leils @leils.bsky.social · 14/02/2026@theweekendmsnow.bsky.social mmmmmmmmm donuts…….media.tenor.comhomer simpson is holding a plate with a donut on it .ALT: homer simpson is holding a plate with a donut on it . 000
Reposted by leilsThe People's News @fallssquatter.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Must read... www.propublica.org/article/prop...propublica.orgThe Data Doesn’t Lie: How ProPublica Reports the Truth in an Era of False ClaimsAs federal data becomes less available, our journalists are doing shoe-leather reporting to provide readers with the precise numbers. 011
leils @leils.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Proof that AI is not taking my job anytime soon: I asked a commercial LLM to help me track down a bug (yeah, its Friday night and I couldn't find my error - which was soooooooo tiny.....). Here's the screenshot: 010
leils @leils.bsky.social · 26/11/2025My nerd heart is broken. blog.adafruit.com/2025/11/21/d...blog.adafruit.com 010
leils @leils.bsky.social · 19/10/2025@elienyc.bsky.social talking truth and drinking from a Death Star mug….media.tenor.coma woman is sitting at a table with her hands folded in front of her .ALT: a woman is sitting at a table with her hands folded in front of her . 010
leils @leils.bsky.social · 12/10/2025@dukesurgery.bsky.social -a great day of golf! Thanks to UNC Surgery for hosting!!! 020
leils @leils.bsky.social · 12/08/2025@dukevascular.bsky.social There was a dress code for journal club… #VascularSurgery 061
Reposted by leilsAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/05/2025RFK Jr. is reportedly going to forbid government scientists from publishing in the world’s most respected medical journals — the Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, etc. It’s going to take decades to repair the damage done by this administration. 1180170525127
Reposted by leilsAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 16/05/2025Please check in with your fed friends. It's kinda stressful here You’re fired You’re rehired You’re refired You’re staying but your team is fired Your team is staying but your funding’s cut You’re moving across the country, maybe Restraining order 🛑 Restraining order against the restraining order 🔙media.tenor.coma cartoon character from bob 's burgers wearing a pink bunny hat says this is fineAlt: Louise from bob 's burgers wearing a pink bunny hat and staring into the distance. Her left eye is twitching with stress. The caption says "this is fine" 321448211
leils @leils.bsky.social · 07/05/2025wck.org/news/gaza-up...wck.orgWorld Central Kitchen | WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run OutAfter serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza. 000
leils @leils.bsky.social · 21/04/2025fortune.com/2025/04/15/u... Are we great yet???fortune.comU.S. economy to lose billions as foreign tourists stay awayA pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products are adding to a growing list of headwinds keeping the risk of a recession high. 000
leils @leils.bsky.social · 19/04/2025www.science.org/content/arti... It just keeps getting worse….science.orgNIH freezes funds to Harvard and four other universities, but can’t tell themMove follows broader White House attack on Harvard funding and stop-work orders to contractors 000
Reposted by leilsRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Trump ends promising cancer research. USA! USA! “Two patients’ treatments using the experimental therapy had to be delayed because NIH’s capacity to make personalized cell therapies has been slowed by the firing of highly skilled staff..." www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...washingtonpost.comNIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed. 17336401518
Reposted by leilsIlan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Nearly half a billion dollars ($484M) lost in the NC research triangle alone Where TF are Thom Tillis & Ted Budd? 04820
Reposted by leilsBrennan Center @brennancenter.org · 26/03/2025The SAVE Act may as well be called the anti-voting rights act. Here’s why:brennancenter.orgVoting Rights Act at 60: Congress Could Hit New Low with SAVE ActThe new legislation would require American citizens to produce documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote. 25746350
Reposted by leilsAlt Musician @altmusician.altgov.info · 27/03/2025🤬 www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...nbcnews.comHHS plans to shutter or downsize several health agencies, including at CDCHealth and Human Services is planning to cut 10,000 jobs across the sprawling department. 64010
Reposted by leilsWRAL Top Stories (unofficial) @not-wral.bsky.social · 26/03/2025NC Health and Human Services Department to cut 80 jobs, lose $100 million in federal funding The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' reductions are due to the federal government's "abrupt and immediate termination of several federal grants," a department spokesperson said in ...wral.comNC Health and Human Services Department to cut 80 jobs, lose $100 million in federal fundingThe North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ reductions are due to the federal government’s “abrupt and immediate termination of several federal grants,” a department spokesperson said in a statement. 021
leils @leils.bsky.social · 22/03/2025We are super excited to welcome Jordyn O’Dell to our Duke Vascular Surgery family! Congrats and welcome, Jordyn!!! #MatchDay2025 @dukevascular.bsky.social 050
Reposted by leilsDr Rasu Shrestha @rasushrestha.bsky.social · 21/03/2025‼️Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander (NOT Musk) may have found actual fraud. The federal judge stops Musk's team from 'unbridled access' to MILLIONS of American’s Social Security private data! www.reuters.com/legal/us-jud... 083
leils @leils.bsky.social · 20/03/2025some thoughts.... here are where our 2021 tax dollars went. Want to minimize what we spend on healthcare? Expand Medicaid, considering a no-for profit model. Want to get more money from elsewhere to help w social security? 100
Reposted by leilsPaul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated 592104665229
leils @leils.bsky.social · 18/03/2025@elsieross.bsky.social as visiting professor at @dukevascular.bsky.social 020
Reposted by leilsBWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Legit, fascist talk from those closest to the President and advising him. In any normal timeline, these people would, at the very least, be run out of their jobs on a rail. Congress has the power NOW to stop this. I fear that no one is coming to save us and we’ll have to do this ourselves. 182
Reposted by leilsryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 18/03/2025hard not to conclude every Gazan is going to get exiled or killed, with Trump's full support www.axios.com/2025/03/18/i...axios.comIsrael resumes war in Gaza with airstrikes against Hamas: 200 Palestinians reported deadIsraeli officials told Axios they notified the Trump administration in advance of the airstrikes and briefed it on the objectives. 28733187
leils @leils.bsky.social · 18/03/2025the fallout continues. I have a dear friend who works for a private sector company (analytics software). He was fired yesterday due to the uncertainty in academia and the government research sector. It's just going to get worse. I've called all my senators and reps. Why don't they care? 1121
Reposted by leilsjuliruth.bsky.social @juliruth.bsky.social · 18/03/2025I retired, and my replacement at the USDA was fired. There aren't any jobs for entomology researchers in the US. I recommended she look overseas. Government researchers can't get jobs at universities because their funding is gone. Trump and his cronies are absolutely destroying this country. 0227
leils @leils.bsky.social · 18/03/2025serious question: Why are the creators of PEPFAR silent? Why are George W. Bush and Laura Bush not saying anything??? Why have power and platform if you don't use them? 0122
leils @leils.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Fact check: true. www.military.com/daily-news/o...military.comCommunity Care Is Not VA CareThere's a new cliche being parroted at congressional hearings on veterans' affairs these days: "Community care is VA care." 020
Reposted by leilsLauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 15/03/2025The Trump administration recently denied a funding request from the city of Asheville, North Carolina, to help its recovery from Hurricane Helene, telling the city it must cut a program meant to aid female and minority contractors. www.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...yahoo.comTrump admin makes Asheville remove ‘DEI’ language to access hurricane relief aidThe Trump administration recently denied a funding request from the city of Asheville, North Carolina, to help its recovery from Hurricane Helene, telling the city it must cut a program meant to aid f... 781125762
leils @leils.bsky.social · 10/03/2025I bet they searched ‘sterilization’… www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...nbcnews.comDOGE plans to cut VA contracts may harm veterans' care, employees sayThe list of contracts on the chopping block hasn't been made public, and the VA declined to provide it. NBC News reviewed documents identifying 200 of the contracts scheduled for cancellation. 010
Reposted by leilsDr. David Miller 🏳️🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Whelp ed research orgs had mass lay-offs yesterday Mathematica: www.linkedin.com/posts/mathem... MDRC: www.linkedin.com/posts/mdrc_t... NORC: www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ga... RTI: www.linkedin.com/posts/no%C3%... Westat: www.linkedin.com/posts/westat... WestEd: www.linkedin.com/posts/amyhre... 14248143
leils @leils.bsky.social · 04/03/2025if you haven't seen it... 'The only girl in the orchestra' is a great documentary. 000
Reposted by leilsJAMA @jama.com · 03/03/2025Viewpoint discusses discordance between patient report and objectively measured walking impairment in people with peripheral artery disease without critical leg ischemia. ja.ma/3F06w6Z 182
leils @leils.bsky.social · 27/02/2025apnews.com/article/doge...apnews.comVA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical careThe Department of Veterans Affairs has temporarily suspended billions of dollars in contract cuts after an uproar that critical veterans health services were harmed, lawmakers and veterans service org... 021
Reposted by leilsJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/02/2025You've simply got to read this. beyond belief You Must Read This: Uproar Over Malicious and Disastrous Cuts at VA talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/you-m...talkingpointsmemo.comYou Must Read This: Uproar Over Malicious and Disastrous Cuts at VAYesterday I saw a video from VA Secretary Doug Collins (former member... 41807286
Reposted by leilsTed Corcoran (RedTRaccoon) @redtraccoon.bsky.social · 26/02/2025‘We are watching the gutting of VA,’ veterans groups warn in wake of federal worker firings www.stripes.com/veterans/202...stripes.com‘We are watching the gutting of VA,’ veterans groups warn in wake of federal worker firingsThe nation’s leading veterans advocacy groups condemned the purge of workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs and called on President Donald Trump’s administration to reinstate an estimated 6,000... 812562
Reposted by leilsAidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · 25/02/2025NIH cuts are getting the press, but VA research is getting slashed too. What do we lose when VA research goes away? Here's some greatest hits: The nicotine patch, invention of the cardiac pacemaker, first successful liver transplant, development of the CAT/CT scan prospect.org/health/2025-...prospect.orgVA Research Funding SlashedThough not as prominent as the NIH, VA researchers play a major role in advancing basic health science. Hundreds of projects have been cut. 6514273
Reposted by leilsVoteVets @votevets.org · 21/02/2025📢Veterans, now is the time to raise hell! While Trump & Musk fire critical VA staff, House Republicans are rushing through bills to GUT Veterans’ care. They think no one will fight back. Prove them wrong. Speak out. Spread the word. MORE: www.military.com/daily-news/o... 19520228
Reposted by leilsAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party. 842341782
Reposted by leilsAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 20/02/2025The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️ 251106234758