AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I need more physician scientists to absorb this message. Do not put your data into any LLM system. 2224
AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I can't watch the Bosnia v Poland game on TV but I am following it on Fotmob and all I can say is that we really miss Dedic. 100
AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Got an email that a client just got two NOAs today (two different ICs). Going to turn off my computer and end the day on a high note. 3112
Reposted by AZ FaustWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026But if you’re in the field you’re in the ‘most effecient way to teach fractions business’, not the ‘fix all of society’ business. You gotta focus on the problem that’s actually tractable and within the scope of what you can a-dress. 31455
AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 23/09/2026At this point I will pay people to stop writing/saying "precision medicine" as if it means anything. This term is a product of MBA-fication of biomedicine and it needs to be shunned from our vocabulary. 181
AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Yes, let's increase the administrative burden on scientists, that for sure is going to help... 110
Reposted by AZ FaustYuan He @yuanhejhu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A big week for the lab! Two new papers on how cells repair DNA double-strand breaks: one on getting NHEJ started in chromatin, one on processing the ends before ligation. Years of work by a fantastic team. 410840
AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Looks like Dedic is out for the international matches too. Good for him (so he can recover properly), bad for the national team. His most likely replacement is Malic, who I like but is likely still too green. Not sure this bodes very well for Bosnia's matches. 000
AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Miley looks excellent at RB. Maybe both Tino and Dedic have more competition than just each other? #nufc 100
Reposted by AZ FaustFietser Brandon @americanfietser.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The "massive weekly grocery haul" is a symptom of car-dependent sprawl, not a universal rule of life. Healthy cities don't force you to drive to a warehouse store. Good design makes grabbing fresh food a quick, passive part of your daily walk or bike commute. These straw men arguments bore me. 1522723
Reposted by AZ FaustJoshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The White House and OMB's diminished vision for science and medical research undercuts discoveries to come... ... and will lead to significant, near-term economic losses totaling tens of billions of $-s and tens of thousands of jobs. scienceimpacts.org/fy27scienceimpacts.orgSCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical ResearchView Projected Impact of the FY2027 Budget Cuts to the NIH and NSF 32632
AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Hey, Spurs scored a goal. There is life in there, after all! 000
AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Ugh, this topic is so near and dear to my heart. Yes to homework. Yes to textbooks. Yes to notebooks and handwriting and blue books for exams. No to early grade tech, no to youtube videos and websites as knowledge sources, no to freewheeling curriculums. 222
AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Amazed that no one from the #lufc or #nufc is calling the Monday game "The Bosnian Showdown." Or something like that. Muharemovic (Leeds center back) and Dedic (Newcastle right back) are very close and this may be the first game they have ever had to play against each other? 140
Reposted by AZ FaustBrandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"NSF's role is to create conditions for exceptional science to happen more often and more frequently, and this remains our priority" You literally *halved* the number of grants you funded in 2026. 1304
Reposted by AZ FaustBrandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"and investing in exceptional students and early career researchers to support as much scientific creativity as possible." You lying little shit--we've seen how you've handled the budget, you're cutting student support! 1357
Reposted by AZ FaustNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026absolute fuckers "Trump officials at NIH disclosed the existence of DoD’s efforts only after being pressed for information by House Appropriations Committee Democrats." 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... 1018394
AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Amazing. The ability of the Serbian regime to commit war crimes and still feel victimized is unparalleled. 100
AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 28/08/2026All Bosnians: We are now Leeds and Newcastle fans!!! Me, looking at the schedule in two weeks: "Oh, sh*t..." 100
Reposted by AZ FaustAndy Wolfe @andrewlwolfe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026What a moment! After many years of preclinical and clinical testing, the FDA approved the first Ras inhibitor to treat pancreatic cancer. What an inflection point in the history of this deadly disease, the Ras scientific field, and hope for cancer patients. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/s...nytimes.comF.D.A. Approves the Drug Daraxonrasib That’s Poised to Transform Pancreatic Cancer (Gift Article)In a key clinical trial, patients who got the pill, daraxonrasib, lived twice as long as those who got chemotherapy. 0218
Reposted by AZ FaustJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026New piece in Boston Review. 1/5 21711
Reposted by AZ FaustHarmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Some folks are giving the current administration the benefit of the doubt when it comes to binning NIH proposals into three broad bins instead of individual scores, ostensibly to solve a problem many complained about. “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts” especially after they’ve already ravaged Troy. 77715
Reposted by AZ FaustMichael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 22/08/2026Seems like a program favoring underrepresented views to me. I was told DEI is unfair and the main thing wrong with universities. I’m sure those people who claim that will come out strongly against this in favor of more “meritocracy” 34912
AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I haven't spoken much on here about what is going on this summer. Part of it was for my mental health and trying to focus on things I can control, part of it was that this summer was just very busy at work. But while I think categories > numerical scores in grant review, this comment is correct. 191
Reposted by AZ FaustBrandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Motherfuckers! We now have a pretty good idea of what the final "target" for National Science Foundation grants this year is, and it matches Trump's budget with a 50% that was rejected instead of the congressionally approved one. Source link: grantwitness.org/funding_curv... 13524
AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Sometimes, I just want to tell people to stop tinkering with their grants. It's fine. It's more than fine, it's good. Stop messing with it. 170
Reposted by AZ FaustDrug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 08/08/2026What I am most proactively angry about is that even if there is an after times, those who have been most injured / affected will be told to get to the back of the line and be happy with relative crumbs. While the “more important” things are fixed first. 55920
Reposted by AZ FaustBrandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Please don't use Bush Era truisms to guide your understanding of the modern, unhinged world. Hucksterism would be a better guide. 0263
Reposted by AZ FaustGavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 05/08/2026New Yorker cartoon feels about right 025987
Reposted by AZ FaustColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 31/07/2026WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. It's time to APPLY HEAVY PRESSURE. Call you Senators NOW: fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/omb... I know, everyone hates calling. But this is CRITICAL. Make the calls today! (Use our super easy autodialer tool linked above) www.politico.com/live-updates...politico.comTop senators consider blocking Trump’s grant shakeup in spending stopgapIt’s now “up to leadership” whether to head off the controversial changes, Sen. Susan Collins said. 512766
Reposted by AZ FaustDorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Further analysis of Packalen & Bhattacharya article, where they claimed #NIH-funded research was slow to pick up on new ideas. I argue that their approach is flawed, and I present an analysis that shows the exact opposite. pubpeer.com/publications...pubpeer.comPubPeer - NIH funding and the pursuit of edge scienceThere are comments on PubPeer for publication: NIH funding and the pursuit of edge science (2020) 18934
Reposted by AZ FaustCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 22/07/2026This misunderstands the role of private vs. public R&D. Private R&D is great but is connected to R&D tax exemptions, & often doesn't spill out into the public domain. There's a notion we can ramp federal R&D spending down & be competitive. We can’t & we shouldn’t. www.whitehouse.gov/releases/202...whitehouse.govOSTP Director Releases Landmark Report and Recommendations for Renewing American Scientific DiscoveryWASHINGTON, DC – Today, Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Michael Kratsios 613929
Reposted by AZ FaustDaniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 18/07/2026The NIH PO will then submit the foreign involvement statement for review by the Office of Global Research, for approval. She said "the review is quite cursory", but also that "it does involve a fair amount of work and back and forth on our end". 373
Reposted by AZ FaustDaniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 18/07/2026The foreign co-author's contribution should be described in just a few sentences. It could be access to samples they collected under different funding, it could be help on analysis or writing, etc, just be factual about it. /t 172
Reposted by AZ FaustDaniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 18/07/2026In section G of the RPPR (annual reports to NIH), on foreign involvement, PIs should report all anticipated foreign co-authors on each future paper resulting from the work. For each paper & each co-author, that includes: Name Institution & location Email Describe their contribution to the paper /t 2148
Reposted by AZ FaustDaniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I contacted my NIH PO about the new rules requiring reporting foreign co-authorships on papers that acknowledge NIH support. Here's a summary of what I heard back: 1) NIH POs are confused about this too & fear a massive workload as a consequence 2) PIs should report co-authorships in their RPPR /t 24631
Reposted by AZ FaustDrug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I do not blame a Senator or her staff for not readying a clap back on this for Vought's dissembling and misdirection. It's pretty far into the weeds for a Congressional hearing. But maybe it shouldn't be. Screwing around with this minutia is exactly how they have been attacking the NIH. 062
Reposted by AZ FaustScott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 16/07/2026‼️ AHRQ is in the midst of a mass grant termination event. We (at Grant Witness) need your help to launch a tracker ASAP. If you received an AHRQ termination notice--or if you know of someone else who did--please submit information about the grant here: grant-witness.us/submit-nih.h... 28893
Reposted by AZ FaustMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026If you did that, step 2 is to call and write Congress. You have the language already written for your comment. point out the importance of science to your state and nation, and the fact that scientists uniformly oppose the OMB proposal. Congress must act 2/n fight2win.standupforscience.netfight2win.standupforscience.netStand up for ScienceStand up for Science 15023
Reposted by AZ FaustMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Write a comment to the copy-cat NSF proposal to follow the OMB rules 3/n bsky.app/profile/drk-... 14218
Reposted by AZ FaustDr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026OUR WORK IS NOT DONE. In unusual move, NSF issued a request for information on plan to conform grant policies to the proposed (unfinalized) OMB rule. Plan includes changes to grant termination provisions & disallowing publication costs. Comments due August 24. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...federalregister.govAgency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; National Science Foundation Proposal/Award Information-NSF Guidance on Financial AssistanceThe U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to renew and revise its collection for its financial assistance policies and procedures. In accordance with the requirements of the Paper... 86186
AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 02/07/2026If US does this, it will be the singular cause of its economic collapse in the next 20 years. 152
Reposted by AZ FaustJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Abolishing the NIH has always been this admin’s plan. They told us in Project 2025. They’ve SHOWN us with their actions over the past 18 months. This is why a heads down approach will not work. The scientific community has 2 options: oppose this with all we’ve got, or let them carry out their plan. 718095
Reposted by AZ FaustMike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I find myself honestly kind of bored of the "move fast break things" people. It's a lot easier to break something than preserve it, and there are a lot of things that are very hard to repair once broken. 1253
