Dibs Almonte
@dibsalmonte.bsky.social
Synaptic plastologist, Man U and UGA fanatic, beer snob, whisky enthusiast. dibsalmonte on Threads
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I wonder how many American scientists will take these offers from China...
Amid the Trump admin's dismantling of the US scientific ecosystem, Nobel Prize-winner @ardemp.bskyverified.social writes on @cnn.com: "I’ve already been approached with an offer to relocate my lab to China, complete with a promise of 20 years of stable research funding." www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN
Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...
www.cnn.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I wonder how many American scientists will take these offers from China...
I'm old enough to remember when conservatives saw Russia as our adversary
I’m old enough to remember when conservatives said Obama was going to ruin the White House by parking Escalades on the lawn.
Now they’re perfectly fine with Trump hawking Teslas in the driveway.
Now they’re perfectly fine with Trump hawking Teslas in the driveway.
March 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I'm old enough to remember when conservatives saw Russia as our adversary
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Trump is a fucking cunt
Worst. President. Ever.
March 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Trump is a fucking cunt
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"We have accomplished more in 43 days" than other administrations in 8 years, and he's right. in the sense, that they have done more damage, harmed more poor kids abroad, undermined more laws, fired more civil servants including veterans etc etc
March 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
"We have accomplished more in 43 days" than other administrations in 8 years, and he's right. in the sense, that they have done more damage, harmed more poor kids abroad, undermined more laws, fired more civil servants including veterans etc etc
I hate his fucking face. I hate his fucking voice. I hate his fucking sycophant supporters. I'm only watching because I want to know what the enemy has planned next...
March 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I hate his fucking face. I hate his fucking voice. I hate his fucking sycophant supporters. I'm only watching because I want to know what the enemy has planned next...
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Justin Trudeau gave the exact kind of press conference today that we have been waiting for from our Democratic leaders. Watch it and learn from it. No gimmicks, no stunts, no script, no platitudes, no slogans, no games. Just straight talk, honesty, sincerity and facts.
March 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Justin Trudeau gave the exact kind of press conference today that we have been waiting for from our Democratic leaders. Watch it and learn from it. No gimmicks, no stunts, no script, no platitudes, no slogans, no games. Just straight talk, honesty, sincerity and facts.
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Fuck their feelings
February 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Fuck their feelings
Time for some good, old-fashioned regicide!
February 20, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Time for some good, old-fashioned regicide!
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Important article. This center was taking new approaches to studying Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
Everyone who knows someone with dementia is being hurt by Trump’s cuts to medical research. 🧪
Everyone who knows someone with dementia is being hurt by Trump’s cuts to medical research. 🧪
Scoop --> Trump-Musk cuts just resulted in the firing of numerous top researchers at NIH's center for combating Alzheimer's, sources tell me. They predict big setbacks to fighting dementias.
This cause was once championed by *Republicans.*
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
This cause was once championed by *Republicans.*
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Oops: Trump-Musk Cuts Just Wrecked an NIH Org Championed by GOPers
Republicans once lavished praise on an NIH center that deals with Alzheimer’s. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are hobbling it. What will they say now?
newrepublic.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Important article. This center was taking new approaches to studying Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
Everyone who knows someone with dementia is being hurt by Trump’s cuts to medical research. 🧪
Everyone who knows someone with dementia is being hurt by Trump’s cuts to medical research. 🧪
What a silly bunt
A Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill to make Trump’s birthday a federal holiday.
They refer to Trump as a “founder” and compare him to George Washington.
They refer to Trump as a “founder” and compare him to George Washington.
Congresswoman Tenney Moves to Make President Trump’s Birthday a Federal Holiday
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today introduced the Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day Holiday Establishment Act to officially designate June 14 as a federal holiday to commemorate P...
tenney.house.gov
February 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
What a silly bunt
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As outcry builds over Trump cuts to NIH payments, drugmakers are MIA
On last night's earnings call, $VRTX CEO Reshma Kewalramani said nothing about the NIH, yet Vertex owes some of that $11B in cystic fibrosis drug sales to foundational biomedical research funded by NIH....
On last night's earnings call, $VRTX CEO Reshma Kewalramani said nothing about the NIH, yet Vertex owes some of that $11B in cystic fibrosis drug sales to foundational biomedical research funded by NIH....
February 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
As outcry builds over Trump cuts to NIH payments, drugmakers are MIA
On last night's earnings call, $VRTX CEO Reshma Kewalramani said nothing about the NIH, yet Vertex owes some of that $11B in cystic fibrosis drug sales to foundational biomedical research funded by NIH....
On last night's earnings call, $VRTX CEO Reshma Kewalramani said nothing about the NIH, yet Vertex owes some of that $11B in cystic fibrosis drug sales to foundational biomedical research funded by NIH....
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Egg prices were never their concern
February 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Egg prices were never their concern
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In one of Elon’s outcries about fraud, he actually ended up cutting funding for cancer research. Despite initially denying it, he was later proven wrong. This incident highlights how little he actually understands about what he’s doing.
February 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
In one of Elon’s outcries about fraud, he actually ended up cutting funding for cancer research. Despite initially denying it, he was later proven wrong. This incident highlights how little he actually understands about what he’s doing.
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Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
February 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
Why are fascist Republicans so afraid of women?
How Ironic that on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Woman's portraits have been taken down at NIH and Women is a forbidden word that if found in your NSF grant could get it revoked. #womeninstem
February 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Why are fascist Republicans so afraid of women?
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An NIH notice announcing massive cuts in federal science funding appears to draw heavily on a 2022 report by the Heritage Foundation, which blasted “massive growth in DEI staff at US universities.”
www.wired.com/story/nih-in...
www.wired.com/story/nih-in...
NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’
In its notice outlining the large cut in university funding, the US National Institutes of Health seems to draw on a report from a conservative think tank that denounces the “political left.”
www.wired.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
An NIH notice announcing massive cuts in federal science funding appears to draw heavily on a 2022 report by the Heritage Foundation, which blasted “massive growth in DEI staff at US universities.”
www.wired.com/story/nih-in...
www.wired.com/story/nih-in...
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Yeah, don’t you hate it when people play golf when they should be working.
Trump: "I don't think you can work from a home. Nobody is gonna work from home. They are gonna be going out, they're gonna play tennis, they're gonna play golf, they're gonna do a lot of things. They're not working."
February 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Yeah, don’t you hate it when people play golf when they should be working.
He’s talking more and more about a 3rd term.
We told you all this would happen.
We told you all this would happen.
February 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Sorry, not sorry, for not having any fucks left for these people
“The Venezuelan community gave President Trump their support. ... This is completely different of what I thought it was going to be” @sabrod123.bsky.social and Reshma Kirpalani report from Doral
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Venezuelans backed Trump. Now some worry he’ll deport them.
Venezuelans in the Miami suburb of Doral have been some of Trump’s biggest proponents. Many feel betrayed after he revoked temporary protected status for thousands.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Sorry, not sorry, for not having any fucks left for these people
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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This is the end of science as we know it if it stands—15% IDCs for all NIH Grants.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This is the end of science as we know it if it stands—15% IDCs for all NIH Grants.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Cowardly move, HHMI
Private biomedical research philanthropic organization HHMI knuckles under without a shot fired drugmonkey.scientopia.org/2025/02/07/p...
Private biomedical research philanthropic organization HHMI knuckles under without a shot fired
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is a behemoth in biomedical science in the US. Mostly famous for funding the fanciest investigators without specific reference to any specific research project, …
drugmonkey.scientopia.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Cowardly move, HHMI