@xanshuzzah.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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"new molecular structures that can trap vast quantities of gas inside, laying the groundwork to potentially suck greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere or harvest moisture from desert environments."
Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to discovery that could trap C02 and bring water to deserts
The Nobel committee said that the three laureates “have developed a new form of molecular architecture.”
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"new molecular structures that can trap vast quantities of gas inside, laying the groundwork to potentially suck greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere or harvest moisture from desert environments."
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"If funding isn’t restored soon, Chanda says, promising antivirals will be lost, and the world will be defenseless against the next pandemic."
cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...
cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...
He was making drugs for the next pandemic. Then the feds canceled his project
Sumit Chanda's search for antivirals is in limbo after NIH halted its pandemic-preparedness program
cen.acs.org
September 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"If funding isn’t restored soon, Chanda says, promising antivirals will be lost, and the world will be defenseless against the next pandemic."
cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...
cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...
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we have a blog - and there's some great stuff on it!
check out this post by David Mobley. who knows, maybe we can say bye to aromaticity in our force fields?
blog.omsf.io/why-we-shoul...
check out this post by David Mobley. who knows, maybe we can say bye to aromaticity in our force fields?
blog.omsf.io/why-we-shoul...
Why We Should Drop (Graph-based) Bond Order and No Longer Use Aromaticity
Written by: David Mobley, PhD
OpenFF force fields assign parameters based on queries operating on the chemical graph for molecules, via the SMARTS language. This language is rather flexible, leaving ...
blog.omsf.io
July 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
we have a blog - and there's some great stuff on it!
check out this post by David Mobley. who knows, maybe we can say bye to aromaticity in our force fields?
blog.omsf.io/why-we-shoul...
check out this post by David Mobley. who knows, maybe we can say bye to aromaticity in our force fields?
blog.omsf.io/why-we-shoul...
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Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte: “[I]n keeping with President Trump’s vision to make the United States the crypto capital of the world, today I ordered the Great Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to prepare their businesses to count cryptocurrency as an asset for a mortgage”.
June 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte: “[I]n keeping with President Trump’s vision to make the United States the crypto capital of the world, today I ordered the Great Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to prepare their businesses to count cryptocurrency as an asset for a mortgage”.
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Okay hear me out, what if building your protein model was a first person horror survival experience??
#MolecularNodes #b3d #GeometryNodes 🧪
#MolecularNodes #b3d #GeometryNodes 🧪
April 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Okay hear me out, what if building your protein model was a first person horror survival experience??
#MolecularNodes #b3d #GeometryNodes 🧪
#MolecularNodes #b3d #GeometryNodes 🧪
This is dumb. But sure. Let's play.
Going to need nationwide:
* Stable internet
* Power grid to support the servers and training.
* Equipment for every student
* Training for instructors.
All things every elected and supporting Repub have done everything in their power to banish. So. Good luck!
Going to need nationwide:
* Stable internet
* Power grid to support the servers and training.
* Equipment for every student
* Training for instructors.
All things every elected and supporting Repub have done everything in their power to banish. So. Good luck!
"Federal agencies would be instructed to take steps to train students in using AI...The agencies would also be asked to partner with the private sector...All educators should undergo professional development to integrate AI into all subject areas, the draft order says."
Draft executive order outlines plan to integrate AI into K-12 schools
A policy under consideration by the White House and seen by The Post instructs federal agencies on how to incorporate artificial intelligence into classrooms.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is dumb. But sure. Let's play.
Going to need nationwide:
* Stable internet
* Power grid to support the servers and training.
* Equipment for every student
* Training for instructors.
All things every elected and supporting Repub have done everything in their power to banish. So. Good luck!
Going to need nationwide:
* Stable internet
* Power grid to support the servers and training.
* Equipment for every student
* Training for instructors.
All things every elected and supporting Repub have done everything in their power to banish. So. Good luck!
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OH COME ON
April 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
OH COME ON
This is outrageously insulting to the entire scientific community. They want to get published? Then do work which stands up to peer review, scrutiny, and reproducibillity!
Meanwhile, DOJ lawyers are threatening medical journals for not providing adequate "viewpoint diversity" and for misinforming their readership, which I suppose means not publishing enough of the stupid shit that RFK Jr., JB, etc. keep saying.
This is an outrageous First Amendment violation.
This is an outrageous First Amendment violation.
Medical Journals Get Letters From DOJ
At least three journals received letters from a U.S. Attorney asking about 'competing viewpoints'
www.medpagetoday.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This is outrageously insulting to the entire scientific community. They want to get published? Then do work which stands up to peer review, scrutiny, and reproducibillity!
What? WHAT?! So scientists are now effectively being thought-police'd. And "official permission" from whom? Whatever Inquisitor has been assigned to oversee them and then punish them if they have the audacity to learn 2=2 because it goes against the Imperial School of We're Right Don't Question Us?
Exclusive: Researchers at the US National Institutes of Health were told they can't attend scientific conferences and meetings without official permission, even if they pay their way and go during time off, current and former NIH scientists told Reuters reut.rs/4j7rFLT
Exclusive: US NIH scientists barred from attending conferences on their own time and dime
Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health have been told they cannot attend scientific conferences and meetings without official permission, even if they pay their own way and go during time off, three current and former NIH scientists told Reuters.
reut.rs
April 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
What? WHAT?! So scientists are now effectively being thought-police'd. And "official permission" from whom? Whatever Inquisitor has been assigned to oversee them and then punish them if they have the audacity to learn 2=2 because it goes against the Imperial School of We're Right Don't Question Us?
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WTF
Trump's DHS just ordered migrants who were temporarily allowed to live in the U.S. after using the Biden-era CBP One app to leave the country "immediately."
More than 900,000 people were allowed in the country using the CBP One app since January 2023.
apnews.com/article/immi...
More than 900,000 people were allowed in the country using the CBP One app since January 2023.
apnews.com/article/immi...
Trump's DHS revokes legal status for migrants who entered the US on Biden-era CBP One app
The Department of Homeland Security is telling migrants who entered the country using an online app to leave the United States immediately.
apnews.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
WTF
This is an absolute insane, destructive, and just pointedly cruel act. Not only is this blatant punishment mocking freedom of speech, but it's going to ensure a mass brain drain from our country. No one will want to come here, no on here will want to stay.
Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked.
The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
March 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This is an absolute insane, destructive, and just pointedly cruel act. Not only is this blatant punishment mocking freedom of speech, but it's going to ensure a mass brain drain from our country. No one will want to come here, no on here will want to stay.
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🚨 BREAKING: Long COVID research grants rescinded earlier this week have been restored, according to researchers & patient reps. Advocates organized quickly yesterday in response to the news, helping reverse the decision.
Exclusive in @thesicktimes.bsky.social
thesicktimes.org/2025/03/28/u...
Exclusive in @thesicktimes.bsky.social
thesicktimes.org/2025/03/28/u...
UPDATE: RECOVER Long COVID pathobiology grants restored - The Sick Times
Long COVID research grants from the National Institutes of Health’s RECOVER program will be restored following news stories about their abrupt cancellations and advocacy to restore the funding, accord...
thesicktimes.org
March 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Long COVID research grants rescinded earlier this week have been restored, according to researchers & patient reps. Advocates organized quickly yesterday in response to the news, helping reverse the decision.
Exclusive in @thesicktimes.bsky.social
thesicktimes.org/2025/03/28/u...
Exclusive in @thesicktimes.bsky.social
thesicktimes.org/2025/03/28/u...
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Chemistry faculty: Want to upskill your programming skills and learn to incorporate programming in your curriculum? Apply for our workshop “Empower Your Curriculum with Python” held July 9-10, 2025 at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. Find out more and apply by May 15. molssi.org/join-the-act...
The Molecular Sciences Software Institution
This is the official website for MolSSI
molssi.org
March 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Chemistry faculty: Want to upskill your programming skills and learn to incorporate programming in your curriculum? Apply for our workshop “Empower Your Curriculum with Python” held July 9-10, 2025 at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. Find out more and apply by May 15. molssi.org/join-the-act...
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📢Important announcement! Today, the @asapdiscovery.bsky.social consortium disclosed the structure of our preclinical candidate, ASAP-0017445, a promising broad-spectrum antiviral with potent activity against SARS-CoV2 and other viruses belonging to the same family. (1/10)
March 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
📢Important announcement! Today, the @asapdiscovery.bsky.social consortium disclosed the structure of our preclinical candidate, ASAP-0017445, a promising broad-spectrum antiviral with potent activity against SARS-CoV2 and other viruses belonging to the same family. (1/10)
This kind of thing will only result in us coming back in ten years asking "why are so many people worse off? Was there some persistent environmental factors we missed?" Its the lead poisoning problem all over again.
HHS's Office of Long COVID Research and Practice has been DOGEd. Closing this week.
March 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This kind of thing will only result in us coming back in ten years asking "why are so many people worse off? Was there some persistent environmental factors we missed?" Its the lead poisoning problem all over again.
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"No Student Left Unharmed" is a hell of a policy choice.
A simulation (by @schoolfinance101.bsky.social) of the impact of eliminating federal aid to schools suggests no student would be left unharmed. www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/cutting...
How Would Cutting Federal Aid to Schools Affect Student Achievement?
A simulation shows that eliminating federal aid to schools would cause irreparable, near-universal harm.
www.shankerinstitute.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"No Student Left Unharmed" is a hell of a policy choice.
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Front page story of the New York Times:
"The Trump administration’s pause on foreign aid has hobbled programs that prevent and snuff out outbreaks around the world...leaving people everywhere more vulnerable to dangerous pathogens.
That includes Americans."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/h...
"The Trump administration’s pause on foreign aid has hobbled programs that prevent and snuff out outbreaks around the world...leaving people everywhere more vulnerable to dangerous pathogens.
That includes Americans."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/h...
How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks
Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and Americans may pay the price.
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Front page story of the New York Times:
"The Trump administration’s pause on foreign aid has hobbled programs that prevent and snuff out outbreaks around the world...leaving people everywhere more vulnerable to dangerous pathogens.
That includes Americans."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/h...
"The Trump administration’s pause on foreign aid has hobbled programs that prevent and snuff out outbreaks around the world...leaving people everywhere more vulnerable to dangerous pathogens.
That includes Americans."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/h...
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If you are a grad student or post doc who is planning to apply for the MolSSI Software Fellowship this cycle, I highly recommend attending the info session this Thursday (March 7) from 3-4 pm ET to help you prepare a competitive application. Sign up ⬇️ molssi.typeform.com/to/ADPTw6bc?...
Software Fellowship Info Session 2025
Turn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE.
molssi.typeform.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you are a grad student or post doc who is planning to apply for the MolSSI Software Fellowship this cycle, I highly recommend attending the info session this Thursday (March 7) from 3-4 pm ET to help you prepare a competitive application. Sign up ⬇️ molssi.typeform.com/to/ADPTw6bc?...
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The entire CDC should walk out over this
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 8:53 PM
The entire CDC should walk out over this
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one of our projects - Open Force Field - is looking for feedback on their Interchange software. this is your chance to influence the development of this killer product. let them know!
Interchange Stakeholder Survey
The OpenFF Infrastructure team is preparing to make a 1.0 release of Interchange and a roadmap that describes major project objectives leading up to and following the milestone. We want to hear from u...
docs.google.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
one of our projects - Open Force Field - is looking for feedback on their Interchange software. this is your chance to influence the development of this killer product. let them know!
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We're changing the field of #compchem by creating free and open-source software for performing alchemical free energy calculations. Our flagship protocol calculates relative binding free energies of protein-ligand systems. Try it out in your browser: colab.research.google.com/github/OpenF...
February 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We're changing the field of #compchem by creating free and open-source software for performing alchemical free energy calculations. Our flagship protocol calculates relative binding free energies of protein-ligand systems. Try it out in your browser: colab.research.google.com/github/OpenF...
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Python 1.0.0, released 31 years ago today:
groups.google.com/g/comp.lang....
--> Tired of decyphering the Perl code you wrote last week?
--> Frustrated with Bourne shell syntax?
--> Spent too much time staring at core dumps lately?
Maybe you should try Python!
groups.google.com/g/comp.lang....
--> Tired of decyphering the Perl code you wrote last week?
--> Frustrated with Bourne shell syntax?
--> Spent too much time staring at core dumps lately?
Maybe you should try Python!
Python 1.0.0 is out!
groups.google.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Python 1.0.0, released 31 years ago today:
groups.google.com/g/comp.lang....
--> Tired of decyphering the Perl code you wrote last week?
--> Frustrated with Bourne shell syntax?
--> Spent too much time staring at core dumps lately?
Maybe you should try Python!
groups.google.com/g/comp.lang....
--> Tired of decyphering the Perl code you wrote last week?
--> Frustrated with Bourne shell syntax?
--> Spent too much time staring at core dumps lately?
Maybe you should try Python!
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“researchers suspect [the grant review freeze] may be related to President Trump's targeting of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. NSF reviews grant applications based on two criteria: intellectual merit and broader impacts”
www.npr.org/sections/sho... 🧪
www.npr.org/sections/sho... 🧪
National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders
The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“researchers suspect [the grant review freeze] may be related to President Trump's targeting of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. NSF reviews grant applications based on two criteria: intellectual merit and broader impacts”
www.npr.org/sections/sho... 🧪
www.npr.org/sections/sho... 🧪