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Bananadoc @nanadoc.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Do you know what I'm more worried about than the Michigan primary? Climate change. It's pretty much the only news item which I cannot read when it comes across my feed because it's so fucking terrifying. Maybe we should elect Democrats to fix that shit instead of fighting amongst ourselves.
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Rowena Eureka @rowenaeureka.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Anti-War protest tonight at 6 pm at the White House. Spread the word!
Stop the War on Iran. 6 pm at White House - sponsored by multiple organizations
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Bananadoc @nanadoc.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Jesus, people. I'm pissed off too, but you do realize that the only chance we have to win our democracy back is as big tent Democrats right? So be cranky, but understand this is our team. It's our only team.
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The fascists are not inevitable. They're not unstoppable. They're not all powerful. They want you to think that, but millions turned out last month to call their bluff. And millions turned out today to claim our power. We will win.
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Bananadoc @nanadoc.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Was just shown a summary statement from an NIH Small business commercialization Readiness Pilot Program (CRP) Grant. My question is, who the fuck is on the review panel for these grants? How is the phrase 'bloated government' appropriate in review? #NIH #PeerReview #CSR
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I  know your goal is to try to make life as hard as possible for immigrants.
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Bananadoc @nanadoc.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Here, let's try this. "Bloomberg and the New York Times and everyone reports that Trump has reversed all of his plans on tariffs."
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Oh my god. Trump just apologized for destroying the retirement plans of millions of Americans as 401ks plummet. Just kidding, he’s bragging about winning his seniors golf tournament.
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Bananadoc @nanadoc.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I mean, this has to be an impeachable offense, right? This man has single-handedly crashed the whole fucking global economy in a weekend. Is this the first time in history someone has done this? Surely it's time for someone to step in. Any adults left in the room?
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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
#FiredFeds: Want to share your story? Here are some tips for writing about your work on social media. Share your story with us. #FiredButFighting #RIF #HHS #CDC
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Bananadoc @nanadoc.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Sitting here reviewing grants for small businesses submitting to the NIH sbir deadline on Monday. Wondering what the fucking point is. 😕
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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
It’s time folks. They’re coming for voting rights They’re coming for unions They’re coming for social security They’re coming for healthcare We need to stand up, link arms and tell them HANDS OFF. Repost & ❤️ if you’re signing up to hit the streets on April 5th. Get inspired 👇👇👇
tealandorangereport.com
From Outrage to Action: Let's ACTIVATE on April 5th
Next week, we have an opportunity to pour into the streets in nonviolent protest. We need to make a statement.
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Bananadoc @nanadoc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Okay, I get it. No one is coming to save us. But realistically, the only people who can save us right now are the Republican Senators. He's destroying our alliances. Trade. Science. Health. Tourism. Now he's rewriting history. There must be a line, right? They can't love their jobs this much.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
📌It's time for current and former military leaders to uphold their oath and speak up RIGHT NOW. This is a damn emergency.
nytimes.com
Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China
Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest.
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Bananadoc @nanadoc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Is it time for pitchforks yet? I think it's time for pitchforks.
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Noelle @finallynoelle.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Here are the most likely Democrats to offer up the remaining seven votes to avoid a shutdown: Mark Kelly (AZ), Ruben Gallego (AZ), Michael Bennet (CO), John Hickenlooper (CO), Jon Ossoff (GA), Gary Peters (MI), Elissa Slotkin (MI), Maggie Hassan (NH), Mark Warner (VA). prospect.org/politics/202...
prospect.org
Senate Democrats’ Choice: Block the Republican Spending Bill or Dissolve Congress
The House’s continuing resolution would effectively hand over spending decisions to Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
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Bananadoc @nanadoc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Okay Democrats. We are freaking smart. We are really funny. We are hella creative. Can we not bring all this together, rise to the moment and destroy this shit? Is there not good trouble that we can get into that is smart, funny, and creative and can bring them down?
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Bananadoc @nanadoc.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Becky Burke, a 28-year-old British student backpacking across America got picked up by ICE at the Canadian border, and was taken to a detention facility in Tacoma Washington. Can anyone help? www.facebook.com/share/p/15tb...
facebook.com
Redirecting...
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Rio Tazewell @riotazewell.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
We need a DAILY press conference with the Dems best messengers (AOC, Jasmine Crockett, Pete Buttigieg, Jamie Raskin, etc) breaking down exactly how Trump and Musk are destroying our country and debunking their bullshit. Stream it on every single platform. Every single day. For as long at it takes.
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 05/03/2025
1/4 A thread explaining Trump’s attack on Higher Ed research. Doge is gutting higher ed funding—but they won’t admit it. Cuts to research & key programs total nearly $1.9B, yet DOGE keeps changing records to hide the damage. The future of education is at stake. Read more: tinyurl.com/Higher-EdDoge
tinyurl.com
DOGE fails to accurately disclose contract and program cuts
Education scholars say the administration’s rash of cuts and lack of quality transparency will have a “devastating effect” on public policy and student outcomes for years to come.
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Bananadoc @nanadoc.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Look, I absolutely do believe there's room for discussion, debate, and dialogue and cooperation between all the varieties of left of center. But what I'm seeing now is a lot of really negative shit that is not helpful at all. This is not the time, people. It's not the time.
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 04/03/2025
It’s about damn time! Everyone please tune in tomorrow night, Wednesday March 5th to hear the Democrats plan to fight for our country. I’m ready for leadership and actionable steps! @kenmartin.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social youtube.com/@thedemocrat...
DNC CHAIR
KEN MARTIN
LEADER
HAKEEM JEFFRIES
NATIONAL UPDATE & CALL TO ACTION
A VIRTUAL EVENT
WATCH AT YOUTUBE.COM/THEDEMOCRATS
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Liz Cheney @lizcheney.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Here is some truth: Putin invaded Ukraine. NATO is the most successful military alliance in history. Since 1945, American leadership has ensured freedom and security for ourselves and millions of others around the world.
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NPR @npr.org · 02/03/2025
An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
npr.org
DOGE's savings page fixed old mistakes — and added new ones
An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
This is a gut-wrenching, beautifully written essay. A doctor must watch helplessly as children die because USAID's freeze on aid has limited access to nutritional supplements. time.com/7258248/us-f...
time.com
What Gutting USAID Means for My Young Patients in Burundi
“To my patients and their mothers, I offered apologies from the American people,” writes Dr. Jennifer Furin.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Once again, the quiet/lawsuits/don't rock the boat publicly strategy is a category mistake in this moment & R1 university presidents need to be out in front of microphones, now, in DC, collectively & loudly speaking out against the existential threat to 🇺🇸 higher education: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Bananadoc @nanadoc.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Okay, can every administrator of every hospital, and every physician point out to these fucking morons what a year without a flu vaccine would do to this country? What it would do to our hospitals. This is just fucking insane. The worst timeline. The scariest episode of Black Mirror ever.
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Bananadoc @nanadoc.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Okay. This is very very bad. I want every a physician, every medical professional, every scientist, every public health specialist to scream this from the rooftops please. We cannot do this.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr www.aol.com/multimillion... The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
aol.com
Multimillion-dollar Biden-era COVID-19 vax project halted by Trump’s HHS
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. paused a $240 million contract to create a new coronavirus vaccine.
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Bananadoc @nanadoc.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Okay, call me crazy, but do we have hackers on our side? Do we have people who can hack into data? Do we have troll farms? I know so many women who would love to be in a troll farm. So many who would happily troll all day if it works actually achieve something!
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Bananadoc @nanadoc.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Yes! Do this.
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STAT @statnews.com · 18/02/2025
#News: The Food and Drug Administration’s head of medical device safety, Ross “Rusty” Segan, was among those terminated by the Trump administration this weekend.
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FDA’s head of device safety among employees terminated in 'challenging' weekend
The cuts hit the FDA's medical device center particularly hard, including reviewers and experts on AI-enabled medical technology.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk. Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️ thehill.com/media/514849...
Who’s
running
this
country:
Donald Trump or
Elon Musk?
Since day one, Elon has created chaos and confusion and put our
livelihoods at risk. And he is accountable to no one but himself.
The Constitution only allows for one president at a time. Call Your
Senators and tell them it’s time Donald Trump fire Elon Musk
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Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 @lizzielizliz.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Companies committed to DEI: Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Albertsons/Safeway, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstroms, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods including Jamba, Cinnabon, Antie Anne’s, etc., Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans, Salesforce, and Goldman Sachs. 🥰💕
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Maca Iglesias @rotterdamvvg.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Elon Musk spent $40 million in Super Bowl ads to attack USAID. Tell Congress that for pennies on the dollar, foreign aid is a deal we can’t afford to lose. Call your members of Congress and demand action. Here’s the number to call: (202)224-3121 Please pass it on. Save Foreign Aid.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 09/02/2025
Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Draft letter for your reps about the cuts to research costs by The Regime, written and generously shared by Dr. Beccia.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
A Primer on Indirect Cost Rates
media.tenor.com
a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/02/2025
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
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Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 @lizzielizliz.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Trump Air Force nominee,Troy Meink, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
reuters.com
Exclusive: Trump Air Force nominee arranged satellite contract in manner that favored Musk's SpaceX, sources say
President Donald Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
This is a de facto massive budget cut to research universities. We are talking Great Recession size impacts.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Interpretation for the non-scientists: When faculty get NIH grants, the University gets some extra cash to make sure the research is supported. NIH just cut that $$ by a LOT. That means Unis are less likely to support research. Most research in the US is done at Unis, so... it's bad 🧪
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Still can’t stop thinking about the binary nature of American elections, a few hundred thousand votes in three states all the distance between just normal stuff and armed officers keeping House reps out of the department of education and a guy named Big Balls canceling everyone’s Medicare
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
“It’s a very unsettling moment for science:" Prestigious #NIH grant program meant to support PhD students from marginalized backgrounds is shelved to comply with the anti-DEI policy of the Trump administration. @usha.bsky.social & @aniloza.bsky.social report. www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/t...
statnews.com
NIH scraps program to diversify the biomedical workforce, a longtime goal of science
Applications for a prestigious NIH grant that supports Ph.D. students from marginalized backgrounds are not being funded
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
There are whispers going around that the presidential budget request for various science agencies will be at the level that would completely destroy them and American science. I'm talking 30-50% cuts at NASA, NOAA, NSF. There's a long way between requests and actual budgets, but
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
🚨RED ALERT for 🧪: The Trump NIH just gashed indirect costs. This is a direct attack on universities. “Pursuant to this Supplemental Guidance, there will be a standard rate of 15% across all NIH grants for indirect costs.” 😮 Just a devastating Friday night news dump. #scicomm #academicaky
Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
Notice Number:
NOT-OD-25-068
Key Dates
Release Date:
February 7, 2025

Related Announcements
None

Issued by
Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health (OD)

Purpose
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Bananadoc @nanadoc.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
This may sound good on paper, but universities have indirect rates of around 60%. Indirect costs pay for utilities, general admin costs, paper, internet, janitorial, maintenance. everything that isn't science that still needs to be done in order for the science to be done. This is devastating.
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Bananadoc @nanadoc.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I'd like to go one day without something that is apocalyptic coming out of the Trump administration. Reducing the indirect rate to 15% will cripple universities, research centers, research, hospitals, & small businesses who get NIH grants. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
There we go. Executive order coming. Trump administration will conduct a 6-month review of US participation in global institutions, including the IMF and World Bank - to see if they are „contrary to the interests of the US" or "can be reformed". Project 2025 called for the US to pull out. 1/2
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Here is what the censoring of data.cdc.gov looks like over time
Chart showing the rapid removal of 103 items from data.cdc.gov between Jan 31, 2025 and Feb 7, 2025
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