Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDBen Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 17/02/2026I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is 303216777674
Amy M. Jimenez, PhD @amyjimenez.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Thank you @acnporg.bsky.social and the incredibly impressive panel for the excellent, important session on sex and gender in neuropsychopharmacology research. #acnp2026 091
Amy M. Jimenez, PhD @amyjimenez.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Happening now: Fascinating updates on the growing field of social psychopharmacology by my superstar friend, UCLA Asst Prof Anya Bershad and colleagues! @acnporg.bsky.social @uclagreenlab.bsky.social #ACNP2026 191
Amy M. Jimenez, PhD @amyjimenez.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Woke up to this incredible view this morning! Feeling grateful to @acnporg.bsky.social for the lovely location and the opportunity to attend. Very ready to soak up the science. #ACNP2026 062
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 10/10/2025This is the way www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...nytimes.comM.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment 175111842311
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDScientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Studies suggesting circumcision rates are linked with autism are “riddled with flaws”scientificamerican.comRFK, Jr., Cites ‘Truly Appalling’ Studies to Tie Autism to Circumcision and TylenolStudies suggesting circumcision rates are linked with autism are “riddled with flaws” 138525
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Hear! effing Hear! [Gift link] www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion 03921
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 30/09/2025People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it. 7813957712315
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDLucina Uddin @lucinauddin.bsky.social · 30/09/2025www.thetransmitter.org/funding/nih-...thetransmitter.orgNIH awarded 37 percent fewer neuroscience-related grants in 2025 than in past yearsBut the agency has spent nearly its entire budget for this fiscal year, which ends tomorrow. 03929
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDJazzReads📚🏀 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 28/09/2025So exhausting.. 21397673875
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDShannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 10/09/2025The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere. 369241975184
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDDr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 10/09/2025‘Maybe we need the same level of turmoil and concern when innocent kids are killed in school. Everyone’s talking about Charlie Kirk. Maybe we should be taking about all the kids who’ve been shot’ - my 16yo’s comment 510127
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDProf. Bob Howarth @profbobhowarth.bsky.social · 09/09/2025So very sad, so very wrong. www.syracuse.com/news/2025/09...syracuse.comSpeed, confusion, no courts: ICE ships Upstate NY factory workers to Central America in 72 hoursMore than 40 workers detained in a massive Central NY immigration raid have been quickly shuttled to the Texas-Mexico border 15934
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDThanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 10/09/2025It's amazing that ICE can use the color of your skin to profile for your arrest, but universities can't use it to understand the background that you grew up in. 521243
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDMolly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Look, I don’t know why this is so complicated for people When a man says violence against women isn’t a crime, they told you who they are, and you can believe it or you can explain it away, but then you know who you are, too The misogyny was always a core point 291710480
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDWIRED @wired.com · 09/09/2025The Trump administration has already added nearly $40 billion in new federal subsidies for oil, gas, and coal in 2025, a report released Tuesday finds, sending an additional $4 billion out the door each year for fossil fuels over the next decade. And guess what, taxpayers are going to pay for it.wired.comUS Taxpayers Will Pay Billions in New Fossil Fuel Subsidies Thanks to the Big Beautiful BillA report finds that President Trump’s flagship legislation will grant $40 billion in new subsidies to the oil and gas industry over the next decade. 26562330
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 08/09/2025"Why on earth would we abandon institutions that have genuinely made America great? ... Why would we put at risk laboratories that are working to cure cancers or perfecting artificial limbs or exploring deep space or testing the limits of artificial intelligence?" 37519154
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDAndy Sellars @sellars.bsky.social · 08/09/2025The Crimson, scooping every news outlet not run by undergraduates working in between classes, gets into how court orders mandating return of research funding have been flaunted, and makes a clear case for contempt proceedings against DOGE officials. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025... 252421937
Amy M. Jimenez, PhD @amyjimenez.bsky.social · 08/09/2025A voice of sanity within this absolutely insane ruling. The SCOTUS has officially corrupted itself. The fascist, police state is here. 040
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDThanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 09/08/2025It's really not rocket science. 16118
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/08/2025The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed. Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times. 870278539322
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDNatalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 06/08/2025There needs to be a political push for a right to an offline life. Like require the existence a paper form and a way to unsubscribe by post 49812
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 28/07/2025All I think about when I hear people say that it’s bad taste to dance on Hulk Hogan’s grave is that Emmett Till’s monument had to be replaced with a 500lb steel bulletproof monument because white people simply won’t stop riddling it with bullets. So now it just has tons of dents. From bullets. 516235627369
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 26/07/2025RFK Jr. has fired all members of the Preventive Services Task Force, which requires insurance companies to cover certain treatments. The Supreme Court ruled he could do so in June. Likely next step: Appointing quacks who will end mandatory insurance coverage for PrEP. www.wsj.com/health/healt...wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention DrugsThe task force determines which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients. 561136555
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDScientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 26/07/2025The collapse of the world’s second-largest ice sheet would drown cities worldwide. Is that ice more vulnerable than we know? spklr.ioWhen Will Greenland’s Ice Disappear? Scientists Are Racing to Find OutThe collapse of the world’s second-largest ice sheet would drown cities worldwide. Is that ice more vulnerable than we know? 1259
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDDr. Zachary Rubin @rubinallergy.bsky.social · 25/07/2025This may turn out to be really bad. By removing all members of USPSTF, he can place whoever he wants without congressional oversight and they can take away health insurance coverage for preventive screenings, HIV testing, etc. www.wsj.com/health/healt...wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention DrugsThe task force determines which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients. 615358
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDJulie Zebrak @juliezebrak.bsky.social · 24/07/2025A Democratic commissioner on the F.C.C. said in a statement that the F.C.C. is now imposing never-before-seen controls over newsroom decisions and editorial judgment, in direct violation of the First Amendment and the law. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...nytimes.comF.C.C. Approves Skydance’s Merger With Paramount 15256145
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDNancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 24/07/2025In light of today’s news about the National Cancer Institute announcing a 4% payline, it’s really important to communicate to people that the previous 10% payline was still effectively a lottery and the result of decades of underfunding the NIH. Paylines used to be 25%. 14296133
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDPBS News @pbsnews.org · 22/07/2025PBS News is not going anywhere. We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air. We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support. 739352148708
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Earlier today we said everyone should oppose the current rescission package, even though it does not include #NIH provisions. We said this bill will embolden Trump and Vought to enact massive NIH budget cuts via another rescission. Now Vought confirms. 1/ 47123
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhD#ResistOfficial @resistofficial.bsky.social · 13/07/2025This is illegal and violating so many civil rights it isn't even funny. Court orders don't help when they aren't obeyed or ENFORCED. Laws don't work when they are disregard and BROKEN. This has to stop. People are going to die. 10930931346
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDMaxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 13/07/2025I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this. 18184465916532
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 12/07/2025This is an important read. The #NIH is shifting away from animal research towards a preference for 3D in-vitro organoid models. The field of 3D organoid models is growing & are they being refined, but still need be validated against animal based models. 🧪 www.genengnews.com/topics/trans...genengnews.comWhy We Still Need Animal Research in a World of AI and OrganoidsThe portrayal of uncaring scientists without any thought for the animals being used in their research is far from the truth. 67725
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDDanielle Zoe Rivera @danielle-rivera.bsky.social · 12/07/2025UC-Berkeley has an open-rank faculty position in our incredible Climate Equity and Environmental Justice (CEEJ) research cluster. It is an extraordinary interdisciplinary group working across multiple colleges and departments at the university! More information here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04842aprecruit.berkeley.eduAssistant/Associate/Full Professor - Climate Equity and Environmental Justice - Rausser College of Natural ResourcesUniversity of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now! 313884
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDJohn Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 01/07/2025We now have a concentration camp in Florida. Stop pretending any of this is normal. If you claim to be a good person and you're not outwardly opposing this regime, you're not a good person. Be human. 9283576011015
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 29/06/2025ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas. So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget? The answer is: you. 350139936092
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Killing the most vulnerable members of the American public by way of ending access to medical care to give tax cuts to corporations is EVIL, SINISTER SHIT. Everyone who votes yes to this has blood on their hands and should be fired during primaries. 23311
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 29/06/2025How about we have party leaders focus on the words of a United States congressman - Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama - who’s calling Black people “inner city rats” who leach off of America’s taxpayers. Stop the focus on municipal elections and get to this. Where is the censure and condemnation? 33374571905
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 29/06/2025🚨There is still time to yell at your Senators!!!!!🚨 13613
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Also scientists: This radical Supreme Court is likely to both allow illegal grant terminations, and prevent you from winning new grants — when they allow wholesale NIH firings in the RIF case. Total Court reform is needed. 826073
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDDylan Gee, PhD @dylanggee.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Mass deportation IS family separation. With colleagues @jordancfoster.bsky.social and @profdfhesq.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...msnbc.comOpinion | Trump’s cruel immigration machine is still tearing families apartIn its first five months, this administration has taken approximately 500 migrant children living in the U.S. from their homes and into government custody. 1209
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDmissnonyc.bsky.social @missnonyc.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Rob Sand, Dem candidate running for Governor in Iowa on school choice. 22976275
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 22/06/2025A lawsuit in California with a request for a TRO on NIH terminations to the University of California. Ruling expected early in the upcoming week. #RippleEffect www.courthousenews.com/uc-researche...courthousenews.comUC researchers ask judge to halt Trump termination of federal grantsWhile not issuing a decision from the bench on the researchers' bid for a temporary restraining order, the judge expressed profound concern about the administration's wholesale cancelation of research... 16720
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/06/2025If only we had warned folks before the election that the real plan wasn’t border security…it was mass deportation in the interior, federalizing the National Guard, ripping people out of homes, families, jobs, and schools. Oh wait…we did. This segment with the author of 2025 aired one year ago. 596142045258
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/06/2025That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello? 17114186611408
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Of all the types of response I’ve seen to this round of Trump, it might be the self-identified “moderates” saying “no, I don’t like the optics of swinging chainsaws around, but at least they’re paying attention to government waste” that I’m least interested in hearing from on any subject ever again 17313
Reposted by Amy M. Jimenez, PhDJeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 21/06/2025That the second Trump admin would see unprecedented transfer of public assets to private hands was as predictable as the sun coming up in the east. 25119