@triplel68.bsky.social
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A MUST READ: "In decision after decision, it became clear that the Republican justices have gerrymandered the law to generate a bunch of legal rules that fit pretty neatly into the Republican Party’s preferences." - @leahlitman.bsky.social
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-...
How the Supreme Court Gerrymandered the Law to Serve the GOP
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A MUST READ: "In decision after decision, it became clear that the Republican justices have gerrymandered the law to generate a bunch of legal rules that fit pretty neatly into the Republican Party’s preferences." - @leahlitman.bsky.social
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-...
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For people who think other countries will magically absorb all the scientists and researchers from the US, did you see the news that Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is closing its Earth Sciences Department and cutting a bunch of jobs? 130 undergrads will have to study something else. 🧪
VU university cuts jobs, closes earth sciences department - DutchNews.nl
Amsterdam’s VU university has announced it will cut 37 jobs and close its earth sciences department due to falling student numbers and nationwide spending cuts. The VU is facing a decline in both inte...
www.dutchnews.nl
May 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
For people who think other countries will magically absorb all the scientists and researchers from the US, did you see the news that Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is closing its Earth Sciences Department and cutting a bunch of jobs? 130 undergrads will have to study something else. 🧪
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Trump attacking university funding on 3 fronts (1) direct funding of hard-science that is $billions per year to do stuff that could not be done with private funding (2) proposed new tax on endowments (3) making it hard for foreign students to come to US: they pay full price, subsidizing US students
April 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Trump attacking university funding on 3 fronts (1) direct funding of hard-science that is $billions per year to do stuff that could not be done with private funding (2) proposed new tax on endowments (3) making it hard for foreign students to come to US: they pay full price, subsidizing US students
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The Health Secretary is promoting quack doctors in the midst of a measles outbreak and literally nothing was more predictable.
April 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The Health Secretary is promoting quack doctors in the midst of a measles outbreak and literally nothing was more predictable.
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David Brooks, who holds no advance degrees but has nevertheless served as a visiting professor at both Duke and Yale -- solely on the basis of his conservative ideas -- thinks that universities are deeply unfair to conservative thinkers.
April 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
David Brooks, who holds no advance degrees but has nevertheless served as a visiting professor at both Duke and Yale -- solely on the basis of his conservative ideas -- thinks that universities are deeply unfair to conservative thinkers.
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Folks sharing photos from today's nationwide "Hands Off" protests of Trump and Musk.
Boston, DC, NY, CA
Boston, DC, NY, CA
April 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Folks sharing photos from today's nationwide "Hands Off" protests of Trump and Musk.
Boston, DC, NY, CA
Boston, DC, NY, CA
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This is a good, funny sign. But it gets at a key element of what Social Security does. Middle aged people who aren't fully supporting aging parents can fund their kids education. It runs through the whole life cycle.
April 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This is a good, funny sign. But it gets at a key element of what Social Security does. Middle aged people who aren't fully supporting aging parents can fund their kids education. It runs through the whole life cycle.
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Really good explainer of the NIH grant review process, why politicizing it is so dangerous, and why it’ll be hard to rebuild it if DOGE succeeds in destroying it.
New, from @pamherd.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern:
NIH grants are being screened for forbidden words.
Breakthrough techniques (like mRNA) are now off the table.
Do you want scientific funding awards to be determined by political appointees or scientists?
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/politicizi...
NIH grants are being screened for forbidden words.
Breakthrough techniques (like mRNA) are now off the table.
Do you want scientific funding awards to be determined by political appointees or scientists?
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/politicizi...
Politicizing Science: The National Institutes for Health
A merit-based and competitive process will be politicized - or eliminated
donmoynihan.substack.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Really good explainer of the NIH grant review process, why politicizing it is so dangerous, and why it’ll be hard to rebuild it if DOGE succeeds in destroying it.
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A new Missouri bill would create a registry of pregnant women "at risk for seeking an abortion." If that wasn’t bad enough, the bill would also give people interested in adopting access to this registry of pregnant women.
More in the newsletter: jessica.substack.com/p/missouri-b...
More in the newsletter: jessica.substack.com/p/missouri-b...
Missouri Bill Would Create Registry of Pregnant Women "At Risk" of Having An Abortion
2.18.25
jessica.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A new Missouri bill would create a registry of pregnant women "at risk for seeking an abortion." If that wasn’t bad enough, the bill would also give people interested in adopting access to this registry of pregnant women.
More in the newsletter: jessica.substack.com/p/missouri-b...
More in the newsletter: jessica.substack.com/p/missouri-b...
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And in case you need healthcare, here is a directory of LGBTQ+ friendly healthcare providers: lgbtqhealthcaredirectory.org
Doctors, sign up for the directory so you can be found as a safe space!
#MedSky #QueerSky #LGBTQ
Doctors, sign up for the directory so you can be found as a safe space!
#MedSky #QueerSky #LGBTQ
February 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
And in case you need healthcare, here is a directory of LGBTQ+ friendly healthcare providers: lgbtqhealthcaredirectory.org
Doctors, sign up for the directory so you can be found as a safe space!
#MedSky #QueerSky #LGBTQ
Doctors, sign up for the directory so you can be found as a safe space!
#MedSky #QueerSky #LGBTQ
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Research shows that LGBTQ+ inclusion can drive economic activity. Open For Business’ latest report shows the economic case for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Poland: open-for-business.org/poland
Poland — Open for Business
open-for-business.org
February 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Research shows that LGBTQ+ inclusion can drive economic activity. Open For Business’ latest report shows the economic case for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Poland: open-for-business.org/poland
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A few more words about this story:
We spent a lot of time rereading the NIH document rolling out this policy.
The numbers in it do not add up. The language is vague. NIH would not answer our questions about it.
These are recurring features of memos proposing sweeping change under the new admin.
We spent a lot of time rereading the NIH document rolling out this policy.
The numbers in it do not add up. The language is vague. NIH would not answer our questions about it.
These are recurring features of memos proposing sweeping change under the new admin.
NIH's proposal to cut the grants it pays for medical research will not just hurt elite coastal universities.
Who else has a lot at stake? The states of Missouri and North Carolina. The University of Texas Cancer Center. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Who else has a lot at stake? The states of Missouri and North Carolina. The University of Texas Cancer Center. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Trump’s Medical Research Cuts Would Hit Colleges and Hospitals in Every State (Gift Article)
Changes to a key funding formula will reduce research grants at hospitals and universities by billions — and may discourage future research.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A few more words about this story:
We spent a lot of time rereading the NIH document rolling out this policy.
The numbers in it do not add up. The language is vague. NIH would not answer our questions about it.
These are recurring features of memos proposing sweeping change under the new admin.
We spent a lot of time rereading the NIH document rolling out this policy.
The numbers in it do not add up. The language is vague. NIH would not answer our questions about it.
These are recurring features of memos proposing sweeping change under the new admin.
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Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds
Increases in infant mortality have been found in U.S. states that enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling that guaranteed a right to the procedure, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds www.reuters.com/world/us/inf...
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And in another neighbor of Texas: bsky.app/profile/cram...
Louisiana to end mass vaccine promotion, state's top health official says apnews.com/article/loui...
Louisiana to end mass vaccine promotion, state's top health official says
The Louisiana Department of Health “will no longer promote mass vaccination.” That's according to a Thursday memo written by the state’s top health official and obtained by The Associated Press.
apnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
And in another neighbor of Texas: bsky.app/profile/cram...
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The New Mexico Department of Health declared a measles outbreak in a southeastern New Mexico county. Cases had previously been detected in a neighboring Texas county.
nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/02/14/d...
nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/02/14/d...
DOH declares measles outbreak in Lea County - New Mexico Political Report
By Matthew Reichbach The New Mexico Department of Health declared a measles outbreak in a southeastern New Mexico county. The declaration on Friday came a day after the department confirmed two additi...
nmpoliticalreport.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The New Mexico Department of Health declared a measles outbreak in a southeastern New Mexico county. Cases had previously been detected in a neighboring Texas county.
nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/02/14/d...
nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/02/14/d...
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This. Also. @aoc.bsky.social @ericswalwell.bsky.social et al , can you do what ever you guys do in the House to let Musk, Trump and everyone know that the UCFE, which funds unemployment benefits , is in the Dept of Labor. If these funds are cut, the cost will fall on the states.
February 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This. Also. @aoc.bsky.social @ericswalwell.bsky.social et al , can you do what ever you guys do in the House to let Musk, Trump and everyone know that the UCFE, which funds unemployment benefits , is in the Dept of Labor. If these funds are cut, the cost will fall on the states.
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Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
February 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
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Penn scrubs diversity initiatives from its website to comply with Trump order www.inquirer.com/education/un...
Penn scrubs diversity initiatives from its website to comply with Trump order
“The bottom line is this is not a time for anticipatory obedience when it comes to the university’s commitment to end antiracism and non-discrimination,” said Amy Offner, Penn's AAUP chapter president
www.inquirer.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Penn scrubs diversity initiatives from its website to comply with Trump order www.inquirer.com/education/un...
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On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
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Some groups are working to archive and save government websites and data right now. Among them:
WayBack Machine (my screengrab below is from)
End of Term Crawl
Harvard Law Library Innovation Lab
ICPSR
19th News
PolicyMap
Public Environmental Data Partners
Environmental Data & Governance Initiative
WayBack Machine (my screengrab below is from)
End of Term Crawl
Harvard Law Library Innovation Lab
ICPSR
19th News
PolicyMap
Public Environmental Data Partners
Environmental Data & Governance Initiative
February 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Some groups are working to archive and save government websites and data right now. Among them:
WayBack Machine (my screengrab below is from)
End of Term Crawl
Harvard Law Library Innovation Lab
ICPSR
19th News
PolicyMap
Public Environmental Data Partners
Environmental Data & Governance Initiative
WayBack Machine (my screengrab below is from)
End of Term Crawl
Harvard Law Library Innovation Lab
ICPSR
19th News
PolicyMap
Public Environmental Data Partners
Environmental Data & Governance Initiative
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February 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Fuck this hurts…
In a new lawsuit filed against Trump by state AGs, a family with a trans kid shares she died by suicide last month citing fears Trump would deny her access to gender-affirming care. "Her parents have expressed fear...that what happened to their daughter does not happen to other children."
![The serious concerns over how the Order will detrimentally impact transgender
youth cannot be overstated. One Washingtonian, as her parents describe her, was a bright and
gentle soul who loved playing musical instruments, trying new things, and playing Magic the
Gathering. She was excited to learn Japanese and the impact of gender-affirming care was
immediately clear to her family. Her parents described that “her joy was clear with every new
milestone in her transition. She was so happy to get to the next step, to get closer to presenting
in a way that was true to herself.” But the day before the presidential election, she shared,
“[t]omorrow I get to find out if I’m illegal.” After the election, she asked her parents if they
could move to Canada because she was fearful of new restrictions on transgender youth and
worried about losing access to gender-affirming care. In January 2025, she took her life. After
the Order issued, her parents expressed that the outlook for transgender futures looks scary and
shared fears of what ending gender-affirming care would have meant for their daughter’s access
to therapy, puberty-delaying medication, hormones, and hope of surgery. Her parents have
expressed fear for the many lives who depend on gender-affirming care and that what happened
to their daughter does not happen to any other children.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mlmouohgzbjofidukcp4pxf2/bafkreich7jyv3lnkmd5r234itpdhtvavgblc46ai6d47tb4i7oxgfga2ym@jpeg)
February 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Fuck this hurts…
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Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.
6. The policy does not just affect funding going forward. All existing NIH grants will have their indirect rates cut to 15% as of today, the date of issuance.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
February 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
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These are the same picture.
February 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM
These are the same picture.
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One impact of the NSF freeze: They fund the small nonprofit, EarthScope, that manages seismic and GPS stations used worldwide to detect and warn of earthquakes and navigate autonomous vehicles.
EarthScope can maybe make payroll this week. A prolonged freeze could see stations fail.
EarthScope can maybe make payroll this week. A prolonged freeze could see stations fail.
Earthquake warning system among projects threatened by NSF funding freeze
Small nonprofit that helps manage network could soon run out of money
www.science.org
January 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
One impact of the NSF freeze: They fund the small nonprofit, EarthScope, that manages seismic and GPS stations used worldwide to detect and warn of earthquakes and navigate autonomous vehicles.
EarthScope can maybe make payroll this week. A prolonged freeze could see stations fail.
EarthScope can maybe make payroll this week. A prolonged freeze could see stations fail.