Funding of NSF total number of grants over time showing that the number in FY2025 is far lower than in the previous 4 years starting in the end of January 2025 and is far worse for FY 2026

Funding of NSF total number of grants over time showing that the number in FY2025 is far lower than in the previous 4 years starting in the end of January 2025 (check it out, they wasted no time to get this high priority sabotage done!) and is far worse for FY 2026.

The story of these funding cuts is repeated across other agencies such as NSF.

grant-witness.us/funding_curv...

See the important work by Grant Witness.

As usual, @jeremymberg.bsky.social hits the nail on the head in explaining about the multi year funding scam, in this thread.

This is great, and a good reminder of the attack of this administration on mRNA technology and science. What is happening to science funding now is appalling.

Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines

"As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust."

Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers

I'm sure lawmakers are indeed very concerned ... that they weren't in on the deals also.

We have the best Congress money can buy.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Must just be a coincidence ...

I’ll make everyone a deal: if Jay Bhattacharya sits down *with me* for a fireside chat, with a live audience and live-streamed, I will stop “responding with vitriol”.

That would indicate to me that he is willing to meet opposition.

It’s true that people want to hear from Podcast Jay. They want to hear from him about the utter destruction he is bringing to biomedical research…not his two cents on open science, which is a farce he uses to justify his destruction.

So fine, bring him in. But don’t platform his excuses…

Victor Orbán’s removal sends a timely signal.

Corrupt kleptocratic Christian nationalism was on the ballot in Hungary today — just as it will be on the ballots that Americans will cast in November.

It was repudiated abroad — may it be repudiated here in November (and beyond).

Less than three hours after the polls closed, Viktor Orban conceded that he lost. Five years after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, he still falsely claims that he won.

Tomorrow, I offer my analysis of what this means for the midterms. Subscribe now. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

The last time I tried to engage with Jay Bhattacharya in dialogue I ended up on administrative leave. 🤷‍♀️

Bhattacharya's approach to dialog:

Bhattacharya told the conservative publication Just the News that his policy [free speech] did not apply to Norton because she’s a program officer and “not in a scientist position.”

Program officers are scientists, with PhDs or MDs. Norton has a PhD and an MPH.

🧪Totally disingenuous. The question is not whether the speakers you chose are popular or unpopular. The question is whether or not they are qualified. And an administrator cutting science for political purposes and suppressing scientific studies is not "advocating for scientific reforms".

Elon Musk didn’t go to the moon.

Jeff Bezos didn’t go to the moon.

NASA went to the moon.

I’m a Nobel Prize-winning immigrant. I can no longer recognize this country. Attacks on science and immigrants are destroying America.

Jack Szostak "All of these things frighten me, and they should frighten you as well. I made the decision to create a life for myself here, because I viewed this as a place that rewarded determination, hard work, and integrity. It still has a chance to be that place again."

Tell Congress: End the Illegal War on Iran Trump's unauthorized, unprovoked war in Iran has cost the lives of US service members and thousands of civilians in Iran and across the Middle East. And now, Trump is threatening a ground invasion and...

As Trump threatens the people of Iran with more war crimes and continues to destroy America’s reputation, Congress isn’t powerless in this moment. Demand that your senators and representative do everything they can to stop the regime’s illegal war.

Nothing in this + many of the events of the last year, the Mueller report (white-washed by Bill Barr), Helsinki, Anchorage, even Friday's President's Budget Request which guts many things including science, education, etc makes sense except in the light of ...

Is it so hard to connect the dots?

Casey Means deets:
-Not licensed to practice medicine
-Can’t deliver clear answers to simple questions about basic public health
-Has glaring conflicts of interest with the wellness industry
-Promotes products and ideas that contradict established science and standards of care

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Image of Casey Means and thumbs pointing down, and text that reads: NO Mean,s NO! Casey Means is unqualified to be the Nation’s Doctor. Easily email Senators at tr.ee/NoMeansNo

Even Trump's previous Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams, says his current nominee, Casey Means, doesn't meet the requirements of the role.

Email your Senators and urge them to say no Means, NO! tr.ee/NoMeansNo

A few reasons why: (1/2)

There will be more protests today than any other day in American history. Please join us at your local No Kings event to reject the regime’s brutality at home and abroad: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

No Kings 3 Accessible Rally

Marching not an option but you still want to join millions protesting
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Virtual accessible No Kings Rally organized by @standupforscience.net

Exciting speaker lineup

Online at

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Trump sent ICE agents to airports after refusing to go along with a deal that would have funded the TSA.

If you thought that was the only way Trump was making flying even more miserable, you'd be wrong. Watch.

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Show up however you can on March 28th: NO KINGS 3 ACCESSIBLE RALLY · 12:30–2pm CT · ASL interpreted · Live captioned · For everyone, everywhere.
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Email your senators to urge them not to confirm Jim O’Neill as Director of the National Science Foundation.

He's not a scientist, has no relevant expertise, promoted vaccine misinformation, and he helped gut the CDC. Email your senators here! : tr.ee/NoToONeill
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Is it happening again?

Facts
#standupforscience
#impeachthequack

🧪Typically, the NIH approves roughly $5.3 billion in cancer research funding every fiscal year. The amount that’s been distributed so far this year has alarmed researchers.

At just under six months into the current fiscal year, only $541 million in cancer research grants have been delivered.

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You might hear people say that protesting doesn’t make a difference.

Leah Greenberg of Indivisible shares why that’s not true.

25 Years of Courage and Curiosity: Sally Ride Science at UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies Celebrating 25 years, Sally Ride Science at UC San Diego inspires students, educators, and families with hands-on STEAM programs that spark curiosity and confidence.

🧪⚛️Celebrating Sally Ride, the first US woman astronaut, who became a Professor of Physics at UCSD. In 2001 she co-founded Sally Ride Science "to spark curiosity and build confidence in students", especially girls - through summer science activities now reaching K-8.

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