vinceformica.bsky.social @vinceformica.bsky.social · 29/04/2025What gives? @fetterman.senate.gov and PA SAG Sunday no longer have their phone service taking messages after hours. How can you hear from your constituents when your voice mail is clogged during the day and you turn it off at night. 000
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialKC @kcocco.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Pennsylvania's republican AG, David Sunday, is going to sit on his hands and not sue the NIH for their plan to cut millions of dollars from PA universities. When the job losses start - you know who to blame! Remember that he sided with Musk and not Pennsylvanians! 011
vinceformica.bsky.social @vinceformica.bsky.social · 01/04/2025The smell of rotting meat is wafting through the air here @swarthmorecollege.bsky.social Our Titan arum, “Lenny” has bloomed!! It’s over 5’ tall! Stop by and take a look (and smell). 000
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/03/2025I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge. 9916020517004
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialAxios @axios.com · 17/03/2025Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI orderaxios.comNavajo Code Talkers get "DEI" label as military info disappears under Trump orderAlso vanishing: The Civil War regiment from "Glory," women pilots from WWII and a Medal of Honor winner. 39640802471
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17/03/2025They claim they can snatch people up, put them on planes, and deport them to a country run by an authoritarian, where those people will be forced to work slave labor at an inhumane prison. All without due process, and in defiance of federal courts. The hypotheticals are over. This is the nightmare. 712150125356
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialAlt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 17/03/2025"I promise you it is going to be a lot harder to recruit someone to anti-Americanism and anti-American terrorism if the United States of America is the reason one is even alive today.” — Marco Rubio, Senate floor speech, 2019.medium.comMarco Rubio vs. Marco Rubio: A Foreign Aid Love Story Gone WrongBy B.M. Oscar 816948
vinceformica.bsky.social @vinceformica.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Very nice piece about why you should publish in society journals when you can! academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...academic.oup.comA Message From the Editors-in-ChiefWe have been Co-Editor-in-Chiefs of Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE) for 2 years now. In that time, we have learned a great deal about the science of 010
vinceformica.bsky.social @vinceformica.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Look what arrived in the mail today!! I’m very excited to read this! @ambikamath.bsky.social #animalbehavior #feminism 050
vinceformica.bsky.social @vinceformica.bsky.social · 12/03/2025THIS is one of the most chilling things I've seen lately and says a lot. It starts with people with green cards and ends with more of our students. When will Uni. Presidents and faculty organize. Is it now, when it's an undergrad, when someone more fully disappears? www.cbsnews.com/news/columbi...cbsnews.comFormer Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil to remain detained in Louisiana for nowPresident Trump said Monday that Mahmoud Khalil's arrest was just the first "of many to come." 020
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialLuis Zaman @luiszaman.bsky.social · 07/03/2025This CDC "survey" getting sent to grantees is wild yall. This is some serious "Kiss my Ring" level bullshit. 961647693
vinceformica.bsky.social @vinceformica.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Are you kidding me? Children are dying! 000
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 05/03/2025As Measles Spreads, Kennedy Embraces Remedies Like Cod Liver Oil. Story by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/4ir9cJcnyti.msAs Measles Spreads, Kennedy Embraces Remedies Like Cod Liver Oil (Gift Article)In an interview, the H.H.S. secretary claimed that unconventional treatments were helping patients but did not mention vaccination. 63216
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/03/2025JUST IN: A federal judge in Massachusetts has extended her nationwide block on Trump administration effort to slash funds for NIH research. 342686722
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 05/03/2025We're at the "French University is offering grants to refugee scientists censored by the regime" stage of our country www.404media.co/french-unive...404media.coFrench University to Fund American Scientists Who Fear Trump CensorshipThe program, called ‘safe place for science,’ offers American scientists funding to continue their research in France. 231674640
vinceformica.bsky.social @vinceformica.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Swarthmore College is hiring at least one laboratory instructor this spring. These are highly valued instructional staff who interact directly with students in intro and advanced courses. I'm happy to answer questions. Salary is very competitive, June & July off. apply.interfolio.com/164486apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 001
vinceformica.bsky.social @vinceformica.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Here’s my topic for today’s rep. And attorney general call. 010
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 01/03/2025The people in power intend to completely annihilate scientific infrastructure, capacity, & research in the US. No institution will be spared if its mission is to advance science. Everyone is already a target, whether you speak up or not. So, institutions, consider speaking up. 8789263
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 20/02/2025NIH leader resigns, effectively calling Trump a traitor, elected politicians cowards, and notes this is being done by foreign interests to intentionally kill the United States. 15114
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 19/02/2025SCOOP: On his second day as HHS secretary, RFK Jr., the onetime environmentalist, killed climate change programs at NIH that research and prepare for the health effects of extreme weather and a warming planet. This is not going to make Americans healthy. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comRFK Jr., one-time environmentalist, kills NIH climate change programsHe pulled HHS support from projects that aim to protect Americans' health. 49473182814
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialSusana Wadgymar🌿🔬 @smwadgymar.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Please consider contacting societies to share your appreciation for their advocacy! It's important for them to hear from people who support their efforts. A repost in support of action isn't always as noticeable as disapproving or critical comments/messages are. 085
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialDaniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 19/02/2025At this point, many of us have seen our former students, our friends, our colleagues, lose their jobs without just cause. Science, public health, public safety, air safety, fire control, and far more, are being undermined. So, what can YOU do, right now? What can academic societies do? ... we can... 24419
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/02/2025DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement. 11456272222459
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialJeremy Koster @jeremykoster.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1) 692414820
vinceformica.bsky.social @vinceformica.bsky.social · 19/02/2025This just appeared on PA's Attorney General's website. Sure, but you can sue them like all of the democratic state attorneys general. David Sunday is his name: 717-787-3391 FYI 000
vinceformica.bsky.social @vinceformica.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Senate-wide voicemail challenges? I should f'in hope so! They just gutted the NIH and NSF! Keep calling and leaving messages! 000
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19/02/2025They did this with the federal workers overseeing our nuclear weapons stockpile, too. Starting to sense a pattern in this kakistocracy. 2084205765
vinceformica.bsky.social @vinceformica.bsky.social · 19/02/2025This made my morning! Fired me up to do a good job in my lecture this morning. Maybe there is another Judge Reyes in that lecture hall! 010
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialAri Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Trump's lawyers are absolutely flailing in the courts right now 229106822903
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 18/02/2025The sledgehammer approach is madness. America is not a company you can strip for parts. 1283835593
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 13/02/2025🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9 47999485725
vinceformica.bsky.social @vinceformica.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Yup. Out of the goodness of his heart… 🙄 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...nytimes.comState Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla CybertrucksThe department plans to buy armored Tesla vehicles. Elon Musk, who is leading efforts to cut government spending, has won more than $13 billion in government contracts in the past five years. 020
vinceformica.bsky.social @vinceformica.bsky.social · 11/02/2025I'm new to Blue Sky and google has failed me here. Is there a Thread Up version or way to save threads for easy reading or printing? 000
vinceformica.bsky.social @vinceformica.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Very thoughtful response to Coyne's rants. 010
vinceformica.bsky.social @vinceformica.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Like most millennials I HATE talking on the phone. Turns out it's really not that bad. Here's my script to PA's attorney general. This really takes 2 minutes once you have the script. 220
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Yes he is. 641438638965
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 11/02/2025A judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the indirect costs cut. That took like seven hours. It does *not* include the states that did not join the suit (there were 22 that did). So they’re still at least temporarily screwed, I think. A hearing is scheduled for 2/21.nytimes.comJudge Temporarily Blocks Trump Cuts to Medical Research FundingA coalition of 22 attorneys general sued the federal government, claiming that the $4 billion in cuts would “grind to a halt” studies on cancer, heart disease and other conditions. 526993
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialGina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RTevolutionsociety.orgLetter to the US President and Congress on the Scientific Understanding of Sex and GenderPresident Donald J Trump Washington, DC Members of the US Congress Washington, DC February 5, 2025 RE: Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender Dear President Trump and Members of the US Congr... 9560422
vinceformica.bsky.social @vinceformica.bsky.social · 10/02/2025docs.google.com/presentation... I found this helpful.docs.google.comThe War on Science (Feb 2025 teach-in draft)The War on Science What’s happening? What can we do about it? An interactive teach-in for biomedical researchers Please share, modify, and repurpose this template presentation (with credit). Good luck... 001
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 08/02/2025“Efforts by Trump officials to control the publication have stalled the release of three studies about bird flu for weeks, as the virus continues spreading through wild birds, poultry farms and cows around the country.” www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-o...cbsnews.comTrump officials exerting unprecedented control over CDC scientific journal"The MMWR has lost its autonomy," one health official told CBS News. 871814934
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/02/20258. It is difficult to overstate what a catastrophe this will be for the US research and education systems, particular in biomedical fields. It is deliberate and wanton devastation entirely out of scale with any concern about DEI activities on campuses. The goal is destroy US universities. 7239511116
Reposted by @vinceformica.bsky.socialMaria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · 07/02/2025I just bought this book, and I recommend you do too! 021
