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Liv @livlaughlasers.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Dr. Jane Goodall inspired me in many ways to pursue a career in science. Rest well, Dr. Goodall. Thank you for everything you put into this world.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 14/04/2025

Want to brush up on your skills about fighting back against repression and political interference in #highered? Join an online session for the April 17 #DayofActionforHigherEd. Register: www.dayofactionforhighered.org/events

Registration information for the fighting attacks on higher ed in red states workshop.

Registration information for the immigrants rights defense workshop.

Registration information for the Who Rules the Academy (and how to Fight Back) workshop.

Registration for the universities as political battlegrounds workshop.

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

An important point getting overlooked: When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies. They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

From a source at NIH: “Right now NIH’s ability to buy things is dead. Nearly all people with the power to make an order — purchasing people — have been removed. The NIH hospital can’t buy medicines, the labs can’t buy petri dishes. X-Ray machine breaks? Too bad. Everything is stopped”

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Liv @livlaughlasers.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Thank you for your speech @booker.senate.gov. I watched/listened since this morning in solidarity as I worked on my dissertation. Love, care, and kindness drives out hate, spite, and malice. May your message sink in for those who haven’t understood.

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Liv @livlaughlasers.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Definitely feels like no one cares. I struggle to find more than a handful of people around me who express the same amount of alarm or seem to understand what is at stake.

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Liv @livlaughlasers.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

One of my students just chatting with her lab partner today: “Do I look like a scientist to you? I’m an engineer! I fix things with tape!” 😂

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Liv @livlaughlasers.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

The game being played: How far can the boundaries of capitalistic ideals be pushed? - Weaponizes: individualism, ignorance, uncertainty, fear, overwhelm - Requires: compliance in advance, guise of every day normality

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Liv @livlaughlasers.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Public libraries were a staple of my childhood. They fed my voracious appetite for books. I volunteered at my local library as a teen. I credit so much of who I am to the access I had and continue to enjoy. I am supremely disappointed at the attack on funding for our public libraries.

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Liv @livlaughlasers.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

So grateful to everyone who joined us in our #standupforscience walkout at the University of Arkansas. @standupforscience.bsky.social

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

“As the Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) for NIMH, we are a group of scientific experts from leading biomedical research institutions across our nation. Each of us has taken an oath as a Special Gov’t Employee to uphold the Constitution and fulfill our congressionally mandated responsibility…” 👀

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Liv @livlaughlasers.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I am participating in the economic blackout today. I am only supporting small local businesses and paying in cash with them. Also spending some time at my local public library!

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Liv @livlaughlasers.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I had a conversation with my PhD advisor today about the implications of the cuts. Halting all submissions was not something we expected

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Liv @livlaughlasers.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

This was the best Super Bowl performance by far. The concept, the music, the timing. Amazing ✊🏽

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

8. Finally, Trump and Republicans are going to do everything they can to divide us. Divide science and the humanities, divide red state and blue state universities, divide NIH extramural and intramural, divide us on race and gender and class. The way we rebuild science is to stick together. /end

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/02/2025

A non-government business that contracts with the federal government received notice today that in order to do business with the government they must certify that they don’t participate in DEI. So it’s not just the feds, it’s any private biz that contracts with the feds. Here’s the message they got:

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Dr. Zachary Rubin @rubinallergy.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

This was the table that the CDC posted and took down regarding #H5N1 bird flu

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 07/02/2025

Wow. So not only were several bird flu studies left out of today’s CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, some data on bird flu briefly appeared in the online report and then was quickly removed.

C.D.C. Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People
The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.

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Craig Richard, Ph.D. @themadbioengineer.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

This graph is something I think about often. When I tell people about grad school, I try to be as honest as possible because it is one of the most difficult things you can put yourself through mentally. #Science #STEM #gradschool #PhDstudent #Gradstudent #mentalhealth #gradstudentmentalhealth

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Liv @livlaughlasers.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

The Senate is currently discussing the confirmation of Russel Vought as OMB director. He is the author of Project 2025. You can watch the floor proceedings live www.senate.gov/legislative/...

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U.S. Senate: Floor Proceedings

Floor Activity

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 06/02/2025

After an unprecedented pause of three weeks, the CDC has resumed publishing its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). However, three studies about bird flu that were supposed to appear in this edition, remain on hold even as the outbreak spreads.

Notes from the Field: Emergency Department Use During the Los Angeles County Wildfires, January 2025
Weekly / February 6, 2025 / 74(3);40–42

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Emily Kajita, MS, MPH1; Karen Chang, PhD1,2; Vannalyn de Leon, MPH1; Wesley Moss, MPH1; Michael Lim, MPH1; Sharon Balter, MD1; Annabelle de St. Maurice, MD1 (VIEW AUTHOR AFFILIATIONS)

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Liv @livlaughlasers.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

for a brief moment a cool, sweet breeze a pink sky a quiet communion I almost forget the unhinged, unfeeling humans the coal-black hatred the vulgar antagonism I return to my charts and calculations. Working to be free to do more than scream. Working to remember that brief moment.

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Liv @livlaughlasers.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

A science-killing list. Too many keywords in this thread inherent to the scientific process. I know grad students supported by NSF fellowships awarded thru a grant that include many of these words. They have not gotten paid or are owed a large chunk of funds for this semester. Uncertainty reigns.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 03/02/2025

Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...

THE ASK
This week, between Monday and the vote on Vought, we're asking people from all over the country to plan a visit to Senate State Offices to demand Democrats fight and to hold Republicans accountable for their complicity.
DEMOCRATS MUST USE EVERY PROCEDURAL TOOL TO SHUT DOWN
TRUMP'S AGENDA
Yes, we need Democrats to vote no on Vought's nomination, but no is not enough. Democrats have the power to grind Senate business to a halt and force Republicans to feel the political cost of backing Trump's extremist agenda. Here's how:
1. Deny a Quorum: If Republicans don't have 51 votes in the chamber, Democrats can walk out and shut down Senate business entirely.
2. Block Unanimous Consent: Object to every procedural shortcut, forcing Republicans to take the longest possible route for every step of the confirmation process.
3. Max Out Debate Time: Use all 30 hours of debate on Vought to expose Project 2025, Musk's Treasury takeover, and the funding freeze.
4. Delay and Disrupt: Force roll-call votes, quorum calls, and procedural delays to slow everything down.
5. Blanket Opposition: Democrats cannot continue to vote for Trump's other nominees, helping to install more MAGA loyalists into powerful positions in the federal government while this power grab continues.
No Business as Usual: This is a constitutional crisis. Democrats must abandon the old rules and fight with everything they have.
Bottom line: Senate Democrats must block, delay, and obstruct every step of this process-no cooperation, no easy votes, no fast-tracking Trump's takeover. To learn more about how Senate Democrats can shut down Trump's agenda with procedural hardball, check out our explainer here.

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Liv @livlaughlasers.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

For anyone who didn't realize this before, you can subscribe to the World Health Organization's newsletters regardless of the country's standing with the #WHO: www.who.int/news-room/ne... #PublicHealth

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Stay up-to-date with upcoming events, news, blogs, publications and much more. Select from our newsletters and subscribe below

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Today from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny: snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

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Liv @livlaughlasers.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Please share! The Immigrant Resource Center has free pdf downloads of "Red Cards" clearly outlining people's rights when dealing with ICE. Available in multiple languages! www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/01/2025

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

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Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect

Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.

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Nsikan Akpan @monscience.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research. Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions

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Brian Conboy @briankc.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

"Meet in the middle," says the unjust man. You take five steps forward. He takes five steps back. "Meet me in the middle," says the unjust man.

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Liv @livlaughlasers.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Bluesky had felt too empty for me when I gave it a go, but now that more people are here I'll give it a try again!

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Liv @livlaughlasers.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

✅ Passed my PhD candidacy exam this afternoon 💪🏽 Accidentally dressed like the Rock afterwards

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Liv @livlaughlasers.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Hello Bluesky! 👋🏽 I am a PhD student in biomedical engineering studying cellular metabolism and improving its label-free measures using fluorescence lifetime imaging. I am looking forward to engaging with the academic and science community here!

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