Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 02/07/2026It is sad that Scott Atlas doesn’t understand basic economics. Paul Samuelson wrote about public goods—why NIH has been such a stunning success—more than 75 yrs ago. Also, to see why Atlas urges ending US success, just look at who elevates him: pro-privatization billionaires. 1/ 1317964
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Abolishing the NIH has always been this admin’s plan. They told us in Project 2025. They’ve SHOWN us with their actions over the past 18 months. This is why a heads down approach will not work. The scientific community has 2 options: oppose this with all we’ve got, or let them carry out their plan. 718095
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Pancreatic cancer is still one of the deadliest cancers. However, there are promising strategies currently under investigation that have been delayed or harmed because of the Trump administration and Elon Musk's DOGE. CDMRP cuts left no money for many forms of cancer research including pancreatic. 20319133
Amy Ryan 💅🏻 @gorillaguerilla.bsky.social · 24/12/2025It’s “intentionally destroy.” Don’t go soft on him, Science. 000
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Ian L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social · 19/12/2025NIH funding is like pizza 🍕. Usually, the NIH gives many researchers a slice of the pie, but this year they decided to just give a few researchers the whole pie. The data show that, disproportionately, early career researchers went hungry. We need Congress to stop NIH multi-year funding mandates. 9362115
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 20/12/2025It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines. It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States. And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254). 22572812792
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 19/12/2025Hey, @echr.coe.int , this research would not happen in the United States because of Tuskegee. It is appalling that this is happening at the University of Southern Denmark. Shut this down promptly. #publichealthskyfederalregister.govNotice of Award of a Single Source Unsolicited Grant To Fund University of Southern Denmark (SDU)The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the award of approximately $1,600,000 over a five-year period, in resp... 1135
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 08/12/2025Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments): 3032651000
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻NPR @npr.org · 05/12/2025Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvTn.prHHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portraitAdmiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. 32328351081
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 03/12/2025If the FDA has proof that vaccines killed children, it needs to release that evidence immediately. 332393
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Gosh @historygosh.bsky.social · 03/12/2025The refusal to consider DC Statehood is largely a reluctance to give DC two Senators, which itself is a tacit admission that the United States Senate is an anti-democratic institution. 151500332
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling” Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.” 234153684267
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 02/12/2025@aatishb.bsky.social got me on the record. “My colleagues did an outstanding job to work their butts off to approve things.” I swear it's true. It's still true at #NIH.nytimes.comThe U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science. 14825
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻cuteosphere @cuteosphere.bsky.social · 01/12/2025“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to 195233089463
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/12/2025I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around. 6192472725
Amy Ryan 💅🏻 @gorillaguerilla.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Today is World AIDS Day, which I acknowledge and uplift despite the current administration. We cannot abandon those affected. We also must celebrate that within my itty bitty lifetime, AIDS has become no longer an automatic death sentence because of a well supported biomedical research enterprise. 010
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible. 237228586521
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 21/11/2025The number of ICE facilities has increased by nearly 100 over the last 12 months. According to the ICE facilities page, there are currently a total of 221 facilities holding detainees. By comparison, at this time last year, there were a total of 124 facilities that ICE reported on the list. 17737
Amy Ryan 💅🏻 @gorillaguerilla.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Sorry, #sfn25, you won’t see most NIH-ers there. Folks had to make a tough decision during the shutdown to cancel their travel. I know NIH researchers were looking forward to getting away from the daily brutality of working in the federal government and instead get to think/ talk about neuroscience. 040
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Trump's campaign to kill an industry where America runs a massive trade surplus is succeeding 14839254
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Frank Han @hanfrancis.bsky.social · 15/11/2025@kylegriffin1.bsky.social the @ama-assn.org has caved to Trump. They invited known grifter Dr Mehmet Oz to give a speech, but, the AMA board/ John Whyte decided to censor all delegates in the following way. 1. Questions can be asked, but all must be vetted. 2318392
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Sen @murray.senate.gov continues to fight for accountability in the destruction of American biomedical science and politically-motivated retaliation against our brave colleagues who dissent, as is their right. Jay Bhattacharya must go. 09323
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 13/11/2025🚨🚨 @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is a force. Her voice carries power, truth, and courage—threats to the regime. The only thing authoritarians fear more than a voice they cannot control is a chorus. So let’s give them one: speak up, speak loudly, and don’t stop. Stand with Jenna. ✊🇺🇸 15322
Amy Ryan 💅🏻 @gorillaguerilla.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Jenna has been an inspiring colleague I’ve been honored to work alongside this year. It needs to be known after putting us through the longest shutdown (they say in official emails, “democrat-led” like how desperate), on Day 1 back to work they are putting people on admin leave again. 03519
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Over the weekend ICE abducted an NIH contractor when he showed up to a courthouse for his green card hearing. He is documented. His wife is a citizen. He is also member of the skeleton crew of animal care staff that works through a shutdown, to ensure the health and wellbeing of research animals. 7468225
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 19/09/2025The federal workers who take care of our veterans, inspect our food, and help people through natural disasters know Trump’s lawlessness is hurting everyday Americans and they are begging Congress to stop it.actionnetwork.orgCivil Servants Demand an End to Executive OverreachJoin federal workers from across the federal government as we urge Congress to pass nothing less than a continuing resolution (CR) that reasserts Congress's constitutional powers, upholds our democrac... 20874286
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻MagnoliaBouton @magnoliabouton.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Sharing stories matters. If you’ve faced grant terminations, funding delays, loss of research jobs, etc., your voice is needed. Help show the real impact of NIH funding interference - tell your story so we don’t lose innovation, cures, and hope for the future. www.27unihted.org/biohealthbeats27unihted.orgBiohealth Beats — 27 UNIHTED 37834
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 04/09/2025 447199606925
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 10/08/20251/4 New details on just how damn close the CDC shooter came to killing us. He brought FIVE guns. He tried to get inside CDC headquarters but was stopped by security. So instead drove over to the CVS across the street and opened fire.apnews.comCDC shooter believed COVID vaccine made him suicidal, his father tells policeA law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that a Georgia man who opened fire Friday on the U.S. 18489181
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 09/08/2025the people responsible for spreading lies about covid vaccines have blood on their hands tonight. 91717470
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 08/08/2025#ScienceSky #ClimateSky if you haven't yet, COPY EVERY GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT AND DATABASE AS PERTAINS TO YOUR RESEARCH. Check @archive.org as well to make sure it hasn't already been altered. Check with your university archivists for resources on data collection. They may already be at work. 🧪 🩺 🔬 👩💻 42621
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Normalize talking about fed. $ when these headlines happen. Thousands of scientists, working for decades funded by the federal government did this. At times, people thought this was useless research. Below is some info about the HIV labs at the University of Utah. 🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgThe road to lenacapavir, a breakthrough HIV treatmentThree individuals have been awarded the AAAS Mani L. Bhaumik Breakthrough of the Year Award for their work on the drug 3691298
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Republicans are waging a generalized war on science, but I think many of them don’t fully grok that RFK isn’t at war with science alone or per se: he’s at war with sick people, and of the view that only the lucky should be allowed to survive into old age. They are know nothings, he is Mengele. 10549591511
Amy Ryan 💅🏻 @gorillaguerilla.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Kate Britt is garbage, BTW. Don’t care, don’t celebrate her. Her office called the police on fired Feds including me, NIH-er. Her office was the only office to do that to us. 111
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Found that government waste 0126
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻John Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Defund the police: something that never really happened, but everybody talked about. Defund the scientists: something that's actually happening, but almost nobody's talking about in those terms. 211707513
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 02/07/2025NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers seek permission to file an amended complaint in his civil case in Maryland. Among other things, the amended complaint “includes Abrego Garcia's first-hand account of torture and mistreatment at CECOT…” 197128024673
Amy Ryan 💅🏻 @gorillaguerilla.bsky.social · 01/07/2025I am registered for ASP 2025! I’ll be presenting and everything! Just to give you an idea how work is going, I started the registration process in April, and it was just completed yesterday. So glad that it worked out. 000
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/06/2025MERKLEY: How do you feel about being responsible for hundreds of thousands of kids dying because of your sudden interruption in these key programs? VOUGHT: I reject the assertion MERKLEY: I find your response both ignorant & callous. Few Americans have had a more devastating & disastrous impact 942230297442
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 25/06/2025People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid 25092483612840
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 25/06/2025A reminder that the @nytimes.com told New Yorkers to not rank Mamdani at all, & instead endorsed former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson. Tilson sits at a whopping .8%. Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable. 398190644181
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · 25/06/2025Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪scientificamerican.comHere’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by ScienceThese graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults 311102636004
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 25/06/2025Zohran Mamdani was the first mayoral candidate to swiftly condemn the arrest and disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil as a violation of his First Amendment right to advocate for Palestinian freedom. 71029198
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Wake up Democratic Party old guard establishment. This isn’t about New York City. This is the way the wind is blowing. Step aside for young people who this country will need over the next several decades long after you are gone. Enough with your egos and the big money interests. 420140112621
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25/06/2025crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants 113152042955
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 24/06/2025SCOOP: Big Balls is out of government, officials confirm. @makenakelly.bsky.social @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @jakelahut.writes.news and me! www.wired.com/story/big-ba...wired.com‘Big Balls’ No Longer Works for the US GovernmentThe technologist Edward Coristine, a key operative in Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency who's gone by the name "Big Balls" online, has resigned, the White House tells WIRED. 4237083
Amy Ryan 💅🏻 @gorillaguerilla.bsky.social · 24/06/2025All yall in NYC better not be ranking Cuomo! Lead the country in changing our Democratic energy. The old guard will not save us- they led us here. 000
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 16/06/2025THIS IS IT! THIS IS HUGE!! PLAINTIFF'S WIN!! Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM! 121573366
Reposted by Amy Ryan 💅🏻Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 16/06/2025In an email to staff, NIH deputy director Matt Memoli says: "It has come to our attention that some staff are giving guidance... that the word 'diversity' may not be used in any context." "Obviously this is bad guidance... Please ask your staff to use common sense when implementing NIH priorities." 2211239