Diane Koelzer-Stangis
@diane-stangis.bsky.social
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All, if you've had your federally-funded research disrupted due to the admin's chaos, consider this funding opportunity from Robert Wood Johnson:
Rapid Response Research
Rapid Response Research awards are exclusively available to applicants who have already received federal funding... 🧪🧵
Rapid Response Research
Rapid Response Research awards are exclusively available to applicants who have already received federal funding... 🧪🧵
Rapid Response Research Awards | Evidence for Action
www.evidenceforaction.org
May 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
All, if you've had your federally-funded research disrupted due to the admin's chaos, consider this funding opportunity from Robert Wood Johnson:
Rapid Response Research
Rapid Response Research awards are exclusively available to applicants who have already received federal funding... 🧪🧵
Rapid Response Research
Rapid Response Research awards are exclusively available to applicants who have already received federal funding... 🧪🧵
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Science needs our protection now more than ever! Important commentary by my department chair. @standupforscience.bsky.social @academicsky.org www.baltimoresun.com/2025/03/23/d...
Don’t take scientific progress for granted | GUEST COMMENTARY
We should take the Trump administration’s cuts to science funding seriously, writes Arturo Casadevall and Ferric C. Fang, because scientific knowledge is more fragile than we think.
www.baltimoresun.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Science needs our protection now more than ever! Important commentary by my department chair. @standupforscience.bsky.social @academicsky.org www.baltimoresun.com/2025/03/23/d...
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New this evening (3/28): Major update in NIH grant termination numbers.
❌ 695 NIH grants now terminated (up from 429)
❌ 232 on HIV/AIDS
❌ 44 on cancer
❌ 28 on Alzheimer's
❌ 123 on Covid*
*And this doesn't count cancelled non-NIH Covid grants.
HUGE THANKS to @noamross.net for pushing the updates!
❌ 695 NIH grants now terminated (up from 429)
❌ 232 on HIV/AIDS
❌ 44 on cancer
❌ 28 on Alzheimer's
❌ 123 on Covid*
*And this doesn't count cancelled non-NIH Covid grants.
HUGE THANKS to @noamross.net for pushing the updates!
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March 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
New this evening (3/28): Major update in NIH grant termination numbers.
❌ 695 NIH grants now terminated (up from 429)
❌ 232 on HIV/AIDS
❌ 44 on cancer
❌ 28 on Alzheimer's
❌ 123 on Covid*
*And this doesn't count cancelled non-NIH Covid grants.
HUGE THANKS to @noamross.net for pushing the updates!
❌ 695 NIH grants now terminated (up from 429)
❌ 232 on HIV/AIDS
❌ 44 on cancer
❌ 28 on Alzheimer's
❌ 123 on Covid*
*And this doesn't count cancelled non-NIH Covid grants.
HUGE THANKS to @noamross.net for pushing the updates!
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Wisconsin—this is the battleground. Hold the court, shut Musk down, and stop the extremists in their tracks. Judge Susan Crawford is the firewall—let’s make sure she wins on April 1. No excuses.
📌I seldom type anything I'd call a "must read" but I am politely suggesting you must read this one.
📌It is the beginning of the way out of this terrible mess.
📌We MUST win this election in Wisconsin April 1 to hold the court and send the hideous Elon Musk packing.
📌Support Judge Susan Crawford.
📌It is the beginning of the way out of this terrible mess.
📌We MUST win this election in Wisconsin April 1 to hold the court and send the hideous Elon Musk packing.
📌Support Judge Susan Crawford.
JUSTICE CALLING
Why Judge Susan Crawford simply MUST defeat the hideous Elon Musk's willing fool in Wisconsin's crucial Supreme Court election April 1st
dearlstephens.substack.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Wisconsin—this is the battleground. Hold the court, shut Musk down, and stop the extremists in their tracks. Judge Susan Crawford is the firewall—let’s make sure she wins on April 1. No excuses.
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Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
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in case fellow candaians weren't aware
March 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
in case fellow candaians weren't aware
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So don't want to be the bearer of bad tidings: but DOGE canceled the lease on the facility that processes and stores all the nuclear waste created by the US military. Sorry. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...
DOGE D’oh: Nuclear Waste Facility Edition
As DOGE continues it’s federal government wilding spree, purportedly searching for examples...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
So don't want to be the bearer of bad tidings: but DOGE canceled the lease on the facility that processes and stores all the nuclear waste created by the US military. Sorry. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...
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House Republicans are preparing a budget package that calls for $2 trillion in cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
That’s TRILLION.
With a T.
That’s TRILLION.
With a T.
February 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
House Republicans are preparing a budget package that calls for $2 trillion in cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
That’s TRILLION.
With a T.
That’s TRILLION.
With a T.
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It's past midnight, and Senate Republicans are voting NO against every Democratic-led amendment to PROTECT HEALTH CARE for our families.
Pay close attention: Republicans are working to push kids off Medicaid to pass MORE tax cuts for billionaires.
Pay close attention: Republicans are working to push kids off Medicaid to pass MORE tax cuts for billionaires.
Most people probably aren’t tracking this but Senate Republicans just started an all-night voting marathon that will allow them to gut Medicaid and increase child hunger while giving handouts to billionaires like Elon Musk.
February 21, 2025 at 6:07 AM
It's past midnight, and Senate Republicans are voting NO against every Democratic-led amendment to PROTECT HEALTH CARE for our families.
Pay close attention: Republicans are working to push kids off Medicaid to pass MORE tax cuts for billionaires.
Pay close attention: Republicans are working to push kids off Medicaid to pass MORE tax cuts for billionaires.
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Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story.
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
February 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story.
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." As the foundation of #democracy in America crumbles and the vulnerable are under attack from a rogue administration, we, the people, are asking our former presidents to "Say something!”
February 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." As the foundation of #democracy in America crumbles and the vulnerable are under attack from a rogue administration, we, the people, are asking our former presidents to "Say something!”
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This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
a stammering Tom Homan on AOC: "She's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."
February 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
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If you’ve been scolded by the Pope AND by the Auschwitz Memorial in the same week, it’s time to take a minute and reconsider your choices.
Hey @JDVance, and @elonmusk, and @realDonaldTrump it looks like the Auschwitz Memorial wants to educate you.
STOP LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
STOP LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
February 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
If you’ve been scolded by the Pope AND by the Auschwitz Memorial in the same week, it’s time to take a minute and reconsider your choices.
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RFK Jr: “Gardasil is probably the single worst, mass vaccine that we've ever seen.”
@drneilstone.bsky.social: “The HPV vaccine (Gardasil) is safe, effective, and on the way to ELIMINATING cervical cancer! RFK Jr is an anti-vaccine fanatic who would rather your daughter got cancer than a vaccine.”
@drneilstone.bsky.social: “The HPV vaccine (Gardasil) is safe, effective, and on the way to ELIMINATING cervical cancer! RFK Jr is an anti-vaccine fanatic who would rather your daughter got cancer than a vaccine.”
February 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
RFK Jr: “Gardasil is probably the single worst, mass vaccine that we've ever seen.”
@drneilstone.bsky.social: “The HPV vaccine (Gardasil) is safe, effective, and on the way to ELIMINATING cervical cancer! RFK Jr is an anti-vaccine fanatic who would rather your daughter got cancer than a vaccine.”
@drneilstone.bsky.social: “The HPV vaccine (Gardasil) is safe, effective, and on the way to ELIMINATING cervical cancer! RFK Jr is an anti-vaccine fanatic who would rather your daughter got cancer than a vaccine.”
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1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
February 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
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BREAKING: Trump is losing support: Less than one month into the chaotic return of Trump, and these Trump-voting farmers have already had enough. If the election were held today, they would not vote for him.
Make sure everyone sees this!
Make sure everyone sees this!
February 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
BREAKING: Trump is losing support: Less than one month into the chaotic return of Trump, and these Trump-voting farmers have already had enough. If the election were held today, they would not vote for him.
Make sure everyone sees this!
Make sure everyone sees this!
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Thanks, Elon. My salary is public, as is my financial report. But since you ask, when will you be releasing yours?
February 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Thanks, Elon. My salary is public, as is my financial report. But since you ask, when will you be releasing yours?
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“Who the hell voted for Mr. Musk?” Paul Begala raged on CNN. “Who the hell voted for — excuse the phrase — a guy who calls himself Big Balls? A 19-year-old kid going in there and trying to fire cancer researchers and scientists and teachers and agricultural specialists. It’s, it’s appalling.”
‘Who the Hell Voted for… Big Balls?!’ CNN Panel Melts Down Over Musk Hires
Former White House strategist Paul Begala is the latest Democratic figure to take issue with the young DOGE whiz kid.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“Who the hell voted for Mr. Musk?” Paul Begala raged on CNN. “Who the hell voted for — excuse the phrase — a guy who calls himself Big Balls? A 19-year-old kid going in there and trying to fire cancer researchers and scientists and teachers and agricultural specialists. It’s, it’s appalling.”
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It was never about “free speech.”
February 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It was never about “free speech.”
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Yes. Important for all NIH people and scientists:
The executive orders are not law. The President *cannot* make laws.
And in fact, executive orders may violate the law. As a federal employee, you are obligated not to follow illegal orders. That includes illegal EOs.
The executive orders are not law. The President *cannot* make laws.
And in fact, executive orders may violate the law. As a federal employee, you are obligated not to follow illegal orders. That includes illegal EOs.
i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane.
i mean, the president's executive order isn't a goddamn law! as far as this doctor is concerned, who cares what the president says!
February 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Yes. Important for all NIH people and scientists:
The executive orders are not law. The President *cannot* make laws.
And in fact, executive orders may violate the law. As a federal employee, you are obligated not to follow illegal orders. That includes illegal EOs.
The executive orders are not law. The President *cannot* make laws.
And in fact, executive orders may violate the law. As a federal employee, you are obligated not to follow illegal orders. That includes illegal EOs.