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Meg Doerr

@megdoerr.bsky.social
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Advisor @SageBio, advocate for open science, privacy, and informed consent; she/her @MegDoerr on Twitter

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 18/09/2026
*smashes bottle against table* STOP STEALING OUR GOOGLY EYES AND USING THEM TO PRETEND YOU MADE GOD
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Stop the hype on anti-aging treatments such as NAD+ and peptides. Get the evidence. Editorial @naturemedicine.bsky.social nature.com/articles/s41...
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
NEW: The NIH is quietly restricting funding for research that evaluates how public policy impacts human health. According to internal documents I obtained, the agency no longer considers policymakers "mission relevant" — a massive shift for the biomedical funder. My latest for @nature.com:
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NIH limits funding for research on the health effects of public policy
US biomedical agency no longer considers policymakers as ‘mission relevant’, leaving dozens of grants in limbo.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
When it comes to your children’s health, listen to doctors. Not a president who once told Americans to inject bleach. The American Academy of Pediatrics’ immunization recommendations have not changed.
Children’s immunization schedule
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MagnoliaBouton @magnoliabouton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
NIH plans to block international researchers on visas from accessing key funding avenue: the K99/R00. Devastating news for the international research training community, who strongly contribute to US biomedical research. All will feel this great loss! www.statnews.com/2026/08/07/n...
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NIH plans to block international researchers on visas from accessing key funding avenue
The NIH plans to close the door on one of the few pathways available to international students on visas to forge a career in biomedical research in the U.S.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 08/08/2026
From the daily newsletter: Extreme nausea during pregnancy was long thought to be psychological, and women were shamed for their illness. Now a scientist has found a biological cause. www.newyorker.com/newsletter/t...
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When Morning Sickness Is Deadly
From the daily newsletter: Extreme nausea during pregnancy was long thought to be psychological, and women were shamed for their illness. Now a scientist has found a biological cause.
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
That was the stated purpose behind the establishment of the branch of government in which you serve but go off king
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Ameaka Fatima Nkempu, a Johns Hopkins University researcher in public health, was detained by ICE while boarding a domestic flight. She says she is Cameroonian in a Medium article that she authored. As of Thursday morning, the ICE Online Detainee Locator did not list where she was being held.
Studio photo of a Black African women wearing a beautiful dress in a printed fabric.

Caption:
Ameaka Fatima Nkempu, Johns Hopkins public health
researcher, was detained by immigration agents while
boarding a domestic flight this week. (Johns Hopkins
University)
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/07/2026
Whew, the editors of @science.org are getting real.
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The Assault On Science Funding Continues
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 22/07/2026
A reminder that UC _faculty_ and Faculty Associations — not the universities themselves nor their administrators — are waging this battle in court, demonstrating great bravery and moral clarity.
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White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...
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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 17/07/2026
"The propagation of AI slop [...] is making science less trustworthy. But in parallel, AI enthusiasts are telling the world that the remedies should all be easy to automate, creating the impression that journals can not only catch more errors but also do it more efficiently and cheaply."
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AI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensive
There’s a saying in the management world, popularized by NASA administrator Daniel Goldin in the 1990s, that the goal of technological improvements is to make products faster, better, and cheaper. Alt...
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Sarah Wood @sarahwood.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The women have won four World Cups, but absolutely congratulations to the men for making it to the knockout round. Yes, this is a reminder that the USA has, in fact, won a World Cup — four of them. In case you heard otherwise.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
NSF grantmaking update Two weeks ago (5/17) New grants: 1080/3772 — 28.6% of avg. *Obligations: 1.2/2.12 billion — 56.6% of avg. Now (5/31) New grants: 1,355/4,125 — 32.8% of avg. Obligations: 1.50/2.34 billion — 64.1% of avg. Data from grant-witness.us/funding_curv...
Chart showing new awards for NSF. FY26 is well behind pace
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Russell Vought, Director of the OMB, has issued a set of proposed changes that would dramatically alter federal grant funding. However, we can each take action to prevent these from taking effect. Here's how, a 🧵 🧪 1/n www.science.org/content/arti...
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White House seeks to tighten political oversight of grantmaking
Sweeping proposed rule, now open for comments, would also restrict foreign collaborations and remove federal funding for open-access fees
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
NIH funded peeps: This is insane and coming for us.
For FY 2026 RPPRs:
If there are any publications with a foreign co-author, a statement submitted through the Signing Official (SO) confirming the author will no longer publish or collaborate with the foreign partner is sufficient to show the collaboration has ended. Also indicate that no IDeA money was transferred via subcontract to an institution in a foreign country. This path will minimize delays.For FY2027 RPPRs onward:
Pls are required to submit prior approval requests for any publication co-authored with individual(s) affiliated with a foreign institution(s).
Per NOT-OD-26-026, prior approval requests must be initiated and submitted by a SO for the recipient organization.
In addition to noting the foreign site and the name of the foreign investigator, the prior approval request should provide information about the nature of the research being conducted; why the involvement of the foreign site is necessary; and whether any data will be transferred.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
i never really bought into the whole 'these fucks are a death cult' narrative but these fucks are a death cult
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Meg Doerr @megdoerr.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
1/ After 11 years at Sage Bionetworks, I'm transitioning from Director of Applied ELSI Research to an Advisor role. I recently tried to name what made Sage special and the word that kept coming back wasn't "open." It was generous. Generous science.
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Michelle Meyer @michellemeyer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
🚨New paper! eConsent can promote cost-effectiveness & equity in research, but how does it compare to traditional consent w/r/t informedness? In this RCT, we tested the Sage Bionetworks eConsent developed by @megdoerr.bsky.social & @wilbanks.bsky.social, used by, eg NIH All of Us & Apple ResearchKit.
Screenshots of the eConsent, showing different user design principles.
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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This is a really big deal in the global community of human rights defenders and digital rights experts www.404media.co/rightscon-hu...
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World’s Largest Digital Human Rights Conference Suddenly Canceled
RightsCon was delayed by Zambia's Ministry of Information for "thematic issues" and problems with speakers.
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Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I feel like I’m finally getting pretty good at writing grants right when they stopped giving grants away.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 22/04/2026
In honor of #EarthDay, here is a reminder that there is a bot account that posts a photo of the whole Earth from a million miles away, taken by the Deep Space Climate Observatory, several times daily. You can view all the images (and zoom in) here: epic.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/04/2026
While we're talking percentages, let's talk about the proposed cuts to NASA's science budget. NASA is currently 0.36% of US federal spending. www.planetary.org/space-policy... The proposed budget cuts NASA science by 47%. NASA science is already on a shoestring, and that string is about to break
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Your Guide to NASA's Budget
How big is NASA's budget right now? What was it like in the past? How does it compare to the rest of government spending? These answers, as well as…
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 11/04/2026
Hello, I made you a feed of your cats watching the Artemis II splashdown bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Trump's war on science is unambiguous.
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Alan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
"Policies pursued or enacted during the Trump Administration’s first year will likely increase pulmonary morbidity and mortality, and widen already growing inequalities in lung health and care." | Implications of Year 1 Trump Admin Policies for Americans’ Lung Health academic.oup.com/ajrccm/advan...
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Implications of Year 1 Trump Administration Policies for Americans’ Lung Health
Adam W Gaffney, MD, MPH, Steffie Woolhandler, MD MPH, David C Christiani, MD, MPH, MS, Mary B Rice, MD MPH, John Balmes, MD, C Corey Hardin, MD PhD, Cecile
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
The angel of abundance, the Dolly Lama of literacy, the distributor of almost a third of a billion books for kids.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 09/02/2026
"I forced the shape of English onto resisting tongues and then dared to call it 'broken.'"
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I’m Still Your America
Hey, patriot. It’s been a week. As ICE spreads terror through the streets, and Teacup Eichmann presided over the murder of yet another innocent civ...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 09/02/2026
Science cannot thrive when censorship shuts down research. Shutting down research doesn't make people healthy. Help us impeach & #RemoveRFKJr by visiting standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr . (1/5🧵)
SCIENCE IS UNDER CENSORSHIP. “WOMEN” “VACCINE” “EQUITY” “ADDICTION” FROM PEN AMERICA’S LIST OF WORDS BANNED FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WORK.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Sarah Brayne, Sarah Lageson and Karen Levy have a nice paper on “surveillance deputies.” Ring wants to deputize your pet dog. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Surveillance deputies: When ordinary people surveil for the state | Law & Society Review | Cambridge Core
Surveillance deputies: When ordinary people surveil for the state - Volume 57 Issue 4
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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 09/02/2026
So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 09/02/2026
From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
ICE mobile app scans protester's face, revokes her TSA PreCheck status www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
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ICE mobile app scans protester's face, revokes her TSA PreCheck status
If you're protesting ICE, it might be a good idea to wear a mask.
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Meg Doerr @megdoerr.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
REMINDER! Webinar: Bringing Community Priorities into Big Health Data Research this Thursday 2pmET/11amPT
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 23/01/2026
Trump’s America.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
People are missing a big thing about the saga of the detained 5-year-old. When Vance calls the father an "illegal alien" it seems to reflect a little-known Trump admin move that attempts to nullify asylum claims before they are even heard. This policy is a horror: newrepublic.com/article/2056...
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 23/01/2026
On his trip to MN yesterday, Vance said DHS wasn’t targeting people based on race. Not only is that false, remember, this Admin took a case to SCOTUS specifically arguing they should be allowed to do that. Trump’s SCOTUS ruled in their favor. Don't be fooled by their lies.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 23/01/2026
Fact-Checking Trump On Greenland theonion.com/fact-checking-trump-on…
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The NIH's MYF policy in 2025 resulted in 4000 fewer grants and fellowships that touched every area of biology and medicine; continuing it in 2026 would be disastrous for science, technology and health in the United States 🧪 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Hey cuties. You need a valentine set right now, I can tell. It's only $20. You get 20 of them, 4 designs, & each one has a little fact inside. I need a little more cashflow into Skype a Scientist to do the amount of shit I want to do this year. These valentines are a good start! SquidFacts.net
A valentine that says You Make My Jaw Drop, then the inside that says "With their mouths closed, pelical eels are long and skinny. When they open their mouths to grab food, they can balloon out to engulf animals much larger than they are" then the back has a little snailfish that says "Take action to help animals in the deep sea by slowing down climate change ang vocally opposing deep sea mining
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
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Meg Doerr @megdoerr.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
🔔 Upcoming Webinar: Bringing Community Priorities into Big Health Data Research Introducing CHIRON (Community Health Interests for Researchers & Oversight Networks), a discussion toolkit designed to support researchers and oversight bodies in thinking through community impacts of data reuse.
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Nancy Baym @nancybaym.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
We are looking for advanced PhD student interns! Spend 12 weeks scratching a research itch in our Cambridge Massachusetts lab. Closes January 17. apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
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Research Intern - Sociotechnical Systems | Microsoft Careers
Research Interns put inquiry and theory into practice. Alongside fellow doctoral candidates and some of the world's best researchers, Research Interns learn, collaborate, and network for life. Researc...
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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9
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Tanya Lewis @tanyalewis.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
COVID vaccines slashed ER visits by 76% in kids 9 mos-4 yrs, and 56% in older kids, CDC's latest MMWR report found (reposting with story): www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...
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COVID Vaccines Slashed Kids’ ER Visits by 76 Percent, Study Finds
A report published by the CDC reaffirms the effectiveness of COVID vaccines at preventing severe disease in children
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
magnificent
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The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
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