DrGlitterbear
@drglitterbear.bsky.social
I'm a big, queer science nerd with a fondness for unicorns, glitter & pink. I study the effects of estrogens, diet, & EDCs on metabolism, stress, repro, et al. I use all pronouns.
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Democrats keep saying there is nothing they can do. In the Senate, they can begin by refusing to allow unanimous consent to advance anything, for any reason. It does not stop everything, but it would render the Senate almost unworkable. They don’t, because it will make their jobs harder.
Terrible. The bill now goes to the Senate. Make those calls. 202-224-3121
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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House passes SAVE America Act, sending Trump-backed election bill to the Senate
The legislation would overhaul federal election laws in all 50 states by imposing new voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements. But it faces a daunting path in the Senate.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Democrats keep saying there is nothing they can do. In the Senate, they can begin by refusing to allow unanimous consent to advance anything, for any reason. It does not stop everything, but it would render the Senate almost unworkable. They don’t, because it will make their jobs harder.
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I am extremely proud of America's Olympians for speaking out against this regime. And for these ladies doing their own thing shamelessly.
Trump publicly called one Olympian a loser for speaking out. None of them spoke against the nation; Just shameless abusive leaders
www.ms.now/opinion/olym...
Trump publicly called one Olympian a loser for speaking out. None of them spoke against the nation; Just shameless abusive leaders
www.ms.now/opinion/olym...
Opinion | The powerful, personal politics of America's Olympic 'Blade Angels'
Hannah Holland: In a sport still largely defined by traditional, narrow ideas of femininity and grace, Alysa Liu and Amber Glenn are not stereotypical figure skaters.
www.ms.now
February 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I am extremely proud of America's Olympians for speaking out against this regime. And for these ladies doing their own thing shamelessly.
Trump publicly called one Olympian a loser for speaking out. None of them spoke against the nation; Just shameless abusive leaders
www.ms.now/opinion/olym...
Trump publicly called one Olympian a loser for speaking out. None of them spoke against the nation; Just shameless abusive leaders
www.ms.now/opinion/olym...
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Do you know someone who deserves recognition for their work making change for LGBTQ+ people in STEM?
Nominate them for a #PrideInSTEM award! 🏆
Nominate them for a #PrideInSTEM award! 🏆
In April, #PrideinSTEM turns 10! We will have a celebration for it, and we would like to recognize individuals who have had a positive impact on LGBTQIA+ People in STEM, here in the UK!
Do you know someone who fits that description?
Nominate them here:
prideinstem.org/2026/01/27/n...
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🧪🔭
Do you know someone who fits that description?
Nominate them here:
prideinstem.org/2026/01/27/n...
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🧪🔭
Nominations open for our Decadal Awards | Pride in STEM
prideinstem.org
February 10, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Do you know someone who deserves recognition for their work making change for LGBTQ+ people in STEM?
Nominate them for a #PrideInSTEM award! 🏆
Nominate them for a #PrideInSTEM award! 🏆
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They're like Agent Smith in the Matrix www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, monthslong expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM
They're like Agent Smith in the Matrix www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
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Yesterday, Trump got rid of the Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument in NYC, which celebrates the LGBTQ+ community.
Huge protest expected today. Spread the word!
advocate.com/politics/sto...
Huge protest expected today. Spread the word!
advocate.com/politics/sto...
Protest set at NYC’s Stonewall after Trump administration removes Pride flag from national LGBTQ+ monument
The Trump administration says the move is about policy. Critics call it erasure at the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
advocate.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Yesterday, Trump got rid of the Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument in NYC, which celebrates the LGBTQ+ community.
Huge protest expected today. Spread the word!
advocate.com/politics/sto...
Huge protest expected today. Spread the word!
advocate.com/politics/sto...
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So Trump excludes a Black governor and gay governor and the GOP wants us to act like it’s business as usual. This government is going after immigrants, Blacks and Latinos, LGBTQ folk. If you think you’re safe, you’re fooling yourself.
Democratic governors to boycott White House dinner
More than a half dozen Democrats said Donald Trump disinviting two of their colleagues is the latest example of administration's 'chaos and division.'
www.usatoday.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:21 PM
So Trump excludes a Black governor and gay governor and the GOP wants us to act like it’s business as usual. This government is going after immigrants, Blacks and Latinos, LGBTQ folk. If you think you’re safe, you’re fooling yourself.
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This.
A group of men who regularly rape children decided to ruin the public's perception of trans people in this country for shits and giggles and every time I think about that my heart clenches into a blood-red fist of rage.
And I can't stop thinking about it.
And I can't stop thinking about it.
February 10, 2026 at 12:10 AM
This.
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*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
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“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
Renee Good's partner addresses Minneapolis immigration crackdown one month after killing
Becca Good has seldom spoken out since Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
nbcnews.to
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
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#fluorescencefriday distribution of microglia in the whole brain
February 6, 2026 at 7:28 PM
#fluorescencefriday distribution of microglia in the whole brain
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one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it
It's a good day in the Rutgers Pink Lab. My 5th Master student successfully defended her thesis today! She hopefully started a doctoral program this fall to continue working in the field of neuroendocrinology.
a baby is sitting in a crowd with a woman holding him and screaming yes .
ALT: a baby is sitting in a crowd with a woman holding him and screaming yes .
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:01 PM
It's a good day in the Rutgers Pink Lab. My 5th Master student successfully defended her thesis today! She hopefully started a doctoral program this fall to continue working in the field of neuroendocrinology.
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First they came for DEI and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
Then they came for gender identity research and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
Then they came for the NPRCs, and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
Then they came for gender identity research and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
Then they came for the NPRCs, and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
February 5, 2026 at 6:47 PM
First they came for DEI and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
Then they came for gender identity research and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
Then they came for the NPRCs, and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
Then they came for gender identity research and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
Then they came for the NPRCs, and I said nothing for I hoped my success rates would improve.
Happy to see this conversation happening. As someone who withdrew from their 1st attempt at PhD due to mental health, way back in the mid-90's, it was very difficult to overcome that obstacle when applying to PhD programs again. I was always seen as a risk...even after completing a masters degree.
Recapping the #ACNP2026 study group, “Centering Lived Experience in Psychiatric Neuroscience Research”
We asked the panelists, what could NIH leadership do to be more supportive of trainees with non-traditional career paths, which is common among researchers with lived experience of mental illness?
We asked the panelists, what could NIH leadership do to be more supportive of trainees with non-traditional career paths, which is common among researchers with lived experience of mental illness?
February 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Happy to see this conversation happening. As someone who withdrew from their 1st attempt at PhD due to mental health, way back in the mid-90's, it was very difficult to overcome that obstacle when applying to PhD programs again. I was always seen as a risk...even after completing a masters degree.
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@jeremymberg.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @drugmonkey.bsky.social
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NIH looks to turn primate research center into a sanctuary
The health research agency is offering the Oregon National Primate Research Center federal money to stop testing on primates.
www.politico.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:25 AM
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Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
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Also in this clip...
BHATTACHARYA: Uh uh the NIH funds studies, we don't conduct directly the studies.
Does he not know what happens at NIH at all or how it works, like at all? What a terrible NIH director.
BHATTACHARYA: Uh uh the NIH funds studies, we don't conduct directly the studies.
Does he not know what happens at NIH at all or how it works, like at all? What a terrible NIH director.
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe patients' care was disrupted. If there were disruptions, it's the responsibility of the researchers, not the NHS
HASSAN: That is an unacceptable and outrageous response. You can make an edict - 'Don't disrupt care!' - but that can be a very complicated thing
HASSAN: That is an unacceptable and outrageous response. You can make an edict - 'Don't disrupt care!' - but that can be a very complicated thing
February 3, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Also in this clip...
BHATTACHARYA: Uh uh the NIH funds studies, we don't conduct directly the studies.
Does he not know what happens at NIH at all or how it works, like at all? What a terrible NIH director.
BHATTACHARYA: Uh uh the NIH funds studies, we don't conduct directly the studies.
Does he not know what happens at NIH at all or how it works, like at all? What a terrible NIH director.
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They just blindly shot through the fucking door.
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there – and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Judge orders release of suspects in alleged shovel attack on agent
Department of Homeland Security says agent fired in self-defense after being attacked with a snow shovel and broom.
www.startribune.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:25 PM
They just blindly shot through the fucking door.
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
6. 6 of ‘em.
The lab currently has 7 manuscripts under review, some for over 12-8 months since submission. Guess how many have finally been returned for revision just within the past week?
February 3, 2026 at 8:45 PM
6. 6 of ‘em.
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Both chambers of Congress have now passed the FY26 minibus with NIH provisions. The President will sign.
(1) $48.7 billion for NIH
(2) Full IDC recovery
(3) No more multi-year funding
(4) No NIH reorganization, maintaining the current IC structure.
(1) $48.7 billion for NIH
(2) Full IDC recovery
(3) No more multi-year funding
(4) No NIH reorganization, maintaining the current IC structure.
February 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Both chambers of Congress have now passed the FY26 minibus with NIH provisions. The President will sign.
(1) $48.7 billion for NIH
(2) Full IDC recovery
(3) No more multi-year funding
(4) No NIH reorganization, maintaining the current IC structure.
(1) $48.7 billion for NIH
(2) Full IDC recovery
(3) No more multi-year funding
(4) No NIH reorganization, maintaining the current IC structure.
The lab currently has 7 manuscripts under review, some for over 12-8 months since submission. Guess how many have finally been returned for revision just within the past week?
February 3, 2026 at 7:36 PM
The lab currently has 7 manuscripts under review, some for over 12-8 months since submission. Guess how many have finally been returned for revision just within the past week?
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Whenever you see a story about how liberals aren't making their conservative peers feel welcome enough, this is who they're talking about.
University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini
In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."
dailyillini.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Whenever you see a story about how liberals aren't making their conservative peers feel welcome enough, this is who they're talking about.
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Lots of teargas at ICE tonight in Portland. People were just standing and chanting.
February 2, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Lots of teargas at ICE tonight in Portland. People were just standing and chanting.
My annual temporary bachelorhood began yesterday when I dropped G at the airport to visit his mum in LA for 2 wks. I get to enjoy silence & the cats & no snoring while watching TV & eating what & when I want & plenty of time to work & sleep & whatever. I will eventually miss him but not for ~10 days
February 2, 2026 at 1:49 AM
My annual temporary bachelorhood began yesterday when I dropped G at the airport to visit his mum in LA for 2 wks. I get to enjoy silence & the cats & no snoring while watching TV & eating what & when I want & plenty of time to work & sleep & whatever. I will eventually miss him but not for ~10 days
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Because I had to... Another email to Director Bhattacharya
[about his retweeting misinformation about the response to AIDS]
1/5
[about his retweeting misinformation about the response to AIDS]
1/5
February 2, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Because I had to... Another email to Director Bhattacharya
[about his retweeting misinformation about the response to AIDS]
1/5
[about his retweeting misinformation about the response to AIDS]
1/5