Maria Gallegos @mopia.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I’m kind of the neighborhood pest inspector with my 65 year old microscope and Lego camera mount. 242
Maria Gallegos @mopia.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Hs anyone found this gem of a tweet? The one about the “32-year-old man with no underlying health conditions that was offered a Covid vaccine early because of a blunder at his GP surgery which recorded him as being 6.2cm tall, giving him an astonishing body mass index (BMI) of 28,000.” 110
Maria Gallegos @mopia.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Today is National #StandUpforScience day. Here is my failed contribution. You have to zoom way the $&@#% in. 162
Maria Gallegos @mopia.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Zoom in to the back of this ship docked at the port of Oakland. Someone spelled “renee” using shipping containers! Not the first time. Last time I saw this ship it spelled “Jason”. Anyone else see this? #renee #bayarea 121
Maria Gallegos @mopia.bsky.social · 19/10/2025“Fewer speakers, bigger stars, speeches that aren’t laundry lists.” Amen. There was almost a riot there at the beginning. While organizers/speakers were droning on the crowd was yelling, “March, March, MARCH!!! 000
Reposted by Maria GallegosClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 19/10/2025This is, of course, the dynamic that bedevils the Dem/left coalition more broadly. But you know what could help in a rally setting? Fewer speakers, bigger stars, speeches that aren’t laundry lists. 8982
Reposted by Maria GallegosKarenmia🫣 @indigogurlsf222.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Have you never protested? No Kings would be a wonderful first experience. You will find out the following: you are not alone, there are lots of awesome people in America and people can actually be supportive. It will recharge your faith in humanity. You will want to repeat the action. #resist 24619
Reposted by Maria GallegosAndrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 04/10/2025“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943 256169857923
Reposted by Maria Gallegossantiago, phd 🐈⬛ @santiagokique.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Like...this is the biggest corruption scandal the NIH has experienced in its entire history and its not even close. Half of a BILLION dollars to a single project as a result of political spoils. That's the equivalent of several hundred R01s. 415777
Maria Gallegos @mopia.bsky.social · 03/10/2025@steveinskeep.bsky.social On this morning’s broadcast, you and Ms. Leavitt seemed to make contradictory statements about when the ACA subsidies were set to expire. Who’s right? And if Ms. Leavitt misled, why didn’t you push back? Without pushback, I was left wondering if she was right. 010
Reposted by Maria Gallegos50501 Monterey ❌👑 @50501monterey.bsky.social · 20/09/2025The mission is clear. ❌👑 #stopmaga #stopmagazis #stopwhitesupremacy #nokings #October18 Commit to NONVIOLENT action. DO NOT ENGAGE with detractors at events. Turn away & ignore. Or find a Peacekeeper (in yellow vests). Do NOT bring weapons of any kind to our events. RSVP mobilize.us/s/4enw8F 094
Reposted by Maria GallegosIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 20/09/2025Journalists at the Pentagon now must pledge not to report anything that hasn’t been approved by Pete Hegseth. The only way to protect our rights from Trump’s regime is to exercise our rights. Join the largest peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKingsdeadline.comPentagon To Require Journalists To Pledge Not To Report Unauthorized Information, Or Face Having Credentials Denied Or RevokedThe restrictions came in a memo to members of the media on Friday. 52502239
Maria Gallegos @mopia.bsky.social · 28/08/2025It has a sad ending though. “But in May the Trump administration terminated billions of dollars of funding to Harvard, including the grant that supported the pelvis research.” “We are all wondering what would have come next had we not lost this funding,” Dr. Capellini said. 020
Reposted by Maria GallegosHealthcare for All ♿️🏳️⚧️♀️🇺🇦🖖🏾🇵🇸 @falkorfriend.bsky.social · 24/08/2025It's time for a GENERAL STRIKE to halt the gears of injustice and overthrow the white nationalist patriarchy. We need ~10.3M more signed strike cards to reach effectiveness. Working in the US? 📢 Sign yours today! 📢 Not working in the US? ♻️ Please repost ♻️ generalstrikeus.com/strikecardgeneralstrikeus.comThe Strike Card — The General StrikeBy Signing a Strike Card is one of most important steps you can take in ensuring the success of The General Strike. By doing so you will receive important emails and SMS updates. The Strike card is ... 1117
Reposted by Maria GallegosThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 07/07/2025"One of the most important, and most overlooked, functions of protest is to prevent the dreaded 'spiral of silence,' which can begin when people wrongly believe that their own point of view is not widely shared," Betsy Levy Paluck writes:bit.lyThe Most Overlooked Value of Political ProtestSmall acts of staying quiet may seem merely polite or indifferent, but they can easily spiral. 411942
Reposted by Maria GallegosNoelle L’Etoile @girlsinscience.bsky.social · 04/05/2025CA voters - contact your State Rep - One of the best reasons to work towards SB829 - getting a CA alternative to NIH - Akilah Weber Pierson’s bill is the cancellation of NIH grants that investigate LGBTQ health. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/h...nytimes.comTrump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health (Gift Article)More than $800 million in N.I.H. grants canceled as of early May — nearly half of those terminated to date — covered the health of sexual and gender minority groups, The Times found. 041
Maria Gallegos @mopia.bsky.social · 18/04/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o... Didn’t expect that David Brooks would inspire me.nytimes.comOpinion | What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal.It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat. 040
Maria Gallegos @mopia.bsky.social · 12/04/2025A quote from Shapiro in an excerpt from the recent New Yorker about the creation of the dire wolf. “There is no point in bringing the dodo back. Their eggs will be eaten the same way that made them go extinct the first time.” Makes me think we also can’t just go back to a Biden-like presidency. 010
Reposted by Maria GallegosThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/03/2025China, Russia and India have dispatched emergency teams and supplies to earthquake-ravaged Myanmar. So have Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The U.S., the richest country in the world and once its most generous provider of foreign aid, has sent nothing.nytimes.comTrump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in MyanmarWhile China, Russia and other nations have rushed emergency response teams to the devastated country, the U.S., once a leader in foreign aid, has been slow to act. 19722171145
Maria Gallegos @mopia.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Just hanging out with my peeps. Hoping someday soon we reach 3.5%. 000
Reposted by Maria GallegosErich DeLang @erichdelang.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Yeah, when the REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF UTAH is able to make a more compelling case than a normie elected Dem, something is fundamentally broken. 18936248
Maria Gallegos @mopia.bsky.social · 09/03/2025I was trapped at the poster making table during the rally but my aunt (Vicki Gunter) captured this image at the #standupforscience2025 rally on Friday. 030
Reposted by Maria GallegosArdem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 08/03/2025Interesting! @nytimes.com still hasn’t covered any of the Stand Up for Science protests today, but they made sure to put this important news front and center online. Powerful reporting… 814324
Reposted by Maria GallegosHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Montana is extremely lucky to have Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell standing up in front of openly transphobic lawmakers who wanted to pass a bill that would /take trans kids away from their parents./ Thank you to them, and to the Republicans who crossed the aisle. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.com‘Stop these crazy bills’: Republicans join Democrats to defeat anti-trans legislation in MontanaOne bill would remove trans children from their parents, and the other would ban drag shows and Pride marches 135138241816
Maria Gallegos @mopia.bsky.social · 07/03/2025It’s a beautiful day to STAND UP for SCIENCE!!!! Civic Center Plaza! Come at noon to make posters. Come at 1 pm to make your voice heard! 181
Maria Gallegos @mopia.bsky.social · 02/03/2025This is a powerful and comprehensive description of what the NIH contributes to the US and the world. It was published in his local paper but should be published nationwide. I too was supported by the NIH for my training. If not for this support, I would not have sought a PhD nor become a professor. 074
Reposted by Maria GallegosRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/02/2025A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.” I encourage you to join. robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott 14274650214905
Maria Gallegos @mopia.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Science is for everyone! Let’s send a loud message on Friday, March 7th. For Bay Area folks, please join me in SF so we can STAND UP FOR SCIENCE together. Or check standupforscience2025.org to find a rally near you. 001
Reposted by Maria Gallegosjp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 26/02/2025IT’S NOT A MOMENT, IT’S A MOVEMENT! Science is for everyone and for all! NINE. DAYS. AWAY. BOOK YOUR TRAVEL PLANS, TELL YOUR LABS, TELL YOUR COMMUNITIES! WE’RE STANDING UP FOR SCIENCE! @standupforscience.bsky.social 05514
Reposted by Maria GallegosStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 24/02/202511 DAYS UNTIL #STANDUPFORSCIENCE2025! ☀️🌎🧪 08519
Maria Gallegos @mopia.bsky.social · 19/02/2025“Above all, don’t fear difficult moments, the best comes from them. (trying to convince myself) 085
Reposted by Maria GallegosBenjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Fighting to stop what's happening is profoundly patriotic, profoundly American. And We the People are mobilizing on March 7 to stand up for science. To be light in the darkness. @standupforscience.bsky.social 24214
Maria Gallegos @mopia.bsky.social · 11/02/2025learnconlaw.com/1-judicial-l... I’ve been thinking about this old episode of Conlaw from 2017. Is there any hope @elizabethjoh.bsky.social ?learnconlaw.comJudicial Legitimacy | What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law<p>Back in February 2017, Trump tweeted a criticism of the “so-called judge” who blocked the enforcement of his travel ban. Why does the president have to listen to what the courts say? We’re going... 010
Reposted by Maria GallegosStephen Floor @snf.bsky.social · 09/02/2025not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl. can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities 171181382
Reposted by Maria GallegosColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Get in Dorks, we are going protesting. STAND UP FOR SCIENCE. MARCH 7th 12-4pm. DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITALS. More information to come. 40846427
Reposted by Maria GallegosNeil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives. 483304713
Maria Gallegos @mopia.bsky.social · 05/02/2025My dept was awarded a 6-year Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) grant in 2023. My chair just got word that it will be terminated in a month. 1511244
Reposted by Maria GallegosAmerican Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Your Action Is Needed! Congress needs to hear from scientists. Call your representatives to oppose funding freezes and restrictions on research. Find contact info at govtrack.us and make your voice heard today! #SciencePolicy www.ascb.org/science-poli... 1153109
Reposted by Maria GallegosNoelle L’Etoile @girlsinscience.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Call, don’t email your representatives. Stop State capture by Elon Musk. www.senate.gov/senators/sen...senate.govU.S. Senate: Contacting U.S. Senators 121
Reposted by Maria GallegosNoelle L’Etoile @girlsinscience.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Want to study learning, memory, sensory biology, aging at the molecular to cellular and organismal (population) level? We use the microscopic nematode to study the dynamics of these processes in real-time. And we have funding for a #postdoc for 5 years. We are inclusive and diverse! letoilelab.net 3214
Reposted by Maria GallegosUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Across the country, people are starting meal preparations and traveling to be with friends and family. Tell us your favorite dish on the Thanksgiving table, and we’ll share our knowledge about the work behind the ingredients. #WeFeedYou 37380292618
Reposted by Maria GallegosNoelle L’Etoile @girlsinscience.bsky.social · 30/10/2024🧪 Now hiring a postdoc to do curiosity driven science in C. elegans. We study sleep, memory, whole brain networks, aging and anything else that a worm can do that you might be curious about. We have 5 years of NIH funding starting January… Here’s our most recent pub www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...cell.comSleep is required to consolidate odor memory and remodel olfactory synapsesA sleep-like state is required for memory consolidation and synaptic remodeling, even in organisms with relatively small nervous systems, such as C. elegans, in which it is possible to examine how sle... 34730