@kloconnor.bsky.social
This is insanity!
Imagine you're a scientist trying to publish a new study, and being told you can't, unless you do background checks on co-authors who aren't U.S. citizens and send their names to national security staff.
Also, studies about climate change or DEI written w/foreign scientists = rejected. ⬇️
Also, studies about climate change or DEI written w/foreign scientists = rejected. ⬇️
The new directive asks USDA workers in the agency’s research arm to use Google to check the backgrounds of all foreign nationals collaborating with its scientists.
The names of flagged scientists are being sent to national security experts at the agency, according to records reviewed by ProPublica.
The names of flagged scientists are being sent to national security experts at the agency, according to records reviewed by ProPublica.
January 20, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This is insanity!
This approval will put us all at risk. Not even your vegetables will help you stay healthy.
The EPA has approved a new pesticide that contains PFAS, or 'forever chemicals', to be used on vegetables like lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This approval will put us all at risk. Not even your vegetables will help you stay healthy.
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“Structural ignorance.” Yes.
Public health depends on citizens accepting scientifically-grounded guidance. When official institutions produce politically-determined science and independent verification infrastructure is eliminated, the capacity for evidence-based health policy collapses, writes Renée DiResta.
How Political Power is Capturing Knowledge Systems and Manufacturing Structural Ignorance | TechPolicy.Press
We're witnessing the simultaneous capture of knowledge-producing institutions and the elimination of independent verification mechanisms, writes Renée DiResta.
www.techpolicy.press
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“Structural ignorance.” Yes.
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Four million dollars. They’re cutting a program to test treatments for children with brain cancer to save four million dollars a year.
Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Four million dollars. They’re cutting a program to test treatments for children with brain cancer to save four million dollars a year.
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“Ending a $5 million research study when it is 80% complete does not save $1 million,” it says, “it wastes $4 million.”
Over the weekend, I interviewed one of the NIH employees who signed this letter (someone other than those quoted in this AP story). We talked about what they're doing and the importance of standing up. It was a moving conversation about risk and responsibility. Stay tuned for my piece on NIH and LA.
NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.
apnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“Ending a $5 million research study when it is 80% complete does not save $1 million,” it says, “it wastes $4 million.”
Thank you @RepThomasMassie for speaking up against such a horrifically bad bill
Last night REPUBLICAN @RepThomasMassie spoke out about Republican debt hypocrisy — as they exploded the debt to stuff the pockets of the wealthy, cutting health care and programs for the working poor. #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
May 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Thank you @RepThomasMassie for speaking up against such a horrifically bad bill
People should know where their tax dollars are going. People will lose their healthcare and ability to put food on the table so the rich can get richer. We still have a choice. Choose to stay silent or call congress.
Bringing this to Bsky bc @steverattner.bsky.social hasn't posted it yet and it's so critical. The entirety of the cuts to Medicaid and food benefits are to pay for tax cuts for people earning more than half a million a year.
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
May 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
People should know where their tax dollars are going. People will lose their healthcare and ability to put food on the table so the rich can get richer. We still have a choice. Choose to stay silent or call congress.
This is a great thread about how much universities subsidize federal research. This post does not take into account computers, software and training expenses that universities incur to support research. It also does not take into account the huge investments needed to get large grants.
April 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is a great thread about how much universities subsidize federal research. This post does not take into account computers, software and training expenses that universities incur to support research. It also does not take into account the huge investments needed to get large grants.
This is a very bad idea. The EPA and the research arm keeps us safe.
The Trump administration plans to eliminate the EPA’s scientific research arm and lay off more than 1,000 chemists, biologists, and other scientists.
March 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is a very bad idea. The EPA and the research arm keeps us safe.
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An important thread about why/how NIH funds are still frozen despite the court order forbidding it. If you support lifesaving research, please call or write your congressmen and demand release of these funds.
1. UPDATE
The NIH is still blocking most ongoing scientific funding over concerns about DEI, according to NIH sources and internal NIH correspondence.
The freeze has continued even after top NIH officials acknowledged that continuing to block the funding would violate a federal court order.
The NIH is still blocking most ongoing scientific funding over concerns about DEI, according to NIH sources and internal NIH correspondence.
The freeze has continued even after top NIH officials acknowledged that continuing to block the funding would violate a federal court order.
UPDATE: NIH reimposes "DEI" funding freeze despite court order
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is still blocking most ongoing scientific funding over concerns about "diversity, equity and inclusion" (DEI), according to NIH sources and internal NIH corresp...
popular.info
February 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
An important thread about why/how NIH funds are still frozen despite the court order forbidding it. If you support lifesaving research, please call or write your congressmen and demand release of these funds.
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On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-24-110: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024 NOT-OD-24-110. NIH
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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The Judge's order blocking Trump from putting 2,200 USAID workers on administrative leave and reinstating the 500 that were already on administrative leave. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/judge-nich...
Judge Nichols' Order Blocking Trump From Gutting USAID
It's been a minute since I wrote about a court order, but this one is really good
www.muellershewrote.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:52 AM
The Judge's order blocking Trump from putting 2,200 USAID workers on administrative leave and reinstating the 500 that were already on administrative leave. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/judge-nich...
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Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
Direct Economic Contributions
NIH directly supports the economy through investments in research institutions and job formation.
www.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
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"Post it on your social media." Thank you, Mr. Acosta.
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
January 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Post it on your social media." Thank you, Mr. Acosta.