Reposted by Abby PolterHenry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 7hwww.programmablemutter.com/p/in-praise-... Like O'Brien, the prospect of being completely forgotten gives me hope and a sense of peace. 1416
Reposted by Abby PolterHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor 03533743
Reposted by Abby PolterAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 20hThis is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 4629071027
Reposted by Abby PolterMeghan Flanigan @meghanflanigan.bsky.social · 22hThe Flanigan Lab at MUSC is looking for a new laboratory manager! If you're interested in stress, social behaviors, and/or serotonin, want to work in a scientific team, and are looking for a long-term lab position, this is the opportunity for you! 156
Reposted by Abby PolterAnna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Painting at the Guggenheim aka my department meeting 513616
Reposted by Abby PolterNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026ABSOLUTELY WILD THE LEVELS of incompetence on display here Meanwhile I lost sleep for several days from a reviewer pointing out a paper I should have referenced in a manuscript 🫠 2497
Abby Polter @ampolter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026look I am a native Ohioan and know more than one boomer woman who fits the profile of Bush voter/loves Sherrod/70+ year track record of abhoring the f-word/has dropped it casually in reference to Republicans at least twice so far this week so this...fits 010
Reposted by Abby PolterMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Russ Vought's attack on the scientific apparatus is snowballing. Much stronger restrictions on the grant application process for the one (1) NSF call for basic astronomy research are going to be in place this year. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... 32815
Reposted by Abby PolterIn Medias Malone @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things 461414192
Reposted by Abby PolterShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Lookin' at ur department website, noticin' that 80% are men over 60, knowin' that you just denied tenure to four young non-white scholars. Meanwhile, you're *all* burning out your mid-career women. 39620
Reposted by Abby PolterMark Histed @markhisted.org · 26/09/2026Science world (and everyone who knows someone with cancer or dementia): Keep an eye on this! It looks like another try at the pocket rescission gambit. 4260102
Reposted by Abby PolterTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Please try to reclaim your precious precious attention, at all costs. Do puzzles. Take walks without a phone. Dear god, try to read, almost anything that isn’t a manifesto will really do. You are going to need your brain. 52518653
Reposted by Abby PolterNPR @npr.org · 24/09/2026Stories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. biomedical research. n.pr/4ycseLJn.prUnder Trump, NIH funding disruptions have evolved. Here's what the numbers showStories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. biomedical research. 7213150
Reposted by Abby PolterSuzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Good for her! 21968179
Abby Polter @ampolter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026dario you can't just declare a discovery like Michael Scott yelling bankruptcy. Show your work. 040
Reposted by Abby PolterDr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Who are the scientists, what are their names, and what have they published on this topic. 🤦🏻♀️ 1313528
Reposted by Abby PolterRan Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The real “brain drain” is not the handful of high-profile scientists taking a top position abroad. It's the international scholars who have to leave the US halfway through their postdoc, or the international students who never apply for grad school in the US because of visa policies 39525
Reposted by Abby PolterMark Histed @markhisted.org · 22/09/2026The idea of AI curing all diseases is, IMO, silly. Biomedical research is mostly limited by data, not ideas. Imagine saying AI will build a world-champion basketball team by replacing basketball coaches with hyperintelligent AI. You see the problem. Someone still needs to dribble and make shots. 925539
Reposted by Abby Polterjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026one thing that is worth remember apropos this useful piece is that novel technologies do not necessarily require novel political solutions. americans have had to deal with fast-moving, disruptive technological change in the past, and they did so through collective, democratic action.nytimes.comOpinion | Bernie Sanders, Steve Case and Others on What Washington Should Do Now on A.I.How can the government reel in the technology? Here are six ideas. 372170269
Reposted by Abby PolterKathleen Lenihan @kathleenlenihan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The entire article is fantastic, but the writer's definition of a trad wife is *chef's kiss* perfection. "Those are conservative women who dress like the women in The Sound of Music, but without the opposition to the Anschluss." 241408349
Reposted by Abby PolterHolly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026“Hey coach, says here you won the Lottery ….?” 31657
Reposted by Abby PolterStandplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 06/09/2026 110324
Reposted by Abby PolterMicah @rincewind.run · 17/09/2026some of them will but the unfortunate fact of the matter is that nothing really gets close to matching the United States for science funding - the rest of the world doesn’t have the capacity to just freely absorb what we’re losing here a lot of folks will leave the profession entirely 1160466
Reposted by Abby PolterMichael Baym @baym.lol · 13/09/2026Ten years ago Tami, Roy, and I released a movie we made of antibiotic resistance evolving in real time. I thought maybe a couple thousand people tops would see it. I couldn't have imagined it would be seen millions of times, and be taught from middle school through the graduate level worldwide 23436127
Reposted by Abby PolterMike Masnick @masnick.com · 13/09/2026This is going to do so much damage. 24470109
Reposted by Abby PolterProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 11/09/2026The 2026 Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award honors Michael J. Fox for advancing Parkinson’s research through his foundation. Randy Schekman reflects on his impact in a PNAS Perspective: ow.ly/TLef50ZMCu5 #LaskerLaureate Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation 0147
Reposted by Abby PolterChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 11/09/2026GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine has SUCCEEDED in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. Phase III trial results in MORE THAN 1,100 patients shows the vaccine SIGNIFICANTLY extended the time patients lived without their melanoma returning AND reduced the risk of metastasis.statnews.comModerna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trialA personalized mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma study, results that could herald a new, powerful approach in oncology. 4753111866
Reposted by Abby PolterBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026real friendships involve the other person pushing back against you, having needs, being busy, not being able to devote themselves to you. we know from the experience of the powerful that having somebody at your literal beck and call is a factor in driving people mad. 61270169
Reposted by Abby PolterJP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026so I'm in Lisbon right now and I have a very honest question: why don't other cities just cover their buildings in decorative tiles? it works 132243
Reposted by Abby PolterGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Ohio’s Haitian Community Network “is also distributing groceries and bus passes to those no longer allowed to drive or who are afraid to leave their homes.” “We want Haitians to know that we are here for them,” said board member Louis Dumay. "Whatever way we can help, we will try to help.”haitiantimes.comWhere Ohio Haitians can find legal help, food and other supportFind legal help, food, bus passes and other resources available to Haitian families in Springfield and across Ohio. 05339
Abby Polter @ampolter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026of course the changes in the brain are distinctive, this is when we come into our Full Powers 0226
Reposted by Abby PolterMike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Science fucking rules. I’m sorry. 1679
Reposted by Abby PolterBlue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Stacey's mom Has too much going on They canceled all her funding and she's been unemployed so long Stacey, can't you see? Grants don't grow on trees I know it might be wrong, but I feel anxiety for Stacey's mom 519949
Reposted by Abby PolterPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026DoD has its own research agency DARPA, which receives -5 billion in funding. A ten year contract to shift NIH funds to DoD is simply a budget cut to NIH. It’s also another example of how this Admin does policymaking by other means. 8240116
Reposted by Abby PolterDjinn & Tonic @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026So all the improper helicopter rides weren't budgeted, then? 0377
Reposted by Abby Polterpost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 03/09/2026“following orders” isn’t exactly a perfect defense anywhere but it’s especially not a defense in a civilian job you could just quit any time 101198231
Reposted by Abby PolterMicah @rincewind.run · 01/09/2026washington dc is owed both statehood and reparations for what trump has done to them 10797171
Abby Polter @ampolter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I try to think of everyone as a beloved child of God, created in his image but look that does not apply to Pete. 000
Reposted by Abby PolterDr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026My lab is ALSO recruiting a new postdoc to work on an exciting NIH-funded project. Start date ideally by early 2027. Please share with any recent or soon-to-defend neuro/psych PhDs with experience in rodent labs. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comPostdoctoral Research AssociateAbout the Opportunity Job Summary The Shansky Lab is seeking a full-time postdoc to conduct National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded behavioral neuroscience research investigating sex differences in... 04037
Reposted by Abby PolterAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras. 36099453826
Reposted by Abby PolterZen Faulkes @doctorzen.net · 27/08/2026The real American 🇺🇸 “brain drain” isn’t that a few established scholars might get new jobs outside the US, it’s the enormous number of grad students - particularly international grad students - who can’t or won’t study in the US now or in years to come. That’s the body blow. 9397107
Abby Polter @ampolter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I did an AMA type lab meeting today because my lab has new/ young people and most questions were expected "why are some mice cre and some flp" etc but one was "What happens to a project when the funding for it ends" and 😭😭😭😭😭😭 1102
Reposted by Abby Polterelizabethcooney.bsky.social @elizabethcooney.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Still early days, but “If confirmed, Shingrix could prevent hundreds of thousands of cardiovascular events in the USA alone, and may be the first vaccine that protects the heart and the brain,” study author Maxime Taquet said. www.statnews.com/2026/08/26/s...statnews.comNewer shingles vaccine linked to lower heart disease risk, ‘natural experiment’ showsOxford researchers call shingles shot first vaccine protecting both heart and brain. Lower heart disease risk follows study showing reduced dementia risk. 098
Reposted by Abby PolterDanielle Ryan (Lestat Era) @danirat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I think another lesson to take from the loss of both Dolly and Tim Curry is that neither of them took themselves seriously but they took the work dead serious that's the most important thing pour all of yourself into the craft but have fun and don't get an ego. 37108312304
Reposted by Abby PolterThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Video thread featuring @tressiemcphd.bsky.social grieving the loss of Dolly Parton but also grieving the loss of the civic and cultural structures that made it possible for a genius like her to rise. Ditto for Prince and Michael Jackson. 011935
Reposted by Abby PolterDr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 26/08/2026My behavioral neuroscience lab at Northeastern is looking to recruit two new research techs! Job description and link to apply is here: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comLaboratory Technician - The Shansky LabAbout the Opportunity Job Summary The Shansky Lab is seeking a full-time technician to conduct National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded behavioral neuroscience research. The position includes lab ma... 44058
Reposted by Abby PolterDara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 26/08/2026BE THE CANONIZATION YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD 1332
Reposted by Abby PolterVinny Costa @vincentcostaphd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026RIP Dolly Parton. Here is link to donate to the Imagination Library: donate.imaginationlibrary.comdonate.imaginationlibrary.comHomeMake a donation and support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in communities around the world and help put more books into the hands of more children. 0119