iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 4h

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE FUCKING FIVE ALARM FIRE. The President is weaponizing DOJ to go after an opposition leader. It's a massive completely unjustified abuse of power by his secret police to shut down dissent and we won't stand for it. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...

nytimes.com

Federal Agents Search Home of Rep. Ilhan Omar

The search takes places within the 60-day window of the midterm elections, when the Justice Department has historically avoided such investigative steps related to political candidates.

28937292

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 2h

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

846284427343

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 8h

Happy Indigenous People's Day! We are still here :)

51201345

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 19h

More on this from @joshuasweitz.bsky.social “Rather than ‘elevating the role of scientific peer review’ as the proposal claims, the proposal diminishes it.” Comment by 11:59pm on Oct 13. joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/what-else-...

joshuasweitz.substack.com

What is NIH Leadership Trying to Hide from Researchers & the Public?

A NIH proposal to conceal reviewer rankings of investigator-initiated research grants is ripe for misuse & demands a collective response (by October 13).

03022

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 23h

there are a lot of things that we "don't do in this country" that we have somehow done in this country in the last 10 years (see also, the 230 years before that)

412222

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Richard. @pratherlab.bsky.social · 23h

"I heard Shelbyville is putting AI in their toasters. Catch up or you'll be left behind."

1152

Chris Pickett @chrispickett5.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

If you want to stretch your campaign donation dollars the farthest, this thread has a bunch of opportunities.

000

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Please comment on "Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review" by Tuesday (October 13th, 2026). rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6a2b1c22c3... Here is my comment: 1/6

rfi.grants.nih.gov

Request For Information

13631

Chris Pickett @chrispickett5.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Make sure you get your comments in by Tuesday!

020

Reposted by Chris Pickett

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This is how you write a headline.

Telegraph headline:

Trump backstabs Zelensky for five minutes of midterm relief
Deal with Putin for Russia’s oil might soften the markets but Ukraine will pay the price

8046761478

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This is not "a controversial vaccine trial," it's biological warfare, conducted by European researchers on African infants. It's imperialism, racism, eugenics, and the hubris of incredibly stupid people. It's denying vaccines to newborns! In what fuckin universe is this a "vaccine trial"?

theguardian.com

Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

15751316

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

El-Sayed’s response to Kennedy:

El-Sayed: “That’s rich coming from someone who wears his bed sheets out at night.”

17284281414

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

For those who don't understand what's going on here:

1166

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

HIS👏🏽VERB👏🏽CHOICE👏🏽: "who sacked the U.S. Capitol"

071

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is objectively psychotic and every member of Congress and Senate should be ashamed if they don’t try to remove him from office before this happens

1122266549

Reposted by Chris Pickett

regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

need so badly for everyone in the country to understand that whatever they do to people like Nidal Malik Hasan, they would also do to you.

15773224

Reposted by Chris Pickett

darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

impeach hegseth should be on the list day one it is not even debatable tbh

583526406

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 08/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS: RFK Jr. to give 1.6M in CDC funds to allow his Danish friends to harm African babies in unethical trial. We will be launching ways to fight back in just a couple hours. GET IN, DORKS. We have an unethical study to stop! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

rollingstone.com

CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study

“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study

417484

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026

Remember when Trump said there was "very fine ppl on both sides" of a white supremacist rally, & everybody heard it loud & clear, but then he spent years gaslighting about it bc at another point he said "you had some very bad ppl in that group" as if that excused him praising violent racists? I do!

632119323

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

They defunded STEM training grants so they could refund STEM training grants….

34615

Chris Pickett @chrispickett5.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

“Consistently always right but lets other people think it was their idea” gets the 5.

010

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is, more generally, a super cool thing I recommend trying when you have a free afternoon. It’s a Dog Library, except you don’t even need a card. Just show up and check out a dog. They’ll give you a bottle of water & some treats, even. bvspca.org/shelter-skip...

bvspca.org

Shelter Skip Day

Help a dog in need by giving it a day out. Brandywine Valley SPCA's Shelter Skip Day program is open to the public.

223668

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“Dental plan. Lisa needs braces.”

1221690185

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Look at this, a nation state, nationing and stating.

81670291

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"De-Trumpification" has to be one of the top agenda items if Dems win power. All the lawlessness and every last one of his efforts to turn DC into an imperial capital should be undone.

1163372698

Chris Pickett @chrispickett5.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Former Congressman unaware House can take multiple paths to accountability

020

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Cole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Lifting this up on a Monday morning to the top of folks’ feeds. It’s extremely important to have high quality statistical sources about what’s happening to the U.S. research ecosystem in this moment, and nothing is more important than the impact on people. Thanks to the EU and OECD for this work.

026

Chris Pickett @chrispickett5.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Scientists! Please take some time to fill this out!

011

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oh hey! Are YOU pissed about the state of higher ed? Us too. Let’s get together and take action.

04213

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Mighty Moose @mightymoose.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Optogenetics gets the award this year. Cool technology, and a solid example of what US research funding + international collaboration can do. And why we should protect basic research and promote creativity in the lab.

151

Reposted by Chris Pickett

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026

what an asshole

31981171315

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This one deal represents more corruption than every other Presidential Administration combined.

316567

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is slightly out of my normal lane, and I could charge six (hell maybe seven) figure to deliver this message as a consultant, but I’m gonna do it for free. Because I’m ✨enraged✨ People in the think tank/policy/inside the beltway DC world have ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE how mad people are abt Cornell. 🧵

121195282

Chris Pickett @chrispickett5.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The On Notice list is getting loooong

120

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The ruination of women's lives can be compartmentalized and swept under the rug when it doesn't serve someone's agenda. (By the way, this also applies to organizations platforming @cornelluniversity.bsky.social right now...)

3216

Chris Pickett @chrispickett5.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you're in the DMV and have some time on Sunday, Oct. 4, we sure would love to see you at the Dupont Underground. Should be a fun night with a good movie and book/film talk featuring me! dupontunderground.org/calendar/und...

dupontunderground.org

Underground Resistance Night — Dupont Underground

Film/Community/Book Talk UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE NIGHT Underground Resistance Night brings together independent filmmaker CJ Crim and author Chris Pickett for an evening celebrating the people pow...

021

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

AOC should run for President and convert this into the Office of Butlerian Jihad

1933456

Reposted by Chris Pickett

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026

i think cox should spend less time weeping about polarization and more time working to convince his co-partisans not to abandon pluralism and liberal democracy

1583973509

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026

The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades

25172591931

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

is there a faculty member from University of Washington Chemistry here? if so, please DM

058

Chris Pickett @chrispickett5.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That’s a hell of a way to describe our friendship.

110

Chris Pickett @chrispickett5.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling under oath that you never studied transcription? [JACK SMITH]: No [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with RNA Pol II. [SMITH]: That is a ribosome, sir.

1232

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

IF WE, THE SCIENTISTS USING THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD TO DERIVE KNOWLEDGE ARE NOT FIGHTING IN DEFENSE OF THE KNOWLEDGE WE DERIVED, WHY DO WE EXPECT THE PUBLIC TO DO THAT FOR US????????

15911

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You can stand by knowledge OR you can be politically neutral. You cannot do both when one party is actively fighting *against* knowledge developed using science because it hurts their wallets.

25210

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Knowledge is NOT politically neutral. The scientific method is a tool for deriving knowledge. So why then, are we telling the arbiters of the scientific method and developers of knowledge to be politically neutral? Are scientists supposed to forsake knowledge for politics sake?

48230

Reposted by Chris Pickett

irongremlin.bsky.social @irongremlin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Bridge construction is an engineering problem, not a political one!" Not a reason we should decline to implement safety regulations for civil engineering. God I am so beyond fucking tired of everyone pretending computers are unknowable black boxes.

3918

Reposted by Chris Pickett

Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Is the “effort” in the room with us now?

1486

Chris Pickett @chrispickett5.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For anyone in the DMV this coming weekend. We’d love to see you!

001