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Laura Van Winkle, PhD DABT

@lauravw-ucd.bsky.social
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Professor of Respiratory Toxicology at UC Davis SVM. Views are my own. Passionate about environment, national parks, mentoring, the air we breathe, science for everyone, public health, basic science and corgis. VAX, Mask, Filter Air. No DM

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Nature @nature.com · 01/05/2026
Members of the US Congress have signaled that they will again reject the Trump administration’s proposal to slash science spending. But the bill they advanced today still calls for substantial cuts to budgets at agencies such as the NSF. go.nature.com/48AkE33
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US lawmakers vote to reduce science spending – but reject Trump’s massive cuts
A draft bill would preserve NASA’s overall funding but downsize the National Science Foundation’s budget by 20%.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Update on NSF grant funding: As of April 27, NSF has spent money on 737 new grants for FY26. Avg. for '21–25 at this point is 3303, so NSF is at about 22%. grant-witness.us/funding_curv...
Cumulative number of awards. FY26 is 22% of average, a large outlier.
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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
$900 million to pay companies to not do wind energy and $400 million for the ballroom, that’s $1.3 billion or ~1,300 3 to 4-year NSF awards.
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NPR @npr.org · 29/04/2026
The move follows an administration push for cuts to the NSF and raises concerns in the scientific community that it could jeopardize a tradition of independent decisions about federal science grants. n.pr/4t2YxJI
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Scientists see Trump's firing of the National Science Board as an attack on research
The move follows an administration push for cuts to the NSF and raises concerns in the scientific community that it could jeopardize a tradition of independent decisions about federal science grants.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
May Day Marches across the US yesterday! Such a beautiful day to celebrate and to fight against the oligarchy and the patriarchy.
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NPR @npr.org · 19/04/2026
Exactly two months after the Supreme Court struck down most of President Trump's tariffs, the U.S. government has set Monday as the day when some companies can begin requesting refunds. n.pr/4mGExLF
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This tariff-refund portal is about to be America's hottest website
Exactly two months after the Supreme Court struck down most of President Trump's tariffs, the U.S. government has set Monday as the day when some companies can begin requesting refunds.
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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
There is no amount of money, oil, or gold that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
A win! A federal judge just ordered the government to hand over evidence from ICE agent Jonathan Ross’s killing of Renee Good.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Miles Taylor: "We’re just three people away from stopping Trump’s madman meltdown.

Three. 

That’s the number of House Republicans who — if they chose to act — could change history. Right now.

By demanding he step down, voting to impeach, or flipping control of the House."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2025
Ossoff: "We have a president who's completely out of control, a crook engaged in unprecedented corruption, who's passing one of the most unpopular agendas in history. The public is turning against him. The opposition is motivated. We can win & we have to win, but we don't have the luxury of despair"
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Aaron J. Waltke @goodaaron.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I can confirm the PBS Passport is a very good deal for $5/month or $2.50/month if you do yearly. Thousands of hours of top notch content. NOVA is great. The new Ken Burns doc on Leonardo da Vinci is excellent. You can sign up at the link below! www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
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PBS: Public Broadcasting Service
Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!
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Jeremy Bent @jeremybent.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
With yesterday's disheartening Colbert news and today's deeply cruel gutting of our beloved PBS & NPR, maybe consider killing your Paramount+ subscription in favor of PBS Passport? www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
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PBS: Public Broadcasting Service
Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
These people are out of control. www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
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ICE handcuffs 71-year-old grandmother, a U.S. citizen, at San Diego immigration court
An ICE agent accused the woman of pushing her. After she spent hours in custody, she denied that to NBC Diego on Wednesday.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
What is this—Make Asbestos Great Again? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
New York Times headline: EPA Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos
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Society of Toxicology @sotoxicology.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The US EPA announced that there will be two virtual public meetings of the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals on July 21 and August 4–8: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
The chances of land this close to Grand Teton and Yellowstone NP being used for “affordable housing” are absolutely 0. Largest public land grab in modern U.S. history w/no hearings, debate, or public input. Future playgrounds of the mega wealthy. Tell your Congressional reps/Senators to stop it.
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Here in Washington state, 3,866,398 acres are on the line. This includes some of the most carbon-dense forest in the world, with immeasurable value for climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and human health and well-being.
A map showing public lands eligible for disposal in the west, zoomed in to show US Forest Service (green) and Bureau of Land Management (orange) public lands in Washington state that could be sold under the Senate Reconciliation Bill.
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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 17/06/2025
The total amount of public land that Trump wants to make available for sale is equivalent to more than TWICE the size of CALIFORNIA. All to pay for tax cuts to some of the richest people in world history.
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Matt Hutchins AIA @matthutchins.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Some of the amazing public land in Washington to be sold to fund disastrous tax cuts.
Map of public land on the auction block
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Janessa Goldbeck @janessagoldbeck.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands. Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
While Mike Lee and Steve Daines' Senate Natural Resources Committee amendment to the budget reconciliation package mandates the sale of up to 3.3 million acres of public land, what most people miss is that it also authorizes the sale of 258 million acres. That's 40 percent of all public land:
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Lee, Daines Up Public Land Sell Off To 258 Million Acres
The Senate's budget reconciliation package includes provision to sell off 40 percent of all public land
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Janessa Goldbeck @janessagoldbeck.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
UPDATE: It gets worse. The updated legislative language makes over 250 MILLION ACRES of public land available for sell-off.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 17/06/2025
We now know that the GOP's Big Ugly bill would allow for the sale of 250 MILLION acres of public land. 5.4 million in Washington state. We can't let them jam this through in secret. Help me say it loud and clear for Republicans: Public lands belong in public hands.
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lEsa @lesanotlisa.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Trump's idiot followers (ie every Republican Senator) want to sell off FORTY PERCENT of public land? That is 40% of OUR land.
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Laura Van Winkle, PhD DABT @lauravw-ucd.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
That’s our paper! Proud of this work from three institutions and a major product of Morgan Domanico’s dissertation
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Society of Toxicology @sotoxicology.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Dr. Caroline Moore shares how scientists are using portable labs to track species in the Amazon via eDNA, from paw prints to feathers, advancing conservation & biodiversity research: www.youtube.com/shorts/M4pQ8... #BiodiversityDay #AdverseReactionsPodcast
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Field Labs Are Revolutionizing Wildlife Conservation #BiodiversityDay #WildlifeConservation
In this clip from the Adverse Reactions podcast, Caroline Moore, PhD, of the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, shares how scientists are advancing wildlife conservation through portable molecular labs in remote, biodiversity-rich areas like the Amazon. With tools like eDNA sampling and field-based PCR, researchers can now identify species from feathers, hair, or even paw prints right in the field. #BiodiversityDay #WildlifeConservation #Toxicology #eDNA #FieldScience #AdverseReactionsPodcast
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/06/2025
we're gone from "90 deals in 90 days" to sending letters to other countries pleading with them to negotiate
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/06/2025
The FDA has updated an ongoing recall of tomatoes distributed in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina to its most severe warning, saying there is a higher probability that potential salmonella contamination could lead to “serious adverse health consequences or death.”
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F.D.A. Updates Recall of Tomatoes, Warning of a High Risk of Illness or Death
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 30/05/2025
Gold standard science
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White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 29/05/2025
Women’s health issues remain underreported, underrepresented, and under-prioritised—despite making up half the global population. 🎥 In a new video, experts and Lancet Editors advocate for equitable healthcare to transform women’s health: tinyurl.com/22fkf865
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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
BREAKING: Our client Andry's asylum case was dismissed ~75 days the enforced disappearance to CECOT. “It seems the government’s intention in dismissing these cases across the country is to complete the disappearance of people,” - @l-toczylowski.bsky.social #FreeAndry www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
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Immigration courts are dismissing cases of those sent to El Salvador, potentially cutting off their return
An immigration judge in San Diego dismissed the asylum claim of a gay makeup artist from Venezuela — one of at least 14 such dismissals in recent weeks.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
BREAKING The Trump administration has halted Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, taking aim at a crucial funding source in a major escalation in the administration’s efforts to pressure the elite school to fall in line with the president’s agenda.
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Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
The move was a major escalation in the administration’s efforts to pressure the college to fall in line with President Trump’s demands.
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Nature @nature.com · 22/05/2025
Withdrawal from opioids sends some neurons into overdrive, but manipulating these cells can be beneficial when stopping the chronic use of these drugs go.nature.com/3Ffx058
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Don’t feel the pain — these brain cells help with managing opioid withdrawal
Neurons in a brain region linked with substance-use disorders can affect how much pain is felt when stopping chronic opioid use.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn’t warning the public like it was months ago : NPR www.npr.org/2025/05/21/n...
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Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 21/05/2025
This animation shows how temperatures have changed over the last 100 years for each February-April period. On each map, red shading indicates warmer than average conditions, and blue shading shows the opposite. Note the trend. Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).
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Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Robert Reich's helpful guide re. what you can do to fight back.
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What you can do
Revised and expanded
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Nature @nature.com · 10/05/2025
Innovation takes time US scientists who received renewals from the NIH over the past four decades produced more novel research than those who didn’t go.nature.com/44s6cc5
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Renewal of NIH grants linked to more innovative results, study finds
Nature - Survey of hundreds of scientists’ work suggests that cutting off funding disrupts focus and reduces the novelty of research.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
NEW: Whistleblower records show that the NIH axed research grants – even after a federal judge blocked the cuts with an injunction. www.propublica.org/article/trum... 🧵
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Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show
A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s executiv...
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
As we point out in Science, the Trump proposal to convert NIH program officer jobs into political appointments (Schedule F) will mean, that instead of actual scientific experts, people like "Big Balls" will choose how to direct NIH funds. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The past few months at NIH and NSF preview how politicized scientific agencies would operate. Funding choices that reflected the consensus of some of the best scientists in the world were reversed by nonscientists. Program officers have, at points, been told not to communicate with the scientific community or have had their engagement limited. Scientific agencies have been directed to effectively reduce the flow of funds to a trickle by adding new layers of redundant review and red tape and even violating court orders to reinstate cancelled grants.
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Alt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info · 10/05/2025
Outside NIH now! Senator Alsobrooks of Maryland: www.youtube.com/live/j7OGhh2...
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“Sick of It” with Senator Angela Alsobrooks
YouTube video by Senator Alsobrooks
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/05/2025
Internal records show that the NIH axed grants for research about transgender people despite a court order barring the cuts. Agency officials also testified that DOGE was involved in directing grant terminations. By @anniewaldman.bsky.social
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Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show
A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s…
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The NIH Director is a liar. He is trying to change facts to fit a political narrative. The antithesis of science.
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Tony Negron @tnite02.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
He is so on a roll. China has replaced us as the country to buy from if you want high tech. We are back to coal. Unbelievable
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
This may be the most obscene thing this man has ever done on social media It’s offensive at a level I’m struggling to articulate, but we can start with the fact that he’s again framing himself as God’s chosen representative on Earth when he is, remember, a _serial sexual predator_
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Governor Tony Evers @govevers.wisconsin.gov · 02/05/2025
Yesterday, a top Trump Administration official made an apparent threat to arrest me. Here’s my message to Wisconsinites. I encourage you to take a few minutes to watch. ⬇️
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Gov. Evers Releases Message to Wisconsinites Regarding Apparent Trump Administration Arrest Threats
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I really encourage you to listen to this. This entire incident is chilling and crosses yet another line.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/05/2025
President Trump released a proposed budget that called for cutting the funding of the CDC by almost half. Its chronic disease center was slated for elimination entirely, a proposal that came as a shock to many state and city health officials.
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Trump Budget Cuts Funding for CDC
Kennedy has warned of an epidemic of chronic disease, but the budget blueprint would close the C.D.C. center focused on prevention.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 02/05/2025
Russia isn’t winning. They’re burning through men, tanks older than your dad, and begging North Korea for troops. That’s not strength—it’s desperation. We didn’t let them win the Cold War, and we won’t let them fake a win now. youtu.be/lvVI64jVXuI?...
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Still Think Russia Is Defeating Ukraine? Watch This
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 03/05/2025
🧵This is the cruelty they don’t want you to see. Yorely Bernal was deported to Venezuela. Her partner, Maiker Espinoza, exiled to El Salvador’s brutal CECOT prison camp. No criminal records. Their 2-year-old daughter, Antonella, is still in DHS custody. Read on… www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/w...
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A Mother and Father Were Deported. What Happened to Their Toddler?
The Trump administration sent the mother of a 2-year-old to Venezuela and the father to a Salvadoran prison. Their daughter remains somewhere in the United States.
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