Pace of N.I.H. Funding Slows Further in Trump’s Second Year

Pace of N.I.H. Funding Slows Further in Trump’s Second Year www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/s...

Good analysis of a terrible situation

Trump Administration Live Updates: C.D.C. Canceled Publication of Covid Vaccine Study

Trump Administration Live Updates: C.D.C. Canceled Publication of Covid Vaccine Study www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

Congress now has access to unredacted versions of the approx 3M Epstein files that the DOJ has released. Trump is at the heart of the crimes.

Trump on Somali-Americans in Minnesota: "They're low IQ. I can generalize. They're low IQ people. They're bad people."

(Note that moments later he claims Indianapolis is in Minnesota)

Pathetic

I don't see this said enough: the widespread use of generative AI is not only making our jobs as educators harder logistically, but also emotionally. It is genuinely sad to be suspicious of students when you have spent so much time building a pedagogy based on trust and not being a cop. It sucks.

Trump is heavily slurring this morning

This is not the country I grew up believing in.

Exactly one month ago.

Now he’s just babbling

Wonderful characterization of the need for our science

Manchester Missouri. Huge joyful crowd braving rain, lightening and thunder. No Kings

"Science supports that the Covid-19 vaccine works. It is incredibly safe and effective." – Henry Bernstein, Covid-19 Working Group member

Corporate media:
•CBS fires Colbert for mocking Trump
•ABC fires Terry Moran for slamming Stephen Miller as “world class hater”
•MSNBC fires Matt Dowd for saying “hateful thoughts & words leads to hateful actions”
•FOX stands by Brian Kilmeade as he calls for Nazi state murder of 600K homeless

1/2

It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%. 

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

FDA to cut Covid booster access, excluding in-home carers By restricting vaccinations, "the FDA creates a dangerous public health gap."

Caregivers to disabled people and aging adults (who do not have certain health conditions) will not be able to get the Covid booster in the future under new rules, putting people they care for at risk. New from me at @motherjones.com

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Unbelievable!

The First 100 Days of the Trump Presidency | Milbank Memorial Fund In a radio address on July 24, 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) coined the first “hundred days” as a measure of presidential effectiveness. Within

The First 100 Days of the Trump Presidency www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...

You may be fearing your 401k is no longer enough for you to retire. But with all the cuts to NIH and Medicare you also won't live as long. So the policies are integrated.

Alvin Poussaint, M.D., Civil Rights Activist Who Shone Light on Racism, Dies | Psychiatric News PsychiatryOnline.org is the platform for all American Psychiatric Association Publishing journals, DSM, and bestselling textbooks, as well as APA Practice Guidelines, and continuing medical education.

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Rest in peace Dr Poussaint and thanks for your groundbreaking research.

Did You Work on a Terminated NIH Grant? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You. The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities. We want to hear from researchers who have been affected.

The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities.

We want to hear from researchers who have been affected 👇

Amazingly impressive. Please add this to your 5 things

Yes please!

So far here’s a list of companies reinforcing their commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:
Apple
Costco
Bank of America
Delta
JP Morgan
Marriott
Microsoft
Procter & Gamble
Goldman Sachs
American Airlines
Southwest Airlines
United Airlines
Catholic Health

a man from schitt 's creek says he 's feeling this like deep aching sense of dread ALT: a man from schitt 's creek says he 's feeling this like deep aching sense of dread

In retrospect, getting large numbers of anxious academics to join one small social media platform en masse was a mistake

Rhode Island NIH impact: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

Omg

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