Reposted by nancy connell@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Please pass this message along! #Pinks #ProudBlue #OneV1 6614585
nancy connell @nnconnell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Siberian Plague Scare Reveals That America Is Unprepared @ggronvall.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Here’s What Worries Me About the Russian Plague ScareAmerica is not prepared for a major disease outbreak. 120
Reposted by nancy connellHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Jack Smith at last night’s Power to the People concert, wearing a Springsteen/No Kings shirt. 633162293224
nancy connell @nnconnell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026garymarcus.substack.com/p/hot-take-o... Reading between the Accord between the lines We agree not be regulated We agree not to give the public a voice Trust usgarymarcus.substack.comHot take on a weak White House Accord on “Super Intelligence”What was signed, and what wasn’t said 000
Reposted by nancy connellJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What. A. Day. NIH grant-making was paused for several hours today. Not sure who gave the order. But in light of the Friday night Bhattacharya-Vought feud & threatened EO to implement #ScienceDeathPanels, my money is on Russell Vought. I learned of the pause from a colleague around 11:30. 🧵 7340171
Reposted by nancy connellUnion of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 02/09/2026Profile in Courage: Dr. Steven Kahn is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington and Editor of the Diabetes Care journal, where he co-authored an editorial speaking out against the destructive and anti-science actions of the Trump administration.diabetesjournals.orgMisguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now!The opinions expressed in this editorial are the personal views of the authors (S.E. Kahn, C.A.M. Anderson, J.B. Buse, and E. Selvin) and do not represent 12512
Reposted by nancy connellJason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 02/09/2026What has Covid left behind for the scientists who study dangerous viruses? @chafkin.bsky.social and I spent time with Bob Garry, whose shrinking Tulane lab offers a glimpse of what’s happening to virology just as the forces that drive outbreaks grow. 🎁🔗👇 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...bloomberg.comA Top Virus Scientist Stared Down Covid Lab-Leak Proponents. Now His Life’s Work Is at StakeThe battle over Covid’s origins has come for Bob Garry, who’s faced some of the world’s deadliest viral threats. 3117
nancy connell @nnconnell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026insidemedicine.substack.com/p/cdc-direct...insidemedicine.substack.comCDC Director fails first test of independence from RFK Jr.Her promise to “speak truth to power” seems to have left the building. But it’s even worse. 000
nancy connell @nnconnell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The father (Lancaster County) said “somebody named Kennedy called” 000
Reposted by nancy connellMelissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 29/08/2026Trailer for "The Social Reckoning," a companion piece to The Social Network, is coming to theatres October 9. I love it already. The only genre Meta belongs in is a dangerous thriller. 34518
Reposted by nancy connellRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/08/20262025 was the year of a lot of “what could go wrong?” posts by me. 2026 is the year those questions are being answered. 721624398
nancy connell @nnconnell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026warontherocks.com/possible-is-...warontherocks.comPossible Is Not Plausible: How Nightmare Scenarios Hijack Unconventional Weapons PolicyCurrent conversations surrounding unconventional weapons — chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear — have become so fantastical as to be 000
Reposted by nancy connellMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Alina Chan is a discredited crank and it is embarrassing for the Times to publish this 23956123
Reposted by nancy connellGigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 17/08/2026This is the most important thing Alina Chan has said or written. 918036
Reposted by nancy connellCraig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Leprosy is still spreading in #Florida, to the point that the CDC says it's becoming endemic. These 2 women want that to change. www.theledger.com/story/news/h...theledger.comLeprosy is still spreading in Florida. These women want that to changeRising evidence point to leprosy becoming "endemic" or common in Florida, but a new group is hoping to make it more obvious to patients and doctors. 18166102
Reposted by nancy connellAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 17/07/2026Thank you, @alsobrooks.senate.gov On behalf of CDC career staff and the public health community, thank you for putting Vought in his place and telling the truth to his ugly face. We salute you. 🫡 425440
Reposted by nancy connellFaisal فيصل @faisalhamadah.bsky.social · 20/06/2026It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities. 45170356105
nancy connell @nnconnell.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Project 2025’s proposed new rule will destroy peer review and cement political control of all manner of federal grants across the country. It takes about two minutes to send a letter of opposition, a little longer if you personalize the text. Links below w/ thanks to @gregggonsalves.bsky.social 141
nancy connell @nnconnell.bsky.social · 20/06/2026“Evidence suggests that AI-driven ‘deskilling’ is starting to happen in medicine, computer science and other fields. Researchers are now discussing how to preserve important human expertise in the age of AI. “ www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comIs AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not goodReliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show. 010
Reposted by nancy connellGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 18/06/2026It's Thursday and Russell Vought is still trying to take over all federal grant making, put it under his thumb and political control. It's a mad power grab. We need to stop it. Click on this and write a letter to your members of Congress. And share, share, share. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...actionnetwork.orgOppose OMB Proposal to Put ALL Federal Government Funding Decisions in the Hands of Political AppointeesOn May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. The scope of this proposed regulation is... 5224160
Reposted by nancy connellHealthcare-Global @healthcare-global.bsky.social · 18/06/2026www.transparencycoalition.ai/news/should-...transparencycoalition.aiShould AI chatbots be treated as a public health problem? This expert thinks so — Transparency Coalition. Legislation for Transparency in AI Now.Gaia Bernstein, a law professor and expert on addictive technologies, argues that chatbots are a public health problem, especially for children, and should be regulated like medical devices. 071
Reposted by nancy connellGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 16/06/2026AND everyone can submit comments on the rule until 13 July. Read this on how to submit. Federal grants affect us all. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...elizabethginexi.substack.comWhat We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice 37040
Reposted by nancy connellTrumpWatch @trumpwatch.skyfleet.blue · 06/06/2026Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration (Dani Blum/New York Times) #Trumpmemeorandum.comPolice Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump AdministrationBy Dani Blum / New York Times. View the full context on memeorandum. 021
Reposted by nancy connellColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 03/06/2026ALRIGHT SCIENCE ACTIVISTS! Here is what to expect in the next couple days from @standupforscience.net: ✨ Our organizational comment on OMB-2025-0034 ✨ A tutorial on HOW to make a good comment for orgs and individuals ✨ Emergency Meeting Recording!! ✨ Wide press/media coverage 110739
nancy connell @nnconnell.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Jon Ossof’s speech this weekend. Don’t miss it! youtu.be/czbhRAfxhj8?...youtu.beOssoff: Something is happening in Georgia | Full Speech | 05.31.2026YouTube video by Jon Ossoff 000
nancy connell @nnconnell.bsky.social · 01/06/2026OMB is planing to end peer review by allowing political appointees to override funding decisions. It takes 3 minutes to submit a public comment. DO IT HERE fight2win.standupforscience.net?utm_source=o...fight2win.standupforscience.netStand up for ScienceStand up for Science 000
Reposted by nancy connellGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 28/05/2026This is the end of American science and innovation. Russell Vought is the angel of death who is presiding over this abomination of a OMB regulation. 6246102
Reposted by nancy connellJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 23/05/2026If you want to see the hugely positive effect of the leadership of the National Academies of Science in shying away from topics that are deemed controversial based on partisan positions, here you go... 1/3 610938
nancy connell @nnconnell.bsky.social · 05/05/2026www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comFreedom of scientific inquiry: reclaiming space for controversy - Nature Reviews ImmunologyNo matter how small the possibility, or how inconvenient the topic, scientists must maintain the humility to acknowledge that we could be wrong. Our inability to remain open and engage in rational dis... 000
Reposted by nancy connellGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Because @nationalacademies.org decided to bend the knee and host a session with Jay Bhattacharya and some of his fellow travelers, they tarnished a meeting on the important topic of scientific integrity even before it began. 1/ 6309110
Reposted by nancy connellMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 18/04/2026tech bros and eugenics will never be parted 79122
nancy connell @nnconnell.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Tinton Falls” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...mobilize.usNO KINGS Tinton Falls · No Kings**We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.** What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading fr... 000
Reposted by nancy connellAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Is it possible to quit an advisory committee that was already disbanded by the order of a federal judge? Robert Malone tests the hypothesis in his new quest for a drama free life 48118
Reposted by nancy connellAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 25/03/2026If I were @umpamdk.bsky.social there wouldn’t be enough tea bourbon in the world to take the edge off of declaring my quisling status and then looking forward to an engaging and intellectually provocative discourse! 0162
Reposted by nancy connellColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 17/03/2026This is a HUGE win. Let’s do USAID next. www.kare11.com/article/synd...kare11.comJudge orders restoration of Voice of America, putting hundreds of journalists back to workA federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore the government-run Voice of America to full operations, putting hundreds of journalists who have... 10797200
nancy connell @nnconnell.bsky.social · 12/03/2026What might we miss if discussions on AI and biological risk continue to focus mainly on lab/tech rather than on the actors, purposes, and processes that shape BW acquisition? New work from @cser.bsky.social, @ghionis.bsky.social, L. Sundaram, T. Hobson, @nnconnell papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comA Labour of Harm: Artificial Intelligence and Biological Weapons Acquisition<p><span>Discussions of artificial intelligence (AI) and biological weapons (BW) have largely focused on laboratory-facing capabilities, treating acquisition as 041
nancy connell @nnconnell.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Yeah like DEI you know it was like what the EO said and we would like refer to the language in the EO to um like decide which grants to like terminate 000
nancy connell @nnconnell.bsky.social · 12/03/2026What happens when the Straight of Hormuz closes @pamelaannbrown substack.com/@pamelaannbr...substack.comPamela Brown (@pamelaannbrown)Here’s what happens when the strait of Hormuz closes. Excellent explainer video: 000
Reposted by nancy connellAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/03/2026ChatGPT is shedding users fast. Since yesterday alone, estimates suggest more than a million accounts have been deleted and the boycott continues to gain momentum. Incredible work, everyone! 22673151703
Reposted by nancy connellCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Cover of The Lancet: @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 15381653434
Reposted by nancy connellpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 26/02/2026“… we are proud that Casey Means, MD, has been nominated to serve as the United States Surgeon General.” bookmarking this one not because it’s surprising — see scott atlas and jay bhattacharya — but because Woke 2 will not forget the collaboratorsmed.stanford.eduStatement from Stanford School of Medicine on Alum Casey MeansCasey Means, MD, has been nominated to serve as the United States surgeon general. 1424330
Reposted by nancy connellKristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 24/02/2026New preprint from our Gates-funded Modjadji initiative showing that whole-genome surveillance of measles virus from wastewater greatly expands our ability for monitoring and control. Here, with our colleagues in South Africa - U.S., unfortunately, likely up next. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...medrxiv.orgIntegrating measles wastewater and clinical whole-genome sequencing enables high-resolution tracking of virus evolution and transmissionMeasles outbreaks have surged globally in recent years, but current surveillance systems have limited capacity to monitor measles virus (MeV) transmission and evolution at population scale. Although M... 17531
Reposted by nancy connellAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/02/2026NEW: Natasha Korecki at NBC reports that in light of the SCOTUS tariff ruling, Gov. Pritzker sent President Donald Trump an invoice of $8.6 billion. 431102892902
Reposted by nancy connellLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 18/02/2026These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share. *one voice altered to disguise identity 12148383304
Reposted by nancy connellAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/02/2026New in PN: Trump somehow got worse on public health after covid "Trump has brought us fascism, he is threatening war and violence. But it is all too possible that his most lasting and horrific legacy, in his second term as in his first, will be plague."publicnotice.coTrump somehow got worse on public health after covidHe's incapable of learning lessons and actively resists it. 901753553
