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Amy Ryan 💅🏻

@gorillaguerilla.bsky.social
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Beleaguered scientist. Primatologist interested in social behavior and behavior management, human interested in a life of purpose not profit.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 02/07/2026
It 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/
Clown shoes pro-oligarchy pablum, supported by far-right billionaires — a Hoover fellow, brought in by Trump 1 to blame others for COVID, arranged doubt via billionaire-funded AIER, and now writes in the Bezos Post.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Abolishing 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.
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Pancreatic 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.
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Amy Ryan 💅🏻 @gorillaguerilla.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
It’s “intentionally destroy.” Don’t go soft on him, Science.
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Ian L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
NIH 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.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
It 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).
Screenshot from project 2025 that says By statute or regulation, CDC guidance must be prohibited from taking on a prescriptive character. For example, never again should CDC officials be allowed to say in their official capacity that school children "should be" masked or vaccinated (through a schedule or otherwise) or prohibited from learning in a school building.
Such decisions should be left to parents and medical providers. We have learned that when CDC says what people "should" do, it readily becomes a "must" backed by severe punishments, including criminal penalties. CDC should report on the risks and effectiveness of all infectious disease-mitigation measures dispassionately and leave the "should" and "must" policy calls to politically accountable parties.
Conflicts of Interest. There was a time when the CDC could not take money
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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 19/12/2025
Hey, @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. #publichealthsky
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Notice 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...
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 08/12/2025
Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
"I guess I have a very different view of the dangers and real-world consequences of your position than what you explored with Justice Kavanaugh. My understanding was that independent agencies exist because Congress has decided that some issues, some matters, some areas should be handled in this way by nonpartisan experts—that Congress is saying that expertise matters with respect to aspects of the economy and transportation and the various independent agencies that we have. 

"So having a president come in and fire all the scientists and the doctors and the economists and the PhDs and replacing them with loyalists and people who don't know anything is actually not in the best interest of the citizens of the United States."
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NPR @npr.org · 05/12/2025
Admiral 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/48HypvT
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HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral 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.
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 03/12/2025
If the FDA has proof that vaccines killed children, it needs to release that evidence immediately.
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Gosh @historygosh.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
The 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.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling” Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
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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.
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The 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.
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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
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I 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.
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Amy Ryan 💅🏻 @gorillaguerilla.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Today 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.
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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
one 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.
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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
The 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.
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Amy Ryan 💅🏻 @gorillaguerilla.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Sorry, #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.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Trump's campaign to kill an industry where America runs a massive trade surplus is succeeding
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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.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Sen @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.
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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. ✊🇺🇸
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Amy Ryan 💅🏻 @gorillaguerilla.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Jenna 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.
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Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Over 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.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
The 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.
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Civil Servants Demand an End to Executive Overreach
Join 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...
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MagnoliaBouton @magnoliabouton.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Sharing 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/biohealthbeats
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Biohealth Beats — 27 UNIHTED
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 04/09/2025
In 1900, 31% of all deaths were children under the age of 5.  Today it’s 0.7%.  Vaccines, medications, and modern science are the reason why.  Trust the science, it’s been proven to work safely and efficiently time and time again.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 10/08/2025
1/4 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.
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CDC shooter believed COVID vaccine made him suicidal, his father tells police
A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that a Georgia man who opened fire Friday on the U.S.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
the people responsible for spreading lies about covid vaccines have blood on their hands tonight.
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Police believe, after speaking with shooter's family, that CDC was the target
From CNN's John Miller

After speaking with the suspected shooter’s family members, police are operating under the theory that he was either sick or believed that he was sick and blamed the illness on the Covid-19 vaccine, a law enforcement official told CNN.
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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. 🧪 🩺 🔬 👩‍💻
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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Normalize 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/...
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The road to lenacapavir, a breakthrough HIV treatment
Three individuals have been awarded the AAAS Mani L. Bhaumik Breakthrough of the Year Award for their work on the drug
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Republicans 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.
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Amy Ryan 💅🏻 @gorillaguerilla.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Kate 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.
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William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Found that government waste
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John Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Defund 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.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
NEW: 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…”
Case 8:25-cv-00951-PX
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Filed 07/02/25 Page 2 of 5
3. The proposed Amended Complaint details the Government's defiance of court
orders after this Court granted preliminary injunctive relief. The Amended Complaint includes
allegations that the Government made decisions to defy judicial mandates. These allegations are
new to the Complaint, but have been cited in various filings in this Court as the case has developed.
They are directly relevant to Plaintiffs' constitutional claims and outstanding requests for
declaratory and prospective injunctive relief.
4. Plaintiffs also seek to incorporate evidence that emerged in a June 2025
whistleblower disclosure from former DOJ official Erez Reuveni, who was previously counsel for
the Government in this case. The new allegations include government officials internally
acknowledging that Abrego Garcia's removal was an "administrative error" while simultaneously
working to prevent his return and to make post-hoc justifications. These revelations provide
evidence of deliberate misconduct that was unavailable when the original Complaint was filed and
directly support Plaintiffs' claims.
5. The proposed Amended Complaint also Includes Abrego Garcia's first-hand
account of torture and mistreatment at CECOT, as well as developments regarding his return to the United States and the Government's stated plan to remove him again. These allegations identify
the severe harm actually suffered and the threat of repeated unlawful removal that supports
Plaintiffs' request for prospective injunctive relief. The inclusion of these facts, which could not
have been pleaded at the time of the original filing, is essential to present a complete picture of the
violations and ensure adequate relief.
6. Plaintiffs also propose to clarify that the relief sought includes restoring the status
quo ante, which requires (among other things) the Government to return Abrego Garcia to
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Amy Ryan 💅🏻 @gorillaguerilla.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
I 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.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/06/2025
MERKLEY: 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
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
People 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
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 25/06/2025
A 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.
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Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · 25/06/2025
Vaccination 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-... 🧪
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Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 25/06/2025
Zohran 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.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Wake 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.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
SCOOP: 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...
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‘Big Balls’ No Longer Works for the US Government
The 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.
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Amy Ryan 💅🏻 @gorillaguerilla.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
All 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.
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
THIS 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!
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
In 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."
Subject: From the NIH Principal Deputy Director: Guidance relating to NIH Priorities
Colleagues,
It has come to our attention that some staff are giving guidance to various employees that the word "diversity" may not be used in any context, and that anything with the word
"diversity" in it is not allowed. This is not true. For example, an employee was told they could not go to a conference to discuss research on "neurodiverse
individuals." Others are being told not to use the phrase "genetic diversity." Obviously, this is bad guidance. There are clearly many appropriate uses of the word diversity, and in no way does the NIH police speech or banPlease ask your staff to use common sense when implementing NIH priorities or ensuring compliance with executive orders. If they are not sure about something, they should ask up their chain of command to get an answer. For NIH to continue its important mission, all staff must work collaboratively to promote rigorous science that does not discriminate and that will lead to potential breakthroughs for the health of all Americans.
Please share this information with other leadership across your ICOs as appropriate.
Matt
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