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EJVallender

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Comparative/Evolutionary/Neuro Genetics (he/him) - Personal opinions only

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Everytime you think the writers have well and truly jumped the shark, they find another twist. The new Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research has published a case report on…. wait for it…. Leopards eating faces #ISYN www.joms.org/article/S027...
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Head and neck injury from a leopard attack: case report and review of the literature
Animal bites are frequently encountered in a trauma center and result in injuries ranging from innocuous to life threatening. In the United States, more than 10,000 patients are hospitalized each year...
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Dr Rehaminator's Monster Cock @drrehaminator.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"I'm too talented to need shortcuts" goes so fucking hard.
youtube community post from Huggbees that discusses why he does not and will not ever use AI in his art
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Princeton Neuroscience Institute @princetonneuro.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We're hiring! PNI is recruiting an assistant professor of neuroscience working with non-human primates in any area. Review begins Oct 19: apply.interfolio.com/192521 #NeuroJobs #Neuroskyence
photo of PNI and psychology building
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Truthout @truthout.org · 04/09/2026
Trump’s DoD is reportedly working to divert billions of dollars in federal funding from the National Institutes of Health to the Pentagon. The Pentagon secretly signed an agreement that could give them “access to billions of dollars that Congress provided to NIH for critical biomedical research.”
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Trump Admin Secretly Working to Divert Billions From NIH Budget to Fund Iran War
An interagency agreement would give the Pentagon access to the health agency’s coffers on top of its own massive budget.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
There are many uses for AI in science - modeling, data analysis, certain diagnostics - none of those are LLMs and frankly not even really “AI” as we’ve come to know it at all and TBH we need a different name for this kind of “AI” so the science stuff can stop getting dragged into this argument.
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A House Democrat on Thursday introduced articles of impeachment against White House budget chief Russell Vought, accusing the Project 2025 architect & far-right ideologue of unlawfully terminating federal funds appropriated by Congress & putting the Trump regime’s political priorities over the law.
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Impeachment Articles Filed Against 'Unelected Shadow President' Russell Vought | Common Dreams
"Vought’s blatant abuse of power and complete disregard for the Constitution warrants immediate removal by Congress," said Democratic Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove.
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Vinny Costa @vincentcostaphd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Elnahal cited the thousands of scientists who contacted him from around the globe as indicating that OHSU has something special in terms or resources. You did. It was a primate center. With the new plan & colony reduction, you lose it. You reap what you sow. In this case, mediocrity & uncertainty
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The board of directors at Oregon Health & Science University has voted unanimously to develop a plan to scale down the university’s primate research center and pivot its focus to new approach methodologies. #neuroskyence By @callimcflurry.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/nonhuman-pri...
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Oregon primate research center to downsize monkey colony
The plan, approved today, follows talks about converting the center into a sanctuary and preserves some of the nonhuman primate studies.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I was ready to post @cartilagefree.bsky.social
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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
On this, Emmit Tills birthday, I want to share one of my favorite speculative Poems “I saw Emmett Till this week at the grocery store” by Eve L. Ewing share.google/mWtwTI9NvriN...
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“I saw Emmett Till this week at the grocery store” by Eve L. Ewing
Terrance Hayes explores how Emmett Till has become a haunting, powerful figure in Black poetry.
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Paul Bleicher @pbleic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Astonishing. RFK Jr. adds 8 members to a 6 member FDA advisory panel. 6 of them were sellers of peptides, and the 7th a compounding pharmacist. In an 8-6 vote with all 8 votes coming from these new panel members, the panel approved 4 peptides against the objections of FDA scientists.
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FDA Panel Supports Lifting Restrictions on Four Peptides (Gift Article)
In an all-day hearing, the agency’s scientists argued against allowing broad access to unproven drugs that the agency had banned three years ago.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Lindisfarne revisited?
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Almiron looks like Charles Boyle.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Baby's first #FluorescenceFriday! Blood-brain barrier in the baboon dlPFC. #neuroskyence
Fluorescence image of the baboon dlPFC. It is pretty.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I just went 82-0, think you can go 82-0? www.82-0.com/share?id=cQy...
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Build the ultimate NBA all-time team and see if you can go 82-0
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Wendy @evavictorine.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Well, well, well, look at who finally has a complete set of the Graphic Canon series thanks to the sale at @sevenstories.bsky.social!! They join Gilgamesh (not pictured, but beloved) and the top two religion-y ones (also newly arrived).
A stack of books from Seven Stories Press, the top two about Hebrew myth, the bottom six consisting of the entirety of the Graphic Canon series.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Callo, y entiendo, y me quito La pompa del rimador: Cuelgo de un árbol marchito Mi muceta de doctor.
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Researchers at a national primate center in Oregon have formed a grassroots nonprofit to argue against the center becoming an animal sanctuary, a transition the facility’s host university has been exploring since February. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/nonhuman-pri...
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Oregon primate center scientists fight proposed sanctuary transition
A group of employees have launched a series of campaigns to advocate for their work and argue against the center’s potential transition to an animal sanctuary.
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Dr Alison Weiss @dralisonweiss.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“Normally, a junior faculty would just need to focus on writing grants and publishing papers, and instead, I’m fighting for the right to still be a scientist.”
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Had to stop by. Everything @musicologyduck.bsky.social promised.
Expensive gas station in DC.
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David Grimm @david-grimm.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Critics say the proposal was made without consulting experts, does not specify how the transfer or lifetime care of the animals would be funded, and could endanger the monkeys if they’re not carefully integrated into their new home. My latest for @science.org
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CDC plan to retire lab monkeys to Texas sanctuary draws ire
Critics say proposal was rushed and could endanger the animals
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Science Magazine @science.org · 30/04/2026
A gene-therapy approach to thwart the AIDS virus that has long struggled to gain traction may have new momentum after a study found it could “functionally cure” at least some monkeys. scim.ag/4upKfnQ
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A novel gene-therapy approach to ‘functionally cure’ HIV succeeds in some monkeys
Six animals suppressed AIDS virus after one shot of treatment that makes cell-receptor antibody
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
He also noted that funding announcements will have sections where institutes can articulate their particular interests to help encourage applications relevant to key topics key to the institute missions. This is ironic given that NIH and the administration has largely blocked targeted NOFOs. 13/30
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
In addition, after last year, many institutions no longer assume that a noncompetitive renewal will be forthcoming if it is substantially delayed. This represents a lack of trust between institutions/investigators and the NIH that is both understandable and different than I have seen before. 21/30
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Interesting new approach by blusky to encourage alt text.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
1:21 in Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' Crimson and Clover live.
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Joan Jett Crimson & Clover (Live)
YouTube video by Rock Pop Tunes
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The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net · 10/04/2026
Kennedy canceled $500 million in mRNA research and announced no new mRNA projects will ever be initiated—killing the technology that produced the fastest vaccine rollout in human history.
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RFK Jr. Lied His Way Into Office and American Health Is the Victim
He is pushing quackery as science as health secretary
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Eliza Bliss-Moreau @eblissmoreau.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
There's a special place in hell for people who benefit daily from state of the art medical treatment and then argue that the means to discover the next state of the art treatment should be eliminated.
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Dr Alison Weiss @dralisonweiss.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
speak4.app/lp/dc01rshz One quick way to #standupforscience is to submit a letter here. Deadline is 2/6 at noon PT Please repost!
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Save the ONPRC
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
As it has been for the past several years, my New Year's resolution is 1920 x 1080.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
When I wrote graffiti my name was...
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Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is 'slop'
Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is “slop.” The word was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud. It evolved more generally to mean something of little value.
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Enjoy the day off (if you’re lucky enough to have one) but don’t forget: www.teenvogue.com/story/histor...
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Labor Day Is a Government Scam
Even if the holiday wasn’t always intended to be a rip-off, it sure is now.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
2 bits of data from new Economist/YouGov poll..... 13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 18/08/2025
"The rise of fascism in the United States convinced the Guthrie family and their associates that the music scene needed a dose of Guthrie’s anti-authoritarian, anti-racist, Nazi-punching ethos." #woodyguthrie #folkmusic #antifascist
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New Music from Anti-Fascist Folk Singer Woody Guthrie Released
With this reveal of 22 previously unheard songs, the Guthrie family hopes the radical messages in “Woody At Home” will inspire the next generation of protest songwriters.
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Dr. Rabbithole @drrabbithole.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
This is such an important point. The VAST majority of funding for research comes from NIH. Stand Up To Cancer just had their telethon. In 2023 they raised an impressive $60 million for cancer research. But the NCI (at NIH) had a budget of $7.2 billion that year. Charities cannot compete.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 15/08/2025
The tapes were recorded in the living room of Guthrie’s Brooklyn apartment between 1951 and 1952, on a portable tape recorder... @caroleine.bsky.social writes that the Guthrie family hopes to inspire the next generation of protest songwriters. inthesetimes.com/article/new-...
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New Music from Anti-Fascist Folk Singer Woody Guthrie Released
With this reveal of 22 previously unheard songs, the Guthrie family hopes the radical messages in “Woody At Home” will inspire the next generation of protest songwriters.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
"Efficient"
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
constitution.congress.gov/constitution/ has deleted sections 9 (habeas corpus) and 10 from Article 1.
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
BREAKING: Watchdog government agency finds the NIH and the Trump administration have illegally withheld funds in violation of the Impoundment Control Act, and rips into HHS for failing to justify its slow-walking of funds. www.gao.gov/products/b-3...
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Department of Health and Human Services—National Institutes of Health—Application of Impoundment Control Act to Availability of Funds for Grants
Congress appropriated amounts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to carry out various research objectives for fiscal year 2025. In accordance...
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I cannot "like" this post.
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katja heuer @k4tj4.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
5 Concatenating primate brains based solely on their size provides a 1st striking illustration of the importance of mechanical morphogenesis: despite jumping across far branches of the phylogenetic tree, the sequence is largely continuous, hinting at a common underlying organising principle.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Bodes well for the 2026 World Cup.
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Venezuelan Team Bound For Little League Senior World Series In U.S. Denied Visas - World Baseball Network
A team of 15- and 16-year-old baseball players from Venezuela won't get the chance to compete at a tournament in South Carolina after they were denied visas to enter the United States, according to mu...
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Effective funding line of 4% for NCI.
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Laurie Parker @llparker100.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The 4th percentile… JFC
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Here are the T32 curves.
T32 curves for 2025 compared to previous years. 2025 is at roughly one third previous years.
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Grant terminations have grabbed the headlines and have seen legal action, but even more damaging to the US research enterprise has been the massive decrease in number of research grants issued by federal agencies NIH has seen a decrease of 57% in the number of awards & 63% in value compared to FY24
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Updating @jeremymberg.bsky.social
Graph showing the number of new, competing, and non-competing T32 grants over the past seven years. 2025 is at roughly 1/3rd previous years.
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EJVallender @ejvallender.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Wonderful and powerful way to give back the community. @tennessee-titans.bsky.social‬ and @msstate.bsky.social‬ defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons doing good work off the field.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Great day to read Frederick Douglass’ brilliant speech- “What to the slave is the Fourth of July?” nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...
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A Nation's Story: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
In July of 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech titled “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?,” a call for the promise of liberty be applied equally to all Americans. Douglass’s speech empha...
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