Reposted by Rachel PutmanMike Masnick @masnick.com · 25/09/2026Shameful behavior by the Cornell administration. Again. 425064
Reposted by Rachel PutmanAnna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026SCOOP: The Trump administration is paying millions to quickly cover four enormous bronze horses with extra-thick 23.75 karat gold leaf. The money for the rush job is coming from National Park Service funds. In total, I found ~$100 mil spent on new DC beautification projects.notus.orgThe Trump Administration Is Spending $5 Million to Coat Horse Statues in GoldThe Interior Department quickly gave nearly $100 million in contracts in a rush to beautify D.C. 22720071131
Reposted by Rachel PutmanMLB @mlbbot.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Welcome back, Gerrit Cole 👏 He has his first strikeout of 2026! 0276
Reposted by Rachel PutmanAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/05/2026🚨 🚨 🚨 NEW: A shocking @USCIS memo seems to declare that hundreds of thousands of immigrants living in this country and applying for green cards must instead apply for visas abroad; which could MASSIVELY disrupt lives. 🧵 on what we know, and what we don’t. 8925821304
Reposted by Rachel PutmanWill Oldham @willoldham.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Proud to share that our first paper from the lab's new home at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Brown University Health is now in press at @insight.jci.org! insight.jci.org/articles/vie... 1112
Reposted by Rachel PutmanKerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Dr. Veronica Marcoux presents official Canadian Thoracic Society position statement “Infection screening before starting immunosuppression in interstitial lung disease” 🫁 Addressing MTB, HIV, HBV, HCV & strongyloides @veronicasam940.bsky.social 👏 #OpenAccess www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 295
Reposted by Rachel PutmanMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 23/02/2026This seems important www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe political effects of X’s feed algorithm - NatureAmong users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared... 35845306
Reposted by Rachel PutmanAndrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 11/02/2026This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive. 272113176469
Reposted by Rachel PutmanGreg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026One of the best things I’ve read in a while: 412870110667
Reposted by Rachel PutmanGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 23/01/2026Trump’s America. 22538371605
Reposted by Rachel PutmanAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 07/01/2026AOC: ICE has less accountability than virtually any law enforcement agency in the U.S., yet they are some of the most well-funded, operating with impunity—and we just saw them murder an American citizen in cold blood in the street. 586236117897
Reposted by Rachel PutmanThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/12/2025The MIT professor Nuno Loureiro was killed at his home by an old classmate on the run from a shooting at Brown University, the authorities said. Loureiro “was like an Einstein without the crazy hair,” his former colleague said.nyti.msNuno Loureiro, Slain MIT Professor, Was a ‘Brilliant Scientist’Nuno Loureiro, 47, was killed by an old classmate who was on the run from a shooting at Brown University, the authorities said. 1116131
Reposted by Rachel PutmanYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 15/12/2025New photos released of the person of interest in the Brown University shooting. 1812663
Reposted by Rachel PutmanElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 06/12/2025This is a fucking nightmare and right now I am very, very angry with the people who put Trump back in office. More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases. As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.whitehouse.govFact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Begins Process to Align U.S. Core Childhood Vaccine Recommendations with Best Practices from Peer, Developed CountriesALIGNING THE CHILDHOOD VACCINE SCHEDULE WITH INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to begin the 441425454
Reposted by Rachel PutmanKaminskiMed @kaminskimed.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Finally in Print! The Official ATS Research Statement on Racial, Ethnic, Sex & Gender Equity for Inclusive Interstitial Lung Disease Research. 👏🏼 Drs Assayag, Adegonsoye, Cottin, Mageto & @atsblueeditor.bsky.social & @atscommunity.bsky.social #CurePF4All www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/... 084
Reposted by Rachel PutmanJack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · 30/11/2025“WTF happened to paylines???!!!" and other questions New must-read straight talk by Josh Fessel MD PhD about current status of #NIH 🧪🧬🩺 substack.com/inbox/post/1... (Please share, I think a lot of folks will benefit)substack.comNIH Unified Funding Framework"WTF happened to paylines???!!!" and other questions 074
Reposted by Rachel PutmanJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 17/11/2025gosh I wonder why they called her peril www.thecrimson.com/article/2025... 343340640
Reposted by Rachel PutmanKeith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Summers is still on the faculty at Harvard's Kennedy School and actively teaching undergraduate & graduate students 718729
Reposted by Rachel PutmanCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 20/09/2025I cannot overstate how remarkable it is that under GOP rule, US federal health regulations have been captured by fringe crackpots who espouse views that the vast majority of the US public—and nearly 100% of health professionals—reject. Gift link:nytimes.comKennedy’s Vaccine Panel Votes to Limit Access to Covid Shots 13342031542
Reposted by Rachel PutmanJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18/09/2025In honor of Jimmy Kimmel get suspended in part for saying "And by ‘statistical fact’, [Vance] means ‘complete bullshit’,” in response to Vance's false claim that most political violence is from the left, here's the DOJ report showing the opposite, that the DOJ conveniently just memory-holed:web.archive.org 101157344
Reposted by Rachel PutmanRep. Kim Schrier, M.D. @repkimschrier.bsky.social · 17/09/2025We now have confirmation that RFK Jr. fired Dr. Monarez because she refused to alter the childhood vaccine schedule. These recommendations have kept our children safe, but RFK Jr. wants to change them without any evidence to support that decision. 28579174
Reposted by Rachel PutmanElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/08/2025The Supreme Court just greenlit Donald Trump gutting nearly $800 MILLION for medical treatments and cures. Congress approved this funding for a reason: it saves lives. This is disgraceful, and families will suffer. 1402300761
Reposted by Rachel PutmanCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/08/2025“.. Yikes – @EliseStefanik literally got booed off the stage TWICE at an event in her district today. She hasn't hosted a #NY21 town hall in years. Now we know why.” (via Addison Dick) 646121762633
Reposted by Rachel PutmanDr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 12/08/2025In case anyone is wondering, I will not mince words, I will not pull punches, and I will say what needs to be said. Thanks for having me on @atourtable.bsky.social @jaimeharrison.bsky.social 🇺🇸 1229976
Reposted by Rachel PutmanATS Blue Journal @atsblueeditor.bsky.social · 07/07/2025The Blue Journal thanks Anna Podolanczuk, MD, MS, ATSF, for her contribution to the July issue Approach to the Evaluation and Management of Interstitial Lung Abnormalities: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Statement www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.... 1134
Reposted by Rachel PutmanMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 22/06/2025There are 100k students in med school each year. Room and board is about 100k per year. For 10b a year, med school could be free. We would see a wholesale change in the profession, career paths and the cost of care. It would change the economics for every financial decision doctorspolitico.comRepublican plans to cap student borrowing could shatter an everyday professionOne GOP senator said anyone paying more than $100K to go to med school is "making a huge mistake." But the median cost of attending one is more than double that for the class of 2025. 3504332806
Reposted by Rachel PutmanKerri Johannson MD MPH @kerrijohannson.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Just out in @atsblueeditor.bsky.social from 🇨🇦 CARE-PF🫁 Did you ever wonder what a "typical for fibrotic HP" HRCT pattern really means? We aimed to find out ... 🧐 www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/... 2146
Reposted by Rachel PutmanIan Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 08/06/2025No deaths have been linked to the salmonella outbreak so far, but 79 people in seven states have gotten sick. That number includes 21 who were hospitalized. www.upi.com/Health_News/...upi.comEggs recalled in salmonella outbreak after 79 people fall ill - UPI.comA California egg producer is recalling around 1.7 million eggs sold in retail stores in nine states because of salmonella concerns, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed. 36039
Reposted by Rachel PutmanEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 05/06/2025He's right. "Nothing short of devastating" By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 12695247
Reposted by Rachel PutmanEdward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 03/06/2025I worry that not enough of a big deal is being made about how long-term the devastation of these budget cuts to our scientific and health agencies will be, beyond the absolute ruin they will cause in the acute period. 472272495
Reposted by Rachel PutmanScott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 19/04/2025🙏 We need your help 🙏 The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like. We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants: NIH: forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP... NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... w/ @noamross.net 16621488
Reposted by Rachel PutmanAmerican College of Chest Physicians @accpchest.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice sent letters to scholarly journals inquiring about their process and principles. As an organization, we respect and support the CHEST journal's editorial leadership and long-standing reputation. Read more here: www.chestnet.org/newsroom/che... 19549
Reposted by Rachel PutmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/04/2025Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'" 13577444715442
Reposted by Rachel PutmanAllie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social · 27/03/2025📣 Across the U.S., cuts to federal funding for health research are projected to cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. How will YOUR area be impacted? Excited to share SCIMaP, a website that our team has created to communicate the impact of funding cuts. #PsychSciSky #MedicalSky scienceimpacts.orgscienceimpacts.orgSCiMaP 21446225
Reposted by Rachel PutmanMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 22/03/2025From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA 708319768473
Rachel Putman @rachelkputman.bsky.social · 20/03/2025This story is terrible and absolutely worth readingtheguardian.comI’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnappedI was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky 030
Reposted by Rachel PutmanAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next. 561312852425072
Reposted by Rachel PutmanJoe Allen @joeallenjoe.bsky.social · 12/03/2025In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...news.harvard.eduNIH funding delivers exponential economic returns — Harvard GazetteReport finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development. 8440881489
Reposted by Rachel PutmanSherry Pagoto, PhD @drsherrypagoto.bsky.social · 12/03/2025New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024. That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved. Show me a better investment than that. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...forbes.comNIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New ReportNational Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research. 2320231138
Reposted by Rachel PutmanPLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 21/02/2025PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity. We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry. plos.io/3D4O8cHplos.ioPLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity - The Official PLOS BlogSince its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to… 291113436
Reposted by Rachel PutmanATS Clinical Problems Assembly @ats-clinicalprobs.bsky.social · 21/02/2025🗓️Mark your calendars for our upcoming webinar this Monday: "Are Multi-omics Risk Scores the Future of Lung Health? Navigating Their Clinical Readiness" 🫁 ⏰2/24/2025, 1PM EST Register in advance 🔗http://bit.ly/3Cvu6Yr #MedSky #PulmSky 033
Reposted by Rachel PutmanEmily Badger @emmbadger.bsky.social · 14/02/2025NIH's proposal to cut the grants it pays for medical research will not just hurt elite coastal universities. Who else has a lot at stake? The states of Missouri and North Carolina. The University of Texas Cancer Center. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comHow Trump’s Medical Research Cuts Would Hit Colleges and Hospitals in Every State (Gift Article)Changes to a key funding formula will reduce research grants at hospitals and universities by billions — and may discourage future research. 13303144
Reposted by Rachel PutmanJack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · 11/02/2025PBS Newshour on why indirect costs will gut research progress www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uct...youtube.comThe possible long-term impact of Trump's cuts to medical research fundingYouTube video by PBS NewsHour 25628
Reposted by Rachel PutmanMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Really good point about the NIH funding 933274671
Reposted by Rachel PutmanJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/02/2025This is what happens when you ask me to help sanewash the Trump tariffs. 518154783404
Reposted by Rachel PutmanGabriel Bosslet @gbosslet.bsky.social · 02/02/2025"Regardless of the popularity or powerful interests behind a policy, the responsibility of the profession is to speak out when the science is clear that it will threaten health or safety. Silence is not an option." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comHow Should Health Care and Public Health Respond to the New US Administration?This Viewpoint discusses scientific, medical, and public health actions, including withdrawing from the World Health Organization, taken so far during the first week of the Trump administration. 16519
Reposted by Rachel PutmanRuth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 01/02/2025✨PLEASE SHARE! CDC GUIDELINE ARCHIVES✨ ▶️STI GUIDELINES buff.ly/4jReLT4 buff.ly/3EmjR9B ▶️Medical Eligibility Criteria (MEC) for Contraceptives buff.ly/3PZzQNf buff.ly/4aKMEko ▶️VACCINE VIS buff.ly/4jJ1603 ▶️Others from @jessicavalenti.bsky.social LGBTQ CDCGuidelines.com #medsky #pedsky #IDsky 🛟🧪 44685602
Reposted by Rachel PutmanDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Per an NIH source: “Discussions with colleagues have suggested that if the universities all come together and raise hell about the delays to funding caused by not holding meetings, that might move the needle. From every state. There are well-funded universities in red states that will be impacted.” 268145183342
