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Solving For Science @solvingforsci.bsky.social · May 6

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · May 6

Dr. Steven Hatfill pushed hydroxychloroquine, a treatment for malaria and some autoimmune conditions, for COVID—even though there was clear evidence (& FDA warnings) it was risky and didn’t work.

So of course, Trump admin gave him a top pandemic prep role. Choices like this put us all in danger.

US scientist who touted hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid named to pandemic prevention role

Steven J Hatfill, who promoted the drug despite scant evidence of efficacy, becomes special adviser at HHS

www.theguardian.com

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Solving For Science @solvingforsci.bsky.social · May 6

yes please!

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · May 6

🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨

WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.

4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.

Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com

4 12x18 inch posters on a brick and concrete wall. The top left is pink and says funding science saves lives, written in microbes, next to a microscope. The one on the right says Biology is bigger than binaries, with a fish, a lily, and a bee. The bottom left says Protecting wildlife starts wtih you, with a bunch of adiorable woodland creatues in yellow, white and black, including an owl, fungi, a... um. weasel? salamanders, butterflies, slugs, and a rotting log. The bottom right says Will our oceans thrive or nosedive the choice is yours, with the ocean represented in a circle, half of which is dead and half of which is alive, including kelp and a mackerel

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Solving For Science @solvingforsci.bsky.social · May 6

Well, we're going to need to change THAT. How about instead of breaking the ice with 'How about the weather?' trying 'How about the insanely accurate weather report that years of modeling by federal meteorologists at NOAA made possible today that saved lives?' I'm sure you can think of more...

NPR @npr.org · May 6

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

www.npr.org

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Solving For Science @solvingforsci.bsky.social · May 6

Call out the GOOD more than the bad. Commit to companies that commit to including all Americans. Show shareholders inclusion isn't either-or but win-win.

Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · May 6

🔥 BREAKING: Bristol Myers Squibb shareholders voted today to reject two anti-DEI proposals. One of the proposals called on BMS to "Cease DEI Efforts," and was rejected by shareholder vote 97-2 percent (1% abstained).

BMS Board supports "our culture of inclusion" and "all decisions are merit-based."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · May 6

Emily Feiner was forcibly removed from GOP Rep. Mike Lawler's town hall after she asked her so-called "moderate" congressman to stand up to Donald Trump's authoritarian power grab.

There's a great pushback happening across the entire country — even in Republican held districts.

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Solving For Science @solvingforsci.bsky.social · May 6

Support Courage in your university administrations in ANY way you can. A supportive email to someone WAY above your pay grade. A GoTeam! note tacked to the elevator. Let them know the faculty students alumni have their backs and cheer them on to STAND UP. #CourageIsContagious

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · May 6

What's happening with these grants is much more complicated and mostly unknown. None of the NIH have been officially cancelled. The NIH was just ordered to stop paying. They got the Unis to enforce silence on their own campuses because they thought they were "negotiating" and cld get the funds back.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · May 6

Conspiracy of Silence: How Trump is Covertly Strangling Billions in Disease Cure Research talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/consp...

Conspiracy of Silence: How Trump is Covertly Strangling Billions in Disease Cure Research

The following is very important news about the Trump White House’s unfolding...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Solving For Science @solvingforsci.bsky.social · May 6

No need to reinvent the wheel--jump on the bandwagon!

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · May 6

If you’re concerned about the impact of the proposed budget on Federal funding of science but aren’t sure what to say when you call your elected officials, remember that a coalition of professional societies representing nearly 100,000 scientists signed an open letter about this a few weeks ago.
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48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science

48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science

www.ucs.org

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Solving For Science @solvingforsci.bsky.social · May 6

Defiant Joy counts as ACTION. When it's all too much, take a science dance break, in the super-extra style of Eurovision! 😍(congratulations to winners of DanceMyPhD, Dr. Sulo Roukka of U of Helsinki and his sparkly team!)
youtu.be/qOa6GJ6_les?...

Dance Your PhD 2025 Winner | Insights into oral chemesthetic perception by Dr. Sulo Roukka

YouTube video by Dr. Sulo Roukka

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · May 6

Check this chart.
Purple line: NIH actual budget (as passed by Congress) after 2000.
This is in real (inflation-adjusted) dollars.

The Trump/Vought proposal for 2026 (yellow) is catastrophic, for US science and medical cures for Americans. That's a massive drop.

NIH Budget (2025 Dollars)
Presidential Proposal
-- Congressional Appropriation
FY2026 Presidential Proposal
Fiscal Year

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Solving For Science @solvingforsci.bsky.social · May 5

Wouldn't it be something if the ~2m American research scientists crashed the site with expressions of interests in say the next week? Seems like it would send a notable message?

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · May 5

We will put forward a 500 million package for 2025-2027 to make Europe a magnet for researchers.

As well as ambitious proposals for R&I in the next EU budget.

We will also offer the best and brightest the right incentives to come to Europe ↓

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Solving For Science @solvingforsci.bsky.social · May 5

Our scientific talent and innovation is the envy of the world. Use it or lose it, America! Respect>Neglect!

Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · May 5

Europe’s choice is clear.

To put science at the heart of its economy.

To become the home of scientific freedom and collaboration.

And to welcome talent from all over the world.

I’m glad to present the first elements of our Choose Europe Initiative.

→ europa.eu/!TTbWbJ

Solving For Science @solvingforsci.bsky.social · May 5

First, in case this deadline is real, consider HOW to pace out & spend the funds if possible. Second, this is an opportunity to support representatives to resist this pressure. Both sides of the aisle are feeling the pushback on science cuts. Keep up the pressure FOR SCIENCE.

Solving For Science @solvingforsci.bsky.social · May 5

A heads up -- with potential action steps.
Slow-walking NIH grants is intentional. And if you don't spend your NIH grant by end of US fiscal year 9/30/25, a plan seems afoot to force a vote to impound those funds. 🧵

The White House’s Next Orchestrated Budget Crisis

This is something I’m still trying to get my head around —...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Shannon Macauley @macauleylab.bsky.social · May 5

Amplifying this. NIH money not used by end of summer is gone.

I've had a new R01 pending for months now, the award is prepared (according to ERA commons), what steps are left before the NOGA and funds released? Feel like many grants are being slow rolled before they are then not funded.

Michael Ward @michael-e-ward.bsky.social · May 5

talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-w...

Not nearly enough coverage of this possibility by traditional media.

The White House’s Next Orchestrated Budget Crisis

This is something I’m still trying to get my head around –...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Solving For Science @solvingforsci.bsky.social · May 2

#ScienceMayDays: Day 2 more of what to do: Support courage in statements like the one from Research!America's CEO Mary Woolley, and check out (and use) their great fact-sheets and infographics to use YOUR voice in speaking up too (or making more signs!): www.researchamerica.org/fact-sheets-...

Research!America Statement on the President’s FY26 Budget Request - Research!America

Research!America, a nonprofit alliance that advocates for science, discovery, and innovation to achieve better health for all, is alarmed and deeply disappointed by President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2026 ...

www.researchamerica.org

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Solving For Science @solvingforsci.bsky.social · May 2

#ScienceMayDays: What to do? Support Courage and plaintiffs in lawsuits that push back. On April 2, APHA and other researchers and union filed a lawsuit challenging the abrupt, reckless, and apparently politically-driven cancellation of research grants at NIH. Read the complaint here:

APHA v NIH Complaint | American Civil Liberties Union

www.aclu.org

Solving For Science @solvingforsci.bsky.social · May 2

Science is definitely IN DISTRESS on Day 2 of #ScienceMayDays. Time to yell! SOS, or tap ...---... (Morse ), or hang a ⚫⬛⚫ flag, or broadcast "m'aider" (help in French) or 'mayday' 3 times in a row, because Science needs HELP! meanwhile we'll keep coming up with more things we can all do. ⚫⬛⚫

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boehninglab @boehninglab.com · May 2

Budget released today:
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · May 2

It's Fustilarian Friday, so today NSF is announcing that they, too, are slashing overhead rates to 15%.

www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...

Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate

www.nsf.gov

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · May 2

🧪 What the f is going on with NSF right now??? 🚨🚨🚨

There's been so many NSF updates within the past 48 hours that it's hard to keep track.

It feels like an onslaught. It *is* an onslaught. But it's still vital to remain focused, organized, and strategic.

So here's my recap of past 48 hours...

a man is holding his head with his eyes closed and the words focus focus focus behind him .

Alt: A man is holding his head with his eyes closed and the words focus focus focus behind him .

media.tenor.com

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · May 2

This budget is laced with racist, anti-science, petty, and cruel language that should be beneath the president. If enacted, it would leave communities at the mercy of devastating climate impacts and deprived of public protections that save lives and support the economy.

www.ucs.org/about/news/c...

Congress Must Immediately Reject Trump’s Harmful, Anti-Science Budget

President Trump's Fiscal Year 2026 budget request includes massive increases in military spending, while decimating departments and agencies mandated by Congress to protect the health and well-being o...

www.ucs.org

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · May 2

Trump's post is a federal crime. 26 USC § 7217.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · Apr 30

RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.

They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.

www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...

RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research

NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...

www.wired.com

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