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Blaine Christiansen @blainechristiansen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is so stupid. I serve as a standing member on an NIH study section. Changing the number of grants discussed does essentially nothing to change the review workload. I still have to review the same number of grants. Discussing 28 grants instead of 41 grants makes absolutely no difference.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Can't believe these Ivory Tower academics left merely because the American government decided it should arbitrarily revoke research funding and visas, dictate what scholars publish & teach, and send students & assistants to concentration camps.

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Back to school. ❤️

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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It gets worse. From the NIH press release: "Dr. Gaitanis… currently serves on the board of the Medical Academy of Pediatrics and Special Needs (MAPS)." MAPS is the successor organization to "Defeat Autism Now!" — full-on, dangerous-to-patients pseudoscience; chelation "therapy," hyperbaric O2, etc.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Let the shit show begin (actually continue)... www.nih.gov/news-events/... No NIH experience at all as far as I can tell. No significant management experience. Vaccine injury trial expert witness.

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Pediatric neurologist Dr. John Gaitanis to lead NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Dr. Gaitanis is set to begin his role on August 23, 2026.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Dr. Fauci is a hero. He really is. He helped guide America thru a mass death event. Millions more could have died but they did not, thanks to him. Everyone over 70 owes him a debt. It is disgusting that we live in a country that not only dishonors him but actively smears his good name.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This is the kind of idiocy you get on Threads. I think the main purpose of pursuing a PhD is to develop your thinking, research, and communication skills, which you can't do in 45 minutes on Claude.

Post on Threads from unfairclaudeprompts

BREAKING: Claude can now help you RESEARCH any topic better than a PhD in 45 minutes. For free.

Here are 8 prompts to master research: 1/10

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turgut keskintürk @tkeskinturk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

data visualization is my passion.

fox news showing weekly temperatures: 92, 92, 92, 94, 94, 92, 92, with a very strong gap between 94 and 92.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Happy Father's Day 🖤

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Blaine Christiansen @blainechristiansen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

My hot take on this is that I think it's fine and in general probably a good idea.

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A Man Called Keith @angryduck78.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

This is important.

An image of a computational fluid dynamics study of a standard, shorthaired Guinea pig.

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Blaine Christiansen @blainechristiansen.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

New Christiansen Lab paper by Sophie Orr now published in Bone: authors.elsevier.com/c/1n5Ur_3768... We investigated how bone and muscle adapt to unloading and subsequent reloading, how this changes throughout the lifespan, and how these changes are affected by bone anti-resorptive treatment.

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Derek Silva @derekcrim.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

fuck this so much we are so not prepared for the mountain of dogshit “scholarship” about to flood journals everywhere

A tweet that reads “The new academic wealth gap isn't your university.
It's not even your advisor's connections.
It's who knows Claude can turn 50+ research papers into a thesis chapter in 3 hours and who's still manually coding qualitative data.
I just watched a sociology PhD skip 8 weeks of analysis.
Here are the 9 prompts they used:”

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

“Fish” can be both singular (one individual) and plural (multiple individuals of the same species.) “Fishes” is multiple species. 🐠 Fish 🐠🐠🐠 Fish 🐠🐡🐟 Fishes Now you know. And knowing is half the battle.

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Soragni:Lab @alice.soragnilab.com · 03/03/2026

On the side of small gripes: I'll never find reasonable to be asked to be online at 5am to review grants especially now that paylines are gone-and so are grants. It's unreasonably burdensome for all, even more so for those getting children ready for/to school. If the goal is inclusion, 5am is not it

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Ariel Waldman @arielwaldman.com · 27/02/2026

This is directly affecting my work being greenlit or not :/

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

😑

106. To flag grants for their DEI involvement, Fox entered the following
command into ChatGPT: “Does the following relate at all to DEI? Respond factually
in less than 120 characters. Begin with ‘Yes.’ or ‘No.’ followed by a brief explanation.
Do not use ‘this initiative’ or ‘this description’ in your response.” He then inserted
short descriptions of each grant. Fox did nothing to understand ChatGPT’s
interpretation of “DEI” as used in the command or to ensure that ChatGPT’s
interpretation of “DEI” matched his own.

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John Streicher @johnstreicher.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

CDMRP decisions dropped today. They funded 19 grants. Total. For the whole program. 1.9%. Not sure how anyone is supposed to survive this kind of environment.

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Joel Boerckel @jboerckel.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

NIAMS leadership out there fighting the good fight ❤️

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

One thing that absolutely definitely happens for real in the academic job market is that when you do not get a job, the Dean calls you and explains why you didn't get it. This is extra-super true when the explanation is something legally actionable on its face.

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

INBOX: Former NIAID director Jeanne Marrazzo is suing the Trump administration. She alleges the NIH violated her constitutional rights and illegally fired her after she blew the whistle on actions that jeopardized public health and violated federal law.

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Blaine Christiansen @blainechristiansen.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Absolutely psychotic rewording recommendation by Microsoft Word.

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Blaine Christiansen @blainechristiansen.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Study by @dkiernan.bsky.social in @jbiomech.bsky.social highlights the way recently injured runners attenuate shock differently than runners that have not been injured.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

“One person is an autocratic president of the university for decades” certainly wasn’t a flawless system but it’s clear that “admins hop from job to job scaling the career ladder by filling their CV with ‘accomplishments’ that are expensive burdens to the schools they leave behind” is even worse.

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Juliet Turner @juliet-turner.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success

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Dovin Kiernan @dkiernan.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

When running, every step creates a 'shockwave' that travels up our body. Researchers have hypothesized that these 'shocks,' and how our body deals with them, may cause injury. We show that injured runners deal with these 'shocks' differently than uninjured runners, particularly as they get tired.

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Our department @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social is hiring! We welcome research that diversifies or complements existing strengths in gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory systems and/or developmental biology. @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social

Faculty Position in Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology
We are seeking an outstanding integrative physiologist (broadly
defined) for the position of Assistant Professor (tenure track) to join
our faculty in the Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell
Biology in the School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), UC Davis. Our
department is a highly integrated group of faculty studying molecular,
cellular, physiological, and pathophysiological mechanisms of health
and disease. The candidate should have an active research program
that focuses on interdisciplinary physiology research using state-of-
the-art approaches. We welcome research which diversifies our
expertise, and/or that which complements existing strengths in
gastrointestinal, neuroimmune, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory
systems as well as developmental biology. Candidates are expected
to expand access to education and provide opportunities in research
for students, trainees, and the community across various life and
professional experiences.
• Candidates must possess a PhD and postdoctoral experience in
physiology or a related field.
• Aptitude/experience in teaching broad-based physiology or
functional anatomy to professional or graduate students.
• Experience with grant writing.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication
skills, and a demonstrated ability to work
cooperatively and collegially within a diverse
community.

Sunrise at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

The key to a good academic paper is to open with “What’s up gamers” Then move onto a webster’s dictionary definition of your topic. And finally close with “but of course, I had the last laugh.”

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

University administration: "We need you to complete 26 hours of lab safety training 🧪 each year so that everyone is safe and responsible." Also university administration:

Stolen from the Internet, a sign that says "If Elevator does not move do a small jump it should move after", and a dirty-white freight elevator wall and aged elevator controls with only floors 1 and 2."

I have no idea where this really is, I just stole it off Wikimedia.

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Blaine Christiansen @blainechristiansen.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Ah yes, the universal goal of all scientists. Decide on a conclusion, then "do the studies to make the proof".

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Brendan Harley @profharley.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

New Opinion out today in @chicagotribune.com "The Bio10 is an academic powerhouse." "The health of our society depends on generations of young students equipped to embrace, and succeed in the face of, uncertainty." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/o...

Chicago Tribune Op-Ed, 9/2/2025: The health of our society depends on students equipped to embrace uncertainty

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Alexander Luckmann @aluckmann.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Academia may not give you job security, flexibility, or wealth, but it will let you unexpectedly connect to eduroam in foreign cities

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John Gruber @gruber.foo · 13/08/2025

Trump should demand that whoever made today’s Wordle be fired.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Here is some of the history of the non-existent "banned words" at NIH...

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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

The Govt. Accountability Office issued a report today finding that the Trump admin has violated a law blocking presidents from withholding funding Congress has approved @mmolteni.bsky.social & I break it down: www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/g...

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Trump administration violated impoundment law by canceling NIH grants, slowing new awards, GAO finds

The Government Accountability Office found that the Trump administration, by abruptly canceling NIH grants, had violated a 1974 federal law

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

The NIH was healthiest when pay lines were in the 20th percentile range. We are headed into an environment where pay lines are in the 5% range. In my entire career, I’ve only had 3 grants that scored better than 5%. And my lab is considered a successful one. This is going to destroy science.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/07/2025

the one thing i genuinely did not anticipate from this administration was its vicious, know nothing hostility to any and everything that might even be adjacent to science and scientific research. they genuinely one to destroy the entirety of the nation’s research capacity. and for what, exactly?

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

A discussion of the use of animals in research. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSvk... 1/n (Warning: Rant coming)

youtube.com

Director’s Desk: The Future of Animal Models in Research | NIH’s Dr. Nicole Kleinstreuer

YouTube video by National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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