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I think guns and SUVs cause autism. We should ban those.
September 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I think guns and SUVs cause autism. We should ban those.
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Instead of taking over the DC Metropolitan Police at a time when crime in the capital is declining and is lower than it was during Trump's first term, wouldn't it just be easier to release the Epstein files?
August 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Instead of taking over the DC Metropolitan Police at a time when crime in the capital is declining and is lower than it was during Trump's first term, wouldn't it just be easier to release the Epstein files?
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All scientific grant funding must now be approved by a political appointee and "demonstrably advance the President's policy priorities."
I wonder where innovation will happen in the future? It won't be in the US
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
I wonder where innovation will happen in the future? It won't be in the US
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
New executive order puts all grants under political control
All new funding on hold until Trump administration can cancel any previously funded grants.
arstechnica.com
August 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
All scientific grant funding must now be approved by a political appointee and "demonstrably advance the President's policy priorities."
I wonder where innovation will happen in the future? It won't be in the US
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
I wonder where innovation will happen in the future? It won't be in the US
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
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NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya:
“Science should not be partisan”.
Also NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya:
“Every grant that comes into the NIH will be reviewed by a Trump appointee to make sure it fits the MAGA agenda”.
“Science should not be partisan”.
Also NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya:
“Every grant that comes into the NIH will be reviewed by a Trump appointee to make sure it fits the MAGA agenda”.
August 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya:
“Science should not be partisan”.
Also NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya:
“Every grant that comes into the NIH will be reviewed by a Trump appointee to make sure it fits the MAGA agenda”.
“Science should not be partisan”.
Also NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya:
“Every grant that comes into the NIH will be reviewed by a Trump appointee to make sure it fits the MAGA agenda”.
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also can we talk about how "we tried" to get the "people that live in the inner city" to do the farm work? I feel like there was a name for that. does anyone remember the name for that?
Trump on undocumented farm workers: "People that live in the inner city are not doing that work. They've tried, we've tried, everybody tried. They don't do it. These people do it naturally. Naturally ... they don't get a bad back, because if they get a bad back, they die."
August 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
also can we talk about how "we tried" to get the "people that live in the inner city" to do the farm work? I feel like there was a name for that. does anyone remember the name for that?
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Sorta feels like "they are actively gutting cancer research" should be finding more purchase out there
July 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Sorta feels like "they are actively gutting cancer research" should be finding more purchase out there
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Consequences will not be felt today, but 5 year, 10 years down the road, when you're diagnosed with cancer, and you need a new clinical trial to hop onto, or a new drug to let you watch your grandkids grow up, they won't exist. Why would anyone choose to side with cancer against humanity? 🧪
"The National Cancer Institute is being targeted by the Trump administration’s downsizing. Current and former employees report that morale has “tanked” as the administration hollows out the agency, with many scientists leaving in frustration."
Seems bad for Americans.
Seems bad for Americans.
The National Cancer Institute faces steep budget cuts and a staff exodus
Current and former employees report that morale has "tanked" as the administration hollows out the agency, with many scientists leaving in frustration. The cuts are already impacting basic operations ...
wamu.org
July 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Consequences will not be felt today, but 5 year, 10 years down the road, when you're diagnosed with cancer, and you need a new clinical trial to hop onto, or a new drug to let you watch your grandkids grow up, they won't exist. Why would anyone choose to side with cancer against humanity? 🧪
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more evidence for “a bunch of AI cultists dismantled large parts of the federal government because they believed that their LLMs were intelligent and could do the work better” thesis
Reporter: The FDA has a new AI tool that's intended to speed up drug approvals. But several FDA employees say the new AI helper is making up studies that do not exist. One FDA employee telling us, 'Anything that you don't have time to double check is unreliable. It hallucinates confidently'
July 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
more evidence for “a bunch of AI cultists dismantled large parts of the federal government because they believed that their LLMs were intelligent and could do the work better” thesis
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I feel like above all, dystopian fiction left me unprepared for how thoroughly tacky & trashy democratic collapse was going to be.
The President of the United States is personally enriching himself from his office by selling watches, crypto currency, and now ... perfume. Because there is no bottom to this saga of spontaneous national combustion.
June 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I feel like above all, dystopian fiction left me unprepared for how thoroughly tacky & trashy democratic collapse was going to be.
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Wow, NYTimes be like, “Andrew Cuomo is our problematic fave."
The editorial board willfully misunderstands something I figured out in early adulthood: that sexual harassment tells you everything about someone’s relationship with power, and on its own, ought to be enough to disqualify from office.
The editorial board willfully misunderstands something I figured out in early adulthood: that sexual harassment tells you everything about someone’s relationship with power, and on its own, ought to be enough to disqualify from office.
NYT Editorial board effectively endorses Andrew Cuomo today in the most weaselly possible way. “Don’t rank Mamdani, and it will probably be either him or Cuomo, sooo…”
June 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Wow, NYTimes be like, “Andrew Cuomo is our problematic fave."
The editorial board willfully misunderstands something I figured out in early adulthood: that sexual harassment tells you everything about someone’s relationship with power, and on its own, ought to be enough to disqualify from office.
The editorial board willfully misunderstands something I figured out in early adulthood: that sexual harassment tells you everything about someone’s relationship with power, and on its own, ought to be enough to disqualify from office.
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If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable.
June 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable.
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What we value in CIVILIZATION: Agriculture, Architecture, the Arts, Transportation, Communication, Health, Wealth, Security.
All pivot on enlightened investments in Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, & Mathematics. "STEAM".
Without them, we descend into the Dark Ages.
All pivot on enlightened investments in Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, & Mathematics. "STEAM".
Without them, we descend into the Dark Ages.
June 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
What we value in CIVILIZATION: Agriculture, Architecture, the Arts, Transportation, Communication, Health, Wealth, Security.
All pivot on enlightened investments in Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, & Mathematics. "STEAM".
Without them, we descend into the Dark Ages.
All pivot on enlightened investments in Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, & Mathematics. "STEAM".
Without them, we descend into the Dark Ages.
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How many cancer research trials would $134M pay for? www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
L.A. protests live updates: National Guard, Marine response expected to cost $134M, defense official says
Protests in Los Angeles appeared to quiet overnight, but new ones are popping up in other cities. Trump has deployed more than 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to the protests.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
How many cancer research trials would $134M pay for? www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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More than 6000 scientists have signed a declaration condemning "Administration policies that undermine the NIH mission, waste public resources, and harm the health of Americans and people across the globe"
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Support NIH Staff Now!
www.standupforscience.net
June 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
More than 6000 scientists have signed a declaration condemning "Administration policies that undermine the NIH mission, waste public resources, and harm the health of Americans and people across the globe"
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
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“As the Trump administration continues to drastically defund and dismantle basic science in America, the United States is presenting other countries with opportunities to take the lead …” writes H. Holden Thorp in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/43R82B5
June 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“As the Trump administration continues to drastically defund and dismantle basic science in America, the United States is presenting other countries with opportunities to take the lead …” writes H. Holden Thorp in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/43R82B5
Help throw sand in the gears of the Trump administration’s attack on science before the September Budget Vote!
Donate to the Summer Fight For Science now. actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
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Help power the Summer Fight For Science movement!
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June 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Help throw sand in the gears of the Trump administration’s attack on science before the September Budget Vote!
Donate to the Summer Fight For Science now. actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Donate to the Summer Fight For Science now. actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
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National Institutes of Health employees have had enough. Impressive showing of more than 300 staffers ask leaders to "return the NIH to its mission and abandon the strategy of using NIH as a tool for achieving political goals" in their Bethesda Declaration. www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/h...
NIH employees publish ‘Bethesda Declaration’ in dissent of Trump administration policies | CNN
Staffers at the US National Institutes of Health published a letter of dissent, taking issue with what they see as the politicization of research and destruction of scientific progress under the Trump...
www.cnn.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
National Institutes of Health employees have had enough. Impressive showing of more than 300 staffers ask leaders to "return the NIH to its mission and abandon the strategy of using NIH as a tool for achieving political goals" in their Bethesda Declaration. www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/h...
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"percentage of papers published in Science with at least one corresponding author with funding from the US federal government has been declining over the past 7 years [...] 54 to 44%. By contrast, the number of published papers originating from China has doubled...."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
America is ceding the lead in creating the future
The renowned American management consultant and author Peter Drucker is often credited as saying that “the best way to predict the future is to create it”—a view that applies to science as much as to ...
www.science.org
June 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"percentage of papers published in Science with at least one corresponding author with funding from the US federal government has been declining over the past 7 years [...] 54 to 44%. By contrast, the number of published papers originating from China has doubled...."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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NYT, Page One:
“Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to ‘any city, any university I want,’ he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.”
@nytimes.com
“Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to ‘any city, any university I want,’ he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.”
@nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
NYT, Page One:
“Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to ‘any city, any university I want,’ he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.”
@nytimes.com
“Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to ‘any city, any university I want,’ he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.”
@nytimes.com
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Unless you’re a Nobel laureate, the brain drain will be away from science and not to other countries.
U.S. Scientists Warn That Trump’s Cuts Will Set Off a Brain Drain
www.nytimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Unless you’re a Nobel laureate, the brain drain will be away from science and not to other countries.
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Really tragic. I got my PhD from Hopkins and think the school has contributed so much with its research dollars
We just got an email that Hopkins is freezing salaries, hiring, and some construction projects. In addition to the 800 million USAID we lost, we’ve had another 50 million in grants canceled so far. And a 2/3 year over year decline in funded grants despite an increase in submissions
June 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Really tragic. I got my PhD from Hopkins and think the school has contributed so much with its research dollars
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At the age of 35, I sat in a cancer hospital and breastfed my 5 month old for the last time. I had two more young kids at home - 7 and 3. All four drugs in the chemo cocktail I took to treat my cancer were made possible by NIH research. This budget is an attack on human lives in multiple ways.
June 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
At the age of 35, I sat in a cancer hospital and breastfed my 5 month old for the last time. I had two more young kids at home - 7 and 3. All four drugs in the chemo cocktail I took to treat my cancer were made possible by NIH research. This budget is an attack on human lives in multiple ways.
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Protected bike lanes have a near-magical ability to produce cyclists.
This new study of 28 US cities finds that census block groups w/protected bike lanes expanded bike commuting almost 2x faster than those w/standard bike lanes & >4x faster than those w/o new lanes.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
This new study of 28 US cities finds that census block groups w/protected bike lanes expanded bike commuting almost 2x faster than those w/standard bike lanes & >4x faster than those w/o new lanes.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
June 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Protected bike lanes have a near-magical ability to produce cyclists.
This new study of 28 US cities finds that census block groups w/protected bike lanes expanded bike commuting almost 2x faster than those w/standard bike lanes & >4x faster than those w/o new lanes.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
This new study of 28 US cities finds that census block groups w/protected bike lanes expanded bike commuting almost 2x faster than those w/standard bike lanes & >4x faster than those w/o new lanes.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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In the latest NSF budget, they're proposing a 75% cut to the Directorate for STEM Education (EDU), which funded the project at Cornell University that produced the Merlin Bird ID app.
I've been taking early walks in the park to watch and listen to birds for my sanity, and the Merlin Bird ID app has been indispensable for identifying bird songs.
Merlin was funded by a grant from the NSF, the science funding agency that Trump is trying to destroy.
www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...
Merlin was funded by a grant from the NSF, the science funding agency that Trump is trying to destroy.
www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...
June 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
In the latest NSF budget, they're proposing a 75% cut to the Directorate for STEM Education (EDU), which funded the project at Cornell University that produced the Merlin Bird ID app.