Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now. 209010721723016
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Ok scientists & those who love science 🧪: here is another exhortation. Call Congress TODAY about the freeze on NIH Council Meetings and Study Sections. Emphasize that this means NO new grants are being funded & labs will soon start to shut down and fire employees. Phone numbers are at: 5calls.org5calls.org5 CallsSpend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard. 510887
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 21/02/2025As you see NIH restrictions and bans lifted now, it’s not a coincidence that happened after a big rally that got coverage all over TikTok and on Maddow. Trump is susceptible to public pressure! They want to do their coup in the dark. As we’ve been saying, science must speak to the public now. 🧪 832575
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialKai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 22/02/2025“Lawmakers should consider how they will explain in the coming years why America could no longer stop a disease outbreak overseas from reaching the homeland,” writes @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social plus a sampling of the havoc wreaked across the globe by #USAID freezenytimes.comOpinion | ‘We Are Seeing Complete Destruction’: The Damage Done by the U.S.A.I.D. Freeze (Gift Article)Testimonials from around the world show that Trump’s foreign aid funding freeze has been damaging and chaotic. 510141
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Team Canada wins in overtime, and l’ve never been delighted with a hockey win before, ever. 688354562341
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialsamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 21/02/2025I chatted with a program director at NIH for a half hour just now It's clear that the people who make American science happen are doing everything they can to keep making it happen in a very difficult environment They deserve our respect and gratitude 573181
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/02/2025There are basically 5 ways to accumulate a billion dollars: 1) Profiting from a monopoly 2) Insider-trading 3) Political payoffs 4) Fraud 5) Inheritance Don’t believe the self-made myth. 23480061915
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialShematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 21/02/2025Medicaid coverage for virtual visits ends April 1st. As someone who cares for children that live up to 8 hours away, this is DEVASTATING. Children, adults, elderly will all suffer. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES The 5 calls app makes it easy! 671641704
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 21/02/2025DOGE By The Numbers theonion.com/doge-by... 180140062802
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialDrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Cuts to NSF expected to be at 50% reduction in force for an independent agency that fuels discovery and innovation. "The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]." This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...nanoscale.blogspot.comThe National Science Foundation - this is not business as usualThe National Science Foundation was created 75 years ago, at the behest of Vannevar Bush , who put together the famed study, Science, The E... 12641861649
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialAlwaysACivilServant @drneuro.bsky.social · 21/02/2025So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work. 1788356658390
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 21/02/2025This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...hamiltonnolan.comThey Are a MinorityGet your mind right. 1137399029165
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.social🌴Jeff🌴 @counseloroh.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Why would Trump want control of the USPS? 16213105
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialMark Bechtel @markymark757.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Donald Trump does not like mail in voting. He wants to absorb the USPS into the Federal government in order to control it. MSNBC 617141
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 21/02/2025one of the people being laid off from all this DOGE chicanery is someone I've known for 13+ years who has been a federal government employee for two decades, in two different federal departments, and he is so incredibly angry 1591265
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialPeter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 20/02/2025DOGE staffers at Social Security Administration as per Social Security Works: Marko Elez (who resigned after his RACIST posts resurfaced & then reinstated), Ethan Shaotran, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gautier Cole-Killian. Call your members of Congress & tell them to protect OUR money, OUR Social Security. 7241114
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I agree. It seems extremely unlikely that they are trying to get grants flowing again. One of my concerns is that they may be hoping to delay things enough that NIH will not have time to get appropriated funds issued by September 30th, the end of the fiscal year. 1/n 58123
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/02/2025For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26. Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency. It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes. 227159864785
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialEric Blanc @ericblanc.bsky.social · 19/02/2025AOC speaking to a thousand NYC federal workers and allies about the urgency of resisting Musk 🔥🔥🔥 113106431722
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 20/02/2025JUST IN: The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets just announced that it is implementing new testing requirements for all poultry entering New York’s live bird markets. 533288496
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/02/2025I'm a huge fan of Dolly Parton. We're the same age and same height, but she can sing better. We also share the same values, including that every child should have the chance to dream big and succeed. Indiana Republicans should reverse these cuts. www.huffpost.com/entry/indian...huffpost.comDolly Parton Urges Indiana Republicans Not To Ax Her Book Program For KidsDolly Parton's Imagination Library sends books to thousands of kids across Indiana. A new budget proposal from Republicans could slash its funding. 17172191226
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Democratic leaders: I think it's abundantly clear at this point that simply going along to get along ain't gonna work. Trying to negotiate ain't gonna work. Being collegial ain't gonna work. What you're doing right now isn't working. Take your gloves off and punch back. Hard. 888225765368
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 20/02/2025Pope Francis passed another peaceful night in hospital, "got up and had breakfast in his armchair", the Vatican said Thursday, the day after reporting a slight improvement in his condition. u.afp.com/SotH 7426813
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialPeter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money, an EARNED benefit! 562441595
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Very important to get this word out! 510299
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.social Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 19/02/2025MUSK: DOGE found 5000 gallons of golden bullion in the dungeons of Social Security Administration. Now every American taxpayer will receive a chicken that lays golden eggs. EVERY MEDIA OUTLET: Billionaire Genius has done it again. 1353982
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why? 22678148320162
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 17/02/2025And grad programs are paused in many places. Prospective students and talented researchers abroad are looking at what’s happening in the US right now and thinking “no thanks”. It will take years to rebuild the damage that’s already been done even if every change is rolled back immediately. 7615111
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Go ahead. Let the people see you for what you are. 562710650416695
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialPeter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 17/02/2025My name is Peter Morley. I live on fixed income. I’ve Lupus/chronicillnesses/disabilities & SUBSIST on Social Security Disability for 18 years. I've survived cancer 2x & currently recovering from surgery. I DEPEND on MEDICARE/MEDICAID/SNAP. I’ll NEVER GIVE UP fighting for ALL until my last breath.🙏💜 711797392
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 18/02/2025This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else. 773914907226468
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialRick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller. 25695023984
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.sociale.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 16/02/2025I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner 173167754738
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025She was indeed impressive. There is a wonderful biography of Dr. K, freely available (still) from NIH. www.nih.gov/about-nih/wh...nih.govAlways There: The Remarkable Life of Ruth Lillian Kirschstein, M.D.There are very few people who have such a profound impact on their professions that the telling of their life story is also a recounting of the history of their time and place. 27210
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialPeter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money, an EARNED benefit! 341245331
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialRichard Corsi @corsiaq.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Old friend just laid off by USDA, 1 mos short of his probationary period as senior researcher. Brilliant person who left a tenured faculty position several yrs ago to join USDA. Bright early-career researchers also being laid off. USDA is terminating a generation of highly-qualified scientists. 784207895568
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialPeter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money, an EARNED benefit! 311189335
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Trump and DOGE accused federal civil servants of fraud (with no evidence). Meanwhile, they're halting enforcement of a foreign anti-bribery law, dropping criminal charges against Eric Adams, and pardoning a former governor who tried to sell Obama's Senate seat. Hello? 15953611295
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialMatthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990. One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS. #LGBTplusHistoryMonth 142246936757
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialMegan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 15/02/2025🛟 That last-ditch chemo trial your family member was hoping to be in 🥙 The investigation of a food-borne illness outbreak in the next town over 🧠The study looking for preventable causes of Alzheimer’s 🧪The assurance that TAXPAYER-PAID-FOR studies & data collection see the light of day 472763837
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Got word that several NIH employees in a group working on cancer clinical trials got terminated via email this evening. “The [cancer research] trials will literally not be able to function without us.” Trump and Musk are killing cancer research. 🧪 20535242
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialSara Nelson @flyingwithsara.bsky.social · 15/02/2025We condemn the decision to fire these safety inspectors. Everywhere I go I am asked, “is it safe to fly?” My response is yes because thousands of frontline workers ask that all day long. If federal workers can’t do their jobs, we can’t do ours. 1/2 www.passnational.org/index.php/ne...passnational.orgPASS on Firing of Probationary Employees at FAAProfessional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) AFL-CIO Federal Aviation Administration FAA National Airspace System NAS Safety Inspectors Technicians Privatization Maintenance and Certification 13372112
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialDan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Tesla keeps emailing me invitations to take a test drive. I schedule one each time at a different dealer. Then they call me and I tell them I would never by a car from the company and why. Very clearly. It’s part of my regular resistance routine these days. 550456
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialDrArchivalGenomics @ehekkala.bsky.social · 15/02/2025#NSF 🧪🧬🌍 Btw- my grant, "Integrating Art, History and Science in Systematics" is flagged for "social justice". The grant helps us to properly attribute place-based knowledge in identifying and naming species ❤️ 2395
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialPam Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Brilliant and hard working former postdoc from my lab (plant and microbial molecular genetics) was just laid off from her job at the USDA. She is looking for job. You would love to have her in your lab. Pls share. Pls let me know if you have positionusda.is 78945
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialAltUSGS @handle.invalid · 15/02/2025Consider submitting FOIA requests to science agencies to get unpublished data before its lost. Who knows what will happen once DOGE fires all the science staff and takes over the computers? Data could vanish. 24592146
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialLai (Linda) Chan 🫶 @lindacphd.bsky.social · 16/02/2025We have an open position for a research technician position in my lab at Cleveland Clinic. We study oncogenic signaling in leukemia and lymphoma. DM for details. 12521194
Reposted by @scientistinusa.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16/02/2025"the Department of Veterans Affairs announced the dismissal of more than 1,000 employees who had served for less than two years. That included researchers working on cancer treatment, opioid addiction, prosthetics and burn pit exposure, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat, said Thursday." 31560771973