Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally. 2615751426
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenNicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 12h89% of SBE NSF grants were never awarded!! My field (Cognitive Neuroscience) is included in this gutting, as are so many others. Plenty of horror stories in the same space are also coming from NIH. It’s not just delaying research; it’s labs shutting down and a next gen that won’t be trained. 13929
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down. 324108294207
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There are a lot of Trump officials who need to be impeached, but Russell Vought -- the quarterback of all the Project 2025 fuckery and a central player in the administration's overreach -- really needs to be at the top of the list. 1042645733
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenJeremy Reiter @reitergroup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Are you a mouse transgeneticist interested in coming to UCSF? Come join us! Questions? DM me! Please repost, peeps! careers.ucsf.edu/careers/JobD...careers.ucsf.edu Staff Research Associate IV Detail – UCSF 035
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenBCCHR ResDev (DM) @resdevbcch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The University of BC (www.ubc.ca) is recruiting 9 Canada IMPACT+ Emerging Leaders, including 5 in Health/Biotechnology applications have due dates in Oct/Nov 2026 take a look! research.ubc.ca/news/septemb...research.ubc.caUBC Recruiting Nine Canada Impact+ Emerging LeadersOpportunities exist in multiple priority areas for exceptional early-career researchers currently based outside of Canada to join UBC. 033
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Not the worst outrage of this admin, not by a long shot, but diverting 1/5th of the NSF's research budget is awfulnytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by CongressThe move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 47344
Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I first read this as a broader statement on the overall political approach to NIH. Was alarming..... 000
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 02/10/2026Trump's White House isn't backing off abortion bans. They're just hoping America doesn't notice until AFTER we've voted. NOTICE. SPREAD THE WORD. AND VOTE!washingtonsun.comWhite House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the MidtermsAttorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election. 7178100
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenHelen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The #Ebola outbreak in DRC isn't getting much attention these days. It should be. www.statnews.com/2026/10/02/e...statnews.comAn Ebola treatment center was burned down as the death toll in Congo passes 4,000Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history. 413377
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenDavid @crookedknight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Rarely has this XKCD been more on point 111328
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenCole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Not enough people take seriously "funding delays"/"bureaucratic nonsense can kill people" but here it is right here. If I was mad when a patient died because it took a few extra months for lawyers to try to look for a legal basis for an international data transfer, I'm incandescent, now.cnbc.comNIH funding cuts delayed a promising childhood brain cancer trial. Patients lost time they didn't haveA delayed clinical trial underscores the stakes of federal research funding cuts for children with DIPG, a deadly brain tumor with few treatment options. 317584
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenEmily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you 7041871017
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenKelly Dawe @corncolors.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The UGA Genetics Department is hiring! Please help spread the word. We have an opening for an Associate Professor/Professor in Genetics, Synthetic Biology, and Biological Engineering. See ad for details – and join us here in Athens, GA! 24173
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenJim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We're in turbulent times in health research with unprecedented advances coupled with funding challenges. CIHR is at the cross-roads of this and is looking for a special advisor to the President (2 days a week, secondment). Be part of the solution. cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54823.htmlcihr-irsc.gc.caSpecial Advisor to the President - CIHRCanada has exceptional health research talent and a strong record of scientific discovery. The challenge—and the opportunity—is to ensure more discoveries lead to better health, stronger health systems, new therapies and technologies, and a globally competitive life sciences sector. 11913
Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Can't wait to see if they are still intact/ workable. Do post a follow-up! 010
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you're angry about the men at Cornell University, wait until I tell you about the men in the White House, the Pentagon, health and human services, and on the Supreme Court. 13655511594
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Love it! 👏👇 493173413660
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenI did NOT vote for the rapist @sarahgies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026 225150003390
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenDr. D Boulware, MD MPH @drboulware.bsky.social · 01/10/2026NIH Funding rate of Early Stage Investigators (ESI). 2025 was a major drop. 2026 will be worse. 34442
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“She had bought raw goat milk from a farm recommended to her in a Facebook group run by her chiropractor”. “Marris believed she had done her due diligence. She had researched raw milk…” Her baby ended up in the ICU with a life-threatening E. coli infection.propublica.orgA Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But... 2521785
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenDrug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026AWESOME!!! #NIHGrants 0113
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenChris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What measles did to one family 861822961
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A fifth measles death in Pennsylvania. Entirely preventable.theguardian.comPennsylvania reports fifth measles-related death of the year amid outbreakMeasles outbreak in the state has now reached 39 counties, with 943 confirmed cases and 176 hospitalizations 18289136
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I hope everyone reads this, thinks about it and then shares it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comA few hundred noncitizen votes are a national scandal. But when states reject hundreds of thousands of ballots from eligible voters, it’s business as usualOne state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope. 4524551452
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026She escaped her Nazi husband (disguising herself as her own maid became a Hollywood star, then co-developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes - the principles of which are incorporated into today’s Bluetooth & GPS technology. BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY (2017) 482200513
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 01/10/2026"This sort of behavior is entirely in character for the Trump administration—and, as it happens, a vivid example of the very kind of interference that the architects of agencies like NIH were desperate to avoid in the first place."lnk.thebulwark.comThis Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Medical ResearchFuture cures and America’s innovation lead are in jeopardy thanks to Donald Trump and Russ Vought’s latest scheme. 917658
Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026THIS IS REALLY USEFUL FOR ALL NIH NERDS 030
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenW. Brent Derry @wbderry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Faculty position at the University of Toronto 👇 jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...jobs.utoronto.caAssistant Professor - Systems NeurophysiologyAssistant Professor - Systems Neurophysiology 02140
Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#ImpeachRussVought bsky.app/profile/neur... 041
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026Ossoff: "You played earlier the tape of Mike Collins, a sitting member of Congress and the Republican candidate for senate in Georgia, supporting the deployment of federal troops to polling places in Georgia this fall. Folks, this is a 5 alarm fire." 3632371016
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president 893254096013
Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Progress slowed/stopped and we will truthfully never really know what we lost 010
Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NIH funding is now based on politics not science 💔🧪Just heard that an excellent lab with whom I have collaborated for years is closing 😡. Highly skilled specialized technical staff laid off & accumulated rare expertise lost probably never to be rebuilt. Hope & future cures lost. I'm so angry & sad.static.klipy.comBugs Bunny Crying SceneAlt: Bugs Bunny Crying Scene 1225
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen✩ astra ☕️🐺🌟 ✩ @astralouve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Today is Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada. We remember those we have lost. We honor those taken from us by the residential school system and we honor those who survived, their families and communities. We will never forget and we will carry them with us. 2243201
Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Excited to read! All my favorite biology all together! 010
Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Truthfully, he's a great driver. Way better than so many others on the road around here. This increase is huge despite discounts for having extensive defensive driving classes and good student. 010
Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026😱 Our car insurance TRIPLED today when we added our newly licensed, newly 16 year old new driver today! Outrageous!! Need info from families that have teen drivers. Which companies do you recommend (WA state, USA) 👀 💰?????? 110
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenEric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing 192926543
Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Whew found it. Thank goodness for version history... 040
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age. 15284651516
Reposted by Dr Kathleen MillenJohn Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What he's trying to say is that, unlike doctors, AI is trained on all the random bullshit and conspiracy mongering found on the internet, and therefore more likely to agree with his ideas. 0144
Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Update = Bad news, I have no idea where I saved the file I was working on yesterday, so all of the work I did yesterday morning is probably lost. Sigh. I hate this IBC protocol even more now. 200