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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14h

Federal officers are firing so much tear gas at protesters outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, that some nearby community members who aren’t even protesting are struggling to breathe when they leave their homes to run errands.

ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions

Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.

www.motherjones.com

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 16h

"Any honest writer,journalist,or historian in Russia must always be ready for prison"

Russian food historian Pavel Syutkin was detained today on charges of allegedly spreading "false information about the army."Moscow's branch of the Investigative Committee said the reason was his posts on Telegram

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

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Joanna Dabrowska @dabrowska-lab.bsky.social · 12d

Our work on mind-boggling CRF-BNST neurons is out! 🥳
🔹Sex & estrous matter: CRF neurons⬇️anxious arousal (yup) after unpredictable fear in diestrus👧not👦
🔹👧show⬆️contextual fear, independent of CRF/estrous
✨Anxiety-potentiated startle🟰👍 readout in🚶‍♀️&🐀
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...

Activity of corticotropin-releasing factor neurons in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis reduces anxiety-potentiated startle in female rats in an estrous phase-dependent manner

The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety disorders is higher in women than men. The severity of hallmark symptoms including hypervigilance and fear reactivity to unpredictab...

www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 7d

ALRIGHT IF YOU HAVE JANE FONDA CONNECTIONS, YOU BETTER START YELLING IN MY DIRECTION.

(I've asked this before, but I had 10k fewer followers. Surely, someone knows someone who knows someone)

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era

In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support

www.theguardian.com

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Stefanie Robel @stefanierobel.bsky.social · 5d

Last chance to join us today at 1pm ET. Link in thread.

Stefanie Robel @stefanierobel.bsky.social · 6d

I invite you to let your #NewPI & #FuturePIs know:
Tomorrow I’m running a short session on building a lab that can hold up in “winter”—the season when paylines are tight, rules keep changing, and hiring/approvals slow down.

a picture of a man with the words winter is here below him

ALT: a picture of a man with the words winter is here below him

media.tenor.com

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Jennifer Brokaw @jenniferbrokaw.bsky.social · 7d

A good day to consider chipping in for public radio.
#npr

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NPR - Breaking News, Analysis, Music, Arts & Podcasts

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NPR @npr.org · 7d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 7d

Boeing paid its CEO $18 million for 4 months of work while taking away health care benefits from 3200 machinists in St. Louis who have been on strike for 2 months & were making as little as $18 an hour.

I say to the CEO of Boeing: End your greed. Sign a fair union contract NOW.

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 8d

Staff members at the NIH seem to have done the impossible: spend the agency's $48 billion budget.

“Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

NIH races to spend its 2025 grant money — but fewer projects win funding

Despite political obstacles, officials are on track to disburse all of the research funds allocated to US biomedical behemoth.

www.nature.com

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you all the program officers at NIH that persisted through the 2025 fiscal year and were able to fund 99% of the total FY2024 budget. I know this has take a toll on everyone at NIH. Thank you for supporting important health and behavior science and helping to keep the U.S. a leader in science.

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 9d

The fiscal year ends tomorrow.

Here are results from NIH Reporter downloaded an hour ago.

The total amount of funding committed for FY2025 at this point is 99.0% of that for FY2024. The same difference could be due to a variety of technical factors.

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$A graph showing the fraction of annual grant funding committed for NIH for fiscal years 2015 to 2025. The fiscal year 2025 lagged behind but then caught up over the last two months.$

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Joanna Dabrowska @dabrowska-lab.bsky.social · 12d

Our work on mind-boggling CRF-BNST neurons is out! 🥳
🔹Sex & estrous matter: CRF neurons⬇️anxious arousal (yup) after unpredictable fear in diestrus👧not👦
🔹👧show⬆️contextual fear, independent of CRF/estrous
✨Anxiety-potentiated startle🟰👍 readout in🚶‍♀️&🐀
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...

Activity of corticotropin-releasing factor neurons in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis reduces anxiety-potentiated startle in female rats in an estrous phase-dependent manner

The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety disorders is higher in women than men. The severity of hallmark symptoms including hypervigilance and fear reactivity to unpredictab...

www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com

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Keri Martinowich @martinowk.bsky.social · 14d

In the early years of my PhD I remember being asked if we'd ever treat or cure diseases like HIV or Huntington's. I remember saying maybe, but not knowing if I believed. Seeing research pay off as real impact on human lives is - incredible.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

www.bbc.com

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 15d

So you're a scientist about to face a government shutdown?

Have you considered becoming a rock star?

It's easy AND profitable! 🎸🧪

Let's list off five scientists who turned rockers:

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 19d

Feeling overwhelmed by the political attacks on science? You're not alone, and you don’t have to face it alone!

Join Stand Up for Science's Action Hour to learn how to join our rapid-response effort to protect science and democracy. All scientists and allies welcome.

Register here: zurl.co/6S33y

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 19d

Some notable OG folks who will attend include Jim McGaugh and Lynn Nadel.

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Joanna Dabrowska @dabrowska-lab.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you Guys!!! Fire the Quack! 🦆

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 21d

You asked for it! We delivered Quack-O-Grams to our members of Congress urging them to #ImpeachRFK, and get that Quack out of office!

There's still time for you to get in on this fluffy, feathery action: Send your own duck at zurl.co/W1ZnB and keep the momentum going! 🦆

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 21d

JOIN US FOR A PHONE ZAP!⚡️☎️
We're calling swing district voters — and could use your help!
Sign up at standupforscience.net for a shift on Thursday!

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 21d

POST BREAK PART TWO of ex-CDC Director Monarez's testimony:

We are still LIVE with updates and reactions!

WATCH LIVE: Former CDC head Monarez testifies on agency upheaval under RFK Jr.

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Kate Sadler @katesadlerphd.bsky.social · 22d

1st paper from Sadler Lab is out!! Highlights: 1) A. muciniphila reverses sickle cell (SCD) pain, 2) fecal transplant from SCD mice induces pain via bilirubin-TRPM2 vagal signaling, 3) BilR+ bacteria less abundant in SCD patient poo, 4) RNAseq on HUMAN nodose ganglia! www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Gut microbiota and metabolites drive chronic sickle cell disease pain in mice

Brandow et al. describe how the gut microbiome drives chronic sickle cell disease (SCD) pain. SCD guts contain excessive heme catabolites, fewer bacteria that metabolize bilirubin, and low levels of A...

www.cell.com

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Ofer Yizhar @oyiz.bsky.social · 26d

Excited to share our latest paper - now out in @science.org - we showed how oxytocin modulates maternally-directed behavior in young mice (P15).

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Joanna Dabrowska @dabrowska-lab.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you for your service!

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 29d

Take a look at these cumulative distributions of our Notices of Award that @jeremymberg.bsky.social modeled. I assumed Dr. Bhattacharya would care given his economic and statistical knowledge. We're working our asses off to get them to you. Please be patient with us. #NIH #FY2025

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 29d

Updated update

I downloaded the data from NIH Reporter too soon. The large end of the month update had not occurred.

Here are the results as of this morning.

NIH grants management staff have been busy making awards.

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