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Patrick McArthur

@patrick-mcarthur.bsky.social
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Just another guy passionate about medicine! My interests: translational science, research methodology, hardcore music, liberation movements, past/present/future of healthcare

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
THE OFFICIAL @standupforscience.net GUIDE FOR TALKING TO ANYONE ABOUT THE OMB RULE PROPOSAL!! www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a...
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How To Talk to Anyone About OMB-2026-0034 — Your Site Title
Written By: Colette Delawalla, PhD, CEO
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Doug Bock Clark @dougbockclark.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
1/ Spurred by my reporting for @propublica.org, Democratic lawmakers in North Carolina have introduced a package of bills aimed at protecting traditional powers of the state’s governor and reforming oversight of its court system. #ncpol www.propublica.org/article/nort...
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North Carolina Democrats Propose Changes to Block GOP Power Transfers and Secrecy
The legislation, prompted in part by ProPublica’s reporting, aims to protect traditional powers of the state’s governor and reform oversight of its court system.
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 27/02/2026
Just days before the #NC04 primary, AI companies and AIPAC are spending millions to try and defeat @nidaallam.bsky.social, including $600,000 from a billionaire AIPAC backer. They're scared and spending outrageously — because in NC and across the country, they can see voters rising up.
Headline from Sludge: A mysterious super PAC, Article One PAC, has spent $600,000 supporting Rep. Valerie Foushee in the NC-04 Democratic primary against challenger Nida Allam.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
NIH doesn’t do studies? 👀
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
North Carolina already one of most gerrymandered states. Now GOP passing new gerrymander giving Rs nearly 80% of seats in state where Trump got 51%. Specifically targets Black Dem Don Davis. This is preview of what post-Voting Rights Act America will look like www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Republicans are making one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation even more rigged
North Carolina Republicans just passed a new Trump-inspired congressional map to oust a Black Democrat.
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
An independent civil service is so important for so many reasons. One overlooked one is that it offers economic opportunities to people who would not otherwise get them from the private sector. bethesdamagazine.com/2025/07/29/d...
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A Rockville woman with developmental disabilities was laid off from NIH after 30 years. What’s next for her is uncertain.
Andrea Geller loved her job in the mailroom at NIH. But after she was laid off, she's struggling to find a job accommodating her disabilites.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 18/04/2025
After freezing all grants to Columbia University last week, the National Institutes of Health is now stopping grant and contract payments to Harvard University and four other universities. scim.ag/4ikYp2T
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NIH freezes funds to Harvard and four other universities, but can’t tell them
Move follows broader White House attack on Harvard funding and stop-work orders to contractors
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Exquisite. Thank you @taffyakner.bsky.social.
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The Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write (Gift Article)
For years, my friend’s father asked me to recount his childhood escape from the Nazis. Why did it take me this long?
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
New: HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. said he wouldn’t take away childhood vaccines. Then he cut $2 billion from state health programs that helps get them to kids. Clinics canceled. Nurses fired. Immunizations stalled—all amid a measles outbreak. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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How Kennedy is already weakening America's childhood vaccine system
The Department of Health and Human Services cut $2 billion from a program that supports vaccines for vulnerable children, forcing public health departments to lay off staff and cancel clinics.
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 20/03/2025
It's on. This is our biggest candidate recruitment push ever. Apply: wfpus.org/RunWithWFP
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org
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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 19/02/2025
Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals. So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD
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‘I really wanted something to happen.’ The students behind the Stand Up for Science protests
New group hopes to turn out researchers for 7 March demonstrations against Trump administration policies
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Carrie Price @carrieprice.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
It's me. The biomedical librarian is me. I wasn't sure whether to stay anonymous or not but I don't think it matters anymore, maybe. Thank you @usha.bsky.social and others at @statnews.com for talking about what is happening in the U.S. right now. www.statnews.com/2025/02/17/t...
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Drug inspectors, AI experts, maternal health workers: Trump’s health agency cuts are far-reaching
In interview after interview with STAT, those who were fired from federal health and science agencies, along with officials who remain, argued the cuts would be deeply felt.
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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...
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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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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Indirect rates are not determined by NIH. Instead, they are the product of elaborate negotiations between each institution and the “cognizant federal agency” according to an Office of Management and Budget document, Circular A-21. 1/n
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵
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Science Magazine @science.org · 29/01/2025
Diverse gut microbiomes protect against pathogens by blocking nutrient access, according to a 2023 Science study. The findings highlight why #microbiome diversity is important to human health. Learn more in this #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/40Pu6fk #ScienceMagArchives
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No room at the table
The gut microbiota prevents infection by crowding out pathogens
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Science Magazine @science.org · 22/01/2025
“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO
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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
New from @statnews.com Some @fda.gov action on #PulseOx, at long last ... but is it enough? [Spoiler: it's a step, but many more are needed] www.statnews.com/2025/01/06/p...
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FDA releases long-awaited guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for all skin tones
The FDA released long-awaited guidance proposing how manufacturers should test and label pulse oximeters
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
NEW: A panel of three GOP appointees on the Sixth Circuit used their post-Chevron judicial power today, blocking the FCC's net-neutrality rule backed by the Biden administration that aimed to protect open internet access. Tonight, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/sixth-circ...
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In striking down net-neutrality rule, Sixth Circuit asserts newfound judicial supremacy
A panel of three GOP appointees used their post-Chevron judicial power, blocking a rule backed by the Biden administration that aimed to protect open internet access.
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