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Dr Kathleen Millen

@neurodevkathy.bsky.social
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Tweets about dev biol, neurodev genetics, random cool science + life; usually with typos, so many typos

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voter 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.
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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 12h
89% 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.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-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.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There 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.
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Jeremy Reiter @reitergroup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Are you a mouse transgeneticist interested in coming to UCSF? Come join us! Questions? DM me! Please repost, peeps! careers.ucsf.edu/careers/JobD...
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Staff Research Associate IV Detail – UCSF
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BCCHR ResDev (DM) @resdevbcch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The 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...
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UBC Recruiting Nine Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders
Opportunities exist in multiple priority areas for exceptional early-career researchers currently based outside of Canada to join UBC.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Not the worst outrage of this admin, not by a long shot, but diverting 1/5th of the NSF's research budget is awful
nytimes.com
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The 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.
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I first read this as a broader statement on the overall political approach to NIH. Was alarming.....
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
Trump'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.com
White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The #Ebola outbreak in DRC isn't getting much attention these days. It should be. www.statnews.com/2026/10/02/e...
statnews.com
An Ebola treatment center was burned down as the death toll in Congo passes 4,000
Congo'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.
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David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rarely has this XKCD been more on point
Stick-figure comic of a man in a lab coat standing on a chair, pointing a pistol at a desk that has a tray and a microscope on it.

"When you see a claim that a common drug or vitamin 'kills cancer cells in a petri dish,' keep in mind: So does a handgun."
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Cole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not 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.com
NIH funding cuts delayed a promising childhood brain cancer trial. Patients lost time they didn't have
A delayed clinical trial underscores the stakes of federal research funding cuts for children with DIPG, a deadly brain tumor with few treatment options.
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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you
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Kelly Dawe @corncolors.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The 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!
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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We'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.html
cihr-irsc.gc.ca
Special Advisor to the President - CIHR
Canada 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.
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Can't wait to see if they are still intact/ workable. Do post a follow-up!
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If 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.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Love it! 👏👇
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Can fired generals be rehired?
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I did NOT vote for the rapist @sarahgies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Your sons and daughters are
10000x safer with drag queens than frat boys btw
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Dr. D Boulware, MD MPH @drboulware.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NIH Funding rate of Early Stage Investigators (ESI). 2025 was a major drop. 2026 will be worse.
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Elizabeth 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.org
A 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...
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Squee!!
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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
AWESOME!!! #NIHGrants
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What measles did to one family
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A fifth measles death in Pennsylvania. Entirely preventable.
theguardian.com
Pennsylvania reports fifth measles-related death of the year amid outbreak
Measles outbreak in the state has now reached 39 counties, with 943 confirmed cases and 176 hospitalizations
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope everyone reads this, thinks about it and then shares it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
A few hundred noncitizen votes are a national scandal. But when states reject hundreds of thousands of ballots from eligible voters, it’s business as usual
One state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She 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)
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The 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."
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This Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Medical Research
Future cures and America’s innovation lead are in jeopardy thanks to Donald Trump and Russ Vought’s latest scheme.
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thanks for this!!! Amazingly useful!
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
THIS IS REALLY USEFUL FOR ALL NIH NERDS
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W. Brent Derry @wbderry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Faculty position at the University of Toronto 👇 jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
jobs.utoronto.ca
Assistant Professor - Systems Neurophysiology
Assistant Professor - Systems Neurophysiology
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
congratulations! AMAZING!!!
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#ImpeachRussVought bsky.app/profile/neur...
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
no need to bother to be polite....
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Ossoff: "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."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I 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
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Progress slowed/stopped and we will truthfully never really know what we lost
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oops meant Mark CARNEY - Canadian PM!
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NIH 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.
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Bugs Bunny Crying Scene
Alt: Bugs Bunny Crying Scene
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Very very well said! 👏
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✩ astra ☕️🐺🌟 ✩ @astralouve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today 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.
illustration for truth and reconciliation day. the illustration features a wolf looking forward, standing with its pup who is also looking forward. there is a circle behind them with an eight point star dreamcatcher and three feathers. the words "EVERY CHILD MATTERS" are featured on the side of the circle
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Excited to read! All my favorite biology all together!
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Truthfully, 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.
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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) 👀 💰??????
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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Whew found it. Thank goodness for version history...
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A 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.
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John Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What 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.
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Update = 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.
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