecasts right, but lacked staff who could preplan with and warn local officials of the dangers. P
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This is a nuanced perspective on the relationship between NWS cuts and the disaster in Texas: NWS got the forecasts right, but lacked staff who could preplan with and warn local officials of the dangers. P
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
Also shout out to the telehealth doctor who recommended cinnamon candies and gum for that Paxlovid taste. It's really helping cover up that bitter metallic taste. 😅
June 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Also shout out to the telehealth doctor who recommended cinnamon candies and gum for that Paxlovid taste. It's really helping cover up that bitter metallic taste. 😅
After 5 years of being NOVID, despite my partner being a frontline working during the start of the pandemic, COVID finally got us from his dental appointment. 🥺
June 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
After 5 years of being NOVID, despite my partner being a frontline working during the start of the pandemic, COVID finally got us from his dental appointment. 🥺
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Please stop saying ICE agents are “wearing masks”
They’re wearing face coverings. Gaitors.
The anti-mask rhetoric has caused untold harm to disabled people.
Mask bans have already been enacted in many places.
We must fight for our right to continue wearing medical masks & respirators.
They’re wearing face coverings. Gaitors.
The anti-mask rhetoric has caused untold harm to disabled people.
Mask bans have already been enacted in many places.
We must fight for our right to continue wearing medical masks & respirators.
June 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Please stop saying ICE agents are “wearing masks”
They’re wearing face coverings. Gaitors.
The anti-mask rhetoric has caused untold harm to disabled people.
Mask bans have already been enacted in many places.
We must fight for our right to continue wearing medical masks & respirators.
They’re wearing face coverings. Gaitors.
The anti-mask rhetoric has caused untold harm to disabled people.
Mask bans have already been enacted in many places.
We must fight for our right to continue wearing medical masks & respirators.
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JB cannot say how many clinical trials have been ruined.
FYI: You cannot just stop and start experiments.
FYI: You cannot just stop and start experiments.
June 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
JB cannot say how many clinical trials have been ruined.
FYI: You cannot just stop and start experiments.
FYI: You cannot just stop and start experiments.
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
April 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
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1) Do something autocratic
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
April 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
1) Do something autocratic
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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If the goal was to decimate U.S. leadership in biomedical innovation & fire scientists developing cutting-edge treatments—the Trump Administration is succeeding.
Trump & Elon are setting America back decades, undercutting research to discover lifesaving cures.
It's inexcusable.
Trump & Elon are setting America back decades, undercutting research to discover lifesaving cures.
It's inexcusable.
NEW: The doctor behind breakthrough Parkinson’s research was among the scientists purged from the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency. www.wired.com/story/doctor...
Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH
Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration's latest firing blitz.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If the goal was to decimate U.S. leadership in biomedical innovation & fire scientists developing cutting-edge treatments—the Trump Administration is succeeding.
Trump & Elon are setting America back decades, undercutting research to discover lifesaving cures.
It's inexcusable.
Trump & Elon are setting America back decades, undercutting research to discover lifesaving cures.
It's inexcusable.
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For researchers / #polisky folks: if you’re dealing with online harassment because of your research, here is a useful set of resources (potentially relevant to others too):
Researchers
Visit the post for more.
researchersupport.org
April 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
For researchers / #polisky folks: if you’re dealing with online harassment because of your research, here is a useful set of resources (potentially relevant to others too):
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"Pausing" scientific research is like "pausing" a car in the middle of the highway—it's liable to have catastrophic, long-term effects that restarting it won't fix.
April 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"Pausing" scientific research is like "pausing" a car in the middle of the highway—it's liable to have catastrophic, long-term effects that restarting it won't fix.
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Trump: “There is absolutely nothing I can say to make them happy or to make them stand or smile or applaud.”
Yes, there’s no standing ovation for cutting funding for cancer research, stripping Medicaid, and raising costs for working people.
Yes, there’s no standing ovation for cutting funding for cancer research, stripping Medicaid, and raising costs for working people.
March 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Trump: “There is absolutely nothing I can say to make them happy or to make them stand or smile or applaud.”
Yes, there’s no standing ovation for cutting funding for cancer research, stripping Medicaid, and raising costs for working people.
Yes, there’s no standing ovation for cutting funding for cancer research, stripping Medicaid, and raising costs for working people.
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Trump and Musk are cutting off cancer research.
NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds
The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
www.npr.org
March 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Trump and Musk are cutting off cancer research.
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Nearly every medicine we benefit from started with NIH-funded research. Early discovery work starts in academia.
Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?
You betcha.
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Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?
You betcha.
1/
February 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Nearly every medicine we benefit from started with NIH-funded research. Early discovery work starts in academia.
Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?
You betcha.
1/
Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?
You betcha.
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