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@crankysocrates.bsky.social
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Editor, miniatures painter, ttrpg gamer, cat lover, leftist, humanist, LGBTQ+ ally, don't know when to keep my mouth shut. Will do almost anything for Reeses Cups. Well reasoned statements are my own.

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crankysocrates.bsky.social @crankysocrates.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
@wearehighered.bsky.social @jeremymberg.bsky.social @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social A research office of a public R1 sends one of their own to the Heterodox Academy for professional development - what message does that send to researchers and what might be the fallout for doing this?
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crankysocrates.bsky.social @crankysocrates.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
My Assoc VC Research Development wants us to share a university with a program/service model that is doing something to "support" researchers. Can anyone weigh in and provide info on places that are doing more than just saying "write more proposals" or "pivot your research"? Thanks in advance.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 13/03/2026
Episode 24 is live! We discuss the cyberattack on Stryker, a leading US-based medical device company, by pro-Iranian hackers. We also discuss Iran’s new “Supreme Leader” and the situation with the Iranian women’s soccer team. The Present Illness is available wherever you get your podcasts!.
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Pro-Iran Hackers Attack US Healthcare Giant Stryker
Podcast Episode · The Present Illness · March 13 · 59m
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Elaine Tassy @elainetassy.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I really wanted to know more about Renee Good, killed by ICE in January. Fortunately, my editor allowed me to take some time to do a deep dive into who she was before she died. Read and listen to what I found out about her from her Colorado tribe here: www.cpr.org/2026/03/11/r...
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Two months after Rénee Good’s death, her loved ones in Colorado grapple with loss
Classmates and mentors remember Good as a creative force who moved everyone around her.
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crankysocrates.bsky.social @crankysocrates.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
"Little-man-ass-bodies" provided a much needed laugh. Thank you. And you're right.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 13/03/2026
A devastating indictment of current NIH leadership.
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 12/02/2026
We now have a CDC grant tracker and are collecting information on CDC terminations. If your CDC grant was terminated, we need your help to gather data and documents! Please report! grant-witness.us/submit-cdc.h...
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Grant Witness
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ev nichols @evln7.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
important to add that studies of queer and trans health is also being censored - at rates comparable to work on vaccine hesitancy
chart header reads: Fields Under Fire. Some research fields have been heavily affected by grant terminations implemented by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) under President Donald Trump. More than half of the active, NIH-funded projects about gender and sexual minorities (LGBT+) have been cancelled.
chart #1 shows that 50.6% of grants containing the terms "LGBT/LGBTQ/LGBTQ+" in the title or abstract were terminated.
chart #2 shows that 45.8% of grants containing the term "transgender" in the title or abstract were terminated.
chart #3 shows that 45.5% of grants containing the term "vaccine hesitancy" in the title or abstract were terminated.
chart #4 shows that 3.4% of grants containing the terms "HIV" or "AIDS" in the title or abstract were terminated.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps. If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
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crankysocrates.bsky.social @crankysocrates.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Grapevine says University of Colorado legal is forbidding researchers from underrepresented groups to apply for funding from organizations where being a member of that group is a requirement to apply. They don't want to anger the fascists. Not a lawyer, but this seems shady/discriminatory as fuck.
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crankysocrates.bsky.social @crankysocrates.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I'm sorry I didn't go far back enough in the history! You're very welcome. This is f'n ludicrous. I work with researchers on proposals, and if I found out one of "my" PIs was experiencing this, I'd flip my lid. (And probably get fired. 😝) Hang in there.💜🤗
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crankysocrates.bsky.social @crankysocrates.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
What the hell, Arghavan?! Are they limited subs requiring institutional approval?! WTF rationale are they using to prevent you from submitting!? FFS, this pisses me off.
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I can't be here right now because my words are not safe for the public. Leaving this here, going to go donate and check on my friends. www.standwithminnesota.com
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Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
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crankysocrates.bsky.social @crankysocrates.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
That's heartening!
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I mean the title says it all. Another excellent piece by @gregggonsalves.bsky.social.
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Trump’s Death Eaters Are Coming for Our Kids
After taking countless lives around the world, RFK Jr. and his ghoulish compatriots want American children to suffer too.
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crankysocrates.bsky.social @crankysocrates.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Thank you. It's always good to hear even if you know.
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crankysocrates.bsky.social @crankysocrates.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Message from the Vice Chancellor - "Happy New Year! Rejoice! The University of Colorado Boulder looks forward to collaborating with fascists by advancing their priorities!"
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
“Fuck ICE!” chants & a brass band performing “Which side are you on?” as hundreds march in Manhattan, NYC against ICE and in solidarity with Minneapolis.
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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
This is age restricted so it wont auto play. Believe your eyes not the lies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9CJ...
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ICE officer fatally shoots driver in Minneapolis
YouTube video by Minnesota Reformer
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Federal Appeals judge affirms prohibition of arbitrary cuts of research infrastructure rates (i.e., the IDC rate slash announcement of early Feb. 2025). As the ruling explains, NIH's X/Twitter statements contributed to the federal government's loss in court (!!) 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
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Appeals Court Upholds Prohibition on Trump’s Medical Research Cuts
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/01/2026
How Trump unleashed a domestic terrorism movement—and how to defeat it
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How Trump unleashed a domestic terrorism movement—and how to defeat it
"We've hit a frightening apex," says one security expert.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 06/01/2026
1. Trump's recent pending rule change and a letter from HHS Secretary Kennedy threatening hospitals is resulting in hospitals ending trans youth care. Many trans youth are now forced to go without their medication. The threats are having a real impact. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Many Colorado Trans Youth Stranded After Denver Health, CHCO Withdraw Care
For the second time in as many years, many young trans Coloradans have suddenly lost access to life-saving care.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 06/01/2026
“These viruses are serious, dangerous, and life-threatening. We are seeing children who are seriously ill, families grieving devastating losses, and hospitals under capacity strain.” www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
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Flu reaches highest levels in the US in 25 years | CNN
Flu continues to visit misery across the US, with all but four states showing high or very high levels of activity as a new virus strain called subclade K continues to spread.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 05/01/2026
The parallels between the Red Scare of the 1950s and today’s assault on higher ed remind us of the need to join communities of resistance. Read Joan Wallach Scott (former chair of AAUP’s Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure) on the stakes of defending higher ed as a public good.
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A General Air of Anxiety
The Red Scare targeted my father. He taught me the meaning of resistance.
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Five years ago.
Front pages of American newspapers after Jan. 6, 2021, with headlines like "Capitol Chaos," "Assault on Democracy," "Pro-Trump mob storms Capitol."
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crankysocrates.bsky.social @crankysocrates.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
*cocks head, furrows brow* Um...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
“Disturbing… they had put in a ton of work and gone through every step of the process… they were pulled out of line steps away from swearing an oath to 🇺🇸…” BOSTON’s @mayorwu.boston.gov on Trump/Miller blocking immigrants AT THEIR CEREMONIES It was never just about illegal immigration
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Friendly reminder: the administration is flooding the zone. Pick a lane. Stay in it. Do not exhaust yourself. The top line message: WE THE PEOPLE SAY “NO.” No to destroying our science, healthcare, economy, government, judicial system, White House, etc. It’s time to get loud!
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction." "How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
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Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
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crankysocrates.bsky.social @crankysocrates.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Monstrous. I work helping research faculty submit proposals to NIH and DHHS. They are gutting health research. I can't even anymore with this ghoul, G.G.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 18/12/2025
This would not have passed if those chickenshit Dems Davis, Cellar, and Gonzalez had not voted for it. They voted to put the parents of trans youth in prison for ten years. Primary them all.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
This is completely and utterly unethical, unacceptable and disgraceful. Thread on the topic incoming. H/t @beansproutsmom.bsky.social for the heads up
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
🚨PSA🚨 A government restricting what scientists are allowed to study has NEVER been a sign of a society moving towards a more free, more just, or more enlightened future. A thriving scientific ecosystem is a core pillar of a healthy democracy.
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crankysocrates.bsky.social @crankysocrates.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Looking forward to it.
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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 11/12/2025
The only way this makes sense is when you understand health as a product sold to individuals. Once you turn health into a product and healthcare into a business, then you can blame individuals for not being able to afford their health(care) rather than look at the environment in which they live.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 11/12/2025
Our justice system reflects the values of our society. Compare these sentences: -woman steals 4 chickens: 90 days in jail, $100k fine -man rapes and strangles girls, with video evidence; one of the girls had to have neck surgery: community service Nothing can get in the way of a man’s potential!
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11/12/2025
Absolutely incredible. www.heritage.org/gender/comme...
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The Erasure of “Women” Is Escalating
The campaign to erase references to women has reached new levels of absurdity. In just the last few weeks, it’s made forays into social media, medical journals, and even federal legislation. For examp...
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Indybay @indybay.org · 11/12/2025
MERCENARIES: A Video and Poster Campaign to Counter ICE Recruitment "They are not protecting our communities—they are trying to destroy them. They aim to wear down our ability to identify w/ each other, our ability to feel compassion.
If they succeed, all of us will be in danger." @crimethinc.com ✊🏼
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Another excellent video by outstanding scientists and healthcare workers about the damage being caused to public health by MAHA. Several @defendpublichealth.bsky.social members make an appearance!
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Experts Warn: Trump’s Vaccine Rewrite Risks Public Health
YouTube video by Save America Movement
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
It will definitely be futile if we all throw in the towel and say "oh this isn't going to work" Like *every* civic movement before us, it always seemed impossible until it was done. Embrace hope and action. Sign our petition today: www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr Follow for next steps!
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SUFS Campaign to Impeach and Remove RFK Jr — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
RFK Jr. is endangering our families, threatening our health, and destroying our place as the world leader in biomedical research. Impeachment is an extreme option, but Bobby is an extreme threat and m...
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crankysocrates.bsky.social @crankysocrates.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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a man in a suit and tie is playing drums .
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is playing drums .
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 09/12/2025
Tell your members of Congress that it's time to stand with science, or they have to go. Defunding the NIH isn't just costing researchers their jobs, it will cost Americans their lives. We're leading the charge to hold them accountable on this front. Join us at standupforscience.net
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
End childhood vaccines + villainize infant formula + stop SIDS prevention programs + dismantle maternal health programs = booming business for tiny coffin makers.
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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Filtration + ventilation! Air filters: I prefer “modified CR box with PC fan” type. Quiet, effective, inexpensive & easy to build and to replace filters. * In Canada: aidankepo.wixsite.com/northboxsyst... * Similar in the US is “Luggable” housefresh.com/best-air-pur... 1/
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HOME | North Box Systems
PC fan based Air Purifiers for superior protection against airborne viruses and wildfire smoke. Virtually silent compared to commercial HEPA!
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Seems fine, mild even?
Excerpt from 2025 study on Covid immune dysfunction 

Highlights
• SARS-CoV-2 causes lasting immune dysregulation for over 20 months.
• The impact of SARS-CoV-2 on lymphocytes was especially severe in patients with CVD.
• Lymphocyte deficiency is related to long COVID pathogenesis.
• Long-term immune dysregulation of long COVID demands tailored treatment.
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crankysocrates.bsky.social @crankysocrates.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Competing nests of vipers, I swear.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 07/12/2025
Before universal newborn vaccination for Hep B, only about 1/2 of newborns who contracted Hep B got it from the birthing parent. The new ACIP recommendations will needlessly expose those infants for 2 months, and 90% of those who get Hep B will be at risk for liver cancer and cirrhosis. MAHA ftw
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