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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I know you know this @drugmonkey.bsky.social but others may not. This RFI is a joke. If they cared about the putative goals ("maximize scientific productivity and innovation"), they wouldn't have throttled grants or used multi-year funding. They want to kill us; this is just another salvo.

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

She is nothing less than an American hero. her courage and conviction is breathtaking. deep down they know she is right and that is why she is targeted. We support you @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

G Elliot Morris is not serious. Every piece of data always shows how great Dems are doing. In this example party ID exactly where it was in Trump 1. Real progressives are serious about data.

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The reporting on Larry Summers has totally missed the point. It’s not just about him pal-ing around with Epstein. It’s about his predatory actions against junior Female colleagues and mentees. Notice that he doesn’t even apologize for the despicable sexual harassment he was doing

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Is it “radically leftist” to believe that marginalized groups should not be excluded from NIH research? …that throwing away public resources by terminating studies just before they complete? If so, I wear the label proudly. And it is absolutely my job to criticize such policies at work.

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

A true American hero and patriot. Thank you @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social. We see your courage.

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Director Bhattacharya is a liar. NIH staff oftern send emails to PIs telling them to remove specific words from grants. This is a fact.

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Some additional framing on the MYF tragedy:

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Imagine all the discoveries that will not be made. Imagine the young scientists who will leave science, who won't make more discoveries in the future either. We won't even know what we have lost.

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Ask Kevin Hall about this who was purged when he refused to change his science to align with this administrations ideology. Shameful.

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Giving clear orders while maintaining plausible deniability is a hallmark feature of mobsters. Which is what Trump and he cronies are fundamentally.

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I used to think science was like law. A lot of people carefully studying intricacies, making discoveries, applying lessons learned. But this Supreme Court shows that it is just a facade, a conclusion looking for a justification. As though as a scientist invented a finding out of whole cloth.

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I was thinking more about @azfaust.bsky.social's comments about Memoli. How easy it was for him to slide into $500 million in funding for his pet project... No need for study section for this guy! No need to even write a grant application!

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

To build on this point, the house bill does not prohibit OMB’s multiyear funding requirement, as in the senate. This is as important as the topline budget. This requirement is equivalent to a 25-30% NIH cut.

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

It’s crazy that America just like. Destroyed science. Just looked at its golden goose and went “wow should we kill this? And not for the gold, but just because we fucking hate this thing” And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

This point is worth highlighting...

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

If MYF gets removed by Congress for FY26, I would hope IC’s try to fund some of these apps in late cycle FY25 that got absolutely screwed.

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

This nugget is new info for me. An important detail as we have now reached “pocket rescissions day” Wouldn’t bet my life on this guarantee though.

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

This anecdote from an interview 3 months ago tells you everything you need to know about who is running things at NIH. Memoli the complicit yes man. Vought and OMB the puppet masters. Bhattacharya just happy to be there and do podcasts.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

What can you do? Contact members of Congress to flag this issue. Focusing on members on the appropriations committee is especially relevant right now. Senate appropriations is doing markup on NIH *this week* donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...

Contact your Congressional representatives. It is best to show up in person. Explain and tell them to oppose this forward funding mandate. Share this article if it helps! Tell them to protect NIH funding.

For researchers: Make noise within your institution. Ask your research office what they’re doing to push back. Talk to your program officers. Demand transparency.

Tell your local press that Trump is destroying US medical research, and find local activist groups to reach out to.

There are many engaged citizens across the country affected by cancer, or Alzheimer's, that want more information from scientists to help them advocate to their elected officials and to the press. Offer to talk to them, and help them do that.

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

If you've ever *benefitted* from NIH research (big population), CALL YOUR SENATOR now to let them know. ⏰ Tmrw morning, Senate appropriators will mark up NIH's FY26 budget. Personal examples help. My own case: decades of *sustained* investment in NIH-funded cancer research saved my life.

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Everyone we must call our senators about the multi year funding plan!!!

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

We shouldn’t be taking victory laps this morning if the multiyear funding policy is still in place. We need to keep up the pressure on Vought and OMB.

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

@maxkozlov.bsky.social it is clear you get this, but others seem not to understand yet that the NIH no longer is acting in good faith

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Journalists reporting on the NIH foreign subs prohibition are far too credulous about the justifications for these policies. When will they learn that you cannot take these justifications on good faith?! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/h...

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N.I.H. Bars New Funding From U.S. Scientists to Partners Abroad

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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Thank you for confronting him, Jeremy. Thanks to you, Jocelyn Kaiser, and Adam Kucharski, we are already getting a taste of how he will approach his job. Denial, deflection, deception, condescension, hypocrisy-- all coated with a thin veneer of sanctimony.

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

We should take nothing Bhattacharya or Memoli say on good faith. The notice effectively halts foreign collaborations because there is no alternative process in place. There also is no advance warning period for investigators to plan.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Facts...

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Anonymous Scientist @accursedhats.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

This is the most important line in this entire story. Memoli and Bhattacharya, as terrible as they are, aren't even running things. Let's not pretend they do. This is why NIH releases notices contradicting Bhattacharya's statements just hours after he says them.

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