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Sarah Donofrio

@sarahdonofrio.bsky.social
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Neuroscience PhD candidate and science writer

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/05/2026
If you're reading this, my cat and I have boarded a one-way flight out of the United States. The Trump administration wrongfully denied my work permit renewal; after months of demanding that they follow the law, we have run out of legal recourse, and I have no choice but to leave the country. (🧵)
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Support Alex's Emergency Relocation + Next Steps on Give In May
Alex is leaving the US after his work permit renewal was wrongfully denied by Trump's USCIS.
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Sarah Donofrio @sarahdonofrio.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
"According to Paxton's office, all services provided by the detransition clinic will be funded by Texas Children's." THIS is the free "healthcare" that Texas prioritizes: endangering the lives of trans kids at the mercy of their parents and the state.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
The Cajun Navy is assisting with relief efforts in Central Texas, and you can donate to them here: cajunnavyrelief.com/donate/
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Donate - Cajun Navy Relief
We thank you for any donation you can give. Donations help those affected most by the natural disasters we respond to. There are several ways you can donate to our organization – choose how you want t...
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Jen Rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
if you live in the houston area you should know this: trump is quietly shuttering the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions grist.org/energy/trump...
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Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions
The Chemical Safety Board, a federal agency that investigates large-scale industrial chemical disasters, will close under Trump's orders.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 17/06/2025
“I want to tell those stories before they disappear ... before these families have to go underground.” From 2022: Jesse Freidin's photo series documents the bravery of trans youth just living their lives, and the power of unconditional family support ...
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Are You OK? The Lives of Young Trans Texans
In Jesse Freidin's photos, viewers glimpse the bravery of transgender youth and the power of unconditional family support.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Chants of "Immigrants and trans folks are welcome here" in Downtown Houston
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 14/06/2025
Folks, @gelliottmorris.com and colleagues, including myself, have documented over a quarter million protesters across the nation, with many more cities and towns to verify. This is officially a top-25 protest event in American history: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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No Kings Day protests unofficial attendance crowdsourcing
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 14/06/2025
I will not be attending #NoKingsDay protests today, but I will be helping @gelliottmorris.com and colleagues with data gathering to understand how many Americans have shown out today. Please reply in the comments with estimated attendance numbers from reputable news sources; no city is too small!
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No Kings Day protests unofficial attendance crowdsourcing
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨 WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people. 4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic. Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
4 12x18 inch posters on a brick and concrete wall. The top left is pink and says funding science saves lives, written in microbes, next to a microscope. The one on the right says Biology is bigger than binaries, with a fish, a lily, and a bee. The bottom left says Protecting wildlife starts wtih you, with a bunch of adiorable woodland creatues in yellow, white and black, including an owl, fungi, a... um. weasel? salamanders, butterflies, slugs, and a rotting log. The bottom right says Will our oceans thrive or nosedive the choice is yours, with the ocean represented in a circle, half of which is dead and half of which is alive, including kelp and a mackerel
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Chron.com @chron.com · 28/04/2025
Pudgy's Fine Cookies and Underground Creamery in The Heights say they're facing uncertainty as tariffs cause the price of ingredients like chocolate to skyrocket: www.chron.com/food/article...
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Houston's best dessert shops are seeing big problems on horizon
Pudgy's Fine Cookies and Underground Creamery in the Heights are reporting price increases in a few key supply lines, including chocolate and, in turn, oreos.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The good news is that there *are* people meeting the moment. youtu.be/EJxRtjma7lc
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Idaho teacher fights back after order to remove ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ poster
YouTube video by MSNBC
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/03/2025
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! ☀️ Bill Nye will be speaking at Stand Up for Science in D.C. on March 7th! More speaker announcements coming soon, stay tuned! 👀☀️
Image of Bill Nye, with text at the top of the image that says Speaker Announcement and at the bottom that says Stand Up for Science, March 7th, 2025 and a link to standupforscience2025.org.
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Alan @ralanharris.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
FINAL LOCATION UPDATE: Stand Up for Science 2025 The final location for Stand Up for Science on 3/7 is Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI). Please disregard announcements about TMC Commons. Join us at NRI: maps.app.goo.gl/y6DbDuFMr4CK... Looking forward to seeing you there!
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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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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
My son's life was saved by medical research. Trump wants to slash it. | Opinion www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/lett...
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Trump wants to slash medical research funding. It saved my son's life.
Trump's funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health will hurt life-saving medical research across the country.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 26/02/2025
📣 Want to DONATE to help us Stand Up for Science on March 7th? Make a tax-deductible donation using the QR code below!
QR code with the stand up for science logo, and information on our fiscal sponsor, the coalition for the advancement and application of psychological sciences (www.caaps.co)
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Margaret Eisenbrandt @margaret-eisen.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
For Houston researchers interested in traveling to Austin for @standupforscience.bsky.social I’m organizing carpools. Please fill out this form to be connected and participate in the Houston contingent docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Stand up for Science - Texas
We are trying to connect people who would like to attend the Austin Stand Up For Science rally on March 7th as a contingent from the Texas Medical Center. If you would like to be connected via slack w...
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
The most achingly beautiful explanation of what science is, from @edyong209.bsky.social: “the idea that much of the world is hidden from us, that we don’t perceive it and don’t understand it, and that it is worth understanding and it is necessary to understand.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
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‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I'm gonna keep reposting examples of people not taking shit because it's important for us to see that you can, simply, reject the shit. Say "Uh... no no no, we will not be tolerating that."
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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Houston Chronicle: 'Texas Medical Center jobs at risk over Trump's NIH cuts, county attorney says' 'Funding cuts made to the NIH by the Trump administration in early February could spell disaster for the Texas Medical Center, officials said.' www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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Texas Medical Center jobs at risk over Trump's NIH cuts, county attorney says
Funding cuts made to the NIH by the Trump administration in early February could spell disaster for the Texas Medical Center, officials said.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Scientists, Artists, Activists & those in between. Want a practical introduction for how to do street art? Not that you would, of course. Merely an academic pursuit! All purely theoretical 🧐 Get up to speed on precisely how to theoretically make stickers & wheatpastes. 3/3 8pm EST lu.ma/53ks8h33
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A Beginners Guide to Street Art · Zoom · Luma
Come learn the basics of how to do two street art methods: stickering and wheatpasting. We'll cover: Practical how-tos for creating and install stickers and…
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André K. Isaacs @drdre4000.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Diversity is our greatest asset, even if the government disagrees… They not like us! POC in STEM are here to stay. They tried to rig the game but you can’t fake influence! Mustard on the [Be][At] bro. Happy Black History Month!
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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I just did this and reached out to the newspaper in my small, conservative TX hometown - I too got an email back in like 10 minutes with the request to write a local column!
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Sarah Donofrio @sarahdonofrio.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
This article includes a link to a slide deck that you can use to teach folks about biomedical funding. Thank you @analog-ashley.bsky.social for putting together this resource!
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RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
At Rutgers & around the country, scientists overseeing critical research are facing new uncertainties every day about whether their work can continue. Join us Wed. 2/19 on Newark & New Brunswick campuses for a National Day of Action. rutgersaaup.org/wednesday-fe...
Hands Off "R" Research
National Day of Action
Wednesday, February  19th
Protest the Cuts to 
the NIH, CDC, NSF, Dept of 
Ed, & Our Schools
Busch Campus - 12 P.M.
Life Sciences Building Atrium
145 Bevier Rd. 
Side entry from walkway between Smithers/LSB and the Chemistry Building. 
Use large parking lot opposite the Chemistry building. 
Closest bus stop is Allison Road.

Newark Campus - 11 A.M.
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
30 Twelfth Ave.
In front of Smith Library.

RSVP, LINKS, 
& INFO: linktr.ee/ruaaup
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Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Every time I remember that Dropout exists I feel ten times more able to persevere in this time
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Sarah Donofrio @sarahdonofrio.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
This is an amazing initiative
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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Inspired by @mikefeigin.bsky.social we're doing a donut fuelled phone-a-thon here starting in 30 mins. Call your reps people and let them know cuts to NIH and NSF are non starters! 5calls.org is really useful!
Picture of table laden with 3 boxes full of yummy donuts and printouts of phone numbers and scripts to call our govt reps.
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Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Time to call our reps! If you work where I work, come on down to L4-201 from now to 4PM and grab a Paula’s donut! We’ve got numbers and scripts to make it easy!
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Matt Lanza @mattlanza.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Exactly what I’m trying to get colleagues to understand. You have been made pawns in a political fight whether you like it or not. Your work can be apolitical, but you need to be political in defending the very livelihood & continuity of American science research. This goes for all scientists.
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Sarah Donofrio @sarahdonofrio.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Grateful to Yale Medicine for this write up of @jeffmyau.bsky.social’s story, previously published on @kmpanthagani.bsky.social’s blog. They emphasize the need for better understanding of long COVID— an effort that depends heavily on federal research funding
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Sarah Donofrio @sarahdonofrio.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
It’s important to be aware of the crises. It’s equally important to be aware of the good work that people are doing to fight back
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Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD @kmpanthagani.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Last week the Your Local Epidemiologist team released a survey on how the federal freezes are impacting your work. The survey received over 3,000 responses, here are a few stories that were shared. See the full report here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Sarah Donofrio @sarahdonofrio.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
A little birdie told me about this new grassroots effort to compile info about bird flu and how to keep yourself and your pets safe: www.thecuckoonest.org
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The Cuckoo Nest (TCN)
Some little birds for public health bringing you news, resources, and information on the current Bird Flu situation.
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Ashley Juavinett, PhD @ashleyjuavinett.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Dear biologists & neuroscientists -- I'd like to collect some cursory data on what the "typical" breakdown of funding between federal & private looks like in labs. If you run a research lab or know enough about yours, could you fill this small form out? forms.gle/PEzWEYojBjfj...
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Neuroscience & biology lab funding
What is the current rough breakdown of funding sources for your lab? The answers below should add to 100%!
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
here it is!! 🏀 great and fun news from me - Houston's only lesbian bar is now also Houston's only women's sports bar. I chatted with the owner and checked out the space last night and I have to say, it's really special. www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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Houston's only lesbian bar is now the best place to watch women's sports
Turning Side Peace, the side bar of Pearl, into a hub for women's sports fans has been a longtime goal for owner Julie Mabry. Now, it's finally a reality.
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Sarah Donofrio @sarahdonofrio.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
SfN is making it soooo easy to contact your reps about preserving neuroscience research! I’ve heard that calling is more effective than emailing, but both options are available on their page
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Neuroscientists - your society has a call to action for you and a page for tracking action alerts. It's built to take your location & give you specific support on what to say and who to say it to. www.sfn.org/Advocacy/Adv...
Screenshot showing example of how the Society For Neuroscience call to action gives a Bay Area user contact info for their representatives (Sen. Alex Padilla, Sen. Adam Schiff, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi) and and email template titled "Protect Biomedical Research and Scientific Workforce"
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Sarah Donofrio @sarahdonofrio.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Preclinical research for trans health deserves to continue for its own merit and the benefit it can bring. AND successful attacks on trans health research opens the door to defunding animal research in other fields as well
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Sarah Donofrio @sarahdonofrio.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Important thread for anyone who does research with animal models. Research on trans and queer health is the canary in the coal mine
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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Once I finally shoved away my procrastination and existential doom and called my elected officials and voiced my concerns I feel FREE I WILL be calling them now every single day to bother and annoy them into doing something because it literally took a few minutes and felt so good
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Sarah Donofrio @sarahdonofrio.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Huge protest in Houston, spanning four bridges across the freeway, protesting Trump’s immigration policy— gives me hope!
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Jeff Yau 姚明穎 @jeffmyau.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Part 2 of my interview with YCKT on my experience dealing with the healthcare system, becoming #disabled, self-advocacy, and navigating misinformation. 😷 Thank you @sarahdonofrio.bsky.social @kmpanthagani.bsky.social for giving me the space to share my experience! 🙏
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A conversation with a neuroscientist who developed long COVID
Earlier this month, we shared the story of Dr. Jeff Yau, a neuroscientist who solved the mystery of his long COVID. A few months after his first and only COVID infection, he was diagnosed with an auto...
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
A bird flu pandemic is not inevitable. But a series of developments over the past few weeks indicates that the possibility is no longer remote. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
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Bird Flu Enters a New Phase, Scientists Say (Gift Article)
A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including cattle that may have been reinfected.
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Katie 🌀 @katiefliesaway.com · 27/01/2025
the @5calls.org app gives you phone numbers AND a script!
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Sarah Donofrio @sarahdonofrio.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Update: it was so easy! I called after hours and left a voicemail with my name, zip code, and thoughts on RFK’s nomination—took me all of two minutes. I also left a comment on my senator’s online contact form
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Sarah Donofrio @sarahdonofrio.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Worried about the NIH freeze on communications? Channel that energy productively: RFK Jr will be considered for Secretary of HHS (which includes NIH) on Jan 29– call your U.S. senators to voice your opinion. I’ll be calling Texas senator John Cornyn, who will be on the committee that meets Jan 29
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Sarah Donofrio @sarahdonofrio.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
When signing up for lab chores, I was given the choice of disposing of mouse carcasses or running our lab’s Twitter account. I’d rather handle dead mice than tweet on X
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Sarah Donofrio @sarahdonofrio.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Worried about the NIH freeze on communications? Channel that energy productively: RFK Jr will be considered for Secretary of HHS (which includes NIH) on Jan 29– call your U.S. senators to voice your opinion. I’ll be calling Texas senator John Cornyn, who will be on the committee that meets Jan 29
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