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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · Sep 1

Enjoy the day off (if you’re lucky enough to have one) but don’t forget: www.teenvogue.com/story/histor...

Labor Day Is a Government Scam

Even if the holiday wasn’t always intended to be a rip-off, it sure is now.

www.teenvogue.com

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · Aug 19

2 bits of data from new Economist/YouGov poll.....

13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · Aug 18

"The rise of fascism in the United States convinced the Guthrie family and their associates that the music scene needed a dose of Guthrie’s anti-authoritarian, anti-racist, Nazi-punching ethos." #woodyguthrie #folkmusic #antifascist

New Music from Anti-Fascist Folk Singer Woody Guthrie Released

With this reveal of 22 previously unheard songs, the Guthrie family hopes the radical messages in “Woody At Home” will inspire the next generation of protest songwriters.

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Dr. Rabbithole @drrabbithole.bsky.social · Aug 16

This is such an important point. The VAST majority of funding for research comes from NIH. Stand Up To Cancer just had their telethon. In 2023 they raised an impressive $60 million for cancer research. But the NCI (at NIH) had a budget of $7.2 billion that year. Charities cannot compete.

Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · Aug 16

Been hearing folks don’t realize NIH is more than its internal labs.

That cutting NIH is ok because Dana Farber will still do cancer research. Joslin will cover diabetes, etc.

But these centers get most of their funding from NIH.

Stop NIH, and the whole system fails, across the entire US.

Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · Aug 16

You might find this relevant - scorecards by district on the local economic impacts of White House proposed FY26 budget cuts.

scienceimpacts.org/fy26

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · Aug 15

The tapes were recorded in the living room of Guthrie’s Brooklyn apartment between 1951 and 1952, on a portable tape recorder...

@caroleine.bsky.social writes that the Guthrie family hopes to inspire the next generation of protest songwriters.

inthesetimes.com/article/new-...

New Music from Anti-Fascist Folk Singer Woody Guthrie Released

With this reveal of 22 previously unheard songs, the Guthrie family hopes the radical messages in “Woody At Home” will inspire the next generation of protest songwriters.

inthesetimes.com

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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · Aug 14

"Efficient"

Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · Aug 14

Because making funding announcements harder to find is "efficient".

smh.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

NOT-OD-25-143: NIH Will Stop Posting Notices of Funding Opportunities in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts in FY2026

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: NIH Will Stop Posting Notices of Funding Opportunities in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts in FY2026 NOT-OD-25-14...

grants.nih.gov

EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · Aug 13

I had to pay back $0.31 because I tipped 20% on the bill AFTER tax instead of before tax.

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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · Aug 10

Marshall Ramsey even. @mississippitoday.org

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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · Aug 7

It's not like she wanted a wedding cake...

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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · Aug 6

constitution.congress.gov/constitution/ has deleted sections 9 (habeas corpus) and 10 from Article 1.

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Aug 5

BREAKING: Watchdog government agency finds the NIH and the Trump administration have illegally withheld funds in violation of the Impoundment Control Act, and rips into HHS for failing to justify its slow-walking of funds.

www.gao.gov/products/b-3...

Department of Health and Human Services—National Institutes of Health—Application of Impoundment Control Act to Availability of Funds for Grants

Congress appropriated amounts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to carry out various research objectives for fiscal year 2025. In accordance...

www.gao.gov

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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · Aug 5

Reviewer 2:
APPROACH - 6
Has not completed Aim 1 yet and barely started on Aim 3

EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · Jul 30

I cannot "like" this post.

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jul 30

The NIH can’t award ANY grants to outside researchers under new WH restriction, reports @wsj.com.

The pause came in the form of a footnote from OMB Director Vought, in a document that doles out federal funds to the NIH.

Prelude to rescissions, especially after his comments over the weekend?

Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding

The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.

www.wsj.com

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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · Jul 29

"Winning" is such terrible framing.

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katja heuer @k4tj4.bsky.social · Jul 27

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Concatenating primate brains based solely on their size provides a 1st striking illustration of the importance of mechanical morphogenesis: despite jumping across far branches of the phylogenetic tree, the sequence is largely continuous, hinting at a common underlying organising principle.

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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · Jul 27

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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · Jul 25

Bodes well for the 2026 World Cup.

Venezuelan Team Bound For Little League Senior World Series In U.S. Denied Visas - World Baseball Network

A team of 15- and 16-year-old baseball players from Venezuela won't get the chance to compete at a tournament in South Carolina after they were denied visas to enter the United States, according to mu...

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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · Jul 25

Geniece Mondé, PhD @geniecemonde.bsky.social · Jul 25

Today, on what would have been Emmett Till's 84th birthday, I'm sharing one of my favorite poems by Eve Ewing.

I saw Emmett Till this week at the grocery store.

By Eve Ewing

looking over the plums, one by one
lifting each to his eyes and
turning it slowly, a little earth,
checking the smooth skin for pockmarks
and rot, or signs of unkind days or people,
then sliding them gently into the plastic.
whistling softly, reaching with a slim, woolen arm
into the cart, he first balanced them over the wire
before realizing the danger of bruising
and lifting them back out, cradling them
in the crook of his elbow until
something harder could take that bottom space.

I knew him from his hat, one of those
fine porkpie numbers they used to sell
on Roosevelt Road. it had lost its feather but
he had carefully folded a dollar bill
and slid it between the ribbon and the felt
and it stood at attention. he wore his money.
upright and strong, he was already to the checkout
by the time I caught up with him. I called out his name
and he spun like a dancer, candy bar in hand,
looked at me quizzically for a moment before
remembering my face. he smiled. well
hello young lady

hello, so chilly today
should have worn my warm coat like you

yes so cool for August in Chicago

how are things going for you

oh he sighed and put the candy on the belt
it goes, it goes.

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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · Jul 24

Effective funding line of 4% for NCI.

simoinfinite.bsky.social @simoinfinite.bsky.social · Jul 23

If anyone is interested NCI posted their FY25 funding strategy today www.cancer.gov/grants-train...

Reasonable to assume other NIH institutes will follow the same guidelines

Funding Policy - Research Grants

NCI funding policy for research project grant (RPG) awards reflects the funding goals of the institute, NIH, and HHS.

www.cancer.gov