Reposted by Cristin WelleHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The white evangelical movement split in the 1970s so those who hated civil rights, especially for women, could boost right-wing Republicans. Talarico is reclaiming the movement for the others, and it is a very different thing indeed. Jimmy Carter v. Jerry Falwell. 801651576
Reposted by Cristin WelleMark Histed @markhisted.org · 05/10/2026Nobel Prize awarded for optogenetics. Congrats to Karl Deisseroth, Hegemann, and Nagel. The prize is well-deserved, for work that has been transformative. a few quick thoughts 1/4 🧪#neuroscience 210125
Reposted by Cristin WelleMark Histed @markhisted.org · 23/09/2026These people inside NIH working on grants are really the best of the country, people who are not being paid big bucks but care about the mission; care about something bigger than themselves. 110018
Reposted by Cristin WelleBWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 10/08/2026You, personally are spending, on average ~$2,500 per person that the United States is deporting. We could fund Medicare for 12 Million Americans with that national budget. By the way, you spend only ~$139 a year on biomedical research through the NIH. www.epi.org/publication/...epi.orgThe Cost of Deportations Calculator: Technical documentationUpdated August 6, 2026, to correct the teachers, firefighters, and nurses benefits percentages. The National Priorities Project (NPP) at the Institute for Policy Studies has estimated the federal gove... 58251
Reposted by Cristin WelleErik Gregersen @ctgriffes.bsky.social · 07/08/2026As an adaptation of Homer’s epic, the Honda Odyssey is a complete disaster. With its roomy cabin and rear entertainment system for the kids, the minivan foregrounds concerns that only arose with the American nuclear family and say nothing about the brutality that underlay the Bronze Age. 261894385
Reposted by Cristin WelleThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/07/2026Breaking News: Federal officials acknowledged in court documents that they canceled grants to states that didn’t vote for President Trump in 2024. nyti.ms/4gRd5Kb 89911474
Reposted by Cristin WelleMark Histed @markhisted.org · 11/07/2026“if I was trying to ruin American leadership in scientific research this is pretty much the kind of rule I would write.” Worth reading the whole thing from @dandrezner.bsky.social . I have two things to add to what he says: 1/ 26750
Reposted by Cristin WelleJonathan Welle @wellejonathan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Today I got to join some friends on the local NPR to talk about building co-ops in Cleveland and beyond. Ohio loves worker ownership! www.ideastream.org/show/sound-o...ideastream.orgOhio is a top state for employee-owned businessesEmployee-owned models can vary depending on the size of the company and industry its based in. Ohio has the third largest amount of businesses with cooperative models in the country. 162
Reposted by Cristin WelleJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Excellent piece from @markhisted.org on how the Trump admin's attacks on science are part of a broader attempt to undermine the constitutional order - and how we need to push back: "...restoring American science’s vitality will need bigger thinking than just a response to this proposed rule." 02114
Reposted by Cristin WelleCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 06/06/2026Remember the current NIH director going on about protecting researchers from government censorship? Today his people called the police in to forcibly remove my colleagues from their own society meeting for sharing an editorial published in their flagship journal that was critical of him. Gift linknytimes.comPolice Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration 5629151465
Reposted by Cristin WelleDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026This is an example of a scientific association censoring its members, real scientists, for defending attacks on science. The police were called to remove the scientists for handing out hard copies of this editorial. diabetesjournals.org/care/article...diabetesjournals.orgMisguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now!The opinions expressed in this editorial are the personal views of the authors (S.E. Kahn, C.A.M. Anderson, J.B. Buse, and E. Selvin) and do not represent 15512278
Reposted by Cristin WelleMackenzie Weygandt Mathis @trackingactions.bsky.social · 01/06/2026🔥 Our latest work is state of the art 3D pose estimation, with video analysis from a single camera! 🎥 Just train with 3D data, and then only 1 camera is needed! 🖤 Presented this week at #CVPR2026 by lead author Ti Wang! Please repost🩵🙏🏼 xiu-cs.github.io/FMPose3D/ arxiv.org/abs/2602.05755 15918
Reposted by Cristin WelleMatteo Carandini @carandinilab.net · 01/06/2026Neuropixels + Optogenetics = Neuropixels Opto Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics. 960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors. Today in @natmethods.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415... Thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social, @alleninstitute.org, @hhmijanelia.bsky.social & team. 115753
Reposted by Cristin WelleJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Stopping Vought’s proposed rule will be critical to save science and future cures. @standupforscience.net created an action center to help you comment and contact Congress. Time to get loud! fight2win.standupforscience.netfight2win.standupforscience.netStand up for ScienceStand up for Science 16443
Cristin Welle @cgracewh.bsky.social · 30/05/2026What the Meat Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What the Meat Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know 000
Reposted by Cristin WelleAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 30/05/2026tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded. 17144952553
Reposted by Cristin WelleAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/05/2026You can buy anything with this administration. Reynolds American donated $5 million to Trump’s super PAC on April 30. Eight days later, the FDA handed the tobacco industry exactly what it wanted. In between, a Reynolds executive and two lobbyists had lunch with Trump at his Jupiter golf club. 24695241
Reposted by Cristin WelleThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/05/2026In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Americans should be cleareyed about what the president is doing. He is taking their money and showering it on criminals,” the editorial board writes.nyti.msOpinion | Trump’s Slush Fund Will Reward Criminals. Americans Will Pay for It.The president’s corruption and subversion of democratic tradition risk becoming the norm. 33453147
Reposted by Cristin WelleGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 14/05/2026We don’t talk enough about how the Trump admin has just removed women and people of color from all the front lines of government. 481345468
Reposted by Cristin WelleJess Cardin @jess-cardin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Do brain circuits really sit in a 'soup' of neuromodulators? Are neurons like soggy bits of bread soaked in signaling factors? Is the whole brain just squelching around in one big pool of warm modulators? 48636
Reposted by Cristin WelleLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 09/05/2026“Let me be clear: this is not a golden calf” is pretty funny. 1812933635
Reposted by Cristin WelleJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Sharing this screen grab from a friend at NIH (with permission). This is a checklist program officers have to complete before a grant can be awarded. The first question: "Is this grant All Clean/Clear in the NIH Text analysis Tool?" 🧵1/3 15446292
Reposted by Cristin WelleThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/04/2026WATCH — @tedlieu.bsky.social : “Trump and his family have made over $9 Billion in his presidency.” 16334291391
Reposted by Cristin WelleThe American Prospect @prospect.org · 24/04/2026When a country appears poised to default on its national debt, a certain class of hedge funds spies opportunity. These so-called “vulture funds” have relied on a tried-and-true playbook to extract wealth from defaulting countries, like Puerto Rico and Argentina.buff.lyCan New York Lawmakers Stop Hedge Funds From Pillaging Poor Nations? - The American ProspectMuch of the world’s sovereign debt is governed by New York state law. One small change could stop much predatory lending. 14518
Reposted by Cristin WelleTK (Takashi DY) Kozai @bioniclab.bsky.social · 24/04/2026🚨 Friday May 22: Senate LHHS FY27 NIH testimony deadline. NIH is ~$1B behind prior-year pace. GAO found the withholding unlawful (B-337203). Any scientist can submit. 4 pages, 1 ask, 1 state data point. Testimony + modular guide in thread below. 122
Cristin Welle @cgracewh.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Really fascinating discussion of how brain function is truly organized. This has critical implications for those of us interested in neuromodulation and BCIs. Being in the ‘right spot’ may be missing the critical chain of functional patches. 042
Cristin Welle @cgracewh.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Scientific research is a major economic driver across our country. This administration’s slow obstruction of NIH funding hurts local communities. 000
Reposted by Cristin WelleHELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 22/04/2026Priceless post from the official White House social media 229100462730
Reposted by Cristin WelleSheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 22/04/2026NEW: Spending on new medical research by the National Institutes of Health has fallen roughly $1 billion behind the pace of years past, delaying thousands of scientific projects. @benjmueller.bsky.social @irenatfh.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/s...nytimes.comPace of N.I.H. Funding Slows Further in Trump’s Second Year 36046
Reposted by Cristin WellePam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The number of NIH competitive awards is down 50% from 2025, and down ~70% from prior years. Even if they catch up by the end of the year, only wealthy institutions can bridge these huge funding gaps.They're killing science-and violating the constitution-by weaponizing the bureaucracy 8215157
Reposted by Cristin WelleArghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 20/04/2026At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years. Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.” wapo.st/4euUt1c 191058538
Reposted by Cristin WelleBilly Ray 🇺🇦 @billyrayblue.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Good doggie 🐶 227149542424
Reposted by Cristin WelleTommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Wait… localized norepinephrine transients in the awake visual cortex?! Who would have guessed this neuromodulatory signal is that spatially precise, right where visual processing is happening. Brain state control just got a lot more local. @ruedigersarah.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1110934
Reposted by Cristin WelleAmy Orsborn @neuroamyo.bsky.social · 27/03/2026If you're interested in emerging ideas in neural interfaces, I humbly suggest my lab's latest: www.nature.com/articles/s42... Neural interfaces create dynamic interactions between the brain & devices. This means mean we need new engineering approaches beyond typical ML to "decode" a static brainnature.comComputational framework to predict and shape human–machine interactions in closed-loop, co-adaptive neural interfaces - Nature Machine IntelligenceMadduri et al. introduce a computational framework grounded in control and game theory to model co-adaptation between users and decoders in neural interfaces. This framework enables a principled desig... 16626
Reposted by Cristin WelleDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 03/03/2026"Since Trump took office 13 months ago, NIH has posted only 84 NOFOs, down from 787 in the previous year. Many more are in limbo. NIH has 323 opportunities listed as 'forecasted.' ... many on the list were announced in 2024 and ’25 and still are not open."science.orgDelays in grant awards and funding calls worry NIH researchersMany programs may be pushed into the next fiscal year, and some could face funding gaps 22917
Reposted by Cristin WelleRep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 03/03/2026Trump is lying. I serve on the Intel & Armed Services Committees. There’s no intelligence that Iran posed an imminent threat to the U.S. or the American people. 902562935
Reposted by Cristin WelleIan L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026This is why it's not enough for Congress to just appropriate funds to scientific agencies. How the funds are or are not spent and when they are spent needs to be enforced. The administration is playing games with our taxpayer dollars, when they should be going towards scientific innovation. 14028
Reposted by Cristin WelleBlake Richards @tyrellturing.bsky.social · 26/02/2026I think this is a *super* important paper - if this result can be replicated with other regions or tasks then this may come to form our core understanding of credit assignment signals in the neocortex! #neuroscience 🧪 26613
Reposted by Cristin WelleHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Columbia student detained today is a day-in-the-life influencer with 100K followers. Her stories right now go from her studying for a Genetics exam in a nicely edited "ten hour study with me at Columbia" video, to a photo of her knees with the caption "dhs illegally arrested me please help" 4255872056
Reposted by Cristin WelleGrace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 09/02/2026"For perspective, only 14,500 satellites are currently in orbit. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk now wants to dramatically increase that number by about 70 times, raising questions about the environmental toll from the required rocket launches and the potential for space debris."pcmag.comFCC Fast-Tracks SpaceX's Plan for 1M Satellites. And It Wants Your ThoughtsUsually, the commission takes weeks or months to respond to a filing, but it kicked off a public comment period for SpaceX's orbital data center plan in just a few days. 63721
Reposted by Cristin WelleJonathan Welle @wellejonathan.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Proud of my sister and brother-in-law for organizing their fellow residents to stand united against absolute crooks of landlords www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...cbsnews.comQueens apartments deteriorating after building managers were arrested, tenants sayAfter their building managers were arrested on fraud charges, tenants in Queens say their apartments were left in chaos. 021
Reposted by Cristin WelleGrace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 04/02/2026At NIH, "grant awards must be approved by presidential political appointees. Review steps have been added throughout the agency, from review of contracts, review of formerly-perfunctory employee term renewals, review of travel, and even review of weekly money disbursements to grantees" What a joke. 052
Reposted by Cristin WelleLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Oh my god www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...pressherald.comICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrestVideo shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history. 12283144
Reposted by Cristin WelleLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026No Kings is hosting what is shaping up to be the largest ICE Watch training in history tonight. Join here: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...mobilize.usEyes on ICE: Document and Record · No KingsOn Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in... 151479604
Reposted by Cristin WelleAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?" 8694996114596
Reposted by Cristin WelleAlik Widge @alikwidge.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Scenes from today's protests. This is what Minnesota looks like. This is who we are. We show up for our neighbors. Such amazing energy on a brutally cold day. 1173
Reposted by Cristin WelleJonathan Welle @wellejonathan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Proud of Cleveland Owns's role in supporting People's Plumbing, a badass plumbing co-op! signalcleveland.org/inside-cleve...signalcleveland.orgPeople's Plumbing offers pay-what-you-can repairs in ClevelandPeople's Plumbing offers repairs using what's called a gift economy model. That means people pay workers what they can. 033