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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I had to remove a single instance of the phrase “climate change” due to misalignment

Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I tried scheduling my individual 1:1 meeting with my lab group all on one afternoon. By the time the last person was up, I was cranky and tired. Lol 🤣 So now I spread it over 2 afternoons!

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Fantastic job today Austin on your thesis defense!!! 💪🏼

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I’m not going but two students from my lab are

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Mad Men is a fantastic show and it’s hard to believe people behaved like that at work 🥃 🚬

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Craig Spencer MD MPH @craigspencer.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

3 years ago I wrote this piece for @theatlantic.com about why we mustn’t take public health for granted. This is long before this admin’s deep cuts to public health. With the massive Cyclospora outbreak, I couldn’t help thinking about my own warning from the past.

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 23/06/2026

Thousands of biomedical studies are stuck in limbo as NIH drags out renewals months after annual budgets expire. Since 2025, the rate of overdue renewals has TRIPLED. This leaves scientists unable to plan, keep staff employed, or maintain long-term research. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NIH 🧪

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Overdue Grant Renewals at NIH and AHRQ – Grant Witness

The government’s delays renewing in-progress research are leaving researchers in limbo.

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I had a conversation about how our careers in science are all about the dopamine hits from papers, grants etc

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Congrats Emily!! Great work 😊

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Fun to meet you and hear about your cool work!!

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

This is the most horrifying podcast that is keeping me up at night

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 21/11/2025

New #sciart! Watercolor brains expressing different states of mind. Original paintings, not prints; one of each. artologica.etsy.com

watercolor brain painting with tree motif

watercolor brain painting with lotus motif

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

They’re calling Megyn Kelly “Megyn R. Kelly" now.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 02/11/2025

Steelers Victory Squirrel! Also, thank you, 🐻

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Zandrea Ambrose, Ph.D. 🦠🧬🧪🧫 @zandrea.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

For #WorldPolioDay, @asm.org named the University of Pittsburgh a Milestones in Microbiology site to honor Dr. Jonas Salk for developing the world’s first polio vaccine. After use in the early 1950s, it reduced paralytic polio in the U.S. by 96% in only a few years.

This Pittsburgher was 12 years old when he became one of the first children to receive the Salk inactivated polio vaccine in 1952.

Dr. Peter Salk, the eldest son of Dr. Jonas Salk, spoke about his father’s research to develop an inactivated polio vaccine. The slide shows images of his father and the scene on the day the vaccine was approved.

Unveiling of the ASM plaque to honor the University of Pittsburgh as a Milestones in Microbiology site on World Polio Day. Shown are (L to R): Dr. Paul Duprex, Director of the Pitt Center for Vaccine Research; Dr. Donald Burke, former Dean of the Pitt School of Public Health; Dr. Vaughn Cooper, President-Elect of ASM; Colleen Puterbaugh, ASM Archivist; Dr. Peter Salk, son of Dr. Jonas Salk; Dr. Maureen Lichtveld, Dean of the Pitt School of Public Health; and one of the first people to receive the Salk vaccine in 1952.

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

This show makes me feel awful yet I keep watching to see what happens. They are all terrible people.

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I’ve thought about this several times over the years

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Rift valley fever is terrible for many reasons and especially for pregnant women.

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

My heart is broken for all of my #CDC and #NIH colleagues and friends. You don’t deserve this.

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

So any study sections cancelled/postponed yet? ✍🏻 📑👩🏼‍💻

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

A discovery doesn't usually happen as a single moment but in 3 phases: 1. Observing the results from experiments & analyses, 2. Realizing the big story when writing up the paper, 3. Understanding what's truly new about the work when presenting to friends, reviewers & audiences.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Important to spend several minutes each day asking your dog how he got so handsome.

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

The bunkers in Pittsburgh will get ya every time

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Two sisters side by side. Sunny spent one night away and is back today with Gizmo. I wonder if Sunny will stay for the night? #bigbeareagles

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Sunny fledged the nest today. I can’t seem to share it here. So go find the video. I am legit 😭☠️. Gizmo watching her fly away from the nest…😓 Way too many parallels with my son graduating and heading off to college…

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Our church has a gluten free host option

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I started using this app recently and love it!!!

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

By far my most proud & exciting experiment

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Wishing us all this level of peace ✌🏼 ☮️

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Vintage find at my grandmas: 1976 Pitt National Champions Michter’s burboun decanter 💙💛🏈 #Pitt #H2P

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Amy Hartman @roguerifter.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Excited to be visiting Tulane and giving a seminar tomorrow. We are all heartbroken and disheartened. But we shall carry on doing good science. 💪🏼

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 26/02/2025

As of today, at least 73 study sections have not met. If they review 50 applications, plus 30 triaged, 10% funding rate = 8 grants per SS. That's 584 fundable grants on hold. Probably 5000 researchers affected in those teams composed of our best and brightest. SABOTAGE.

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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

NIH freeze by the numbers, and the conclusion is correct. This is sabotage, and we are quickly reaching a point where even if everything were to open back up today, it would be too late to save many labs.

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