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Jennifer Biddle @jenbiddle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hey Biologists : Have you made any comments on the NIH Biosafety Policy for Biohazards? Because some of the changes are REDONKULOUS - and there are only 40 comments on file - Submit comments by Oct 19! osp.od.nih.gov/comment-form.... 🦠 #microsky

osp.od.nih.gov

Comment Form: Draft NIH Biosafety Policy for Research Involving Biohazards

Request for Information: Draft NIH Biosafety Policy for Research Involving Biohazards

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I need all the reviewers who criticize the fact that the work you're asking money for hasn't been done yet to congregate and ask themselves why this make sense to them...

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"AI will free us from medical tyranny" "AI is better informed than doctors" I want OFF this ride

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I guess I have attained god-like status with the students and can now quit Academia 💀

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

NEW: Yet another group of researchers is suing the NIH and HHS over a massive purge of federal research grants. The class-action suit alleges the Trump admin is violating scientists' first amendment rights by using keyword searches to censor science that doesn't align with its political views.

aclu.org

Researchers Challenge NIH Screening of Grants for Disfavored Viewpoints | American Civil Liberties Union

Class action lawsuit seeks to stop censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I told my students the exact same thing 😂

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Which part of it? This is a very young student about to be in my class.

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

😂 Exactly what I told my friend, our beef with that fly is gonna get 10 times worse if we have to fight over who's getting the cows

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Cyclospora everywhere. Everyone is about to go on a carnivore diet lol

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

“There has to be a point where, as a government, we say, ‘You’re responsible for your actions, and you’re responsible for your safety,’” This has to be one of the wildest public health takes I've seen in a minute. What do they think their responsibilities are? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/u...

nytimes.com

Drinking Raw Milk Is Risky. Should People Be Able to Buy It Anyway?

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Do they even need it at this point? I honestly hate these guys lol. But their PR game must be amazing because seeing real scientists gobble up some of their craziest claims is so wild to witness.

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

On est dessus aussi et honnêtement, dire que l'éradication totale est possible en moins d'un an c'est un peu du BS lol

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I feel drunk already just from getting the news. Need to wait a few days 😂

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Still waiting on the NoA but, per the USDA press release, we did it Joe!

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I was already having a bad day... and then this happened 💀 Now I'm on campus, in my underwear, squeezing water out of my clothes. Gotta love Galveston brutal showers...

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

So, NIAID has quietly withdrawn from the T35 program just before the May cycle deadline. Nobody said a word. No email from the PO. No statement. Nada. Wanna now how I found out? 👇🏽🙃

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

It tastes like it's been left out the fridge too long

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I would argue that some people already do exactly that 😂

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

in* We really need an edit function 🫩

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I made these slides last Sunday... Glad I did because I already have 4 seminars scheduled on the next 10 days 💀

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Your reminder that parasitic colleagues only thrive because the environment allows them to do so. There's always an enabler somewhere trying to dress taking advantage of someone as a gracious opportunity.

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

We're still waiting for the USDA funds to be released though 😩

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

France tried to do the same and thought they would poach the best U.S. scientists and their team with a 250k/y 3-year package. It made me giggle.

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Just did the same and cancelled a trip to Spain to a meeting I was really really looking forward to. But my brain wouldn't come back from it

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

To oblivion apparently lol. I think he doesn't even service my building anymore

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Maybe 2 years ago, as I was signing off on a package under the PI section, a delivery guy asked me "does it say 'student' here? Jeez, please read." I never saw him again 😂 he never delivered to my lab ever again.

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

A med school student who's now graduating just asked me what concentration I was in because "we've been here for the same amount of time and we never ended up in the same class" That's actually perfect because I was thinking of crashing the world cup game screening organized by the student assoc. 😂

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Also serves as a reminder that some demographics really go through certain aspects of life on easy mode.

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Nothing like being lectured on "how to improve trust" by someone who stole a grant that was sent to him for feedback 🤣 That incident is literally documented but we still have to entertain him. You gotta love academia man... truly a place of wonders lol

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Those Galveston Aedes sollicitans are probably doing proboscis stretches and wing aerobics right now in anticipation of the field day they're going to have soon...

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I absolutely hate imposing on people but had to stay with a friend due to damage in my house. I also wake up at 3:45-4:30 so was definitely anxious about that. Look what I found when I came out of my room 🥹

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

It's honestly quite depressing to see how the standards we're held to as random people literally don't apply to people in the most important offices in the country.

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

It feels so misaligned with the mission of the NSF... I can't even picture what U.S. academic research will look like when this administration is done with it.

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The same thing happened to me 2 years ago. They asked me to serve as guest editor for a special issue, I declined, they advertised it as such anyways. They were so shameless, when I emailed them, they literally told me it was to get more submissions and that they'd remove my name after a while 😵‍💫

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