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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If a sentence in your newscast starts with “President Trump says…” you’re failing your audience.

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Ashley de Marchena ☕️ @ashleydemarchena.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Still time to comment if you haven’t done so already. Today is the last day though - do it now!

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I submitted my comment on the proposed OMB rule. Sharing here to the extent it’s useful. Today is the last day to comment. If you have not yet commented, please do! substack.com/@jennanorton...

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A Public Comment on Proposed Rule: Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance

Docket: OMB-2026-0034, Submitted by: Jenna M Norton, PhD, MPH in a personal capacity

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Just here to post this again like I do every year, not only because Douglass was one of the founding philosophers of American liberty but because I am so moved by the kids Frederick Douglass’ descendants deliver “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”

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‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick Douglass' Speech | NPR

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Holden Thorp is an institutionalist. He's been a university chancellor, provost, now EiC of Science. When institutionalists pull the fire alarm, we listen, because the call to action he issued this week exposes the dire nature of the threat we are facing. 1/ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Another red alert for American science

Although research has bipartisan support in the US Congress, and trust in science is above 75% across the country, the Trump administration seems as determined as ever to mortally wound the nation’s s...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

This, always and every day and no matter what, THIS. Right now many things are terrible, they would be a lot more so were there not so many people doing so many things in in hope, in defiance, in solidarity.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Happy Black History Month!

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

70 years after the 1936 Berlin Olympics

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I would like for trump and vance to summarily execute fewer people in Minnesota, sorry to sound partisan

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

This was my big concern with RFK Jr.'s fearmongering about autism: That it would lead to the rationalization of draconian quack "treatments" for autism. arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

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FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies

The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Bad framing: ACIP voted to scrap the universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns. Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 18/11/2025

"If he had so little ability to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein even after all that was publicly known about Epstein's sex offenses involving underage girls, then Summers cannot… teach a generation of students at Harvard or anywhere else." - @warren.senate.gov www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/p...

Summers' first statement addressing the newly unveiled Epstein correspondence comes on the heels of Sen. Elizabeth Warren calling on Harvard to sever ties with Summers and putting new pressure on the elite university to hold Summers accountable for his close friendship with Epstein.
Warren, a former Harvard Law School professor and now the Democratic senior senator from Massachusetts, had said in response to a CNN inquiry that she believes Summers — Harvard's former president and one of its most prominent faculty members — "cannot be trusted" with students given his past relationship with Epstein.
"For decades, Larry Summers has demonstrated his attraction to serving the wealthy and well-connected, but his willingness to cozy up to a convicted sex offender demonstrates monumentally bad judgment," Warren told CNN.
"If he had so little ability to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein even after all that was publicly known about Epstein's sex offenses involving underage girls, then Summers cannot be trusted to advise our nation's politicians, policymakers, and institutions - or teach a generation of students at Harvard or anywhere else."

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Ashley de Marchena ☕️ @ashleydemarchena.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I'm surprised at how many people in my network don't know about the case of Robert Roberson, an autistic father scheduled to be executed next week for a crime that never happened. Please join me in speaking up against this. It's not too late to exonerate him! innocenceproject.org/cases/robert...

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Robert Roberson - Innocence Project

Robert Roberson faces execution on Oct. 16, 2025 for a crime he did not commit. Read key facts about the case and act to stop this injustice.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 09/10/2025

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events. Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... 1/14

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Shared how the greater shutdown of NIH science has been underway since January on @msnbc.com today. We need Congress to stand firm to protect science, democracy and the American people. www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/wat...

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Furloughed NIH worker: Left office with 'pit' in my stomach about future of our country

On day three of the government shutdown, around 750,000 federal employees are furloughed as the White House threatens mass firings as early as today. Furloughed NIH Program Director Jenna Norton joins...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

General reminder that people who engage in political assassinations often have pretty muddled world views.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

The pretexts for these paramilitary takeovers don’t matter They’re lies Don’t buy into their narrative They’re normalizing military takeovers That should be the opposing narrative, not crime rates which let them steer the conversation WE should steer it What they’re doing is unacceptable Period

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Ashley de Marchena ☕️ @ashleydemarchena.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Want to be a better communication partner for the autistic adults in your life? Here are some of our top recommendations: ⏳ Allow time for processing. 🗣️ Focus on explicit communication. 🔍 Check in for understanding. 📏 Use direct, concrete language. 💬 Offer alternatives such as writing.

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New Research Recommendations for Supporting Autistic Adults to Ensure Their Communication Success

To better understand the communication difficulties experienced by autistic adults and help the clinicians and researchers who have autistic people in their lives, researchers from Drexel University’s...

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Ashley de Marchena ☕️ @ashleydemarchena.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

@michaelhobbes.bsky.social @notalawyer.bsky.social @ifbookspod.bsky.social My son turned 14 today so of course we had to gift him an AI-generated “we deserve this cheese” poster. AI was not especially cooperative, but that made it all the more enjoyable.

Teenage boy holding a series of six images based on his favorite podcast.

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Ashley de Marchena ☕️ @ashleydemarchena.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Thank you @thinkingautism.com for highlighting our new study on nonverbal communication experiences of autistic adults! This one was an absolute treat to work on. With Holly Radford, @drstevenkapp.bsky.social, and Bronte Reidinger

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Ashley de Marchena ☕️ @ashleydemarchena.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

@jamestrujillo.bsky.social took us on a post-conference joy ride around the canals of Utrecht! Way better than a Zoom meeting and especially great spending time together after catching up on all of his great work at @isgs2025.bsky.social!

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Ashley de Marchena ☕️ @ashleydemarchena.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Our new review explores how autistic adults experience & express communication – and how environments & partners shape that. We spotlight AAC, nonverbals, double empathy, & more. Plus: practical tips for clinicians & researchers to be better communication partners and allies. #autism #research

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Communication in Autistic Adults: An Action-Focused Review - Current Psychiatry Reports

Purpose of Review This review focuses on recent research (primarily published between 2020–2024) describing unique aspects of communication in autistic adults. We review research on communication-rela...

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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 11/06/2025

Seems a good time to invite Sen Britt to watch an NIH review panel (aka study section) analyze piles of grants over several days to identify the <10% that win funding. Applications that scientists spent months preparing, whose peers spent weeks poring through in advance of review mtg at NIH.

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votevaxresist.bsky.social @votevaxresist.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

We need 3.5% of the population to get and make their voices heard on June 14th. That’s 230,000 per state with CA and NY augmenting WY and the Dakotas. We can do this! PS. Canada, we need your help!!!!

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Ashley de Marchena ☕️ @ashleydemarchena.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Scientist and science-loving friends: urgent call to action!

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Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Anyone who says they’re tough on crime but have no intention of being tough on poverty doesn’t really care about crime.

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Ashley de Marchena ☕️ @ashleydemarchena.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Same here - invested decades to become a high impact autism researcher and encouraged my husband’s career change into pediatric cancer biology… whoops.

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Both the hubs & my work depend on gov't funding & will run out at the end of May. Neither of us are optimistic that our agencies will renew the previously allotted $$ under this admin. Never would I have thought that NASA engineer & NIH-funded physician-researcher would be bad career choices. Sigh.

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Rachael French @drrachaelf.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Also, I really need people to stop saying the “best“ scientists are the ones who will be able to move. The ones who will be able to move are the ones with the least responsibilities outside of their science. Guess who those people always are? Hint: it’s not gonna be the married women.

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Christina Nicolaidis, MD, MPH @cnicolaidis.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

When autism researchers from all sorts of disciplines, paradigms, methodologies, politics, and worldviews agree, you know the threats to science and to autistic people have gotten way outside the bounderies of typical scientific debate. www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

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Coalition of Autism Scientists critiques US Department of Health and Human Services Autism Research Initiative

The newly formed Coalition of Autism Scientists (160 members and counting) today issued a statement in response to remarks and actions taken by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of the U.S. Department...

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Ashley de Marchena ☕️ @ashleydemarchena.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Laura is a friend of mine, a brilliant researcher and advocate, and just all-around an amazing person. Cutting her research program on suicide prevention is a global loss. There is no upside to this purely political cut.

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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

What if Elon is the first autistic person RFK has ever actually met and that’s why he assumes we don’t pay taxes or go on dates

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Ashley de Marchena ☕️ @ashleydemarchena.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

If I know any social psychologists looking to take a talented and FUNDED PhD student for next year, might I recommend the incredible @hunterscheng.bsky.social ? He was recently awarded an NSF GRFP and is looking for labs that might be a good fit.

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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 01/04/2025

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

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Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

#Massachusetts folks: Advocates are hosting an emergency rally for Rumeysa Ozturk in Powder House Square Park in Somerville this evening at 5:30PM.

Stand With Rumeysa Ozturk: Tufts PHD Student Abducted by Trump Administration

Emergency Rally

March 26, 5:30 PM

Powder House Square Park

STand up and Fight Back

Keep Ice out of our community.

There is a picture of protesters waving a Palestinian flag.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too? 🚮

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.

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Dragonfly Spiral @spiraldragonfly.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

They ban medical care for trans people, saying that it hasn't been studied enough, and then they ban the studies.

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