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Yup. The capitalist machine grinds on

a cartoon of a chicken with its mouth open and a drop of blood coming out of it ALT: a cartoon of a chicken with its mouth open and a drop of blood coming out of it

Second (takes deep breath)

It appears that PAYMENTS FOR ALL GRANTS THROUGH THE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ARE BEING FROZEN.

If this is correct, then no funds will be transferred to any grantee institution, at least at this time.

Because we are sending these newfangled telegrams called E-Mails

The entire science communications office at NEI was just deleted. #RIF #NIH #Medsky

Uncertainty grips HHS as employees await their fate and leadership is left in the dark: ‘It’s madness’ Employees are still waiting for more information after the department announced widespread layoffs.

Read this closely, it also is creating a brown shirt brigade from USPHS Officers that are not part of the oaths that they have sworn to uphold either as part of their professions or as Commissioned Officers.

In 1862, a Union soldier found cigars wrapped in a piece of paper in a field of clover. The paper was a copy of Confederate Gen. Lee's invasion orders. The Southern sloppiness helped the Union stop Lee at Antietam.
It's unknown who lost the orders in the field, or if he was related to Pete Hegseth.

That's what I thought as soon as I read clean air and water.

The travel/travel spending ban expires tomorrow so maybe we will find out if we're going to a conference in May. IMO I think it's unlikely there would be enough time to plan arrangements even if it's lifted.

Yesterday, I fondly remembered my dear friend Leonard Nimoy, who would have turned 94. His legacy lives on in our hearts. Just days ago, Bill Shatner celebrated his 94th birthday — wishing him continued health and happiness. Live long and prosper, my friends.

Science posters are a graphic design project I have to create annually 😄 it must be pixel perfect

We made it through another week without being RIFed 😄 #thankful #NIHsky #scisky

Trump moves to close government lab that tracks planet-warming pollution The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.

New: A NOAA lab in Hawaii that is connected to the longest-running observation of global greenhouse gas concentrations is slated for closure in August, according to a list of lease terminations Democratic members of Congress shared with @washingtonpost.com.

Forest Service braces for up to 7,000 layoffs “We are sheep headed to slaughter,” one employee said as the Trump administration eyes further staff reductions.

www.eenews.net/articles/for...

A brick wall with moss on all the cement joints. On the lower part of the wall, lichen grows on the moss. On the left is a string of ivy.

#Moss grew on the cement, and then #lichen grew on the moss.

I like it when nature visibly reclaims some little parts of the city.

Seems like we are safe for a while, judging from the courts' injuctions.

No federal employee should spend more than 30 seconds thinking about Musk's latest strutting "I'm in charge of you" email.

Delete it, don't reply, don't think about it, don't waste time talking about it.
Musk is not our boss, in no world. 🖕🧪 #NIH
Americans support science, not oligarchs.

THIS is what a GREAT PRESIDENT looks like!

NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs

Friends, I am at a loss of words for how devastating it would be to lose the entire intramural #NIH program. Some of the biggest medical and scientific breakthroughs have come from scientists in the NIH Intramural program. #SaveTheNIH 🧬🧪 🖥️ 🧠

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Neural networks are so much fun! I'm using chatgpt to help me write the python code and launch lots of different models on my data in a systematic way. Using multi layer perceptron in scikitlearn 🤖👾

Inside the Collapse at NIH Administration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.

Read every word of this article to see what the Trump folks are doing to the good civil servants at NIH -- and to the important work that protects all of our health. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

The world of #RNA #academicsky #scisky #bluesci

No scratchies only lookies 😤

Federal workers choose public service to serve our people, but the Trump administration wants to traumatize them.

We need cancer researchers, forest service firefighters, nuclear safety experts, VA nurses and food safety inspectors.

We don’t need Elon Musk, whatever his job is.

How can we not stress?? 🙇‍♀️ I hope NIH leadership can stand up for us or try to justify an exception.

@altnih4science.bsky.social new RIF orders dropped

The Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memo President Donald Trump's administration says federal agencies should begin planning to eliminate employee positions. The process is known as a reduction in force.

Reduction in force (RIF) orders have started from T/rump admin. Remains to be seen how HHS, NIH will respond. apnews.com/article/trum...

Btw I make my own espresso drinks at home 💁🏼‍♀️💁🏼‍♀️ yeah, I have a machine and a grinder. I dial in the grind. Get on my level. #caffeinatedblueskyposting

I think the pitcher would have less caffeine proportionally, since I seem to drink large lattes as a breakfast food. So it's mostly flavored soymilk 😆 it would overdose me too otherwise.