Spencer Aloysius
@spenecer.bsky.social
I had to come to BlueSky to see the #NoKings turnout since nothing on the @nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I had to come to BlueSky to see the #NoKings turnout since nothing on the @nytimes.com
Good job.
October 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Good job.
Shutdown seems the same as no shutdown. NIH wasn’t paying before and it isn’t paying now.
October 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Shutdown seems the same as no shutdown. NIH wasn’t paying before and it isn’t paying now.
If Trump appoints grant reviewers, will they appointees even understand the science they review? After all, Nancy Mace thinks scientists are making transgender (not transgenic) mice.
Trump order gives political appointees vast powers over research grants
Researchers are alarmed that the move might upend a long-standing tradition of peer-review for grants.
www.nature.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
If Trump appoints grant reviewers, will they appointees even understand the science they review? After all, Nancy Mace thinks scientists are making transgender (not transgenic) mice.
Who else is concerned about the slow disbursement rate of FY25 NIH funds? 🧬🧪🔬
www.britt.senate.gov
July 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Who else is concerned about the slow disbursement rate of FY25 NIH funds? 🧬🧪🔬
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How a crystallographer rolls on Sunday morning with a cat, crystals, coffee and @proteinsociety.bsky.social Tshirt.💊🌡🔬
July 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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How a crystallographer rolls on Sunday morning with a cat, crystals, coffee and @proteinsociety.bsky.social Tshirt.💊🌡🔬
July 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
How a crystallographer rolls on Sunday morning with a cat, crystals, coffee and @proteinsociety.bsky.social Tshirt.💊🌡🔬
It rained in more ways than one on Trump’s parade.
Will it rain on Trump’s Parade?
June 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It rained in more ways than one on Trump’s parade.
Yesterday shows that if your approval rating is 38%, people think your parade is a bad idea.
June 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Yesterday shows that if your approval rating is 38%, people think your parade is a bad idea.
Will it rain on Trump’s Parade?
June 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Will it rain on Trump’s Parade?
The same is happening at Cornell. NIH owes money but has silently stopped paying.
The Trump administration’s freezing in April of $790 million in federal research funding for Northwestern University has left concerned lab directors without key grant money from the National Institutes of Health.
Worried Northwestern lab directors describe ‘bleak’ atmosphere in wake of Trump research funding freeze
The Trump administration’s freezing of $790 million in federal research funding for Northwestern University has left concerned lab directors without key grants and forced the university to spend mi…
www.chicagotribune.com
June 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The same is happening at Cornell. NIH owes money but has silently stopped paying.
It really does look like $trumpet
June 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
It really does look like $trumpet
Hey Structure peeps! NE-CAT@APS is having a data collection and processing bootcamp immediately after the ACA in Lombard. If you are in town and have time / interest (or have students who you think would benefit), register today! 🧬🧪🧶
necat.chem.cornell.edu/data-collect...
necat.chem.cornell.edu/data-collect...
Data Collection and Processing Bootcamp | NECAT
necat.chem.cornell.edu
May 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Hey Structure peeps! NE-CAT@APS is having a data collection and processing bootcamp immediately after the ACA in Lombard. If you are in town and have time / interest (or have students who you think would benefit), register today! 🧬🧪🧶
necat.chem.cornell.edu/data-collect...
necat.chem.cornell.edu/data-collect...
The Oath of Office explicitly states, ‘I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.’
Foresworn and Unfit to be President.
Foresworn and Unfit to be President.
Trump Says ‘I Don’t Know’ When Asked About Due Process and Upholding Constitution (Gift Article)
President Trump repeatedly said he didn’t know when asked in a TV interview whether every person on American soil was entitled to due process, as guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.
www.nytimes.com
May 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The Oath of Office explicitly states, ‘I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.’
Foresworn and Unfit to be President.
Foresworn and Unfit to be President.
MTG used stun guns in town hall attendees and she’s proud of it.
A town hall for Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on Tuesday quickly deteriorated into chaos, as police officers forcibly removed several protesters and subdued two of them with stun guns.
Read more: nyti.ms/42MLMZV
Read more: nyti.ms/42MLMZV
April 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
MTG used stun guns in town hall attendees and she’s proud of it.
The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in funding for Cornell University. The funding pause involves mostly grants and contracts with the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Education and Health and Human Services.
Breaking News: The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in funding for Cornell University and $790 million for Northwestern, two officials said.
Trump Officials Freeze $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern
The funding pause amid civil rights investigations into both universities sharply escalates the Trump administration’s campaign against elite colleges.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in funding for Cornell University. The funding pause involves mostly grants and contracts with the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Education and Health and Human Services.
NE-CAT is thrilled to welcome Dr. Graeme Winter as our new Associate Director! Coming from Diamond Light Source, Graeme brings a wealth of experience in synchrotron X-ray sources, crystallographic software development, and automation. 🧬🧶🧪 necat.chem.cornell.edu/new-associat...
April 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NE-CAT is thrilled to welcome Dr. Graeme Winter as our new Associate Director! Coming from Diamond Light Source, Graeme brings a wealth of experience in synchrotron X-ray sources, crystallographic software development, and automation. 🧬🧶🧪 necat.chem.cornell.edu/new-associat...
Trump Tariffs = Tax Hike
April 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Trump Tariffs = Tax Hike
An op/ed on measles that everyone should read because "measles can erase the immune system’s protective memory of prior infections. This “immune amnesia,” as it’s called, leaves people vulnerable to viruses and bacteria they were once protected against." 🧪
Opinion | I Study Measles. I’m Terrified We’re Headed for an Epidemic. (Gift Article)
The outbreak in Texas could become much, much worse.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
An op/ed on measles that everyone should read because "measles can erase the immune system’s protective memory of prior infections. This “immune amnesia,” as it’s called, leaves people vulnerable to viruses and bacteria they were once protected against." 🧪
I just went to check the LIVE @ senate.gov and Booker is still speaking this morning at 7:30 AM. Meanwhile, Musk is trying to buy Wisconsin by offering $20 per vote for Brad Schmiel. How is this not a violation of 18 U.S. Code § 597 ?https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/597
April 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I just went to check the LIVE @ senate.gov and Booker is still speaking this morning at 7:30 AM. Meanwhile, Musk is trying to buy Wisconsin by offering $20 per vote for Brad Schmiel. How is this not a violation of 18 U.S. Code § 597 ?https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/597
I finished When the Moon Hits Your Eye by @scalzi.com. I laughed. I cried. I wonder if this book is an allegory for the decline of the United States.
March 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I finished When the Moon Hits Your Eye by @scalzi.com. I laughed. I cried. I wonder if this book is an allegory for the decline of the United States.
500 cases of measles in the US, 5 outbreaks in Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma and Kansas, 2 deaths so far. If we are really are at a 70% vaccination rate, then we'll exceed the last big outbreak in the US of 1,282 cases in 2019 (89% of cases were unvaccinated).
March 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
500 cases of measles in the US, 5 outbreaks in Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma and Kansas, 2 deaths so far. If we are really are at a 70% vaccination rate, then we'll exceed the last big outbreak in the US of 1,282 cases in 2019 (89% of cases were unvaccinated).
Killing tomorrow’s biomedical researchers today. 🧪 www.wired.com/story/the-ch...
The Chaos of NIH Cuts Has Left Early-Career Scientists Scrambling
As graduate programs lose spots and labs face shutdowns following Trump administration cuts to science funding, the path to a science career for students and researchers just got a whole lot harder.
www.wired.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Killing tomorrow’s biomedical researchers today. 🧪 www.wired.com/story/the-ch...
I can't believe Durbin voted yes on cloture. Such a failure.
These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
March 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I can't believe Durbin voted yes on cloture. Such a failure.
Lunar eclipse totality this morning in North America. 🧪
March 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Lunar eclipse totality this morning in North America. 🧪