I've donated the May-July revenue from Picostitch Threads to @flybase.bsky.social . Thank you to everyone to patronized the shop! I'll continue donating the proceeds monthly until at least the end of the year, so keep stocking up on those fly pins!

Impromptu grape tasting at the @bilderlab.bsky.social -- the winner was the Flame red seedless

All proceeds from my #sciart Etsy shop will now be donated to
@flybase.bsky.social . Due to fed cuts, this beloved resource that I use daily has lost it's funding, and I'm helping in my small way. Now's a good time stock up on #STEM & #drosophila gifts & swag!
www.etsy.com/shop/Picosti...

Join me at Berkeley Free America 4th of July action.womensmarch.com/events/berke...

The view from the bench is a little different right now.

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”

I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY!

If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!

Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.

JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺

#24HourEconomicBlackout

Citrus tasting at the annual @bilderlab.bsky.social Lunar New Year Party 🍊

Dear All, I believe that this thread will become one of my most important contributions to the fly field (I hope I will make other contributions)! Here, I introduce the Soy Milk Machine Fly Food Method, a.k.a., DeepCook!#Drosophila#NewPI

Damn maybe manifesting works

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.

Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”

globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

Fly Eagles Fly -- crush those KC bootlickers

Thank you for helping shine a light on this!

NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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...

Here's the teenagers that have accessed our nation's databases w/o security clearance:

Akash Bobba
Edward Coristine
Luke Farritor
Gautier Cole Killian
Gavin Kliger
Ethan Shaotran

The foreign oligarch thinks it's a crime to share their names, but I think what they're doing is a capital offense.