Here’s the director of the NIH explicitly espousing populism over expertise as the means of determining priorities for federally science funding by leaning into the stupidest possible examples: ivermectin as cancer therapy .
Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...
Y’all are wild
Dave used to be so great, and L7 were amazing!
This was such a GREAT record!
The Hungarian people wisely refused to listen to these grifting scumbags.
on CNBC Trump blasts Pope Leo for criticism of U.S. foreign policy 54 minutes ago CNN Trump says Pope Leo is 'terrible for foreign policy' 33 minutes ago Breaking News AP AP News Trump lambasts Pope Leo XIV, extending feud over Iran war with first.. 1 hour ago ^ Axios Trump unleashes tirade against "weak," "terrible" Pope Leo 31 minutes ago New York Post Trump blasts Pope Leo after pontiff's veiled jabs over Iran war,... 44 minutes ago.
Rather than treat Trump’s comments about Pope Leo as deranged, embarrassing and offensive to (many) Catholics, early headlines (and stories) paint it as Trump just bashing back against a political opponent. Truly broken media environment.
This is the least he should do.
Resigning from the House is also necessary.
The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.
Eric Swalwell suspends his campaign.
Good. I’m sad that he isn’t a better person, but glad that he has stepped aside. Women’s safety and well-being should matter, and there are other candidates who respect women.
This could be US in a few months!
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/b...
However tightly one grips power, it cannot endure forever against the will of the people. May the election in Hungary give hope in other nations in which would-be leaders push propaganda over substance.
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Pilot on my flight: “Air travel is not fun right now. Please be nice to each other. I don’t want to be on CNN. Let’s just go home.”
Genuinely not sure many people realize this.
I would have to petition a court in North Carolina just to *try* and get mine. And I still might not.
Some of you never had to make peanut butter and jelly on leftover hot dog buns and it shows.
Climate science is having to pioneer new statistical language to communicate the sheer craziness to the public. Here, a "once-in-a-4,433-year event." Certainly beats, "Rejects the null with p<0.0002" or "3.5 sigma."
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the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes
Robert S. Mueller,III, a great man and role model for all America, has died. This country is better for his lifetime of dedicated service. May his memory be a blessing.
A must read for anyone who cares (and these days, worries constantly) about American science and medicine.
Credit to Prof. Will Mair for sharing his story. There are many more stories like it.
This article tells the story of what researchers have been going through over the past 14 months. As funding dries up, professors struggle to keep people employed and to keep doing the work.
The Trump Administration is destroying so much science in this country.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...
#gfe2026 @gfeev.bsky.social PhD Award goes to Tatiana Lebedeva 🎉 for Tatiana's thesis investigating the role of β-catenin in specifying germ layers in one of my favourite organisms, the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella.
Former Middle East adviser at the US Department of Defense, Jasmine El-Gamal, has it exactly right.
This is what happens when oligarchs control the *news*
I still can’t believe we have a Fox News host running our military.
It’s really crazy how much I’ve been agreeing with Rep. Thomas Massie recently!
