Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Trump has been redirecting tens of millions of National Park Service money to wasteful projects in Washington, D.C., while blocking more than 130 planned projects at national parks across the country, putting more than $25 million in already secured funding on hold. 10222851000
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern? 551172306414
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Hanna Blue 🏴☠️🏴🏁🗽⚜️❤️🔥🎃🎭🍁 @blueberrypoison.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The horse-riding librarians of the Pack Horse Library Project in Hindman, Kentucky, around 1940. This was a genuine New Deal initiative established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression. 16275952015
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 18/07/2026A thing we haven’t talked about yet re: the contaminated lettuce situation is the amount of food waste this is going to create. Which is, you guessed it, a contributor to climate change. Especially as contaminated food recalls are only going to increase due to sparse regulations. 613916
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Speaking of using your own words, don't forget that the NIH's RFI on limiting the number of RPG awards per PI/MPI is open for comment. I will remind you that the RPG designation includes everything from R03 ($50k direct, 2 y limit) to P01, huge U mechs and DPetc. rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6a1f200c6e...rfi.grants.nih.govRequest For Information 32828
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026It's not radical to believe everybody in the richest country in the world should have healthcare. It's not radical to believe we shouldn't send our money abroad to bomb people when we need money for our schools here. It's not radical to believe corporations shouldn't be able to buy politicians. 381462478
dr. kristin d. lane 🔬 @kristindownie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026@marcelias.bsky.social @democracydocket.com I know you’re busy, but any chance another cause? Science needs your help! 000
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I went to school with polio victims. It was a childhood scourge until the vaccine was invented. People who think they know about vaccines would do well to learn the history of communicable diseases.theguardian.comMartha Lillard, last known US polio survivor using iron lung, dies aged 78Lillard, of Oklahoma, contracted polio when she was five and slept inside cylindrical metal device to help her breathe 21144211246
dr. kristin d. lane 🔬 @kristindownie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026If you applied for and were awarded a #NSF grant (or know someone who did) since January 2025, I want to know. Not a GRFP, but anything else especially if it was thru BIO/MCB. Thx! 🧪🦠 235
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 13/07/2026 432112113364
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 13/07/2026They say books won’t change the world. Tell that to every colonizer who burned them. To every enslaved person who was punished for reading. Literacy is resistance. Literacy is liberation. The library is a battlefield. 13964961918
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 13/07/2026Holy COW. Text analysis of comments on the OMB rule: overwhelming opposition, overwhelmingly not form letters. (But 9 in 10 comments supporting the rule ARE form responses, LOL) Whatever happens next, folks have stepped up. 1808303
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read: 11034690213669
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Hey, Utah teens, if you enjoyed the films Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me, you’re out of luck. The state won’t let you read the Stephen King novellas on which the movies are based. This concludes today’s lesson on fascism.bookriot.comUtah Bans Its 36th Book From All Public SchoolsUtah has banned more books from public schools in 2026 than any other year, and this week, they added their 36th title. 14527361268
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬DC Public Library @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Hit ❤️ if you have a library card in 2026. 45212710461
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 09/07/2026Children's Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group co-founded by RFK Jr., standby an Idaho woman charged with suffocating her twins after claiming the flu vaccine killed them. A heartbreaking reminder of the devastating consequences of false health claims. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/u...nytimes.comnytimes.com 412039
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 08/07/2026Russell Vought’s OMB Grant Proposal takes the formerly expert informed, democratic grant award process and turns it into an authoritative process based on political ideology. It will destroy science in America as we know it. Take action here: zurl.co/ydchb Article: zurl.co/Juc68zurl.coTrump administration pursues more durable changes to science policy after setbacks in courtAfter legal challenges succeeded, Trump administration shifts from dismantling agencies to centralizing OMB control over research funding. 4249131
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/07/2026💯 There has been so much corruption and insider trading. 38292772545
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 05/07/2026My favorite reason is #5 . 772939762
dr. kristin d. lane 🔬 @kristindownie.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Currently listening to the audiobook and can HIGHLY recommend #ScienceUnderSiege 010
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 @lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Air Force Major Jason Watson, 20-year active duty veteran, wore his uniform to the Capitol steps July 1 holding a sign reading "Impeach Convict Remove." He was arrested. His defense fund raised $139,000. Watson: "The greatest threat to our Democratic Republic is not a foreign one. It is domestic."spotfund.comDonate to Support Major Jason Watson’s Stand For Democracy, organized by DOOR, LLCHelp support Major Jason Watson’s heroic act of civil disobedience on 7/1 at the US Capitol in pursuit to IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE the tyrannical government. Al 54111163761
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 05/07/2026NO 👇 LIES DETECTED....... 289101944107
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 05/07/2026🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 8 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/DhKYY 113298
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.” 12293455110770
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬rome. @romewithadot.com · 05/07/2026This kinda reiterates why physical media is so important. Because if all our history books become digital, they can change records of the truth on a whim. 2125311061
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 04/07/2026Happy 250th, America. As we celebrate, let's honor those who built this country, defended it, and never stopped pushing America to live up to its promise. The fight for freedom isn't over. And the next 250 years will depend on what we do now. We've got work to do. 601809313
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Just a reminder that patriotism isn't holding a bible and wrapping yourself in the flag while you violate the Constitution and plunder the country. Happy 4th of July, stay cool and safe!! 310195265749
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬wyotitania @wyotitania.bsky.social · 04/07/2026A wide shot of the Tetons at night #BlueSkyArtShow #wide 214822
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 02/07/2026🧪 New from @dataforprogress.org: Federal research grants are awarded on scientific merit judged by panels of scientists and outside experts. Trump has moved to change that. Voters don't approve. www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2026/7/... 6274124
dr. kristin d. lane 🔬 @kristindownie.bsky.social · 30/06/2026TLDR: Would require a political appointee to approve all grants, scientific review panels would be advisory only and conference registration and publications would not be allowable costs on federal grants. Comment deadline is July 13th! 🧪 11911
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 29/06/2026People who write for a living: how many good hours can you write per day before you try to escape your office like a flustered weasel? 23828
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/06/2026A win for the resistance! We’re glad he won. The District of Columbia has settled a lawsuit brought by a protester who was detained and handcuffed after following National Guard troops through the city while playing Darth Vader’s theme from Star Wars.acludc.orgDemonstrator Sues after Being Handcuffed and Detained for Playing the Star Wars “Imperial March” Theme to Protest National Guard Members in D.C. - ACLU of DCComplaint details how the man was tightly handcuffed and prevented from exercising his First Amendment rights 231606379
dr. kristin d. lane 🔬 @kristindownie.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I was on study section while my grant was discussed by a different panel on the same day. My grant? Competitive but Not Discussed. This showed up on eRA commons as ND for the 1st week then was updated. 220
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Breaking: Trump has fired the membership of the National Science Board, which is oversees NSF. I have confirmed separately with multiple now-former members of NSB.democrats-science.house.govRanking Member Lofgren Reacts to Latest Trump Scheme to Undermine Science | House Committee on Science, Space and TechnologyThe House Committee on Science, Space and Technology 581055762
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Authoritarians have this really, really weird insecurity when it comes to artists and academics. They hate them, but they also weirdly crave their approval. Eventually authoritarians find those obsequious people who are in or peripheral to artistic or academic communities to carry out their agenda 0101
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Spotted in Washington DC during White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend. Source MeidasTouch 315166604694
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 24/04/2026To my dismay, this went on as described, mixing excellent scientists who study research integrity and using them as cover to profile the NIH director whose lies about vaccines and action to damage both NIH and now CDC are shameful. What were the National Academies thinking?? 1416
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 24/04/2026In the #NASEM fireside chat with Jay Bhattacharya, he says there is no political review of grants. 👀 NIH staff being required to censor grants base on a computational text analysis tool beg to differ. www.science.org/pb-assets/PD...science.org 26119
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Science is good. We should fund it. 134125822516
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 11/04/2026An mRNA treatment for PANCREATIC CANCER was in trials, among many other uses. Choosing to end this research is choosing to sentence millions to an early, painful death 311101764495
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/04/2026No ORD means no independent research. No chemical risk assessments. No scientific firewall between industry lobbyists and federal health policy. They’re not just cutting jobs. They’re cutting the part of the EPA that tells us the truth.thehill.comEPA tells some scientific research staffers to relocateThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making some of its staffers relocate and reassigning an even larger share of employees as part of its efforts to reorganize its scientific research. The… 14580199
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/04/2026This isn’t a reorganization it’s a shutdown. The Trump administration is dissolving the EPA’s entire Office of Research and Development the division responsible for the science behind clean air and water standards. 3590180
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Mx. Tiffany Leigh @tiffanyleigh.northsky.social · 23/03/2026Reposting the image with alt text. So EVERYONE can see which of the thirteen airports will have ICE agents on site 2319032130
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 23/03/2026You'll notice none of these guys are wearing masks, so the next time Chuck or a Chuck supporter says getting ICE to agree to taking off masks is a win at the negotiating table going forward, it isn't. They know they're not supposed to wear them. And clearly the doxxing argument is bullshit 640384
Reposted by dr. kristin d. lane 🔬Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 21/03/2026Judge ruled RFK Jr. overstepped when saying gender-affirming treatments are unsafe. NY AG Letitia James: Healthcare services for transgender young people remain legal & the federal government can't intimidate or punish providers who offer them. 🏳️⚧️ #GoodNews #ImpeachRFKJr zurl.co/0KBHm zurl.co/OG05Hzurl.coRFK Jr overstepped in declaring gender-affirming treatments unsafe, judge rulesJudge rules that Trump’s health secretary did not go through proper procedures when issuing declaration 4341109