Reposted by Adele Seelkeworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent 10259861677
Reposted by Adele SeelkeCat Cosplay @catcosplay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026October/Halloween Memes! Post them or Tag us in the best you find! #October #Halloween #memes 517647
Reposted by Adele SeelkeRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 156164565549
Reposted by Adele SeelkeIllustory 🌈✨ @illustoryart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Long story short: I’m an asylum seeker in France now. I don’t know how long this process will take, but for I still can’t officially work here. So I’m looking for any opportunity to earn money to be able to pay for rent and food. Please, read and share this post ❤️🩹 ko-fi.com/illustory 4146152
Reposted by Adele SeelkeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026The before and after it's even more haunting. 3529031646
Reposted by Adele SeelkeUnion of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 28/09/2026An unelected political appointee is disobeying the will of Congress & the rule of law by withholding funds for programs approved with bipartisan support. Blatantly unconstitutional. Flagrantly anti-science. The latest example of authoritarianism from the Trump admin.npr.orgWhat to know about the $810 million in spending canceled by President TrumpPresident Trump announced plans to cancel $810 million in Congressionally approved spending, a move that some in his own party are calling illegal. 28463
Reposted by Adele SeelkeAnnika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🚨🚨🚨 Very urgent for many of us. I also just learned this today. Tell your friends. Tell your grant admins. 🧪 21826
Reposted by Adele SeelkeVaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 25/09/2026FYI to everyone submitting this October NIH cycle You need to re-certify your ScienCV AFTER Sept 26 (tomorrow) for your application or it may not be accepted. Great timing! 78592
Reposted by Adele Seelke🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. 123123385251
Reposted by Adele Seelke𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 24/09/2026This belongs in the Smithsonian. 406103682929
Reposted by Adele SeelkeMark Baxter 🏳️🌈🧂 @markgbaxter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If you work with international personnel, you may want to comment on this proposed rule change that would put visa holders out of status immediately (instead of after a 60 day grace period) when their employment ends keepthe60days.comkeepthe60days.comKeep the 60 Days: H-1B, E-3, L-1, O-1 & TN grace periodDHS proposes ending the 60-day grace period after a layoff for H-1B, E-3, L-1, O-1 and TN visa holders. Comment on USCIS-2026-0364 before November 10, 2026. 02839
Reposted by Adele SeelkeDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Have you ever tried to read a scientific journal article and been told “you don’t have access, pay to download this article?” Did you know that the author of that article gets $0 if you pay? Instead, you can email the author and ask for a free copy! I’d be delighted to help and answer questions! 421922775
Reposted by Adele SeelkeJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What. A. Day. NIH grant-making was paused for several hours today. Not sure who gave the order. But in light of the Friday night Bhattacharya-Vought feud & threatened EO to implement #ScienceDeathPanels, my money is on Russell Vought. I learned of the pause from a colleague around 11:30. 🧵 7340171
Reposted by Adele SeelkeIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026And that, as they say, is the ball game. 🧪 arstechnica.com/science/2026...arstechnica.comRussel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grantsPending move comes over the objections of the NIH director. 1317897
Reposted by Adele SeelkeDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20/09/2026Giving an external committee power to veto research funding because it doesn’t align to a political agenda will not only harm science, it is a threat to democracy.nytimes.comWhite House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending. 18583240
Reposted by Adele SeelkeDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 19/09/2026New: Officials battled over NIH in the Oval Office today, per people familiar. RUSS VOUGHT criticized NIH "woke" spending and floated executive order to review its grants. JAY BHATTACHARYA defended NIH's alignment with Trump. TRUMP appeared to side with Vought. with @rbeggin.bsky.socialwashingtonpost.comVought pushes for scrutiny of NIH grants in Oval Office clashA heated debate took place in the Oval Office on Friday, with some Trump officials accusing the National Institutes of Health of funding grants that conflict with the president’s agenda. 1512993
Reposted by Adele SeelkeKristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants" [everybody up in arms, as they should be, but for those who have been paying close attention, this has pretty much already happened - the realization just hasn't sunk in yet] www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...nytimes.comWhite House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending. 1015271
Reposted by Adele SeelkeClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women 6138793687
Reposted by Adele SeelkePookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Fun fact: plastic recycling basically doesn't exist. Only about 9% of all plastic ever made has been recycled, and only 1% more than once. www.npr.org/2022/10/24/1...npr.orgRecycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worseA new report from Greenpeace found that people may be putting plastic into recycling bins — but almost none of it is actually being recycled. Meanwhile, plastic production is ramping up. 8637298
Reposted by Adele SeelkeDr Andrew Mahon @andyantarctica.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"NSF’s budget, adjusted for inflation, is essentially the same as it was 20 years ago, and Tr*** wants to cut it by half next year." not ONE BIT of this is realistically feasible and it is terrifying for the future of science in the U.S. 🧪🌎🌊science.orgNSF memo implementing Trump’s ‘golden age’ of science unsettles researchersNew document emphasizes support for White House priorities over curiosity-driven ideas 11815
Reposted by Adele SeelkeHazie @hazie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Mass disabling event aside, physicians are directly responsible for the deterioration of women’s health. “Doctors more often attributed women’s symptoms to anxiety & made more diagnostic errors with female patients, even when test results were positive.” www.theguardian.com/science/2026...theguardian.comWomen with same health conditions as men ‘less likely to be offered active treatment’Men with heart, kidney or liver conditions more likely to be offered intervention compared with women, global analysis finds 05932
Reposted by Adele Seelkeharper gruffy 💛 @harpergruffy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Hoomom has pet sketches (line art) and cat doodles (colored cats and fun random backgrounds) open!!! They're discounted again, this time for 15%!! We need help for lyft and food money soon!!! Pet sketches: vgen.co/TayGoth/serv... Cat doodles: vgen.co/TayGoth/serv...vgen.coClean Pet Sketch by Tay (@TayGoth)Send a request while they're still accepting! 097
Reposted by Adele SeelkeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth 11477873645
Reposted by Adele SeelkeSonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Come be my colleague!! 🎉 We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in Developmental Biology at UCSD! If you’re doing exciting work in development or regeneration, come join us!! Please spread the word and apply! apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04591apol-recruit.ucsd.eduAssistant Professor of Developmental BiologyUniversity of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now! 3150129
Reposted by Adele SeelkePhysics Today @physicstoday.aip.org · 10/09/2026With less than one month to go in the federal fiscal year, NSF has awarded 31% fewer grants in its math and physical sciences directorate than the average for 2000–24. physicstoday.aip.org/news/the-shrin…physicstoday.aip.orgThe shrinking NSF support for the physical sciencesThe agency has awarded fewer grants in the physical sciences this year than most years in its history. 04122
Reposted by Adele SeelkeMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026🚨 The NIH is moving to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars in infectious-disease research projects to the DOD under a secret 10-year pact. Here’s what’s happening inside “Operation Prevailing Edge” 🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comRevealed: inside the US military's plan to tap huge sums from the NIHAn agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defense. 26444377
Reposted by Adele SeelkeTom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I want to make sure everyone in the city is aware that SUNY Downstate operates a large and extremely skilled LGBTQ and gender affirming care clinic, and we have repeatedly reiterated our intention to go to jail before we stop. 3346841900
Reposted by Adele SeelkeElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Just in time for the 2026-2027 vaccines, a new review shows that COVID19 vaccination significantly reduces the risk of severe illness and hospitalization across all age groups, including kids. Pregnant women were also protected, as were their babies. Don’t forget to schedule your vaccination!jamanetwork.comCOVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety for the 2026-2027 Respiratory SeasonThis Special Communication aims to identify and summarize the most recently published evidence evaluating the effectiveness and safety of US-licensed COVID-19 vaccines and report on the epidemiology o... 17267732681
Reposted by Adele SeelkeColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026For the one millionth time: THIS IS FASCISM. IT'S MORE THAN JUST GRANT FUNDING. SCIENCE IS A CRITICAL PILLAR OF DEMOCRACY. democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...democrats-appropriations.house.govDefense Officials Attempt to Raid NIH Funds to Cover Department of Defense ActivitiesHouse Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) has learned that officials at the Department of Defense (DoD) are working to divert billions of dollars from the National Institute... 5250132
Reposted by Adele SeelkeSamantha Butler @samanthabutler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Please spread the news - the Department of Neurobiology at UCLA is hiring. This is an open rank search for all and any amazing neuroscientists! Please apply here by Nov 15th, first review end of October : recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11296recruit.apo.ucla.eduOpen-rank tenure-track faculty positionUniversity of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now! 06965
Reposted by Adele SeelkeThe Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.theverge.comThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 366201149886
Reposted by Adele SeelkeJoseph Fridman @josephfridman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026please join us! if you have a PhD and want to learn to write op-eds from an amazing editor at the NYT and gets years of follow-on support from me and a wheelhouse of brilliant guest experts and be eligible for our annual fellowships and essay prizes, apply apply apply apply appl 064
Reposted by Adele SeelkeMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading. 795166573671
Reposted by Adele Seelkeharper gruffy 💛 @harpergruffy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026These are 30% off!!!! This is our only "Job" right now, so SOS. If you have a spare $7-$10.50 lying around... we will sketch/doodle for you!!! Cat doodles come with a colorful fun background (hand drawn all of it ofc, very anti AI)!! 088
Reposted by Adele SeelkeAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 28/08/2026There are 18.5 million kids under five in the U.S.. It costs the Imagination Library $31 to send each kid one book per month for a year. The $75 billion slush fund Republicans gave ICE could fund the Imagination Library for the next 130 years. It's a political decision to keep kids illiterate 213946
Reposted by Adele SeelkeGleafer @gleafer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Meanwhile. everyone is expected to act like this is normal and just pay our taxes while not making eye contact with flock cameras. 8467
Reposted by Adele SeelkeNIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A great explainer about a proposal to hide NIH peer review scores from applicants and program officers, why NIH’s justification makes no sense, why it could lead to (further) politicization of science, and how to leave a public comment 27unihted.substack.com/p/nih-wants-...27unihted.substack.comNIH wants to shroud peer review scores. Here’s what you can do about it.Authored by anonymous current and former NIH workers with experience in peer review 23526
Reposted by Adele SeelkeGarry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚 107143415750
Reposted by Adele SeelkeDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026In May it was big news when 100+ suspicious images were found in Thermo Fisher's catalog. Now, that number has expanded dramatically to 18,000+, thanks to some arduous searching by @reeserichardson.bsky.social. My reporting on the massive trove and its implications for antibody reliability:nature.comMore than 18,000 questionable images found in antibody catalogues of 15 companiesScience sleuth’s findings raise questions for researchers working to improve the reliability of commercial antibodies. 29365
Reposted by Adele SeelkeReese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A massive update: At least ~15 companies~ are selling scientists antibodies using faked validation data. We've documented 18,000+ manipulated images on 17,000+ products sold by leading laboratory suppliers including Thermo Fisher, Abcam, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Millipore Sigma and Bio-Techne. 1/🧵 18454329
Reposted by Adele Seelketomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 24/08/2026Congress funded the CDC's Alzheimer's work, the sickle cell and epilepsy data programs and a rape prevention unit, and Vought simply will not release the money. Grassley told him to his face he lacks the authority. The pocket rescission alone took 4.9 billion.alternet.orgRepublicans furious as Trump’s budget director goes 'rogue'The director of the Office of Management and Budget is infuriating Republican lawmakers by "going rogue" on what appropriations were approved by the House and Senate. 1431789852
Reposted by Adele SeelkeJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Hey folks, this hasn’t gotten much attention, but remember those proposed OMB rule changes we all commented on recently? There’s a new attempt to sneak them just for NSF. We have three days to comment. Please don’t sleep on this! 7756637
Reposted by Adele SeelkeDr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026My friend’s child has started a petition to get her high school in TN to address the severe mold issue, which is affecting the health of the students. BlueSky: do your thing and help this kid get her school’s attention by flooding the petition with signatures: shorturl.at/zW0hq 6183129
Reposted by Adele SeelkeStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 20/08/2026The NSF has a sneaky proposal that'll implement Vought's OMB Proposal policies ahead of time such as removing requirements tied to statutory civil rights obligations and applying international collaboration restrictions. 411379
Reposted by Adele SeelkeShecky @shecky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Kevin passed about an hour ago. The time to find his cats a home IS now, and I'm not one step closer to finding it. Please, friends. 6616091936
Reposted by Adele SeelkeSporkamarink @strivingally.bsky.social · 18/08/2026THIS WHOLE ENTIRE ASS THREAD Mentally punching the air shouting “yes!” as I read through it. Decades of brainwashing about communism & socialism and the dominance of the glorified rugged individualist stereotype have obscured the fact that most things worth a damn have been achieved cooperatively! 063
Reposted by Adele SeelkePrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026More bad news for #NIH funding This article explains why the proposed changes to grant review matter. The WH now wants to keep grant applicants in the dark about how their proposal was evaluated. Lack of transparency = subversion of peer review + political interference. 🧪 archive.today/g0rCcforbes.comNIH Proposes Big Change In How Grant Applications EvaluatedThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) is proposing yet another significant change in its grant review process, moving away from numerical scores for applications. 11292194
